Troy High School Profile

151 West Staunton Road Website: www.troy.k12.oh.us Troy, 45373 Email: [email protected] 20122012 Phone: 937-332-6710 (Registrar) [email protected] Fax: 937-335-5773 School Code: 365-105 Mr. Eric Herman, Superintendent Mr. Jeffrey Schultz, Dean of Students Mr. Michael Moore, Director of Curriculum Mr. Steve Nolan, Head of Guidance Mr. Ronald Phillis, Principal Mrs. Ruth Carter, School Counselor Mr. Shawn Gainer, Assistant Principal Mrs. Pamela Dalton, School Counselor Mr. Bill Overla, Assistant Principal Mr. Paul Delwiche, School Counselor Community TROY is a district of more than 35,000 people and encompasses 36.7 square miles in central Miami County, Ohio. It has a large industrial base made up of major corporations such as PMI Food Equip- ment Group, ITW, Goodrich Corporation, American Honda Motor Co., Troy Daily News, Stillwater Technologies Inc., F&P America Manufacturing Inc.,United Retail Group, Upper Valley Medical Center and others. It is a community rich in tradition and pride.

School The Troy School District serves the City of Troy and Concord Township. Troy High School is a comprehensive college-prep oriented public high school. The division of the school year is quarterly and credits are awarded by semester. Vocational students may attend the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School with some Vocational Technology programs being housed in the high school. Troy High School is State accredited in Ohio by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Greater Western Ohio Conference. Troy students have access to over 40 extracurricular activities and numerous community based organizations. The Troy schools have a tradition of providing students with a quality education based on innovative curriculum and support services designed to meet student needs.

Troy High School has 84 professionally certified staff members. Approximately 85% have masters Faculty degrees with two-thirds of these having additional post-graduate work beyond the masters level.

Enrollment Class of 2012: 369 Class of 2014: 335 Total Enrollment: 1452 Class of 2013: 362 Class of 2015: 386 Pupil-Teacher Ratio: 18-1

Honors, Advanced Placement & Weighted Grading System College Preparatory Courses Courses A = 4 points 100 - 89.5 % A = 5 points 100 - 89.5% B = 3 points 89.4 - 79.5 % B = 4 points 89.4 - 79.5 % C = 2 points 79.4 - 69.5% C = 3 points 79.4 - 69.5% D = 1 point 69.4 - 59.5 % D = 1 point 69.4 - 59.5 % F = 0 points < 59.4 % F = 0 points < 59.4 % Accelerated English: Honors ~ 9, 10, 11, 12 Mathematics: Honors ~ Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus Courses Receiving Advanced Placement ~ Calculus AB, BC, Statistics Social Studies: Advanced Placement ~ American History, US Government, Micro/Macro Economics Weighted Grades Science: Advanced Placement ~ Chemistry Honors ~ Biology II, Chemistry II, Physics Foreign Language: Honors ~ French IV, Latin IV, Spanish IV

Physical Science, Honors Physical Science, Biology, Academic Biology, Biology II,

Laboratory Courses Chemistry, Chemistry II, Science III, Physics.

Twenty-one credits are required for the Class of 2012 including English (4 units); Mathematics (3 Graduation units); Social Studies (3 units including U.S. Government, American History and one Social Studies Requirements Elective); Science (3 units); Business/Technology, Fine Arts, and/or Foreign Language (1 unit). Additionally, 1/2 unit in Physical Education, 1/2 unit in Health, seven elective units plus passing scores on all 5 sections of the Ohio Graduation Test plus 10 hours of community service.

Troy High School Profile

151 West Staunton Road Website: www.troy.k12.oh.us Troy, Ohio 45373 Email: [email protected] 20122012 Phone: 937-332-6710 School Code: 365-105 GPA and Class Class Rank and Cumulative Grade Point Average are reported on the transcript for each semester beginning with the first semester of a student’s freshman year. It is based upon all classes taught by Rank Troy Faculty, Joint Vocational Satellite, and Miami County Special Education instructors at Troy High School during the Academic Calendar. Starting the first semester of the 2010—2011 school year, Summer School, Post-secondary Options Courses, Virtual Academy and correspondence courses are now computed in a student’s GPA and considered in class rank. Class rank includes all students.

AP/Honors Seven Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered in the following areas: Chemistry, American Gov- ernment, U.S. History, Macro & Micro Economics, Calculus AB, Calculus BC and Statistics. Biology II Classes and Physics are similar to their AP counterparts, AP Biology and AP Physics but offer a greater range of in- struction and laboratory experiences. Additionally, the Honors English courses offer a greater depth of lit- erary analysis then their AP equivalent.

AP Results Troy High students took a total of 167 AP exams resulting in the following score distributions: Score of 5 Score of 4 Score of 3 Class of 2011 20% 32% 29% SIGNIFICANT AP RESULTS: ● 3 students scored 5’s on 4 exams. ● 6 students scored 5’s on all of their exams. ● 10 students earned college credits on 4 or more exams.

National Merit For the class of 2011, Troy High School had 2 finalists.

College Post High School Plans 4-Year College 2-Year College To Work 60% Attending 30% Attending 8% Information Testing Avg. ACT: 25 Avg. ACT: 20 Military Class of 2011 Avg. SAT: V-560 & M-640 2% ACT/SAT Number: 365-105  Nearly 38% of Troy Seniors graduated with an Honors Diploma in 2011.  Approximately 85% of Troy High School Seniors earned some form of scholarship dollars for post- secondary education. College The following is a representative list of schools Troy graduates have chosen to attend the past four years:

Abilene Christian University Kettering College of Med. Arts United States Air Force Academy Matriculation Ashland University Kentucky Tulane University Bates College Kenyon College Tiffin University Bellarmine Kendall College University of Akron Bethel College Kent State University of Chicago Boston College Lee University University of Bowling Green State U. Marquette University of Dayton Bluffton University McGill University of Georgia Brigham Young University Miami University University of Kentucky California State—Long Beach Milligan University University of Maryland Case Western Reserve Milwaukee School of Engineering University of Michigan Capital University Muskingum College University of Montana Cedarville University Niagara University University of North Carolina Central State Northern Michigan University of North Texas Columbus College of A&D Northwestern University University of Rio Grande Columbia University Northwood University University of South Carolina Defiance College Notre Dame University of Toledo Denison University Oberlin University of Wisconsin Eastern Kentucky University Ohio Dominican Urbana University Elmhurst College Ohio State University Valparaiso University Elon Ohio University Vanderbilt University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. Olivet Nazarene University Westpoint Ferris State Penn State Wilmington College Grace College Purdue Wittenberg University Heidelberg Rensselaer Wofford Hocking College Rice University Wooster Indiana University Rose-Hulman Institute Of Tech. Wright State University Indiana University—East Saint Mary's College Xavier University Indiana Wesleyan University Sundai Prepatory Yale University Johnson Wales The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Youngstown State University Kapi ‘Olani The University of Findlay