TORREY PINES HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE 2019 TAKE PRIDE IN OURSELVES. TAKE PRIDE IN EACH OTHER. TAKE PRIDE IN OUR SCHOOL.
School and Community: The Torrey Pines Falcons Torrey Pines High School, a three-time National Blue Ribbon School and a California Informa on Distinguished School, is an exemplary institution within a strong secondary school district. The Mailing Address & Site Loca on: 3710 Del Mar Heights Rd. 2,493 students in grades 9-12 represent communities in the coastal areas of northern San San Diego, California 92130 Diego County. Neighboring institutions, such as the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Ph: 858‐755‐0125 Institute of Oceanography, Salk Institute, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, and the Fax: 858‐481‐0098 Burnham Institute, as well as nearby high tech giants like Qualcomm, Intuit and Cisco Systems, CEEB Code: 050466 influence the high standard of education and expectations at Torrey Pines High School. Website: www.tp.sduhsd.net
Superintendent Student success is supported by tutoring centers on campus, over 300 parent volunteers, 150 Robert Haley, Ed. D. extracurricular student clubs and the TPHS Parent Foundation. Falcon students consistently San Dieguito Union High School District earn top honors at academic competitions including a gold medal at the International Physics 760‐753‐6491 Olympiad, as well as awards at the San Diego Science Fair, the national journalism convention, Leadership and drama and video film events. We also offer a comprehensive Division I interscholastic Robert Coppo, Principal athletics program with 26 varsity-level sports. Since 1974, TPHS scholar-athletes have earned Rebecca Gallow, Assistant Principal 235 CIF championships, more than any other high school in San Diego County. Michael Santos, Assistant Principal Robert Shockney, Assistant Principal Gradua on Requirements Counselors Grade Point Calcula on (GPA) Graduates are required to earn a Sally Gervasini General/College Prep/ AP minimum of 230 credits. Five [email protected] Honors Courses Courses credits are earned for each Chanelle Lary A = Excellent 4 pts. 5 pts. semester class passed with a “D” [email protected] or better. Requirements include: Jennifer Magruder B = Above Average 3 pts. 4 pts. [email protected] C = Average 2 pts. 3 pts. 8 semesters English Natalie Seward 6 semesters World History, US [email protected] D = Passing 1 pt. 1 pt. History and Gov./Econ. Julianne Velasco F = Fail 0 pts. 0 pts. 6 semesters Mathematics [email protected] 4 semesters Science Toni Zurcher W = Withdraw not included in GPA 4 semesters Physical Education [email protected] (including Health)
2 semesters Practical Art Registrar Grades for Advanced Placement (AP) courses are computed (Career Tech. Education) Kris na Mar nez on a five-point scale and are designated on the transcript 2 semesters Visual or Kris na.mar [email protected] with a plus symbol (+). Honors classes are not weighted, Performing Arts Accredita on with the exception of Integrated Math III Honors. 14 semesters of electives Torrey Pines High School is accredited by the Western Assoc. of In addition, all students must pass Please note: Torrey Pines High School does not compute Schools and Colleges (WASC). Algebra 1 or Integrated Math 1. numerical class ranking. Please see GPA Distribu on below. Policy San Dieguito Union High School District prohibits discrimina on, harassment, in mida on and bullying in educa onal Cumula ve Unweighted GPA Distribu on College Readiness programs, ac vi es, or employment on the basis of Approximate percentage of students who actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, for Class of 2020 (Junior Year Data) gender, gender iden ty, gender expression, na on‐ planned to attend a 4-year college: 76% ality, race or ethnicity, immigra on status, religious Approximate percentage of students who beliefs or customs, sexual orienta on, parental, 4.00: 8 % planned to attend a 2-year college: 20% pregnancy, family or marital status, military status 3.75 - 3.99: 25 % or associa on with a person or a group with one or Source: TPHS Senior Exit Survey, June 2019 more of these actual or perceived characteris cs. 3.50 - 3.74: 23 % SDUHSD requires that school personnel take imme‐ 3.00 - 3.49: 25 % diate steps to intervene when safe to do so when Class of 2018 graduates who met or he or she witnesses an act of discrimina on, har‐ 2.50 - 2.99: 10 % exceeded UC/CSU requirements: 72.7% assment, in mida on, or bullying. Below 2.50: 8 % Source: CDE DataQuest, 2017-2018
SAN DIEGUITO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Honors & Advanced Courses Colleges and Universi es A ended by the Class of 2019 Chemistry Honors AP English Literature Aarhus University University of Massachusetts Amherst English 9 Honors AP Environmental Science Academy of Art University Menlo College English 10 Honors AP European History University of Alabama Merrimack College Integrated Math I Honors AP French Language American University of Paris Miami University, Ohio Arizona State University University of Miami Integrated Math II Honors AP Japanese Language University of Arizona Michigan State University Integrated Math III Honors AP Physics 1 Auburn University University of Michigan Advanced Topics in Math AP Physics 2 Babson College University of Minnesota, Baylor University Twin Cities Calculus II* AP Physics C: Mechanics Biola University MiraCosta College Calculus III* AP Physics C: Elec./Magnet. Boise State University University of Mississippi Linear Algebra* AP Psychology Boston University Montana State University *may be taken as dual-enrolled college course AP Research Brigham Young University Mt. San Jacinto College Brown University University of Nebraska AP Art History AP Seminar Bucknell University New York Film Academy of Los Angeles AP Biology AP Spanish Language California Institute of Technology New York University AP Calculus AB AP Statistics California Lutheran University Northeastern University UC Berkeley Northern Arizona University AP Calculus BC AP Studio Art: 2D Design UC Davis Northwestern University AP Chemistry AP Studio Art: 3D Design UC Irvine University of Notre Dame AP Chinese Language AP Studio Art: Drawing UC Los Angeles Orange Coast Community College AP Computer Science A AP US Government and UC Merced University of Oregon UC Riverside Palomar College AP Computer Science Politics UC San Diego Pennsylvania State University Principles AP US History UC Santa Barbara University of Pennsylvania AP Economics Macro AP World History UC Santa Cruz University of Portland AP English Language Cal Poly, Pomona University of Puget Sound Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Point Loma Nazarene University CSU Chico Purdue University CSU Fullerton Reed College CSU Long Beach Regis University CSU Monterey Bay Rhode Island School of Design College Admission Tes ng and CSU San Marcos Rhodes College Carnegie Mellon University Rice University Advanced Placement Sta s cs Case Western Reserve University University of Richmond Chapman University San Diego City College SAT 2018/19 University of Chicago San Diego Mesa College Claremont McKenna College San Diego Miramar College Percent of Seniors Taking 54.7% Clemson University San Diego State University Mean Cri cal Reading 633 Colgate University University of San Diego Mean Math 663 College of the Holy Cross University of San Francisco Mean Total Score 1296 University of Colorado, Boulder San Francisco State University University of Colorado, Colorado Springs San Jose State University University of Colorado, Denver Santa Barbara City College Colorado State University Santa Clara University ACT 2018/19 Columbus State Community College Santa Monica College Percent of Seniors Taking 56.9% Cornell University School of Art Institute of Chicago Mean Composite Scores 28 Dartmouth College Scripps College De Anza Community College Seton Hall University Denison University Sonoma State University Elon University University of Southern California Advanced Placement 2018/19 Fashion Institute of Design & Southern Methodist University Number of Students Tested 982 Merchandising Southwestern College Number of Exams Taken 2230 University of Florida Stanford University Florida State University Syracuse University Percentage of Qualifying Scores* 78.57% George Washington University University of Tampa Georgetown University Temple University *Score of 3, 4 or 5; Sources: 2019 College‐bound Seniors‐Profile of SAT Georgia Institute of Technology Texas Christian University Program Test Taking, The College Board; 2018 ACT High School Profile The University of Georgia The Ohio State University Report; 2019 Summary of Current Year Grades, Advanced Placement Grand Canyon University The University of Texas, Austin Program, College Board. Grossmont College Tufts University Harvey Mudd College Tulane University University of Hawaii at Manoa United States Air Force Academy Humboldt State University United States Military Academy at West Icon Collective Point University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign United States Naval Academy Indiana University, Bloomington University of Utah Johns Hopkins University Utah State University Na onal Merit University of Kansas Utah Valley University Keio University, Japan Villanova University Scholarship Program Lake Forest College Virginia Tech Lille University School of Medicine Waseda University Finalists (spring 2019)……………………………………..13 Lone Star College Washington University, St. Louis Louisiana State University University of Washington Semi-Finalists (fall 2018)………………………………….13 Loyola Marymount University Wellesley College Source: National Merit Scholarship Program 2019 Loyola University Chicago Western Michigan University Maastricht University Willamette University Manhattan School of Music Williams College University of Maryland University of Wisconsin, Madison Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Yale University Health Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TORREY PINES HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE 2019