HS COLLEGE High School Profile 2020−2021 COUNSELING TEAM (alphabetized student order) OVERVIEW HS Counselor (A–Kim) • Established in 1957 Christine Collings • Independent, non-profit Catholic-based school [email protected] • PreK 2 – grade 12 day school with a small (44-student) boarding facility • American college preparatory curriculum HS Counselor (Kin–R) • Offers both IB Diploma and AP Capstone programs, one of only a few schools in Taylor Siedell Asia to do so [email protected] • All classes, with the exception of modern language classes, are taught in English HS Counselor (S–Z) Said Ghorayeb SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY [email protected]

109 Graduating seniors 39 IB courses Thai College Counselor Dr. Tawan Waengsothorn [email protected] 436 High school enrollment 16 AP courses

University Counseling Assistant/ 1,070 Total PreK 2–12 enrollment 335 acceptances/offers PowerSchool Specialist Direct entries to Irene Wong 67 High school teachers 30 medical schools [email protected] 6.5 Average HS teacher-to-student ratio HS ADMINISTRATORS Interim Head of School & The majority of RIS students are fluent in both English and Thai and often in a third HS Principal language as well. RIS students benefit from: Dr. Jim O’Malley

HS Assistant Principal Sara Ghorayeb

20-day one:one time innovative several vibrant large IB Diploma Coordinator rotation with teachers electives modern performing selection of Timothy Pettine cascading during daily language and visual sports schedule Flex block choices arts program AP Coordinator Hedda Tan

RIS students also involved in RIS also offers many student-led service-learning extra curricular programs, e.g., oriented clubs (e.g., Soi Dog, Habitat for Humanity, Amnesty International, STEM, Athletic ACCREDITATION Leadership, Innovation and Design, Financial & RIS is accredited by Investments, Red Cross) the US-based Western Association of Schools and Model National Colleges (WASC). United Honor Nations Society

Character education and a commitment to global citizenship and responsibility are hallmarks of an RIS education; we strive to develop students’ heads (knowledge), hands (skills), and hearts (values). HEADS HANDS HEARTS CEEB Code: 695300 6 Ramkhamhaeng 184, Minburi, Bangkok 10510, Thailand IB Code: 001044 Tel: +66 (0)2 791 8900 Fax: +66 (0)2 791 8911 UCAS Code: 45065 www.rism.ac.th [email protected] RUAMRUDEE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

MEMBERSHIPS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS RIS is a proud member of: To qualify for a diploma, students must earn 32 credits, complete their final year of high school at RIS, and fulfill the following minimum requirements:

Subject Required Credits English 5.0 Mathematics 3.0 Social Sciences 3.0 Science 3.0 Religion or Values 2.0 Performing and/or Visual Arts 2.0 Physical Education 2.0 Modern Language or Thai * 2.0 RIS GRADING SCALE AND Health 0.0 GPA WEIGHT (*All students are required to take Thai every year.) Note: Only classes taken at Only classes taken at RIS are included in a student’s GPA. With some exceptions, such RIS are included in a student’s as Band and Choir, courses repeated at RIS do not receive credit or calculate into a GPA. RIS does not rank. student’s GPA. Regular Weighted Weighted Letter Grade Grade Grade Point Point* Point* IB RESULTS CLASS OF 2020 A 4.00 4.50 4.25 A– 3.67 4.17 3.92 B+ 3.33 3.83 3.58 382 39 0 41 29 B 3.00 3.50 3.25 B– 2.67 3.17 2.92 C+ 2.33 2.83 2.58 Total # of Total # of Total # of Highest Diploma Average exams taken subjects candidates excluded points awarded to worldwide C 2.00 2.50 2.25 in the session from statistics an RIS student score C– 1.67 2.17 1.92 D+ 1.33 1.33 1.33 Historical Data 2020 2019 2018 2017 D 1.00 1.00 1.00 D– 0.67 0.67 0.67 Total # of IB Diploma Candidates Registered 26 38 30 37 F 0.00 0.00 0.00 IB Diploma Pass Rate 100% 100% 100% 100% * IB Higher Level and AP Average Total Points 35 33 35 35 courses are weighted at +0.5 and IB SL at +0.25. 2020 RIS AP STATISTICS SAT RESULTS, CLASS OF 2021

COVID Statement: March 16 was the last day of in-person instruction at RIS for 123 262 48 563 651 1,214 the 2019–2020 school year. RIS provided a daily synchronous learning environment that Total # of Total # of Total # of 2020 EBRW Math Mean Total modeled our traditional students AP exams AP exams Score school schedule. With our 1:1 taking taken administered device program, each student AP exams to the Class of The SAT has been administered to 49% had the necessary tools to (10th–12th 2021 of the class of 2021 (as of October 2020). successfully navigate online graders) learning. For this reason, RIS determined that our students would receive letter grades for the second semester of the school year. Students’ grades MISSION were earned based on their Ruamrudee International School is a Catholic school that provides an performance, not simply given interfaith, inclusive, and academically rigorous education for students to be for attendance. balanced, successful, and compassionate individuals. HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE 2020−2021

APPLICATION POLICIES • RIS supports up to 10 college applications worldwide and counsels its students to use this allowance deliberately and wisely. • All letters of recommendation are confidential.

Disclosure of Disciplinary Records: RIS will report any information that a college/university requests about a student’s discipline records. RIS will report honestly about any out-of-school suspensions and/or expulsions.

HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM *Class not offered during the 2020–2021 school year ENGLISH TECHNOLOGY Thai ELD English 9, 10 Computer Science Discoveries Thai 9, 10, 11, and 12 (Literacy, Native) English 9, 10 Design Technology Thai Lang & Culture Online, Levels I, II, AP Language and Composition* Information Technology III, IV AP Literature and Composition Introduction to Computer Programming Thai Research & Service IB English A: Lang/Lit SL/HL Introduction to Robotics IB Thai A: Lang and Lit SL/HL IB English A: Literature SL/HL AP Computer Science Principles IB English B SL/HL IB Computer Science SL/HL VISUAL ARTS IB Literature and Performance SL 3D Modeling RELIGION AND VALUES Art 1, 2 MATHEMATICS Religious Education 9–12* Ceramics 1, 2 Accelerated Math 9, Accelerated Math 10 Values 9–12: Ethics, Peace Studies, Drawing 1, 2 Math 9, Math 10 Philosophy of Responsibility, World Fashion Design 1, 2 Paced Math 9, Paced Math 10 Religions Graphic Design 1, 2 Precalculus Independent Art 11, 12 SAT Math* SCIENCE Painting 1, 2 Statistics Anatomy and Physiology Photography 1, 2 AP Calculus AB, BC Biology Sculpture AP Statistics Chemistry Yearbook IB Math Analysis & Approaches SL/HL Environmental Science IB Visual Arts SL/HL IB Math Application & Interpretation SL/HL Forensic Science* Multivariable Calculus Online Health Science* PERFORMING ARTS Introduction to Chemistry & Physics Advanced Drama PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physics Drama Fitness for Life AP Biology Khon Classical Dance 1, 2 Movement Education/Yoga AP Chemistry Public Speaking/Speech & Debate Multi-Sports AP Environmental Science* Theatre Technology PE Blue AP Physics I PE Red AP Physics II MUSIC Strength Training AP Physics C Beginning Guitar Water Sports IB Biology SL/HL Beginning Instrumental Studies IB Chemistry SL/HL Chamber Orchestra LEARNING SUPPORT IB Environmental Systems & Societies SL Chorus English Skills 9–12 IB Physics SL/HL Concert Band Math Skills 9–12 Honors Choir (Vivace, Bella Voix) Study Skills 9–12 MODERN LANGUAGES Intro to Music Theory and Composition Jazz Band SOCIAL SCIENCES French Musical Theater Workshop French 4 Stage Wind Ensemble Business Studies IB French B SL/HL Economics String Ensemble ELD World History and Geography 1 Japanese Thai Music 1, 2 Psychology Japanese I, II, III Vocal Jazz World History and Geography 9, 10 Japanese for Native Speakers Vocal Performance & Audition Techniques AP Human Geography IB Japanese Ab Initio AP Music Theory AP Macroeconomics IB Japanese A: Lang & Lit SL/HL AP Microeconomics IB Japanese B SL/HL ADDITIONAL COURSES AP Psychology Academic Research — Dip. Mandarin Creative Writing AP World History Mandarin I, II, III, IV, V Creativity, Service, and Action — Dip. IB Business Management SL/HL AP Chinese Language and Culture Culinary Arts IB Contemporary History SL/HL IB Mandarin Ab Initio ELD Language Acquisition IB Economics SL/HL Y1* IB Mandarin B SL/HL IB Economics SL/HL Y2 ELD Academic Support IB Global Politics SL/HL Spanish Film Studies IB Psychology SL/HL Spanish I, II, III, IV Health and Wellness 9, 10 AP Spanish Language and Culture AP Capstone Seminar* IB Spanish Ab Initio AP Capstone Research IB Spanish B SL/HL IB Theory of Knowledge RUAMRUDEE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 2020−2021

CLASS OF 2021 GRADE DISTRIBUTION Cumulative Weighted GPA (six semesters) 19% 4.0 and higher 16 students 15% < 4 9– .0– .9 > 3.75–3.99 students 2 24 3 . 4 7

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COLLEGE MATRICULATION, CLASSES OF 2017–2020 (Asterisks indicate 2020 enrollments) AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- Daytona Beach Blue Mountains International Hotel SIM Global Education Emory University* Management School Singapore Institute of Management Global Fordham University Monash College Education Harvard University Monash University Yale NUS Illinois Institute of Technology University of Melbourne Indiana University Bloomington* University of New South Wales* SWITZERLAND James Madison University Western Sydney University Kalamazoo College University of Sydney École hôtelière de Lausanne Loyola Marymount University* University of Tasmania* Les Roches International School of Hotel Michigan State University* Management New York University CANADA Northeastern University THAILAND Northwestern University McGill University* Assumption University Orange Coast College University of British Columbia* Pace University University of Calgary Chiang Mai University Chulalongkorn University* Parsons, The New School University of Toronto Pennsylvania State University* University of Victoria HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science Pepperdine University University of Waterloo* Princeton University* KhonKaen University International College CHINA King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Purdue University* Ladkrabang* Reed College Les Roches Jin Jiang International Mahidol University* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute* Hotel Management Mahidol University International College Rhode Island School of Design (MUIC) Rice University FRANCE Rangsit University Savannah College of Art and Design Silpakorn University St. Olaf College* Institute of Political Studies Paris Sirindhorn International Institute of Stanford University Technology, Thammasat University Suffolk University JAPAN Stamford International University–Bangkok Syracuse University Doshisha University Campus The George Washington University Hokkaido University SrinakharinWirot University* Trinidad State Junior College Kwansei Gakuin University Thammasat University* Trinity University Nagoya University Twinning Engineering Programmes and Tulane University Rikkyo University Thammasat English Programme of University of Arizona Ritsumeikan University* Engineering University of California, Berkeley* Sophia University University of California, Davis Tokyo International University UNITED KINGDOM University of California, San Diego* University of California, Santa Barbara Waseda University* Queen Mary University of London* University of California, Santa Cruz KOREA University of Bristol University of Chicago* University College London* University of Colorado Boulder* Sungkyunkwan University University of Birmingham University of Connecticut Yonsei University University of Edinburgh University of Illinois at Chicago University of St. Andrews University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign* NETHERLANDS The University of Nottingham University of Maryland, College Park University of Michigan Erasmus University Rotterdam* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA University of Oregon Leiden University* University of Pennsylvania Technical University (TU) Delft Agnes Scott College Babson College University of San Francisco Universiteit van Amsterdam University of Southern California* University of Applied Sciences Leiden Bentley University Boston College University of St. Thomas University College Utrecht University of Texas, Austin Boston University NEW ZEALAND Brigham Young University, Idaho University of Washington* California State University, Los Angeles* University of Wisconsin, Madison Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand Carnegie Mellon University* Vanderbilt University University of Canterbury Chapman University Washington University in St. Louis Cornell University* Wesleyan University Yale University*