Monday, July 19, 2021
Important Information For Start of School - ERRORS CORRECTED
My apologies, I had 2 errors in the previous Panther Press with an email address and a link. Please use this edition.
Mrs. Kunze


Welcome to the 21-22 school year at Nease High School! We are looking forward to a fabulous school year. There is a lot of information below, so please read carefully. Not every family has subscribed to the Panther Press, so please share with your friends to ensure they know what is happening and encourage them to visit the Nease website to register their email to receive this weekly electronic newsletter, which is our main means of communication with Nease families.

Panther Pick-up days are later than usual this year, to provide administration time to review FSA and EOC scores from the State that should arrive to the district on July 30th. Course petitions submitted this past spring will be reviewed the first week of August. Students will be notified via email if the requested course change was granted or not.

Schedules will be LIVE on HAC Monday, August 9th.

Students will have 2 days Monday & Tuesday, August 9th & 10th, to review their schedule and notify us of a scheduling error using the link below.
Errors will be corrected prior to Panther Pick-up.
Errors include…
  • a hole in the schedule
  • a course on the schedule previously take    
  • a missing course needed for graduation
  • a missing course that is the next course in the progression from a course already taken. (For example, student took Spanish 1 last year with no grade lower than a C, but Spanish 2 is missing on schedule.)

Requests to change a course level, change an elective, switch from a brick & mortar course to virtual, or to change a teacher will not be honored.

SENIORS ONLY: modified period(s) might have been changed while classes were being balanced to meet class-size amendment requirements; therefore, requests to change a student’s modified period(s) will not be honored.

Families that have not completed the annual RSV (Returning Student Verification), have expired leases, or laptops and/or hotspots from last year will NOT be able to see their schedule on August 9th. PLEASE take care of these issues BEFORE August 9th. Laptop and/or hotspot can be returned to the main office daily between 7:30am-3:30pm.
 
For students to log into HAC
username is “s” in front of their student number – s140378
password is whatever they created.
 

For families that are brand new to St Johns County Public Schools (pre-registered this spring or registered this summer at Nease), you will need to email computer operator, Kelly Mullens, at Kelly.Mullen@stjohns.k12.fl.us to receive student number and initial HAC information.


Freshmain Orientation (new to every incoming 9th grader) is hosted by our 11th & 12th grade Link Crew Leaders. This year freshman orientation will be Wednesday, August 11th (5:45pm to 7:30pm) OR Thursday, August 12th (5:45pm to 7:30pm). Please see the flyer directly below for more informaiton and the link to sign-up for a specific day.


1st day of School is Monday, August 16th
Students can enter campus at 8:45am
1st period starts at 9:20am



Panther Pick-Up

  • Friday, August 13th from 8am to noon
  • Saturday, August 14th from 8am to noon AND from 1pm to 4pm
  • Sign-up genius MUST be used to stagger arrival times.
  • Grade levels are not restricted to specific days this year. Please sign-up for a day and time that works for your family
  • Panther Pick-Up is a time for students to check-out textbooks, purchase locker and/or PE uniforms, and walk their schedule so they are comfortable for 1st day of school.



Digital ID APP - REQUIRED
This year students will use a digital ID app on their phone instead of receiving a plastic ID.  Please use the directions on the flyer at the bottom of the Panther Press on how to download Leonard’s Digital ID app on the student’s phone.

Students must….
  • download Leonard’s Digital ID app on their phone BEFORE Panther Pick-up
  • scan their new digital ID upon entering campus. 

Students who have not downloaded the app prior to Panther Pick-up will move to the C-pod awning to download and then scan their ID to continue with Panther Pick-up.

New students to St Johns County Public Schools will need to have their picture taken in the gym for their digital ID, but the app should still be downloaded prior to Panther Pick-up.


Digital Citizenship - REQUIRED
Each year students are REQUIRED by the school district to complete a digital citizenship quiz. We encourage students to complete the quiz (link below) PRIOR to Thursday, August 8th, when we will generate a list of completers. During Panther Pick-up we will check the list to verify that each student has completed the quiz. If a student is not on the list, the student will use a computer in the cafeteria to complete the requirement.

After digital citizenship verification or completion, each student will be given a ticket that is required to check-out textbooks from the media center, so please do not skip the digital citizenship station in the cafeteria.

Digital Citizenship link: https://forms.office.com/r/ESccGB8yEA


Parking
Juniors and seniors who were awarded and paid for a parking tag, MUST submit the 3 required documents (license, registration & insurance card) to drive on campus using the link below. Student MUST be logged into their Microsoft 365 account to complete. The username is “S” plus student number @stjohns.k12.fl.us (s435847@stjohns.k12.fl.us)
Password is your HAC password

Documents need to be submitted by Friday, August 6th. Students that submit by August 6th will have their documents verified and tag ready for quick easy pick-up during Panther Pick-up on August 13th & 14th. Students who miss the deadline will have to wait until Mrs. Kunze has time to verify the documents before tag is received. This could be after school starts.

Parking link to upload documentshttps://forms.office.com/r/N6Hnbyxxi0


Bus Information
Someone from the transportation department will be in the cafeteria to answer transportation questions. If your child is riding the bus, it is IMPERATIVE they know their bus number for the afternoon. Have student place their bus number in their phone, if you think they will forget. Dismissal the first couple of weeks is hectic with new students learning our system. Administrators working bus dismissal do not have access to lookup a bus number and they do not know the routes of all 24 buses. Students can loop up their bus numbers and bus stop location in HAC.


Lockers
Lockers will be rented for $5 in the gym. ALL lockers in classrooms were removed over the summer. Lockers are available in the hallways in D-pod and upstairs in Panther Hall. There are also lockers available outside by the boy’s locker room and ROTC building. Students are responsible for any water damage to textbooks in an outside locker.

To rent a locker, students will need $5 cash or a check made payable to Nease High School.


PE Uniforms
  • Sold in the gym for $10 each item – shirt and shorts
  • Required for all PE classes
  • Cash or check made payable to Nease HS is the only form of payment accepted


Textbooks
  • Can be checked out in the Media Center
  • If student has a Media Center fine – textbook or Media Center book not returned – the student will NOT be allowed to check-out textbooks for this year until the book(s) are returned or fine is paid.
  • Items not returned from last year can be brought to the Media Center August 2nd through the 5th between 7:30am and noon.


PTSO and IB Boosters
Both organizations will be set up in the cafeteria and families are encouraged to join.


WHAT IF MY CHILD CAN NOT ATTEND PANTHER PICK-UP?
  • Students will go through their English Class either Thursday or Friday the first week of school to check-out textbooks.
  • Students who need a picture for their ID, can go to the Media Center between 8:45am and 9:15am the first week of school to have their picture taken.
  • Lockers will be sold in Counselors Corner in the cafeteria on Thursday and Friday the first week and in Dean Hendrix’ office in C-pod later.
  • PE uniforms will be sold by PE teachers the first week of school. Sizes may be limited.
  • Parking tags can be picked up between 8:45am and 9:15am from Mrs. Kunze in the main office. Students may NOT drive to school until they have tag.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY at Palencia Elementary School the week of July 26th. If interested, please use the sign-up link below.