Oaks Christian High School Profile

OAKS CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE

CEEB Code: 053746 MISSION STATEMENT

CLASS OF 2019 The mission of Oaks Christian School is “To dedicate ourselves

Robert Black to Christ in the pursuit of academic excellence, artistic expression, Head of School and athletic distinction, while growing in knowledge and wisdom Karen Coyle Principal through God’s abundant grace.” The school’s motto is “Preparing College Counseling Department: Minds for Leadership and Hearts for Service.” Jeff Morrow Director of College Counseling Our intention is for all of our students to become academic [email protected] 818.575.9257 achievers, effective communicators, compassionate citizens, and Amy Krueger spiritually-minded and involved individuals. Associate Director of College Counseling [email protected] 818.575.9266 Oaks Christian School is a nonprofit, private, co-educational Valerie Johnson College Counselor school serving grades 5-12, that opened its doors in the fall of [email protected] 818.575.9287 2000. Our first senior class graduated in June 2003. In the fall of Brittany Lindsey 2009, the school opened a new middle school campus adjacent College Counselor [email protected] to the high school campus. Fifth-grade was added in 2014. Oaks 818.575.9286 Christian School enrolls approximately 1,000 high school students, Michael Nation College Counselor and 300 students in grades 5-8. The school campus is located in a [email protected] beautiful, suburban community about 40 miles northwest of metro 818.575.9271 Curt Nichols Los Angeles in the city of Westlake Village. College Counselor [email protected] 818.575.9273 Oaks Christian School is accredited by the Southern Association Pam Allison of Independent Schools (SAIS) and the Western Association of College Counseling Assistant [email protected] Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school is also a member of 818.575.9251 the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). Oaks 31749 La Tienda Drive Christian School is also a member of the National Association Westlake Village, CA 91362 www.oakschristian.org of College Admission Counseling, and complies with the S 818.575.9900 NACAC tatement of Principles of Good Practice. 818.865.8957 fax FACULTY STUDENT GOVERNANCE

Oaks Christian School has attracted faculty from around the country. AND LEADERSHIP There is a 14:1 student-to-teacher ratio and 56 percent of our faculty mem- Oaks Christian School student leadership is composed of three branches: bers hold advanced degrees. Our highly qualified, dedicated, Christian 1. The Honor Board consists of appointed positions. These students are teachers act as mentors and role models to our students, inspiring them responsible for presiding over student judicial cases. Candidates must to the highest levels of purpose and achievement. Our teachers are often earn and maintain a 3.5 unweighted GPA. Once appointed and referred to as the living curriculum of Oaks Christian School. affirmed, candidates hold their positions for the duration of their Oaks Christian School career. 2. The Prefect Board consists of appointed positions and is led by THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT a Head Prefect. Candidates must earn and maintain at least a 3.0 unweighted GPA. The prefects serve as student representatives in The mission statement reflects the spirit of Oaks Christian School. several areas of the school’s functioning. Within a Christian context, we blend our highly acclaimed academic 3. Class Assembly consists of elected positions representing each program with an award-winning visual/performing arts division, and a of the four high school classes. Each class has a president, vice- nationally renowned athletic department. The Oaks Christian School president, and class representative. Students must earn and maintain facilities reflect the level of excellence sanctioned by the founders of our a 2.5 unweighted GPA. school and supported by our generous donors. In our vibrant, but rela- tively short 18-year history, we have graduated 16 classes as of June 2018. COMMUNITY SERVICE AND The main campus opened in 2000 with a 144,000 sq. ft. academic center INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS and a collegiate-style gym. In 2007, a $15 million, multi-purpose performing arts center opened. The 28,000 sq. ft. Bedrosian Pavilion houses Community service is at the very heart of Oaks Christian School, and three, basketball courts, a 500-seat theatre, a blackbox theatre, dance students are encouraged to serve and be involved in their community. All studios, orchestra and choir rooms, a broadcast studio, costume labs, students are required to pursue at least 15 hours of yearly community and set construction space. The school also has a Learning Center to en- service. The hope is for individuals to graduate from Oaks Christian sure academic success. The Online School offers hundreds of courses for School with a desire to give back, and to gain an understanding of their online only and main campus/online students. A new Residential Hall, responsibility in the global community. In an effort to do this, Oaks Christian School provides several international missions trips yearly. opening in 2019, will house both domestic and international students in a dorm-style community. In addition, an IDEA Lab (Innovation, Design, Highlights of student community service include: Engineering and Aeronautics) opens in fall 2018. This space will be home to the engineering curriculum, materials lab, advanced physics, Freshmen Service Day Teen Foster Holiday Parties Special Olympics Community Service Fair biotechnology and robotics. Mr. OCHS Charity Event Action Christmas Shoppe OC Justice Week Dressember The Arts — In addition to the performing arts center, Oaks Christian boasts a visual arts wing in the Price Academic Center that includes 2- and 3-dimensional art rooms, a kiln, a 20-station photography lab with Over 200 students spent one or more school vacations serving abroad in countries such as: darkroom, and a graphic design studio. Students regularly submit photos and artwork to regional and statewide competitions, resulting in awards, India Guatemala Mexico Romania Uganda Ukraine The Dominican Republic honors and noteworthy recognition. The theatre and dance departments produce several major events each year, including feature-length plays and musicals. Recent performances include Cinderella, Pippin, and The EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Sound of Music.

Athletics — Oaks Christian School has received national sports recogni- There are many clubs on campus, but a few do represent significant tion for both individual and team accomplishments. Approximately 66 influence and demand considerable student time. Students who are percent of high school students participate on JV and varsity teams. members of these organizations are typically devoting many hours to the group and its goals. These include, but are not limited to: Most high school teams compete in post-season regional and CIF championships. Oaks Christian School has earned 157 league titles, 46 Robotics Mock Trial Debate Team CIF titles, five California state titles and has produced five individual/ Special Olympics Science Fiction relay state champions, two Gatorade State Players of the Year, and one National Honor Society (peer tutoring and community service) Gatorade National Player of the Year. The high school hosts 24 different sports and 50 school teams. Students are recruited by colleges to play at Eco-Friendly Club (campus-wide recycling program) the NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA levels. Several graduates are cur- In addition, many students contribute meaningfully by way of their rently playing professionally in the NFL, MLB, MLS, women’s softball, involvement in sports, musical events, theatre, technical production, women’s soccer, and the Olympics. local community service, and international mission efforts. GRADING ENROLLMENT & ADMISSION

Oaks Christian School operates on a semester calendar with an A–F grading 5th–8th Grade 371 system. One extra point is given for honors and advanced 9th–12th Grade 938 placement grades at any grade level. 9th 213 A 4.0 th A– 3.7 10 265 B+ 3.3 11th 222 B 3.0 12th 238 B– 2.7 C+ 2.3 Oaks Christian School selects students on the basis of their C 2.0 academic record, ISEE test scores, personal interview, and C– 1.7 teacher and administrator recommendations. Oaks Christian School looks D+ 1.3 for students who desire to achieve in a demanding college preparatory D 1.0 environment, who are eager to participate in athletic and co-curricular D– 0.7 programs, and who will be active, involved members of the school commu- F 0 nity. All of our students are involved in the faith community of our school; however, not all of our students are of the Christian faith. Forty-one percent Oaks Christian School does not compute class rank for its students. of high school students receive financial aid.

GRADE DISTRIBUTION STANDARDIZED TESTING CLASS OF 2018 CLASS OF 2018 Cumulative Grade Point Averages, unweighted, including only Oaks Chris- SAT Middle 50%: 1170–1370 Mean: 1270 tian High School coursework, six semesters. ACT Middle 50%: 24–31 Mean: 27 GPA Range # of Students 4.00–3.80 38 3.79–3.60 39 3.59–3.40 38 3.39–3.20 41 3.19–3.00 35 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 2.99–2.80 16 It takes 25 credits to graduate, using a semester system. 2.79–2.60 20 Students are required to take seven classes per year in 9th and 10th grades and 2.59–2.00 14 at least six classes in 11th and 12th grades. Total 245 English 4 years Performing and Visual Arts 2 years AP COURSES History 3½ years In 2018, students took 815 AP exams across 30 subjects, of which 88% Bible 2½ years scored 3 or higher and the average passing score was 3.8 Mathematics 3 years Physical Education 4 semesters Art History Japanese Modern and Classical Languages 3 years Art Studio Macroeconomics Health 1 semester Biology Microeconomics Laboratory Science 3 years Calculus AB and BC Music Theory Technology 1 semester Chemistry European History Computer Science Psychology Chinese Physics 1 English Language Physics 2 English Literature Spanish Language and Culture Environmental Science Statistics European History U.S. Government French Language and Culture U.S. History German Language and Culture World History Human Geography

Students are restricted to three Honors or AP classes per year unless granted permission to take four by petition. Admission to AP and Honors classes requires departmental approval. COLLEGE ADMISSION

An impressive 96% of Oaks Christian School graduates receive All of the colleges on the list below have had at least one admission to colleges and universities: 97% attend college and student matriculate from Oaks Christian School during the past approximately 91% attend a four-year university. In addition, five years. The 264 graduates of the OCS Class of 2018 will be 80% will attend their first or second-choice school. Students attending 104 different colleges and universities in 33 states; from the classes of 2003-2018 have attended colleges in 48 28% of the class will be attending colleges and universities states and six countries. For a complete list of our college that are considered highly selective, and 10% will be attending a acceptances, see our website at www.oakschristian.org and Christian college. Schools in bold print indicate matriculation click on Academics>College Counseling>College Acceptances. from the Oaks Christian School Class of 2018.

Abilene Christian University Georgia Institute of Technology Regent’s University, London University of Denver American University Georgia State University Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute University of Georgia Arizona State University Gettysburg College Rice University University of Hartford Azusa Pacific University Gonzaga University Saint Mary’s College of California University of Hawaii at Manoa Babson College Grand Canyon University San Diego State University Univeristy of Idaho Bard College Hamilton College San Francisco State University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Baylor University Harvard University San Jose State University University of Kansas Belmont University Harvey Mudd College Santa Clara University University of Kentucky Berklee College of Music Haverford University Sarah Lawrence College University of of La Verne Binghamton University Hawaii Pacific University School of Art Institute of Chicago University of Maryland, College Park Biola University High Point University Seattle Pacific University University of Miami Boise State University Hillsdale College Seattle University University of Michigan Boston College Humboldt State University Seton Hall University Univesity of Minnesota, Twin Cities Boston Conservatory at Berklee Indiana University at Bloomington Sewanee: The University of the South University of Mississippi Boston University Iowa State University Skidmore College University of Nebraska at Lincoln Bowling Green State University Ithaca College Sonoma State University University of Nevada, Las Vegas Brown University Johns Hopkins University South Dakota School of Mines and Technology University of New Mexico Bryn Mawr College Kansas State University South Dakota State University University of Northern Colorado California Baptist University Lafayette College Southern Methodist University University of Notre Dame California Lutheran University Laguna College of Art and Design St. Edwards University University of Oregon Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Lehigh University Stanford University University of Pennsylvania Cal Poly, Pomona Lewis and Clark College Stony Brook University University of Pittsburgh Cal State, Channel Islands Liberty University Syracuse University University of Portland Cal State, Chico Lipscomb University Texas A&M University University of Puget Sound Cal State, Fresno Loyola Marymount University Texas Christian University University of Redlands Cal State, Fullerton Loyola University Chicago The American University of Paris University of San Diego Cal State, Long Beach Loyola University New Orleans The Julliard School University of San Francisco Cal State, Monterey Bay Lynn University The King’s College University of South Carolina Cal State, Northridge Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Master’s University University of Southern California Cal State, Sacramento Miami University, Oxford The New School University of Tennessee, Knoxville Cal State, San Marcos Michigan State University The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama University of the Pacific Carnegie Mellon University Middlebury College The University of Alabama University of Utah Case Western Reserve University Missouri Valley College The University of Arizona University of Victoria Chapman University Montana State University, Bozeman The University of Edinburgh University of Virginia City University of Hong Kong Morehouse College The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Washington Claremont McKenna College Mount Holyoke College The University of the Arts University of Wisconsin, Madison Colgate University Muhlenberg College Tufts University Vanderbilt University College of Charleston New York University Tulane University Villanova University College of the Holy Cross North Carolina State University United States Air Force Academy Wagner College Colorado School of Mines Northeastern University United States Coast Guard Academy Wake Forest University Colorado State University Northern Arizona University United States Naval Academy Washington State University Columbia College Chicago Northwestern University University College London Washington University, Saint Louis Columbia University Occidental College University of British Columbia West Virginia University Cornell University Ohio Wesleyan University University of California, Berkeley Western Washington University Dartmouth College Oregon State University University of California, Davis Westmont College Davidson College Pace University University of California, Irvine Wheaton College, IL Drexel University Palm Beach Atlantic University University of California, Los Angeles Whittier College Duke University Pennsylvania State University University of California, Merced Whitworth University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.-Prescott Pepperdine University University of California, San Diego Willamette University Emerson College Pitzer College University of California, Santa Barbara Winthrop University Fairfield University Point Loma Nazarene University University of California, Santa Cruz Wofford College Fordham University Pomona College University of Central Florida Worchester Polytechnic University Franklin University Switzerland Portland State University University of Chicago Xavier University George Fox University Princeton University University of Colorado at Boulder Yale University Georgetown University Purdue University University of Colorado at Colorado Springs