Creekside Links: A Comprehensive Guide to Student Resources

Creekside High School offers a wealth of resources to support its students' academic, extracurricular, and personal growth. From innovative learning platforms to award-winning programs and dedicated staff, Creekside aims to provide a well-rounded and enriching high school experience. This article provides an overview of the diverse resources available to Creekside students.

Academic Resources and Learning Platforms

Schoology: Your Digital Learning Hub

For the 2020-2021 school year, VUSD adopted Schoology as its web-based learning management system (LMS). Schoology serves as both an online gradebook and a platform for teachers to create assessments, rubrics, and track student performance. Teachers can utilize Schoology to engage students in rigorous tasks, discussions, and assessments using teacher-designed curriculum. It's a platform for skill extension, content scaffolding, and time management.

Accessing Schoology: Students can access Schoology through Clever, which also provides access to Microsoft 365 and other student resources. Online textbooks for grades 9-12 are also accessible through Schoology.
Features: Schoology offers a range of features, including assignment submission, grade tracking, communication tools, and access to course materials.

Zoom: Connecting and Collaborating Virtually

To prepare for virtual learning, students can access the "Getting Started on Zoom" video. This video provides guidance on using Zoom for online classes and collaborative projects.

Extracurricular Achievements and Programs

ACE Mentor Program: Shaping Future Architects, Constructors, and Engineers

Creekside High School's ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering) Mentor Program has achieved national recognition. The ACE program introduces students to architecture, construction management, and engineering through after-school activities and competitions.

National Competition Wins: The Creekside High School ACE Mentor Team won the CIRT/ACE Design Competition for its Highway Interchange entry, “North Star Interchange.”
CIRT/ACE Design Competition: The Creekside High School National ACE Mentor Team won the CIRT/ACE Design Competition for its Carbon Capture Facility entry, “The Bullard Project.” Team members included Tristan Smith, Ethan Glocke, Ethan Chen, Langley Hill, Cassie Garris, Nathan Chenarak, and Parvathi ArathiPraveen.
CMiC-Allen Berg Memorial Scholarship Awards: Students can also benefit from the CMiC-Allen Berg Memorial Scholarship Awards, administered through the ACE Mentor Program of America.

CyberPatriots: Defending Cyberspace

Creekside High School's CyberPatriots team has demonstrated excellence in cybersecurity competitions.

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State Champions: Creekside High School took first place in the state in the CyberPatriots Platinum Division. Team members included Aidan McCabe, Josh Le, Adil Khan, Kylen Elliott, Nathan Bowman, and Adam Spees. Another team consisting of Prateek Kalusani, Haasith Penmethsa, Shreyas Sindhaval, Yaozhou Xiong, and Sathvik Vegesna, placed second in the Gold Division.

FBLA: Future Business Leaders of America

Qualifying FBLA members attended the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California. FBLA consists of approximately 70 competitive events, and members can select one event to compete in, starting at the district level. Each state can send its top four students in each event to the national competition.

Project Innovation Competition: Fostering Creativity and Problem-Solving

Creekside High School students have showcased their innovation and problem-solving skills in the Project Innovation Competition.

VitaTap: A team of seniors representing the Creekside’s Engineering Academy competed at the district level Project Innovation Competition. Their project, VitaTap, is a more affordable alternative to the EpiPen where the durable casing can be re-used reducing the cost to just epinephrine refills and injection components after use.
St. Johns County Project Innovation Competition: Three teams from Creekside High School participated in the St. Johns County Project Innovation competition, held in January at First Coast Technical college. The competing teams represented the Engineering Academy, Teaching Academy, and Environmental Science Academy. The Engineering Academy, Go Trax team, which included Tristan Smith, Chris Roa, Andy Tran, Parvathi ArathiPraveen, and Luke

Athletics: Achieving Excellence on the Field and Track

Creekside High School's athletic teams have achieved remarkable success.

Girls Cross-Country Team Wins State! Congratulations to the Creekside Girls Cross-Country team, State Champions!
Creekside Sprinter Ranks #1 in the World: Christian Miller, a Creekside High School senior, holds youth sprint records and moved to the top of the world rankings by running a 9.93-second 100-meter dash at the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont.

Teaching Academy: Cultivating Future Educators

The senior Teaching Academy class helped to organize the first annual Florida Future Educators of America Regional Ramp-Up to States conference/competition.

FFEA Regional Ramp-Up to States conference/competition: 130+ students from 11 nearby high schools participated. Karina Castillo received 1st place for the School Service Project.

Yearbook: Capturing Memories and Achievements

The yearbook created by students at Creekside High School has been named one of the "National Yearbooks Of The Year" by Pictavo. The publications garnered recognition based on their inclusivity, representation, overall reporting, writing, and editing.

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Recognition and Awards

American Youth Character Awards

Congratulations to the American Youth Character Awards Recipients from Creekside! Ava Church Kathryn Clarke Gabrielle Hutchins Brooke MacPeek Ella Mattson Brie McCoy Arthur Paranhos Neeya Patel, Pursuing Victory with Honor Athlete Neveah Pimental Caden Reed John Reed Madeline Shedlock Bryce Wilde.

National Merit Scholarship Competition

Creekside High School students have been recognized as National Merit Scholarship Competition Semifinalists.

National Merit Semi-Finalists: Congratulations to Creekside High School’s Class of 2026 National Merit Semi-finalists: Jasmine Cai Ishir Jha Kendra Magloff Aidan McCabe Shreyas Sindhaval Eshaan Kota
National Merit Semifinalist: Congratulations to the following 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition Semifinalists: Ethan Glocke Lalitha Kantam Amrita Ketireddy Mallory LaPointe Marissa Lee Paolo Passalacqua

St. Johns County Teacher of the Year

Jill Adams, Instructional Literacy Coach for Creekside High School, was named the 2025 Teacher of the Year for St. Johns County!

Top 3 Percent of the Graduating Class

Congratulations also to the Top 3 Percent of the 2025 graduating class.

School Safety and Security

FortifyFL: Reporting Suspicious Activity

FortifyFL is a mobile app and web-based tool that allows students, parents, and community members in Florida to anonymously report suspicious activities, potential threats, or safety concerns related to schools.

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Volunteer Application: Ensuring Student Safety

School access (proceeding past the front office of any school) is required for every individual that is not a staff member of the St. Johns County School District. This is done through completion of the district’s volunteer application. School access is good for 3 years.

Parent and Community Involvement

Booster Club: Supporting Creekside High School

Creekside High School Booster Club announced the Knight Legacy Brick Fundraiser! This initiative allows students, faculty, staff, graduates, alumni, and community members to leave a lasting mark on our school while supporting a great cause.

District Updates

Beverly Slough, District 1 representative to the St. Johns County School Board, writes periodic updates for parents and others concerning school district matters.

School Advisory Council (SAC)

Parents and teachers can participate in the SGC candidacy. Interested individuals can complete the Candidate Declaration Form for a 2-year term (July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2028). The declaration period closes on March 27, with voting scheduled for April. Provide feedback on the district’s parent and family engagement plan, on academic instruction and learning environment, and participate in an S-CLIP discussion. All school staff, parents, and community members are welcome! This will be a virtual meeting online.

Additional Resources

Cafeteria Services

The most efficient way for a student to purchase food from the cafeteria is to download their school ID onto their phones. When the app is downloaded onto their phone, the student only needs to open the app and scan the barcode at the register, which brings up their account information. This helps minimize any issues and save time for the students to maximize the amount of time they have to eat lunch. Note that outside vendor items do not qualify as part of the Free/Reduced lunch menu.

Transportation Guidelines

In order to protect the health and safety of students, the District requires that anyone (employee or volunteer) transporting students to and from school-related activities must receive prior approval.

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