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Communications Academy Instructor Named Nease’s Rookie Teacher of the Year

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Congratulations to Mr. Justin Cooler, Advanced Television Production teacher at Nease High School!  He was recently selected as the high school’s Rookie Teacher of the Year.  This is Mr. Cooler’s second year teaching, and runs the national-award-winning Wired newscast.  In his first year as an instructor, he led his class to win the title of […]

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NHS Communications and Engineering Academy Students Tour Sally Corporation

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Recently Nease’s Communications Academy Digital Design students and our Engineering Academy students had the opportunity to tour Sally Corporation, a 40,000 square foot facility dedicated to designing, creating, and engineering characters and environments for theme park ride. The local company was founded 35 years ago and serves clients all over the world. The tour started with an

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Nease TV Production Students Win 1st Place Nationally at the Student Network Television Convention

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During the last week of March 2017, thirteen students from the “Wired” News Program at Nease High School traveled to California to compete in the Student Television Network National Competition and came in 1st place in the Morning News Competition!!! With the prompt “The Non-Disney Side of Anaheim” the students broke into 4 groups and

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Nease’s Communications Academy Students visit PGA Tour Entertainment, Cady Studios

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Communications Academy students at Nease High School had the chance to see how the skills they learn in class translate into real-world job opportunities.  On February 2nd, Communications Academy TV Production students traveled to PGA Tour Entertainment Studios, located in World Golf Village.  The trip was organized by members of our Advisory Board, Jackie Petty

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Nease’s Student Newscast Named Best In Southeastern United States

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The Communications Academy at Nease High School features a Television Production program in which advanced-level TV students run a broadcast news station. We would like to congratulate the news show’s staff, and teacher, Mr. Cooler, for their impressive win in the Student Television Network Excellence Award competition.  Wired, which is run by Communications Academy students,

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Nease Academy Students Enjoy Specialized Tours at Universal Studios

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On December 1st, the darkness of early, early morning, 134 Academy students and 12 chaperones made their way to Nease to take part in our largest field trip of the year…specialized tours at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. Once at the parks, the Engineering Academy students were whisked off to their tour in Islands

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NHS Communications Academy Students Travel to WJXT Studios

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Advanced television production students in Wired and Sports Media visited WJXT Channel 4 Studios on October 25th. They took part in the second annual Broadcast Journalism Workshop, hosted by The Local Station.  The station’s Vice President and General Manager, Bob Ellis, spearheaded the event, and spent time speaking with the students about the many different

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A unique trip for Nease Communications, Engineering Academy students

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In September, Nease’s Communications Academy Digital Design students and Engineering Academy students had the opportunity to tour Sally Corporation, a 40,000 square foot facility dedicated to designing, creating, and engineering characters and environments for theme park ride.  The local company was started 35 years ago and serves clients all over the world.  The tour started with

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Nease academy students enjoy unique opportunities, thanks to our business partners

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In The Stellar Academy of Engineering, Communications Academy, and the St. Johns County Academy of Hospitality and Tourism, the relationships between the Academy programs and the business partners provide a variety of opportunities to help expand our students’ education through assemblies, field trips and competition judging. Here’s just a bit of what Nease’s Academy students

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Geoff Stephens, TV Production Teacher at Nease, Named High School Video Coordinator of the Year!

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The Collegiate Sports Video Association named Geoff Stephens, Video Coordinator for the Nease High School football coaching staff, the 2015-2016 High School Video Coordinator of the Year. Stephens was selected by a majority vote of his peers in the CSVA to receive the Coordinator of the Year honor. He is now a finalist for the

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