Career and Technical Education (CTE) of St. Johns County
Chef Sebastian Sikora, Chef de Cuisine at La Cocina International Restaurant, and respected member on the SJTHS Academy of Culinary Arts advisory board, spent a day in the classroom with our young culinarians cooking up a tasty meal for our final Dining with Dignity event. Chef Sikora and students baked chicken thighs which were later …
Congratulations to Nease Communications Academy Digital Design sophomore Kevin Polushkin for his recent recognition! Kevin’s creative photography was selected by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority Culture & Arts Program committee to be displayed in the Art Gallery at the Jacksonville International Airport. These photographs, which Kevin captured on a family trip to Europe this past summer, …
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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 …
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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In recognition of Organ Donor Appreciation Month, the Academy of Law and Homeland Security welcomed Donate Life Florida to guest speak to our students at St Augustine High School. Students made posters to share the message about life-saving organ donation and transplantation.
Students in the Academy of Law and Homeland Security are practicing the art of pulling fingerprints as forensic evidence. This activity is just one example of the many hands-on on ways students learn in Mr. Eakin’s Criminal Justice 1 course.
Jan Rolandelli was awarded the Saint Augustine High School Volunteer of the Year award. Through her Teaching Academy practicum, internships, and other volunteer work, she has accumulated 636 volunteer hours! Her Teaching Academy peers came out to show their support as Principle Brown presented her award.
During 2018, CMiC, a long-time national ACE sponsor, and the family of the company’s late founder Allen Berg, announced a pledge of $10 million to advance the construction industry in memory of its founder, Allen Berg. The initial grant established the CMiC-Allen Berg Memorial Scholarship Awards, administered through the ACE Mentor Program of America. These …
Creekside’s FBLA chapter traveled to Orlando to attend the FBLA State Leadership Conference from March 15th through the 17th. 100 qualifying students competed in 51 different events over the course of the weekend. This year was a record-breaking year for Florida FBLA ,with over 5200 people in attendance at the State Leadership Conference from around …
The Academy of Culinary Arts enjoyed preparing two hearty meals for Home Again St. Johns and their Dining with Dignity program this year. Students planned, prepped, cooked and served a full hot meal and dessert to homeless community members in November and again in March this school year. In November, students prepared an Italian pasta …
Future Farmers of America (FFA) is just one of many Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO’s) available to students in St. Johns County enrolled in career and technical education. CTSO’s give academy students opportunities to learn and demonstrate leadership and technical skills. St. Johns Tech has had an FFA chapter for a few years, but …
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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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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Students from the Academy of Aquaculture toured Evans Fish Farm in Pierson, Florida during the fall semester 2023. This one hundred acre aquatic farm is family-owned and operated and was established in 1998 by visionary, Gene Evans. It is one of the only American producers of premium farm-raised sturgeon caviar called Anastasia Gold. The species …
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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, …
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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Nease Communications Academy Seniors Mahyla Smith and Cole Berman have to putting their skills in the Adobe Creative Suite, learned in their Digital Design classes, to good use! The students have been designing hype pics for the Boys Basketball team this year, which are used to advertise upcoming games on the team’s Instagram account. We …
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The Academy of Culinary Arts students and staff are so fortunate to have connected with Chef Chris Scrivano, The Culinary Network Senior Manager of Chartwells Higher Ed, as he has provided an abundance of support and learning opportunities over the past year. Most recently, he arranged for a tour of two back of the house …
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Kris Risch, owner of multiple Smoothie King franchises in our area, met with Nease’s Hospitality Academy students before winter break to share his story. A self-described hard worker and goal-setter, Mr. Risch shared how he was introduced to Smoothie King in Gainesville, and started his business ownership journey simply by getting a part time job …
