Prospective Students for Fall of 2025, we want YOU on our campus!

Check out the following opportunities to get up close and personal with our Ramily:

• Magnet Open House for IB and Culinary Arts, Tuesday, January 7 from 6 pm - 8 pm (no sign up required)
• IB Preview Day, Thursday, January 23 from 8:45 - 1:15 (sign up with the QR code below)

Both events will begin in our auditorium in the center of campus. Eastside High is at 1201 SE 43rd St., Gainesville, 32641.

In addition, Mrs. Gully, our IB Coordinator, and a team of IB Student Ambassadors will be visiting middle schools in December. Make sure to attend so you can hear first hand how the program works, and what you need to do to come to the Best Side!

• 12/9 - Bishop Middle (1:11 - 1:47 in the choir room)
• 12/10 - Lincoln Middle (1:15 - 1:45)
• 12/11 - Ft. Clarke Middle - (1:11 - 1:47 in the media center)
• 12/12 - Oakview Middle (12:20 - 12:50)
• 12/16 - Kanapaha Middle (1:10 - 1:47)
• 1/21 - Westwood Middle (visit Algebra 1 & Geometry classes)

Sign up here for Preview Day!

Magnet applications will open on the district website starting January 14th, closing on February 11th. Visit https://www.sbac.edu/magnet for more information.

ICYMI: The District Magnet Showcase was held on Saturday, November 16th, from 10 am - 1 pm. Here's a copy of our handout if you didn't make it!

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program, a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, focuses on the classical liberal arts and sciences. Founded in the 1960s as a common university entrance credential to serve a consortium of international schools, the program is available today in over 5,400 schools in 150 countries around the world.

Eastside’s program, one of the first three in Florida, graduated its first class of 21 IB Diploma students in 1987 and has since graduated over 3,200 Diploma holders. In the year 2000, Eastside gave more IB examinations than any other school in North America! Almost 500 students come to The Best Side from all over Alachua County for the IB magnet. Eastside’s program is large and successful; it serves as a model for other schools in Florida and throughout the US.

Students who come to Eastside’s IB Program begin with a Pre-IB curriculum in grades nine and ten. The formal IB Program serves juniors and seniors. A typical IB student at Eastside completes four credits in Language A (English), four credits in Language B (French or Spanish), four or five credits in Individuals and Societies (social studies), four credits in Mathematics, and four or five credits in Experimental Sciences. In the IB Sixth Subject (elective), students explore Studio Art, Music, Theater Arts, Psychology, or additional sciences. All IB students take a course in Theory of Knowledge in grades 11 and 12, complete independent research that results in an Extended Essay of 4,000 words, and document Creativity/Activity/Service (CAS) experiences outside the classroom.

For further information about the International Baccalaureate Program at Eastside High School, call or write:

Eastside High School
Lori Gully
email: gullyll@gm.sbac.edu 
International Baccalaureate Program Coordinator
1201 SE 43rd Street
Gainesville, FL 32641-7698
352.955.6704 x5218

ALL students interested in the IB program must submit an application to be considered for admission. Applications will open on the district website found at https://www.sbac.edu/magnet beginning January 14th and closing February 11th.

Sign up here for updates from Eastside along the way!

We look forward to receiving your application!