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ACE Trades Day Brings Engineering and Construction Students Together

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Stellar Academy of Engineering Students Win Big at TSA State Competition

Each year, Stellar Academy of Engineering students test their skills against students from across Florida in the Technology Student Association State Fair.  We are proud to say that a number of our talented young engineers brought home awards this year! Congratulations, students! Winners – 2022 Florida State Fair / TSA Entries Residential Design: Anthony Bismi  …

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Professionals Bring Career Advice Into the Classroom at Nease

At Nease, when we can’t bring the students into the industry, we bring the industry to our students. Thanks to guest speakers, we’re able to offer our Academy students a glimpse into the many paths their Academy training provides. Here are a few of our most recent guests: Amber Katada, a mechanical engineer in the …

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Stellar Academy Students See Mechanical Engineering In Action at Whetstones Chocolate Factory

Nease’s Stellar Academy of Engineering students recently enjoyed trips to Whetstones Chocolate Factory.  The students learned about the company’s founder and former engineer, Henry Whetstone.  Connecting the field trip to concepts they’ve studied in class, students learned about mechanical engineering and processes used to make the chocolates, and had the opportunity to see a small …

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Nease Engineering Students Named Grand Prize Winners In Global Minecraft Educational Challenge

Congratulations to Nease’s Stellar Academy of Engineering students Jack Wilcox, Joshua Becker, Vincent Donnelly and Tristan Bireley! The team of students has been named a Minecraft Global Build Challenge Grand Prize Winner in the “Peace with Nature Sustainable Design” competition.  The students entered their design in the “Sustainable Cities & Communities” Challenge.  The task was …

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Nease’s Stellar Academy of Engineering Students See Civil Engineering & Surveying Spotlighted

Civil engineering offers a multitude of opportunities for students, and, as they learned during a field trip with Superior Construction, there are dozens of different types of jobs tied to civil engineering projects, like the First Coast Expressway.  The expressway is a $180 million dollar transportation project currently under construction in Clay County.  Students started …

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NEASE’S STELLAR ACADEMY STUDENTS TOUR UNF’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

For Stellar Academy of Engineering students, options to study engineering at the college level are plentiful.  The University of North Florida, right in our own backyard, offers fantastic opportunities for students to study Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical engineering….or be a part of their newest major: Advanced Manufacturing.  Students had the chance to learn more when …

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