Happy Friday!

Thank you to PTSO for providing a delicious lunch from Flame Broilers on Wednesday along with providing each employee with a gift card for Teacher Appreciation. Everyone felt so appreciated and loved!

WE STILL HAVE YEARBOOKS! Please send your child to F103 to pick up pre-orders or purchase yearbooks. Cost is $100 cash or check only. leisha.cowart@stjohns.k12.fl.us

RISING SENIOR PARENTS – Be on the lookout for an email and postcard from Leonard's Studios with information about scheduling your child's senior portraits this summer. ONLY portraits taken by Leonard's will be included in the yearbook. https://new.leonards.com/  https://issuu.com/leonardsphoto/docs/magazine_2025_digital_v01

Football

The Spring Football Game will be at Pedro Menendez on Thursday, May 23^rd at 7:00pm

Tickets will be available on GoFan beginning next week.

Opportunities to volunteer this summer at Nease.

Locker help - June 3rd, 4th & 5th

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D44ACA928ABF4C34-49743332-nease

Assisting with maintenance department cleaning and moving furniture

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EAFA728ABF94-49743223-summer

From the Clinic:

To close out this year: Please call the school clinic (547-8326) to arrange to pick up or send home your student’s medications. The school clinic will be open usual hours (8:30-4:30) the last week of school. Any medications that are not picked up by May 24^th will be disposed of per district policy.

Due to early release and graduation, the school clinic will close at 1pm on Tuesday, May 21. Please call the clinic to make arrangements to pick up your student’s medication. 547-8326.

To plan for next year: Medical Management Plans for the 2024-25 school year have been posted on the Nease website. Please look under the ‘Parent’ tab for all clinic information.  

Class of 2025 Remind

2025 Seniors and their parents can join the Class of 2025 Remind to stay up to date on senior class information. Please note that everyone joins through the 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.  Join the class of 2024 Remind by texting @neaseCO25 to the number 81010

Class of 2025 Schoology

2025 Seniors can join the Class of 2025 Schoology group to stay up to date on senior class information. All current, rising seniors should already be added, however, if you were not, you can simply join by using the following access code: 77FN-VVVM-8R5GM

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.

Leonard’s is capturing memories for the class of 2024 graduation ceremony! Pre-register now to get instant photos as the graduates as walk across the stage.

*Graduates will have the opportunity until August 31^st to order their graduation images.  

If you have any questions or concerns, please call our local customer service team at 1-800-215-4852, or email at customerservice@leonards.com

Week of May 20^th – LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL!

Monday, May 20^th – Green Day - 1, 3, 5, 7

• LAST Summative in Math & Social Studies

Tuesday, May 21^st – SPECIAL SCHEDULE – GRADUATION at 6pm at UNF Arena - 12pm dismissal for car riders and drivers - buses will depart at 12:30pm

• LAST Summative in Math & Social Studies

Wednesday, May 22^nd – SPECIAL SCHEDULE w/EXCEL – 2:50pm dismissal

• LAST Summative in Math & Social Studies
• 7:30am arrival – Late testing for AP – Chem, Comp Sci A, Psych, Statistics, US History
• 11:30am arrival – Late testing for AP – Eng Lit, Env Sci, Macro
• 6pm - Track Banquet/Celebration in auditorium

Thursday, May 23^rd – Straight 7 w/2 lunches – Remediation day - 3:50pm dismissal

• 7:30am arrival – Late testing for AP – Comp Sci Prin, Eng Lang, Human Geography, PreCalc
• 11:30a arrival – Late testing for AP – Art History, Biology, French & Physics
• 6pm - Palm Valley Academy's 8th grade graduation ceremony in auditorium
• AWAY: 7pm - Spring football game at Pedro Menendez

Friday, May 24^th – 1, 2, 3, 4, EXCEL, 5, 6 – 2:50pm dismissal – Summative make-ups and retakes – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

• 7:30am arrival – Late testing for AP – Calc AB & BC, Micro, Spanish
• 11:30am arrival – Late testing for AP – US Gov, World

National English Honor Society

 Applications for membership and officer positions for the 2024-2025 school year are closed. Check your email by May 24^th for your letter.

Please help me congratulate John Wozniak (JT) as the winner of the Spring Creative Challenge: Filmmaking Documentary for the National English Honor Society. He is now a finalist in the Creative Challenge for the 2023-2024 school year.

For more information, please visit our website:

https://sites.google.com/view/nease-national-english-honor-s/home

EOY MEDIA CENTER UPDATE!

The media center is officially closed to students before, during, and after school. Students will no longer be allowed to eat lunch in the media center as we finish closing out the school year and the many tasks that need to be completed before we head out. I will be sending out a “system generated” email through our circulation database to all students that still have materials so they are aware of what still needs to be returned. Students may start turning in textbooks as soon as they can if they no longer need them and will still be able to do so next week. THE ABSOLUTE LAST DAY TO RETURN ALL TEXTBOOKS AND LIBRARY BOOKS IS FRIDAY, MAY 24^TH. After that date, ALL books that haven’t been returned will be marked as “lost” and charged off to student media accounts. NO BOOKS CAN BE RETURNED IN THE SUMMER as we have no way of removing them from student accounts. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me. 

Track & Field

Congratulations to the following athletes who will be competing in the State Championships at UNF on Saturday, May 18^th! Go Panthers!!

Selena Gregory – Pole Vault

Matias Masony – Pole Vault

Michael Dyess – Javelin

Daniel Law – Javelin

Esther Nelson – 800m

Nate Corkran – 3200m

Sai Jayaraman – 3200m

Matt Ryan – 1600m, 3200m

Finn Thomas – 3200m

CONGRATULATIONS to Jolie Than-Nhan Nguyen and Austin Mills for being selected as Nease's Student Athletes of the Year!

Got Web Skills?

Want to manage the PTSO website? The PTSO is looking for you! Please email the nease-ptso-board@neaseptso.org for details. This is a great volunteer opportunity!

Hello Class of 2025!

As you start your final summer break of your high school career, it is not too early to begin finalizing your college and university goals and plans. Most will agree that the process of applying to college in the fall of a student’s senior year is the functional equivalent of taking an extra class. The more preparation a student can do over the summer, the easier the fall will be. Here’s a To Do List of items rising seniors can work on over the summer to get a head start on the application process.

After reviewing the To Do List, we also hope you take them time to relax, reflect, and enjoy those long summer days!

Thinking About Dropping An Academy for 2024-25? The Deadline Is Approaching!

If you have decided you do NOT want to take part in your Academy class for next year, 2024-25, you must email Mrs. Combs for an Academy Drop form at jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us AND submit the course change request via the link:

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=V9CzsxL8P0-S9HK-boRDUUdUgmCQuJ9Mg7H01fE0xpVUQUI3RkMwR0FPOFlDNlFRT09DSUlLQllQVC4u

The last day to request an elective course change is May 25^th.

Congratulations to our Jaguars Career & Technical Education Scholarship Award Winner!

Senior Mahyla Smith, a student in our Communications Digital Design program, was selected as Nease’s recipient of the Jaguars CTE Scholarship. Mahyla’s contributions to Nease’s campus by creating signage above the gym doors and social media hype graphics and stickers for the boys basketball team were just a few examples of how she has utilized her graphic design skills. She is planning on continuing her studies at UCF, in the Digital Media and Marketing programs. Her teacher, Mrs. Soto, raved about Mahyla, noting that she is a fantastic student and always willing to do anything to improve her design knowledge and skillset. Congratulations, Mahyla!

Thinking About Dropping An Academy for 2024-25? The Deadline Is Approaching!

If you have decided you do NOT want to take part in your Academy class for next year, 2024-25, you must email Mrs. Combs for an Academy Drop form at jaime.combs@stjohns.k12.fl.us AND submit the course change request via the link:

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=V9CzsxL8P0-S9HK-boRDUUdUgmCQuJ9Mg7H01fE0xpVUQUI3RkMwR0FPOFlDNlFRT09DSUlLQllQVC4u

The last day to request an elective course change is May 25^th.

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

IB Seniors

Senior Banquet is May 20^th at 5:30pm at the St. Johns Golf and Country Club. Stole payment is due to Mrs. Kennedy by May 10^th. If you joined the IB Booster Club at the GOLD membership level, your stole was included in that membership. Otherwise, please pay $25 to Mrs. Kennedy with cash/check made out to IB Booster Club.

Carolyn Milian – School Librarian Media Specialist

Lorna Patterson – Media Clerk

Media Center phone number – 904-547-8367

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

EOY MEDIA CENTER UPDATE!

The media center is officially closed to students before, during, and after school. Students will no longer be allowed to eat lunch in the media center as we finish closing out the school year and the many tasks that need to be completed before we head out. I will be sending out a “system generated” email through our circulation database to all students that still have materials so they are aware of what still needs to be returned. Students may start turning in textbooks as soon as they can if they no longer need them and will still be able to do so next week. THE ABSOLUTE LAST DAY TO RETURN ALL TEXTBOOKS AND LIBRARY BOOKS IS FRIDAY, MAY 24^TH. After that date, ALL books that haven’t been returned will be marked as “lost” and charged off to student media accounts. NO BOOKS CAN BE RETURNED IN THE SUMMER as we have no way of removing them from student accounts. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me. 

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/

Summer Weightlifting Program

WHERE: Jacksonville Strength – on Gran Bay Parkway

WHEN: June 3 – 14, June 24 – July 26

DAYS: Monday – Wednesday – Friday

TIMES: 9:30 – 11:00am

COST: $300 for the whole summer

Please complete the link below if interested:

https://forms.gle/GNg2dN8H5ENsmDbR9

Link to register for Youth Football Camp - https://neaseftbl.com/register/6232