Happy Friday!

An email was sent from the district office regarding the eclipse on Monday. If your family is making plans to view the eclipse, the absence is excused. We are in the middle of FAST Writing testing and teachers are preparing for upcoming exams in May, so if you are not viewing the eclipse, please send your child to school as teachers will continue with instruction.

We need your help proctoring AP Exams. Please use the link below to sign up for a proctoring session . AP Exams will take place between May 6th - May 17th. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BA9AE2CA2F4C34-48915148-apexam

Contact AP Coordinator Amy Newman at amy.newman@stjohns.k12.fl.us with any questions.

Thank you for all of your support!

FAST Writing will be administered to all 9th and 10th grade students through their English class from Tuesday, April 2nd through Tuesday, April 9th. Your child should know when they are testing. Please ensure they get a good night's rest, eat breakfast, and are encouraged to do their best. Thank you in advance for your support!

Nease Theatre to present PIPPIN

On April 11, 12 and 13, Nease High School Theatre will present the musical Pippin. Pippin tells the story of a the first-born son of King Charlemagne as he goes on a quest to find his purpose in life. Along the way, he has many adventures into war, politics, and romance. Even as self-doubts plague him along the way, Pippin ultimately finds happiness in the most surprising place of all. Pippin features a score by Stephen Shwartz, composer of such musicals as Wicked, Godspell, and The Prince of Egypt. Pippin promises a night of humor, song, dance, and some other surprises.

For our production of Pippin, we have two casts: The Sun Cast, which will perform on Thursday night and the Saturday matinee, and the Moon Cast which will perform on Friday night and Saturday night. Though all the kids are in both casts, they rotate who plays the leads. The Sun Cast features: Jacob Santana (Pippin), Ellie Mirgeaux (Dark Leading Player), Parker Black (Light Leading Player), Abigail Moring (Catherine), Robbyn Dykeman (Charlemagne), Nina Howley (Fastrada), Tristan Mirgeaux (Lewis), Juliana Weldon (Berthe), and Slava Melnyk (Visigoth Soldier).

The Moon Cast includes Andrew Hajdini (Pippin), Mia Kasper (Dark Leading Player), Lily Downie (Light Leading Player), Maya Kalush (Catherine), Jackson Fry (Charlemagne), Gabby Catlin (Fastrada), Kedren Ellis (Lewis), Hannah Smith (Berthe), and Charlie Evans (Visigoth Soldier). Throughout the run, the child role of Theo will rotate through three performers: Joseph Weldon (Thursday, Saturday matinee), Mariana Garrett (Saturday evening), and Owen Gillespie (Friday evening).

The balance of the multi-talented cast includes Sarah Roney, Tiffany Snow, Ella Bennett, Brianna Bailie, Marisa McNally, Mackenzie Cole, Mia Garrett, Kallie Smith, Brooklynn Gorga, and Lyla Gillespie. Pippin is directed by Mr. Mark Robinson, with choreography by Lily Downie and Robinson. Ren Dunn is stage manager and Robin Hickey is assistant director. Ellie Mirgeaux is the show’s vocal captain and Gabby Catlin is dance captain. Also joining the performances are members of the Nease Color Guard. The crew includes Ethan Murphy, Sophia Burger, Tu Chi Bui, Sam Morgan, Kadyn Sakamoto, Joy Triplett, Kaylee Raisor, Dorian Huggins, Marisa Gursky, and Kaylie Burnett.



Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 PM with Sun Cast: https://gofan.co/event/1482315?schoolId=FL17938

Friday, April 12 at 6:30 PM with Moon Cast: https://gofan.co/event/1482318?schoolId=FL17938

Saturday, April 13 at 2:00 PM with Sun Cast: https://gofan.co/event/1482320?schoolId=FL17938

Saturday, April 13 at 6:30 PM with Moon Cast: https://gofan.co/event/1482324?schoolId=FL17938

Please read the Special Edition Panther Press sent Thursday, March 21st

https://conta.cc/43rlGKQ

For the rest of the school year, only new or updated info not included in the Special Edition will be posted.

Graduation is Tuesday, May 21st at 6pm at UNF.

We would like to return the pancake breakfast this year for seniors on Wed, April 24th at 8am. We need to know if there are enough students interested and if so, how much to purchase. Please sign-up using the link below by Wednesday, April 17th.

Student link for senior pancake breakfast Seniors: Senior Pancake Breakfast (signupgenius.com)

Grad Bash permission slips are now available! Please pick up and drop off permission slips to B107 or D21 by April 16^th!

Seniors: We will be awarding scholarships from the March Madness fundraiser and the upcoming Powderpuff Football fundraiser on May 1^st at the Championship Powderpuff game during halftime. Students who are interested in applying will need to write a short essay: choose one of the Six Pillars of Character and explain why it is important not only in sports/team activities but also in everyday life. Your essay must be at least 250 words. Essays are due to the athletic trainer in D pod or front office by April 25^th.

(The Pillars are: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship.)

Parents of Seniors: Celebrate how much your graduate has grown in the Senior issue of The Vertical, Nease’s student newspaper!

Submit a baby or young photo and a recent photo of you senior to be showcased side by side in our senior issue for only $10.

DEADLINE IS APRIL 19, 2024!

https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/20232024-Nease-Senior-Photos-Vertical/ScgVqku

Monday, April 8^th – Green Day – 1, 3, 5, 7

• HOME: 4:30pm/6:30pm – JV/V Baseball vs St Augustine

Tuesday, April 9^th – Gold Day – 2, 4, 6, 7

• AWAY: 5:30pm/7pm – JV/V Volleyball at Creekside
• HOME: 5:30pm/6:30pm – JV/V Softball vs Episcopal
• HOME: 6:30pm – V Baseball vs Beachside

 Wednesday, April 10^th – 1, 2, 3, 4, EXCEL, 5, 6 – 2:50pm dismissal

•  EXCEL: Spring Bake-off in Media Center
• HOME: 3:30pm – Tennis vs Tocoi
• HOME: 5pm – JV Baseball vs Ribault

Thursday, April 11^th – Green Day – 1, 3, 5, 7

• 8am – Communications Academy Advisory Board mtg in PH-104
• HOME: 4pm – Tennis vs Bolles
• AWAY: 5:30pm/7pm – JV/V Boys’ Volleyball at Beachside
• HOME: 6pm – V Softball vs Providence
• HOME: 6:30pm – Boys’ Lacrosse possible play-off game
• AWAY: 6:30pm – V Baseball at St Johns County Tournament
• 6:30pm – performance of Pippin Musical

Friday, April 12^th – Gold Day – 2, 4, 6, 7

• AWAY: V Track at Bolles
• AWAY: 6:30pm – V Baseball at St Johns County Tournament
• HOME: 6pm & 8pm – Girls’ Lacrosse District games
• 6:30pm – performance of Pippin Musical

Saturday, April 13^th  

• ACT Administered
• NHS campus clean-up day
• HOME: 9am – Boys’ volleyball vs Gulf Breeze
• 2pm – performance of Pippin Musical
• Noon to 4pm – Relay for Life set-up
• 4pm to 10pm – First Coast Relay for Life at stadium
• 6:30pm – performance of Pippin Musical

Spring 2024 EOC (End of Course) Exams for Home Ed/Virtual Ed/Dual Enrollment Students

Nease will be offering all EOC's: 9th Grade ELA, 10th Grade ELA, Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology, US History, and the Florida Civics Literacy Exam (FCLE) in April/May 2024. Please complete the questions through the link below to secure a testing date. Deadline to request Spring 2024 EOC testing is Friday, April 12, 2024.

https://forms.office.com/r/kAK7MEPGhD

P³ Poetry Slam!!

Our 7^th Annual P³ (Panthers, Poetry, & Prose) Poetry Slam will take place Wednesday, Apr. 24^th at 5 p.m. here in our media center. Please join us as we transform our media center into a “coffeehouse” with a mic for some amazing performers as they share their own personal works. 1^st place prize is $50 CASH! This event is open to family and friends, however, we do need to have a head count of how many folks will be attending so we prepare for seating and will be serving snacks and beverages.  If you will be attending, please click on the link below and RSVP Monday, Apr. 22^nd. Thank you so much and LET’S GET READY TO SLAM!  

POETRY SLAM RSVP

STUDENTS! If you would like to perform in the poetry slam – you MUST attend an informational meeting on Friday, April 5^th during all lunches in the media center with Mrs. Milian. Please bring your lunch as she will go over all the rules, rubrics, and suggestions.  

Prom ticket sales and Prom court nominations begin April 1! For all Prom information including ticket sale links and prom court nomination links, please use the prom website: neaseprom.weebly.com

TEXTBOOKS AND MEDIA FINES – PROM SEASON!! 

Prom tickets go on sale on Monday! Juniors and Seniors with any fines on their account will NOT be able to purchase prom tickets UNTIL you clear your account! I will be posting an updated list in order by student number on my Schoology page for all juniors and seniors to check. 

LINK CREW LEADER INFO MEETING

RISING JUNIORS & SENIORS! Are you a natural born leader and have an AMAZING personality and want to help build a positive school culture at Nease. We’re recruiting new Link leaders for next year. We had a meeting this past Thursday, but a make-up meeting for all current sophomores and juniors still interested in the possibility of becoming a Link Leader for next school year will be held this Monday, April 8^th at 8:30 a.m. in the media center. If you CANNOT make it to the meeting, please message Mrs. Milian through Schoology. 

PANTHERS READ BOOK CLUB! 

We will be having our “FTR 24-25 Reveal” party in the media center on Friday, April 12^th and hold officer elections for next year. Hope to see many of you there and we’ll be discussing our March read “This Mortal Coil”. 

NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY

• Next meeting – April 24th Excel B in B102 = Spring Documentary Watch `Party and Poetry Prose and Cons
•  Spring Writing Submissions are due soon. Please see the group page on Schoology for deadlines.

 Contact Mrs. Lewis or Mrs. Lopez for questions. 

To stay up to date on all Prom information, please check out the website: https://neaseprom.weebly.com/

Congratulations to Nease Mathletes for winning another SJCSD Math Competition.

56 Nease students competed @ St Augustine HS on March 24^th. These kids gave up a Saturday morning for the love of mathematics and we are so proud of them.

• Algebra 1: Ashlyn Terry 2^nd place
• Geometry: Saachi Kiran 1^st place, Haopeng Zhang 2^nd place, Maia Polito 3^rd place, Manuela Vieira Dantas Top 20%
• Algebra 2: Ethan Moy 1^st place
• Pre Calculus: Alvin Sam 2^nd place
• Statistics: Alicia Lu 3^rd place
• Calculus AB: Tu Ly Bui Top 20%
• Calculus BC: Noah Ali 2^nd place

Boys Weightlifting

Regional Championships Qualifiers

129 – Sam Lewis

129 – Joey Stodel

139 – Jacob Finkelstein

154 – Gabe Mitchell

183 – Logan Martin

199 – Jack Rorex

219 – Vinny Larizza

219 – Jackson Jonczy

238 – Erald Shehaj

UNL – Clayton Arnold

UNL – Nolan Williams

Congratulations to Kevin Polushkin, 10th grader, whose photography was selected by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority Culture & Arts Program committee to be displayed in the Art Gallery at the Jacksonville Airport. The photographs were captured on a family trip to Europe this past summer and will be displayed through April 30th.

🌟 Gold Level Plus Business Partner Spotlight 🌟

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 the next steps to get to a healthy and beautiful new smile!

Thank you, Smiles by Glenos & Hadgis Orthodontists, for your support of the Nease Community!

🌟 Gold Level Plus Business Partner Spotlight 🌟

THANK YOU to W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc. for being a proud PTSO GOLD BUSINESS PARTNER! Since 1962, W.W. Gay has been an iconic part of the Jacksonville community. From Plumbing and HVAC to controls and test & balance, they are so much more than a mechanical contractor! For the last 60 years, they have been proud to have left our footprint across the city and are committed to providing more than just great jobs. The importance of community support is in their DNA, and they will continue to give back in every way they can, serving as a beacon with a focus on family, excellence, and stewardship. www.wwgmc.com

Stellar Academy Scholarship

Engineering Academy Seniors, you are eligible to apply for the Stellar Scholarship. Up to two engineering Seniors will be selected, earning $1,000 each. Read the application carefully, and be sure to turn everything in via email to Mrs. Combs at jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us, or by dropping off your materials in an envelope labeled with “Mrs. Combs” at the front office desk, no later than Monday, April 8th. View the application and it’s requirements here.

This is a great chance to earn free cash for college if you plan on pursuing an Engineering major!

Digital Design Scholarship

Digital Design students, time to get some free cash for college! Apply for the Leonard’s Studios Leonard R. Tucker Scholarship. This is a $1000 Scholarship for St. Johns County seniors enrolled in Yearbook or an Academy program. Applications for this scholarship are now open and you can apply at www.leonards.com/scholarship. They choose 2-3 students from around the county. The deadline for this scholarship application is April 15th. See the graphic below for more details.

Business Partners Help Academy Juniors Practice Interview Skills

A huge thank you to business partners from the Communications Academy, Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, and the Stellar Academy of Engineering, for spending their morning at Nease to help Juniors practice their interview skills. As part of the preparation process for summer internships, students got to sit down with partners to sharpen their skills in a mock job interview. We are so appreciative to our business partners who donated their time and expertise to assisting our Juniors!

Guest Speakers Liven Up Academy Classrooms

This week, the Academy of Hospitality & Tourism welcomed Jon Clinton and Kelly Smith, of Caesars Entertainment. Jon Clinton, Director of Sales, and Kelly Smith, Vice President of Sales, shared a behind the scenes look at how group event and meeting sales can be a major part of the hospitality industry. Both guests shared their professional journey in the world of hospitality, along with an inside look at how events, conventions, and meetings for major groups and corporations are booked, and then executed, on a grand scale. This was a wonderful chance for students to learn about a different sector of the hospitality industry, and how their classroom skills could translate into professional success.

In the Stellar Academy of Engineering, we welcomed our last ACE mentor guest speakers of the year: Ryan Snow and Mark Harvey. These Project Executives with Gilbane Building Company provided senior engineering students with a look at how construction projects are budgeted for, and how construction scheduling works. Both of these aspects are included in the senior class ACE RFP project, so this was a chance for students to get some tips and tricks from the experts, who also offered advice on finding success in the industry after college.  

The same day, Dave Mueller, a CAD Manager with Stellar’s Virtual Design & Construction team, spoke with students during Excel time about the rise of Virtual Reality design in the world of engineering. He told students about his background in engineering, showed them some projects he has worked on, and offered advice to students who are interested in pursing a career in Engineering.

Thank you to all of our amazing guest speakers!

If you have any questions about the Communications Academy, Stellar Academy of Engineering, or the Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, reach out to Mrs. Combs at jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us

Registration for next year is complete. Please have your student check HAC to make sure their requests are correct. Please have the student send Mrs. Kennedy an email, if they need for a request to be updated.

Sign Up to help with IB testing: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EAFA728ABF94-48560235-nease. If your student is taking the exam, unfortunately, you cannot be in the same exam as your student. We really need help proctoring from our 9^th and 10^th grade families.

IB Seniors

Senior Banquet is May 20^th in the afternoon. Please save the date!

Carolyn Milian – School Librarian Media Specialist

Lorna Patterson – Media Clerk

Media Center phone number – 904-547-8367

Email – carolyn.milian@stjohns.k12.fl.us

Get your “Panther Café Ceiling Tile”! This is your chance to IMMORTALIZE yourself in our library!

ALL students 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 $20. 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. 

Follow Nease Athletics on Instagram #NeaseAthletics and X @NeaseAthletics

You can support Nease Athletics by becoming a member of our Booster Club! Everyone is welcome to join. There are five 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 here https://neaseathletics.com/gpbc-membership/

Link Below for Apparel purchases:

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/Pay to Participate

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

·        Athletic Leadership Council activities

·        Student-Athlete Letters and Awards

·        FHSAA membership dues and other fees

The 2023-24 fee will be as follows: $75 Per Sport Played

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.

DANCE TEAM AUDITION INFORMATION…

MANDATORY AUDITION PARENT MEETING: APRIL 9 @ 6:30p @ Nease HS in Chorus Room

Audition Clinic: April 22nd - April 25th 4:30-6:30p

Location: Valley Ridge Academy Gymnasium

Audition Day: April 26th @ VRA gym

Team announcement: April 28th on Instagram @nease.danceteam

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• toe touch • pirouette turn • grande jetè • turns a la secondè • front splits • high kicks • Pom technique

Optional skills • side aerials • front aerials • leg turns • tumbling