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

Business Partners Help Academy Juniors Practice Interview Skills

NHS Communications Academy, NHS St. Johns Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, NHS Stellar Academy of Engineering /

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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SAHS Teaching Academy Student Awarded “Volunteer of the Year”

SAHS St. Johns County Academy of Future Teachers /

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

CHS Academy of Engineering & Environmental Sciences, Other Career Education News /

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

CHS Academy of Emerging Technology, Other Career Education News /

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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FFA Chapter #1448 – Success Our First Year!

SJTHS Academy of Aquaculture /

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

PMHS Academy of Future Healthcare Professionals /

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

NHS Stellar Academy of Engineering /

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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ACE Trades Day Brings Engineering and Construction Students Together

NHS Stellar Academy of Engineering /

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

PMHS VyStar Academy of Business /

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!

SJTHS Academy of Aquaculture /

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

CHS Academy of Engineering & Environmental Sciences, Other Career Education News /

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

NHS Stellar Academy of Engineering, Other Career Education News /

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 Digital Design Students Use Their Skills to Support School Spirit

NHS Communications Academy /

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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Smoothie King Franchise Owner Shares His Story with Academy of Hospitality & Tourism Students

NHS St. Johns Academy of Hospitality & Tourism /

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

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