Happy Friday!

Report cards will be available on HAC at 4pm on Tuesday, Oct 26th.

The owner of St Augustine Dance in the Panther Plaza across the street called to complain that parents are parking in spots close to his business when there are plenty of spots further away that would not interfere with his clients being able to park close to the building. Many clients are moms with small children trying to get to their classes. Also, students are hanging around/waiting in front of his business for their rides, often blocking the way to his door and just loitering around. We should not be using the Plaza as a parent pick-up, but for those that insist on avoiding the parent loop, please be respectful to the business owners and park farther away and if your child has to wait for you, please tell them not to loiter in front of the businesses. Thank you.

LAST CHANCE FOR SENIOR PORTRAITS OCT. 27-- More than 200 seniors have not had a senior portrait done by Leonard's Studios, and those will be the only ones in the yearbook. There will be a last chance shoot on Wednesday, Oct. 27 in the PAC from 8:30-3:30. 

LINK FOR SCHEDULE:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0445A4AA29AAFD0-nease2 

Girls will need to wear or bring a tank top and boys will need to wear or a bring a plain shirt without a collar. If you have any questions, contact Ms. Cowart leisha.cowart@stjohns.k12.fl.us.

Herff Jones Rep will be at Nease Thursday and Friday, Oct 28th & 29th, during all 4 lunches for seniors to order caps & gowns or class rings. Orders can also be placed online at www.highschool.herffjones.com

Order by December 1st to receive discounted pricing!

 ASVAB Sign-up Page: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4EA5AB2BA3FF2-nhsasvab5

Nease Disco Homecoming Dance – Saturday November 6, 2021 7:30pm – 10:30pm in the courtyard behind Panther Hall. Ticket sales will begin October 25 via SchoolPay. Tickets are $25, and students may only buy 1 ticket each. No outside guests are allowed to attend.

EARLY BIRD YEARBOOK PRICING! The 2022 yearbooks are now on sale at their lowest prices of the year. Reserve your copy of the nationally-recognized Nease yearbook, Impressions, by visiting yearbookordercenter.com and entering school code 15476. Follow us on Instagram! @neasehsyearbook

Nease Prom, “A Night Under the Stars” – Thursday, April 14, 2022 7:00pm-10:30pm. Embassy Suites

St. Augustine, FL. More details to come.

SENIOR PARENTS! The Class of 2022 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 school code 15476 to purchase and design your senior ad. Prices are at their lowest of the year! Follow us on Instagram! @neasehsyearbook

Cap & Gowns - Order by December 1st for discounting pricing. The last day to order is January 1st.

Senior Dues covers your graduation expenses (such as arena rental, arena security, parking, flowers, diplomas, GPA honor cords, and printing of tickets and programs), a Senior t-shirt, as well as Seniors-only activities. IMPORTANT NOTE: Graduation is currently scheduled at UNF Arena. Due to the size of your class and the seating at UNF, this limits your available tickets to 6 per graduating Senior. Mrs. Kunze is actively looking for a larger venue. If a larger venue is secured, additional graduation fees will be announced.

Senior dues must be paid in order to be eligible to purchase tickets for prom, keep your reserved spot for GradBash, attend graduation, and receive a printed diploma. Seniors who pay their dues after the deadline are not guaranteed a Senior t-shirt.

Our senior class has 777 members, yet only 319 Seniors have joined our Senior Schoology group. This group is where we publish information about upcoming events, graduation, senior week, GradBash, t-shirts, and more. If you want a voice in your senior year, you MUST join! If you are Dual Enrollment, this is a GREAT way to stay connected! To Join, Seniors should navigate to Groups in their Schoology account and join the group using this code: NFBJ-8Q36-T5TM7

Seniors and their parents can join the Class of 2022 Remind to stay up to date on senior class information. Please note that everyone joins through the join information below, but because of Remind limitations we may move you into a different section. When this happens you will get two notifications from Remind – 1 that you have been added to a new section and 2 a notification that you have been removed from the initial section. You do not need to rejoin! All sections get the same information! Please do not rejoin as that fills up the queue and prevents announcements from being delivered. If you would also like to be updated on Senior Class information by using Remind you can join the class of 2022 Remind by texting @8k4f3g9 to the number 81010

GradBash IS SOLD OUT! We are working with our representative to see if any additional spots are available. When we know, we will share this information via the Remind and the Schoology group.

 Contact your Senior Sponsors with questions:

Holly Bourquin: Holly.Bourquin@stjohns.k12.fl.us

Laura Kuhel: Laura.Kuhel@stjohns.k12.fl.us

Shannon Jordan: Shannon.Jordan@stjohns.k12.fl.us

Attention Actors auditions are next Monday, October 25^th after school in the PAC for Trifles, a murder mystery that explores, power between the sexes, and the nature of truth. Susan Glaspell’s one-act play is based on actual events that occurred in Iowa at the turn of the 20th century. From 1899-1901 Glaspell worked as a reporter for the Des Moines News, where she covered the murder trial of a farmer’s wife, Margaret Hossack, in Indianola, Iowa. Hossack was accused of killing her husband, John. This play is sure to make you think. To Learn more and to Sign up for an audition slot Click HERE.

The COVID info web page for SJCSD families is now live at

This site includes the COVID Dashboard, Quarantine Help Guides, directions to access online textbooks and Schoology, and Health & Safety resources.

Monday, October 25th -

Sunday, October 31^st

October 26^th

Sewanee university- Media Center at 12:00

October 27^th

Florida Southern College- Media Center at 11:15

October 28^th

Davidson College- Media Center at 11:00

October 29^th

Rollins College- Media Center at 12:45

November 2^nd

University of South Florida- Media Center at 11:00

November 3^rd

Saint Leo University- Media Center at 11:45

Juniors and Seniors can sign up for these visits using their Naviance account. Passes will be given out the morning of the college visit during 1st/2nd period.  You must show your teacher the pass PRIOR to the college visit, if you will miss their class. Students are not excused from work missed.  You are responsible for all work missed. Summative assessments are not allowed to be missed for a college visit. Upon entering the media center, students must provide their confirmation pass to Mrs. Kennedy in the media center.

Saylor Minock                  Cruz Dexter

Keara Condon                  Norah Blackwell

Luke Wilson                      Matthew DeMarco

Kiyah Kolbow                   Brighton Buttery

Sophia Catechis               Anthony Tucker

Cael Thompson                Allison Reinshmidt

Daniellle Reynolds          Brooks Utter

Ryan O'Meara                  Elyssa Stefanell

Michael Dalhaus              Craig "CJ" Murphy

Luke Ball

Athlete Kevin Atlas was on campus Tuesday to speak to athletes from each sport. He delivered an inspirational message that will hopefully inspire and motivate our athletes.

Visit www.neaseathletics.com to register for 2021_22 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. 

Girls Basketball Tryouts – October 25^th @ 4pm in the Gym.

https://www.villageslacrosseclub.com/villagelax and email villageslacrosse@gmail.com for any questions.

The Nease Boys basketball team is excited for their upcoming season. Thanks to donations and the support of the GPBC, the team purchased the Dr. Dish shooting machine. This is a state of the art training tool that will allow our players to practice thousands of game situation shots in the most efficient way while being able to measure progress and percentages! The team and coaches are so grateful to have this wonderful tool to help us reach our maximum potential! Go Nease! 🏀

We are Filling the Fence! Thank you to everyone that has signed up for a Premium PTSO membership! Every Premium PTSO membership comes with a Panther Pride banner that will be placed on the fence. There are two banner options to choose from-one for our senior students and one for our Panther families. Click here to support the PTSO and fill the fence with your banner!  

Help Wanted! We are looking for volunteers during EXCEL time on Wednesdays from 11:00 am-12:30 pm. Sign up for one session or as many as you would like. We would love the help! Volunteers will get training prior to their first shift and will get a valuable peak into campus life at Nease! Click here to sign up for EXCEL As a reminder, all visitors on campus must be approved. To become an approved visitor, click here https://stjohns.keepntrack.com/apply/. Visitors are required to check in at the front office and present identification.

The Online Spirit Wear Store is Open! There are a wide variety of items available for purchase including short and long-sleeve t-shirts, hoodies, flannel pajama pants and even hats! A portion of all profits is given back to the Nease PTSO. Click here for your Panther Swag!

Stay in the Know! Follow NHS PTSO on social media to stay up to date on all of the latest PTSO news and events! Find us on Facebook at Nease High School PTSO, on Instagram at @nease_ptso and on Twitter at @NeasePtso. 

Gold Business Partner Spotlight: Nease PTSO is thrilled to have Publix Super Markets, Inc. as a Gold Business Partner. Part of the Publix mission is to be involved as responsible citizens in our communities. For over 90 years Publix has been a company our schools & communities can count on. Publix is honored to be a part of the Nease family! Thank you, Publix!

Looking for the latest Academy news? Please read, The October Newsletter.

Any female-identifying student who will be at least 16 years old by June 1^st, 2022 is eligible to apply for this opportunity. See the Citi Women in I.T. flyer for all the information, applications open on October 15^th:

If you have any questions regarding the Communications Academy, Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, or the Stellar Academy of Engineering, reach out to Jaime Combs at Jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us

IB Exam Registration paperwork was due last Friday, October 15^th to Mrs. Kennedy. Juniors and Seniors will need to be fully registered in Managebac and all registration paperwork signed and returned to Kennedy’s office. Please ask your student for this paperwork if you have not seen or signed. This is very important.

Our third IB Booster meeting is scheduled for this week, Monday, October 25^th, 2021 at 9:45 a.m. in the Media Center Classroom. All visitors will be required to sign-in. 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. 

Attention Seniors: For seniors who were absent during the counselor college presentation or for those who do not have an English class at NHS, if you have not picked up your Gold Envelope please do so as soon as possible in C-Pod. The Gold Envelope includes information on Naviance, Common App, and the college application process. College/university application deadlines are coming up and your counselor needs your Gold Envelope turned in with a two-week processing time. 

Senior Financial Aid Workshop: Seniors, come to M-107 during EXCEL on 10/27 for a hands-on workshop for Bright Futures and FAFSA. The workshop will run during both Excel A and B. See you there!

Remember to use the Portal Link in Schoology to submit your registration! Registrations will NOT be accepted via email. If you need help with spring registration, please schedule an appointment with Mrs. Stricklin (https://calendly.com/e014302). If you need a registration refresher, check out the “Videos for Help” folder to and watch a video to help.

As always, the registration form can be downloaded from the portal, and you can use this link to find SJR Spring courses schedule: https://web.sjrstate.edu/apex/prod/f?p=132:2:::NO:2:P2_CALLING_FORM,P2_SELECT_MAJOR_AREA:1,College%20Credit

For any questions related to testing please email our testing coordinator, Ms. Cynthia Messenger (Cynthia.Messenger@stjohns.k12.fl.us)

For all upcoming test dates, please visit the NHS Testing Information  website.

Carolyn Milian – School Librarian Media Specialist

Lorna Patterson – Media Clerk

Media Center phone number – 904-547-8367

Email – carolyn.milian@stjohns.k12.fl.us

FREE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING!   

Students and parents – PLEASE take advantage of this FREE opportunity offered by our juniors and seniors of National Honor Society. Students that need help or support in any of their classes can stay after school on any Tuesday and/or Thursday from 4-5 p.m. or during Excel and work with an NHS member. No appointment or reservation is needed. Students can also request tutoring in the mornings or during lunches, however, an appointment for these times must be made with Mrs. Milian so she can secure an available tutor. ALL our students have plenty of opportunities to get some extra help when they need it! For more info, please email or call me in the media center.

Our school library media center is the “heart” of our school and a HUGE part of our student life on campus. We would LOVE to have some of our parents help us out at our circulation desk in the mornings or after school. If you are willing and able to help us out, please click on the link below and sign up to become a part of our “library” family. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email me at carolyn.milian@stjohns.k12.fl.us . Thank you so much and let’s have an awesome year! You’re going to LOVE our space and all our incredible students!

Ø Media Center Daily Help

We are no longer handing out wristbands for students to be in here for both Excel sessions. We will ONLY hand out wristbands for either Excel A or Excel B but NOT both. This will go into effect this Wed., Oct. 27^th.  Too many students want to just hang out in the media center the entire time and it is causing too much traffic and chaos and crowd control issues. And as a reminder – we will NO LONGER hand out wristbands at the door. Students MUST pick up wristbands by 11 a.m. the latest if they want to come into the media center for Excel. We will still have Excel tutors available during this time if students need help. HOWEVER, they must secure an “Excel tutoring pass” from their teacher or from me in the media center before Excel time.

·      10 oz. coffee cups (lots)

·      Creamer (individual packs or powdered. No refrigerated creamers please)

·      Individually wrapped stirrers

·      Paper towel rolls

·      Napkins