Congratulations to Saniya Aleem on her 3rd place State win in the Drop Savers Poster Contest, sponsored by St. Johns County Utilities. Special recognition was given to Saniya at the St. Johns County Board of County Commission’s meeting on April 16. Saniya’s creative contribution emphasizes the significance of youth involvement in promoting water conservation initiatives. Click here to read full story.
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 the state. The following 14 students placed in the top 4 of their respective events. 13 competitors qualified to move on to National level competition this summer!
1st Place Winners:
2nd Place Winners:
3rd Place Winners:
4th Place Winners:
Congratulations to these students on a job very well done.
Congratulations to Creekside Girls Soccer Team — 2024 State Champions!
Congratulations to the following students for qualifying for the 2024 National Merit Scholarship:
Congratulations to the 2024 Chili Cook-off winners:
Creekside’s senior, Tyler Gunther, placed second in the International Pivotal Essay Contest scored by Global Priorities Institute through Oxford University, winning a $7,000 scholarship.
“The Pivotal Essay Contest is a worldwide competition for high school students interested in creating original ideas about how humanity can protect the long-term future. Tyler Gunther’s essay outlined a hypothetical set of policies governments could put into place in order to better protect the interests of future generations. Tyler spent many hours researching his essay, but mainly drew inspiration from Professor William MacAskill’s 2020 Book, What We Owe The Future.”
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Congratulations to the following students for qualifying as a Semifinalist in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Competition.
CONGRATULATIONS to Creekside’s Academy of Environmental Sciences students who won the ESRI 2023 Florida GIS StoryMaps competition! This year’s competition topic was Living in the Sunshine State.
Lauren Griffin won FIRST PLACE in the state of Florida for her StoryMap on Forensics in the Sunshine State. Check out her StoryMap here: https://arcg.is/108OP90
Grey Kohl received Second Place with her StoryMap on Habitat Fragmentation: https://arcg.is/00Paif
Honorable Mentions for the state competition include:
The Florida GIS StoryMaps competition is part of a national competition held by ESRI. The Florida Geographic Alliance hosts a state competition annually as part of ESRI initiatives to expand GIS technology applications and skills to youth. Students in the Academy of Environmental Sciences have partnered with ESRI Geographic initiatives for over 14 years and learn geographic information systems and spatial analysis to use in their university studies and future career pathways.
Lauren Griffin will represent her classmates and the Academy of Environmental Sciences at the Central Florida GIS conference held this September as she shares her StoryMap and explorations in GIS with community partners from around the state. CONGRATULATIONS Lauren and all Awardees of the 2023 Florida GIS StoryMap competition!
Qualifying FBLA members attended the State Leadership Conference in Orlando this spring. Congratulations to the following students on their accomplishments:
Harshitha Bandaru and Varshitha Inturi, 5th Place, Introduction to Event PlanningNikhil had four amazing campaign managers: Makaela Kennair, Sahara Butler, Luke Dixon, and Cooper Maurer.
Creekside students were awarded the following awards at the 2023 Northeast Florida ACE Regional Competition:
