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 with a 3-day weekend!
Remember that since we are off Monday, Feb 21st, Wednesday will be a GREEN day w/o 7th period.
Please take a few minutes to complete the Annual SAC Needs Assessment Survey as we truly value your input in improving Nease.
ACT Non-College Reportable Exam – 12th Grade ONLY
This test is for 12th grade students who have not met the FSA Grade 10 ELA and/or the Algebra 1 EOC graduation requirement. The ACT will be offered at Nease on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 to 12 th Graders ONLY. The cost of the ACT exam is $35.00. Payment can be made via this link in School Pay.
Payment is due by Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
ACT to all juniors on Tuesday, March 1st. This FREE ACT administration will provide a reportable score for colleges. In order to meet the ACT testing requirements, we will utilize most classroom, so all other students may have a digital learning day with an online assignment that is due to teacher either Wed, 3/2 or Thu, 3/3. Any 9th, 10th or 12th grader who attends school on the 1st, will use laptops in the cafeteria to complete online assignments.
The plan for Tuesday, March 1st
- 9:20am to 9:30am - ensure all students are in correct testing location
- 9:30am - testing begins (There are 2 breaks, so students should bring a small snack & water.)
- 1:30pm - testing ends
- 1:300pm to 2:10pm Lunch
- 2:15pm to 3:50pm - 7th period
If you would like your junior to leave campus at 1:30pm when testing ends, he/she MUST complete the early dismissal form to submit at gate to leave. We will NOT check-out students through the main office. Juniors without a parking tag MAY drive to school on March 1st.
Night of One Acts
Join us on February 28th @ 6:30pmfor an evening of three one act plays performed and directed by students of the Nease Theatre Department.
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A Ghost for Rosanda - Four school girls arrive at a dilapidated, lonely old house planning to meet Rosanda, great-aunt of one of them, and spend two nights making up ghost stories.
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Tracks - A group of strangers meet in a dirty subway station. They have arrived with limited personal belongings their watches have stopped, and they all claim to be in different cities. Soon they learn there is no way out of the station, and the unfortunate truth is told to them: they are all dead.
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In The Bag - Maureen and Mary are volunteers in a charity shop and every day is much like the one before. But today, when they're going through new donations, they find some money. A lot of money. Just as they're deciding what to do with it, two new volunteers arrive. What to do?
Don’t miss these amazing student directed one acts. Tickets are available on School Pay and at the door for $7.
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY NEWS!
Advisers: Carolyn Milian, School Librarian Media Specialist & Mrs. Robbins, Math teacher
SOPHOMORE & JUNIOR STUDENTS & PARENTS!
Is your student interested in being invited to join National Honor Society next school year? Well, here are some important details to keep in mind, so your child can start working on his/her “resume”. These are the requirements for students to be considered as candidates for the Nease chapter of National Honor Society:
- Eligibility for National Honor Society:
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NHS is open only to Juniors and Seniors
- 3.80 SHARP WEIGHTED GPA (no rounding)
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Rising Juniors (Sophomores) – minimum of 40 documented service hours documented by end of August at the start of your Junior year. Rising Seniors (Juniors) – minimum of 50 documented hours by the end of August at the start of your senior year.
- Enrolled in at least 2 Honors, AP, or DE courses (or a combo of any of these) for the school year 2022-23.
- Eligible Juniors and Seniors who have the required GPA at the start of the school year, will receive an invitation for an “Informational Meeting” in September to discuss the requirements and expectations of all members in National Honor Society. At that point they will receive a “Selection/Resume” packet that must be completed and submitted by deadline date.
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Eligibility does not guarantee admission. Other factors that will determine candidacy are leadership, school involvement in clubs, events, and activities, outside leadership and club involvement (ie: Scouts, church, community groups, work, etc.). The Faculty Council (8 anonymous faculty members) review all the resumes and make the final decisions regarding invitation to become a member or does not meet needed requirements. Juniors that did not meet requirements have the opportunity to become eligible at the start of Senior year. All confirmed candidates will be inducted into the club in a ceremony that will take place sometime in October. Confirmation letters will be sent out during the last week of September.
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Parents can contact Mrs. Milian or Mrs. Robbins for further information or check club webpage
Excused Absences & Early Dismissal Procedures
- Please utilize the online submission link to submit an excused absent note.
- Early dismissals are a breeze, if you submit the request by 10am day of early check-out.
- Remember the last check-out is at 2:50pm on M,T,Th,F and 1:50pm on Wednesdays.
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Attendance webpage with links - https://www-nhs.stjohns.k12.fl.us/parents/attendance/
Visitor/Parent/Volunteer Information
Nease High School is a closed campus for the safety and security of students and staff. ALL parents, visitors, and volunteers MUST be registered in School Access. To register, click here and complete School Access forms online. Visitors to our campus are required to sign-in to School Access on the computers in the Front Office and show your I.D. The three forms of acceptable ID’s are a Drivers License, a State I.D. and a Passport. Clearance in School Access lasts for 3 years. If you are unsure if your School Access is current, please call the Front Office, 9045478300.
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Graduation will be Wednesday, June 1st at 7pm at UNF. The ceremony will be live streamed.
MANDATORY graduation rehearsal is Wednesday, June 1st at 10am at UNF.
Attention seniors taking a virtual course: Coursework and final exam must be completed by Sunday, May 1st to give virtual teacher time to post grade and send to Nease for us to enter on transcript. This deadline is extremely important and will NOT be extended!
705 Seniors have ordered their Caps & Gowns. If you have not, you CANNOT participate in graduation.
110 Seniors have NOT paid their senior dues. Your $65 dues MUST be paid to participate in Prom, Senior activities (including GradBash), and Graduation!
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.
GradBash is sold out! For seniors who have paid the deposit, the second payment link will be sent to the email address used for your deposit before Tuesday 2/1/22. The second payment is $70. This payment is based on the estimate of the bus cost and is meant to cover the entire cost of the trip. If fuel prices change significantly, we may require a 3rd payment. Students who are attending GradBash, you will be allowed to select which bus you are riding, so you can be with your friends.
Class of 2022 Schoology Group
Our senior class has 777 members, yet only 351 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
Class of 2022 Remind
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 @bgkde7c to the number 81010
Contact your Senior Sponsors with questions:
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What is happening at Nease this week? |
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Monday, February 21st - Holiday! No School!
Tuesday, February 22nd - GOLD Day - periods 2, 4, 6 & 7
- 4pm - Spring Athletic pictures in gym
- AWAY: 5pm Boys JV Lacrosse @ Ponte Vedra
- AWAY: 6:30pm Boys Varsity Baseball @ Middleburg
- HOME: 6pm Girls Varsity Lacrosse vs Pedro Menendez
- HOME: 6pm Girls Varsity Softball vs Pedro Menendez
- HOME: 6pm Boys JV Baseball vs Providence
Wednesday, February 23rd - GREEN Day w/o 7th period - 2:50pm dismissal
- AWAY: 4pm Boys Weightlifting @ St Augustine
- AWAY: 4pm Boys Varsity Baseball @ St Joseph
- AWAY: 5:30pm Boys and Girls JV Track & Field @ St Augustin
- HOME: 3:15pm Boys and Girls Tennis vs Bolles
- HOME: 5:30pm Boys JV Lacrosse vs Creekside
- HOME: 7:30pm Boys Varsity Lacrosse vs Creekside
Thursday, February 24th - GOLD Day - periods 2, 4, 6, 7
- Engineering FT - Trades Day
- 6:30pm - 8th grade Parent Meeting - scheduling for 22-23SY
- AWAY: 6pm Girls Varsity Softball @ Fleming Island
- AWAY: 6pm Boys JV Baseball @ Providence
Friday, February 25th - GREEN Day - periods 1, 3, 5, 7
- AWAY: 12pm Boys and Girls Varsity Track & Field @ East Coast Classic – Flagler Palm Coast
- AWAY: 6pm Girls Varsity Lacrosse @ Bolles
- AWAY: 6pm Girls Varsity Softball @ Ponte Vedra
- AWAY: Boys Wrestling Regionals @ Flagler Palm Coast - TBD
- HOME: 4:30pm Boys JV Baseball vs Trinity Christian
- HOME: 5pm Boys JV Lacrosse vs Pope
- HOME: 7pm Boys Varsity Baseball vs Trinity Christian
- HOME: 7pm Boys Varsity Lacrosse vs Pope
Saturday, February 26th
- AWAY: Boys Wrestling Regionals @ Flagler Palm Coast - TBD
Planning ahead:
Tue, Mar 1st - ACT administered to ALL juniors. Digital learning day for all other students.
Wed, Mar 2nd - Gold Day w/o 7th period to make-up for missing Gold day on Tue the 1st.
Wed, Mar 9th - Green Day w/o 7th period to make-up for missing Green day on Fri the 11th
Thu, Mar 10th - Last day of 3rd quarter
Fri, Mar 11th - Planning Day - No school for students!
March 14th - 18th - SPRING BREAK!!
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JROTC takes home academic and athletic championships.
JROTC was spread across the Southeast US this past weekend, competing in academic, air rifle and athletic competitions in Clay County; Anniston, AL; and Atlanta, GA. At Clay HS, the brain brawl team defeated 20 schools enroute to winning the championship. Team members Ben Prohofsky, Andrew Padgett, Zachary Servello and Julian Hardy will next compete at the Area-12 Championships at Bishop Kenny on March 19 with hopes of returning to the national championships where the team placed 3rd in the nation in 2021. The air rifle team competed for the first time at the national championships and finished 20th in the competition. Team members were Nicholas Bohanon, Gabriel Mitchell, Hailey Pitches and Chloe Westerlind. Two athletic teams competed at the Georgia Field Ball Tournament. Field ball is a sport played throughout Georgia as well as the service academies. Nease captured both first and second place in the tournament. Winning team members were Daniel Mahoney, Ghush Gandhi, Miles Mitidieri, Ben Rider, Isabella Rivera, Amber Fields, Alexandra Dalla Rosa and Nick Gallego.
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Follow Nease Athletics on Instagram #NeaseAthletics and Twitter @NeaseAthletics
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.
Help Support Nease Athletics!
You can help support Nease Athletics by becoming a member of our Booster Club! Everyone is welcome to join. There are four membership levels. All funds will directly support Nease High School athletic programs. All athletes and coaches will benefit from the funding. Show your panther pride and sign up online.
Link Below for Apparel purchases:
NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete
*** The 2021-2022 edition of the Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete is now available. The guide is designed to assist with understanding the NCAA, NCAA Eligibility Center registration and academic requirements, and how you can help your student-athletes work toward their collegiate dreams. Here’s the link – feel free to share with others!
Looking ahead:
Boys Weightlifting:
- All prospective Boys Weightlifters should stop by Coach Jump’s room in P53.
- Whether you are experienced or brand new to weightlifting, we would love to have you learn about the sports. Unlike other game-based sports, weightlifting is a life skill and can be taken with you throughout life. This is why many of our athletes enjoy being on the team. Our team fee is $175 which covers gear, travel, and tournament fees. All members, new or returning will have a shot to earn a Varsity letter as the strongest two athletes in each weight class compete in the FHSAA events at the end the season.
Please download the GoFan app to your phone to purchase tickets.
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SPACE IS LIMITED FOR SAT BOOT CAMPS! REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Advanced SAT Math Boot Camp-Saturday, 2/26 and Sunday, 3/6 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm.
Help Wanted! We are looking for volunteers during EXCEL time in 2022! EXCEL takes place 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 including PTSO meeting attendees, must be approved volunteers. To become an approved visitor, please visit https://stjohns.keepntrack.com/apply/. Visitors are required to check in at the front office and present identification.
New Spirit Wear is Online Now! The online Spirit Store has NEW items including joggers, a cropped hoodie and racerback tanks! We still have plenty of 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.
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Gold Business Partners Spotlight: Three cheers for 4-time NHS PTSO Gold Business Partner, All Florida Safety Institute. All Florida is the state's largest DMV-authorized driving school and AAA approved. The best method to become a safe driver while acquiring your license is to spend hours of time practicing with a certified driving instructor. All Florida offers convenient driver training and license testing together in one place. For driving lesson plans for teens and adults: https://allfloridasafetyinstitute.com/
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ACADEMY SENIORS, ORDER YOUR GRADUATION CORD BEFORE MARCH 1ST!
Seniors who have been enrolled in the Engineering, Communications (TV Pro or Digital Design) or Hospitality Academy for at least three years are eligible to order an Academy cord. You must sign up to order a cord via the Sign Up Genius link before March 1st, 2022 in order to guarantee getting an Academy cord for graduation. Cords cost $8, and payment will be due in May when the cords come in for distribution.
If A Student Wants To Leave An Academy for 2022-23
If an Academy student checked “No” on the Intent to Return roster in December, to indicate that he/she does not want to continue in the Academy next year, a Program of Choice Drop Form will be sent home for the student and a parent to sign. This form needs to be returned to confirm that the student would like to be removed from the Academy for the 2022-23 school year. If a student decides that they want to leave the Academy, but checked “yes” on the Intent to Return, they can email Mrs. Combs at Jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us to request a drop form.
If An Academy Student Is Zoned for Beachside HS for 2022-23
Students who will be zoned for Beachside High School in 2022-23 but are returning Nease Academy students can remain at Nease. These students will then be designated as out-of-zone Academy students. The St. Johns County School District does not guarantee transportation to students attending an out-of-zone school. Because transportation is not guaranteed to out-of-zone students in our district, families need to discuss whether they can provide transportation to students who are zoned for Beachside High School, if the district doesn’t provide bussing. As long as the student can provide transportation, keeps an Academy course on his/her schedule every year, and remains within Academy grade and behavioral guidelines, he/she can attend an out-of-zone school.
If you have any questions about the Communications Academy, Stellar Academy of Engineering, or Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, reach out to Academy Coordinator Jaime Combs, at Jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us
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IB Seniors
- Midyear reports will be sent this week. Please make sure you complete the log sheet and submit 2$ for each midyear report you need to be sent. There is at least a 2-week (14 working days) turnaround for the processing of the envelope. Please allow for this prior to submission.
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IB Pinning Ceremony will occur on March 24th at 6pm at the stadium. Seniors will need to be present at this event to welcome our juniors. Please mark your calendar.
IB Juniors
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Our IB junior service project meeting forms are due to Ms. Kennedy by March 2nd. If forms are not returned, the students on the waitlist will be placed on the list.
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IB Pinning Ceremony will occur on March 24th at 6pm at the Nease stadium.
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ACT Non-College Reportable Exam – 12th Grade ONLY
This test is for 12th grade students who have not met the FSA Grade 10 ELA and/or the Algebra 1 EOC graduation requirement. The ACT will be offered at Nease on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 to 12th Graders ONLY. The cost of the ACT exam is $35.00. Payment can be made via this link in School Pay.
Payment is due by Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
NHS ASVAB Test – Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program (CEP) will be administered on Thursday, March 3rd in the PAC at 9:20 AM. There is no charge to take this test.
You must register to take the ASVAB Test through SignUpGenius, as there will be no other area to sign-up. Deadline to register for the test is Wednesday, November 3rd.
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Carolyn Milian – School Librarian Media Specialist
Lorna Patterson – Media Clerk
Media Center phone number – 904-547-8367
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ATTENTION JUNIORS & SENIORS WHO NEED BRIGHT FUTURES HOURS!
Please stay tuned to Mrs. Milian’s media center Schoology group page during the next few days. She will be posting service projects for which you can volunteer and have the chance to earn those Bright Futures hours. See her in the media center after Feb. 23rd, if you have any questions.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DOOR DECORATING CONTEST WINNERS!
The doors have been judged and the winners selected by our faculty! Our classes who participated did an OUTSTANDING job and “to the victor go the spoils”! Here are the winners and their doors
· 1st place – Mrs. Amato’s 4th period class with their representation of It by Stephen King.
· 2nd place – Mrs. Murphy’s 6th period class with “Belle’s Bookshelf”
· 3rd place – Mrs. Gebauer’s 3rd period class with The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Mrs. Amato’s class has won a pizza party, Mrs. Murphy’s class won a Chick-Fil-A breakfast, and Mrs. Gebauer’s class won a “build your own sundae” party! Congratulations to ALL the classes that participated and start planning for next year!
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Valley Ridge Academy READERS!
In honor of “Celebrate Literacy Week”, on Friday, January 28th, we took 34 juniors and seniors to VRA to read to Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade classes! A wonderful time was had by all and we may have found some natural born “teachers” with these guys! Everyone had such a great time that we may be planning to do this again very soon!
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FEBRUARY READING BINGO!
Students!! Want a chance to win $25 cash? All students are invited to participate in our February Reading Bingo challenge! ALL students who participate will be entered into a chance opportunity for one person to win some cold, hard, cash for reading!! Here’s the Bingo board. Check the media center website for full details and prizes that you can win! ALL Bingo Boards and logs are due to the media center by Monday, Feb. 28th. See Mrs. Milian in the media center for a copy of the board and reading log.
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COFFEE STATION DONATIONS!
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all our families that have donated so many supplies to keep our student coffee station running! The students absolutely love this little FREE perk we offer in our media center. We could still use some of the following items if you are willing and able to help donate so we can keep this going for our students.
· Hot chocolate (kpods or packets)
· Coffee k-cups
· Tea bags (for our tea drinkers 😊 )
· Creamer (individual packs or powdered. No refrigerated creamers please)
· 10 oz. coffee cups (we desperately need these!)
Thank you so much for anything you can help out with so we can continue this little “perk” for our students.
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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 $25. The money raised from this fundraiser will be used to purchase new computers for our media center 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. Here are some examples of a few that have already been completed! Let’s fill up the Café ceiling with your artwork seniors! In April, we will begin opening this up to Juniors!
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You Are Invited
to the
Gifted Parent Advisory Council
Thursday, February 24
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Pine Island Academy
805 Pine Island Road
St. Augustine, FL 32095
Topics to Include: Gifted Educational Plan (EP) Progression Meetings and Social Skills In a Pandemic Era
Visitors can use the exterior café’ doors
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Use the link to sign-up for any upcoming link discussion.
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Elks Scholarship Application
Educational Trust Fund
(Must be received by March 1, 2022)
The Elks of St Augustine will be awarding ten $1,000. scholarships this year.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
1. Applicant must attend or have attended a high school within St. Johns County.
2. Applicant is a resident of St. Johns County.
3. One parent of the applicant must be a St. Johns County resident.
Note: Residency requirements are waived for students attending FSDB
FCTC has community enrichment programs available. Check them out!
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