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Environmental Academy Float Boats

Creekside’s Environmental Academy recently completed a project where they designed and painted float boats sponsored by the University of Washington.  These boats are then geotagged and  released in the arctic to track sea ice changes and ocean circulation.  Environmental students also participated in this project last year.  A few days after their boats were released, …

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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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SJSO Partnership Providing Opportunities for Law and Homeland Academy

The Academy of Law and Homeland Security proudly partners with the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office. The department has been been an outstanding supporter of our students. This year have provided regular guest speakers to our classrooms, helping to educate our students about numerous careers in law enforcement and public service. SJSO came out in …

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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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Academy of Future Teachers Learning Human Growth and Development

Students in St. Augustine High School’s Academy of Future Teachers are learning what it takes to care for a developing infant child. Using RealityWorks High Tech Infants, students take on the responsibly of parenting over an extended period of time. Using advance sensors, infants are programmed to cry when needing attention, and respond to parental care such as feeding, burping, rocking, and changing diapers. Teachers can print a report and the end of the assignment to see how well the students complete their parental assignments!

Inaugural ACE Mentorship Program Team Takes First Place

Pedro Menendez High School participated in the Architecture Construction and Engineering (ACE) Mentorship Program for the first time this year.  The ACE program allows high school students interested in STEM concepts to work with industry mentors on an RFP that is presented in competition form with other regional schools.  The three Menendez teams all performed …

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Career and Technical Fair Shows Students A Range Of Opportunities

On April 20th, Nease High School’s gym was packed to the brim with local employers and post-secondary technical schools looking to share their job and training opportunities with Nease students.  From the St. Johns County Fire Rescue and Sheriff’s Office, to Military recruiters, to companies like WW Gay, Publix, Brooks Rehabilitation, and GATE Petroleum, to …

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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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Flagler College Welcomes Nease Hospitality Academy Students

Nease’s Academy of Hospitality & Tourism features an Advisory Board of professionals in the industry and in post-secondary education, who help ensure that our students are learning the latest and greatest information surrounding the world of hospitality and tourism.  One of their business partners, Dr. David Rivera, a professor and the Director of the Hospitality …

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Universal Technical Institute Teaches SAHS and Aerospace Academy With Hands On STEM Demonstrations

Universal Technical Institute (UTI) visited the campus of St. Augustine High School and brought with them some serious power. Mixing a 450 horsepower T-Bucket with a discussion on STEM, they had the recipe for a dynamic career pathways demonstration. Students participated in this hands-on demonstration using the latest  diagnostic tools and learned valuable lessons in …

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