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ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering) is a national after school mentorship program that our engineering students participate in throughout the year. Students work in teams and are given a project, where they must come up with a solution, complete designs, and presentation. Several engineering professionals work weekly with our students to help guide them through the process. The final presentations were held in April with the following results:

• Creekside’s NE Florida team, Tiny House Tetris, won Best Overall. This team consisted of Corrigan Rotz, Brandon Ruckh, Erin Phillip, Jonathan Shuster, Lauren Castillo, Kaylin Damon, Jacob Denson, and Tyler Goncalves

• Creekside’s National team, won 3^rd place in the manufacturing division. This team consisted of Elyse Soracco, Leighanna Goldman, Nicklas Rice, Johnathan Read, Alyssa Buckingham, Ryan Flack, and David Gonzales.

• Leighanna Goldman won the National Scholarship.
• Elyse Soracco won a scholarship from ACE NE Florida division.
• Grayson Johnson won the ACE of Northeast Florida and Gresham Smith Scholar Scholarship.
• Jonathan Shuster won the ACE of Northeast Florida and DPR Construction Scholar Scholarship.
• Leighanna Goldman also won the ACE Northeast Florida and ABC Florida First Coast Women’s Council Scholar Scholarship.
• Amelie O’Hara won the ACE of Northeast Florida and Stellar Scholar Scholarship.
• Johnathon Read won the ACE of Northeast Florida and Baptist Health Scholar Scholarship.

Congratulations to Ben York for placing first in the Regional and State Science Fair.  See the complete story below:

Science is a Family Af-FAIR

Congratulations Matthew Fernandez, 2021 Creekside graduate, one of 14 Florida high school students named National Cyber Scholars! The National Cyber Scholarship Foundation is a charitable foundation created to help the United States close its critical cybersecurity skills gap.  The NCSF aims to support the entry of thousands of talented students to the cybersecurity industry by providing enrichment opportunities, world-class training and scholarships to fund degree-level study.

After qualifying at the FBLA District and State competitions, Alexander Simes, Aryan Tiwari, and 2021 graduate, Tyler Goncalves, placed 3rd in the FBLA National competition in the Banking and Financial Systems event.  This particular event included a one-hour objective test where they had to place in the top 15 in the nation in order to qualify for the presentation competition round.  In this final round, Alex, Aryan, and Tyler were provided with a case study where they had 20 minutes to evaluate the case study, come up with a solution, and prepare a presentation.  Then they had seven minutes to present the case study and their solution to a panel of judges, who in turn asked follow up questions.  Congratulations Alex, Aryan, and Tyler!

The 2021 FBLA National competition included students from across the United Stated and nine additional countries.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 to recognize and honor some of our nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields. Each year, up to 161 students are named as U.S. Presidential Scholars, one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students.

From nearly 3.6 million graduating high school seniors, over 6,500 students were identified as candidates in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.  Creekside is very proud to announce that Elyse Soracco was named a 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholar.