DarnellCookman MiddleHigh

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Darnell-Cookman Middle/High

• School of the Medical Arts
• High School Requirements

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Schools Website

• Please check out the schools website for
  information about teachers classes and guidance
  information.
• Go to www.duvalschools.org/darnellcookman
• Click on the Faculty Staff for links to
  teachers websites and Guidance Information for
  college, career and financial aid information.

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Graduation Requirements
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Three different GPAs

• Unweighted GPA- for High school graduation only.
  Students must have a 2.0 to graduate.
• Weighted GPA- for college admissions. Every
  school weights the grades slightly different, so
  be sure to ask.
• Bright Futures GPA- only the 16 core academic
  classes count. Each get a ½ a weighted point.

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Calculating Your Unweighted GPA

• Each grade is worth quality points.
• A 4 points, B 3 points, C 2 points, D 1
  points, F 0 points
• Add total points earned and divide by the number
  of classes attempted.

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Unweighted GPA Examples

• Johnny

• Tina

• Alg. I 75 2 pts
• English H. 95 4 pts
• AP Geography 75 2 pts
• Geometry H. 85 3 pts
• Keystone 75 2 pts
• Art 95 4 pts
• Latin 85 3 pts
• Earth/space H. 85 3 pts
• Biology H. 95 4 pts
• Total 27 pts/9 classes 3.0

• Alg. I 75 2 pts
• English H. 75 2 pts
• AP Geography 75 2 pts
• Geometry H. 65 1 pt
• Keystone 75 2 pts
• Art 75 2 pts
• Latin 75 2 pts
• Earth/space 75 2 pts
• Biology H. 65 1 pt
• Total 16 pts/9 classes 1.78

2.0 required to graduate
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Weighted GPA Examples

• Johnny

• Tina

• Alg. I 75 2 pts
• English H. 95 4 pts 1
• AP Geography 75 2 pts 1
• Geometry H. 85 3 pts 1
• Keystone 75 2 pts
• Art 95 4 pts
• Latin 85 3 pts
• Earth/space H. 85 3 pts 1
• Biology H. 95 4 pts 1
• Total 32 pts/9 classes 3.56

• Alg. I 75 2 pts
• English H. 75 2 pts 1
• AP Geography 75 2 pts 1
• Geometry H. 65 1 pt 1
• Keystone 75 2 pts
• Art 75 2 pts
• Latin 75 2 pts
• Earth/space H. 75 2 pts 1
• Biology H. 65 1 pt 1
• Total 22 pts/9 classes 2.33

College GPA requirements vary
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Florida Bright Futures Scholarship

• 3 Different Scholarships
• Florida Academic Scholars FAS 100 tuition
• 3.5 weighted GPA, 75 community service hours
  1270 SAT or 28 ACT scores
• Florida Medallion Scholars FMS 75 tuition
• 3.0 weighted GPA 970 SAT or 20 ACT scores
• Gold Seal Vocational GSV 75
• 3.0 weighted GPA, 3 credits vocational classes
  SAT/ACT scores

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Bright Futures GPA

• 2011 Graduates

• Example

• Alg. I 65 1 pt .5
• English H. 75 2 pts.5
• Geometry H. 85 3 pts.5
• Earth/space H. 85 3 pts.5
• Biology H. 75 2 pts.5
• AP Geog. 85 3 pts.5
• Total 17 pts/6 classes 2.83 GPA

• Courses must include 15 credits of college
  preparatory academic courses.
• 4 English (3 with substantial writing)
• 4 Mathematics (Algebra I and above)
• 3 Natural Science (2 with
• substantial lab)
• 3 Social Science
• 2 Foreign Language (in the same
• language)
• Total of 16 Credits
• May use up to 2 additional credits from courses
  in the academic areas listed above as well as AP,
  IB, or AICE fine arts courses to raise the GPA
• Honors/AP courses are weighted with an additional
  .5 quality points

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Community Service Hours

• District guidelines for community service require
  the student to identify a social problem, develop
  a plan for personal involvement in addressing the
  problem, submit an evaluation of the experience,
  and verify the completion of service hours.
• There are two forms which provide directions and
  the structure necessary to completing a program
  of community service
• 75-Hour Community Service Plan
• Verification of Community Service

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Community Service Hours

• Students may not be paid for service rendered.
• Volunteer service involving academic requirements
  for a class will not count.
• Service rendered, as a prerequisite for
  employment will not count.
• Service may not be performed for a student's
  family or for a profit-making organization,
  except for institutions like hospitals, nursing
  homes, or the humane society.
• Service performed as a result of disciplinary
  action taken by the school or courts cannot
  count.
• Volunteer work for the purpose of promoting a
  particular religious or political point of view
  or person cannot count as volunteer hours in this
  program. For example, if your church youth group
  helps with the Special Olympics, those hours
  would count, but not time spent distributing
  flyers advertising a church revival.
• Participation in Varsity or Junior Varsity
  Athletics and regularly scheduled band and chorus
  performances does not constitute volunteer
  service under this program.
• Some common activities, which do not count,
  include acolyte, altar server, lay reader,
  vacation Bible School, babysitting, working in
  church nursery, church choir and clerical work
  for religious, political, or profit making
  organizations.

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Bullying
Relational aggression
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For a very informative broadcast on bullying in
schools, go to www.youtube.com and search for ABC
News Bullying Story

• This is a great short clip about bullying and
  what signs to look for as parents.

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Whats the Difference?

• Bullying
• Overpowering
• Threatening
• Controlling
• ?

• Relational Aggression
• Gossip
• Teasing
• Exclusion
• Cyber bullying
• Taunting

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What Can Parents Do?

• Look for warning signs
• Talk openly with your son/daughter
• Do not allow harmful remarks not matter how funny
  or innocent you think they are
• Set limits on internet usage and monitor sites