Chesterton High School 2125 S. 11th Street Chesterton, IN 46304 Office: 219.983.3730 Fax: 219.983.3775

Chesterton High School is dedicated to quality education for all students and is committed to developing lifelong learners who will value themselves and others, contribute to their community, and achieve individual success in an ever-changing world.

CEEB Code: 150500 www.duneland.k12.in.us/chs

Mr. Jeff Van Drie, Principal  Dr. Ginger Bolinger, Superintendent  Mrs. Karen Moffett, Guidance Department Chair

Graduation Requirements Our School

All course offerings with full descriptions can be Chesterton Senior High School is a four year found at www.duneland.k12.in.us/chscourses comprehensive public school located 50 miles under “CHS Course Descriptions”. southeast of Chicago in Chesterton, Indiana. requires 40 credits for graduation, while CHS Chesterton has a population of 13,000 and is requires 47 credits. Students enrolled in the IB situated at the very southern tip of Lake program must complete the full IB diploma. The Michigan. CHS is part of the Duneland School Class of 2018 will graduate on May 31, 2018. Corporation, which includes five elementary English 8 credits schools (K-4), two intermediate schools (5-6), Mathematics 6 credits one middle school (7-8), and one high school Science 6 credits (9-12). CHS is accredited by AdvancED, is an Social Studies 6 credits Indiana Gold Star Counseling Award recipient, and an International Baccalaureate (IB) Physical Education 2 credits school. 23% of our students are enrolled in Health 1 credit the federal Free/Reduced Lunch program. Technology 1 credit Typically, 77% of our graduates go on to Electives 12 credits pursue post-secondary education. The total Directed Electives 6 credits school enrollment is 2056, with 516 students World Languages in the class of 2018.  Fine Arts Career & Technical Education

Class Rank/GPA School Day Both class rank and GPA are weighted. Honors CHS is structured using a block schedule. Block points are given in Honors, GT, AP, and IB scheduling provides each student with seven, courses. The highest GPA in the senior class is 90-minute periods and one 90-minute resource currently 4.83. GPA is calculated using the non- block over two days. weighted/weighted scale below.

A+ 4.33/5.33 C+ 2.33/3.33 F 0.00 School Year Graduation Rate A 4.00/5.00 C 2.00/3.00 I Incomplete 2016-2017 94.4% A- 3.67/4.67 C- 1.67/2.67 N Audit 2015-2016 95.8% B+ 3.33/4.33 D+ 1.33 P Pass 2014-2015 94.4% B 3.00/4.00 D 1.00 W Withdrawn B- 2.67/3.67 D- 0.67 WF With/Fail Honors/GT/ Courses International Baccalaureate Program Courses

CHS offers 27 Honors courses, 3 GT courses and 13 AP courses. Group 1 – Language A Group 5 – Mathematics English: English Honors (Grades 9-12), IB English HL IB Math Studies SL GT English 11, AP Literature, AP Language & IB Math SL Composition Group 2 – Language B IB Math HL World Language: French, German, Japanese & IB French SL Spanish (levels 4 & 5) IB German SL Group 6 – Fine Arts Mathematics: Honors Algebra I, Geometry & IB Japanese SL IB Visual Art HL Pre-Calculus. GT Geometry, & Algebra 2/Trig, IB Spanish SL IB Visual Art SL AP Calculus AB & BC, AP Statistics, AP IB Film Theory SL Computer Science A Group 3 – Individuals & Science: Honors Biology I, Chemistry II, Societies Other Components Physiology/Anatomy, Zoology, AP Biology II, AP IB History HL Theory of Knowledge Chemistry II, AP Physics I & II, AP IB Psychology SL Creativity, Action & Service Environmental Science IB Economics SL (CAS) Social Studies: Honors Geography/World IB Business & Mgmt Theory SL Extended Essays History, World History, US History, US Government, Economics, AP European History, Group 4 – Science AP US History IB Biology HL IB Physics SL In May of 2017, CHS administered 581 exams. IB Chemistry SL There were 344 students who took AP exams in 13 different subjects.

National  Merit Program Colleges/Universities enrolling one or more CHS students in 2018 2017 2016 one of the past four years: Finalists TBA 5 7 Semi-Finalists 6 5 5 Albion College Duquesne University Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech Commended 6 10 5 American Academy of Art Elmhurst College Stanford Arizona State University Georgetown University West Point (USMA) Testing Data Azusa Pacific University Goshen College U.S. Naval Academy SAT: Ball State University Grand Valley State Univ. University of Alabama Year ERW Math Benedictine University Gustavus Adolphus College University of California, Berkley Brigham Young University 2017 570 570 Hanover College University of Chicago Butler University Harvard University University of Colorado 2016* 575 568 California Poly. State Univ. Indiana State University University of Kentucky Writing CR Math Carnegie Mellon University Indiana University University of Michigan 2016 488 512 503 Carroll University Lewis University University of North Carolina 2015 502 515 522 Carthage College Loyola University of Chicago University of Notre Dame Catholic Univ. of America * New SAT Format Marquette University University of Pennsylvania Columbia University Manchester University Valparaiso University Cornell University Marian University Washington State University ACT: Denison University MIT Washington University St. Louis Year Composite English Math DePaul University New York University Wheaton College DePauw University 2017 24.2 24.0 24.1 Northwestern University William Penn University Drake University Purdue University Williams College 2016 24.9 24.4 24.6 Rochester Institute of Tech Yale University 2015 24.5 24.0 24.2