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Trout Creek Academy

Trout Creek Academy will serve kindergarten through 8th grade and is located on approximately 26.5 acres on Timberwolf Trail within the Shearwater development in northwest St. Johns County.  It can accomodate approximately 1500 students.  This school has been designed to provide both traditional and non-traditional settings.  Classroom areas accommodate groupings by grade or as multi-age students using teaching teams.  Moveable walls between classroom pairs facilitate the team-teaching approach.  Common area with computer labs and kitchen areas allow for flexibility of instructional methods and group learning activities.  These features enable teachers and paraprofessional to work cooperatively to facilitate learning for students through a variety of methods.  This schools’ spaces include 32 primary classrooms; 22 intermediate classrooms; 6 science labs; resources rooms; skills labs; exceptional education spaces, art rooms; music rooms; physical education spaces; vocational education labs; a media center and support spaces; an administrative suite; food service and dining facilities; stage; multipurpose room; student and public restrooms; and custodial spaces.  TCA will be funded through a combination of the Certificates of Participation (COPs), Proportionate Share Mitigation funds, School Impact Fees, 1.5 Mills and CO & DS funds.  The school opened for the 2024-2025 school year.

School District News

FortifyFL

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. The app immediately forwards these reports to appropriate law enforcement agencies and school officials for rapid response.

School Access

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. For help completing the online application, please call (904) 547-3945.

Important Dates from the Transportation Department

Please take note of the following important dates from the Transportation Department leading up to the start of school.

Summer BreakSpot Free Meals for Kids & Teens

Summer BreakSpot offers balanced breakfasts, lunches, snacks or dinners at no cost for kids 18 and under. Meals will be served on site, at no cost, at places like parks, libraries, schools, and churches.

Summer 2025 High School Facility Use

In an effort to promote community health and well-being this summer, SJCSD will open its high school facilities to the public on select Wednesday evenings throughout the summer. Due to ongoing athletic field turf renovations, Ponte Vedra High School’s facilities will not be available. View the flyer for details.

2025-2026 Bus Schedules

Families who have not yet logged in to the BusPlanner website or the Chipmunk app are strongly encouraged to create an account before the end of the school year. This will help ensure that you are able to access your child’s 2025-2026 bus schedule when schedules are released during the last week of July 2025.

Important Transportation Reminder

Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, all student pick-up and drop-off times and locations will be provided exclusively through BusPlanner and will no longer be available on Home Access Center (HAC). 

Families who have not yet logged in to the BusPlanner website or the Chipmunk app are strongly encouraged to create an account before the end of the summer. This will help ensure that you are able to access your child’s 2025-2026 bus schedule when schedules are released during the last week of July 2025.

Detailed instructions showing how to login to BusPlanner and Chipmunk, and how to access your child’s bus schedule, are now available on the school district website.

FortifyFL App

FortifyFL is a website and app developed at the direction of the Florida Legislature. Any student, educator, parent, or member of the public can report school safety concerns directly to law enforcement and school administrators anonymously and easily through the FortifyFL app or getfortifyfl.com.

Florida school districts are now required by the FLDOE to make a FortifyFL Training Presentation available to parents and guardians.

School Access

This is just a reminder that anyone (parent, guardian, friend, neighbor, aunt, uncle) must have school access to attend any event at Trout Creek Academy, including parent teacher conferences taking place during the school day.  If you have not already done so, please complete the School Access Form. The process for approval may take up to 4 weeks, so please fill out the application sooner than later for any guests that would like to have school access. Once the application is approved, school access will be valid for three years.