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DURHAM ACADEMY 3601 Ridge Road Durham, NC 27705 | www.da.org SCHOOL PROFILE 2020-2021 CEEB 341-049 Michael Ulku-Steiner Head of School UPPER SCHOOL STUDENT PROFILE [email protected] DA Upper School enrolls 454 students in grades 9 through 12. Average class size is 15 with a student-faculty ratio of 8:1. Kristen Klein GRADING SYSTEM & GPA DISTRIBUTION Assistant Head of School Cumulative grade point averages are based on final grades earned in Durham Academy courses. [email protected] Lanis Wilson GRADING SCALE Director of Upper School Grades are based on a 100-point scale. GPAs are UNWEIGHTED and based on a 4.33 scale. [email protected] A+ 97-100 4.33 B+ 87-89 3.33 C+ 77-79 2.33 D+ 67-69 1.33 F < 60 0.0 Jazmin Garcia Smith A 93-96 4.0 B 83-86 3.0 C 73-76 2.0 D 63-66 1.0 Dean of College Counseling A- 90-92 3.67 B- 80-82 2.67 C- 70-72 1.67 D- 60-62 0.67 [email protected] 919-287-1716 ACADEMIC PROGRAM Katie McEnroe Students must earn departmental approval to enroll in Honors, AP courses and post-AP courses and are limited to Dean of College Counseling [email protected] four (4) Honors, AP and Post-AP courses in one year. Students must seek permission from the Academic Committee 919-287-1726 to enroll in five advanced courses; no student is permitted to take more than five advanced courses in one year. Advanced course offerings are detailed below. Scott Orvis Dean of College Counseling HONORS SUBJECT AP COURSES POST-AP COURSES [email protected] COURSES 919-287-1808 English* English 11 English Language, English Literature Nancy Swain Art History, European History, Human College Counseling Assistant [email protected] History* Geography, Micro/Macro Economics, US 919-287-1724 Government & Politics, US History Calculus AB, Calculus C**, Calculus BC, Multivariable Calculus** Mathematics Precalculus THE MISSION Statistics Geometries & Topologies** The purpose of Durham Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science Chemistry Academy is to provide each Science, Physics student an education that will Chinese Language, French Language, Latin: French & Francophone Literature, enable him or her to live a moral, World Vergil****, Spanish Language, Spanish Advanced Latin happy and productive life. Languages*** Literature Poetry/Literature*** The development of intellect is central to such a life and, thus, Fine Arts Music Theory, Portfolio Art intellectual endeavor and growth are the primary work Technology Computer Science of the school. The acquisition Interdisciplinary Psychology, Seminar of knowledge; the development of skills, critical judgment and *English 12 and upper-level history electives are designed by semester. Some of the offerings include: English 12: intellectual curiosity; and increased understanding are Literature of War, Hero to Anti-Hero, Shakespeare, Historical Fiction; History: Crimes & Punishments, Modern Global the goals of the school's Issues, Introduction to Economics. There is little difference in rigor among English 12 and AP English 12 offerings; academic program. the latter include instruction on the essay format of the AP English Literature exam. **Students who complete AP Calculus AB may enroll in Calculus C and are prepared to take the AP Calculus BC exam. THE SCHOOL Post-AP math courses rotate by year. Founded in 1933 for grades ***Beginning in 2019–2020, Durham Academy’s World Languages Department adopted recommendations from the kindergarten through 8, Durham American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and transitioned to language course placement based Academy is a coeducational, on proficiency skills rather than number of years studied. For more information, visit www.actfl.org. nonsectarian day school. In 1972 ****AP Latin: Vergil and Advanced Latin Lyric Poetry/Literature rotate by year. Durham Academy instituted a secondary school, graduating its Courses in the Modern (spoken) World Languages have been renamed to reflect these proficiency levels: first Upper School class in 1975. Level 1 = Novice Today, the school consists of Level 2 = Novice High pre-kindergarten through grade 12 with a total of 1,232 students; Level 3 = Intermediate 454 are enrolled in grades 9 Level 4 = Intermediate Mid through 12. Admission to Advanced Placement courses are offered in Chinese, French, Latin and Spanish. Durham Academy is highly selective and based on a UNIQUE ACADEMIC OFFERINGS student's ability to perform Peer Educators: Eight seniors are selected from over three-dozen applicants to co-teach the Life Skills course to ninth- satisfactorily in a college graders. Peer Educators sign a contract agreeing to serve as role models for their younger peers, both on and off campus. preparatory curriculum. Durham Teaching Literacy Skills: For credit, students travel to a neighboring elementary school, 4 class periods out of the 7-day Academy does not discriminate rotation, to tutor students identified as reading well below grade level. in regard to race, creed, color, or Global Online Academy (GOA): Durham Academy is a member of Global Online Academy (GOA), a consortium of leading national origin. Students of color comprise nearly 40% of the independent schools from around the world that fosters new, modern ways for students to learn and teachers school population. to teach. GOA teachers and students share their voice on a global stage, enhancing learning and enabling the pursuit of individual passions. DURHAM ACADEMY College Matriculation Classes of 2016-2020 Durham Academy graduates have attended more than 130 different colleges and universities since 2016. American University (3) Ithaca College Tulane University of Louisiana (3) Amherst College (2) Johns Hopkins University University of California-Berkeley Appalachian State University (2) Kenyon College University of California-Los Angeles Barnard College (4) Loyola Marymount University University of California-Santa Barbara Baylor University Loyola University Maryland University of Chicago (11) Boston College (4) Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Colorado Boulder (4) Boston University McDaniel College University of Georgia Brandeis University (2) Meredith College University of Mary Washington Brown University (10) Middlebury College (4) University of Maryland-College Park (4) Bryn Mawr College Montana State University University of Miami (2) Carleton College (3) New York University (3) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (2) Carnegie Mellon University North Carolina Central University University of Mississippi Case Western Reserve University (3) North Carolina State University (17) University of North Carolina at Asheville Claremont McKenna College Northeastern University (9) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (78) Clemson University (4) Northwestern University (6) University of North Carolina at Charlotte (3) College of Charleston (3) Oberlin College University of North Carolina at Greensboro (4) Colorado College (3) Occidental College (2) University of North Carolina Wilmington (7) Columbia University (4) Olin College of Engineering University of Notre Dame (2) Cornell University (4) Pennsylvania State University University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Dartmouth College (6) Pomona College University of Pennsylvania (4) Davidson College (11) Princeton University (8) University of Pittsburgh (3) Denison University Purdue University-Main Campus (4) University of Redlands Drew University Queens University of Charlotte University of Richmond Drexel University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of South Carolina (6) Duke University (54) Rhode Island School of Design University of Southern California (10) East Carolina University (3) Rice University University of St Andrews Elon University (23) Roanoke College (3) University of Sussex Emerson College Rollins College University of Virginia (9) Emory University (6) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology University of Washington Florida State University Santa Clara University University of Wisconsin-Madison Fordham University Savannah College of Art and Design (2) Vanderbilt University (4) Furman University (6) Scripps College Villanova University George Mason University Seattle University Virginia Commonwealth University George Washington University (2) Sewanee: The University of the South (2) Virginia Tech (2) Georgetown University (7) Smith College Wake Forest University (19) Georgia Institute of Technology (4) Southern Methodist University Washington and Lee University Grinnell College Spelman College (2) Washington University in St Louis (6) Hampden-Sydney College (2) Stanford University (7) Wellesley College (2) Hampton University Stevens Institute of Technology William and Mary (6) Harvard College Syracuse University (4) Williams College (3) Haverford College The New School - All Divisions Wofford College High Point University (5) The Ohio State University Xavier University Hillsdale College The University of Alabama Yale University (3) Hollins University The University of Texas at Austin (2) Howard University Tufts University (4) COVID-19 UPDATE Due to COVID-19 Global Pandemic, DA shifted to virtual learning the week of March 13, 2020. 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