SCHOOL PROFILE 2020-2021

SCHOOL OFFICIALS

ANDREA BERGSTROM, M.Ed. CEEB Code: 222-299 Head of School [email protected] Ext. 505

TRACY BENNETT, MT Dean of Academics OUR MISSION [email protected] Ext. 145

Covenant Christian Academy offers MICHAEL CURTIS, M.Div. a Christian and Classical education STUDENT BODY Dean of Students [email protected] that builds our students’ academic, Ext. 508 spiritual and social foundations for Te total student population for the 2020-21 school lives of leadership and service in year is 311 students. Tere are 138 students enrolled today’s global community. A in the Upper School (7-12) and 27 graduating in Covenant education prepares the Class of 2021. Te school is diverse in both SCHOOL students to excel in collegiate academic and socio-economic backgrounds with COUNSELING studies and intellectual pursuits, 39% of our population self reporting ethnic diversity and 60% receiving fnancial aid. nurtures Christian faith and REBECCA DRAPER, M.Ed. character, and fosters individual International Students represent 4% of the total Counseling gifs and abilities. student body (10% of grades 7-12). Students [email protected] r e p r e s e nt 4 5 c o m mu n i t i e s i n E a s t e r n Ext. 513 Massachusetts. Te school emphasizes small classes OUR SCHOOL (15 average) which fosters close student-faculty relations and a commitment to help students ATHLETICS Founded in 1991, Covenant develop their academic skills and personal talents Christian Academy is a Christian in a supportive, Christian environment. TAYLOR DEMPSEY, M.S. and Classical, college preparatory, Athletic Director non-denominational day school HISTORY & STRUCTURE [email protected] serving students in preschool Ext. 507 through grade 12. Founded in 1991 as a Grammar School, our frst graduating class of seniors matriculated in 2010. Covenant is a classical school in terms of both Covenant Christian Academy admits pedagogy and curricula. Te administration FINE ARTS students of any race, color, sex, and includes a Head of School, Grammar School national or ethnic origin. Principal, Dean of Academics, Dean of Students, LISA COLEMAN, M.Ed. Chief Financial Officer, Director of Institutional Director of Fine Arts [email protected] Advancement, Director of Admissions, Director of Ext. 510 CONTACT US Fine Arts, and Athletic Director.

Covenant Christian Academy is accredited by the New England Association PHONE: 978.535.7100 of Schools and (NEASC) and is a member of the Association of FAX: 978.535.7123 Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), the Association of Christian Schools www.covenantchristianacademy.org International (ACSI), National Honor Society (NHS), and New England 83 Pine Street, Peabody, MA 01960 Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC). THE GREAT BOOKS and other selected readings of students in FACULTY AND STAFF grades 7 through 12

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare Covenant Christian Academy’s faculty, (Early Childhood through Upper Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas School), is comprised of 39 teachers and 6 classroom assistants. All of our A Doll's House, Ibsen teachers, Kindergarten through grade 12, have undergraduate degrees Te Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde and 65% hold an advanced degree. Our student teacher ratio is 8:1. Our All Quiet On Te Western Front, Remarque faculty and staff have been recognized with achievements such as Lord of the Flies, Golding teaching excellence awards, and have had articles and poems published Te Hiding Place, Ten Boom nationally. Many Upper School faculty also teach at the collegiate level. To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee Te Cure at Troy, adaptation by Heaney Tales From Ovid, Hughes ACADEMIC SCHEDULE Coriolanus, Shakespeare Te Iliad, Homer Te academic year consists of two 17-week semesters. Students have Te Odyssey, Homer seven periods a day, and a full credit course meets four times a week for Te Aeneid, Virgil 50 minutes each. Beowulf Te Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Macbeth, Shakespeare Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A total of 25 credits, including the completion and defense of a Senior A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens Te Power and the Glory, Greene Tesis Project, are required for graduation: Pride and Prejudice, Austen Bible - 3 Credits Latin - 3 Credits Te Strange Career of Jim Crow, Woodward English - 4 Credits Rhetoric - 1.5 Credit History - 4 Credits (Senior Tesis Project) What Tey Fought For, McPherson Mathematics -4 Credits Fine Arts - 1.5 Credits Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck Science - 3 Credits Physical Education - 1.0 Credits Te Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald Te Sun Also Rises, Hemingway Beloved, Morrison GPA AND CLASS RANK Te Unvanquished, Faulkner Winesburg Ohio, Anderson A cumulative GPA is calculated each semester from the start of 9th grade for all Te Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne courses taken at CCA. All of our core courses are taught at the honors level and are Te Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain designated as such on the transcript. Honors courses are not weighted. AP courses Te Gallic War: Seven Commentaries on Te Gallic War are given a .7 point weighting. Our calculation system changed starting with the Mere Christianity, Lewis 2018-2019 school year. Previously, honors classes had received a .3 weighting. Class Te Knowledge of the Holy, Tozer Rank is determined by the GPA, however, CCA is a limited-ranking school, only On Christian Liberty, Luther reporting class rank for Valedictorian or Salutatorian, due to the small class size. Te Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer GRADING SCALE Life Together, Bonhoeffer GPA DISTRIBUTION Te Way of a Pilgrim LETTER GRADE NUMERICAL Seniors in the Class of 2020, Cumulative Te Screwtape Letters, Lewis GRADE POINTS GRADE Te Pursuit of God, Tozer A+ 4.3 97-100 A Little Book on the Christian Life, Calvin A 4.0 93-96 4.0 + 3.5 - 4.0 3.0 - 3.4 2.4 - 2.9 Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Rushdie A- 3.7 90-92 Te Samurai, Endo Tings Fall Apart, Achebe B+ 3.3 87-89 Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Marquez B 3.0 83-86 Confessions, Augustine B- 2.7 80-82 14% Te Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love, Augustine 19% C+ 2.3 77-79 Our Town, Wilder C 2.0 73-76 A Raisin In Te Sun, Hansberry 19% Te Glass Menagerie, Williams C- 1.7 70-72

Master Harold... and the Boys, Fugard D+ 1.3 67-69 Te Death of a Salesman, Miller D 1.0 63-66 Te God of Carnage, Reza 48% D- 0.7 60-62 Te 39 Steps, Buchan Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Stoppard F 0.0 00-59

PAGE 2 SPECIAL CURRICULUM FEATURES AP COURSES

SENIOR THESIS AP COURSES OFFERED 2019-20 AP Statistics THE CAPSTONE OF A COVENANT EDUCATION AP US History Number of AP Students 40 Te Senior Tesis Project at Covenant Christian (Gr. 10-12 Total Student Pop.: 68) Academy is the culmination of our students' AP European History Total Tests Taken 62 Classical Education. Afer writing a ffeen page AP Latin research essay on a topic of their choosing, each Number of Subjects 11 student must defend his or her argument in AP Calculus AB front of the Upper School (Gr. 7-12), along with % of tests with scores 3 77% AP Biology or higher a panel of faculty members and outside experts. Te Tesis Project demands the scholarly depth, AP Physics AP Scholars 6 expert rhetoric, and personal confdence that are AP Studio Art AP Scholars with 2 essential to our students' success in collegiate Distinction studies and professional life. While we do not explicitly teach AP English courses, the rigorous nature of our classical humanities program enables most students to successfully pass AP Lit & Comp with ACADEMIC TRAVEL WEEK minimal test prep coaching by faculty. Other exams taken this year included US Government, Macro Economics, and Micro Economics. Te classroom is a wonderful place to learn, but the opportunity to venture out of the predictable space where routines have been established can energize learning in special ways. Academic Travel Week gives students an opportunity to “take their learning on the road” and have direct, hands-on experiences.

Grade 7: Gettysburg Civil War Battlefeld, NYC (Immigration Focus) Grade 8: Washington, D.C. (History and Government) Grade 9: Chincoteague, VA (Science research feld station) Grade 10: Quebec City, Canada (Native Am. & French Colonial History) Grade 11: “Hard Ting” - physical & mental challenge, service project Grade 12: New York City (historic, ethnic and cultural tours)

ATHLETICS The Athletic Program at Covenant Christian Academy is designed to provide student athletes the opportunity to enjoy interscholastic competition for three seasons during the school year. We currently offer three seasons of sports with 18 competitive teams at the middle and high school levels. 85% of Upper School CLASS OF 2020 SAT / ACT SCORES Students are active in Athletic offerings. All students, including International.

FINE ARTS SAT EBRW M Total STUDENTS THAT TAKE SAT vs. ACT Te CCA Fine Arts department offers a full slate CCA Average 596 578 1174 of opportunities for students to participate in Top 25% 600 705 1375 22% private instrumental lessons, instrumental ensembles, chorale ensembles, theater ACT Total productions, and visual arts experiences. 75% of 78% Upper School Students are active in the Fine CCA Average Combined 27 Arts offerings. ACT SAT Top 40% 34

PAGE 3 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES

Covenant Christian Academy is an academically rigorous, college preparatory school with a special commitment to preserve the classic tradition of combining faith and learning. Te average number of college applications submitted by each senior is seven. Graduates of Covenant are accepted, and choose to matriculate to, many of the nations most competitive colleges and universities.

Our college acceptances include the CCA students have also been accepted into these outstanding following US News & World Report Colleges and Universities: Top 100 Colleges and Universities:

American University Marymount Manhattan College Auburn University Assumption College Mass College of Pharmacy Baylor University Azuza Pacifc Merrimack College Bennington College Becker College Honors College Boston College Belmont University Miami University of Ohio Boston University Bentley University Middlesex Community College Brown University Bethel University Newbury College Clark University Honors College Norwich University Clemson University Bob Jones University North Colorado School of Mines Bunker Hill Comm.Coll. North Shore Community College Calvin College Eastern University Fairfeld University Charleston Southern Univ. Old Dominion University Fordham University Christ for the Nations Pace University Franklin & Marshall College Colby-Sawyer College Palm Beach Atlantic University Furman University College of Charleston Quinnipiac University George Washington University Colorado State University Regis College Concordia College Roanoke College Hillsdale College Rochester Institute of Tech. Curry College Roger Williams University DePaul University Saint Anselm College Michigan State University Salem State University Elon University Honors College Salve Regina University Northeastern University Ohio State University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Seattle Pacifc University State University Emerson College Sewanee: Te Univ. of the South Pepperdine University Emmanuel College Sienna College Purdue University Endicott College Southern Adventist University Rochester Institute of Technology Fairfeld University St. Joseph’s University Rutgers University Full Sail University Stetson University Sewanee: Te Univ. of the South Framingham State University Stonehill College Skidmore College Gordon College Suffolk University St. John’s University (MN) Green River Comm. College (WA) SUNY Binghamton Te College of St. Rose Syracuse University Hampshire College University of Alabama Texas Christian University Tufs University High University of Arizona Union College Hofstra University University of Colorado, Boulder University of University of Hartford University of Connecticut Ithaca College University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Mass, Amherst Honors College James Madison University University of Mass, Lowell Honors College University of New Hampshire Johnson and Wales University University of Oklahoma Honors College University of North Carolina Kansas State University University of Rhode Island University of Notre Dame Laboure College University of Tennessee University of Richmond Lasell College University of West Virginia University of Vermont Lesley University Valley Forge Christian College Virginia Tech Le Tourneau University Wentworth Institute of Technology Wheaton College (IL) Liberty University West Virginia University Wheaton College (MA) Western New England University Te College of William & Mary Louisiana State University Wheelock College Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Loyola University, Maryland Wittenberg University Manhattan College Zion Bible College

PAGE 4 PROFILE ADDENDUM 2020-2021 Details Regarding Program Changes and Adjustments due to COVID-19 Pandemic

SPRING 2020 - Program Changes and Adjustments

ACADEMIC ATHLETICS FINE ARTS

Academic Schedule was modifed to better Spring Athletics Te spring musical “Les ft a Remote Learning environment. Fewer season progressed to Miserables” was cancelled one synchronous classes than in-person model, the point of team week before opening night. introduced more asynchronous work. rosters, but no Students still receieved credit SPRING 2020 Attendance taken every day. practices or inter- for having completed all of the scholastic play was rehearsals leading up to that In the early spring of 2020, the allowed. Teams point. Governor of Massachusetts, affected included Curriculum modifed to better ft Remote Te Spring Concert was Charlie Baker, mandated that all Ultimate Frisbee, Learning. Prioritized units of study to cancelled for Concert Band, Jazz schools (public and private) close Sofball, Track and complete necessary benchmarks. Students Band, Worship Band, Chorale to in-person teaching for two Field. weeks. Te reality, as we know received letter grades. and Select Chorale. now, was that school would be AP Students completed coursework and Te Spring Art Show was closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year. successfully sat for online exams. cancelled. Academic Travel Week was cancelled. Administrators at Covenant began planning in earnest for a potential school closure in January of 2020 as the virus was just reaching our shores. As a result, when the Academic Year 2020-21 - Program Changes and Adjustments closure mandate came through on Friday, March 13th, Covenant was ACADEMIC ATHLETICS FINE ARTS ready to transition to a full and robust remote learning solution Students maintained 7 periods a day, with Fall 2020 - Due to Per state guidance, we were called “Covenant@Home”. CCA full credit courses contining to meet 4 state guidance and unable to offer Concert Band or Faculty and Administrators took times a week. Individual class periods league decisions, Jazz Band to students this year. one professional day to fnalize were reduced from 50 minutes to 40 Varsity Soccer and Worship Band has been plans and logistics, and then rolled minutes to shorten the day by 30 minutes. Cross Country had no modifed to continue with out the Remote Learning Program (Students are required to be masked while official inter-scholastic remote only performances. on Tuesday, March 17th for all in class indoors so the decision was made competition. (drills students, Pre-k through Grade 12. to shorten the day to lessen the and skills, inter-squad For students in the Rhetoric discomfort). scrimmages only) S c h o o l ( G r . 9 - 1 2 ) Massachussetts Dept. of Education Winter 20-21 - Varsity Per state guidance, we were Covenant@Home included both required students to be placed in cohorts Basketball decisions unable to offer Rhetoric School synchronous and asynchronous which limited our ability to accommodate are still in fux as state Choir and Select Choir. Created learning time each week. Te all course requests. Tis most greatly guidelines are not a modifed group “Virtual schedule was modifed from a normal in school schedule, but affected the Fine Arts Electives. fnalized for indoor Rhetoric School Choir” which play. Anticipate meets from home afer school students were still able to Continued to be able to offer full range of practices and inter- with virtual performances. complete the required curriculum AP classes to all students that requested. in each grade. Tis achievement squad scrimmages. allowed us to issue letter grades Maintained but modifed Advisory, Inter-scholastic games with confdence for all students in Chapel and Community. TBD by state and all academic courses. AP Students league. completed their coursework and successfully took all AP exams. No modifcations have been made to Spring 21 - Varsity Due to restrictive state Seniors were able to deliver and graduation requirements. Ultimate, Sofball, requirements, no theatrical defend their Senior Tesis live, Track and Field performances have been albeit remotely, through Zoom should be able to scheduled to date. Conferencing. compete in some Academic Travel Week for Spring 2021 Fine Arts Elective classes were capacity due to the has been cancelled. modifed to accommodate the Despite the obvious interruptions nature of the sports. cohort system, with only 2 that the COVID-19 pandemic Awaiting state and presented to everyday life, we are electives being offered at each league guidelines. pleased that the academic work of grade level. students at Covenant Christian Academy continued in a real and meaningful way.