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Administration:
Mr. Mark Ertel
Principal
Mr. Jay Marinelli
Assistant Principal
Mrs. Dessie
Mathews
Assistant Principal
Mrs. Tabbatha
Morris
Curriculum Manager &
Testing Coordinator
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Mission of
Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School, School of the Medical Arts:
To prepare
students for collegiate success through a rigorous college
preparatory curriculum integrated with professional medical
standards emphasizing integrity, the pursuit of academic excellence,
and a passion for life-long learning.
Our highly trained faculty
provides a variety of both group and individual learning
opportunities that help prepare students to succeed in college
preparatory courses. The rigorous, standards-based curriculum is
designed for academically gifted and advanced students. Emphasis is
placed on team building, problem solving, critical thinking and
creativity. It is our diverse student population in an educationally
rich environment that has created the Darnell-Cookman tradition of
excellence.
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Instructional Research and Accountability Data for Darnell-Cookman |
Darnell-Cookman Honor Code:
Students of Darnell-Cookman will
be expected to uphold the four benchmarks of our school and place
value on intellectual rigor and academic standards.
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Honesty - When
students practice honesty, the result is fairness for everyone.
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Respect -
Respect is treating others as we would like to be treated.
In an environment of respect, work we call our own, is our own.
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Responsibility
- Responsibility is the quality of being accountable for our
actions and accepting the consequences of our actions.
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Integrity -
Integrity is a commitment to a value even when others are not
present to witness it.
Enrollment at Darnell-Cookman
Middle/High School requires a commitment to these principles.
Students are expected to acknowledge fully and in detail the work,
thought, or ideas of another person if incorporated in work
submitted for assessment; to submit separate pieces of work in
fulfillment of the requirements of different components (i.e.
research papers); to ensure that the work is their own and is
never given to another student in any version (hardcopy or
electronic) knowing that it might be submitted for grading as the
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Office Hours:
7:30 am to 3:30
pm
Bell Schedules
Student
Arrival Time:
7:50am - 8:15 am
Student Dismissal Time:
2:40 pm (regular)
1:25
pm (early dismissal)
Students arriving prior to 7:50 am and
leaving after 3:10 pm should be enrolled in the extended day programs.
Please check out those options on the tab at the top of the page. |
Congratulations Dr. Scott Sowell for
being named a semifinalist for the
2012 Florida Blue Teacher of the Year
The fifteen semifinalists for the 2012 Florida Blue Teacher of the
Year have been named. These teachers were selected from more than
163 school representatives based on the nomination packet they
completed and classroom observation. The fifteen semifinalists
will be interviewed by the District Selection Committee, who will
then narrow the field to five finalists.
The 2012 Duval County Teacher of the Year will be announced at the
EDDY Awards on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at the Times-Union Center
for the Performing Arts. The EDDY Awards are hosted by the
Jacksonville Public Education Fund and the Schultz Center for
Teaching and Leadership. The Florida Blue Duval County Teacher of
the Year will then go on to compete for the state-wide title.
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CALENDAR INFO:
2011-2012 District Calendar
Early
Dismissal Days:
Wednesday, 2/8
Wednesday, 2/22
Muffins with
Mom
Monday, 2/13 during 1st period
Doughnuts with
Dad
Thursday, 2/16 during 1st Period
Presidents'
Day Holiday - No School
Monday, 2/20
FCAT Writes!
(Grades 8 & 10)
Tuesday, 2/28
Progress
Reports
Wednesday, 2/29
Magnet School
Applications Due to District Office
Wednesday, 2/29 by 4:30 pm |
Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School
Recruitment Tour Dates for 2012:
Principal's signature
only given out after
attending one of the informational sessions and school tours listed below:
Tuesdays: February
7, 14, and 21 (all sessions start promptly at 1:15 p.m.)
Thursdays: February 2, 9, 16, and 23
(all sessions start
promptly at 1:15 p.m.)
Saturdays:
January 28 at 9:00 a.m. for all middle school
students
February 11 at 9:00 a.m. for all high school students
Completed applications must be submitted to the School Choice
Office at the School Board Building (1701
Prudential Drive) or completed online (www.magnetprograms.com) by
no later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 29, 2012.
Eighth Grade Parents:
Please be advised that
you must complete and submit an application for
entrance to the high school of your choice
(even if remaining at Darnell-Cookman) or your student will be assigned
to their neighborhood high school. |
Congratulations Mr. Grady Ricks
for being named Darnell-Cookman's
School-Related Employee of the Year!
Mr. Grady Ricks with his wife, Elaine at the
Banquet
Duval
County Public Schools officials honored
the 2012 school-related employees of the
year at a banquet held at the Schultz
Center on Thursday, February 2, 2012.
Mr. Ricks has been
employed by DCPS for 17 years and has
been at Darnell-Cookman since February
2007. If you see him in the
hallways in the afternoon please wish
his a huge congratulations.
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School of the
Medical Arts:
Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School, with cooperation from
the University of Florida College of Medicine at Shands Jacksonville Center for Simulation Education and Safety Research (CSESaR), has begun a new project entitled: “School of the Medical Arts”.
Future Docs Webpage |
Sophomores Experience Medical Training
at Medtronic ENT
Future doctors, surgeons and nurses from Darnell-Cookman's
tenth-grade anatomy and physiology class filled the lab of Medtronic
ENT for a hands-on anatomical learning experience. After finishing
their neuro-anatomy lessons at school, students were treated to this
special trip to further their studies.
To
read the rest of the article and
view the pictures from the trip click here.
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The HEART of the Matter:
a Focus on School, Family,
Community, and Self. |
