By: Mary Vega (Web Editor) In May of 2019, Florida Legislature signed Senate Bill 7030 into law. This law requires that every student enrolled in a Florida public school from middle to high school will receive at least 5 hours of mental health education each school year. (Cover Image Source: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners)

By: Marco Ugalde (Web Editor) Nowadays many people say teachers are underpaid. Some agree and some don't. However, this morning, groups of teachers decided enough was enough and took matters into their own hands. (Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Times)

By: Donovan Germain (Web Editor) Creekside seems to be suffering its very own end-day plague. Or maybe it's just suffering from a common case of mass panic.

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...