10550 Ray Road, Ponte Vedra, FL 32082 904-547-8300 - Main Office
Office Hours: 8:30am to 4:45pm
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Happy Friday!
It is hard to belive that we are finishing the 1st quarter. Distance learning students who indicated that they were returning for 2nd quarter had their distance learning tag removed today, so they are good to start classes on campus Monday.
Monday, Nov 2nd - 1st day of 2nd quarter - students will attend ALL 7 classes! NOT a Green Day.
Tuesday, Nov 3rd - No School! Teacher Planning Day!
Wednesday, Nov 4th - All 7 classes with 2pm dismissal
Thursday, Nov 5th - Gold Day
Friday, Nov 6th - Green Day
DISTANCE LEARNER PARKING TAG PICK UP & LAPTOP/HOTSPOT RETURN
If your student is returning to Brick and Mortar Learning for the 2nd quarter, we will have a parking tag pick up & laptop/hotspot return time on Tuesday, November 3rd from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. We will be set up in front of Panther Hall under the outside stairwell. To be eligible to pick up a parking tag that day, you must have completed the following steps:
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Notified Administration of your Intent to Return to Brick and Mortar for 2nd Quarter by Friday, October 30th.
- Uploaded all of the Required Parking Documentation to this link NO LATER than NOON on Monday, November 2, 2020. If you previously submitted your student’s documentation and nothing has changed, you do NOT need to re-submit.
If you are not on the list of returning students or have not submitted the required documentation by the deadline above, we cannot guarantee your parking tag will be available for pick up on Tuesday. Distance Learners returning for the 2nd quarter, will be eligible to drive beginning Wednesday, November 4th if they pick up their parking tag on November 3rd.
THANK YOU to PTSO!
We are receiving 200 student laptops from the district based on the age of our laptops and the number checked out to distance learners. Since the majority of our laptops are checked out to distance learners, we only have 1 of our 9 laptops carts available for teachers to use with students for instruction. These new laptops will all be placed in carts for teachers to use for classroom learning. PTSO is purchasing 6 of the 7 new carts that we need. THANK YOU PTSO FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!!
Seniors attended an assembly during their English class on Monday or Tuesday. Herf Jones shared information about cap & gowns and announcements then we shared important senior information.
Herf Jones will be on campus Mon & Tue, Nov 9th & 10th during lunches for students to place orders or orders can be placed online. EVERY senior who will be participating in graduation MUST order at least the basic cap & gown package.
Toys For Tots
This year schools in St. Johns County will be working in collaboration for “Toys for Tots” in a high school competition to collect toys for children in need during the holidays. Each high school that would like to participate will have a collection box dropped off on October 30. The competition will run October 30 –November 30. On December 1st, whichever school collects the most amount of toys for “Toys for Tots” will be awarded a 6ft trophy and declared the winner of the competition. Please join us this year to collect toys for children in need. Nease lost the trophy last year to St Augustine High School and we want it back!
LAST CHANCE FOR YARBOOK AT THE LOWEST PRICE! Make sure you capture all the unusual events of this year with a purchase of a Nease 40th Anniversary Yearbook. This will be the book your students will want to show their kids and grandkids! Go to yearbookordercenter.com and enter code 15476 to purchase yours. Prices go up Nov. 1!
SENIOR PARENTS! The Class of 2021 will be an unforgettable one. Make sure you capture the year with a yearbook order and a senior ad! Go to yearbookordercenter.com and enter code 15476 to purchase and design your senior ad. Prices are at their lowest of the year!
2pm Dismissal on Wednesdays through December 16th
Since last Wednesday was PSAT, this Wednesday, Oct 21st, will be our first Wednesday with 26min classes and 2pm dismissal. If your child is on campus part-time, PLEASE ensure they are aware of the new Wed times.
1st period: 9:20am 9:46am
3rd period: 9:52am - 10:18am
5th period: 10:24am - 10:50am
EXCEL Time: 10:52am - 11:55am
2nd period: 11:57am - 12:23pm
4th period: 12:29pm - 12:55pm
6th period: 1:01pm - 1:27pm
7th period: 1:33pm - 2pm
Student Health Screening Entry Form
- Fever of 100.4 or higher
- Uncontrolled cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Sore throat
- Loss of sense of smell or taste
- Muscle aches
- Vomiting or diarrhea
- Is your child currently awaiting COVID-19 test results? If yes, please keep your child home and notify the school nurse when test results received. Further instructions will be discussed at that time.
- Does your child live in the same household with someone positive for COVID-19? If yes, your child must quarantine for 14 days from the last date of contact with the positive individual. A negative test result does not reduce the quarantine requirement for the full 14 day incubation period.
- Has your child had close contact with someone who in the past 14 days who tested positive for COVID-19? If yes, your child must quarantine for 14 days from the last date of contact with the positive individual. A negative test result does not reduce the quarantine requirement for the full 14 day incubation period.
Remember that we are supporting the local DOH. DOH is the responsible agency for requiring isolation/quarantine of students.
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CHANGE TO AFTER SCHOOL TESTING FOR AP & IB COURSES
Wednesdays from 2:30pm to 4pm in the cafeteria
Thursdays from 4:30pm to 5:30pm in the cafeteria
Distance Learners and EXCEL Time
Distance Learners are NOT allowed on campus for EXCEL time to attend club meetings or teacher help sessions. Please talk to the teacher about attending both through a live conference.
ZOOM for live conferences
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Monday, November 2nd - ALL 7 classes - NOT A GREEN DAY!
Tuesday, November 3rd - NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, November 4th - 1, 3, 5, EXCEL, 2, 4, 6, 7 - 2pm dismissal
- 2:30pm - 4pm: AP/IB Testing for distance learners in cafeteria
- 5pm - Senior Activities at Stadium
Thursday, November 5th - Gold Day - periods 2, 4, 6 & 7
- 4:30pm - 5:30pm: AP/IB Testing for distance learners in cafeteria
Friday, November 6th - Green Day - periods 1, 3, 5 & 7
- HOME: 7pm - V FB vs Atlantic Coast - Senior Night
Saturday, November 6th
- 7:30am - PTSO Mock ACT exam in cafeteria
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Juniors and Seniors can register for college visits through Naviance. A list of all available visits is available in Naviance. Students are allowed 5 visits per year. All visits (virtual & face-to-face) will receive a pass in the first/second period. This pass should be shown to the teacher PRIOR to the visit. Students should not miss summative assessments to attend a college visit. Visits will take place in the media center room 146 (if F2F) or on the computers in the media center if virtual. The link to the virtual meeting will be provided at the time of the visit.
Monday, November 2nd
University of Alabama Huntsville- In-person, 12:10-12:35
Friday, November 6th
Belmont Abbey College- In-person, 11:00-11:25
In lieu of our Nease annual college fair, we have put together a “live” spreadsheet of colleges/universities informational sessions and virtual tours. Most schools require prior registrations to be able to attend sessions. This spreadsheet will be updated daily and located on the Nease website under college-bound students. Check back often for new additions.
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Swim Team
Boys Win 4A-1 District, Girls 3rd
Team Records Set:
Men's 200 yd. Medley Relay, (Kim, Nguyen, Wyatt, Koziol) - 1:37.38
(previous record - 1:41.58)
Men's 200 yd. Individual Medley, Jonathan Kim - 1:53.68 (previous record - 1:54.29)
Men’s Diving, Patrick Brooks Adams - 459.50 (previous record - 357.00)
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National Honor Society news!
Advisers: Deborah Robbins and Carolyn Milian
CONGRATULATIONS to the 146 newest Juniors & Seniors of our Nease chapter for National Honor Society. This past Tuesday evening, our newest members were able to be inducted in a “socially distanced” ceremony out at the stadium (despite the rain) and will now begin to work with our returning members on their leadership and service opportunities. Parents of Freshmen and Sophomores – if you would like to learn more about how your student can plan on joining the largest club on campus, please check out our webpage on our school website: https://www-nhs.stjohns.k12.fl.us/nhs/
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CONGRATULATIONS to Senior IB student, Sreenivas Kuntamukkala for being published in The Concord Review. You can read the abstract and entire paper below. We are so proud of you Sreenivas!!
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"The M4 Sherman: Workhorse of WWII or Mechanized Deathtrap?"
Sreenivas
Abstract
The M4 Sherman tank is widely considered by historians to have been the backbone of the American armed forces during World War II. More than 50,000 of these vehicles were produced over the course of the conflict (making it the second most produced tank of the war), and they saw action in every major theater. However, while all historians agree that the Sherman was an important tank due to its role in winning the war, not all agree that the Sherman was a good tank. Especially in recent years, many historians have started to question the merits of the Sherman. Some have even gone so far as to say the Allied use of the Sherman was a tactical and technological blunder, citing as evidence the Sherman’s inferiority in combat against the best late-war Axis tanks. After all, the Sherman did gain notoriety amongst British soldiers for its flammability, causing innumerable Allied tankers to be burned alive inside the vehicle (hence the grim nickname “Tommycooker”). Some historians, such as Stephen Ambrose, have implicitly argued that because the U.S. army forced its soldiers to fight with such an inadequate machine, countless American lives were needlessly lost in the war.1 Belton Cooper, perhaps the most famous of the Sherman’s critics, claimed in his appropriately titled memoir Deathtraps that the shortcomings of the Sherman were so profound that they delayed the end of the war.2 But are such claims reasonable? Was the M4 Sherman really that bad?
The short answer is no. Though it was not perfect, the Sherman was not as bad as modern media and historical critics make it out to be. It was a medium tank which did what the U.S. Army needed it to do: be a reliable, fast, cheap, easy-to-manufacture, all-purpose tank that could compete with the best Axis tanks at its time of release in 1941. Simply noting that the Sherman had a smaller gun and weaker armor than the German Panther or Tiger does not automatically mean the Sherman was an awful tank. After all, the Sherman was not designed to fight the Panther or Tiger because neither had existed when the Sherman was first released. Furthermore, cost, reliability, ease of maintenance, production time, and ergonomics are all important factors to consider when evaluating the merits of a tank, and in these respects, the Sherman was vastly superior to the best German late-war tanks.
This essay seeks to chronicle and contextualize the process of how and why the Sherman was created, whilst also disproving the myth that the Sherman was somehow so inferior to German tanks that its use was an unequivocal mistake. It also seeks to evaluate the reasons why the Sherman has unfairly received such a bad reputation, as it is indescribably important that we do not let common myths and misconceptions tarnish the lens through which we evaluate the past.
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Visit www.neaseathletics.com to register for 2020-21 sports at Nease. Registration information can be found via the “Athletic Clearance” link at the top right-hand corner of the page. Please follow all instructions carefully to ensure a smooth clearance process.
Boys Basketball –
Tryouts will be as follows:
November 9 and 10 in the Nease Gymnasium
JV 5:30-7:00 PM
Varsity 7:00-8:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse – If you are interested in trying out for the spring season, please see Coach G in Panther Hall 208 or e-mail max.gurowski@stjohns.k12.fl.us
Girls Lacrosse – Any girl interested in playing Girls Lacrosse, please reach out to Coach Amato. She can be reached at tara.amato@stjohns.k12.fl.us or stop by her classroom in Panther Hall 138.
Track & Field Throwing Events –
What: Voluntary Track and Field Throwers (Shot Put, Discus Javelin) Strength and Power Conditioning.
When: Monday afternoons from 4pm-5:30pm
Where: Nease Weight room
Who: ALL Boys and Girls interested in joining the Nease track and Field throwing events.
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Nov. 7 ACT Mock Exam: This is a perfect opportunity for your student to get real experience taking the ACT and also get their test results immediately. Testing will be provided by Revolution Prep and all funds will benefit the PTSO. the mock ACT will be on Sat. Nov. 7 from 9 am - 1 pm in the the school cafeteria. See the attached flyer or visit the PTSO website: https://neaseptsoboard.wixsite.com/nhsptso/mock-act
Nov. 14 & 21 SAT Boot Camp: PTSO has partnered with two Nease Language Arts teachers, Mr. Binns and Ms. Strauss, for an SAT Boot Camp at Nease. Mr. Binns has been teaching this SAT prep class for 15 years with a focus on strategy and tactics for the reading, grammar and writing sections. Register now for this amazing boot camp, held on Nov. 14 and 21 from 9 am - 3:30 pm. A portion of the cost will benefit PTSO. Info and registration: https://neaseptsoboard.wixsite.com/nhsptso/educational-events
PTSO Board Meeting:
When you join Nease PTSO your membership donations are spent to improve the quality of education. For the 2019/2020 school year PTSO purchased 30 laptops to be used by Nease students. Thank you, parents, for joining PTSO and making this possible!
PTSO Social Media: Join the Nease PTSO Social Media sites to learn more about Nease-related events: Facebook: Nease High School PTSO Instagram: @nease_ptso Twitter: @NeasePtso Learn more about PTSO: http://neaseptsoboard.wixsite.com/nhsptso
Message on the Marquee: Send a Birthday or Congratulations message to your student via the marquee in the front of school. Complete this form Announcement Form for Marquee and submit to main office for PTSO 1 week prior to the message appearing on the marquee. Cost is $25
Gold Business Partner Spotlight: Oasis Boatyard & Marina has been family owned and operated since 1999. John & Jodi Spires, the owners, have been part of the Panther Community since 2006 and a new PTSO Gold Business Partner. Oasis Boatyard offers a wide variety of marine services, from quick hauls to full refits. With a combined experience of 30+ years in the industry you can count on Oasis for all of your boating needs. For more information or questions regarding work please contact Jourdan Spires at 904-824-2520 or info@oasisboatyard.com.
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If you have any questions about the Communications Academy, Stellar Academy of Engineering, or Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, reach out to Academy Coordinator Jaime Combs, at Jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us
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Lots of information is being posted on the Nease IB Schoology Page. The access code will be given to all students during the meeting mentioned above. Please ask your student what has been posted lately.
For distance learners, AP and IB summative assessments will be held after school from on Wednesday from 2:30-4:00 and Thursday from 4:30-5:30 in the CAFETERIA. Please make sure your student is on time and has a writing utensil.
Our fourth IB Booster meeting is scheduled for this week, Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 9:45 a.m. in the Media Center Classroom. All visitors will be required to sign-in and wear a mask. Please make sure you are registered volunteer to attend.
Thank you to all who have joined the IB Booster club! If you haven’t joined, there is still time. You can go to our website, www.neaseibboosters.org. For our senior families, your membership comes with a senior stole that your student will wear at graduation this May.
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We met with all of the Sophomores through their English classes this past week and we would appreciate feedback on your initial visit. Please have your student take this quick 5-minute survey and let us know your thoughts: https://forms.gle/x2h9EoHBR3biEPCS7
October is Financial Aid Month!
As financial aid month comes to a close, we want to make sure that our seniors know that resources continue to be available to them. You can check out all of our presentations and handouts on your counselor’s Schoology page. Click on “Resources” “College Planning” “Financial Aid”.
Senior Individual Appointments:
Counselors have almost finished meeting with seniors individually. We are making sure that each student knows exactly what they have remaining for graduation and that they are properly enrolled in those courses. We are also discussing with each student what their plan for after high school is and make sure that they know what their next steps are to accomplish those goals. Students that have not met with their counselor yet should reach out to connect with their counselor to schedule a time.
Senior College Applications:
Students should continue working on their college applications if they have not already been submitted. There are several deadlines that are coming up RIGHT NOW. If your test scores are not where you want them to be, now is the time to register for the next SAT and ACT. You can register for the SAT at www.collegeboard.org and the ACT at www.actstudent.org .
Sophomores:
School Counselors were in your English classes week before last. We logged on to Naviance to take a Career Interest Profiler, created career goals, viewed college scattergrams, and started working on your resume for college. Students who missed the presentations can view the presentation on your counselor’s Schoology page and follow up with your counselor in counselor corner during all lunches in the cafeteria! Please have your student take this quick 5-minute survey and let us know your thoughts: https://forms.gle/x2h9EoHBR3biEPCS7
NHS Dual Enrollment Update:
Spring Registration
The SJR schedule is up and Spring registration is commencing! The deadline for applications/ registrations is November 24th. Please use the document portal to submit all paperwork. You will login using your HAC username and password. Below is the link:
*Any new student interested in taking a DE course (with room in his or her schedule), needs to email Ms. Cullipher, the Assistant Principal over Dual Enrollment: daryl.cullipher@stjohns.k12.fl.us
Nease Dual Enrollment Schoology
As another way to communicate, we have created a Nease High School Dual Enrollment Schoology Group and each DE student has been manually added. Here you will find the registration forms, Collegiate course progressions, links, and other resources used for registration. Take some time to look at the resources to help you in your registration journey! If you are a current DE student, and you have not been added, email Ms. Cullipher at Daryl.Cullipher@stjohns.k12.fl.us
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Testing Coordinators - Jacqui Ashcroft or Cynthia Messenger
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Carolyn Milian – School Librarian Media Specialist
Lorna Patterson – Media Clerk
Allie Haddix – Media Clerk
Direct phone number – 904-547-8367
ATER SCHOOL TUTORING!
National Honor Society after school tutoring takes place next week every Tuesday and Thursday after school in the media center from 4-5 p.m. This is a FREE service for all our students. They do not need to make an appointment or reservation. Students just need to come straight to the media center after school, sign in, and our NHS Officers will match them up with a tutor. This is available to ALL our students – distance learners included! Our tutors can work with them virtually if they need help, however, they will need to contact Mrs. Milian directly to try to schedule a virtual tutor. If a student needs other times (ie: mornings, lunch, excel, other days, etc) students need to contact me directly so that I can schedule a tutor to meet with him/her. For situations like this, a few days notice is needed. If you have any questions, please reach out to me at carolyn.milian@stjohns.k12.fl.us
MEDIA CENTER DONATIONS
Our media center is quite a busy hub of student learning and gathering. Social distancing and mask wearing are definitely a MUST for anyone entering the media center. But we are also asking for some supply donations to help get us through the school year because we go through these items quickly. If you can donate any of the following items that we use daily in the media center, we would be MOST grateful:
· Napkins
· Paper towel rolls
· Clorox/Lysol wipes
· Lysol spray
· Kleenex
· Plastic spoons/forks
· Hand sanitizer
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GRADUATION DATE: Thursday, June 3rd at 7pm at UNF
Seniors attended an assembly during their English class on Monday or Tuesday. Herf Jones shared information about cap & gowns and announcements then we shared important senior information.
Herf Jones will be on campus Mon & Tue, Nov 9th & 10th during lunches for students to place orders or orders can be placed online. EVERY senior who will be participating in graduation MUST order at least the basic cap & gown package.
Updated Senior Remind code…
If you have not already joined the Senior Remind, test @fggbah to 81010
Please do not join this code if you are already on Remind as we are limited to the number of people we can have in each section
SENIOR PARENTS! The Class of 2021 will be an unforgettable one. Make sure you capture the year with a yearbook order and a senior ad! Go to yearbookordercenter.com and enter code 15476 to purchase and design your senior ad. Prices are at their lowest of the year!
Seniors, join the Class of 2021 Schoology group for easy access to senior class information. The Schoology access code is: 7XDP-72VH-Q9CMH
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There will be a Nease National Art Honor Society Meeting Wednesday, November 4, 2020 during
Excel B.
Toys for Tots!!
Once again our school is competing against all the other high schools in the Toys for Tots collection drive to provide a Christmas for so many children who might not have a great Christmas otherwise. Students are being asked to donate a new, unwrapped, toy to make a little girl’s or boy’s Christmas special. Students will receive service hours for their donations: 2-3 toys = 1 service hour, 4-5 toys = 2 service hours MAX. All students who make a donation will also be entered into a chance for an Olive Garden catered lunch in December and need to see a library or office staff member for a ticket. 5 lucky students will be selected! Please make sure your student’s full name, student number, and guidance counselor is attached to the bag. Donation Stations are set up in the media center and front office.
ATER SCHOOL TUTORING!
National Honor Society after school tutoring takes place next week every Tuesday and Thursday after school in the media center from 4-5 p.m. This is a FREE service for all our students. They do not need to make an appointment or reservation. Students just need to come straight to the media center after school, sign in, and our NHS Officers will match them up with a tutor. This is available to ALL our students – distance learners included! Our tutors can work with them virtually if they need help, however, they will need to contact Mrs. Milian directly to try to schedule a virtual tutor. If a student needs other times (ie: mornings, lunch, excel, other days, etc) students need to contact me directly so that I can schedule a tutor to meet with him/her. For situations like this, a few days notice is needed. If you have any questions, please reach out to me at carolyn.milian@stjohns.k12.fl.us
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