HIGH 2020/21 SCHOOL

MISSION CORE We’re determined to be a community that VALUES changes the world for the better.

Here it’s all about what you can do rather than what you can’t; where Put the same into life every student, at any level of ability, from any culture, is happy and as you put into school. excited because they can choose how they want to learn, not just what they want to learn. It’s a school where asking the right questions is more important than memorizing the right answers; where you Work together. Because make friendships that last a lifetime; and develop life skills that send without us all, we’re nothing. you out into the world with enough self-belief to change it for the better. Step forward and make The American School of Warsaw is a college-preparatory, Pre-K through things happen. Don’t wait. grade 12, independent, not-for-profit international community school. ASW offers an American High School Diploma that is further enriched by the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Founded in 1953, ASW has been a leader in international education for more than 60 years, Make the whole world providing a rigorous, supportive, and welcoming environment to all your classroom. of our 949 students.

Bounce back when things don’t go your way.

Bielawa, ul. Warszawska 202, 05-520 Konstancin Jeziorna, Poland CONTACT (+48) 22 702 85 00, (+48) 22 702 85 99

Jon Zurfluh | Director Counselors Counseling Office Michael Sheehan | Upper School Principal Rebecca Pohl Maria Milewska Laura Berntson | HS Vice Principal [email protected] Counseling Assistant Patricia Deo | IBDP Coordinator Gina Cuthbert [email protected] Elizabeth Swanson | MYP Coordinator [email protected] +48 22 702 8514

CEEB code 783940 IB code 000721 ACCREDITATION ASW

ASW is located in Warsaw, the historic and modern STUDENT TO capital of Poland. Poland provides a rich backdrop TEACHER for education. A center for science, technology, and RATIO (HS) business, Poland has one of the strongest economies in Europe. With a strong national appreciation for the arts, Warsaw supports a professional Opera, Ballet, 7:1 and National Symphony as well as a National Gallery of Number of Number of Number of Art and a Modern Art Museum, all of which enrich our HS Students Seniors (Class Nationalities of 2021) represented in HS community and our classrooms.

ASW is located on a 10 hectare campus just south of the Warsaw city limits. There are 101 classrooms, 7 science labs, a Design and Technology Center, 5 music rooms, 328 5 art rooms, a library, 3 gymnasiums, a full-service 90 44 cafeteria, a professional theater, and a 25-meter indoor swimming pool. There are also multiple playgrounds, a floodlit running track, soccer fields, 2 softball fields,

outdoor tennis courts, and multipurpose sports court. American, Polish, South Korean, German, Turkish, Portuguese, Canadian, Our most recent construction, the Annex Building, which Vietnamese, Chinese, Italian, British, Dutch, Israeli, Ukrainian, Spanish, French, houses arts and athletics is LEED - certified, and along Czech, Irish, Indian, Finnish, Australian, Swedish, Slovene, Filipino, Slovak, Russian, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Danish, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Herzegovinian, Austrian, Thai, with active gardens and other projects, is part of our Swiss, Sudanese, Romanian, Mozambican, Japanese, Hungarian, Greek, Estonian ongoing goals surrounding sustainability. Egyptian, Costa Rican, Belarusian

STUDENT NATIONALITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL THE HIGH SCHOOL 2020/2021 FACULTY American Polish Korean NUMBER OF HS 23% 20% 10% 47 FACULTY MEMBERS 3% Portuguese 3% German 3% Canadian BREAKDOWN OF FACULTY NATIONALITIES

53% American 9% EU/UK ACADEMIC PROGRAM ASW offers a college-preparatory American curriculum in New 15% Canada 6% addition to the International Baccalaureate Programme. Elective Zealand offerings include visual arts, theater, music, design, and 17% Poland programming, as well as a wide array of mother tongue and language acquisition offerings. In addition, support is provided through Grade 10 for English as an Additional Language. FACULTY ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

August 1:1 - June 7% Laptop Learning 4-Day School Calendar Bachelor’s Degree 23% Master’s Degree Environment Cycle August - June PhD / Doctoral Grade 9 and 10, 9 classes (70’) 70% Grade 11 and 12, 8 classes (85’) INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

The IB Diploma requires successful completion of 6 two-year- IB GRADE DISTRIBUTION long academic subjects from prescribed areas, a course in FOR THE CLASS OF 2020 Theory of Knowledge, an independently researched Extended Essay of 4000 words, as well as documented experiences in ASW allows open enrollment in all IB courses. Students the areas of Creativity, Activity, and Service. enrolled in an IB class are required to complete all IB course requirements. IB DATA FOR THE 87% IB Diploma CLASS OF 2020 Candidates 13% 16% 22% 16% 10% 91% Pass Rate and Society Individuals Group 3: Group 2: B Languages Group 2: Group 1: A Languages 15% 26% Mathematics Group 5: 26% 44 Highest Score Sciences Group 4:

46% Arts Group 6: Average Score 35 23% 40+ points 48% 28% 15.5% 40% 63% SAT DATA FOR THE CLASS OF 2020 31% 37% 19% The SAT and ACT were not offered in Spring 2020, 18% 21% which was the recommended sitting for the Class of 6% 9% 13% 15% 3% 2020. Therefore, we are unable to report data for this 2% 6% 2% 1% class. 2% 7 6 5 4 3 2

EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM

ASW Students are able to participate in a wide variety of athletic, cultural and service-oriented activities. ASW is a full member of regional sport and cultural associations including the Central Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA) as well as the Sports Council of International Schools (SCIS). The three seasons of sports include varsity and junior varsity teams for soccer, volleyball, basketball, swimming, softball, tennis, track & field, and cross country. Students may also participate in many other activities, including jazz band, speech & debate, outdoor clubs, environmental clubs, Model United Nations, math team, and student government.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

English 4 Social Studies 3 Creative Arts 1 A minimum of 23 Math 3 Foreign Language 3 Electives 4 credits is required for graduation. Science 3 Physical Education 2

COURSE OFFERINGS 2020/2021

English Introduction to Theater Mathematics IB Biology SL/HL English Language & Literature 9 Advanced Theater Math 9 IB Chemistry SL/HL English Language & Literature 10 Theater Stagecraft Math 9 Extended IB Computer Science SL/HL IB A1 English Language & Literature SL/HL IB Theater Arts SL/HL Math 10 IB Physics SL/HL IB A1 English Literature SL/HL Math 10 Extended Foreign Languages IB Mathematics: Analysis Social Studies Design German Phase 1- 3 and Approaches SL/HL Individuals & Societies 9 Introduction to Programming Polish Phase 1- 4 IB Mathematics: Applications and Individuals & Societies 10 Advanced Programming Spanish Phase 1- 4 Interpretations SL/HL IB Economics SL/HL Design Technology IB German ab initio, SL/HL Math Skills IB History SL/HL Robotics IB Spanish ab initio, SL/HL IB Psychology SL/HL French Phase 2-4 Physical & Health Education IB Business Management SL/HL Fine & Performing Arts Physical & Health Education 9 IB Environmental Systems and Art Foundations 1 & 2 Languages for Native Speakers Physical & Health Education 10 Societies SL Classic & Digital Photography Native German 1 & 2 IB Visual Arts SL/HL Native Polish 1 & 2 Science Non-Departmental Courses Creating Pop & Rock Music IB A1 German SL/HL Science 9 English for Academic Purposes Choir IB A1 Polish SL/HL Science 10 Independent Study Guitar IB A1 Swedish SL/HL IB Environmental Systems and Learning Support Wind Ensemble IB Self Taught Languages SL Societies SL Study Skills IB Theory of Knowledge Yearbook UNIVERSITY ADMITTANCES FOR THE CLASSES OF 2017 - 2020

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Korea Advanced Institute of Science & University of West London Reed College Trent University Technology University of Westminster Rhode Island School of Design University of Alberta Korea University York University Rochester Institute of Technology University of British Columbia Seoul National University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers University of Calgary Soonchunhyang University – College of United States of America University - New Brunswick University of Guelph Medicine Adelphi University Saint Louis University University of Saskatchewan Sungkyunkwan University Albion College Savannah College of Art and Design School University of Toronto Yonsei University American University of the Art Institute of Chicago School of University of Waterloo Babson College Visual Arts York University Turkey Barnard College St. Lawrence University Koc University Bentley University Suffolk University Cyprus Sabanci Universitesi Berklee College of Music Syracuse University University of Nicosia Biola University Texas Christian University United Arab Emirates Boston College The Evergreen State College Denmark New York University (NYU Abu Dhabi) Boston University The New School Copenhagen School of Design & Technology Brandeis University The New School United Kingdom Brigham Young University, Provo The Ohio State University France Abertay University Brigham Young University, Idaho Trinity University Ecole Polytechnique Aston University Brown University Tufts University Ecole Supérieure d’art et de design Marseille BIMM Music School, London Bryn Mawr College Union College Méditerranée BIMM Music School, Manchester California College of the Arts, San University of California, Berkeley ESSEC Business School Birkbeck, University of London Francisco University of California, Davis Fountainbleu School of Acting Birmingham City University California Institute of Technology University of California, Irvine Parsons Paris Bournemouth University California Polytechnic State University, University of California, Los Angeles Sciences Po Bristol Old Vic Theatre School San Luis Obispo University of California, San Diego The American University of Paris Brunel University London California State Polytechnic University- University of California, Santa Barbara Toulouse Business School Cardiff Metropolitan University Pomona University of California, Santa Cruz Cardiff Metropolitan University Calvin College University of Chicago Germany Cass Business School, London Case Western Reserve University Central University of Cincinnati Berlin University of Applied Sciences City University of London College University of Colorado at Boulder Carl Benz School of Engineering Coventry University Champlain College University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Jacobs University Durham University Chapman University University of Connecticut Edge Hotel School College of William & Mary University of Dayton Hong Kong Glasgow Caledonian University Colorado State University University of Delaware Chinese University of Hong Kong Goldsmiths, University of London Cornell University University of Iowa City University of Hong Kong Heriot-Watt University Creighton College University of La Verne Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hult International Business School, London Dartmouth College University of Maine Imperial College London DePaul University University of Massachusetts, Amherst Hungary Istituto Marangoni, London DePauw University University of Miami Szeged Medical University Keele University Drexel University University of Minnesota King’s College London Earlham College University of Nevada Italy Kingston University Elon University University of New Mexico Bocconi University Lancaster University Emerson University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Florence Design Academy Leeds Beckett University Emory University University of Notre Dame John Cabot University, Rome London South Bank University Fordham University University of Oregon Marist College - Lorenzo de Medici Institute Loughborough University Full Sail University University of Pennsylvania Newcastle University Georgia Institute of Technology University of Pittsburgh Lithuania Northumbria University Gettysburg College University of Rochester Baltic Aviation Academy Oxford Brookes University Goucher College University of San Diego Plymouth University Grinnell College University of San Francisco Netherlands Queen Mary University of London Richmond Hofstra University University of Southern California Eindhoven University of Technology The American International University in London Illinois Wesleyan University University of St. Thomas Erasmus University Rotterdam Royal Holloway, University of London Indiana University Bloomington University of Texas, Austin Fontys University of Applied Sciences Royal Veterinary College Ithaca College University of Utah Hotelschool The Hague School of Oriental and African Studies, James Madison University University of Vermont Leiden University University of London Lawrence University University of Virginia Maastricht University St George’s, University of London Lewis & Clark College University of Washington Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Swansea University Los Angeles City College Utah State University Royal Academy of Art, The Hague The London School of Economics and Political Loyola Marymount University Utah Valley University Technical University (TU) Delft Science Loyola University, Chicago Villanova University The Hague University of Applied Sciences University College, London Marist College Washington & Jefferson College Tilburg University University of Aberdeen Maryland Institute college of art Wheaton College University of Amsterdam University of Bath Massachusetts College of Art and Design William Woods University University of Groningen University of Birmingham McNeese State University Worcester Polytechnic Institute University of Twente University of Brighton Michigan State University Xavier University Utrecht University University of Bristol Minnesota State University, Moorhead Wageningen University University of Cambridge Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam University of Dundee CLASS OF 2020 MATRICULATION University of East Anglia Poland University of Edinburgh BY DESTINATION Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan University of Essex Jagiellonian University - Medicine Program University of Exeter GAP year Kozminski University University of Glasgow Medical University of Lodz University of Greenwich 17% Medical University of Warsaw University of Kent USA 29% Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts University of Law Other parts Warsaw University of Technology University of Leeds of Europe 2% University of Economics and Human Sciences University of Lincoln in Warsaw University of Manchester Italy 1% University of Warsaw University of Nottingham Korea 6%

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