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IB BOOSTER CLUB
Our IB Student Advisory Council and IB Booster Club are off to a GREAT start so far, and we are looking forward to how much more they will be able to accomplish to help our program. Both the IB Student Advisory Council and the IB Booster Club will be meeting every Month on the First Thursday at 7p.m. We look forward to seeing some new faces. These meetings are for everyone so please come by and say Hello. Social Network with EDWHITEIB! Find us on Twitter @ EdWhiteIB or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EdWhiteIB.

THE

Edward H. White
International Baccalaureate Newsletter September Volume 1, Issue 4

Get Involved and Help Build Our Program

Meet our IB Booster Officers
For more information on the Ed White Booster Club, Please contact the officers:
President: Aaron Firkey, afirkey@hotmail.com V. Pres.: Barbara Pinto, pintobarbara@bellsouth.net Secretary: Cheryl Onate, conate328@yahoo.com Treasurer: Bill Winstead, 6034wgw@jaxsheriff.org

Parents and Students:

We need your help!!! We currently have two
fundraising events scheduled and we need your assistance. The first one will be at Winn Dixie on Fouraker, 10am to 6pm on September 18th. The second one will be located at the Food Lion on November 20th. The next one Winn Dixie at the Cedar Hills Shopping Center, 10am to 6pm on January 8th. Our last Winn Dixie fundraiser was a lot of fun and we raised $398.00. Please contact Barbara Pinto at 253-9481 for the complete details and to sign up. If your child needs transportation please let us know.

Our First Winn Dixie Fundraiser!!! Bella, Gabby, Hailey and Taylor had fun!!

Thank you to our

Sponsors!!

We would like to take this time to say Thank you very much to the following companies and people. CVS Pharmacy, Famous Amos, Winn Dixie, Watson Title Services of N. FL, Golden Corral A special Thank you to Papa Ken for cooking all day at our Bridge Bar-B-Q!! It was delicious!!!

Thank you to RAC Partners for our Fund Raising T-Shirts. They look wonderful!!

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Who Wants to Carpool??

The Bolton Family (Audrey) would like to carpool to Ed White. They live in Ortega Forrest and could meet somewhere in the Roosevelt/San Juan Vicinity. They are willing to take turns driving the car pool. You can reach Rachel Bolton at (904) 527-8582
Coming soon ..Managebac!!!!
A very Special Thank you!!! To Jordan Schemmel IB Coordinator 904-693-7630 ext 1119 schemmelj@duvalschools.org

Attention Parents..
You can now check your students attendance and grades by accessing the parent portal of the Duval County Public Schools website. Parent Portal https://dcps.mygradeportal.com You may obtain your user ID and password for each student enrolled at Edward H. White High School by appearing in person with pictured identification. Regular School Day Report to Attendance Office-Main Hallway See Ms. Santiago Monday-Friday from 7:30am until 3:00pm After Hours- Nights see the Community Education Coordinators in the Main Office Monday-Thursday from 4:00pm until 8:00pm

Upcoming Events
Winn Dixie Fundraiser September 18th, 10am-6pm Food Lion Fundraiser November 20th 2010 Winn Dixie Fundraiser January 8th, 10am- 6pm Spaghetti Dinner September 13th, 5pm- 6:30pm

Quote of the Month. Riddle of the month.

Thank You Students!

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more Anthony Robbins American Motivational Speaker

Special thanks are due the following students:

Riddle: What belongs to you but others use it more than you do? First one who emails me the answer wins (students only) Kristsparks@yahoo.com Please put answer in the subject

Bella Pinto, Gabby Firkey, Hailey Blaney, Heather Bell, Taylor Fake, Taylor Sparks, and Robert Hersey for volunteering at Winn Dixie your time and efforts are very much appreciated.

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Dear Supporters and Stakeholders, I wanted to take an opportunity to thank you all for the support you have given to myself, to our students, and to their teachers over the past few months as we prepared to launch our IB program. Without that support, we would never have launched as successfully as we didwith a full complement of 50 students preparing for a four-year journey to the IB Diploma! Recently, The Florida Times-Union published a story about the success of the first class of the IB students at Ribault High School. The story (see link below) references the relative success rate of the program at Ribault (2 diploma graduates) with Stantons first year (3 diploma graduates). I will not now and never will state that IB is an easy program. But as I tell our students Every student who walks through our doors does so because we

fervently believe that THEY ARE IB DIPLOMA GRADUATES IN THE MAKING. Our work will be long and difficult, there will be late hours, complicated assignments, and trying choices, but I ask that we keep our eyes on the prize-our students success. It is with that that I unveil the following long-term goal for Class of 2014: 100% of students of the Edward H. White High School International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme who complete the four-year program will earn the IB Diploma. This is a difficult goal, some would call it impossible. We will have to work hard, and push ourselves to our limits and beyond. But our success is worth vastly more-and the success of our students, our family, cannot be measured. The truth is that we exist to push the boundaries, to go where no one has gone before-and so this is our mission.

Support us. Support your Children. Support our Future. Thank you all for your support-and let the mission and the journey begin!! Mr. Schemmel
Article from the Florida Times-Union, 8/30/2010 http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-0830/story/ribault%E2%80%99s-success-ib-program-low-will-rise
Important Ed White IB Contact Information

Schemmel Shout out.. Do you have a question for Schemmel? If so send it through and Ill answer it in the newsletter.

Mr. Jackie Simmons Jr. - Principal/Head of school simmonsj@duvalschools.org 904-693-7620 ext 1109 Mrs. Erica Williams-Asst Principal, Discovery Community haganse@duvalschools.org 904-693-7620 ext 1116 Mrs. Libby Curran-IB Counselor/CAS Coordinator currane@duvalschools.org 904-693-7620 ext 1143 Ed White Guidance Website http://edubblog.blogspot.com Ed White IB Website http://www.EdWhiteIB.org

Help your teen base his or her life on principles with the tips below.

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Help your teen base his or her life on principles with the tips below. From Foundations Family Newsletter

Have a discussion with your teen about principles. Get him or her to identify some principles that are important in his or her life. Once you and your teen have nailed down some principles, talk about how these principles can be put into action every day. Encourage living by principles by ensuring your teen has good role models. Its not as hard as you might thinktry talking about the principles characters in a movie or TV program live by. Remember, you are a role model too! Make sure to live each day by the same principles you expect your teen to follow. Next time your teen faces a tough decision, encourage him or her to let principles act as a compass to guide him or her through it. Principles are powerful tools. Once your teen realizes that principles arent just abstract concepts, he or she will realize their power. Hard work, patience, honesty and persistence are some good principles to encourage your teen to follow. These Principles lead to success! These principles are natural laws and have consequences. Help your teen see and enjoy benefits of a principle-based lifeboth now and in the future.

The 7 Peer Pressure will lose its Habits steam with your teen if he or Tip: she is firmly anchored with Principles.

Principles:

Basic truths that can guide our thoughts and actions, and that always have consequences.
Principles are the things that Really matter: love, honesty, respect, loyalty. Although sticking to values may not seem cool to your teen, its very important because by basing his or her life and character on principles your teen will have a solid foundation to support him or her through life- no matter what happens

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