NHS Stellar Academy of Engineering

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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