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PVHS: Empowering Every Learner to Develop Good Character and to Achieve Success

Updated: July 24, 2025

UPCOMING DATES

IMPORTANT SUMMER DATES!

July 30: Freshman Fest
Students in Gym: 9-12
Parents in Auditorium:
11-12
New Upperclassmen: 1-3

ATHLETICS CALENDAR

CLUB CALENDAR

Featured Artist for Summer:

THE ENTIRE PVHS FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT

Schedule your appointment for your senior portrait session soon!
The deadline to be photographed for the yearbook is October 1.
If you have questions or concerns, please email [email protected]
https://home.cady.com/for-seniors/

REVOLUTION PREP
SUPPORTS OUR SHARKS!
CHECK OUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES!

Dear Ponte Vedra High School families,

Our friends at Revolution Prep have set up a custom SAT bootcamp for our students to get the lowdown on the test. Join them for 3 Saturdays in September for a comprehensive overview, a practice exam, and a Q&A session with one of their professional tutors. 

SAT Bootcamp for PVHS, FALL 2025: 

SAT 101 Strategy Session: Saturday, September 6, 2025 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Live online 

This one-hour session is designed to give students insight into the SAT exam as well as provide tips and tricks for test day. One of Revolution Prep’s professional tutors will teach core test-taking strategies, including a dive into the exam content and structure, how to avoid common traps, and how to create the best plan for success.

SAT Practice Exam: Saturday, September 13, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Live online

This 3-hour live proctored SAT practice exam experience accurately reflects the official SAT test in format, user experience,  and content. Students will learn the testing format and practice using the strategies introduced to them in the 101 strategy session. 

Post Exam SAT Q&A Session: Saturday September 20, 2025 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Live online 

This one-hour session will allow students to close the loop on what they’ve learned across the strategy session and practice exam. Students can bring questions they have about the test overall, the best strategies for success, or even specific questions they’d like to review with a professional tutor. 

Register for the full bootcamp course here: https://www.revolutionprep.com/courses/91618/

Note: this bootcamp is a custom course for PVHS, so the description and schedule shown on the registration page are not accurate. 

 

Questions? If you have questions or want to learn more about Revolution Prep, you can reach out to Christina Brownell at (904) 862-2663 or by email at [email protected].

NEED MORE INFO ABOUT REVOLUTION PREP? CLICK HERE

 

WATCH OUR SHARKS TEACH YOU AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

This year, our ASL 4 students took on a meaningful and creative project designed to connect with Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students across the county. From the beginning of the year, they focused on making ASL more engaging and accessible for younger Deaf kids by hand painting signs and creating interactive video content. Each student carefully selected fun, age-appropriate vocabulary to paint and sign, choosing words they knew would excite and resonate with young Deaf children. With signed permission, these vibrant student-led videos have been shared with DHH programs county-wide, and the response has been incredible. The kids absolutely LOVE them!

It is important to remember that around 90% of Deaf children are born to hearing parents, many of whom never go on to learn ASL!! That is what makes this project so powerful. Seeing older students close in age to them using and celebrating their language helps make ASL feel fun, valued, and relevant.  These videos are a highlight for these DHH students and help launch them into summer with a smile. 😊

We invite you to check out these videos, learn a few fun signs, and feel free to share them with your family!

LINK: https://padlet.com/e015873/paint-a-sign-from-asl-4-xla4gu8h3bh6akda

FEEDING FRENZY

The National Honor Society treated the faculty, staff and administration to a delicious homemade breakfast of pancakes, eggs, fruit, bagels, coffee and more! A true example of servant leadership as these high performing students took time away from preparing for exams to honor the hardworking teacher-sharks. Thank you NHS and Mrs. Meyer!

ATHLETICS

PVHS PTO

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SHARK FAMILIES!! We are so grateful for all of your donations for Staff Appreciation Week. We spoiled our teachers and staff with lunches from Beach Diner and Valley Smoke, breakfast boxes delivered to their classrooms, an All You Can Eat snack bar, and the Cup of Jōb coffee truck. Everyone was so appreciative of all that we did, and we were quick to tell them that we couldn’t do it without our PVHS families. Thank you for your donations to make this week a blessing for our teachers! A huge thank you to Kim Gore who makes Staff Appreciation week look easy – she is retiring from Hospitality Chair this year, and she will be greatly missed!
 

Visit the PTO website to stay up to date on all information and to find useful links.

THE CLUBS @ PVHS

GEN WOW hosted the 1st annual Women’s Self Defense Workshop here on campus. Students learned valuable lessons from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

VISIT THE CLUB PAGE FOR INFORMATION AND THE CLUB CALENDAR

 

TESTING INFORMATION

Stay up to date with district and state testing dates and information.
Visit the Testing Site for details.

Parents requesting a refund from your students cafe account please use the following link.
https://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/food/cafeteria-refunds/

For students remaining in the SJSD, all balances will carry over to the following year.

If you would like to move a balance between siblings, please email [email protected]

Per district policy, NO A La Carte purchases are allowed without funds in the account to cover them.  A school lunch will be offered if the account does not have sufficient funds.

*You can use PayPams to pre load payments & set up low balance reminders on your students café account. 

               https://paypams.com/  

Payments can take up to 1-2 school days to upload. We do not accept PayPams phone receipts as proof of payment.

*If sending cash/checks please have your student bring to the café during breakfast, when we are not as busy.

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