522 W 44th Street , NY 10036 Tel: 646.304.5122 CEEB Code: 333438

Principal: Ruth Lacey, [email protected] School Website: ​www.beaconschool.org ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Director of College Counseling: Deborah Heller, [email protected] College Counselor: Dara Kornblatt, [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ College Counselor: Lindsay Peyton, [email protected] College Counselor: Maylin Fernandez, [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

THE SCHOOL THE CURRICULUM The Beacon School is a highly selective public high school in New Beacon offers an all-honors curriculum. Four AP courses are offered York City. The school offers a rigorous and dynamic inquiry-based at Beacon. Advanced coursework in English and History is designed college-preparatory program which exceeds New York State to be as rigorous as our AP courses. Due to scheduling and budget ​ Regents standards and fosters educational excellence in the constraints, the majority of our qualified students are unable to enroll ​ ​ Humanities, Sciences and Arts. Beacon’s distinct curriculum focuses in AP. Most students are limited to taking one AP course senior year. on critical thinking skills, analytical writing, collaborative Qualified students can also choose from several undergraduate problem-solving and civil discourse, encouraging students to courses offered at partnering CUNY schools. ​ become active, global citizens. Admission is extremely competitive; ​ Beacon accepts less than 10% of students who apply. MOST DEMANDING COURSES English: All 11/12 courses are AP equivalent and may appear on the ​ ​ THE CLASS OF 2020 transcript as English 11/English 12 or as the full name of the course. The Class of 2020 is a cohort of 362 students. Beacon attracts a History: All 11/12 courses are AP equivalent and will appear on ​ ​ diverse, high-achieving student body (1,550 students), with its transcript as History in 11th and the full name in senior year. small-college atmosphere, the strength of its core academic Science: Immunology, AP Biology, AP Physics, Physics ​ curriculum and rich arts programs. Approximately 50% identify as Mathematics: Pre-Calculus, Calculus, AP Calculus, ​ Caucasian, 19% as Hispanic, 14% as African-American, 9% as Microeconomics, Statitstics, Architecture Asian and 8% as Multiracial or Other. Foreign Language: Spanish Level 4, French 4, AP Spanish ​ Advanced Electives: Advanced Digital Film, Advanced Photo, HIGHER EDUCATION ​ Advanced Theater Arts, Studio Art Honors, Advanced Art, Advanced 97% of our 2019 graduates are pursuing higher education. 95% went ​ ​ ​ ​ Dance/Dance Company on to 4-year schools. 2% went on to 2-year schools.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS GRADING SCALE & TRANSCRIPT A Beacon diploma is equivalent to a New York State Regents Beacon operates on a semester-based grading system using letter Diploma. Students complete 44 courses including: grades and does not weight, rank or calculate GPA. The DOE ​ ​ ​ mandates specific point values be assigned to each letter grade seen 8 English 4 Physical Education 8 Social Studies 1 Health below: 6 Mathematics 2 Arts A+ 100 A 97 A- 93 B+ 90 B 87 B- 83 6 Lab Science 7 Electives C+ 80 C 77 C- 73 D+ 70 D 67 NC 0-66 2 Foreign Language Top 5th percentile 96 Average Academic Advisory - Meets for 45 minutes each week. Top 10th percentile 94 Average ​ Community Service – Sophomores must complete 50 hours, 75 Top 25th percentile 93 Average ​ Top 50th percentile 90 Average hours for honors credit. Top 75th percentile 86 Average English Regents Exam - Must receive a 65 or higher. ​ TESTING PROFILE - CLASS of 2019 265 of 333 Students took the SAT PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS 155 of 333 Students took the ACT Assessments at Beacon incorporate intensive research, written examinations, critical analysis and essays. Students present their Average SAT Reading & Writing Score: 634 research at the end of each semester in each class to a faculty Average SAT Math Score: 614 member or committee. Beacon does not “teach to the test.” Average ACT Score: 27

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM ● Beacon Drama Art and Theatre (BDAT) is an intensive ​ The backbone of Beacon is its thriving extracurricular activities and innovative program with professional-level training. Our community service organizations. The school is well-known for students are invited to top-ranked conservatories and many having some of the most groundbreaking fine and performing arts pursue careers in the performing arts. programs in NYC, as well as award-winning academic clubs, ● Beacon Dance Program: Culturally diverse, multi-level ​ athletic teams and student publications. program with professional training in various styles including Hip Hop/Street Dance. In Advanced Dance Company students ● Athletics: 22 sports teams, several current NYC champions. travel and perform in various cities and implement community ​ Many of our students are recruited for NCAA programs. outreach to younger students across the city. Student’s ● Beacon Music: 20+ student bands from Rock, Pop and choreographed work reflect historical content and cultural ​ Hip-Hop to Jazz and Classical. Professional musicians mentor experiences. students using professional recording studios and equipment. ● Academic & Community Service: Beacon’s Model U.N. is ​ ● Visual Arts: Various clubs in Studio, Film, Photography and perennially one of the top teams in the country. Other ​ Digital Arts. Student work is often displayed at museums and student-led clubs include: Debate, Student Leadership Team, Big ​ ​ featured in film festivals. Sibs, , Math Club and Architecture Club. ● Writing & Storytelling: Award-winning publications Beacon ● Travel Program: Faculty-led educational trips to locations such ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Ink, Beacon Beat and Moth innovative storytelling. as Ecuador, Peru, Thailand, Costa Rica, Iceland, Thailand, India, Brazil, etc.

4-YEAR COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES AND ENROLLMENT FROM 2017-2019 INCLUDE:

Adelphi University Dominican College* Mt. Holyoke College U.S. Naval Academy Paris College of Art Allegheny College Drew University* Muhlenberg College* University of Arizona Richmond American U American University* Drexel University* New England Conservatory UC Berkeley London* Amherst College Duke University * * UC Davis Royal Welsh College Arizona State University* Elon University* * UCLA* of Music and Drama Babson College* Embry Riddle Northeastern University* UC San Diego Trinity College Dublin Bard College* Emerson College Northwestern University* UC Santa Cruz U. of Amsterdam Barnard College Emory University Oberlin College* University of Chicago U. British Columbia* Bates College* Fordham University* Occidental College* UC Boulder University College Dublin Beloit College* Franklin & Marshall College Ohio State University* University of Central Florida* U. of Derby Bennington College* Georgetown University * University of Delaware* U. Edinburgh Bentley University George Washington University* Pennsylvania State U* University of Florida* U. of Puerto Rico* Berklee College of Music Georgia Institute of Technology Pitzer College* University of Georgia U. St. Andrews* Boston College Goucher College* Pratt Institute* UMass Amherst* U. Vienna Boston University* Grinnell College* Princeton University UMaryland College Park* CUNY Bowdoin College Hamilton College Pomona College* University of Miami Baruch College* Brandeis University* Hampshire College Reed College* University of Michigan* College Brown University* Hampton University Rensselaer Polytech. Institute University of New Hampshire City College* Bryn Mawr College* Harvard University Rhode Island College UNC Chapel Hill College of Staten Island* Bucknell University Haverford College Rhode Island School of Design University of Pennsylvania * Carleton College* Hobart and William Smith Rochester Institute of Tech University of Pittsburgh John Jay College* Carnegie Mellon U* Hofstra University* Rutgers U University of Puget Sound Lehman College* Case Western Reserve Howard University* Sarah Lawrence College University of Rhode Island* Macaulay Honors* Chapman University* Indiana University* Savannah College Art & Design University of Richmond Tech* Claremont McKenna College* Iona College* Art Institute of Chicago University of Rochester Queens College* Clark University* Ithaca College* School of Visual Arts U Southern California Sophie Davis Clarkson University* Johnson and Wales U* Scripps College University of Washington SUNY Colby College* Johns Hopkins University* Skidmore College* UWisconsin Madison* Albany* Colgate University* Juilliard Smith College* University of Vermont* Binghamton* College of the Atlantic* Kenyon College* Southern Methodist U* University of Virginia* Buffalo* College of Charleston Lafayette College* Spelman College Ursinus College* Cortland* College of the Holy Cross Lawrence University* St. Francis College* Vanderbilt University* Environmental Science College of St. Rose* Lehigh University* St. John's University Vassar College* and Forestry * College of William and Mary Lewis & Clark College St. Lawrence University Villanova University* FIT* Colorado College Long Island University Stanford University* Wake Forest University Fredonia* * Loyola Marymount U Stevens Inst. of Technology* Washington U. in St. Louis* Geneseo Connecticut College Loyola U Chicago* Swarthmore College* Wellesley College* Maritime Cooper Union Macalester College* Syracuse University* Wesleyan University* New Paltz* Cornell University* Marist College* Temple University* Wheaton College* Oneonta Daemen College* Maryland Inst. College of Art* Trinity College Whitman College Oswego* Dartmouth College Marymount Tufts University* Williams College* Plattsburgh Davidson College Massachusetts College of Art Tulane University* International Universities Potsdam DePaul University MIT Union College American U of Paris Purchase* Denison University Middlebury College* U.S. Air Force Academy ESCP Europe Stony Brook* Dickinson College* McGill University* *Schools in which Class of 2019 is enrolled