CHS Academy of Engineering & Environmental Sciences

Creekside High School is pleased to congratulate Ali Pressel for being selected as one of only eight National Geographic’s Emerging Explorers from around the world this year.  She is only the second educator to receive this honor in the program’s 18 years of existence.  We are very proud of Ali and pleased that she is

Hands-on experiential learning comes alive when Creekside High School’s Environmental Academy worked in collaboration with the St. Johns River Water Management District.  See the full story here:  https://www.sjrwmd.com/streamlines/blue-school-grant-delivers-hands-on-learning-in-the-great-outdoors/.

Congratulations to Creekside High School, Class of 2020 graduate, Lauren Philip,  U.S. Presidential Scholar.  Lauren is one of only six students selected in the State of Florida for this prestigious honor, with only 161 recipients nationwide.  She is an engineering student in the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Sciences at Creekside High School.

Creekside senior, Tarynn Kaelin, was surprised with a $10,000 scholarship at CHS’ Academy of Engineering & Environmental Sciences Advisory Board meeting on Wednesday April 10th. Advisory Board Member, Jacob Thurlow, from Haskell presented the award on behalf of the ACE Mentoring Program.

Students in both strands of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Sciences visited the Northwest Wastewater Treatment Facility in St. Johns County. The visit was hosted by long-time business partner, Tony Cubbedge of St. Johns County Utilities and showcased the processes of cleaning water resources and become informed citizens.  This facility is one focused on

Creekside High School, along with the American Water Works Association (AWWA) hosted the 8th Annual Model Water Tower Competition on Saturday October 20th. Dozens of students from St. Johns County and from our surrounding counties designed and entered their model water towers, and their prototypes were judged based on 4 categories including cost efficiency, hydraulic

Students in the Environmental Science strand of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Science at Creekside High School received a grant from the St. Johns River Water Management District’s Blue School Grants Program in 2017 – 18 along with 9 other schools in the Water Management District. These funds were used to pay for the

Students in the Environmental Science strand of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Science at Creekside High School have been able to use new technology to collect data on water quality and marine life. Funds for this technology and the field trips to do the data collection were provided from a Blue School Grant through

On Tuesday October 24th, eleven students from the Environmental strand of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Sciences at Creekside High School participated in the Student GIS Mapping Competition at the URISA GIS-Pro Conference in downtown Jacksonville.  Students presented their research to business professionals from around the country  This was a fantastic learning experience for

Congratulations to Griffin King and Aubrey Miller of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Sciences at Creekside High School. Their StoryMap presentation on the St. John’s River won the Florida Geographic Alliance competition in June, 2017.  They will move on to compete in the nationwide competition in July. Our business partner, Rocky Agbunag, with the St.

On Saturday, April 1, 2017, sixteen students from the Civil Engineering strand of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Science at Creekside High built a wheelchair ramp for a local resident in a wheelchair.  This was organized by the St. Johns Housing Partnership (SJHP).  This was the 12th ramp the students have built over several