Browse past news stories for Pedro Menendez High School in St. Augustine, FL.

• Only two survive first-round playoff matchups (Clay Today)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 08:05:46 am
  ORANGE PARK - The historic night of Clay County football where three district champions were in action, however, after the final whistle blew only two advanced as Clay High knocked off Menendez in Class 3A, while in 5A, Fleming Island ran past First Coast and the previously undefetated Raiders were handed their worse loss in recent memory.
• Tenn. schools look to emulate St. Johns County academies (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 04:20:55 am
  Nashville, Tenn., schools are redesigning their high schools, and they're looking at St. Johns County's career academies as one model.
• Former senator describes journey from boyhood in Cuba (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on September 13, 2009 at 04:28:40 am
  From a child fleeing communist Cuba, to a teenager finding purpose on a baseball diamond, to a United States Senator and author, Mel Martinez says he has lived his American dream.
• Meet the principals newly assigned to four schools this year (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 03:58:03 am
  Four St. Johns County schools welcome new principals this year. Read on to find out about these new educational leaders.
• Shooting range story issues (The Ponte Vedra Recorder)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 05:54:39 pm
  The article that appeared in the Friday, Aug. 14 Ponte Vedra Recorder had a number of inaccuracies that need to be addressed. First and foremost, this event has never been "in conjunction" with Americans for Prosperity, nor has it been promoted as such.
• The first PMGA Ryder Cup Tournament is off and running, with a slew of opening matches now history. (Palatka Daily News)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 11:18:03 am
  The 10 battles from last week cover the waterfront in terms of routs and down-to-the-wire confrontations.
• Schools build careers (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on June 8, 2009 at 04:49:09 am
  The Friday before her graduation, St. Augustine High School senior Jodi Mickler was still doing schoolwork even though she was working behind a desk at the St. Augustine Airport.
• Self-taught reader, WWII vet lead Pedro Menendez (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on June 7, 2009 at 06:43:12 am
  Pedro Menendez High School student John "Hank" Samuels, 17, threw his royal blue graduation cap in the air Saturday morning, just like Pedro's 319 other graduates, but he arrived at his diploma a bit differently than anyone else.
• Teacher still a STAR (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on May 24, 2009 at 05:36:20 am
  St. Augustine High School Athletic Director Jeff Holland said Brian Braddock could be somewhere drawing an engineer's paycheck.
• Pedro Menendez senior hopes to become doctor (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on May 23, 2009 at 10:58:20 am
  Three years ago, Carlos Siguenza came to St. Augustine from El Salvador to help his family run a grocery store.
• Children's Museum honors its volunteers (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 05:09:36 am
  More than 25 volunteers for the Children's Museum of St. Johns, a not-for-profit organization with plans to open a hands-on, interactive museum for children, attended a breakfast in their honor. Board and committee members, members of the newly formed Presidential Advisory Council, and exhibit and event volunteers gathered to reflect on accomplishments since the organization was founded in ...
• County students honored with character awards (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 05:30:32 am
  Character counted at the ninth annual American Youth Character Awards Banquet at World Golf Village Convention Center, where more than 100 St. Johns County students were recognized.
• Here's mud in your eye (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on March 30, 2009 at 04:58:37 am
  Mud rules at the Hog Waller Mudbog & ATV at Rodman Plantation in Putnam County.
• Shooting Shark (The Ponte Vedra Leader)
  posted on March 27, 2009 at 11:33:00 am
  Ponte Vedra Sharks’ Kara Ayers (center) heads for the finish line in the March 18 Quad Track and Field Meet at Pedro Menendez High School south of St. Augustine. Ayers placed second in the 800-meter run (2.48.67) and second in the 1600-meter run (6.09). The Ponte Vedra Sharks boys 4x800 meter relay teams placed second (9.44) and fourth in the same meet. (photo submitted)
• Team of Dreams (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on March 8, 2009 at 05:39:40 am
  HASTINGS -- George Gill makes an hour-long drive, here and back, almost every day. Patrick Robinson comes on a bus from Tallahassee once a week, just for this.
• Menendez students build toward future (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on February 23, 2009 at 06:26:44 am
  With a mortar-caked hand, Kyle Andreu ran his trowel across a layer of bricks to put the finishing touches on his handiwork.
• A re-enactor prepares (The St. Augustine Record)
  posted on February 22, 2009 at 06:56:24 am
  Matt Hare, 17, a student in Pedro Menendez High School's acting class, changes into his period costume to portray Colonial Spanish Florida's Governor Manuel Montiano for the 'Flight to Freedom' event at Fort Mose Historic State Park on Saturday morning. Established in 1738 by Montiano, Fort Mose gave sanctuary to Africans challenging enslavement in the English Colony of Carolina. By DARON DEAN, ...