Volume 209, November 10, 2022 | |
10550 Ray Road, Ponte Vedra, FL 32082 904-547-8300 - Main Office
Office Hours: 8:30am to 4:45pm
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Good afternoon! We hope all of you are staying safe today!
Congratulations to Boys Swim & Dive team for winning Nease's first State Championship! Congratulations to Girls Swim & Dive who took 3rd place! You can read more in the "Good News" section below.
Come See the Panther Pride Marching Band Compete this Saturday, November 12th!
As the award winning Nease Panther Pride Marching Band prepares to perform at a state-wide competition to end their season, we will be performing and competing at one last regional competition and would love to have as many Panthers as possible coming out to support us.
Nease will be performing at the Tocoi Creek Marching Invitational held at Tocoi Creek High School this Saturday, November 12th. Our performance time is scheduled for 8:15pm. Tickets can be purchased through the EventBrite link attached below. Come out and support the marching band and see our show, Fuego del Corazon, in its entirety!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tocoi-creek-marching-invitational-tickets-452935651727
GOFUNDME FOR MRS. FAGAN!
Our beloved Marine Science teacher Mrs. Fagan and her husband are facing some tough times ahead as Mr. Fagan, who teaches at Tocoi, has been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and is on FMLA and the family is now dependent on Mrs. Fagan’s income. We have created a Go Fund Me account to help them with all their medical bills and family needs to get through this difficult time. Here is the link if you would like to help support this beloved Nease family. Mrs. Fagan has been teaching at Nease for 20 years and is the sponsor for Marathon High and has given so much of herself over the years to her students and this community. Let’s unite and show them true PANTHER LOVE! #wearenease!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/85zfy6?member=22866287&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer
HURRICANE IAN RELIEF COLLECTION!
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PANTHERS for helping us raise over $2K for Hurricane Ian Relief efforts! Students who donated were able to wear their costumes to school on Halloween, win some prizes, and have a great day! More importantly, our Panthers showed their true colors as we try to help our neighbors to the southwest rebuild after that devastating hurricane!
December Exam Schedule
As you are planning trips for winter break, please be aware that the last day of school is Wednesday, December 21st. There are no district midterm exams, but teachers will be administering summatives to end the quarter and there are district final exams for semester courses. It is important that students are on campus and finish the semester. We return from winter break on Thursday, Jan 5th.
Exam Schedule for end of 2nd Quarter:
Mon/Tue - Dec 12th & 13th - English & Math exams
Thu/Fri - Dec 15th & 16th - Science & Social Studies exams
Mon/Tue - Dec 19th & 20th - World Languages & Electives
Wed, Dec 21st - We will attend all 7 classes
Help support the Nease student newspaper, The Vertical
Would you like the Nease community to know more about your business? Advertise in The Vertical!
The Vertical is our student run school newspaper. Information about issue topics, issue dates, and advertising prices are listed here: https://nhsvertical.com/the-vertical-advertising/
Vacancies we are actively trying to fill... (Jobs in red are still available)
English 1 & 2 - interviewed and selected UNF student who will graduate in December with degree in Secondary English Education. We are submitting her name to HR next week and she will start in Jan.
HOPE - Health Opportunities thorugh Physical Education - applicant submitted to HR to hire
Enviromental Science - submitted name to HR - currently in our district, so she will start Dec. 5th
School Counselor - applicant submitted to HR to hire
TV Production - posting closed - one applicant - interview is scheduled
ESE Teacher - applicant submitted to HR to hire
ESE Para - one name submitted to HR - still need 2 more
If you know someone interested, please have them email Lisa.Kunze@stjohns.k12.fl.us
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SENIOR INFORMATION
Financial Aid Night was a success! Thank you for all those that were able to attend. Here is the link for you to review the presentation. Financial Aid Overview Presentation 2023. Here is the link to the Seeking Financial Aid Brochure: Seeking Financial Aid/Bright Futures Resource
Scholarship Resources
Searching for scholarships can be overwhelming for anyone. Good thing there are resources and tips out there. First, you want to explore the Financial Aid/Scholarship website on each college your child is applying to. They list internal scholarships to the college and scholarship resources. The second thing is to explore Naviance. On their dashboard they can search scholarship options. Third, they can use scholarship search engines. Remember: DO not to pay for a scholarship application. All legitimate scholarships will not charge a fee for your child to apply. Lastly, explore the Florida’s resource-Navigating your financial website to learn more: http://www.navigatingyourfinancialfuture.org/
Scholarship search engines:
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/?excmpid=vt-00061
https://www.niche.com/colleges/scholarships/
https://www.chegg.com/scholarships
https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships
https://www.fastweb.com/
https://www.raise.me/
https://www.goingmerry.com/
Seniors, If you’re not in the Senior Schoology group you are missing important information and your opportunity to have a voice in choices made for your senior year! Only 358 of you have joined so far and less than 190 voted on your senior t-shirt! If you are Dual Enrollment, this is a GREAT way to stay connected! This group is for students only. To Join, navigate to Groups in your Schoology account and join the group using this code: C8JX-WT66-BHV8D
GradBash
GradBash is a special ticketed event for seniors at Universal Studios. Seniors cannot use an annual pass for access to this event or drive themselves. Seniors will depart Nease at 1:30pm on 4/28/23 and return at approximately 5am on 4/29/23. All 300 GradBaah spots are reserved, but we do offer a waiting list if spaces open up or a student who planned to go would like to sell their ticket. If we reach you on the waiting list, a senior sponsor will contact you with information on making a deposit, paying in full, or completing a transfer with another senior. You will have a limited amount of time to respond before we remove you from the waiting list and go to the next person on the list. You MUST have paid your senior dues to keep your spot in line on the waiting list.
To Join the Waiting List: https://forms.office.com/r/iY61hj8VwS
Transcript Requests:
Seniors requesting transcripts for college applications must use Naviance and must follow the Gold Envelope procedures. Seniors have received their Gold Envelopes and have received instructions on how to begin this process. If they are missing their Gold Envelope, they must meet with their assigned counselor. Requesting and paying for transcripts on school pay is one of the steps on the checklist in the Gold Envelope. Once the checklist is completed, the senior must drop off the Gold Envelope to their assigned Counselor to have their transcripts sent. It can take up to 14 days for this process once the counselor gets the gold envelope due to several other academic reports are required to be submitted with the transcript. After the 14 days, the Senior needs to circle back around to the counselor and pick up the Gold Envelope in CPOD.
Senior Dues
Every year senior dues are collected to pay for everything related to graduation – facility rental, security, flower, video board, sound, streaming, parking, diplomas, programs, etc. The fee is $65 and can be paid online now. Senior dues must already be paid for access to the GradBash deposit link – if you are on the waiting list, but haven’t paid senior dues you will be removed from the waiting list and will need to rejoin at the bottom of the list. Seniors who pay their senior dues by October by Friday, October 14th will receive a senior t-shirt. https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Class-of-2023-Senior-Class-Dues-/ScBfZbi
Class of 2023 Remind
If you would also like to be updated on Senior Class information by using Remind you can join the class of 2023 Remind by texting @nease23 to the number 81010
Seniors and their parents can join the Class of 2023 Remind to stay up to date on senior class information. Please note that everyone joins through the join information above, but because of size limitations we may move you into a different section. When this happens you will get two notifications from Remind – 1that 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!
Class of 2023 Schoology Group
Seniors (students only) please join the Class of 2023 Schoology group, which is how we will communicate important information about senior dues, the senior t-shirt design contest, GradBash, ordering your Cap & Gown, 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! This group is for students only. To Join, navigate to Groups in your Schoology account and join the group using this code: C8JX-WT66-BHV8D
Graduation date:
Saturday, May 20th at 9am at University of North Florida. As of right now, graduates should plan on receiving 6 tickets.
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What is happening at Nease this week? | |
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Monday, November 14th - Green Day - 1, 3, 5, 7
- Honor Choir FT to Tocoi Creek
Tuesday, November 15th - Gold Day – 2, 4, 6, 7
- Honor Choir FT to Tocoi Creek
- 9:30am - IB Booster meeting in MC room 146
- 5:30pm - Golden Panther Booster Club mtg in PH 104 conf room in main office
- 6pm - Boys Volleyball meeting in Media Center
- AWAY: 5:30pm/7:20pm - JV/V Boys Soccer at Mandarin
- AWAY: 5:30pm - Girls Weightlifting at Tocoi Creek
- AWAY: TBA - V Boys Basketball Pre-Season at Episcopal
- HOME: 5:30pm/7:20pm - JV/V Girls Soccer vs Tocoi Creek
Wednesday, November 16th - 1, 2, 3, 4, EXCEL, 5, 6 - dismissal at 2:50pm
- 3pm - National Honor Society mtg in auditorium
Thursday, November 17th– Green Day – 1, 3, 5, 7
- 8am - SAC meeting in PH104 conf room in main office
- Lunches: IB Social behind Panther Hall
- AWAY: TBA - V Boys Basketball Pre-Season at Episcopal
- HOME: 5:30pm/7:20pm - JV/V Boys Soccer vs Bishop Kenny
Friday, November 18th - Gold Day - 2, 4, 6, 7
- AWAY: 5:30pm/7:20pm - JV/V Girls Soccer at Matanzas
- HOME: 6pm/7:30pm - JV/V Girls Basketball vs Deland
Saturday, November 19th
- 7am - NHS Poinsettia Distribution
- AWAY: all day - Cheer Competition at West Nassau HS
- AWAY: Marching Band in Ft Lauderdale
- AWAY: NJROTC Sanctioned Orienteering Meet at Gold Head
- HOME: all day - NJROTC Drill Meet
Sunday, November 20th
- AWAY: Marching Band in Ft Lauderdale
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FREE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING!
We’ve had FANTASTIC attendance in after school tutoring and we want to keep reminding our families of this FREE service 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 time on Wednesdays where students can 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. ALL our students have plenty of opportunities to get some extra help when they need it! For more info, please see me in the media center.
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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. Unfortunately, the state and district have issued very strict guidelines regarding service hours for donations and students are NOT able to earn service hours for Bright Futures for making donations. However, some Nease service clubs might decide to award service hours for “in-club” hours and that is completely up to each club sponsor. Please remember it’s important to remember that this is a season of giving and there are many children and families in North Florida that will benefit from this very valuable toy drive. We will have donation stations set up in the media center, front office, and Guidance. Last year, Nease completely blew all the other high schools out of the water with the MOST donations and we’d like to keep that reputation! Please make sure your student’s full name, student number, and guidance counselor is attached to the bag. If you have additional questions please contact Mrs. Milian in the media center. Thank you for helping us with this incredibly important act of kindness and generosity. ALL DONATIONS ARE DUE BY MONDAY, NOV. 28TH THE LATEST!
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Nease NJROTC started this year off with a sweeping victory at its first major drill competition of the school year at the annual South Effingham High School Drill Meet in Guyton, GA on November 5th. Nease earned first place trophies in 9 out of 12 events for Personnel Inspection, Academics, Unarmed Exhibition Drill,Armed Exhibition Drill, Armed Basic Drill, Athletics Overall, Pushups, Curlups and the 16 x 100; second place in Drill Overall and Unarmed Basic Drill. | |
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The Girl’s Weightlifting team competed against Creekside on 11/2
Olympic Category:
Creekside- 32
Nease- 47
Traditional Category:
Creekside: 44
Nease- 36
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STATE COMPETITION
Way to go PANTHERS!!
Girls Golf –finished 9th overall and was led by Shanya Arasu with a 77
Boys Golf – Jackson Klauk shot 1-under 71 to finish runner-up, one shot behind first place, in the 3A State Championship Finals at Mission Inn Resort.
The final round was cancelled due to the impending storm, so this is the final championship result. This finish caps off a very fine high school career for Jackson. I'm certain he will be very successful as he moves into his next chapter of competitive golf at Jacksonville University.
Girls Cross Country – The girls cross country team ran to an 18th place finish. Grace Mueller led the scoring for the team followed by Kendall Wampler, Mary Pace-Balzan, Mia Cuevas, Audrey Carstens, Maureen McDonald, and Ella Harrison. This marks the second year in a row the girls have battled through the strongest regional to compete at the state meet.
Boys Cross Country – The boys cross country team ran to 9th place at the state meet marking the 5th year in a row they have placed in the top 10 at the state meet. Sai Jayaraman, Wyatt Pittman, Sam Myers, and Nate Corkran scored for the team followed by Wyatt Dugan and Jacob Schroeder. Matt Ryan pulled away during the final stretch to win the Cross Country individual state championship in 15:35.4. The junior's victory gave Nease a fourth straight title after Rheinhardt Harrison won in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
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Nease Men’s Swim & Dive Team takes home top honors, capturing the 2022 3A Championship title and Nease Women’s Swim & Dive Team comes in third place overall!
This is the FIRST State Championship in swimming for Nease!!
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Nease Men’s Swim & Dive Team won the 200 yard medley relay with an automatic All American time of 1:32.88 with Dylan Ramos on backstroke (24.33), Rich Nguyen on breaststroke (25.30), Joseph Wyatt on butterfly (22.65) and Matthew Koziol on freestyle (20.60), setting a new team record!
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The Nease Women won the 400 yard freestyle relay in a time of 3:28.86 with Charlotte Driesse (52.46), Natalie Padgett (52.10), Addie Schroeder (52.89) and Olivia Moore (51.41) and set a new team record! They beat out second placed Ponte Vedra.
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The Nease Men won the 400 yard freestyle relay in a time of 3:08.64 with Joseph Wyatt (48.47), Brandon Gear (47.11), Walker Lanoue (47.31) and Matthew Koziol (45.75)!
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The Nease Women Swim & Dive Team is proud to recognize that our own Charlotte Driesse is the state champion in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:04:40, followed by runner up Natalie Padgett in second place and Jolie Nguyen in 13th place.
Charlotte also took 3rd place in 100yard freestyle.
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The Nease Women Swim & Dive Team placed second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:36.42 with Charlotte Driesse (23.95), Natalie Padgett (23.83), Olivia Moore (23.92) and Addie Schroeder (24.72).
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Natalie Padgett: 2nd place in 200 yard individual medley and 5th place 100 yard butterfly.
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Rich Nguyen: 2nd place in the 100 yard breaststroke and 9th place in the 200 yard individual medley.
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Olivia Moore: 3rd place in 200 yard freestyle and 7th place in 500 yard freestyle.
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Matthew Koziol: 3rd place in 50 yard freestyle and 3rd place in 100 yard freestyle.
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Nease Women’s Swim & Dive Team placed 9th in the 200 yard medley relay in 1:53:63 with Jolie Nguyen on backstroke (28.48), Alexis Petrosevich on breaststroke (30.61), Caroline Triplett on butterfly (28.39) and Kate Rieger on freestyle (26.15).
The Nease Men Swim & Dive Team placed fourth in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:26.24 with Rich Nguyen (21.54), Walker Lanoue (21.42), Joseph Wyatt (21.77) and Jackson Wilcox (21.51).
Jolie Nguyen: 13th in 200 yard individual medley and 15th in 100 yard backstroke.
Alexis Petrosevich: 10th place in 100 yard breaststroke.
Kate Rieger: 16th place in 500 yard freestyle.
Addison Schroeder: 15th in 50 yard freestyle and 10th in 500 yard freestyle.
Emma Mudgett: 24th place in 100 yard backstroke.
Evan Blase: 12th place in the 200 yard individual medley and 16th place in the 500 yard freestyle.
Ethan Clifford: 12th place in 500 yard freestyle and 24th place in 200 yard individual medley.
Brandon Gear: 7th place in 200 yard individual medley and 4th place in 500 yard freestyle.
Walker Lanoue: 6th place in 200 yard freestyle and 7th place in 100 yard freestyle.
Dylan Ramos: 4th place in 100 yard backstroke.
Aaron Storlie: 4th place in 1 meter diving
Jackson Wilcox: 12th place in 200 yard freestyle and 5th place in 100 yard breaststroke.
Joseph Wyatt: 6th place in 100 yard butterfly.
Anatoli Monsalve: 17th place 100 yard backstroke.
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Who wants to cook the weekend before Thanksgiving? The Japanese Culture Club will be hosting a “Spirit Night” at Your Pie in Palencia on Friday 11/18 from 4-9 PM. Come make your own pizza and enjoy some time out with the family. Your Pie will be donating 10% of proceeds to the club! The NHS JPC thanks you for your support. | |
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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/
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
Looking ahead:
Boys Volleyball
To receive more information about the 6-week training clinic on the flyer below, complete the information form here: https://forms.office. com/r/s5ugQP72pV
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Volunteers Wanted! We are looking for Volunteers during EXCEL time for the 2022-2023 school year. EXCEL is 63 minutes each Wednesday for students 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.
Amazon Teacher Wish Lists Have Been Updated! Good news! We have made it easier than ever to support the amazing teachers at NHS! The PTSO asked teachers to create Amazon Wish Lists for items that they would love to have to enhance learning in their classroom. Check out the Amazon Wish Lists that are posted to our website. We will be updating the page with additional teacher wish lists as they are submitted. Amazon Teacher Wish Lists
PTSO Membership Is Open! There are two options for your 2022-23 PTSO Membership:
1) Regular Membership: includes a NEASE car magnet! - $35
2) Premium Membership: includes a Panther Pride Banner and a NEASE car magnet! - $120. Let’s FILL THE FRONT FENCE with Panther Pride banners!
Click here to become a member
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PTSO Gold Business Partner:
Smiles by Glenos & Hadgis Orthodontists are proud to be Nease PTSO Gold Business Partners! 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!
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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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Juniors & Seniors: All IB exam registration has been completed. If your student has not signed off on the final registration, please encourage them to come see me to verify their exams are correct.
Calling all IB Junior Gentlemen! Boys state applications are available. Please make an appointment by November 30th to gather necessary documentation to apply.
Our fourth IB Booster meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 at 9:45 a.m. in the Media Center Classroom. Please make sure you are a registered volunteer to attend.
Our second IB social for students will be held on November 17th during all three lunches. More information will be posted on the IB schoology page. A sign-up genius is below to help with drinks and coolers will be available for any family who would like to help. Please remember if you sign up to bring drinks, please put them in a cooler with ice! Your cooler will be placed in the front office so you can pick up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084FAFAE23A5FF2-ibpizza
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 your student will wear at graduation this May.
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Bright Futures Scholarship Update
- Students will be evaluated for Bright Futures eligibility based on paid work hours or volunteer service hours
- These hours will be listed in separate categories on the transcript
- Hours cannot be combined for eligibility determination
- Students must have either 100 paid work hours for all levels of the Bright Futures scholarship or 100 (Academic), 75 (Medallion) or 30 (Gold Seal)
- It won’t hurt students or give them a special advantage to have hours in both categories
- Test score and Bright Futures GPA requirements remain unchanged.
Type of Hours Required (one type or the other)
Scholarship Type Paid Hours Volunteer Hours
Florida Academic Scholarship 100 100
Florida Medallion Scholarship 100 75
Florida Gold Seal Scholarships 100 30
Required Reflection Form Community Service Reflection form must be submitted with Paid hours and Volunteer hours.
Bright Futures Application instructions: Bright Futures application instructions
Transcript Requests:
Seniors requesting transcripts for college applications must use Naviance and must follow the Gold Envelope procedures. Seniors have received their Gold Envelopes and have received instructions on how to begin this process. If they are missing their Gold Envelope, they must meet with their assigned counselor. Requesting and paying for transcripts on school pay is one of the steps on the checklist in the Gold Envelope. Once the checklist is completed, the senior must drop off the Gold Envelope to their assigned Counselor to have their transcripts sent. It can take up to 14 days for this process once the counselor gets the gold envelope due to several other academic reports are required to be submitted with the transcript. After the 14 days, the Senior needs to circle back around to the counselor and pick up the Gold Envelope in CPOD.
Nease Guidance Financial Aid/Scholarship News https://applynow.unf.edu/register/FinancialAidWorkshopandTour
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Carolyn Milian – School Librarian Media Specialist
Lorna Patterson – Media Clerk
Media Center phone number – 904-547-8367
Email – carolyn.milian@stjohns.k12.fl.us
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HOLIDAY READING BINGO!
It’s been a few years, but we’re bringing it back! Students will have the opportunity to read a variety of books, articles, listen to podcasts, etc. and earn some great prizes in this year’s “Holiday Reading Bingo” program. Bingo boards and reading logs will be due on Friday, Jan. 13th, 2023. Below is the Bingo board and the prizes students can earn. Students would need to complete the online “editable reading log” to document all their selections on our media center webpage. For more information, please click here to take you to our “Holiday Reading Bingo” page on our media center webpage. You can also contact me directly in the media center for additional questions. Have fun and let’s READ-READ-READ to SUCCEED!
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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.
· 10 oz. coffee cups
· Hot chocolate packets
· Tea bags (for our tea drinkers 😊 )
· Creamer (individual packs or powdered. No refrigerated creamers please)
· Sugar (individual small packets)
Thank you so much for anything you can help out with so we can continue this little “perk” for our students.
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.
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We need you! Volunteer as an Educational Surrogate Parent for a student with a disability
There are students with disabilities in our district who very much need an Educational Surrogate Parent. A surrogate parent is an individual who has been appointed to act in the place of a parent in safeguarding a child’s rights in the special education decision-making process. The surrogate parent represents the interests of the child in all areas relating to the exceptional student education process and the provision of a free appropriate public education. A surrogate parent is not someone who takes care of the child (like an adoptive parent or a foster parent) and is not financially responsible for the child.
Educational surrogate parents have a very important role. They help the child and the school; they also help their community meet the needs of its students disabilities. The rewards for surrogate parents: the opportunity to share your time, use your skills, build relationships and see the results in your own community and in the life of a child.
We will be hosting an online training on December 6, 2022 from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (flyer below).
Lisa Bell, Senior Director for Exceptional Student Education
St. Johns County School District
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