on May 17th @ 9:00 in the PVHS Auditorium 

Congratulations to our PVHS Winter Guard!  

They took home the 1st place trophy for their victory during the First Coast USTA Championships on Saturday, March 8.  Go Tidal Wave! 

The Tucker McCarty  Character Counts!  $1000 Scholarship applications are now available.  Please see Mrs. Asplen to pick up a form.  All applications and recommendations are due by April 15.

Twenty-two beautiful and talented high school juniors took to the stage on Saturday evening, March 8 to vie for the Miss Ponte Vedra High School Pageant crown held for the past year by Miss PVHS 2013 Leila Sabet.

The school's auditorium was filled to capacity as the sold-out crowd was entertained for over two and one-half hours, beginning with an upbeat group dance number entitled "The Richman's Frug from Sweet Charity".  Immediately following the opening number each contestant introduced themselves to the audience.  Emcees for the evening were Miss Ponte Vedra Sabet, who also co-holds the Miss Northeast Florida title, and the delightful and entertaining junior Mary Grace Scully.

Judges for the evening were: Karl Rogers, Tammy Johnson McGuire, a native to St. Johns County who graduating from Nease High School in its first graduating class was also the first Miss Nease, and Laura Adkison, an accomplished performer and teacher, former director of the Miss Nease Pageant for over ten years, with winners who have gone on to earn such titles as Miss Florida and Miss Kentucky.

Earlier in the week the contestants met with the judges for a personal five-minute interview that was scored, accounting for up to 35 percent of their overall score.  The opening number and individual introductions accounted for 10 percent of the scoring.  Following the opening sequence each contestant returned to the stage for the talent portion of the evening, which also earned up to 35 percent of her total score.  Outstanding displays of talent included singing, dance / gymnastics, jump roping, piano, and dramatic monologue.

Just before Intermission Sabet delivered her own outstanding dance presentation that brought rousing applause from the audience. Following intermission the Evening Gown Modeling competition took the stage.  Each contestant was given approximately one-minute to display not only their gown, but also their stage presence, confidence, and connection with the judges and audience.  This portion of the event accounted for 20 percent of the total score.    

Following the modeling, and before the presentation of the first awards, Sabet gave a warm farewell speech and made her final walk as holder of the coveted crown.  Upon completion she was joined on stage by co-emcee Mary Grace Scully and long-time pageant director Randal Adkison.

The five finalists chosen from the field of 22 were Julia Scolapio, Sophia Bracken, Kendall Brower, Brenna Storm, and Lindsay Bettis.  Each were given the same final interview question, as determined by the judges, before the final scoring and presentation of the runner-up awards and the crowning of Miss Ponte Vedra.   

Brower was named fourth runner-up, followed by Scolapio and Bracken, leaving Storm and Bettis in the final two positions.  When Bettis was announced as the first-runner up, Storm assumed the coveted role of Miss Ponte Vedra 2014. She received her crown from Sabet who had so ably had fulfilled her role over the past year.

During the evening Miss Storm earned several awards including Most Photogenic, Best Talent, and Best Evening Gown Modeling.  She also finished in the Top 5 of the Interview portion.  Her talent was an entertaining and lively presentation of the Carrie Underwood song "Cowboy Cassnova".  Storms lives Ponte Vedra Beach with her grandparents Geraldine and Billy Dettlaff and is the sister of Devon Storm.