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October 31, 2016

Acceleration Programs for Duval County

Announcement - High School Acceleration Information Nights

Acceleration Program Nights
High School Acceleration Programs (AP, AICE, Early College and IB Curriculum)
The Offices of School Choice and High School Acceleration Programs will be hosting five (5) separate Information Sessions to discuss program details, admission requirements, and academic expectations. Each session will be held in a different quadrant of the city for families to attend. Due to the anticipated large number of attendees, students and their families are asked to attend a session corresponding to their middle school listed below. 
** All sessions start at 6:30 p.m. **
Tuesday
October 25, 2016
Thursday
October 27, 2016
Wednesday
November 2, 2016



Englewood High School
Southside Middle
DuPont Middle
Fort Caroline Middle
Arlington Middle
Global Outreach
Duval Scholars
River City Science
Grasp
LaVilla

Raines High School
Matthew Gilbert
YMLA
YWLA
Northwestern
Highlands
Oceanway Middle
Ribault Middle
Kirby
Darnell Cookman
Somerset
Valor

Sandalwood High School
Fletcher Middle
Mayport Middle
Landmark
Kernan Middle


4412 Barnes Rd.
Jacksonville, Fl 32207
3663 Raines Avenue
Jacksonville, Fl 32209
2750 John Prom Blvd.
Jacksonville, Fl 32246



Westside High School
Thursday - Nov 3, 2016
5530 Firestone Road
Jacksonville, Fl 32244
Baldwin Middle
Stilwell
Lake Shore
Westview K-8
Jefferson Davis
JEB Stuart
Duval Charter Westside
KIPP
Waverly
James Weldon Johnson



Mandarin High School
Tuesday
November 8, 2016
4831 Greenland Rd.
Jacksonville, Fl 32258
Twin Lakes
Mandarin
Landon
Duval Charter Mandarin
Duval Charter Baymeadows
Duval Charter Southside

San Jose Prep Academy



Acceleration Programs: Duval County Public Schools offers the Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) Program at Duncan Fletcher High School, Mandarin High School, Westside High School and William M. Raines High School; Advanced Placement (AP) Capstone at Atlantic Coast High School, Baldwin Middle Senior High School, and First Coast High School; Early College at Englewood High School, Andrew Jackson High School, Robert E. Lee High School, Jean Ribault High School and Sandalwood High School; and International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme at Terry Parker High School, Paxon School for Advanced Studies, Stanton College Preparatory School, Edward H. White High School and Samuel W. Wolfson High School.
Admission is very competitive and the number of students admitted to the ninth grade class at all schools will be limited. The top applicants will be offered a place in one of the acceleration programs for the fall of 2017.  Students will be selected based on test scores, grades and a personal statement.
The general admission requirements are:
  • A completed application
  • A final unweighted GPA of at least a 3.0 or higher for core courses during the seventh grade and the first nine weeks of the eighth grade
  • Preferred successful completion of Algebra I (which includes passing the Algebra I EOC) by the end of the eighth grade.  (Required for some programs because of magnet requirement and/or course progression.)