2020-21 School Profile
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2020-21 SCHOOL PROFILE Kevin Kunst Head of School/Interim College Counselor [email protected] Holly Ziemer Head of Upper School [email protected] Evansville Day School is accredited by the Indiana Department of Education and Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS). Day School is also a member of the National Assosiation of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the National Association of College Admissions Counselors. Evansville Day School | 3400 North Green River Rd | Evansville, IN 47715 (812) 476-3039 | evansvilledayschool.org | CEEB/ACT Code: 150958 Day School by the Numbers AP STUDENT CLASS OF 2020 STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES 13 COURSES TEACHER SAT Averages EDS National O FFERED AT D AY SCHOOL RATIO ACT Averages EDS Mean Nat’l Mean Critical Reading 627 531 Composite 27.4 20.9 Math 589 528 4:1 GRADING POLICY POINTS OF DIFFERENTIATION Evansville Day School does not rank students by academic standing. Grades are weighted 75% Portrait of a Graduate: Intersession: Each spring, every by .33 for successful completion of dual credit We recognize that in order for student participates in a week-long and AP classes. AP students must sit for the RECEIVE our students to be successful in immersive and exploratory program exam to earn the weighted grade. 100% the global economy, we need QUALIFYING to help them be much more called Intersession. Students choose Grade Percentages than a test score. What is need- from an array of options and top- AP SCORE OF SENIORS ed to align our teaching and ics about which they would like to A+, A 93-100 PARTICIPATE learning with our school’s mission learn. Often a travel component A- 90-92 and vision is to paint a Portrait of and/or opportunities for communi- IN SENIOR a Graduate, which identifies main ty service are included. B+ 87-89 CO-CURRICULAR qualities and skills our graduates B 83-86 PROJECT possess: entrepreneurial learners Other Opportunities: A House ACTIVITIES INTERNSHIPS who are globally minded, resilient, System and Student Leadership B- 80-82 AVAILABLE TO and balanced. Program further students’ C+ 77-79 AND PUBLIC Academic Standards: opportunites for leadership roles by UPPER PRESENTATION All core classes are considered giving them a substantial voice in C 73-76 SCHOOL 20 honors at Evansville Day School. our school community. C- 70-72 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES D+ 67-69 English: AP English Language and AP English Literature D 63-66 Mathematics: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Statistics Science: AP Biology and AP Chemistry D- 60-62 Social Studies: AP Government, AP US History, AP World History, F Below 60 AP Psychology, AP Comparative Government, and AP Human Geography SCHEDULE: Evansville Day School has a modifi ed block Students have the opportunity to self-study to take AP tests for other courses and can receive schedule with four 90-minute blocks Monday-Thursday dual credit in English, Chemistry, and Spanish. and eight 45-minute blocks on Friday. COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES AND MATRICULATIONS Auburn University Lafayette College Texas Christian University Ball State University Lehigh University The Ohio State University Baylor University Lipscomb University Tulane University Bellarmine University Loyola University U.S. Naval Academy of Chicago Belmont University University of Alabama Loyola University Beloit College University of California, of New Orleans Boston College Santa Barbara Mercer College Bryn Mawr College University of California, Miami University, Ohio San Diego Butler University Middlebury College University of Chicago Case Western Reserve University Mount Holyoke College University of Denver Centre College Murry State University University of Evansville Columbia College, Chicago Northwestern University University of Georgia Cornell University Oberlin College University of Illinois Denison University Pace University University of Indianapolis DePaul University Purdue University University of Kentucky DePauw University Reed College University of Louisville Drake University Rensselaer Polytechnic University of Oregon Institute Earlham College University of Southern IN Rhodes College Emory University University of Virginia Rice University Fisk University University of Washington Rollins Colleges Franklin College University of Wisconsin Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech Franklin & Marshall College Utah State University Saint Louis University Furman University Valparaiso University Saint Xavier University George Washington Vincennes University San Diego University Georgia Institute of Tech Wabash College Sarah Lawrence College Grinnell College Western Kentucky University Savannah College of Art & Design Hanover College Washington U in St. Louis Seton Hall University Indiana University, Bloomington Webster University Sewanee: University Xavier University Indiana State University of the South Yale University James Madison University Southern Methodist University Johns Hopkins University Tennessee Technological University 2015 - 2020.