Darnell-Cookman Middle School

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Darnell-Cookman Middle School, established in 1952, is located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, USA, across from Shands Hospital. As of 2002, the school had 1,228 students, and had an instructional staff of 57. The school`s colors are blue &gold, and the school mascot is a Viking. The school is a dedicated magnet for advanced studies and gifted students. There is also a medical magnet program, taught by medical teacher Angela TenBroeck. It's medical magnet allows children to take medical classes as an elective. It has many extra curricular activities including at least eleven clubs and sports.

[edit] Academics

Darnell-Cookman has consistently been one of the best middle schools in the state of Florida. It has been rated an A school by the state every year since Florida instituted its grading system, with one exception. The third year of the rating system Darnell was given a A and was in the first five scoring schools in the state (out of over 600 schools) on the FCAT. The A grade resulted from an increase of students (out of 1200) testing in the highest reading group. Darnell-Cookman students frequently take honors in academic competitions on a local, state and national level. Students have finished in the state finals in the National Geographic Geography Bee, the state science fair, the state history fair, and MathCounts. Students from Darnell-Cookman have represented the region at the national SECME[1] Engineering competition for five straight years beginning in 2002.