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Nease Engineering Academy Students Take Part in Deck the Chairs Holiday Event

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For the second year in a row, seniors in the Stellar Academy of Engineering are taking part in the Deck the Chairs charity holiday event.  Students are provided with a full-sized lifeguard chair, and tasked with dressing it up for the holidays while representing an assigned theme. This year, with the education-based chairs on display …

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Stellar Academy of Engineering Students Take Part In Mini-Internships

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On the recent teacher planning day, nearly 20 of Nease’s Stellar Academy of Engineering students spent their morning seeing real-world engineering at work.  Three of the Stellar Academy of Engineering Advisory Board business partners offered to open up their offices to our students.  Stellar, KLS Martin, and Gulfstream Design Group hosted students for this mini-internship …

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Nease Academy Students Learn Skills, Earn Scholarships

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Congratulations, Stellar Scholarship Winners! Congratulations to Nease’s Hannah DeVelder and Harry Ison, who were selected as the Stellar Scholarship Award Recipients for 2024.  The awards were presented by Stellar Engineer, and Nease’s Stellar Academy of Engineering Advisory Board Chairman, Briggs Kirby.  These Stellar Academy of Engineering students both plan to continue studying the subject at …

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Guest Speakers Liven Up Academy Classrooms

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We enjoyed a busy week filled with Guest Speakers in our Academy classes.  The Academy of Hospitality & Tourism at Nease welcomed Jon Clinton and Kelly Smith, of Caesars Entertainment. Jon Clinton, Director of Sales, and Kelly Smith, Vice President of Sales, shared a behind the scenes look at how group event and meeting sales …

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Business Partners Help Academy Juniors Practice Interview Skills

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A huge thank you to business partners from Nease’s Communications Academy, Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, and the Stellar Academy of Engineering, for spending their morning with us to help Juniors practice their interview skills. As part of the preparation process for summer internships, students got to sit down with partners to sharpen their skills …

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Nease Engineering Academy Student Harnesses 3D Printing for DECA Contest

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Nease Junior Abiel Bismi, a Stellar Academy of Engineering student and a member of Nease’s DECA club, married his interest in engineering with his business acumen recently.  Abiel’s start-up business, as presented for the DECA competition, is called Aeroease, in which ventilator parts are 3D printed for quicker, more economical production. He created a full-scale …

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ACE Trades Day Brings Engineering and Construction Students Together

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On Thursday, February 15th, engineering and construction students from more than a dozen local schools attended ACE Trades Day. The event, held at Ring Power in St. Augustine, aimed at introducing students to the wide variety of jobs available associated with Engineering, Architecture, and Construction.  Students were able to get hands-on experiences while networking with …

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Professionals Visit Nease Senior Engineering Classes As Part of the ACE Mentor Program

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As Nease’s Engineering Design and Development students work through their ACE Mentor competition projects in class, they are bringing in professionals from a range of fields in, or related to, the Engineering industry to help open the students’ eyes to all that a major engineering project encompasses. On January 24th, landscape designer Cindy Burns, owner …

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ACE Mentor Competition Program Kicks Off In Nease’s Senior Engineering Classes

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This year, Nease’s senior-level Stellar Academy of Engineering classes are taking part in the ACE Mentor Competition Program, in which students work on specialized projects, released to schools across our area, to compete in hopes to be named the best RFP (request for proposal), among area schools.  During the creation of these projects, professionals from …

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Stellar Academy of Engineering Seniors Design a Lifeguard Chair for Deck the Chairs Event

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James Weldon Park, in downtown Jacksonville, has become a winter wonderland for the holiday season, with a large tree in the plaza and a number of Deck the Chairs “Unite with Lights” student contest entries throughout the park.  Middle and High Schools were asked to come up with a creative way to decorate a plain …

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ACE Program Kicks Off With Trip to UNF For Engineering Students

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Each year, Nease’s Stellar Academy of Engineering Seniors take part in the ACE (Architecture Construction and Engineering) Mentorship Program, which is a regional competition that challenges engineering students to take on project prompts, work with engineers in many sectors of the industry as they complete the project, and then present their final concepts to a …

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Nease Academy Students See the Sweet Side of Engineering

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Stellar Academy of Engineering introductory-level students had the opportunity to see the power of engineering an unlikely place — a candy store. Nease students toured Whetstones Chocolate Factory — an institution in the Nation’s Oldest City — and learned the company’s founder, Henry Whetstone, was an engineer.  During his time in the chocolate business, Whetstone …

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Academy Students To Pursue STEM

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Debra Bienert, Academy Advisory Board partner with Nease’s Stellar Academy of Engineering, is passionate about encouraging young women to pursue careers in math, science, and engineering.  A former electrical engineer and math professor, Debra met with 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls at Palm Valley Academy. She hoped to inspire the young ladies to shake …

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Nease Engineering Teacher Featured in National Podcast

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Nease Stellar Academy of Engineering instructor John Beale was recently featured on Certiport’s “Certified” platform, via a podcast.  Certiport is a national company which specializes in providing pathways to industry certifications for students. They also shine light on educators who innovate in the classroom and host educators at a national conference each summer.  Last summer …

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Nease Academy Students Take Part In Mini-Internships

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While many students were sleeping in on the recent teacher planning day, 21 Nease Stellar Academy of Engineering and Academy of Hospitality & Tourism students spent their morning taking part in mini-internships with local businesses, learning about their targeted industry in the real world. Engineering students who visited Stellar headquarters had the chance to hear …

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Nease Electrathon Vehicle Takes Shape

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One of the Career and Technical Education-related clubs at Nease High School is the Transportation Technology Club, which incorporates engineering skills into real-world design processes.  Many of club members are part of the Stellar Academy of Engineering, utilizing the engineering skills they learn in the classroom and applying them to the process of designing and …

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Students Study Up On College Options

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Hundreds of students and parents packed the Nease High School gym on Thursday, September 7th, for the 16th Annual College Fair.  Schools from around the country sent recruiters to speak with St. Johns County students about the amazing opportunities available to them at the post-secondary level.  Over 80 colleges and universities were represented, and this …

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Academy Students Practice Their Interview Skills

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As part of the Career Academies in St. Johns County, juniors in the programs have the opportunity to take part in a summer internship application process. Part of that process, following resume writing and interview tips trainings, includes a mock interview.  During mock interviews, business partners volunteer to interview students to give them an opportunity …

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Nease Engineering Academy Students take part in ACE’s Celebrating Diversity Event at UNF

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Nease High School’s Stellar Academy of Engineering Juniors and Seniors were invited to take part in the “ACE: Celebrating Diversity in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry” event, recently held at the University of North Florida.  This initiative brought together students from several area schools and included a look around the UNF College of Computing, …

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Nease’s First Day Shadow Internship Event a Success

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At the start of the school year, it was revealed that the district’s bus driver shortage would hit the Career Academy programs hard – no field trip buses would be available for our students indefinitely.  Charter buses are an option, but they cost over $1,000 per field trip. With one of our Academy goals focused …

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