Newton North High School 2016-2017 School Profile “Learning sustains the human spirit.” 457 Walnut Street CEEB Code = 221-555 Guidance Office Phone: 617-559-6230 Newtonville, 02460 www.newton.k12.ma.us Guidance Office Fax: 617-559-6249

David Fleishman, Ed.D. What Makes Newton North Unique? Superintendent of Schools • Truly comprehensive high school Henry Turner, Ed.D. • Rigorous Honors and Advanced Placement courses Principal • Extensive and significant Career and Technical Education Department offers courses and cooperative learning experiences for the following Beth Swederskas 6230 career pathways: Automotive Technology, Business, Carpentry and Counseling Department Chair Construction Technology, Culinary Arts, Drafting, Early Education and Care, Graphics Communication, Design and Visual Communication, College Counselors 4 digits Technical Theater, Technology / Engineering and Greengineering Brendan Amedio 6348 • College and Career Center staffed by specialized college counselors Jillian Hall 6349 • Nationally ranked science, math and robotics teams Melissa Hanenberger 6347 • Innovation Lab of that functions as a student- School Counselors driven, faculty-supported design lab for collaborative, educational Nancy Decoteau 6275 research and development Jerry Etienne 6244 • Over 80 clubs and organizations including Model UN, improv and sketch Matthew Ford 6234 Comedy Groups, Ultimate Frisbee, and one of the first Gay/Straight Alli- Amanda Grippin 6235 ances in the country Belma Johnson 6232 • Impressive theater program provides study opportunities in acting, Michele Kennedy 6236 directing, costuming and technical theatre. Produces 12-15 shows Shani Leichter 6245 annually; including plays, musicals, a full-length Shakespeare Patrick Manning 6231 production and a Playwright’s Festival featuring original student works Christine Potter 6241 • Vast music department teaches theory, composition and improvisation. Thomas Sheehan 6242 Kyra Slawski 6233 Ten ensembles that perform 20-25 concerts annually both locally and Beth Swederskas 6230 internationally, winning statewide and national awards Jessica Volmer 6251 • Highly successful athletic program includes more than 30 varsity sports teams, including Division 1A 2013-2014 State Championships in Girl’s Alison Malkin 6237 Soccer and Boy’s Lacrosse Prevention/Intervention Counselor • National award-winning online newspaper and literary magazine Jenn Pontillo 6293 • Television studio where students learn all aspects of studio and field Clinical Care Counselor production • Numerous travel, exchange and service programs to destinations Lisa Reed 6416 including China, France, Spain, Prague, Central America and New Orleans METCO Counselor • Demonstrated success at narrowing the Achievement Gap • Special mentor program for our scholars of color, Dover Legacy Andrea Koenig 617-552-7451 Scholars, and first generation families EDCO Program for • Strong commitment to English Language Learner and Special Education the Deaf and Hard of Hearing programs Patricia Niro 6248 • Open campus policy for students in grades 10-12 Records Office 6257 Records Office Fax 6204 City of Newton Nancy Batt 6247 Newton, a suburb of Boston, is a small city with a population of approximately Registrar 86,000. Its population is heterogeneous with a large proportion of academic, busi- ness and professional families. The citizens of Newton strongly support the public Meghan Smith 6378 schools. Newton’s excellent educational system attracts families from all over the Data Center world. Our students come from many other states and more than 70 foreign coun- tries and speak more than 30 languages. Our diverse city is further enhanced by Phone: 617-559 - 4 digits listed above the METCO program, which brings students of color from Boston and the EDCO Email: [email protected] program, which is a regional program for deaf and hard of hearing students. For example: [email protected] http://nnhs.newton.k12.ma.us/course_catalog.pdf Counseling: College and Career Center School Facts Explanation of Course Levels Total Enrollment: 2145  Class of 2017 Enrollment: 491 Curriculum H/AP Total Faculty: 234 • These course are Honors/Advanced Placement courses and Average Class Size: 15.9 contain challenging material taught at an accelerated pace. Teaching Faculty with Advanced Degrees: 98% • Advanced Placement course are taught in the following Student : Faculty Ratio: 12.2:1 areas: American History, Art History, Italian, Biology, Calculus AB & BC, Chemistry, Chinese, Comparative Accreditation: New England Association Government, Computer Science, Economics, English, of Schools and Colleges European History, French, Latin, Physics, Psychology, Spanish and Statistics. Student Demographic Profile • Due to the rigor of AP and Honors courses, we strongly African American or Black: 5.0% recommend that students take no more than three courses American Indian: 0.2% at this level in one year. Most AP courses are only open to Asian: 14.2% seniors. Hispanic or Latino: 9.5% Multi-race, Non-Hispanic: 4.7% Advanced College Prep (ACP) Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islands: .1% White: 66.4% • These courses are challenging college preparatory courses. Econimically Disadventaged: 9.8% • They require that students have high interest, strong academic skills and the capacity to do independent work.

Graduating Class of 2016 College Prep (CP) Enrollment: 510 students TOTAL to Post-Secondary Education: 91.6% • These courses generally cover the same topics as Advanced Attending Four-Year Colleges: 87.8% College Prep courses and prepare students for college. Attending Two-Year Colleges: 3.8% • Smaller classes, a more structured environment and in some Gap Year: 1.2% cases, team teaching allows for more individual attention. Other, including Employment and Military: 7.2% Please note: • Some elective courses do not carry a level. Course Distribution Requirements • Students may take courses in all three curriculum levels during the same year. Considerable work outside of class A student must earn at least 100 credits to is required at each level. In all levels, students develop graduate (at 5 credits per full year course). appropriate skills to work effectively in the subject area. The credits must include: • While world language is not required, most students English: 20 complete two years or more of the one of the following Biological Science: 5 languages: Spanish, Chinese, French, Italian and Latin. Physical Science/Chemistry: 5 History and Social Sciences: 10 History: 5 Mathematics: 10 Alternative Options for Seniors Fine, Performing & Technical Arts 5 Seniors have two unique and rigorous Capstone spring term options. Physical Education: 5 • CAPS Research (SYP) is a significant 2nd semester Standard Science course sequence is: project which includes extensive independent research, Grade 9: Physics critical evaluation from faculty and peers, a lengthy paper, Grade 10: Chemistry and a final presentation to a panel of judges. Grade 11: Biology • CAPS Internships is a second semester opportunity to do a Grade 12: Science Elective focused supervised internship based on a career interest. Grade Point Average Class of 2016 College Admission Test Scores SAT Scores Newton North does not report numerical rank in class; Mean: Critical Reading Math Writing however, a weighted GPA is calculated on a 5.0 scale. 580 598 572 • Each student’s weighted grade point average for grades 10 and 11 is Number of Seniors taking SAT Reasoning Test: 411 reported to colleges. Number of Seniors taking SAT Subject Test: 185 • Only courses that have an assigned curriculum level are used in SAT Subject Test # Taking Test Mean calculating the GPA English Literature 42 640 • Only courses taken within Newton Public Schools are calculated in US History 77 674 the GPA World History 7 593 Math Level I 62 665 • Summer school courses are not calcualted in the GPA. Math Level II 117 713 • Students must have 25 credits in leveled courses to earn a GPA. Chemistry 81 659 Please note some transfer students do not have a Newton North GPA. Physics 6 588 Ecological Biology 29 634 Class of 2017 Histogram Molecular Biology 30 637 September 16, 2016 French I 5 640 Total Class Size = 491 Italian I 8 634 Number of students included =473 Spanish I 18 674

Spring 2016 Advanced Placement Tests 451 students sat for 865 exams in 20 subjects 92% of exam scores were 3 or better # Taking % with AP Test Test 3 or higher Art History 9 55 Biology 74 84 Calculus AB 86 79 Calculus BC 73 97 Chemistry 68 94 Chinese Lang & Culture 3 100 Weighted Grade Point Average Computing the Weighted GPA Comparative Gov’t & Politics 28 96 English Lang & Comp 49 96 1. For each leveled course, multiply the Table of Weights English Lit & Comp 18 94 Grade Curriculum Level weight of the final grade by the credit value. European History 20 95 CP ACP H/AP French Lang & Culture 13 100 2. Divide the total in #1 by the total credits A 4.0 4.5 5.0 for courses being included. The result is Italian Lang & Culture 18 88 A- 3.7 4.2 4.7 the weighted GPA. Music Theory 6 83 B+ 3.3 3.8 4.3 Macro Economics 1 100 3. Marks in Grade 9 are not included.Only B 3.0 3.5 4.0 Micro Economics 1 100 courses which have been assigned a curricu- B- 2.7 3.2 3.7 Physics C: Mechanics 29 93 C+ 2.3 2.8 3.3 lum level are used in calculating the GPA. Psychology 135 95 C 2.0 2.5 3.0 4. Students must have taken at least 25 Spanish Language & Cult. C- 1.7 2.2 2.7 credits in leveled courses at NNHS to be 15 100 D+ 1.3 1.8 2.3 included in the Histogram. Statistics 94 94 D 1.0 1.5 2.0 5. Achievement of 5.0 is possible, US History 125 95 D- 0.7 1.2 1.7 however, it is extremely rare. F 0.0 0.0 0.0 Overall Score Distribution N 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 = 43% 3 = 17% 1 = 2% 4 = 32% 2 = 6% Career and Vocational Technical Education 10 -Year Postive Placement Data 2005-2014 10 Year Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Average

Automotive 100% 83% 83% 100% 100% 100% 91% 82% 72% 100% 91% ACT Scores for Class of 2016 Number of Students taking ACT: 247 Carpentry 80% 75% 100% 100% 80% 100% 100% 100% 75% 100% 91% Subject Mean

Culinary 71% 89% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 90% 100% 90% 94% English 26.3 Mathematics 26.1 Drafting 86% 66% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 83% 90% 93% Reading 26.5 Early Education 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 90% 99% Science 25.3 Graphic Composite 26.2 86% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 1005 100% 89% 90% 97% Communication Design & visual 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 90% 85% 100% 97% communications Class of 2016 National Merit Scholarships Television 100% 90% 95% production Scholarships: 6 Finalists: 11 Chapter 74 Positive Placement data includes, the number of students in postsecondary eduaction, in military Semi-Finalists: 11 service, and employed in a job related to their technical training Letters of Commendation: 37 Newton Public Schools Annual SIMS Data reported to the DESE by November 30th each school year College matriculations of two or more Newton North High School students for the three most recent graduating classes (2014, 2015, 2016)