- Edward H. White High School
Infobox_University
name = Ed White High School (public high school)
motto = "You can achieve."
fight song = "Ed White, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT."
student reffered to as = E.W. Students, ew Students, or primarily as Edwardians
established =1971
principal = Jim Clark
city =Jacksonville
state =Florida
country = USA
campus = Urban
nicknames = Ed White, E.W., EDubb
rival schools =Robert E. Lee High School Nathan Bedford Forrest High School
mascot =Commanders
colors = Green & Gold
color box|green color box|gold
website = [http://www.duvalschools.org/edwhite/ www.duvalschools.org/edwhite/]Edward H. White High School is a public
high school operated by theDuval 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".History
The school opened in 1971 and was named in honor of
Edward Higgins White ,U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel andNASA astronaut who he became the first American to conduct a spacewalk but died in a fire during a training exercise aboardApollo 1 on January 27, 1967 along with fellow astronauts “Gus" Grissom andRoger 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.
The school started because of over flow from
Forrest High School , also on the west side. When the school was first built, it had several experimental "open class rooms." These were larger rooms that had several classes in one. In 1987, walls were put up so that individual class rooms could be made.There was a
Civil War skirmish, the last to be held with inJacksonville city limits, held at the site that would later beEd White High School. That skirmish resulted in the cemetery that is located next door toEd White High.Notable alumni
Several successful Jacksonvillians have graduated from the school, including:
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Greg Coleman
*Jamaal Fudge
*Johnathan Goddard
*Dee Webb Improvement needed
Ed White was given a grade of "C" by the Florida Department of Education in 2004-2005.
Ed White was given a grade of "D" by the Florida Department of Education in 2006-2007. [cite web
title = School Demographic, Assessment, and Accountability Data
publisher = Duval County Public Schools
date =February 13 ,2008
url = http://www.duvalschools.org/reseval/Schools/SchoolResearchData.asp?School=223
accessdate = 2008-02-16 ]
Ed White was given a grade of "F" by the Florida Department of Education in 2007-2008. [cite web
title = 2008 School Grades
publisher = Duval County Public Schools
date =July 8 ,2008
url = http://www.duvalschools.org/reseval/DistrictPerformance/2008/OFFICIAL%202008%20SCHOOL%20GRADES%20Sch%20Alpha.pdf
accessdate = 2008-07-08 ]AP curriculum
Ed White currently offers 20
Advanced Placement courses to challenge the brightest students. [ [http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/fl/other/1051#ap Great Schools website: Edward H. White High School] ]wimming Pool
The school has an outdoor pool which is used by the athletic teams and physical education classes during the academic year; then it becomes a free public pool operated by the City of Jacksonville Parks & Recreation Department during the summer months.
References
External links
* [http://www.dreamsbeginhere.org/edwhite/ Ed White High School website]
* [http://www.dreamsbeginhere.org Duval County Public Schools website]
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