Prospective Students for Fall of 2025, magnet applications are currently closed for review!  

Acceptances will be sent on or before March 25th from the email address registration.Alachua@registrationgateway.net. Families should save this email address in their contact list to ensure it does not go to spam. The notification will include the date by which families must accept the offered seat, which will be three working days after the notice is sent. 

The application portal will reopen on April 15 if any seats are still available. Visit https://www.sbac.edu/magnet for more information or email alachuamagnets@gm.sbac.edu. 

ICYMI:

• The District Magnet Showcase was on Saturday, November 16th, from 10 am - 1 pm. Here's a copy of our handout if you didn't make it!
• Middle School visits were in December. Here's a copy of our trifold brochure.
• IB Open House was on Tuesday, January 7, from 6 - 8 pm. Here's a copy of our packet if you didn't make it!
• IB Preview Day (shadowing) was on Thursday, January 23, from 8:45 am - 1:15 pm. 

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