Career and Technical Education (CTE) of St. Johns County

PVHS Academy of Future Educators Win BIG at UNF FFEA Conference

By Shannon Pickard, Lead Education Academy Teacher and Marisa Leonard, PVHS Career Specialist   We are excited to share that our Education Academy had a wonderful and successful day at the University of North Florida Future Educators Competition on Friday, November 14th! Our students represented Ponte Vedra with pride, creativity, and professionalism—and their hard work […]

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PVHS Academy Ambassadors take lead at Landrum Middle School Blitz

The Ponte Vedra High School Academy Ambassadors visited Landrum Middle School in early December to speak with the eighth-grade students about the benefits of joining a High School Academy.   They detailed their classroom learning, internship and certification opportunities as well as the field study experiences.   Many of the students spoke about their favorite memories and

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Ponte Vedra Business Academy Student Spotlight: Emmett Hoffman

The Ponte Vedra High School Academy of International Business provides students with the tools they need to start achieving their business career dreams. PVHS senior Emmett Hoffmann took full advantage of these resources to kickstart his future in finance. Emmett’s path included an intensive summer internship, competition at a state and national level for Future

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PVHS IT Academy Student wins Florida District 5 Congressional App Challenge!

On Monday, 12/8/25, Congressman John H. Rutherford, presented an award to PVHS Student, Nicolas Vazquez, for winning the Florida District 5 Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The Congressional App Challenge invites middle and high school students to create and submit apps, with specific rules regarding eligibility, submission, and judging criteria. The first year of the challenge was 2016.  Every year since, Congress has challenged students in their districts to create and submit an original app for a chance to win

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The Financial Technology (FinTech) Academy, and our sponsored club, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), are excited to introduce Visionary Ventures. Created by officers Anwita Iyengar, Ava Destefano, and Caroline Ho, this program is designed to help students with big ideas turn their goals into reality. Visionary Ventures provides members with the resources they need

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Nease Engineering Academy Seniors Deck the Chair for Charity

For the third year in a row, seniors in Nease’s 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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Career Academy Ambassadors in Action!

Bartram Trail Ambassadors spoke to 364 Swiss Point Middle School students to explain the programs of interest and inform the 8th graders what they had to look forward to in high school next school year.  Many shared thier favorite experiences over the past 3-4 years in the academy or AFROTC!  Their messages were well recieved

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Nease Alumni Spotlight: Alex Cunniff, Class of 2015, PGA Tour Entertainment Technical Director Alex shares: “The Sports Media program at Nease helped me to grow my passion for editing and inspired me to learn and expand my skills and knowledge in covering sports for television entertainment.  The love I found for not only sports but

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Nease Communications Academy Students Visit PGA Tour Entertainment Studios

Nease High School’s Communications Academy TV Production students got an inside look at PGA Tour’s 165,000-square-foot media facility…home to the largest golf footage library in the world and the center for all PGA TOUR Media operations, including live production for PGA TOUR LIVE, PGA TOUR Champions and Korn Ferry Tour, as well as the social

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UNF Silverfield Champions St Johns County Students at Regional FEA Conference and Andrew A. Robinson Education Symposium

Congratulations to our St. Johns County CTE students from Creekside, Ponte Vedra, St. Augustine, and Tocoi Creek High Schools who participated in the 2nd Annual FEA Northeast Regional Conference & 1st Andrew A. Robinson Education Symposium hosted by UNF on Nov 17! Over 150 future educators networked, competed, and learned alongside peers from across the

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