Sister Claire Barone, Head of School Kassandra Thompson Brenot ’87, Ph.D., Head of Upper School Colleen Murray, Director of College Counseling 831.655.9368 • [email protected] Julia Kim, Dean of Studies/Registrar 831.655.9316 • [email protected] 2015-2016 School Code: 052045 • Fax: 831.649.3056

First founded in 1850 as a convent and school to educate the Co-Curriculars and Service daughters of Spanish colonists in Alta , Santa Catalina In keeping with Do Well. Do Good., Catalina students participate in School is an independent, Catholic, all-girls, boarding and day a wide array of co-curricular activities such as athletics, music, school located on California’s Monterey Peninsula, just one theatre, clubs, student publications, the Journey Program, and mile from the beach. Our college preparatory course of studies the MER Program as well as service. We have a long-standing is established in the classical tradition of the arts and sciences, commitment to such organizations as The Children’s Fund, Model enhanced by vigorous programs in the fine and performing arts, United Nations, the Food Bank of Monterey County, Dorothy’s athletics, and co-curricular activities. Kitchen, and The Boys and Girls Club. § Marine Ecology Research Program Mission The MER Program is a three-year intensive, accelerated study Santa Catalina School exists to develop in each student a striving of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s marine for excellence, a maturing awareness of moral and spiritual values, environment reserved for highly motivated students. Students a sense of responsible purpose, and a determination to serve the in the program may complete a concentration of up to 8 science world with courage, graciousness, and compassion. classes by graduation. Each student develops and pursues a research project, working with instructors and local marine § Total students: 244 (113 boarding/131 day) agencies (i.e. Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station): § Boarding from outside CA: 9% representing AZ, CO, FL, HI, § Sophomore year: Marine Ecology Research 1 IL, MT, NE, NM, NV, TX, UT, VA § Junior year: Marine Ecology Research 2 Honors § International boarding: 13% representing 10 nations (Canada, § Senior year: Marine Ecology Research Project, culminating China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, with the presentation of the student’s research findings at a Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam) public, scientific forum i.e. the Western Society of Naturalists § Students of color: 36% Annual Meeting and a certificate of program completion § Faculty: 34 (76% hold advanced degrees; 26% hold Ph.D.s) § Student-teacher ratio: 8:1 § Journey Program § Average class size: 12 Journey is a four year-long advisory program, which ensures § Need-based tuition assistance: 44% of the student body for a a smooth transition into Santa Catalina for new students, total of $1,900.00 advances students’ leadership skills, and ensures students the § Accreditation: Western Association of Schools and Colleges best college placement. Through weekly classes, advisee group § Memberships: National Association of Independent Schools, meetings, one-on-one advising sessions and quarterly Journey the National Coalition of Girls Schools, The Association of Days, students learn essential life skills, developing a digital Boarding Schools, the Heads Network, the Online School portfolio along the way to record and track their goals, growth, for Girls, the National Association for College Admission and college plan. In the spring, seniors present individual Counseling, the Western Association for College Admission Senior Reflections to the student body. Counseling, the Association of College Counselors, and the College Board

Class of 2016 College Board Testing Results 2015 There are 56 students in the Class of 2016. In May 2015, 99 students participated in the Advanced Placement program, taking 243 tests with 74% scoring a 3 or higher. National Merit Recognition § AP Scholars: 15 Classes of 2014 and 2015 § AP Scholars with Honor: 6 § Finalists: 1 § AP Scholars with Distinction: 19 § Commendations: 8 § National AP Scholars: 2

SAT Test Results Class of 2015 ACT Test Results Class of 2015 § Average Critical Reading: 621 Average Composite Score: 27 § Average Math: 621 § Average Writing: 634

1500 Mark Thomas Drive | Monterey, CA 93940-5291 | 831.655.9300 | santacatalina.org Honors and AP Courses Chinese 3 Honors Precalculus Honors § Arts French 3 Honors § Music AP Art History* Latin 3 Honors AP Music Theory* AP Studio Art: 2-D Spanish 3 Honors § Science § English § History AP Biology AP English Language and Composition AP United States History AP Chemistry AP English Literature and Composition AP World History AP Physics 1 English 1 Honors AP Micro- and Macroeconomics AP Physics C: Mechanics English 2 Honors AP Human Geography Biology Honors § Foreign Language § Mathematics Chemistry Honors AP Chinese Language and Culture AP Calculus AB Conceptual Physics Honors AP French Language and Culture AP Calculus BC Marine Ecology Research 2 Honors AP Latin* AP Statistics* *Course taken through Online School for Girls (OSG). AP Spanish Language and Culture Algebra 2 Honors Santa Catalina students may take OSG courses not offered on AP Spanish Literature and Culture Geometry Honors our campus. Courses receive Santa Catalina School credit and grades are included in the cumulative GPA.

Graduation Requirements Grade Point Average Grading Scale § English, 4 years Santa Catalina School does not rank Unweighted / Weighted / Honors § Foreign Language, 3 years students. GPA calculations are cumulative Standard Courses and AP Courses § History, 3 years on a 4.0 scale. Weighting is .5 for Honors § Laboratory Science, 3 years and AP courses. Students may not take an A = 4.00 A = 4.5 § Religious Studies, 3 years AP course without approval from the Dean A- = 3.67 A- = 4.17 § Arts Elective, 3 years of Studies/Registrar and the Head of Upper B+ = 3.33 B+ = 3.83 § Physical Education, each year of School. The school year is divided into two B = 3.00 B = 3.5 attendance semesters. B- = 2.67 B- = 3.17 *Arts electives (unless AP), instrument and voice lessons, C+ = 2.33 C+ = 2.83 dance, and physical education are not included in our GPA. C = 2.00 C = 2.5 Reporting Disciplinary Action C- = .67 C- = 2.17 Santa Catalina School will report to colleges any change in status in academic D+ = 1.33 D+ = 1.83 performance or serious violations of school rules or standards of conduct that result D = 1.00 D = 1.5 in disciplinary actions. Santa Catalina expects all students to model a high level of D- = .67 D- = 1.17 responsibility and integrity, and instructs students to answer honestly any questions F = .00 F = 0.00 regarding disciplinary violations and actions.

College Matriculation 100% of Santa Catalina School students traditionally attend a four-year institution. Two or more graduates from the Classes of 2011- 2015 matriculated to the following colleges (institutions in bold have enrolled three or more alumnae): Amherst College Pace University, New York City University of California, Bard College Saint Mary’s College of California University of California, San Diego Berklee College of Music San Diego State University University of California, Santa Barbara Boston College Santa Clara University University of Chicago Sarah Lawrence College University of Michigan California Polytechnic State University, Seattle University University of Notre Dame San Luis Obispo Sonoma State University University of Oregon Chapman University Southern Methodist University University of Pennsylvania Davidson College Syracuse University University of Portland Duke University Texas Christian University University of Puget Sound Emory University The George Washington University University of Redlands Georgetown University The New School (Main Campus) University of San Diego Georgetown Institute of Technology The University of Arizona University of Gonzaga University The University of North Carolina University of Southern California Loyola Marymount University at Chapel Hill University of Washington Manhattan College Universidad Panamericana Villanova University University of California, Berkeley Wellesley College Northeastern University University of California, Davis Yale University Northwestern University University of California, Irvine 10/2015

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