Volume 208, November 4, 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!
Remember we are off next Friday for Veterans Day. Wednesday will be a special GOLD day schedule.
As you are planning trips for winter break, please be aware that the last day of school is Wednesday, December 21st. Thttps://here are no district midterm exams, but teachers will be administering summatives to end the quarter and thttps://here 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
AP Testing Information
- All students taking AP courses at Nease High School should now be enrolled in AP Classroom using the join code provided by your AP teacher to generate a test order.
- FLVS or Self-Study students should have signed up with Assistant Principal, Holly Smith by now to ensure at test has been ordered.
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A $40 additional fee applies to each exam ordered for all full-year and first-semester AP courses and exam only sections after the November 10 deadline.
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 https://here: https://nhsvertical.com/the-vertical-advertising/
Vacancies we are actively trying to fill... (Jobs in red are still available)
English 1 & 2 - posted on district website now
HOPE - Health Opportunities thorugh Physical Education - applicant submitted to HR to hire
Enviromental Science - posted on district website now
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 thttps://here are resources and tips out thttps://here. 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 7th - Green Day - 1, 3, 5, 7
- ASL in-house FT in auditorium
- AWAY: V Boys Golf - State Championship
- AWAY: V Girls Golf - State Championship
Tuesday, November 8th - Gold Day – 2, 4, 6, 7
- AWAY: V Boys Golf - State Championship
- AWAY: V Girls Golf - State Championship
- AWAY: 5:30pm - V Girls Basketball - Pre-season @ Orange Park (Ed White)
- AWAY: 5:30pm/7:20pm - JV/V Girls Soccer at Ponte Vedra
Wednesday, November 9th - Special GOLD DAY - 2, 4, 6, 7 - dismissal at 2:50pm
- 3pm - Tentative Athletic Signing Day
- 5pm - Golden Panther Booster Club mtg in PH104 conf room in main office
- AWAY: V Boys Golf - State Championship
- AWAY: V Girls Golf - State Championship
- HOME: 5:30pm - Girls Weightlifting at Ponte Vedra
Thursday, November 10th– Green Day – 1, 3, 5, 7
- 9am - ASVAB administered in auditorium
- AWAY: 5:30pm/7:20pm - JV/V Girls Soccer at Pedro Menendez
- AWAY: 7pm - V Girls Basketball - Pre-Season @Orange Park (Leon)
- HOME: 5pm/7pm - JV/V Boys BB - Green & Gold Games
Friday, November 11th - Veteran's Day - No School!
- NJROTC FT - Upson Lee Air Riffle Meet in Griffin, GA
- NJROTC FT - Palatka Veterans Day Parade
Saturday, November 12th
- NJROTC FT - Upson Lee Air Riffle Meet in Griffin, GA
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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 whttps://here 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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Take a trip back to the 1950s! with the thespians at Nease High School! Nease Theatre students have been working hard to bring to life the world of the 1950s and the phenomenon that became rock & roll with the musical comedy favorite Bye Bye Birdie. Performances will take place on November 4th (6:30 PM) and November 5th (1:30 PM and 6:30 PM), with a preview on Wednesday, November 3rd (6:30 PM).
Best known for the showtune classic “Put on A Happy Face,” and featuring other standards such as “Kids”, “Rose” and “Lot of Livin’ to Do”, Bye Bye Birdie tells the story of what happens when an Elvis Presley-like superstar named Conrad Birdie comes to the small, innocent town of Sweet Apple, Ohio and stirs up mayhem with his celebrity. Take a time machine with us back to the 1950s for the music, dancing, and comedy fun that is not to be missed!
Come support all our budding performers including: Kayla Cashen, Jake Madson, Troy Leatherman, Samantha Glick, Chloe Dresback, Bradford Utter, Micah Vosburg, Lily Downie, Faith Leatherman, Ellie Mirgeaux, Parker Black, Natalie Kinkead, Amanda Ferrand, Hanna Cline, Ethan Diachun, Gabi Poore, Lucy Harry, Kendra Lay, Kendall Brown, Robbyn Dykeman, Alexa Keiser, Kennedy Fulk, Harmony Anderson, Marisa McNally, Gabby Catlin, Maya Kalush, Mia Kasper, Ava Everly, Jacob Santana, Kaylie Burnett, Andrew Hajdini, and Rome Curtiss. Leading the charge on the technical side of things is stage manager Grace Polito, supported by Riley Chance (Assistant Stage Manager), Eva Luke (Assistant Stage Manager), Tim Erickson (Properties Manager), Maggie Yan (Wardrobe Supervisor), Sophia Brooker (Sound Operator), Santrice M (Sound Operator), Caitlynn Hellman (Lighting Operator), Sophia Burger (Lighting Operator), Loane Moureau (Costume Crew), Tiffany Snow (Costume Crew), Jackie West (Paint Crew/Stage Hand), Apollo Bowles (Paint Crew/Stage Hand), Robin Hickey (Stage Hand), Tu Ly Bui (Stage Hand), Chloe Migut (Stage Hand), Jennifer Roccia (Stage Hand), and Vincent Falcone (Spotlight Operator/Stage Hand)
Here are the SchoolPay links to reserve your tickets for Bye Bye Birdie.
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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 thttps://here 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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The Nease Boys Cross Country team ran to a 3rd place finish at their regional meet out of 37 teams. Matt Ryan secured the individual runner-up position followed by Sam Myers, Sai Jayaraman and Nate Corkran all finishing in the top 20. Jacob Schroeder rounded out the scoring followed by Wyatt Pittman and Wyatt Dugan. The boys return to action at the state championship on Saturday November 5th in Tallahassee.
Congratulations to Nease Fall Athletics heading to State Championships - Go Panthers!
Girls Cross Country – Audrey Carstens, Mia Cuevas, Shannon Fischer, Ella Harrison, Maureen McDonald, Grace Mueller, Mary Pace-Balzan, Kendall Wampler
Boys Cross Country – Nate Corkran, Wyatt Dugan, Sai Jayaraman, Sam Myers, Wyatt Pittman, Matthew Ryan, Jacob Schroeder, Gavin Voils
Girls Golf – Shanya Arasu, Sophia Cavanagh, Gabby Sartori, Aliyah Sta Ana, Nyla Mayers
Boys Golf – Jackson Klauk
Swim/Dive - Evan Blasé, Ethan Clifford, Charlotte Driesse, Brandon Gear, Matthew Koziol, Walker Lanoue, Anatoli Monsalve, Olivia Moore, Emma Mudgett, Jolie Nguyen, Rich Nguyen, Natalie Padgett, Alexis Petrosevich, Dylan Ramos, Kate Rieger, Addie Schroeder, Aaron Storlie, Caroline Triplett, Jackson Wilcox, Joseph Wyatt
Nease Swim & Dive Team in the news:
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jacksonville.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fhigh-school%2Fswimming-diving%2F2022%2F11%2F03%2Fhigh-school-swimming-jacksonville-state-meet-previews-ponte-vedra-nease%2F7824592001%2F&data=05%7C01%7Clisa.kunze%40stjohns.k12.fl.us%7Cdf19a54f08514efb6b9608dabe0b64d2%7Cb3b3d057fc124f3f92f472be6e844351%7C0%7C0%7C638031253392019480%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uuYYHxYIgTP5tFlz3g2VUiZZtS4LxjG7HkmwyXCbKzg%3D&reserved=0
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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 https://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! Thttps://here 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 https://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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The Communications Academy is searching for our next great Wired News teacher. If you have a background in the news/production/communications industry, and are interested in stepping into a flourishing, successful student news program filled with incredibly talented students, please reach out to Jaime Combs at jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us. You do not need a state teaching certificate to take over a Career and Technical Education courseload, as long as you have six years of industry experience (which can include a 4-year related college degree). Jaime Combs can answer any questions you have regarding this position.
NEASE DECA
Our quarterly Nease DECA newsletter, The Daily Diamond, is out with updates from the first few months of the school year. Please check it all our exciting news https://here!
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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Thank you to all who have joined the IB Booster club! If you haven’t joined, thttps://here 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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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
Thttps://here 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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