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DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL
 The Premier S.T.E.M.
(Science Technology Engineering Math)
Magnet School Programs
for the East and South Zones

Featuring Advanced Technology Certifications,
and College Preparatory
Biomedical and Engineering Programs

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DHS BROCHURE.PDF

ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE
ACADEMY FOR DIGITAL EXCELLENCE
ACADEMY FOR GAME DESIGN & PROGRAMMING EXCELLENCE

 


ATE & CMS APPLICATION


COLLEGE
PREPARATORY

PLTW BIOMEDICAL
PLTW ENGINEERING
PROUD TO BE THE ONLY "A" HIGH SCHOOL IN LEE COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS IN  A ROW! (2010, 2011)
SCHOOL INFORMATION CALENDAR FACULTY & STAFF  GUIDANCE/SENIOR INFO PROGRAM OF STUDIES
 NEWSLETTERS SCIENCE FAIR TEACHER WEB SITES FREE ACT/SAT PREP PHOTO GALLERY SPORTS INFORMATION

     Microsoft Office Specialist     CompTIA Academy          Adobe Certified Assoicate

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Mayor Randall P. Henderson , Jr.
of the City of Fort Myers proclaimed January 18, 2011 as
Dunbar High School Day!
LINK

DECLARED BY MICROSOFT® AS THE

MICROSOFT PRESS NEWS LINK

A 2011 MAGNET SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
4 TIME MERIT AWARD WINNER
AWARDED BY
MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA

Press Release: LINK
WINK: 
NEWS LINK

D.O.E. THE C.O.R.E:  NEWS LINK

SHOWCASE VIDEOS

Microsoft® Showcase
Real Life Heroes: Dunbar High School Academy for Technology Excellence

Watch as WMV

NBC-2 Links:  News Link  News Link
News-Press News Link

ADOBE®K12-Showcase
 Adobe TV link

Springboard for Success" Adobe
"build professional-level skills for careers in digital media & beyond " Case Study link
 
CERTIPORT Showcase

Lee County Schools Success
with
Microsoft and Adobe Certification

Http://www.Certiport.com

COMPTIA

CompTIA Education Foundation "Creating Futures"  Press Release
"
Florida High School Creates Nationwide Model for Tech Success"

CompTIA Connect newsletter Link
"Dunbar high School Students Have IT"

Press Releases 2005-2010 link

OVER 2,991 IT CERTIFICATION TESTS
PASSED TO DATE
Certification Portfolio.pdf

2011-2012 OVER 410 IT CERTIFICATION TESTS PASSED
2010-2011 OVER 546 IT CERTIFICATION TESTS PASSED
2009-2010 OVER 484 IT CERTIFICATION TESTS PASSED
2008-2009 OVER 328 IT CERTIFICATION TESTS PASSED
2007-2008 OVER 512 IT CERTIFICATION TESTS PASSED
2006-2007 OVER 237 IT CERTIFICATION TESTS PASSED
2005-2006 OVER 114 IT CERTIFICATION TESTS PASSED
Over 100 Certification Credentials earned by ATE instructors
Over 31 Microsoft Certified Teachers & Administrators

Dunbar Girls Basketball Team won the
State Championship for 2012
and is the first-ever Lee County girls basketball team
to win a state championship. link

Congratulations to Dunbar High School students who
"swept" the Regional Science and Inventors Fair Awards for 2012 link

  Congratulations to Aimee Jasso for winning the
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
Award in South Florida for Aspirations in Computing and

Juliana Toyloy-Stanton as runner-up; 
Aimee Jasso was also chosen as a runner-up for the National Award.

Congratulations to Carl Burnside, HABA High School
Principal of the Year 2011 link

Congratulations to Academy Lead Teacher, Denise Spence,
for being 1 of 5 finalists for the
Women in Business Apex Awards 2011 link

Congratulations to Juliana Toyloy-Stanton for winning
1st Place for the United States and 3rd Place in the World
in Certiport's Worldwide Competition for PowerPoint 2007 link

Press Release and Photo

Dunbar High School’s Academy for Technology Excellence program
was a finalist for the Microsoft 2011
U.S. Partners in Learning Innovative Education Forum (IEF). link
Press Release

The Academy for Technology Excellence and the
Academy for Digital Excellence programs nominated for
SW Florida Regional Technology Partner
"Innovention" Award for 2011.

Dunbar High School was nominated for
the Greater Chamber of Commerce
Chrysalis Award for Education 2011.

The Academy for Technology Excellence program
and Academy for Digital Excellence program
received award recognition for
its effective business partnerships
 with Adobe and Microsoft
in 3 of the 4 awards categories

at the 2010 STEMflorida Conference.
NEWS LINK

The Academy for Technology Excellence and the
Academy for Digital Excellence programs
were selected to be the showcased high school
for the Information Technology strand in
The National Career and Technical Education Foundations
Career Cluster Guide developed with
Microsoft Learning Foundation

 NEWS LINK

Academy for Technology Excellence (ATE) program was awarded
the “2010 Transformation Award” by

Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership (SWFRTP).
NEWS LINK

Academy for Technology Excellence has been
chosen as 1 of 4
ITFLORIDA Awards Finalists for 2008 
Excellence in IT Leadership-Southwest Division

Academy for Technology Excellences Program was featured in
FLORIDA TREND magazines 50th Anniversary Edition insert

RECEIVED THE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION AWARD FOR 2008 
FROM THE
FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, INC.

SELECTED BY ABC-7 AS 
THE ABC-7 "COOL SCHOOL" OF SWFL
For Fall of 2008 Competition

and was a Finalist for Spring 2008 & Spring 2009 Competition
ABC-7 News Link

SELECTED AS 1 OF 15
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
IN THE NATION BY T.H.E. JOURNAL

SELECTED TO SHOWCASE OUR
ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE PROGRAM AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
K-12 CONFERENCE & INNOVATION FAIR

The School District of Lee County
 selected Dunbar's Reading Leadership Team
to be nominated for the

Reading Leadership Team of the Year
for the State of Florida!!!

AWARD WINNING TEACHERS & FACULTY

PRINCIPAL, CARL BURNSIDE
was selected as HABA High School Principal of the Year 2011-2012

Gary Rullo was selected as the Lee County
Science Teacher of the Year 2012.

Cheyenne Brown was selected as the Lee County
Physical Education Teacher of the Year 2012

Crissy Stout was selected as the Lee County
Instructional Technology Teacher of the Year 2012

Academy Lead Teacher, Denise Spence,
was slected as 1 of 5 finalists for the
Women in Business Apex Awards 2011

PRINCIPAL, CARL BURNSIDE
was selected as 1 of 4 Finalist for the 2007-2008
Florida Council of Instructional Technology Leaders (FCITL)
for the State of Florida

Laurie Metz was selected as a
Golden Apple Finalist 2010-2011

Rita Effing, Catherine Griffin and Eric Reynolds
were selected as Teachers of Distinction for 2010-2011

Rebecca Jamme was selected as the Lee County
Language Arts Teacher of the Year for 2011

Cynthia Webb was selected as the Lee County
Exceptional Student Education Teacher of the Year for 2011

 Coach Cheyenne Brown was selected Lee County
Athletic Conference Girls Track Coach of the Year for 2011
and the News Press Girls Track Coach of the Year for 2011

Coach Colin Kelly was selected as the Lee County
Drivers Education Teacher of the Year for 2011

Matthew Miller was selected as the Lee County
Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year for 2010

Melody Madigan was selected as the Lee County
Guidance Counselor of the Year for 2010

Brian Winter as selected as the Lee County
Science Teacher of the Year for 2010

Laurie Metz was selected as 1of 3 finalist for
Lee County Teacher of the Year 2010

Denise Spence was selected as the Certiport, Inc.
Global Summit's Teacher of the Year 2010

Catherine Griffin was selected as a
Golden Apple Finalist 2008-2009

 Rita Effing, Byron Lane, Laurie Metz and Eric Reynolds
were selected as Teachers of Distinction for 2008-2009.


Coach Vogt was selected as the News-Press
Southwest Florida Football Coach of the Year 2008-2009.

Gary Rullo was selected as the Lee County
Environmental Education Teacher of the Year 2009

Jason Plucker was selected as the Lee County
Health Education Teacher of the Year 2009


Jill Klausing,
Byron Lane, and Kim Ward were finalist for
the Golden Apple Teacher Recognition program for 2007-2008


Sean Griffin was selected as the Lee County
Social Studies Teacher of the Year 2008

Crissy Stout was selected as the Lee County
Math Teacher of the Year 2008

Dwayne Donnell was selected as the
FACA - 3A Girl's Basketball Coach of the Year

Andre McGill was recognized as All-Area Coach of the Year 2008

Michael Spence was recognized as Nurse of the Year 2008

Denise Spence was selected as the 1st ever
Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year 2006

FCAT ACHIEVEMENTS

STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR
ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
AND CENTER FOR MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAM
ON AVERAGE CONSISTENTLY PERFORM
ABOVE THE DISTRICT & STATE ON FCAT.

GOVERNOR JEB BUSH DECLARED DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL
AS ONE OF THE TOP 35 HIGH SCHOOLS
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO MAKE LEARNING GAINS
FOR 2005-2006 FCAT

 

IMPORTANT LINKS

FCAT POLICY
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Student Access Instructions
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Athletic Manuel 2011 - pptx

Are You Certifiable? - Game

GAME DESIGN PROJECTS


READING LOG

SAT PREP WEBSITE

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UPCOMING EVENTS 

SPORTS BANQUET
January 24, 2012

Young Life Meetings
TUESDAY, August 30th
1st Club Meeting of the New School Year
The excitement & fun starts @ 2:35 PM
in Room 1802
YL MTG dates:
8/30 9/20 10/18 11/15 12/6 1/24 2/14 3/13 4/24 5/15

First Day of School
August 8, 2011

Winter Break 2011
for students
Dec. 22, 2011 -
Jan. 4, 2012
RETURN TO SCHOOL
January 5, 2012

Spring Break 2012
March
12 - 16, 2012

 Summer Break 2012
Starts May 24, 2012

QUARTER END
Q1 -      October 14, 2011
Q2 -  December 21, 2011
Q3 -           March 8, 2012
Q4 -           
May 24, 2012

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Carl C. Burnside
Principal

3800 E. Edison Avenue
Fort Myers, FL  33916 
Phone: 239.461.5322
Fax: 239.461.5110