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October 7, 2013

Important Dates
  • October 7 - Booster Club Meeting, 7 pm, room 575.
  • October 9 - Coffee Chat, **Date Correction**, 9:30 am, Media Center.  Beth Jordan, Personal Trainer and Health Coach will present information on how nutrition and exercise can help reduce stress and give us some life management tips.   
  • October 14 - "State of the Schools" by Dr. Joyner, 6 - 7 pm, School Board Auditorium, 40 Orange Street, St. Augustine. 
  • October 15 - SAC Meeting, 4:15, Media Center.
  • October 15 - Teens Read Event, Amy Freeman, 7 pm, Media Center. 
  • October 16 - PSAT Exam, 9 am.
  • October 22 - Naviance Class, 6 pm, Media Center Computer Room.    
  • October 23 - Coffee Chat, 9:30 am, Media Center.  Dr. Tiffany Shields will present information on the effects that academic stress can have on oral health.  
  • October 25 - No School, Teacher Planning Day.
  • October 30 - Picture Retake Day
  • October 31 - Report Cards Issued.
  • November 4 - 9 - Homecoming Week
  • November 4 - Booster Club Meeting, 7 pm, room 575.
  • November 6 - Coffee Chat, 9:30 am, Media Center.  Beth Jordan, Personal Trainer and Health Coach will present tips to make the holidays less stressful.
  • November 14 - Naviance Class, 6 pm, Media Center Computer Room. 
  • November 19 - SAC Meeting, 4:15, Media Center.
  • November 20 - Coffee Chat, 9:30 am, Media Center.  Dr. Tiffany Shields (topic to be decided upon at the 10/26 session by the parents)  
  • December 2 - Booster Club Meeting, 7 pm, room 575.
  • December 4 - Coffee Chat, 9:30 am, Media Center.  Beth Jordan, Personal Trainer and Health Coach will present information the latest research on sugar. 
  • December 11 - Coffee Chat, 9:30 am, Media Center.  Sheia Pleasant-Doine, Associate Director Financial Aid at Flagler College will give a presentation on planning for college expenses.
  • January 28 - SAC Meeting, 4:15, Media Center.
  • February 18 - SAC Meeting, 4:15, Media Center.
  • March 25 - SAC Meeting, 4:15, Media Center.  
School News and Announcements
National Honor Society Tutoring Has Begun 
NHS members are now tutoring every Tuesday and Thursday morning, 8:30 until 9:10 am in the pod outside room 830.  (8:30 at 830).

Need Help in Math--Who Doesn't?? Right?? 
Mu Alpha Theta, the Math Honor Society, is offering free math tutoring in the 775 pod Monday and Wednesday 8:30 - 9:10 am EVERY WEEK!

Nease College Fair 
Allen D. Nease High School's International Baccalaureate Program and the Nease IB Booster Club are pleased to invite you to attend our 8th Annual College Night Program on Thursday, October 10. The event begins at 5:30pm in the auditorium, with speaker presentations for students and parents about college admissions.  John Yancey from the UNF admissions office will speak.  Additionally, Ted Rollins of Campus Crest, will address housing. The evening culminates with the College Fair. Click here to view the flyer for more information.

St. Johns River State College Tour 
On November 8  Juniors and Seniors are invited to tour St. Johns River State College from 10-1:30.    Students must provide their own transportation, but lunch will be provided.  Registration is required.  Please contact Mrs. Asplen to confirm your spot.

Yearbook Information--Seniors Take Note!! 
SENIOR ADS!
All senior ads will be purchased and created online, directly through Herff Jones.
Read the OACGuide  { GUIDE to USING THE ONLINE AD CREATOR }
Seniors Ads must be purchased and created online
by November 15, 2013 to make publishing deadlines.

2014 SENIOR DIRECTORY INFORMATION and SENIOR QUOTES are
DUE OCTOBER 18, 2013 
All directory and quote submissions will be made via email ONLY.

Yearbooks are sold online ONLY, directly through Herff Jones.
Sales are ongoing, until yearbooks are sold out.
We sell out every year, so don't delay. Pre-order your copy now!
Order Number 10532.

ADVERTISING is available for this year's Oceanic yearbook.
Contact Sierra Mann at sierramannpvhs@gmail.com to purchase an ad in this year's Oceanic yearbook.

The deadline is November 15, 2013.

Contact Jennifer Lee at leej3@stjohns.k12.fl.us with any questions or concerns.

Media Center:  Save the Date:  Tuesday, October 15th at 7:00pm 
In honor of the American Library Association's "Teens Read" week we are bring in local author, Amy Freeman.  Freeman grew up in Salt Lake City in a family of five siblings, one of which is an identical twin. She spent most of her time as a child daydreaming and creating stories. She wrote a stellar screen play at ten, her first full length book at age thirteen, and her second and third at age nineteen. She has been published in Meridian magazine, Moab Adventures magazine and has just released her debut novel SHINE the Knowing Ones -the award-winning first edition in the SHINE series. She is active in several writing and critique groups and maintains an online page for writers, as well as her own website http://vedunywriter.com and writing blog http://vedunywriter.blogspot.com.

Upcoming College Visits 
The following is a list of current college visits scheduled for during the school day at PVHS. The visits are open to interested juniors and seniors and they must sign up ahead of time through their Naviance account. Students are responsible for making up missed work.

Please contact Jennifer Ashenfelder  if you have any questions.

Florida Institute of Technology - Guidance conference room 10/8/13 11:00 AM
Boston University - Guidance conference room 10/8/13 1:30 PM
University of Chicago - Guidance conference room 10/9/13 9:30 AM
Davidson College - Media Center Reading Room 10/9/13 2:00 PM
Piedmont College - Guidance conference room 10/10/13 10:00 AM
University of Florida - Auditorium 10/10/13 12:00 PM
Rollins College - Auditorium 10/10/13 1:30 PM - 10/10/13
College of Charleston - Auditorium 10/11/13 9:30 AM
Wake Forest University - Auditorium 10/11/13 11:00 AM
University of South Carolina - Auditorium 10/11/13 2:00 PM
High Point University - Guidance conference room 10/24/13 11:00 AM
University of Connecticut - Guidance conference room 10/29/13 11:00 AM 
  
Naviance Classes are here for Students and Parents!! 
Naviance College and Career Preparation program
Naviance is a computer software system with accounts for students, parents, faculty and administration that provide a multitude of opportunities including:

*    A variety of college searches
*    Special college matching features unique to the admission history of individual high schools
*    Scholarship banking and searching features
*    Resume building and storing programs
*    Personality, career and interest inventories and profiles
*    Online submission of school documentation materials in the college application process, like transcripts and school reports

Implementation of Naviance is providing our Ponte Vedra students with the leading software system to help them make the most informed and educated decisions about their educational and professional futures.  ALL STUDENTS WILL REQUEST COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS THROUGH NAVIANCE.. COME LEARN HOW

TO REGISTER:  please email Helene Isolica at:
isolich@stjohns.k12.fl.us

In your email, state:
1.    Your name and the student's name
2.    The date of the class for which you want to register
3.    The year of your student

Tuesday, October 22nd 6:00 pm in the Media Center Computer Room
Thursday, November 14th   6:00 pm in the Media Center Computer Room 
   
PTO Update 

PTO Ladies' Night Out Recap 

The Ponte Vedra High School PTO held their Annual Fall Ladies' Night Out on Thursday, October 3, at Pusser's Caribbean Grille.

The evening theme, Christmas in October, offered local vendors such as Beach Chic, Frenchy's Live , Laugh and Spa! and Natural Life Company the opportunity to open shop and sell unique gifts.  The evening concluded with a holiday fashion show provided by A'propos consisting of fifteen models from Ponte Vedra Beach.

Eighty ladies attended making this year's Fall Ladies Night Out a huge success.  The PTO will host a Spring function which promises to be bigger and better.
All proceeds generated from the Ladies' Night Out will benefit Ponte Vedra High School.   

For more information on how to get involved with the Ponte Vedra High School Ladies' Night Out please contact Laura Rojahn at 571-4998.
fashion show.

For more information please call Laura Rojahn at (904) 571-4998.   

Shark Sports 
This Week at Home
  • Tuesday - Girls' Golf v. Bolles and Episcopal, 4 pm. 
  • Tuesday - Swim v. Creekside, 5 pm, Pink Out. 
  • Wednesday - Volleyball v. Clay, 5:30 pm.
  • Friday - Varsity Football v. Bartram Trail, 7 pm., Pink Out.     
Girls' Basketball Tryouts

Last year the Girls Basketball Team finished its season with a 18 - 9 record, the first winning record in the history of our school.

This year we are looking for more dedicated, athletic, hardworking, and skilled players to add to our roster.  Do you have what it takes to be a part of a young, growing, and winning program?  Can you contribute to the Girls Basketball program?  Come on out and find out!

The girls' basketball team will be holding tryouts on Monday, October 21st, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM.  All girls interested in trying out should make sure that they complete the following forms prior to try-outs:

1-    (EL2)          Physical
2-    (EL3)          Consent and Release from Liability Certificate
3-    (EL3CH)    Concussion and Heat Injury Release Form
4-    (GA7)         Florida High School Clearance and Participation Form

These forms can be found on the PVHS Athletic website ( http://www-pvhs.stjohns.k12.fl.us/athletics/Athletic%20Forms/2013%20Athletic%20Partipation%20Forms.pdf )

If you have any questions contact Coach Piggott at Jpiggott@citystaug.com or call him at (904) 669-0765.  

 

Scorecard
Aquatics: 
Swim and Dive results
Ponte Vedra HS vs Nease HS
October 1, 2013
Hosted by Ponte Vedra

Girls - Team Scores
1 Ponte Vedra High School - 200
2 Nease High School - 109
309.00 Total

Boys - Team Scores
1 Nease High School - 173
2 Ponte Vedra High School - 124
297.00 Total

Girls' Swimming:

Ponte Vedra High School thoroughly dunked Nease at the October 1st swim meet.  The Lady Sharks remain undefeated for the season.  Molly Voytecek, Jenny Norenberg, Lily Norenberg and Hannah Santillo won the 200 IM Relay easily in 2:02:47.   Mary Jacobsen, Emily Voytecek, Elizabeth Garcia and Carly Voytecek came in 3rd.  Emily Benson and Brigid Morgan placed 2nd and 3rd in the 200 Free.  The 200 IM was won by Emily Grace Alfaro (2:24:23).  Molly Voytecek and Jenny Norenberg took 2nd and 4th.

Sprinters McKenna Johnson (26.01) and Hannah Santillo (26.79) took the top spots in the 50 Free.  Carly Voytecek placed 4th.  Madison Michaels, Lily Norenberg and Elizabeth Garcia swept the top places in the 100 Fly.  Michaels' winning time was 1:00:31.  McKenna Johnson won the 100 Free with a time of (57:43).  Emily Grace Alfaro placed 2nd and Carly Voytecek 4th. Distance swimmers Emily Benson, Brigid Morgan and Madison Martin placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the 500 Free.

The team of Santillo, Alfaro, Michaels and Johnson won the 200 Free Relay (1:47:20).  Jenny Norenberg, Carly Voytecek, Lily Norenberg and Madison Martin took 3rd.  Luiza Serrano, Emily Voytecek, Elizabeth Garcia and Mary Jacobsen placed 4th.  Madison Michaels won the 100 Back (1:02:55). Molly Voytecek came in 3rd.  Jenny Norenberg won the 100 Breast (1:17:63).  Lily Norenberg placed 3rd.

In the 400 Free Relay the team of Alfaro, Santillo, Johnson and Michaels won in 3:58:86.  Morgan, Martin, Molly Voytecek and Benson took 3rd.  Kelley Hall, Luiza Serrano, Wendy Parkulo and Mary Jacobsen placed 4th.
Divers Meg Barnhorst, Lora Frazier and Pressley Pratt took the top honors in the diving portion of the meet.

Boys' Swimming
Even though the Ponte Vedra boys' team lost against Nease at the October 1st home meet, there were some great performances.  In the 200 IM Relay Sean Hoffman, Jacob Shalz, Eric Erhard and Logan Teate placed 2nd.  John Molm, Vasili Pleqi, James LaCour and Thomas Snyder placed 3rd.  Danny Camacho took over one second off his seed time and placed 3rd in the 200 Free.  Chris Kennedy, Sean Hoffman and Jacob Shalz placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the 200 IM.
Kadeem LaFargue won the 50 Free (23:46) and Eric Erhard placed 4th.  LaFargue also won the 100 Butterfly (57:98).

Kennedy and Shalz placed 3rd and 4th in the 100 Free.  Distance swimmer Thomas Snyder came in 3rd in the 500 Free.  The team of Eric Erhard, Danny Camacho, Chris Kennedy and Kadeem LaFargue placed 2nd in the 200 Free Relay.  Logan Teate, Sean Hoffman, James LaCour and Thomas Snyder came in 3rd.

In the 100 Back Hoffman and Teate placed 2nd and 3rd.
Danny Camacho won the 100 Breast (1:13:89).  Vasili Pleqi took 2nd.
The team of Kennedy, Shalz, Camacho and LaFargue placed 2nd in the 400 Free Relay.  

Final Meet of the Regular Season October 8, 2013 5pm at home vs Creekside.
It is a "Pink Out" meet in honor of Breast Cancer Month.  Wear pink and
come support our team and a great cause. 

  

Boys' Golf:
This week The PVHS Boy's Golf team played The Plantation Course besting Nease and Episcopal.
The Ponte Vedra 149
Nease 166
Episcopal 170
 
Medalist:
Matt Plunkett & Logan Membrino, Ponte Vedra - 36
 
Additional Ponte Vedra Scores:
Hanks Massey - 37
Graydon Kent - 40

Record:
Ponte Vedra 9-2  

  
Volleyball: 
Palatka:
Ponte Vedra defeated Palatka Friday, October 4
25-10,25-9,25-15
 
PVHS stat leaders:
 
kills:  Addie Rush - 6
Assists: Elise Dirito -17
digs: Claudia Cotto - 10
Service aces:Claudia Cotto - 3
Service points: Elise Dirito -13 
In the Community                       
Teen Driving Course
The St. Johns County School District is pleased to announce its partnership with the St. Johns County Tax Collectors Office to offer the Teen Defensive Driving course at all high schools in the district. This 28-hour program focuses on teaching students to be a defensive driver with knowledge of the laws that relate to the operation of a motor vehicle and safe driving procedures.  The "behind the wheel" training includes braking, backing, parking and lateral control movements. Once a student can safely control a motor vehicle, 20 additional hours will be spent with other students driving on a variety of roadways, including I-95, with a certified instructor.
The reduced cost of the Teen Defensive Driving Program is $200 with a 10 percent discount for students who acquired their Learner Permit through their high school's course. Scholarships are also available for students who qualify for free or reduced lunch programs.

 

For schedule information or to register, go to www.sjctax.us/DriverEducation.aspx or contact Ricky McIntyre at rmcintyre@sjctax.us or 904-209-2298.

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PTO Update
Shark Sports
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