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JAMES S. RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL
WEEKLY LISTSERV – Spring Break – March 11-15, 2024
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Mr. Douglas Cook Principal |
Dear
Parents, Guardians, and Students,
This year is moving along quickly, and Spring is almost here! I am deeply thankful for the collective talent and energy of our faculty, staff,
and students. I am also thankful for the enduring and essential contributions of our parents and community. With Spring, comes testing season. We continue to prepare our students to meet the demands placed upon them. Rickards High School is unique in its
breadth of interests and range of talents, and for its mirroring of the complex blend of culture, background, and experiences that are increasingly the hallmarks of both our local and global communities. As educators, we strive daily to continue to make Rickards
High a tremendous place to work and learn. Earning the right to call ourselves a great school will require continuous determination and commitment from our students, teachers, staff, parents,
and community, to see that all students, regardless of who they are and how they come to us, leave us better prepared to meet the next set of life’s challenges. Parents and Guardians, our commitment must also include the development of the curiosity,
character, and conscientiousness that will prepare them not only for personal success, but for productive and compassionate citizenship as well. This is a charge we share as a school and a community.
Expect great things from the Raiders! Sincerely, Mr. Douglas Cook, Principal |
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Dr. Deborah G. Barnes Assistant Principal of Curriculum
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Dr. J. Williams IB Coordinator |
International Baccalaureate Program To All IB Parents and Guardians: Here are the phone numbers and email addresses where you can reach our IB Administrative Team: Dr. Joe Williams, IB Coordinator (850-414-5036)
[log in to unmask] Mrs. E. Melissa Cooper, AP Coordinator and Assistant IB Coordinator (850-414-5005)
[log in to unmask] Mrs. Victoria Williams, IB Academic Dean (850-414-5597)
[log in to unmask] To all parents and family members of our IB and Pre-IB Students: Have a wonderful Spring Break! IB Senior Celebration:
All parents of 204 IB Seniors who are interested in serving on the planning committee for the
2024 IB Senior Celebration, please contact Dr. Williams by email at
[log in to unmask].
Dr. Williams would like to schedule a preliminary planning meeting as soon after spring break as possible to discuss how we can honor this year’s seniors and so the IB Senior Celebration Parent Notebook can be passed along to this year’s committee.
Also, if you are a parent of an IB Junior, you are welcome to participate in this committee. Parents of IB Juniors have helped with senior celebrations in the past in order to plan more effectively their own student’s senior celebration the following
year. Parents of older siblings who have helped plan previous IB Senior Celebrations are also welcome to attend and share their perspectives and ideas.
Please contact Dr. Williams as soon as possible so we can set up an initial planning meeting.
Current Draft of AP and IB Exam Chart Attached:
Please see the attached most current draft of the combined AP and IB Exam Schedule. Approved resolutions of IB Exam conflicts for individual students are highlighted on this chart. If your IB student has a schedule
conflict between any IB and AP Exams – or between any AP Exams and an EOC, FAST, or other mandatory statewide assessment – please notify both Mrs. Melissa Cooper and Dr. Williams by email as soon as possible so we can schedule your student for a Late AP Exam.
Late AP Exams are only offered with permission from Mrs. Melissa Cooper, our AP Coordinator.
2023 IB Diplomas and Transcripts are in:
The 2023 IB Diplomas and IB Transcripts have arrived from Cardiff, Wales, UK. 2023 IB graduates or their parents can pick them up from Dr. Williams in the front office at Rickards. Please email or call ahead so Dr.
Williams can leave your IB Diploma and/or IB Transcript at the front office for you, in case he is not available when you come to campus. |
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Johnitta Wells SAC Chair |
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Mr. Perry West Health Science Coordinator |
Millicent Hollifield Health Academy Students are working on their clinicals! |
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Ms. J. Goodman Testing Coordinator |
Testing Announcements Please review the attached Spring Testing Schedule. **************************************** Let’s Get Ready for the
School Day
SAT! Who takes this test?
All 12th graders who have not met graduation requirements. All 11th grade students. This test is free of charge. The SAT will be given on school issued Chromebooks this year! An SAT Preview and a full-length practice test are available in the Collegeboard’s new testing application, Bluebook. In order to access it, students will need their
School Chromebook and a Collegeboard account. Seniors (needing to meet their graduation requirement) will test on Wednesday, March 20th and Juniors will test on Wednesday, April 10th. |
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Mrs. V. Williams IB Academic Dean |
Please see the attached list of scholarships. |
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Ms. K. Satchell Title 1 Compliance |
Title I: Vision Program Through collaboration with Children’s Home Society of Florida and Heiken Children’s Vision Program, Title I schools are being extended the opportunity to provide free vision
screening and glasses for students. All applications must be submitted by April 1, 2024.
Parents may register using the QR Code or this
website.
Title I Financial Literacy Workshop
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Coach Hankerson Athletic Director |
Raiders Athletics
Raiders Athletics-Week of March 11th
Remaining events for this weekend Friday, March 8, 2024 Lady Raiders Flag Football, TBD, Capital City Classic Raiders Track & Field @ Godby, 3:00pm Raiders JV Baseball @ Wakulla Christian, 5:00pm Varsity Saturday, March 9, 2024 Lady Raiders Flag Football, TBD, Capital City Classic ****************************************************** Monday, March 11, 2024 Raiders Baseball @ Lincoln, JV 4:30pm / Varsity 7:00pm Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Raiders Baseball @ Arnold, 5:00pm VARSITY ONLY Wednesday, March 13, 2024 NO EVENTS Thursday, March 14, 2024 Lady Raiders Softball @ Hamilton County, 6:00pm Varsity Friday, March 15, 2024 Lady Raiders Softball @ Raines, 6:00pmVarsity Saturday, March 16, 2024 Raiders Track & Field @ Bob Hayes Invitational, Jacksonville ***If you would like to donate to Raiders Athletics, please contact Earl Hankerson, Athletic Director
at [log in to unmask]. Encourage your students to be the best part of Raiders Athletics. ONE NATION...RAIDER NATION!!! |
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***AVID/IB Monthly FOCUS – Strategies for Academic Growth*** AVID Strategy –
READING - Students will make
connections between texts, self and the world. Students will navigate and comprehend rigorous texts. Students will evaluate information from a variety of formats. Students will organize and apply text-based learning.
IB LEARNER PROFILE FOCUS – PRINCIPLED – Students act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights
of people everywhere. Students take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
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*SUNSHINE LAW AND PUBLIC RECORDS CAUTION: Florida has a very broad Public Records Law. Virtually all written communications to or from School Board of Leon County, Florida
Personnel are public records available to the public and media upon request. E-mail sent or received on the LCSB system will be considered public and will only be withheld from disclosure if deemed confidential pursuant to State Law. Individual student records
are deemed confidential.