Happy Friday!

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!

Mr. Robinson, our theatre teacher, is currently in the hospital with several health issues. Mr Robinson works part-time at Nease and other part-time jobs as they are available. We have set-up a gofundme for Mr. Robinson, if you are able to contribute it would be greatly appreciated.

https://gofund.me/18a52229

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.

St. John Paul II Catholic Church is hosting a Baccalaureate Mass for any seniors at your school that may attend our church or whose parents want them to be recognized by our church. It will be April 28^th at the 12pm mass with a light reception to follow.

Please complete the form if you are interested.

https://forms.gle/1yRQuao7K9KFgze18

Parents: We need your help to bring back the senior pancake breakfast! If you have an electric griddle to spare so that our teachers can flip flapjacks for your seniors, please contact Ms. Morrison or Mrs. Mietzner! The breakfast is on Wednesday, April 24th. 

Grad Bash permission slips are due by April 19! If we don't receive your completed permission slip, you cannot attend the field trip. Permission slips can be dropped off in Ms. Morrison's room B107 or Mrs. Mietzner's room D21.

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

Senior Slide Show - Celebrate your senior with a slide show message!

Senior slide show will be shown at Lights Out and Graduation!

Log on to schoolpay.com to purchase the Nease Senior Slide Show, then create your slide using Microsoft PowerPoint for easy transferability. Once complete, email the completed slide to Neaseclassof24@gmail.com along with SchoolPay receipt.  

Feel free to include however many pictures you want and wording of choice as well as colors of your choice. One slide per student please, no slides for multiple students unless they are twins/triplets. Please no inappropriate pictures or wording, this will result in you needing to redo the slide. Slides are due no later than 4/21/2024, we will not take any slides after that day, no exceptions will be made. Any questions please email neaseclassof24@gmail.com

https://www.schoolpay.com/.../Nease-Senior-Slide.../Sd8I09n

Monday, April 15^th – Green Day – 1, 3, 5, 7

• HOME: 6:30pm – V Boys’ Volleyball vs Bartram Trail
• AWAY: 6:30pm – V Boys’ Lacrosse (possible Semifinal) at Ponte Vedra HS

Tuesday, April 16^th – Gold Day – 2, 4, 6, 7

• AWAY: 6:30pm – V Baseball at West Nassau
• HOME: 6:30pm – V Softball vs First Coast
• HOME: 7pm – V Girls’ Lacrosse District Championship
• HOME: 7:30pm – V Boys Volleyball vs St Aug SR Night
• AWAY: 6:30pm – JV Baseball at Creekside
• AWAY: Girls Tennis District Championships
• HOME: 8am - Boys Tennis District Championships (NHS Hosting) 

Wednesday, April 17^th – Make-up GOLD Day – 2:50pm dismissal

• NJROTC FT to Mayport Naval Base
• 4pm – Athletic signing day in auditorium
• 4:30pm to 9pm – Deaf/Signing Social in cafeteria
• 5pm – District STAR Banquet at WGV
• HOME: 6pm – JV Baseball vs Tocoi Creek
• AWAY: 6:30pm – V Baseball at Pedro Menendez
• AWAY: Girls Tennis District Championships
• HOME: 8am - Boys Tennis District Championships (NHS Hosting)

Thursday, April 18^th – Green Day – 1, 3, 5, 7

• 8am – SAC meeting in PH-104
• Lunches: IB Social behind Panther Hall
• 6pm – 8^th grade night
• AWAY: 4pm – V Track at Night Spikes at Bartram Trail
• AWAY: 6pm – V Softball at Ponte Vedra

Friday, April 19^th – No School! 12-month employees must work

• 8am to noon – AP Lang practice test
• 7pm to 10:30pm – Prom at WGV
• AWAY: Boys Weightlifting State Championships (Lakeland)

Saturday, April 20^th  

• FL Civics & Debate Initiative 2024 State Championships at Lake Brantley HS
• AWAY: Boys Weightlifting State Championships (Lakeland)
• 9am – JV Boys’ Volleyball @ Creekside Tournament

Sunday, April 21^st

• 8am to noon - IB Math review in A-104 w/Bertram

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

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

NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY

Next meetings: *April 24th and May 8th Excel B in B102

*Documentary watch party – we have two submissions.

Spring Writing Submissions are due soon. Please check the Schoology Group for dates.

Prose and Cons submissions can be made on Schoology. 

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

NHS Speech & Debate Team had 5 members participate in the Incubate Debate National Championship held on April 5-6: Rachel Ball, Ria Gavvala, Rodrigo Deleon-Ruiz, Yash Sagar, Nihal Kondabrolu.

Congratulations for an outstanding performance representing NHS!

NHS Awards Received:

Semi-finalists: Rachel Ball, Ria Gavvala, Rodrigo Deleon-Ruiz.

Nihal Kondabrolu was recognized for Outstanding Moderator in TownSquare Exhibition.

Our finalist, Rachel Ball, placed 3^rd! There were 90 students participating in the championship! Congratulations Rachel! She was also recognized as the Northeast Incubator of the Year, and received a leadership award. 

Boys Weightlifting

There were 25 schools that competed last weekend at Regionals. Nease Boys finished 7^th in Traditional and 10^th in Olympic, as a team. Our region is by far the most talented region in Florida.

• Sam Lewis earned 2^nd place in Olympic and is the 129lb Regional Champion in Traditional! He will advance to States in both disciplines. Sam is currently the #1 ranked 129lb athlete in the state for the Traditional Lifts and #2 for Olympic!

• Logan Martin earned 5^th place in Traditional. He took a PR Bench Press attempt at 350lbs to take 3^rd place, but just missed. Next time! He will advance to States in Traditional.

• Joseph Stodel earned 9^th place in Olympic and 7^th place in Traditional. He will advance to States in Traditional.

Congratulations to our NJROTC Drill Team for placing 6^th overall at Nationals!

Our team events placed the following:

Personnel Inspection- 1st

Unarmed Basic- 2^nd

Academics- 4^th

Sprints- 4^th

Unarmed Exhibition- 5th

Armed Exhibition- 6th

Athletics- 9th

Color Guard- 12th

Armed Basic- 15th



Individual placement:

Kurian- 8th place academics

Servello- 10th place academics

The PTSO is sponsoring a STAFF APPRECIATION lunch next month. We are accepting gift card donations to present to our amazing staff! We aim to give every staff member at least a $25 gift card.  Please consider donating gift cards in increments of $25. (We recommend Amazon and Target.). 

Please write the dollar amount on the cards and put them in a sealed envelope marked NEASE PTSO Staff Appreciation. Please drop off your donation at the Front Office by May 2nd.

If you prefer, you can also Venmo @NeasePTSO with a donation amount of your choosing, and the PTSO can acquire the gift cards for you!

Please contact nhsstaffthanks@gmail.com with questions.

Thank you in advance for your generosity as we help show our Nease High School Staff how much we appreciate them!

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Thank you, Party Time Designs, for helping Nease celebrate the special moments!

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Thank you, The Zakrocki Law Firm! We appreciate your support!

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.

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 Booster Club meeting on Tuesday, April 23th at 9:45am in the media center classroom.

Next IB Social is on April 18^th during EXCEL. Sign Up genius to help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084FAFAE23A5FF2-ibpizza1

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.

International Lunch for ALL faculty is on May 1^st. We need your home cooking and family specialties!!! This is a treasured event that the Nease staff raves about every year. Please sign up here to help with food: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084FAFAE23A5FF2-texas  or sign up here to help with time: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084FAFAE23A5FF2-48982556-international

IB Seniors

Senior Banquet is May 20^th at 5:30 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

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.