By: Halie Childress (Art Director) Small, almost clear creatures called jellyfish float around on the coast of Puerto Rico. There are similar “creatures” on the coast of Florida, but they are man-made and are hurting our environment.

Created by students and published by students, Happenstance is Nease's own art and literature magazine. And it's annual contest is starting again!

By: Ocean Medlock (Managing Layout Editor) and Brianna Ramos (Opinion Editor) Underwater, calming,  peaceful, and ending the day with a license. Or that is what Maria Morcom, a junior at Nease, thought was going to happen on September 14th ,when she went to get her scuba diving license. That day, she ended up saving two free divers’ lives at risk. “Of course it changed my life, any moment in life something crazy can happen and you might have to save yourself or others and act...

By: Ava Harris (Happenstance Art Editor) As Nease high school expands and changes throughout the years, so does its newspaper. The Vertical has existed for so many years, specifically since 1984. So many years that we students haven’t been here at Nease for, and for most of those years we weren’t even born yet. There’s been lots of ups and downs, and plenty of changes. Staff members have come and gone, leaving their own impact on...

By: Max Grzymkowski (Pollster) Fall is right around the corner, and while many students will inevitably be at the local Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts, the Nease junior varsity and varsity baseball teams are out in full swing. Players train to hone their skills on the field and focus additionally on improving their relationships between other teammates and coaches...

By: Tyler Heineman (Staff Reporter/Photographer) If you have never heard of second disasters before, it’s what humanitarian workers call it when countries affected by natural disasters fail to get the aid that they need. This affects countries greatly, as without aid from organizations, residents of that country are unable to sustain themselves for long, enacting harsh reactions such as emigration from their native country...

By: Nina Findley (Copy Editor) There are many ways to get easy service hours, maybe by even doing something you enjoy. There are no service hour requirements to graduate high school. However, if you are interested in an academic scholarship, service hours are required. For example, the Bright Futures Academic Scholarship requires that a high school student complete a minimum of 100 community service hours and the Bright Futures...

By: Mary Vega (Web Editor) The St. Johns County School District is planning to open a new high school near World Golf Village, which will be their first new high school since Creekside High School and Ponte Vedra High School opened in 2008. This new high school is expected to open in 2021, just two years before the graduation of the class of...