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GHS School Advisory Council 

Parents please come out and join us at our monthly SAC meetings held every second Thursday of the month. For your convenience our new meeting time is 5:00 p.m. 

Thank you in advance for taking advantage of this opportunity to be an advocate for your child's education and our school!

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Trying to Pay for College?  

  

Take advantage of the SPC financial experts, and come to FAFSA Night at Gibbs High School!  We will host this event at our campus on February 28th, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.  Check out the flyer below for more details about the event here, as well as other dates and locations!

 

 

The BETA (Business-Economics-Technology Academy) program at Gibbs is always recruiting for existing openings, as well as during the enrollment period for the 2012-13 school year!  Please contact Ija Hawthorne, BETA magnet coordinator, at 893-5452, extension 2033, for entrance requirements and details.

END-OF-COURSE MATH AND SCIENCE TESTS ARE REPLACING FCAT

This year Gibbs High School will be administering 3 End-of-Course assessments: Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology I.  These computer-based tests are phasing out the FCAT to completely replace it by 2014.  Testing for these assessments will take place between April 23 and May 11, 2012.

The Algebra 1 EOC assessment has replaced the Math FCAT for students who entered high school after 2009.  All students taking Algebra 1 or Algebra 1B will have the EOC count as 30% of their final grade.  Students who are currently in 9^th grade must pass the EOC for high school graduation and course credit.  Algebra I students in grades 10-12 must also take the assessment but it will only count toward their grade, not graduation. There will be no final exam in Algebra I classes as the EOC assessment is comprehensive. 

All Geometry students will be taking the Geometry EOC assessment and all Biology I students will be taking the Biology EOC to form a baseline test for upcoming years.  For the 2011-2012 school year, it is not a graduation requirement to pass these assessments. These EOCs will count as 30% of the final grade toward course credit.  These assessments are comprehensive, so there will be no final exam in these subjects.  After this year, the Geometry and Biology I EOC assessments will also become a graduation requirement for students. 

As the End-of-Course assessments are computer-based, students will have the opportunity to participate in a practice test (ePAT) to become familiar with the test      set-up and online tools to be used during testing.  Students may also review the ePAT at home at www.FLAssessments.com/ePAT, practicing as often as necessary prior to testing.

If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Gaesser, GHS Testing Coordinator at 727-893-5452 ext. 2202.  Additional information is available at the Florida Department of Education’s website at http://fcat.fldoe.org/fcat2/cbt.asp.

We appreciate your support in ensuring a successful test administration this spring.

This site was last updated on February 7, 2012.