THE COMMUNITY CURRICULUM, SCHEDULING, AND COURSE LEVELS

The Town of North Reading is a residential suburb located The North Reading High School educational program affords sixteen miles north of Boston. The town lies entirely within the students the opportunity to select courses from English, watershed of the Ipswich River and is situated between two Mathematics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Social major highways, Route 93 and Route 95. There are Studies, World Languages, Digital Learning, approximately 15,000 residents in the town. The residents of Entrepreneurship, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, and Physical North Reading have long demonstrated a commitment to Education and Health. All students are required to enroll in providing students with a high quality education. eight, one credit courses. All courses are full-year courses. The school operates on a block schedule. Students attend four NORTH READING HIGH SCHOOL courses per day for a period of seventy-eight minutes each. North Reading High School is a four-year, comprehensive Courses meet on an every other day basis. public high school serving approximately 745 students in Courses are leveled as follows (highest to lowest): grades 9 through 12. North Reading High School is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Advanced Placement – Labeled as “AP” on transcript. Colleges. English: English Language and Composition and

English Literature and Composition POSTSECONDARY PLANS - CLASS OF 2019

Four-Year College 83% Two-Year College 6.0% Mathematics: Calculus AB, Calculus BC, College Prep School 0.5% Career Education 1.0% Computer Science A, and Statistics

Military 0.5% Employment 9.0% Science: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental

Science, and Physics C STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS

The data listed below was taken from the SAT Cohort Annual Social Studies: Psychology, U.S. Government and Report. The middle fifty percent ranges and mean scores are Politics, U.S. History, and World History reported. Approximately 91% of the Class of 2018 and the Foreign Language: Spanish Language

Class of 2019 took the SAT. Honors — Labeled as “H” on transcript. Section Class of 2019 Class of 2018 English: English 9 & 10, American Lit., British Lit., Evidence-Based Reading Contemporary Dramatic Lit., Modern 510-640 (579) 530-640 (584) & Writing World Lit., and Novel Writing

Mathematics 520-660 (588) 510-640 (576) Mathematics: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus The data listed below was taken from the annual ACT Profile Report. The middle fifty percent ranges and mean scores are Science/Technology: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, reported. Approximately 36% of the Class of 2018 and 35% of Genetics and Bioethics, Biochemistry, and Comparative Anatomy & Physiology the Class of 2019 took the ACT. Section Class of 2019 Class of 2018 Social Studies: U.S. History I & II, World History II, and Civics and Government English 21-31 (24.9) 21-30 (25.4) Mathematics 23-28 (25.2) 20-29 (24.5) Foreign Language: Spanish II, III, IV & V and French II, III, IV & V Reading 21-31 (26.0) 22-31 (25.6) Academic (College Prep.) — Labeled as “A” on transcript. Science 22-27 (24.9) 22-28 (24.7) All courses are offered at the Academic Level with the Composite 23-28 (25.4) 22-29 (25.1) following exceptions: - Academic Support is leveled as Standard. In 2019, 72 students were recognized by the College Board as - Calculus is only offered at the Honors and AP Levels. A.P. Scholars, A.P. Scholars with Honor, A.P. Scholars with - Advanced Acting & Stagecraft, Biochemistry, French IV & Distinction or National A.P. Scholars for demonstrating college- V, Genetics and Bioethics, Novel Writing, and Spanish IV & level achievement through Advanced Placement courses and V are only offered at the Honors Level. exams. At a minimum, a student must earn a score of “three” or better on three A.P. exams to be recognized as an A.P. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Scholar. Twenty-eight credits, based on coursework completed in STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS grades 9-12, are required for graduation. Listed below are the

Academic Decathlon, Adventure Club, American Red Cross credit distributions required of all students for graduation:

Club, Art Club, Book Club, Chess Club, Chorus, Concert/ English 4 credits Marching Band, Dance Team, Debate Club, DECA, Eco-Team, Social Studies 4 credits Future Business Leaders of America, Gay Straight Alliance, In- Mathematics 4 credits teract Club, International Club, Literary Magazine, Masquers Science & Technology 4 credits Club, Mock Trial, Model United Nations, National Honor Soci- Foreign Language 2 credits ety, Noteorious, Photography Club, Regional Student Advisory Fine Arts & Committee, Samantha’s Harvest, Stage Band, Student Advisory Digital Learning/Entrepreneurship 3 credits* Council to the School Committee, Student Council, Student Physical Education/Health 2 credits Leadership Academy and Mentoring, Student Newspaper, Electives 5 credits Students Against Destructive Decisions, Students to End Alzheimer’s Disease, Ultimate Frisbee Team, World of Sciences, *Students must complete at least one credit in each of these subject areas. The third credit may be from either subject area. Yearbook

ATHLETICS (Cape Ann League) COMMUNITY SERVICE

Fall — Cheerleading, Cross-Country, , Community service comprises a part of the curricula for the Football, Golf, Soccer, required social studies courses for juniors (World History II)

Winter — Basketball, Cheerleading, Gymnastics, , and seniors (American Civics and Government). Students en- Indoor Track, Skiing, Swimming, Wrestling rolled in these courses are required to complete twenty-four

Spring — Baseball, Lacrosse, Outdoor Track, Softball, Tennis hours of community service.

North Reading High School 189 Park Street North Reading, 01864 Tel.: 978-664-7800 Fax: 978-664-7826

Jon C. Bernard Superintendent Anthony J. Loprete Joseph W. Hehn Principal Assistant Principal School Profile Guidance Staff 2019-2020 Michael Rosa, Coordinator of School Counseling Ashley Attura, Counselor CEEB/ACT School Code: 221662 John Giuliotti, Counselor Ann Tiberii, Counselor

MARKING SYSTEM Class Rank and Weighted Grade Point Average (WGPA) Unweighted Grade Point Average (GPA) Courses are weighted when computing the class rank and the All classes except Band and Stage Band are used to calculate a WGPA. All courses except Band and Stage Band are used in student’s unweighted GPA. No weight is given for course levels. computing the class rank and WGPA. The only course The unweighted GPA is calculated based on the following weighted as Standard is Academic Support. Class Rank is values: determined using the WGPA for each member of the Course Grades GPA Scale Course Grades GPA Scale graduating class and is reported using the following groupings: top 2%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 100-93 (A) 4.00 76-73 (C) 2.00 3rd quartile, and 4th quartile. The weighted GPA is 92-90 (A-) 3.67 72-70 (C-) 1.67 calculated based on the following values: 89-87 (B+) 3.33 69-67 (D+) 1.33 Course Advanced 86-83 (B) 3.00 66-63 (D) 1.00 Grades Placement Honors Academic Standard 82-80 (B-) 2.67 62-60 (D-) 0.67 100-93 (A) 8.00 6.68 5.32 4.00 79-77 (C+) 2.33 59-0 (F) 0.00 92-90 (A-) 7.34 6.13 4.88 3.67

89-87 (B+) 6.66 5.56 4.43 3.33 Weighted Grade Point Average (WGPA) Distribution (Class of 2020) Based on Weighted Grade Point Averages through Junior Year 86-83 (B) 6.00 5.01 3.99 3.00 40

82-80 (B-) 5.34 4.46 3.55 2.67 35 # of Students 30 79-77 (C+) 4.66 3.89 3.10 2.33 25 76-73 (C) 4.00 3.34 2.66 2.00 20

72-70 (C-) 3.34 2.79 2.22 1.67 15

69-67 (D+) 2.66 2.22 1.77 1.33 10

5 66-63 (D) 2.00 1.67 1.33 1.00 0 62-60 (D-) 1.34 1.12 0.89 0.67 6.5-6.67 6.0-6.4 5.5-5.9 5.0-5.4 4.5-4.9 4.0-4.4 3.5-3.9 3.0-3.4 2.5-2.9 2.0-2.4 Weighted GPA's 59-0 (F) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

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