Career and Technical Education (CTE) of St. Johns County
In partnership with University of North Florida, Ponte Vedra High School Academy of International Business and Marketing has kicked off another season of Great Decisions! Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, highlighting the most critical global issues facing America today. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight […]
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Four Academy of Biotechnology & Medical Research students were selected for the elite SPARK program at Mayo Clinic this year after an extensive selection process. Below is the feature story from First Coast News highlighting the work of PVHS Academy student, Emma Kee. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/health/pilot-program-lets-high-school-students-conduct-research-with-mayo-clinic/452927201 The SPARK Research Mentorship Program at Mayo Clinic’s campus
Congratulations to senior, Elizabeth Fox, for being selected as the District recipient for the CTE US Presidential Scholar Award. The United States Presidential Scholars Program is an award from the Department of Education that recognizes the academic achievements of distinguished US citizens graduating high school. It is described as “one of the Nation’s highest honors for
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On Tuesday October 24th, eleven students from the Environmental strand of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Sciences at Creekside High School participated in the Student GIS Mapping Competition at the URISA GIS-Pro Conference in downtown Jacksonville. Students presented their research to business professionals from around the country This was a fantastic learning experience for
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On October 19th, Riley Wills, a Teaching Academy senior at St. Augustine High School, received the Kiwanis Student of the Month Award. Tiffany Kemp, one of the Academy instructors, attended this event and spoke highly of her involvement in the program and the community.
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Some of our high schools offer additional Career and Technical Education classes beyond the Career Academies. One such program is the Turf Grass Program at Bartram Trail High School taught by Ronnie Griffin. Recently an in-depth article was featured in the Fall 2017 issue of “On the Turf”, the official publication of the FL Chapters
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CONGRATULATIONS! TEACHER OF THE YEAR! Marisa Leonard from the Academy of International Business and Marketing was selected as the Ponte Vedra High School 2017-18 Teacher of the Year! Students celebrate with Mrs. Leonard when she was announced as the Teacher of the Year!
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In Summer 2017, the Career Academies had 112 high school students who interned for various businesses related to their academy focus. Citi offered a paid one-week robotics programming internship to 12 girls from our school district along with girls from several other school districts. They also offered six-week paid internships to 16 girls from our
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Two School Superintendents and the Chair of the Department of English and Applied Linguistics at De la Salle University in the Phillipines came to the United States for three weeks to learn about the American style of education and teacher training. They traveled to a number of states during that time. On September 22, 2017,
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Students from the St. Augustine High School chapter of the Technology Student Association placed eighth at the annual TSA National Conference in June. The team — made up of Logan Conlon, Noah Law, Justin Miller, Edward Gilbert and Ryan Schmidt — competed against the top three competitors from each of 49 participating states in the video game design category.
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This summer was extremely productive in the Career and Technical Education Department. This summer, 112 Career Academy Students rising seniors completed summer internships related to their academy focus. We also supported 11 non-Career Academy internships with our business partners. We would like to acknowledge and THANK the teachers who came in over the summer to
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Students from the Academy of Emerging Technology at Creekside High School returned from the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, CA on July 3, 2017. There were approximately 9,600 students competing and over 13,000 in attendance at the conference. Teachers Kathy Sinardi and Lynda Kelly took 16 students (State qualifiers)
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Congratulations to Griffin King and Aubrey Miller of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Sciences at Creekside High School. Their StoryMap presentation on the St. John’s River won the Florida Geographic Alliance competition in June, 2017. They will move on to compete in the nationwide competition in July. Our business partner, Rocky Agbunag, with the St.
CHS Environmental Science students win FL ArcGIS Student Mapping Competition! Read More »
Article taken from the Florida Times Union, 4-19-17 Congratulations to both Creekside and Bartram Trail on outstanding performances in the Bridge to the Future Competition held 4-18-17 at University of North Florida! Bridges to the Future – The Florida Times-Union, 2017-04-19 Bridges to the Future Thomas Zammatro, 18, (right) and the Bartram Trail team explain
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More than 2,000 students from all over the state competed in the annual DECA state competition, March 2-4. Bartram Trail DECA had a record performance qualifying 19 students to the international competition which will be held in Anaheim next month. Some events required the students to write a 30 page paper on a particular topic and
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During the last week of March 2017, thirteen students from the “Wired” News Program at Nease High School traveled to California to compete in the Student Television Network National Competition and came in 1st place in the Morning News Competition!!! With the prompt “The Non-Disney Side of Anaheim” the students broke into 4 groups and
Morgan Hunter, an Engineering teacher at Nease High School, is a 2017 Fellow for Fund for Teachers. She will travel to Spain, Greece and Italy in Summer 2017 to study the evolution of structural components and architectural styles of design and the history of civil engineering and architectural achievements in those countries. This then will
Students and their families associated with the St. Johns County Aerospace Academy at St. Augustine High School attended a Static Air Show at the Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Students and family members were able to tour a variety of aircraft and visit with postsecondary Aerospace Colleges such
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Sixty students from the IT Academies at Bartram Trail, Creekside and Ponte Vedra toured Citi on March 30, 2017 to learn more about the variety of IT careers they employ. They heard from programmers, project managers, software testers, etc. Citi provided lunch to the students and gave them a tour of their Jacksonville facility which
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About 100 students from the Construction and Engineering-related Career Academies in St. Johns School District attended the Northeast Florida Construction and Career Day held on March 28, 2017 at the Equestrian Center in Jacksonville. Five other school districts also participated. Sixty-five businesses set-up interactive programs for the students to learn more about the variety of
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