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!
We have 7 days remaining until the winter break. Please talk to your child about the importance of staying engaged and focused during exams. During winter break, we hope everyone finds time to relax and unwind. We look forward to everyone returning on Thursday, January 6th. Stay safe!
Donations Needed for Teacher Appreciation Luncheon. The PTSO is sponsoring a teacher appreciation luncheon on Thursday, December 16th and we are asking for your help to make this event a success.
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Our goal is to give every teacher/admin. at least a $25 gift card. Please consider donating gift cards in increments of $25, with the dollar amount written on the card. You can drop off your donation at the Front Office for Mrs. Kunze no later than noon on December 16th. Click here to sign up: Teacher Appreciation Gift Card Donation
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Donations are also needed to help us spoil our teachers with lots of sweet treats during the luncheon. You can drop off your dessert on December 16th through the carpool lane or you can bring it in to the front office by noon.
THANK YOU in advance for supporting our teachers!
Holiday Tree Contest in St Augustine - PLEASE VOTE for Nease Cheerleaders!
Votes can be cast daily - 1 per email. The last day to vote is Monday, December 20 at 11:59pm. Remember - the school tree with the most votes wins $1000! Second place will win $500 and third will win $250. Winner will be announced at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, December 21st on INK!’s Facebook page.
If you would like your child to learn about Dual Enrollment courses for 22-23 school year, please read the Guidance section.
The senior panoramic will be at the stadium this year on Friday, December 17th at 1:30pm. Every senior is encouraged to participate. This is an early release day for semester exams, so students can park in the student lot. Please mark your calendar and request off work, so everyone is part of the panoramic.
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!
The Nease Writing Center wants to help you! Stop by Room B 103 during Excel A or B. We can help revise essays, teach grammar skills, tutor for the SAT / ACT, and assist with test-taking strategies! Sponsored by the National English Honor Society.
MEDIA CENTER EXTENDED HOURS FOR STUDYING & EXAM WEEK
The media center will be open early for our students to have a “quiet space” to study in the mornings before school and before the gates open during exams. However, students MUST sign up on Sign Up Genius if they would like to come into the media center. Please click on this link to sign up. Students who sign up MUST be at the gate at 8 a.m. SHARP as Mrs Milian will not be walking back and forth to let students in that arrive late. The media center will be open late during the following dates and times ONLY for students that would like a quiet space for studying. Students will NOT be able to “hang out” in the media center during these dates after school in order to provide a quiet zone for our students that need to prepare.
· 5 p.m. on Mon. 12/13 and Tues., 12/14
· 4 p.m. on Wed., 12/15,
· 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec.17th
· 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 20th
The media center WILL NOT be open after exams on Thursday, Dec. 16th or Tuesday, Dec. 21st.
Once exams begin on Thursday, Dec. 16th, students CANNOT hang out in the media center in the mornings before school starts. The media center will be kept as quiet as possible every morning of exam week for students that are studying and preparing for exams each day. Therefore, ONLY students who would like a quiet space for studying and preparing will be allowed in the media center during the mornings of exams. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Milian.
FREE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING!
Students and parents – MIDTERMS ARE COMING!! PLEASE take advantage of this FREE opportunity 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 and 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 so she can secure an available tutor. ALL our students have plenty of opportunities to get some extra help when they need it! For more info, please email or call me in the media center. *Note: Tuesday, December 14th will be the LAST day for after school tutoring before Winter Break. There will be NO TUTORING on Dec. 16th or 21st due to mid-terms and early release.
Midterm exams are quickly approaching. Students will be released early each day during exams, so please review schedule below. Students will have an exam or culminating project for EVERY class, so students need to be present. Co-op students DO have an exam to take on campus. Make-up times are Tuesday, Dec 21st at 11:30am OR when we return in January.
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Graduation will be Wednesday, June 1st at 7pm at UNF. The ceremony will be live streamed.
The senior panoramic will be at the stadium this year on Friday, December 17th at 1:30pm. Every senior is encouraged to participate. This is an early release day for semester exams, so students can park in the student lot. Please mark your calendar and request off work, so everyone is part of the panoramic.
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!
Cap & Gowns - Absolute LAST day to order is January 1, 2022.
Senior Dues
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. IMPORTANT NOTE: Graduation is currently scheduled at UNF Arena. Due to the size of your class and the seating at UNF, this limits your available tickets to 6 per graduating Senior. Ms. Kunze is actively looking for a larger venue. If a larger venue is secured, additional graduation fees will be announced.
Senior dues must be paid in order to be eligible to purchase tickets for prom, keep your reserved spot for GradBash, attend graduation, and receive a printed diploma. Seniors who pay their dues after the deadline are not guaranteed a Senior t-shirt.
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, December 13th - GREEN Day - periods 1, 3, 5 & 7
- 9:45am - IB Booster meeting in PH145
- AWAY: 5:30pm Boys Varsity Soccer @ Terry Parker
- HOME: 6pm Girls JV Basketball vs Pedro Menendez
- HOME: 7:30pm Girls Varsity Basketball vs Pedro Menendez
Tuesday, December 14th - GOLD Day - periods 2, 4, 6 & 7
- HOME: 6pm Boys JV Basketball vs Flagler Palm Coast
- AWAY: 6pm Girls JV Basketball @ Creekside
- HOME: Boys Varsity Basketball vs Flagler Palm Coast
- AWAY: 7:30pm Girls Varsity Basketball @ Creekside
Wednesday, December 15th - periods 1, 3, 5, EXCEL, 2, 4, 6, 7
- EXCEL - Football signing day in auditorium
- HOME: 5:30pm Boys JV Soccer vs Mandarin
- HOME: 6pm Boys and Girls Wrestling Wolfson Dual **alumni night and senior night
- HOME: 7:20pm Boys Varsity Soccer vs Mandarin
Thursday, December 16th - EXAM SCHEDULE (Exams in 4th & 2nd periods)
- 8am - SAC meeting - PH 104 conference room with virtual option
- HOME: 6pm Girls JV Basketball vs Columbia
- HOME: 7:30pm Girls Varsity Basketball vs Columbia
Friday, December 17th - EXAM SCHEDULE (Exams in 3rd & 1st periods)
- 1:30pm - Senior Panoramic at stadium
- AWAY: 5:30pm Boys JV Soccer @ Fleming Island
- AWAY: 5:30pm Girls Varsity Soccer @ Bishop Snyder
- HOME: 6pm Boys JV Basketball vs St Augustine
- AWAY: 7:20pm Boys Varsity Soccer @ Bishop Snyder
- HOME: 7:30pm Boys Varsity Basketball vs St Augustine
Saturday, December 18th
- NJRTOC FT - Jefferson County Air Rifle Match
- NJROTC Sanctioned Drill Meet on Nease campus - all day
- AWAY: Girls JV Basketball Oakleaf Tournament – TBD
- AWAY: 9:30am Boys Varsity Wrestling and Girls Wrestling St Johns Champ @ Creekside
- AWAY: 9:30am Boys JV Wrestling Tournament @ Yulee
- AWAY: 2pm Boys JV Basketball @ Bishop Kenny
- AWAY: 3:30pm Boys Varsity Basketball @ Bishop Kenny
Sunday, December 19th
Monday, December 20th - EXAM SCHEDULE (Exams in 5th & 7th periods)
- HOME: 5:30pm Boys JV Soccer vs Creekside
- HOME: 7:20pm Boys Varsity Soccer vs Creekside
Tuesday, December 21st - EXAM SCHEDULE (Exam in 6th period)
Enjoy the winter break and we will see you on Thursday, January 6th! Stay safe!
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Navy conducts formal inspection of NJROTC
Dec 3 – The Navy conducted its formal inspection of the entire NJROTC program on Friday, December 3. The Annual Military Inspection (AMI) entails a rigorous review of NJROTC administration, operations, finances, and supply inventory, along with a Personnel Inspection of every cadet, formal cadet briefing and culminating in a Pass In Review parade at the stadium. Congratulations to the cadets for scoring 5 stars across the board.
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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:
Please download the GoFan app to your phone to purchase tickets.
Boys and Girls Tennis Tryouts
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Monday, January 10th – 4:15pm-6:00pm
- All participants must have completed the Athletic Clearance paperwork via https.//athleticclearance.fhsaa.home.org/
- All returning players and those who wish to try out must have their physicals on file and athletic clearance completed by January 7
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Any questions, please contact Coach Michael Kypriss @ [email protected]
Boys Volleyball Conditioning
- Voluntary Conditioning – Tuesdays/Thursdays - please meet at the track at 4:30pm. Conditioning from 4:30-6:00pm.
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Must have a current health physical on file and cleared through our Athletic Clearance in order to participate in conditioning. https://neaseathletics.com/athletic_clearance/
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Donations Needed for Teacher Appreciation Luncheon. The PTSO is sponsoring a teacher appreciation luncheon on Thursday, December 16th and we are asking for your help to make this event a success.
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Our goal is to give every teacher/admin. at least a $25 gift card. Please consider donating gift cards in increments of $25, with the dollar amount written on the card. You can drop off your donation at the Front Office for Mrs. Kunze no later than noon on December 16th. Click here to sign up: Teacher Appreciation Gift Card Donation
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Donations are also needed to help us spoil our teachers with lots of sweet treats during the luncheon. You can drop off your dessert on December 16th through the carpool lane or you can bring it in to the front office by noon. Click here to sign up: Teacher Appreciation Dessert Donation
THANK YOU in advance for supporting our teachers!
Gold Business Partner Spotlight: We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Construction Specialist Group (CSG) for becoming a PTSO Gold Business Partner. CSG made it possible for the NHS golf cart to be wrapped to match Deputy Dees’s patrol car. CSG’s owner, Charles Scaff has been lending his expertise in the construction industry for over 35 years. Their work can be seen along the coast from St. Mary’s Island to Palm Coast. His son is a graduate of NHS and his daughter is a current Panther. THANK YOU for your support, CSG!
Help Wanted! We are looking for volunteers during EXCEL time 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!
We are Filling the Fence! Thank you to everyone that has signed up for a Premium PTSO membership! Every Premium PTSO membership comes with a Panther Pride banner that will be placed on the fence. There are two banner options to choose from-one for our senior students and one for our Panther families. Click here to support the PTSO and fill the fence with your banner!
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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Academy Intent to Return Process
This month, all Academy students will be asked to indicate if they want to remain in their Academy for the 2022-23 school year by signing an Intent to Return roster in their Academy class. If the student checks “Yes,” than that student will be automatically re-enrolled in the Academy for 2022-23. The student will also receive a recommendation to move on to the next-level Academy course, as long as he/she is meeting Academy requirements.
If an Academy student checks “No” on the roster 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 after winter break, confirming that the student would like to be removed from the Academy for the 2022-23 school year.
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 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 regarding the Communications Academy, Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, or the Stellar Academy of Engineering, reach out to Jaime Combs at [email protected]
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Our fourth IB Booster meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 13th, 2021 at 9:45 a.m. in the Media Center Classroom. All visitors will be required to sign-in. Please make sure you are registered volunteer to attend.
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 that your student will wear at graduation this May.
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Are you interested in taking dual enrollment courses next year? If so, join Ms. Stricklin in M-107 during EXCEL on December 8 and December 15 to learn more about the program and how to apply/register. You can also check out the Dual Enrollment Prospective Schoology Page (Access Code: QQ65-FS9N-6FGTM) to see how you can get started. There will also be a MANDATORY dual enrollment meeting on January 10 and 11 with session times before school, after school, and during lunch. You must attend one of these meeting times to be eligible for dual enrollment and to place courses on your schedule for next year. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Stricklin.
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For any questions related to testing please email our testing coordinator, Ms. Cynthia Messenger ([email protected])
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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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PARENT/ADULT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! PLEASE HELP US!
Our school library media center is the “heart” of our school and a HUGE part of our student life on campus. Every morning we have close to 200 students coming into our media center for a variety of reasons and we desperately need parent volunteers to help us out at the circulation desk. If you are willing and able to help us out, please click on the link below and sign up to become a part of our “library” family. Please remember that you MUST be a district approved volunteer. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email me at [email protected] . Thank you so much! You’re going to LOVE our space and all our incredible students!
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)
· 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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Youth Boys Lacrosse
REC Spring Season
No experience necessary!
Try the fastest game on two feet!!!
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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
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