Career and Technical Education (CTE) of St. Johns County
On Thursday, November 30, 2017, students from the Flagler Hospital Academy of Medical and Health Careers toured the health programs at St. Johns River State College, which provides a number of A.S. Health Programs, such as Nursing Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory Care, Paramedic, Emergency Medical Services, Health Information Technology, Health Services Management, etc.
CH2M, a global engineering company with an office in Jacksonville, has a charitable giving arm called “Bikes-n-Bytes”, which gives bicycles and laptop computers to worthy charitable organizations and youth. The week before Thanksgiving 2017, they gave laptops to the students below. This came about from a grant request from Tony Cubbedge with the St. Johns …
CH2M Donates 4 Laptops to Worthy Career Academy Students Read More »
The Nease Communications Academy’s Award-Winning daily newscast, Wired, featured a special guest anchor, First Coast News Anchor Anthony Austin, on Friday, November 17th. Wired’s Executive Producer, Communications Academy student Connor Dunwoodie, reached out to Mr. Austin to share details about Nease’s news program, and invited him to come co-anchor one of the daily broadcasts. Mr. …
First Coast News Anchor Anthony Austin Co-Anchors Nease Newscast Read More »
The VyStar Academy of Business and Finance at Bartram Trail High School had a nice feature story on First Coast News on November 9, 2018 to market their VyStar Credit Union Branch that is totally run by students in the program. Congratulations to the teacher, Catherine Farina, and the students for the great job they …
BTHS VyStar Academy of Business & Finance on First Coast News on Nov. 9, 2018 Read More »
Juniors in the Drafting strand of the Design Academy at Bartram Trail High School are working on a “Mixed Use Request for Proposa”l to redesign the Jacksonville Landing on the St. Johns River. On a recent field trip, the student teams reviewed possible options and developed initial drawings of their proposed design. When the project …
BTHS Juniors Working on Redesigning the Jacksonville Landing Read More »
Bruce Watts is a sophomore in the Drafting strand of the Design Academy at Bartram Trail High School. He wrote and sang a rap song recently at an Academy breakfast to help teach other students shortcut keystrokes for use when using AutoCAD to make architectural drawings. It was a big hit and very helpful to …
Rap Song a Unique Way to teach AutoCAD Keystroke Shortcuts Read More »
Academic WorldQuest is a Flagship Program of the World Affairs Council network. It is a team game testing competitors’ knowledge of international affairs, geography, history and culture. There are currently more than 40 local competitions held around the country and the winners of these local competitions are invited to compete in the National Academic WorldQuest …
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY STUDENTS ARE ON A ‘WORLD QUEST’ Read More »
Congratulations to Mr. Justin Cooler, Advanced Television Production teacher at Nease High School! He was recently selected as the high school’s Rookie Teacher of the Year. This is Mr. Cooler’s second year teaching, and runs the national-award-winning Wired newscast. In his first year as an instructor, he led his class to win the title of …
Communications Academy Instructor Named Nease’s Rookie Teacher of the Year Read More »
Recently Nease’s Communications Academy Digital Design students and our Engineering Academy students had the opportunity to tour Sally Corporation, a 40,000 square foot facility dedicated to designing, creating, and engineering characters and environments for theme park ride. The local company was founded 35 years ago and serves clients all over the world. The tour started with an …
NHS Communications and Engineering Academy Students Tour Sally Corporation Read More »
The PVHS Academy of Information Technology sophomore, Keegan Powers, was recently recognized with the Award of Excellence from the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education plays a critical role in enabling the United States to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplace of …
Ponte Vedra Academy of Information Technology Sophomore Honored Read More »
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 …
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 …
Ponte Vedra High School Academy of International Business Student Selected by District! Read More »
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 …
CHS Environmental Academy Students Participate in a Student GIS Mapping Competition Read More »
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.
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!
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, …
Phillipines Educators tour PVHS Career Academies Read More »
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.
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) …
Creekside Students Perform Well at FBLA National Conference Read More »
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 »
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 …
