Edward H. White High School

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Ed White High School
Motto: "3, 2, 1, Go, Commanders!"
Established: 1971
Type: Public school
Principal: Jim Clark
Staff: 106
Students: 2,120
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Campus: Urban
Colors: Green & Gold
         
Mascot: Commanders
Website: www.duvalschools.org/edwhite/

Edward H. White High School is a public high school operated by the Duval County Public Schools. It is located on Jacksonville's Westside. It is almost exclusively referred to by Jacksonville denizens as "Ed White High School", not "White High School".

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[edit] History

The school opened in 1971 and was named in honor of Edward Higgins White, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and NASA astronaut who died in a fire during a training exercise aboard Apollo 1 on January 27, 1967 along with fellow astronauts “Gus" Grissom and Roger Chaffee.

When the school first opened, like all high schools in the county, it serviced students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. In 1991 the school board implemented a change in grade distribution that affected nearly all schools in the county. 9th graders, who had previously attended "junior high schools", were switched to traditional high schools, matching the four-year pattern found in the vast majority of high schools in the United States. Since August of 1991, Ed White has been one of these four year high schools, serving 9th through 12th grades.

[edit] Notable alumni

Several successful Jacksonvillians have graduated from the school, including:

[edit] Improvement needed

Ed White was given a grade of "D" by the Florida Department of Education in 2006-2007.[1]

[edit] AP curriculum

Ed White currently offers 20 Advanced Placement courses to challenge the brightest students.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ School Demographic, Assessment, and Accountability Data. Duval County Public Schools (February 13, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
  2. ^ Great Schools website: Edward H. White High School

[edit] External links


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