DAMIEN SCHOOL PROFILE High School 2020-2021

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION THE SCHOOL Damien is a Roman Catholic, all-male, Archdiocesan high school, founded in 1959 Joseph Siegmund, Ph.D. President and staffed since its inception by lay teachers and members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Damien’s student body is comprised of Mike Castillo, Ed.D. students drawn from over 80 parochial, independent, and public junior high and Principal grammar schools in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange counties. Mr. Jeff Coray Vice Principal / Director of Counseling PHILOSOPHY Inspired by St. Damien of Moloka’i, a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Ms. Angela Curry Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Damien High School, an all-boys Catholic school, Dean of Curriculum develops men of Service, Scholarship, and Faith, prepared to engage in a global Mr. Chris Douglas society. Director of Faculty Development STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND DEMOGRAPHICS Mr. Eric McElrea Damien’s socially, economically, and ethnically diverse population represents 66% Director of Institutional Research Roman Catholic and 26% other Christian and non-Christian families. Mr. Rich Vasquez Dean of Students In the 2020-21 school year, demographics and enrollment are as follows:

Fr. Paul Zaccone, SS.CC. Demographics Enrollment Chaplain Hispanic/Latino 37 % 9th 214 Mr. Raymond Nolte White 26 % 10th 205 Director of Campus Ministry Multi-Racial 19 % 11th 177 Mr. Jeff Grant Asian/Pac. Island 8 % 12th 227 Athletic Director Filipino 6 % Total 823 African American 3 % Mrs. Carrie Birchler Decline to state 1 % Director of Outreach and Marketing

Mrs. Christina Provenzano Transfer Admissions / Enrollment Management FACULTY & CLASS SIZE Of the 59-member teaching faculty and professional staff, 59% hold Master’s Degrees, and 6% hold Doctoral Degrees. ACCREDITATION For 2020-21 the student-to-faculty ratio is 18.5 to 1, the average class size is 23.2. Damien is fully accredited by the Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). FINANCIAL AID Damien is committed to a strong need-based financial aid program. In 2020– DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL 21, approximately $625,000 of institutional and third-party financial assistance 2280 Damien Avenue has been granted to 27% of the student body. As a result of the circumstances La Verne, CA 91750 created by the COVID-19 pandemic, this amount represents a nearly 15% increase 909-596-1946 • FAX: 909-596-1946 over 2019–20. Approximately $120,000 in merit-based aid plus tuition discounts www. damien-hs.edu CEEB Code: 052502 (for multiple-student and sister-school enrollment) have been awarded to 25% of the student body in 2020–21. ADVANCED CURRICULUM TEST RESULTS For the 2020–2021 academic year, Damien HS offers CEEB Code: 052502 the following Honors, IB, A.P., and Post-A.P. courses: English 2020 A.P. Examinations (766 examinations, 305 students) Honors English I, Honors English II Exam Score 5 4 3 2 1 AP English Language AP English Literature Number of exams 101 160 210 190 105 IB Language & Literature HL Percent of total 13 21 27 25 14 Social Science Honors Speech: Introduction to Policy Debate A.P. Scholar Awards AP European History AP AP Scholar AP Scholar National AP AP US History Year Scholar With Honors With Distinction Scholar AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics 2020 59 21 33 3 AP US Government & Politics 2019 67 20 24 3 AP Psychology 2018 60 17 29 3 IB History of the Americas HL 2017 64 9 32 5 IB Theory of Knowledge 2016 57 20 37 10 IB Personal & Professional Skills

Science Class of 2020 SAT Reasoning Test: Superscores (85% of seniors tested) Honors Biology Honors Chemistry EBRW Math Composite Honors Physics Top 10 701 786 1487 AP Biology Top 10 % 694 769 1463 AP Chemistry Top 20 % 682 736 1418 AP Environmental Science Middle 50 % 530 - 640 525 - 680 1055 -1300 AP Physics C: Mechanics & Electricity & Magnetism Class Mean 579 598 1177 IB Environmental Systems & Societies SL

Mathematics Class of 2020 ACT Test: Superscores (20% of seniors tested) Honors Geometry Honors Algebra 2 w/ Trigonometry Composite English Math Reading Science Honors Precalculus Top 10% 33.5 AP Statistics Top 30% 31.6 AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC Middle 50 % 22 - 28 21 - 28 18 - 30 20 - 32 21 - 27 Differential Equations (Post-AP) Class Mean 25 24.6 25.2 25.6 24.8 IB Analysis & Approaches SL

Computer Science & Engineering Class of 2020 SAT Subject Tests: Superscores (Exams with > 10 results) AP Computer Science A AP Computer Science Principles Section Middle 50% Mean Students Tested Beginning Data Structures & Algorithms (Post-AP) U.S. History 560 – 680 623 11 Digital Electronics Honors Math Level II 600 – 750 690 24 Engineering Design & Development Honors Physics 590 – 710 667 12 Principles of Engineering Honors

Fine Arts AP Studio Art: 2D, Drawing, 3D PSAT/NMSQT Recognitions IB Visual Arts HL, IB Visual Arts SL National Merit National Merit National IB Film HL, IB Film SL Semi-Finalists Commended Hispanic IB Theatre SL Class of and Finalists Students Scholars World Languages 2021 1 2 8 AP Lang. & Culture: Spanish, German, French 2020 0 2 2 IB Spanish SL 2019 0 4 2 IB German SL 2018 0 3 6 IB French SL 2017 1 3 4 GPA AND CLASS RANK GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

GPA INFORMATION Damien’s graduation requirements fulfill the subject GPAs are computed twice per year, at the end of each requirements of both the University of and semester, on a four-point (4.0) scale, based upon California State University. In the spirit of St. Damien academic work only. Semester grades do NOT include de Veuster, SS. CC., students are required to perform +/- indications. Transcripts print the weighted, 9 – 12 community service in order to graduate. The academic GPA. Excluded from the GPA are the following courses: Graduation Requirements for the Class of 2021 (unless otherwise individually modified for transfer and Physical Education, Athletics, Teacher’s Aide. international students) are as follows: The grade points assigned to academic classes for the purposes of computing the GPA are as follows: Theology 40 units College preparatory courses: A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, F = 0 Mathematics 40 units Honors courses: A = 4.5, B = 3.5, C = 2.5, D = 1, F = 0 Social Science 35 units AP, Post-AP, and IB courses: A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 1, F = 0 English 40 units Science 30 units The following classes also receive AP/IB GPA weighting: World Languages 20 units • Advanced Debate 11 – 12 (3rd & 4th year students only) Visual/Performing Arts 10 units • 3rd-year students in Advanced Journalism PE/Athletics 10 units • 3rd-year students in Yearbook Health 5 units • 3rd & 4th-year students in Jazz Band Electives 30 units • 2nd - 4th-year students in PLTW (Engineering) Total • Honors Precalculus 260 units • Honors Physics Composite English Math Reading Science The following classes also receive Honors GPA ATHLETICS & Top 10% 33.5 weighting: Top 30% 31.6 EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Middle 50 % 22 - 28 21 - 28 18 - 30 20 - 32 21 - 27 • Introduction to Design (PLTW) Class Mean 25 24.6 25.2 25.6 24.8 ATHLETICS (Most sports have 2-3 levels) th RANK INFORMATION – Class of 2021 at 6 Semester End • Football • Swimming & Diving Damien ranks students by decile ONLY. The weighted • Cross Country • Baseball GPA distribution for the Class of 2021 at the end of the • Water Polo • Golf junior year (6th semester) is given below. For international • Wrestling • Lacrosse students, GPAs reflect only work completed at Damien; • Soccer • Tennis work completed outside the U.S. is listed on transcripts, • Basketball • Track & Field but international grades and credits are not translated • Mountain Biking • Ice Hockey • Volleyball • Roller Hockey into Damien equivalents.

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, GPA deciles (number of students in each range): NOTABLE CLUBS & LEADERSHIP

4.42 – 4.58 (26) 3.47 – 3.64 (22) • Debate • Spartan Ambassadors 4.20 – 4.37 (19) 3.28 – 3.46 (22) • Drumline • Chess Club 4.03 – 4.19 (24) 2.93 – 3.26 (23) • Marching Band • Drama Club 3.88 – 4.02 (21) 2.66 – 2.91 (23) 3.65 – 3.86 (24) 1.59 – 2.64 (23) • Robotics Teams • Gaming Club Mean GPA = 3.58 • Sports Medicine Club • Hiking Club • Student Gov’t. (ASB) • Math Club • Link Crew • Road Biking Club COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES

Approximately 75 - 80% of Damien graduates attend 4-year colleges, while approximately 18 - 23% of graduates attend 2-year colleges. An aver- age of 25% of graduates matriculate at out-of-state colleges. Since 2017, three (3) or more Damien graduates have been admitted to each of the following schools. (In the listing below, the names in bold represent schools at which graduates matriculated.)

Since 2017, graduates have also been admitted to, and matriculated at: Art Center, Brandeis, Cal Arts, Creighton, Holy Cross, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Fisk, George Fox, George Washington, Harvey Mudd, Michigan, Pitzer, Pomona, Princeton, Rose-Hulman, SCAD, Stanford, Swarthmore, Tufts, Chicago, Steubenville, Wake Forest, William & Mary, Whitman, Willamette, & Yale

Arizona State University-Tempe Indiana University-Bloomington The University of Arizona Azusa Pacific University Irvine Valley College Air Force Academy Baylor University Johns Hopkins University United States Naval Academy Binghamton University La Sierra University University at Albany, SUNY Biola University Louisiana State University University at Buffalo,State Univ. of New York Boise State University Loyola Marymount University University of California, Merced Boston College Loyola University Chicago University of California, San Diego Boston University Marymount California University University of California-Berkeley Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and University of California-Davis Cal Poly, Pomona Health Sciences (MCPHS) University of California-Irvine California Baptist University Michigan State University University of California-Los Angeles California Lutheran University Montana State University University of California-Riverside California State University-Bakersfield Mt. San Antonio College University of California-Santa Barbara California State University-Channel Islands New York University University of California-Santa Cruz California State University-Chico Northeastern University University of Colorado Boulder California State University-Dominguez Hills Northern Arizona University University of Colorado Colorado Springs California State University-East Bay Northwestern University University of Connecticut California State University-Fresno Occidental College University of Denver California State University-Fullerton Ohio State University-Main Campus University of Hawaii at Manoa California State University-Long Beach Oregon State University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign California State University-Los Angeles Pacific University University of Iowa California State University-Maritime Academy Pasadena City College California State University-Monterey Bay Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University of Massachusetts-Amherst California State University-Northridge Pepperdine University University of Massachusetts-Lowell California State University-Sacramento Point Loma Nazarene University University of Miami California State University-San Bernardino Portland State University University of Minnesota-Twin Cities California State University-San Marcos Purdue University-Main Campus University of Nevada-Las Vegas Case Western Reserve University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of New England Chaffey College Rochester Institute of Technology University of New Mexico-Main Campus Chapman University Rutgers University-Camden University of Notre Dame Citrus College Rutgers University-New Brunswick University of Oregon Claremont McKenna College Saint Mary’s College of California University of Portland Clark University San Bernardino Valley College University of Puget Sound Coconino Community College San Diego State University University of Redlands Colorado Mesa University State University University of Rochester Colorado State University-Fort Collins San Jose State University University of San Diego Concordia University-Irvine Santa Clara University University of San Francisco Dixie State University Santa Monica College University of Southern California Drexel University Seattle University University of the Pacific Embry-Riddle Aeronautical - Daytona Beach Seton Hall University University of Utah Embry-Riddle Aeronautical - Prescott Sierra Nevada College University of Washington, Seattle Emory University Sonoma State University University of Wisconsin-Madison Fordham University Southern Methodist University Vanguard University of Southern California Fullerton College St. John’s University Villanova University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Stevens Institute of Technology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Gonzaga University Stonehill College Washington State University Grand Canyon University-Traditional Campus Stony Brook University, State Univ. of New York Washington University in St Louis Hofstra University Syracuse University Whittier College Holy Names University Texas A & M University-College Station Worcester Polytechnic Institute Humboldt State University Texas Christian University