Chadwick School 26800 South Academy Drive PROFILE 2019-2020 Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274 310.377.1543 FAX: 310.377.0380 www.chadwickschool.org CEEB CODE: 052680
Our School OUR MISSION: AT OUR CORE: CORE VALUES: CORE COMPETENCIES: Chadwick Schools develop Core Values and Core Honesty • Respect Critical and Creative Thinking global citizens with keen minds, Competencies underlie all Responsibility • Fairness Character • Courage exemplary character, self- aspects of our program. Compassion Communication • Collaboration knowledge and the ability to lead. Cultural Competence
Our Students UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS THE CLASS STUDENTS FACULTY MEMBERS GRADE 9-12 OF 2020 868 GRADE K-12 382 100 75 71% Advanced Degrees
DIVERSITY FINANCIAL AID Chadwick students come from 46 different zip codes around the greater In 2019-20, Chadwick will award $4.91 million in need-based Los Angeles area, stretching from Long Beach to the Marina, from Eastern financial aid to 19% of our students. Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean, including the Beach Cities. In addition to the school’s financial aid program, Chadwick 42% White 11% Not reported 6% African-American offers a select number of need- and merit-based scholarships 20% Asian American 8% Latino 1% Middle Eastern through generous donations from the MacFarlane Family and 12% Multiracial Malone Foundation.
Special Programs OUTDOOR EDUCATION COMMUNITY SERVICE ROUND SQUARE PROGRAM ONE SCHOOL. TWO CAMPUSES. Chadwick’s Outdoor Education Chadwick’s community service In October 2008, Chadwick MANY VOICES. program is one of only nine program is predicated on our School was elected to secondary school programs to commitment to the development membership in Round Square, Chadwick International is be certified by the Association of individuals of exemplary joining more than 200 other a Pre-K-12 international of Experiential Education. The character. Recognized as one of the schools from 50 countries on school, founded in 2010. Fully focus of the Outdoor Education outstanding student community five continents. Round Square equipped with an exceptional program is on encouraging service programs in America by schools all share a commitment 500,000-square-foot state-of-the- personal development of the U.S. News and World Report, to the “six pillars” of Round art facility, the school is located in students by placing them in our program provides students Square: Internationalism, the Songdo International Business new and challenging outdoor the opportunity to serve at one Democracy, Environment, District in Incheon, South Korea. situations. Chadwick students of thirteen off-campus sites during Adventure, Leadership and The curriculum at Chadwick therefore participate in one the school day. Although there Service, commonly referred to International is designed to meet wilderness course per year, are no requirements for service at as the IDEALS. Our membership the educational standards of the culminating in a three-week Chadwick, over 75% of the Upper in Round Square is central to International Baccalaureate (IB) as senior year trip, which includes a School chooses to add this weekly our commitment to developing well as the Western Association three-day solo experience. commitment as an elective. global citizens. of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Dal Sohi Bruce Poch Marian Hersh Gaby Humes Head of School Executive Director of College Director of College Counseling Assistant to the Directors Counseling and Dean of Admission [email protected] [email protected] Mark Wiedenmann [email protected] Director, Upper School Zac Hewitt Alicia Akers Associate Director Director of College Counseling of College Counseling [email protected] [email protected]
Curriculum
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Chadwick students are required to complete four years of English, three years of history (including global studies and U.S. history), three years of science (two years of which must NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP be a lab science), through Algebra 2 in math, through level 3 in a global language, and one PROGRAM RECOGNITION and a half years of visual and/or performing arts. They must also participate each year in Class Finalists Commended physical education or an athletic team and outdoor education. The program requirements 2017 5 18 meet or exceed entrance requirements for the University of California system. 2018 4 12 HONORS, ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND HIGHEST LEVEL COURSES 2019 9 15 Honors Courses Chadwick School offers honors courses in the following subjects: Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, Spanish, Chinese, French, and Physics/Chemistry/ Biology (PCB) at levels 2 and 3.
Advanced Placement and Highest Level Courses GPA CALCULATION AND GRADING Students must receive departmental approval to take an Advanced or AP course in Grade Original with AP/Honors mathematics and languages. Other AP courses are open to any student wishing to pursue work at that level. Instructors and faculty advisors work carefully with students A 4.00 5.00 in balancing their coursework commitments and in providing counsel about constructing A- 3.67 4.67 programs. Students wishing to pursue more than three AP or equivalent level courses B+ 3.33 4.33 in one year must submit a petition for permission to do so. It will be reviewed by the advisor, dean of students, instructor(s) and college counselors. B 3.00 4.00 B- 2.67 3.67 While Advanced Placement is the common top level course in many disciplines, we have C+ 2.33 3.33 also identified the highest level courses that are not available through our AP offerings. These include courses in: Economics, MSON (Malone Schools Online Network) courses C 2.00 3.00 and STEM, including Data Structures and Software Engineering. C- 1.67 2.67 D+ 1.33 2.33 AP and Post-Advanced Placement courses are offered in the following subjects: D 1.00 2.00 LANGUAGE HISTORY MATH COMPUTER English U.S. History Calculus AB SCIENCE D- 0.67 1.67 Chinese Art History Calculus BC Computer Science F 0.00 0.00 French Government and Statistics Principles Spanish Politics Post-AP Offerings Computer All AP, Post-AP, Advanced and Honors courses, and courses requiring an AP class as a prerequisite are awarded a full extra Multi-variable Science – A point (4.0 scale) in determining weighted GPA. LITERATURE SCIENCE Calculus Data Structures English Biology and Software Post-AP Offerings Chemistry CAPSTONE Engineering Spanish Environmental Capstone Research Chinese Science Capstone Seminar Physics 1 CLASS OF 2020 THE ARTS Physics C GPA DISTRIBUTION THROUGH JUNIOR YEAR Music Theory WEIGHTED GPA RANGE # STUDENTS Studio Art 4.33-4.58 15 4.19–4.32 15 GPA DISTRIBUTION CLASS OF 2020 4.0–4.18 12 • 100 Students • Chadwick operates on a semester calendar with an A-F traditional grading system. 3.78–3.99 15 • Fall semester ends at the end of December. Spring semester ends in mid-June. 3.6–3.77 15 Unofficial progress grades may be provided to colleges upon their request. 3.39–3.59 15 • Chadwick does not report rank or name a valedictorian. • GPAs are calculated on a weighted 4-point system, based on all Chadwick courses 2.8–3.38 13 reported on the transcript.
Reporting Disciplinary Actions Disciplinary action is defined as probation, suspension or expulsion. If a college or university asks a question regarding disciplinary action, Chadwick is obligated to respond to the question, and we strongly recommend that the student respond as well. Testing, Accreditation and Affiliations
SAT AND ACT RESULTS Chadwick School students, like many around the country, are increasingly taking both SAT and ACT tests, ultimately choosing to lean in one direction or the other for second round testing. It becomes more difficult to make “apples to apples” comparisons of average SAT or ACT scores from year to year since fewer reflect the multiple testing results that had been seen in earlier years. Also, worth noting is Chadwick’s Class of 2018 was an unusually small class for us, at 63 graduates compared to typical classes of 90+ students.
SAT Mean Scores Subject Exams CLASS STUDENTS CR/EBRW SAT M M2 BIO -E BIO - M USH EN LIT CH 2019 62 705 718 714 687 664 684 675 697 2018 40 710 730 715 687 715 675 673 712 2017 45 710 680 681 636 659 636 660 730
ACT Mean Scores Subject Areas CLASS STUDENTS COMP EN MA READ SCI 2019 41 32 34 31 33 32 2018 38 32 34 31 32 31 100% 2017 57 32 33 31 32 31 OF CHADWICK STUDENTS PLAN TO AP SCORES CLASS OF 2019 ATTEND 4-YEAR Students Testing: 94; Tests: 460; Score 3 or Higher: 87% COLLEGES
CHADWICK SCHOOL ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONS: Accreditation Affiliations • Western Association of • A Better Chance • Independent School Alliance Schools And Colleges • American Secondary Schools for Minority AffairsNational • California Association of for International Students Association for College Independent Schools and Teachers Admission Counseling • Association for Experiential • College Board • National Association of Education • Council for Advancement Independent Schools and Support of Education • National Council of Teachers • Cum Laude Society of English • Educational Records Bureau • National Middle School • Global Education Benchmark Association Group • Round Square 24 • World Leading Schools Association (WLSA) NO. OF NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS AND COMMENDED MALONE SCHOOLS ONLINE NETWORK (MSON) Of the roughly 2,500 private schools in the United States, Chadwick became one of only 38 independent STUDENTS HONORED schools to receive a Malone Family Foundation Grant in 2003. Schools are selected for the grants through IN 2019 a rigorous research process, resulting in the addition of an average of three top-level high schools to the Malone network each spring.
Heads of a number of Malone Foundation Schools, including Chadwick, formed a collaborative network under the guidance of Stanford University Online High School to share small classes for our strongest students via telepresence. Through the Malone Schools Online Network, students at participating schools may take advanced classes at other network schools for credit at their own school. Most of these classes are beyond the AP level. They are designated as MSON on our transcripts. College Admission Results CLASSES OF 2015-2019 COLLEGE ADMIT/ATTEND COLLEGE ADMIT/ATTEND COLLEGE ADMIT/ATTEND COLLEGE ADMIT/ATTEND Agnes Scott College 1/0 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Pace University, New York City 2/0 University of Delaware 3/0 American University 15/2 University – Prescott 1/0 Pennsylvania State University 9/1 University of Denver 8/0 Amherst College 3/0 Emerson College 8/0 Pepperdine University 7/3 University of Florida 1/0 Arizona State University 9/3 Emory University 11/2 Pitzer College 5/2 University of Georgia 10/1 ArtCenter College of Design 1/0 Fashion Institute of Technology 1/0 Pratt Institute 3/0 University of Hawaii at Hilo 1/0 Auburn University 1/0 Fisk University 1/0 Princeton University 4/2 University of Idaho 1/0 Azusa Pacific University 2/0 Fordham University 33/3 Purdue University 14/4 University of Hawaii at Manoa 2/0 Babson College 6/1 Franklin & Marshall College 2/0 Randolph College 1/0 University of Illinois at Bard College 3/0 Franklin University - Switzerland 2/1 Reed College 8/0 Urbana-Champaign 5/1 Barnard College 2/0 Furman University 1/0 Regis University 2/0 University of Kansas 6/0 Baylor University 6/1 Georgetown University 11/7 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5/2 University of Kentucky 1/0 Becker College 2/0 Georgia Institute of Technology 1/0 Rice University 5/3 University of La Verne 3/0 Belmont University 2/1 Glion Institute of Higher Education 1/0 Richmond, The American University University of Lynchburg 1/1 Bentley University 4/0 Gonzaga University 6/3 in London 3/2 University of Maine 1/0 Berklee College of Music 1/0 Goucher College 5/1 Rhodes College 2/0 University of Maryland, College Park 2/0 Biola University 2/1 Grand Canyon University 1/0 Rochester Institute of Technology 3/2 University of Miami 19/3 Boise State University 2/0 Guilford College 1/0 Roger Williams University 1/0 University of Michigan 46/9 Boston College 17/3 Hamilton College - NY 2/1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 2/2 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3/0 Boston University 42/10 Hampshire College 1/0 Saint Mary’s College of California 5/0 University of Mississippi 4/1 Bowdoin College 2/1 Hampton University 3/1 San Diego State University 1/0 University of Missouri, Columbia 3/1 Bradley University 1/0 Harvard University 2/1 San Jose State University 3/0 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 6/0 Brandeis University 5/0 Harvey Mudd College 1/1 Santa Barbara City College 1/1 University of Nevada, Reno 1/1 Brown University 4/1 Haverford College 2/1 Santa Clara University 33/5 University of New England – Maine 2/0 Bucknell University 9/2 High Point University 1/0 Sarah Lawrence College 8/3 University of New Hampshire, Durham 2/0 Butler University 4/0 Hofstra University 4/0 Savannah College of Art & Design 6/2 University of New Mexico 1/0 CalTech 1/1 Hollins University 1/1 School of Visual Arts 1/0 University of North Texas 1/0 California Lutheran University 3/1 Howard University 5/1 Scripps College 6/3 University of Northern Colorado 2/0 Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo 9/1 Hult International Business Seattle University 6/0 University of Notre Dame 2/0 Cal Poly State University, Pomona 5/0 School – London 1/0 Seattle Pacific University 1/0 University of Oregon 54/5 Cal State University, Maritime Academy 1/0 Humboldt State University 2/0 Smith College 3/1 University of Oxford 1/0 Cal State University, Channel Islands 3/0 Indiana University, Bloomington 37/2 Sonoma State University 18/1 University of Pennsylvania 6/4 Cal State University, Chico 1/0 Iowa State University 3/1 Southern Methodist University 41/12 University of Portland 1/0 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills 3/0 Ithaca College 4/0 St. John’s University 4/1 University of Puget Sound 11/0 Cal State University, East Bay 1/0 Johns Hopkins University 10/5 St. Lawrence University 1/0 University of Redlands 10/0 Cal State University, Fullerton 5/0 Johnson C. Smith University 1/0 Stanford University 8/8 University of Richmond 5/2 Cal State University, Long Beach 5/2 Johnson & Wales University 1/0 Stevens Institute of Technology 1/1 University of Rochester 5/0 Cal State University, Los Angeles 3/0 Kalamazoo College 2/0 Swarthmore College 3/1 University of San Diego 14/2 Cal State University, Monterey Bay 2/1 Kenyon College 7/0 Syracuse University 26/4 University of San Francisco 23/1 Cal State University, Northridge 6/1 Kettering University 1/0 Temple University 5/0 University of South Carolina 4/0 Cal State University, Sacramento 2/1 Knox College 2/0 Texas A&M University 2/0 University of Southern CA 59/30 Cal State University, San Marcos 1/0 Lafayette College 7/2 Texas Christian University 14/3 University of St. Andrews 1/0 Cal State University, Stanislaus 1/0 Lake Forest College 1/0 The George Washington University 30/3 University of St. Thomas 1/0 Carleton College 2/1 Lehigh University 7/4 The American University of Paris 2/0 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3/0 Carnegie Mellon University 5/1 Les Roches International The New School 3/0 University of the Pacific 6/0 Case Western Reserve University 20/0 School of Hotel Management 1/0 The Ohio State University 4/1 University of Utah 4/0 Chapman University 33/9 Lewis & Clark College 11/2 The University of Alabama 9/0 University of Victoria 2/0 Claremont McKenna College 4/2 Liberty University 1/0 The University of Arizona 19/4 University of Virginia 15/3 Clark University 3/0 Louisiana State University 3/1 The University of Iowa 6/1 University of Vermont 4/1 Clarkson University 1/0 Loyola Marymount University 33/10 The University of Montana, Missoula 1/0 University of Washington 12/0 Clemson University 3/0 Loyola University Chicago 3/0 The University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin, Madison 15/3 Colby College 5/2 Loyola University Maryland 2/0 Chapel Hill 5/1 Valparaiso University 1/0 Colgate University 8/2 Macalester College 3/0 The University of Tampa 1/0 Vanderbilt University 6/5 College of Charleston 5/0 Marist College 3/0 The University of Texas, Austin 9/3 Vassar College 9/2 College of William & Mary 4/0 Marquette University 1/0 Trinity College (Connecticut) 8/2 Villanova University 11/3 Colorado College 8/5 Marymount California University 4/1 Trinity University 1/0 Virginia Commonwealth University 1/0 Colorado State University 4/0 Merrimack College 1/0 Tufts University 6/3 Virginia Tech 1/0 Columbia University 4/3 Miami University, Oxford 7/0 Tulane University 33/8 Wake Forest University 4/1 Concordia University - Irvine 1/0 Michigan State University 3/0 Tuskegee University 1/0 Washington and Lee University 1/0 Connecticut College 5/1 Middlebury College 4/2 Union College (New York) 4/2 Washington State University 1/0 Cornell College 2/1 MIT 1/1 University of Alabama Washington University in St. Louis 15/5 Cornell University 11/8 Montana State University, Bozeman 1/0 at Birmingham (UAB) 2/0 Wellesley College 5/3 Creighton University 2/1 Montclair State University 1/0 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 1/0 Wesleyan University 5/0 Dalhousie University 1/0 Morehouse College 1/0 University of British Columbia 2/1 Westmont College 2/0 Dartmouth College 9/4 Mount Holyoke College 2/0 UC Berkeley 51/24 Wheaton College IL 3/2 Denison University 2/0 New College Florida 1/0 UC Davis 24/1 Wheaton College MA 2/2 DePaul University 11/1 New York University 28/9 UC Irvine 28/0 Whitman College 7/1 Dickinson College 2/0 NYU Shanghai 1/0 UCLA 40/7 Whittier College 9/0 Dillard University 2/1 North Carolina State University 1/0 UC Merced 9/0 Willamette University 5/0 Drake University 1/0 Northeastern University 20/6 UC Riverside 21/0 Williams College 4/3 Drexel University 19/1 Northern Arizona University 2/0 UC San Diego 42/2 Wittenberg University 2/0 Duke University 4/1 Northwestern University 7/5 UC Santa Barbara 68/5 Xavier University 1/0 Earlham College 2/0 Oberlin College 7/2 UC Santa Cruz 43/1 Xavier University of Louisiana 1/0 Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne 1/0 Occidental College 13/1 University of Chicago 8/5 Yale University 4/2 El Camino College 3/2 Ohio Wesleyan University 4/1 University of Colorado, Boulder 51/11 Yale - NUS College (Singapore) 1/1 Elon University 12/3 Olin College of Engineering 1/1 University of Colorado, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Oregon Institute of Technology 1/0 Colorado Springs 2/0 University – Daytona Beach 1/0 Otis College of Art and Design 1/0 University of Connecticut 9/0