ACE Mentoring WIN for BTHS Architecture Team
The BTHS Shoreline Team WON both the Best Presentation and Best Overall awards today!!! So proud of these students who really shined today!
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Altruistic Endeavor
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
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Nease Communications Academy Digital Design Student Has Art On Display
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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Guest Speakers Liven Up Academy Classrooms
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
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Business Partners Help Academy Juniors Practice Interview Skills
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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Law and Homeland Security Students Learn About Organ Donation
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.
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Criminal Justice Students Practice Fingerprinting
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.
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SAHS Teaching Academy Student Awarded “Volunteer of the Year”
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.
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2024 National ACE Scholarship Winner
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
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Creekside FBLA State Winners
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
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Culinary Dishing It Out for the Good of Others
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
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FFA Chapter #1448 – Success Our First Year!
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
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Menendez Healthcare Academy Students help local Elementary
Healthcare academy students spent the day teaching Hartley elementary students many valuable lessons of a healthy lifestyle. Academy students made stations and the elementary students learned in an interactive fun environment. Great to see our students giving back to our younger students in the county.
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Nease Engineering Academy Student Harnesses 3D Printing for DECA Contest
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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Thank You Mary Meade Cardiovascular, RN at UF Health St Johns
Students had an amazing hands-on learning experience as Mary Meade, RN volunteered as a guest speaker for our healthcare academy students.
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ACE Trades Day Brings Engineering and Construction Students Together
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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Scott Maynard from St Johns Chamber of Commerce spends time with FBLA students
Thank you to Mr. Maynard for presenting at our Future Business Leaders of America club meeting. Students learned a lot about our local economy and how the St Johns Chamber of Commerce helps local businesses. Mr. Maynard also volunteers as a business mentor helping our entrepreneurial students learn to start their own business.
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Aquaculture Students Find Gold in Pierson, Florida!
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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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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