NOVA HIGH SCHOOL’S“A YEAR IN REVIEW”

2016-2017

Free and Reduced Lunch: 63% Overall

White: 36% Black: 51% Asian: 5% Hispanic: 21%

Total student enrollment: 2,083

SCHOOL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT

Nova High School•Silver Award Winner•Ranked #715 Nationally out of 20,487 public schools•Ranked #60 in Florida, top 1% of schools in Florida•Ranked 6th in Broward County

CLASS OF 2017

• Of the 448 students in this year’s class, 445 are estimated to graduate on time with their class

• Dorell Yosef earned the most service hours, recording 2,218 hours

• 207 students earned the Silver Cord, which is 46% of the class

• 185 students were Gold Cord recipients, which is 42% of the class

• 3 Student-Athletes received collegiate athletic scholarships• Totaling $65,000

• 2 National Merit Scholars, 3 Commended

2017 FAFSA DATA

In FAFSA completion rate, Nova High School is:

•1st in the district amongst traditional high schools - over 52% completion

•57th in the state out of over 600 high schools

VOCABULARY.COM

2016-2017 Results out of 38,000 school nationwide:

• 13th in the nation overall

• 147,535 words mastered on Vocabulary.com

Highlights from the month of April:

• Ranked 5th amongst all Florida high schools

• Ranked 35 amongst all highs schools

• Ranked 60 amongst all school

Nova High School was featured in April’s Vocabulary Bowl Roundup Video

4:03-4:39

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/announcements/these-hot-florida-schools-definitely-not-on-spring-break/

CAPE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION

• Nova High School was awarded $89,000 as a result of students passing the industry certification examination in:

• Culinary

• ServSafe

• Engineering

• MasterCam

• Solidworks

• Microsoft Excel

• Dreamweaver

• Photoshop

FACULTY RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

Amanda Muir

Micro-Tech

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Gonzalo Laverde

Social Studies

TEACHER AWARDS

Florida High Impact Teacher Award:

• Impact on student growth amongst the best in the state

• Amy Paulison

• Jason Hively

• Mervis Rahman

• Melissa Atkinson

• Courtney Chipman

• Amy Paulison - Nominated for Gifted Teacher

• Arnoux - Silver Knight Honorable Mention

SCHOLARSHIPS

SCHOLARSHIPS

•Total value of scholarships reported and documented by students

$1.7 million

SILVER KNIGHT NOMINEES

Francisco Cantu: Athletics

Rina Lakhlani: General Scholarship

Hui An Ooi: Mathematics

Isabella Rojas: Music and Dance

Aaron Dean Algave: Social Science

Mori Harris: Speech

Lai Mei Su: World Languages – Honorable Mention

The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one of the nation’s most highly regarded student awards

programs. The purpose of this Awards program is to recognize outstanding students who have not

only maintained good grades but have also unselfishly applied their special knowledge and

talents to contribute significant service to their schools and communities.

POSSE FOUNDATION SCHOLARS

Jordan Green

Enitan Awe

Dianna Perez

Chasia Marquette

Posse sends students in groups called Posses to some of the top colleges and universities in the

country. A Posse is a multicultural team made up of 10 students. It acts as a support system to ensure

that each Posse Scholar succeeds and graduates from college. Posse Scholars receive four-year, full-

tuition leadership scholarships from Posse partner colleges and universities.

ATHLETICS

ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS

• Rikiah Cowart-Girls Basketball, Lamar University, valued at $35,000 per year (full scholarship earned)

• Jeison Perez- Wrestling, William Penn University, valued at $ 15,000 per year (partial scholarship earned)

• Jahmahr Hyacinthe- Wrestling, William Penn University, valued at $ 15,000 per year (partial scholarship earned)

TITANS FOOTBALL

• Varsity

• Team record

• 4-6

• Junior Varsity

• Team record

• 6-1

• Kamari Fleming – Awarded Dr. Edward ‘Doc’ Storey Special Teams “Player of the Year”

TITANS BASKETBALL

• Varsity Basketball Team

• Team record

• 19-8

• District Champions

• Junior Varsity Basketball Team

• Team record

• 12-6

LADY TITANS BASKETBALL

• Team record• 20-7

• District Runner Ups• Junior Orange Bowl Classic in Miami, Fl.• Class 8A Regional Semi-finals• Erin Gutierrez: 1st Team All County

• Scholarships:• Rikiah Cowart: Full-ride to Lamar University

• valued at $35,000 per year

TITANS AQUATICS

SWIMMING• Girls Team

• 4-4

• 4th place finishers at Districts

• 4 swimmers qualified for Regionals

• Boys Team• 4-4

• 4th place finishers at Districts

• 5 swimmers qualified for Regionals

• Blake Shreves qualified for States

TITANS AQUATICS

WATER POLO• Girls Team

• 6-1

• Boys Team

• 12-1

• Placed in Districts

• Kumar Mahibar, Blake Shreves, Megan O'Hara & Kathleen Muir competed in BCAA 2017 All-Star Water Polo game

TITANS BASEBALL

• Team Record

• 25-3

• 2017 BCAA District Champions

• Regional Final Winners against St. Thomas

• State Semifinals in Ft. Myers

• 7 returning starters

• Scholarships

• Daniel Hubert– Reinhardt College

LADY TITANS SOFTBALL

• Team Record

• 14-8

• Placed 2nd in Districts

• Made Regional-Semi for the first time

in 20 years

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

MENTORING TOMORROW’S LEADERS

• Nova High finished the year with 265 members from 8th-12th grades

• 100% of MTL Senior members are expected to graduate

• MTL v.s. Faculty basketball game raised $2,850 for the program

• 20 seniors received an MTL Senior Cord for meeting all the program criteria

DEBATELincoln Douglas Debate:

• 1st place in Varsity and Novice, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in Novice/Varsity Congressional Debate

Bronx Science Invitational:

• 1st place in Humorous Interpretation, 4th place in Original Oratory, 5th place in Dramatic Interpretation

Tournament of Champions:

• 1st place in Humorous Interpretation again, making it three years in a row, 2nd in Duo Interpretation, 4th in Humorous Interpretation, 6th in Dramatic Interpretation

Nationals:

• We excelled in Congressional Debate entries for the district qualifiers

• 13 students attending Nationals in Birmingham, Alabama this summer!

ENGINEERING CLUB• Engineering Club Accolades

• Youth Mentoring Program – entire 5th grade class, Blanche Forman Elementary, making STEM projects and invited to participate in the District Technology Competition

• District Technology Competition • Hydro Rockets – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place• CO2 cars – Unlimited category – 1st place• CO2 cars – Open Wheel – 2nd place• Trebuchets – 1st place in Distance• Bridges Design – 1st and 3rd place• Robots- 1st Place

• Plywood Regatta• Titan Thunder V – 2nd place Advanced Division• The Dutchman – Innovative Design Award, Top team, 3rd place• Invisible Boat Mobile– 1st and 2nd place Intermediate Division• Scholarships awarded to Lauren Michalski for Leadership & Rachel McCoy for

Academics

NJROTC

• Nova High School NJROTC has continued to maintain a massive enrollment of 200+ cadets for the last three years and is projecting another 200+ enrolment next year.

• Completed 2100 total hours of community service

• The Color Guard Team finished in a top 3 position in the very competitive and strong AREA SEVEN meet!

• 5 Gold and 1 Silver Medal in Individual Drill in three sanctioned AREA SEVEN NJROTC meets.

YEARBOOK

• The 2016 Olympian Yearbook

• The Olympian received the Florida Scholastic Press Association's Gold Award for Distinction of Coverage.

• Named a “Silver Medalist” by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS

NHS INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION

• ServSafe Culinary Exam

• 70 students received a 5 year certification from the Nationals Restaurant Association in Chicago

• Solidworks CSWA-A & Autocad

• 55 students received 3-D modeling & simulation certificate - used in bioengineering

• Mastercam, Associate & Programmer

• 25 Students received certification allowing for computer-aid designing & manufacturing

• Microsoft Word 2013

• 100% student passing rate

AT NOVA,WE DO THE

RIGHT THING!