Good afternoon!

Staff Appreciation Donations:

The PTSO is sponsoring a STAFF APPRECIATION luncheon next month. We are accepting gift card donations to present to our amazing staff! Our goal is to give every staff member a $25 gift card. Please consider donating gift cards in increments of $25. (We recommend Amazon or Target.)

We ask that you please write the dollar amount on the cards and put them in a sealed envelope marked NEASE PTSO Staff Appreciation. Please drop off your donation at the Front Office no later than Friday, May 12.



If you would prefer, you can also Venmo: @NeasePTSO with a donation amount of your choosing, and the PTSO can acquire the gift cards for you! Please contact nhsstaffthanks@gmail.com with questions. Thank you in advance for your generosity as we help show our Nease High School Staff how much we appreciate them!

Nease IB Booster Club would like to invite you to join us in celebrating our teachers during Teacher Appreciation month! We have held this lunch for many years and the teachers speak about this every year. On Thursday, May 4th, we plan to transform the media center into an international melting pot and offer our teachers and staff an array of foods from around the world. Please click on the link below for more details and to sign up. Thank you for your support!! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084FAFAE23A5FF2-texas

If you have further questions, please email Laurie Hunt (neaseib@gmail.com).

We still need volunteers! PLEASE HELP!

All State testing, AP exams, and IB exams start May 1st and we desperately need your help as we do not have enough employees to meet all the proctor requirements. If you or anyone you know has any available time, please sign-up to help. We will take aunts, uncles, grandparents, and elderly neighbors. Thank you in advance for your help

Don't forget all volunteers must be cleared to be on campus. https://stjohns.keepntrack.com/apply

AP Testing

Please help us by proctoring an AP exam in May. We will take grandparents, aunts, uncles, retired neighbors - please spread the word. (Note: College Board does not allow family members to proctor any test that a relative is taking.)

Nease High School: AP Testing Volunteers 2023 (signupgenius.com)

State End of Course exams

Testing is May 1st through May 16th - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4EA5AB2BA3FF2-spring1

IB Testing

Mrs. Kennedy cannot do this without help from our IB underclassmen parents. Click here to sign up. 

Message from Nurse Aberdeen

As we near the end of the school year, I would like to remind you that your child’s medication should be picked up from the clinic by May 25^th . School policy does not allow for medication to remain in the school over the summer. It will be important for you to make arrangements to pick up your child’s medication since medications may not go home with the student. Any medication left in the clinic after May 25^th will be discarded according to policy.

For your convenience, the clinic will be opening August 7^th to accept your child’s medication and completed medication forms for the new school year. 

If you have any questions, please contact the school clinic at 547-8326

Have a safe and healthy summer

SENIOR INFORMATION

Below is the link to the Special Edition Panther Press for Seniors. If anything new is added 4th quarter for seniors, I will include in this section each week.

Special Edition Panther Press - Senior Information - https://conta.cc/40v4txx

Seniors if you are missing a final exam, make-ups will be Monday, May 15th at 9:30am in the gym. Please use the form link below to sign-up, so we are prepared with all needed exams.

https://forms.office.com/r/x4R0Pc3uPU

SENIORS!!! TEXTBOOKS AND MEDIA FINES

If you have any media fines for library books, textbooks, or student ID’s on your account, you WILL NOT receive your graduation tickets. If you do not have any fines on your media accounts, you MUST RETURN ALL library books or textbooks you have checked out this school year before receiving your graduation tickets. If you have any questions or concerns please email me directly at carolyn.milian@stjohns.k12.fl.us

SUG for Lights Out 2023 event on May 11th. Lights Out 2023 is a SENIOR only event!

PLEASE sign-up if by Friday, May 5th if you plan on attending, so the appropriate amount of food can be ordered. Remember there is no cost to this event.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0444ADA722AAF58-lights1



Leonards will offer Senior Photos with cap & gowns on Tuesday, May 16th in the Nease auditorium. Students MUST sign-up to attend and students MUST be within dress code to enter campus.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0445a4aa29aafd0-nease4#/

Sunday, April 30^th

• 8am - IB Math review in A-pod (Bertram)

Monday, May 1^st – Green Day – 1, 3, 5, & 7

• US History EOC for Cunningham, Fertig, Kessel & Tudor
• 7:30 arrival/8am start – AP US Government in Gym
• 8am – PRACTICE AP World Testing in auditorium (Miller)
• 11:30am arrival/12pm start – AP Chemistry in Gym
• HOME: 7pm – V Baseball vs Fletcher – District Game
• AWAY: 5:30pm – Boys Volleyball vs Tocoi – Districts @ Beachside

Tuesday, May 2^nd – Gold Day – 2, 4, 6, & 7

• FAST for 9^th grade ELA
• 7am – PTSO meeting in PH104 conf room
• 7:30am arrival/8am start – AP Env Science in Gym
• 8am arrival/8:30am start – IB Physics SL & HL in ROTC
• 8am – PRACTICE AP World Testing in auditorium (Miller)
• 11:30am arrival/12pm start – AP Psychology in Gym
• 5:30pm – District Career Academy Awards
• AWAY: 8pm - Possible District Baseball @ Fletcher
• AWAY: 7pm – Possible District Boys Volleyball @ Beachside
• AWAY: 5:30pm – Softball @ Oakleaf – District Game

Wednesday, May 3^rd – 1, 2, 3, 4, EXCEL, 5, 6 – 2:50pm dismissal

• FAST for 9^th grade ELA
• 7:30am arrival/8am start – AP English Literature in Gym
• 8am arrival/8:30am start – IB Physics SL & HL in ROTC
• 11:30am arrival/12pm start – AP Computer Science A in ROTC
• 11:30am arrival/12pm start – IB English SL & HL in Gym
• 7pm – Chorus Concert in auditorium

Thursday, May 4^th – 1, 3, 5, & 7

• FAST for 10^th grade ELA
• 7:30am arrival/8am start – AP Human Geography in Gym
• 7:30am arrival/8am start – AP Macro Economics in C-pod room 103
• 8am – PRACTICE AP World Testing in auditorium (Miller)
• 11:30am arrival/8am start – AP Statistics in Gym
• 12pm – NJROTC Military Signing Day in auditorium (Warrant)
• 12:30pm arrival/1pm start – IB English SL & HL in ROTC
• AWAY: 7pm – Possible Baseball District Championship @ Fletcher
• AWAY: 7pm – Possible Boys VB District Championship @ Beachside
• AWAY: 7pm – Possible Softball District Championship @ Oakleaf

Friday, May 5^th – 2, 4, 6, & 7

• FAST for 10^th grade ELA
• AP Art Portfolios must be submitted today
• 7:30am arrival/8am start – AP US History in Gym
• 8am – PRACTICE AP World Testing in auditorium (Miller)
• 11:30am arrival/12pm start – AP Art History in H123
• 11:30am arrival/12pm start – AP Microeconomics in Gym
• 11:30am arrival/12pm start – IB Comp Sci SL & HL in ROTC
• 3pm – Beaches Go Green Campus Clean-up at Stadium
• AWAY: All Day – Track Regionals @ UNF

Saturday, May 6^th

• 7:30am – PRACTICE AP World History Test in gym (Miller)
• 8am – IB Math Study Session (Love)

Student Life

VOLUNTEERING OPPPORTUNITIES!

Multiple event organizers have reached out to Mrs. Milian asking for Nease volunteers! Any student that is looking for service hours opportunities, please click on the link below and volunteer for as many spots as you would like. The American Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life” is this Saturday, Apr. 22nd at our Nease stadium and the organizers need lots of “hands on deck” all day long to make this a successful event. “Unidos en la Musica” Latin music festival is Saturday, May 6^th in downtown St. Augustine and they desperately need volunteers for the event. ALL volunteers will receive FREE admission to the festival for the day, PLUS one (1) FREE guest. 😊 If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Milian via email at carolyn.milian@stjohns.k12.fl.us

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING! PLEASE READ!!

After school tutoring for Tuesday, Apr. 25^th has been cancelled. Tutoring will be offered Thursday, Apr. 27^th. Please be aware - the LAST DAY for after-school tutoring will be Thursday, May 11^th! We will NOT have tutoring days during the last 2 weeks of school. 

International Thespian Society Induction

Nease’s chapter of International Thespian Society, Troupe 4641 inducted 18 new members on Wednesday, April 19^th. ITS is an international honor society for students who have dedicated their time to the stage (onstage and backstage) and earned the necessary points for theatre participation. Our list of this year’s inductees includes Marissa McNally, Ethan Diachun, Jacob Santana, Jackie Weir, Sarah Roney, Robin Hickey, Rome Curtiss, Faith Leatherman, Andrew Hajdini, Mackenzie Cole, Kaylie Burnett, Ava Everly, Robbyn Dykeman, Ethan Murphy, Olivia Hill, Maggie Yan, Luke Porter, and Harmony Anderson. Please congratulate them for their hard work and dedication.

The induction festivities began with our annual drama banquet. This year’s banquet theme was “Masquerade” and thespians arrived in fancy costumes and colorful masks. They enjoyed a delicious chicken dinner, accompanied by garlic mashed potatoes, corn, salad, rolls, and an array of desserts. After the banquet, the thespians adjourned to the Performing Arts Center where we held our induction ceremony followed by the swearing in of next year’s officers. For the 2023-2024 school year, Ellie Mirgeaux will serve as president, Grace Polito as vice president, Lily Downie as secretary, Micah Vosburg as treasurer, and Mackenzie Bradt and Rome Curtiss serving as our recruitment directors. This year’s officers then handed out paper plate awards (a Nease tradition) acknowledging their classmates’ hard work. Mr. Robinson bestowed the two trophies of the evening: The “Nease Theatre Spirit Award” to Kayla Cashen, and the “Thespian of the Year Award” to Troy Leatherman. The evening concluded with the group returning to Mr. Robinson’s classroom to watch a video/slide show celebrating our year together in the spotlight.

End of Year Theatre Showcase

On Tuesday, May 2^nd, the musical theatre class, and students who competed at district competition, will present an end-of-year “Theatre Showcase” in the Performing Arts Center. The event is free and is open to everyone. We particularly wish to extend an invitation to parents and teachers. This showcase will feature 21 songs and dances completely staged and performed by over 25 Nease Theatre students. Come show them your support as we wrap up a year of hard work and amazing talent. The showcase begins at 6:30 PM. 

2023 Student Government Elections are HERE!

Students must have served one year in SGA and be in good standing to run for office.

Students must submit a declaration of candidacy form prior to campaigning.

Campaigning begins at 4pm on Friday, April 28, 2023, and ends at 4pm on Monday, May 8, 2023. This includes social media.

Elections will be held during all lunches on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

Students must follow all campaign rules and regulations.

Please pick up candidacy forms and rules from Ms. Cunningham in Portable 52 between classes.

Nease hosted our Annual Career & Technical Fair this past Wednesday. We had 45 vendors present and students enjoyed learning about different options after high school. A huge thank you to PTSO & IB Booster mom, Ann Nguyen, for organizing the event and to all the volunteers who worked the day of to provide our students with this wonderful opportunity.

Our DECA Chapter returned yesterday from the International Career Development Conference. Over 22,000 students from across the world met in Orlando to compete in categories related to business, marketing, finance, and hospitality. Nease had 30 students attend and of those 30 we had 8 place in the TOP 10 for their events and 2 of those students went on to place 1^st in their event. This is a huge accomplishment, and I am extremely proud of everything all 30 of these young professionals did to make it to ICDC and represent Nease so well.

1^st Place – Business Solutions Project

Alan Li and Sawyer Wiltfong

Top 10 – Business Services Operations Research

Jackson Garnecki, Vishnu Gupta, and Likith Tipirneni

Aarav Mohanlal, Anatoli Monsalve, and Jolie Nguyen

Hometown Fan APP

Nease High School has transitioned to Hometown Fan for athletic tickets to games.

Download the APP or click on https://neaseathletics.com/tickets/ to purchase tickets!

Follow Nease Athletics on Instagram #NeaseAthletics and Twitter @NeaseAthletics

NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete 2022-2023

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/Student_Resources/CBSA.pdf?j=84970295&jb=12006&l=7822357_HTML&mid=10892399&sfmc_sub=1302201880&u=741606448

Purchase Nease Athletic Apparel:

https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/florida/pontevedra/nease-high-school

Athletic Clearance

Prior to participating with a Nease High School athletic team, all students are required to complete the athletic clearance process.

Please keep in mind that the FHSAA requires all student athletes to view free NFHS video courses on concussions, heat illness, and sudden cardiac arrest (see instructions below). Signatures on the EL3 form indicate that your athlete has completed these three video courses. The FHSAA also requires that all student athletes have at least a 2.0 unweighted GPA to be eligible for participation.

For step-by-step athletic clearance instructions please visit: https://neaseathletics.com/athletic_clearance/

There is a new EL2 Physical Form print this PDF (click on blue EL2 Physical form) if you are going to get your physical updated.

Athletic Fee

The purpose of the Nease Athletic Fee is to help address the costs associated with operating a high school athletic department. Currently the St. Johns County School Board pays each coach’s coaching supplement, and all remaining costs are the responsibility of the athletic department and teams. The athletic fee helps cover the following expenses:

·        Game officials

·        Indoor and Outdoor Athletic Facility maintenance

·        Sports Medicine

·        Security

·        Ambulance service

·        Athletic Leadership Council activities

·        Student-Athlete Letters and Awards

·        FHSAA membership dues and other fees

The 2022-23 fee will be as follows: $75 Per Sport Played

The $75 Athletic Fee can be paid via School Pay by clicking

https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Athletic-Fee-/SUeFDu

This fee must be paid prior to the student-athlete participating in his/her first contest. Nease Athletics appreciates your attention and compliance regarding payment of this fee. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Nease Athletic Department.

Staff Appreciation Donations:

The PTSO is sponsoring a STAFF APPRECIATION luncheon next month. We are accepting gift card donations to present to our amazing staff! Our goal is to give every staff member a $25 gift card. Please consider donating gift cards in increments of $25. (We recommend Amazon or Target.)

We ask that you please write the dollar amount on the cards and put them in a sealed envelope marked NEASE PTSO Staff Appreciation. Please drop off your donation at the Front Office no later than Friday, May 12.

If you would prefer, you can also Venmo: @NeasePTSO with a donation amount of your choosing, and the PTSO can acquire the gift cards for you! Please contact nhsstaffthanks@gmail.com with questions. Thank you in advance for your generosity as we help show our Nease High School Staff how much we appreciate them!

Open PTSO President Position! Our current PTSO President will be serving in a different capacity for the 2023-24 school year, and we are actively looking for a replacement. The PTSO provides a forum where parents, teachers, administrators, and students can collaborate on ways to enhance and enrich the quality of education at Nease High School. For more information, please email nhs.ptso.board@gmail.com

EXCEL Volunteers Wanted! We are looking for Volunteers during EXCEL time. EXCEL is each Wednesday and gives students an opportunity to eat lunch, attend a club meeting, seek help from a teacher, or retake a summative exam. Volunteers are needed from 12:00 pm-1:30 pm. Volunteers will get training prior to their first shift and a volunteer T-shirt. Volunteers get a valuable peak into campus life at NHS! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4aafab2ea0f9c70-excel2*All visitors on campus including PTSO meeting attendees, must be approved volunteers. To become an approved visitor, please visit https://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/volunteer/. Visitors are required to check in at the front office and present identification.

PTSO Gold Business Partner Spotlight:

THANK YOU to Cantina Louie for being a GOLD BUSINESS PARTNER! Cantina Louie has been a proud sponsor of Nease High School for the past 4 years. Cantina Louie values education and just as important, they value our local heroes known as “Teachers”. Cantina Louie is a locally owned business that began in St. Augustine in 2014, and now has 8 locations in Northeast Florida. Julington Creek and Aberdeen locations coming soon! www.cantinalouie.com

THANK YOU to Smiles by Glenos & Hadgis Orthodontists for being a Nease PTSO Gold Business Partner! With office locations in St Augustine and St Johns, Dr. Glenos and Dr. Hadgis have a combined 40 years of experience and pride themselves on providing the best orthodontic experience and patient service. They offer the latest orthodontic technologies and services to enhance precision results and overall patient comfort. To schedule an appointment please call or text 904-79-SMILE. Virtual consultations are also available by visiting www.smilesbyGHortho.com and clicking the ‘Online Smile Assessment’ link for next steps to get to a healthy and beautiful new smile! 

Congratulations, Stellar Scholarship Winners!

Congratulations to Stellar Academy of Engineering Seniors Tabitha Gottipati and Miles Moerman, who each won a $1,000 scholarship from Stellar. These two are part of an awesome group of engineering seniors who have completed four years in our Academy. Both students are planning on attending the University of Florida to major in Mechanical Engineering. 

Congratulations to our Jaguars Career and Technical Education Scholarship Award Winner!

Brandon Sobalvarro, a Senior in the Communications Academy Wired program, was selected as Nease’s Jaguars CTE Scholarship winner for 2023. Brandon has been a part of the Wired news crew for three years, and helped the team bring home a national award for Wired via the Student Television Network last year. Brandon has played a crucial role in the Wired team this year as we transitioned instructors. He plans to continue studying Communications at the University of North Florida, and now has $1,000 from the Jacksonville Jaguars to put towards tuition costs.

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

IB Seniors

• IB Senior Stoles are ready to be purchased. If you are not a member of the IB Boosters, please submit 25$ (check payable to IB Boosters) to Mrs. Kennedy so we can order your stole for graduation. If you need to know if you are a member, please reach out to neaseib@gmail.com for verification.
• The IB Senior Banquet will be held on May 18^th at the St. Johns Golf and Country Club at 6PM. Link for parents to pay and RSVP to the banquet. Student’s dinners are paid for by the Boosters. Each senior can bring up to two guests.

All IB Students & Parents

• Please help with proctoring for IB testing in May 2023. Mrs. Kennedy cannot do this without help from our underclassmen parents. Click here to sign up. 

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

547-8281

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

JUNIORS & SENIORS!! Get your “Panther Café Senior Tile”! This is your chance to IMMORTALIZE yourself in our library!

ALL seniors have the opportunity to take home one of our café area ceiling tiles, paint and personalize it, then have it placed back into our ceiling for a donation of $20. The money raised from this fundraiser will be used to purchase new computers for our media center and other technology enhancements and at the same time have our seniors immortalized in our café as these will never be repainted! Please contact me in the media center for more information. 

Looking for families to host a Rotary Exchange Student for 3-4 months during 2023/24 School Year

Hosting an exchange student brings the world to your family and community!  It allows you to experience – up close and personal – different cultures, languages and customs, and all the excitement that comes with it. 

By hosting an exchange student from another part of the world, you’re giving these brave students the gift of experiencing a new culture and way of life while feeling safe, supported and a part of a loving family – something you would hope others would do for your own child.  

Rotary will provide background and reference checks, training, and support for your hosting experience.  Rotary will also provide the student with comprehensive insurance, training and a monthly stipend (the students typically have their own spending money as well).  Rotary will also keep in regular contact with you and the student to ensure that everyone is having a good experience.  

We’re looking for several families to host two Nease High School students for 3-4 months each.  Students will live with several families throughout the year to gain perspective on how different families live.  My wife and I have hosted 5 different students in years past and have loved the experience.  The students truly become part of your family.  

If you would like more information about becoming a host parent, please reach out to either:

Zeke Paxton                                                                 Rosemary Lorenz

Cell:  770-820-4138                                                      Cell:  904-202-6410

Email: Paxtonezekiel15@gmail.com                            Email: rmlsunshine7@gmail.com