Happy Friday!

Today is the last day of the 1st quarter. Report cards will be available on HAC on Tuesday, October 24th at 4pm. This Monday, Oct 16th, is a teacher planning day, which will make next Wednesday, Oct 18th a make-up Green Day (no EXCEL). Enjoy the 3-day weekend!

Homecoming – Night of Information:

Homecoming is tomorrow, Saturday October 13. The gate will open at 7:00pm. Students driving themselves should park in the student parking lot, students being dropped off may utilize the parent drop-off/pick-up loop. Students should leave all large bags in their car as they will not be allowed in the dance. All students and guests will go through metal detectors then have bags and pockets searched. There is no re-entry! The dance ends at 10:30pm, so if students are being picked up, please make sure to arrive by 10:30!

What to bring:

Ticket (Have GoFan email of ticket or App pulled up ready to go)

Student ID (Guest should bring any picture ID)

*In the event of inclement weather forecast, the dance will be moved indoors (the gym)

*There will be small snacks and water available so please plan to eat dinner before arriving

YEARBOOKS ON SALE NOW! We sold out last year, so make sure to reserve yours while they are at the lowest price of the year. Go to yearbookordercenter.com and enter code 15476

Our Annual Track or Treat is on October 26th from 5:30 – 8:00pm on the Nease track!

Our clubs and teams will have tables set up with activities, candy, treats, and prizes for young kids to enjoy. It is free admission. Don’t forget your costume and trick-or-treat bag! Nease is so excited to come together for this event and meet some future Panthers. Please share the flyer and information with your communities! 

Seniors: There are 15 tickets remaining for Grad Bash! Any student who has paid his or her senior dues is now eligible to purchase a ticket.

https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/20232024-Nease-Gradbash-April-26-2024-Un/SshcSS

SENIOR PANORAMIC PHOTO -- The class photo for Seniors 2024 will be taken in the gym at 9:00 on Wednesday, October 25. Please report to the gym as soon as you arrive on campus. We will not hold the photo for latecomers!

Friday, May 10^th is the last day for seniors who have met all graduation requirements.

Graduation - Tuesday, May 21st at 6pm at UNF - students will receive 7 graduation tickets.

SENIOR PARENT ADS -- Don't miss out on your opportunity to honor your special senior with an ad in the 2024 yearbook! You can purchase, upload photos and design your ad with ease on yearbookordercenter.com. (Code 15476). Ad sizes are a quarter page, half page or full page. Space is limited and our plant deadline requires a cutoff of Nov. 1.

DEADLINE TO ORDER CAP & GOWN - December 1, 2023 www.hjjax.com

Ms. Carla Brown (Senior Academic Advisor for last names A - M) will be on maternity leave until 11/27. 

If you need assistance, please schedule an appointment with Ms. Shannon Jordan. 

Monday, October 16th – Planning Day - NO SCHOOL!

• AWAY: 1pm – Boys’ Golf vs Tocoi & Beachside at PVIC Lagoon
• HOME: 6pm – Volleyball District Quarter Final Game vs Orange Park (Gallagher)

Tuesday, October 17th - Gold Day – 2, 4, 6, 7

• AWAY: 4pm – Girls’ Golf vs Bolles at San Jose CC
• 4:30pm – Hi Q Trivia Match in Media Center
• 6pm – NHS Induction Ceremony in auditorium

Wednesday, October 18th – Make-up Green Day – 2:50pm dismissal

• 8am – NHS Meeting in auditorium
• AWAY: 4pm – Boys’ Golf vs Bolles at PVIC Lagoon
• 6pm – Virtual Financial Aid Night via TEAMS

Thursday, October 19th – Green Day – 1, 3, 5, 7

• 8am – SAC meeting in PH 104
• Engineering FT to UNF College of Engineering
• AWAY: 6pm – JV Gold FB at Beachside

Friday, October 20th – Gold Day – 2, 4, 6, 7

•  Band FT to Buford, GA
• NJROTC FT to Blue Angels Air Show at Jax Beach

Saturday, October 21^st

• Band FT to Buford, GA
• 11^th/12^th grade JR Ethics Team competing at UNF (C Milton)
• NJROTC Sanctioned Drill Meet here at Nease
• 9am – Cross Country at Craig Speziale Invite

Juniors and Seniors can register for college visits through Naviance. A list of all available visits is available in Naviance. Students are allowed 5 visits per year. All visits will receive a pass in the first/second period. This pass should be shown to the teacher PRIOR to the visit. Students should NOT miss summative assessments to attend a college visit. Visits will take place in the media center, unless otherwise indicated. 

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

University of Miami: 11:35

Jacksonville University: 12:45

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Los Angeles College of Music: 12:30

Thursday, October 19, 2023

High Point University: 11:00

Football Home Game Themes

10/13 vs Flagler Palm Coast – Let’s Glow (Homecoming)

10/27 vs PV – White Out

11/3 vs Tocoi – Aliens vs Cowboys (Senior Night)

Will meet this Friday, Oct. 20^th after school in the media center to start discussing the 2023-24 Florida Teen Reads and begin the road to “Battle of the Books” which is being hosted in March at Ponte Vedra High School! Please see Mrs. Milian with any questions.

Tutoring: The National Honor Society hosts afterschool tutoring on Wednesdays from 3pm-4pm in A107. If your student needs help in math, science, social studies, foreign language, or English, please use the link below to sign up for a tutor!

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

Nease's Speech & Debate competed last Saturday.

Congratultaions to all students who participated!

Max Gialluca: novice congressional debate 2nd

Rachel Ball: varsity congress presiding officer +1st 

Rodrigo Deleon Ruiz: novice declamation 1st AND declamation tournament champion 

Paxton Beidle: varsity extemporaneous debate 2nd

Manogna Chandra: varsity Lincoln Douglas tournament champion 

Mayukha Das: varsity Original Oratory tournament champion 

PTSO Membership Is Open! 

Let’s FILL THE FRONT FENCE with Panther Pride banners! 

There are two options for NHS PTSO Membership:

1) Regular Membership: includes a NEASE car magnet! - $40

2) Premium Membership: includes a Panther Pride Banner and a NEASE car magnet! - $125 

Click here to become a member

Gold Level Plus Business Partner Spotlight:

Smiles by Glenos & Hadgis Orthodontist

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 Orthodontist, for supporting the Nease Community!

SPIRIT WEAR

Looking for spirit wear? We got you!

https://neaseptsoboard.wixsite.com/nhsptso/nease-spirit-wear

Nease Digital Design Students Learn Client-Based Design Process

Digital Design 1 students, part of the Communications Academy at Nease, recently had the opportunity to get some insight into the life of a professional graphic designer. Katy Hoffstatter, Associate Yearbook Representative with Herff Jones (a Nease Advisory Board Business Partner), spent the morning in our Design classroom. She shared her professional path, from working on her high school yearbook, to majoring in Communications at Flagler College, to an internship and then jobs in the design industry, which led her to what she calls her dream job: helping students design yearbooks across south Georgia and North Florida. Katy shared that she uses several different software platforms, many within the Adobe Creative Suite, which the Academy students learn and get certified in during their time in the program. She also walked students through the design process when working with a client. She showed students the "inspo" sent by the client, then her design concepts, and then the final design that the client selected. This was fantastic insight for the students! Finally, she answered questions from the students, which covered a range of topics related to the design and yearbook industries. Thank you, Katy, for spending the morning with our Digital Design students!

Applications for the Citi Women In IT one-week summer internship are now available!

This is a one-week internship for female-identifying students who are 16 years or older as of June 1, 2024. Students do not have to be 16 at the time of application. This internship is seeking candidates who are passionate about pursuing a technology-based career.

There are two steps to apply: 1. Fill out a survey with your info (QR code to survey link is on the flyer) 2. Submit an essay by attaching it to an email and emailing the email address as seen on the flyer.

Those accepted into the one-week internship will have opportunities in the future to apply to our WIT 6-week high school and/or the WIT 10-week college program. Many past WIT one-weekers go into one or both and then move on to other internships at Citi and even full-time roles! It is a great opportunity, but it all starts with applying to the one-week internship. Students do not have to be in an Academy to apply. This is an in-person internship, so students must be able to attend on-site at the Citi campus off of Old. St. Augustine Rd, near Baptist South (address in flyer). Please see flyer for full details of eligibility

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

Mrs. Kennedy has visited TOK this week to register students for Spring IB examinations. AP and IB exam conflict forms have been provided to the AP Coordinator, Ms. Newman, so she can verify alternate exams and location for these exams.

Seniors were given their gold envelopes to begin their college application process with Nease. Please see the contents of the envelope so you are aware of how to request transcripts, secure letters of recommendations and get secondary school reports completed by Mrs. Kennedy. More information is located in the guidance section of this Panther Press.

Lots of information is being posted on the Nease IB Schoology Page. All IB students have been placed in the group and provided the group code to join during the meetings mentioned above. Please ask your student what has been posted lately.

Thank you to those that have joined our IB Booster Club.  They are a non-profit charitable organization run by a volunteer board of parents. All parents with students in the IB program are encouraged to join and participate in the IB Booster events. Parent participation, whether occasionally or on a routine basis, contributes to the success of our students in the IB program. Please visit the website at www.neaseibboosters.org for more information. We are looking forward to meeting you and hope to see you get involved! The next Booster Club meeting will be held at 9:45 on October 24th in the Nease Media Center. We look forward to seeing everyone there. All visitors are required to sign in, so please make sure you are an approved volunteer with the St. Johns County School District.

Carolyn Milian – School Librarian Media Specialist

Lorna Patterson – Media Clerk

Media Center phone number – 904-547-8367

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

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY for up to 15 hours!! 

Students – if you need service hours, Latin Community Services is hosting a Wellness & Service Expo in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month in St. Augustine and they need volunteers! Please click on the link below to sign up. See Mrs. Milian in the media center with any questions. Thank you!

https://forms.office.com/r/pX4TstUiVq

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! To our AMAZING families that donated so much food and drink!

Our Hispanic Heritage celebration was a HUGE success as we welcomed 200+ students into the media center to sample small tastings of a variety of foods from different hispanic countries, worked on crafts and activities typical of several hispanic nations, and were able to participate in a Zumba session with a certified Zumba instructor! We look forward to our celebration next October!

Follow Nease Athletics on Instagram #NeaseAthletics and Twitter @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.

Winter Sports SchoolPay Links - Pay to Participate

Boys Basketball: https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Nease-Winter-2023-Pay-to-PlayBOYS-BASKET/SbtOciJ

Girls Basketball: https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Nease-Winter-2023-Pay-to-PlayGIRLS-BASKE/ScCtdM5

Boys Soccer: https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Nease-Winter-2023-Pay-to-PlayBOYS-SOCCER/SerGT2

Girls Soccer: https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Nease-Winter-2023-Pay-to-PlayGIRLS-SOCCE/Sd8lRaQ

Girls Weightlifting: https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Nease-Winter-2023-Pay-to-PlayGIRLS-WEIGH/Sb609Rq

Boys Wrestling: https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Nease-Winter-2023-Pay-to-PlayBOYS-WRESTL/Se465Y0

Girls Wrestling: https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Nease-Winter-2023-Pay-to-PlayGIRLS-WREST/Se367cG

Looking ahead:

Boys Basketball Tryouts

Athletic Clearence must be complete to tryout

Monday 10/30 - JV 7-8:30AM and V 5:30-7PM

Tuesday 10/31 - JV 7-8:30AM and V 7-8:30AM

Boys Soccer

Boys Soccer will have tryouts on October 17, 18, 19 4:00pm-5:30pm. Players must have athletic clearance before they are allowed to tryout. Practice for both Varsity and JV will begin October 23.

Girls Weightlifting

First Practice: Oct 9 (7:15am)

Girls Soccer

Anyone wanting to try out for girls’ soccer must be registered and have athletic clearance before October 16^th.

Tennis

Nease Tennis will have a Chick-fil-A Spirit night Thursday, October 12th from 5pm to 8pm. 10% of all proceeds will go the Nease Tennis Program.

Fall Sport Schedules:

To view the fall sports schedules visit https://neaseathletics.com/calendar/

Nease Athletic Ticket Sales will be GoFan this school year