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! Only 2 more weeks until Spring Break and end of 3rd quarter!
Please take a few minutes to complete the Annual SAC Needs Assessment Survey as we truly value your input in improving Nease.
Remember that the ACT will be administered to all juniors on Tuesday, March 1st. This is a digital learning day for all other students, who may choose to work from home or on a laptop in the cafeteria at Nease. Wednesday, March 2nd, will be a GOLD day without 7th period.
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.
On test day, students will need to bring the following items: a valid photo ID (Driver’s License, State Issued ID, or school/student ID), pencils and a calculator, snacks/drink
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. Deadline to sign-up was Friday, Feb. 25th
Students who registered for DE courses next year with Ms. Stricklin: Do you have questions on how to sign up for dual enrollment courses at St. Johns River? Where to submit all your paperwork? How to fill out the registration form? If you answered yes to any of those questions, or if you have others, please stop by the Dual Enrollment Help Table in Counselor Corner (in the cafeteria) on Wednesday, March 2 during your lunch to understand the registration process better.
Seniors interested in going to St. John’s River State College after graduation: Representatives from SJR will be at Nease on May 3rd for Free App Day! They are waiving the $30 application fee for all Nease High School seniors who apply for SJR’s fall 2022 enrollment with them on May 3rd. They will also be able to answer any questions you might have regarding certificate/degree programs, financial aid, student life and more! We will be set up in Counselor Corner in the lunchroom starting at 8:45, so stop on by!
From the District Office
Late yesterday afternoon, the Department of Health released an update to their DOH Rule 64DER21-15. In DOH Rule 64DER21-15, a positive student is allowed to return to school after a 10 day quarantine, no fever, and symptoms are improving. This new DOH Rule adjusts that students may return to school after a 5 day quarantine, no fever, and symptoms are improving.
Our COVID Call team and school nurses have been notified and we have adjusted the websites to reflect this update. Please let your faculty and staffs know of this change.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Thank you!
Mr. Kyle Dresback
Associate Superintendent for Student Support Services
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Night of One Acts
Join us on February 28th @ 6:30pm for an evening of three one act plays performed and directed by students of the Nease Theatre Department.
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.
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.
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 via QR code or School Pay for $7.
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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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
100 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.
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 28th - GREEN Day - periods 1, 3, 5, 7
- 6:30pm – Night of One Acts in auditorium
- HOME: 6pm Boys JV Baseball vs Creekside
Tuesday, March 1st - ACT Administered to all JRs. Digital learning day for all other students.
- 7:30am – PTSO meeting
- AWAY: 5pm Boys JV Lacrosse @ Bolles
- AWAY: 7pm Boys Varsity Lacrosse @ Bolles
- HOME: 6pm Girls Varsity Lacrosse vs Ponte Vedra
- HOME: 6pm Girls Varsity Softball vs Keystone
- HOME: 6pm Boys JV Baseball vs Fleming Island
Wednesday, March 2nd - GOLD Day w/o 7th period - 2:50pm dismissal
- 3pm – NHS meeting in cafeteria (Milian)
- 5:30pm – GPBC
- AWAY: 3:30pm Boys and Girls Tennis @ Creekside
- AWAY: 4pm Boys Weightlifting @ Matanzas
- HOME: 5:30pm JV Boys and Girls Track & Field vs St Augustine & Ponte Vedra
- HOME: 6:30pm Boys Varsity Baseball vs West Nassau
Thursday, March 3rd - GOLD Day - periods 2, 4, 6, 7
- DECA FT – State Competition in Lake Buena Vista
- Engineering FT – Construction & Career Day in Jax
- 9am – ASVAB Career Exploration administered in auditorium
- AWAY: 5pm Boys JV Lacrosse @ Providence
- AWAY: 6:15pm Girls Varsity Lacrosse @ Tocoi
- AWAY: Boys and Girls Wrestling – States - TBD
- HOME: 3:30pm Boys and Girls Tennis vs St Augustine
- HOME: 6pm Boys JV Baseball vs Bartram
Friday, March 4th - GREEN Day - periods 1, 3, 5, 7
- ROTC FT – Area 12 Regional Drill Championship in Douglas, GA
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5-8:30pm: 17th Annual All-County HS Art Show – 22 Marine Street in St Aug
- AWAY: 12pm Boys and Girls Varsity Track & Field Bulldog Invitational @ Bolles
- AWAY: 6pm Girls Varsity Softball @ Tocoi
- AWAY: 6pm Boys Varsity Volleyball @ Tocoi
- AWAY: 6:30pm Boys Varsity Baseball @ Bartram
- AWAY: Dance Team @ Nationals Competition – TBD
- AWAY: Boys and Girls Wrestling – States - TBD
Saturday, March 5th
- 8am – PTSO SAT Boot Camp – Lang Arts – Media Center room 146
- AWAY: 9:05am Boys and Girls Varsity Track & Field Speziale Invitational @ PV
- AWAY: Dance Team @ Nationals Competition - TBD
Sunday, March 6th
- 10am to 7:30pm: Creekside/Nease Winterguard in gym
Planning ahead:
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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Nease Iron Panthers Girls Season Recap
Another successful season is in the books for the Nease Iron Panthers. At the District
meet our lifters performed admirably taking 1st place in the Snatch Competition and 2nd
place in the traditional Bench/Clean and Jerk competition. Our entire team earned the
opportunity to compete at the Regional meet while three of our girls competed at States.
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Izzy Knight 1st in traditional, 1st in Snatch (District), 5th in snatch (Regional), 15th in snatch (State Championships)
Emma Haralson 2nd in traditional, 2nd in Snatch (District)
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Mikayla Bowman 1st in traditional, 1st in snatch (District), 10th in snatch (Regional)
Maia Pittard 3rd in traditional, 2n in snatch (District)
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Miranda Orta 1st in traditional, 1st in snatch(District), 9th in traditional (Regional)
Ireland Dannehold 3rd in traditional, 4thin snatch (District)
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Amy Waters 2nd in traditional, 4th in snatch (District)
Morgan Kearn 4th in traditional, 3rd in snatch (District)
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Olivia Carr 1st in traditional, 3rd in snatch (District), 8th in traditional (Regional), 20th in traditional (State Championships)
Kayla Reeves 3rd in traditional, 2nd in snatch (District), Kayla Reeves 10th in snatch (Regional)
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Mackie Cherry 4th in traditional, 3rd in snatch (District), Mackie Cherry 8th in snatch (Regional)
Theresa Thomas 6th in traditional, 4th in snatch (District)
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J’Ana Ransom 3rd in traditional, 3rd in snatch (District)
Kari Boris 6th in traditional, 5th in snatch (District)
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Payton Plandel 4th in traditional, 2nd in snatch (District)
Alexis Landeweer 5th in traditional, 3rd in snatch (District)
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Kayline Moise 4th in traditional, 4th in snatch (District)
Hannah Sutter 1st in snatch (District), 4th in snatch (Regional), 12th in snatch (State
Championships)
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The new Fashion Industry of Design and Marketing Club enjoyed a visit from FIDM. Amanda Conseur spoke about possible careers, scholarships, and internships. Club members asked many questions and were encouraged to hear about new career paths. The club meets once or twice a month in E107.
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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:
THANK YOU to Alexander Dental for their THIRD YEAR supporting NHS as a PTSO Gold Business Partner! Dr. Alexander is a proud parent of a NHS Panther and proud supporter of NHS PTSO! You can now visit Alexander Dental in their new, larger, state-of-the-art dental practice. The new office is located at the entrance of The King & The Bear off of Pacetti Road. Please call (904) 940-5757 or visit them on their website at www.AlexanderDental.com to book your appointment in real time today. They have convenient appointment times from 7am-7pm and on Saturdays!
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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
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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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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.
FEBRUARY READING BINGO!
ALL Bingo Boards and logs are due to the media center by Monday, Feb. 28th.
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A NEW ADDITION TO OUR MEDIA CENTER!
Last spring a family out in the Julington area generously and graciously donated a 200 gallon aquarium to our media center and we’ve been working to get it ready for quite some time. We’ve got everything in place and are ready to start adding fish. It is a freshwater tank and we are trying to make it a community tank. We would like to open up the opportunity for students to donate 1 or 2 fish to the aquarium and leave a little “legacy” in our media center. Students should see me first BEFORE making any purchases so that we can discuss what kind of fish we should start off with. Parents, if any of you are familiar with running and maintaining a large freshwater aquarium, please reach out to me. I have NO experience with aquariums and would love to have some help and guidance! 😊
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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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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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