SCHOOL PROFILE 2018 - 2019

860 Beech Street | Pottstown, PA 19464 | Ph: 610-326-1000 | Fax: 610-705-1763 | CEEB# 394080

Zachary G. Lehman ACADEMIC OVERVIEW Headmaster • Calendar: Trimester • Independent Study: Students may submit a proposal • Classes are offered five days per week. to pursue an Independent Study in a specialized area not covered by our curriculum to the Academic COLLEGE COUNSELORS • Five classes are required; students may enroll in a sixth Dean (and Faculty Committee if requesting Honors graded course and may take a seventh ungraded. designation). Ellen O’Neill Deitrich • Post and College Level courses • Engineering: As part of a four-year curriculum, Director represent the highest level of rigor and are offered in students develop an engineer’s perspective through [email protected] languages, mathematics, computer science, economics, exploration in mechanical, electro-mechanical, and history. embedded logic control, and systems integration. Beth Allain Assistant Director [email protected] THE HILL SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Lauren Hoyt • Founded in 1851 • Accredited by The Middle States Association of Senior Associate Director • A coeducational college preparatory boarding Colleges and Secondary Schools; licensed by The Department of Education; Member of [email protected] school, grades 9 through 12; a PG year is also offered. NACAC, PACAC, and IACAC. • Community Service: Hill students are required Jade Johnson • Enrollment: 525 students from 28 states and 28 countries to participate in community service throughout Assistant Director and the year through all-school and grade-level Testing Coordinator • Student Teacher Ratio: 8:1; programs. Students can also choose to participate [email protected] average class size: 12 students in community service as an afternoon activity. The • 100% of students attend college within one community service program focuses on supporting Scott Kominkiewicz year of graduation. the local Pottstown area. Assistant Director [email protected] SAT/ACT SUMMARY - CLASS OF 2018 Michael Murphy Student Athlete Counselor SAT: 136 ACT: 78 Middle 50% Mean Middle 50% Mean [email protected] Test Takers Test Takers

Evidence Based English 23 - 34 28.2 Sue Rooney Reading and 595-700 650 Math 25 - 31 28.1 Administrative Assistant Writing [email protected] Reading 23 - 33 28.0 Mathematics 620-750 670 Science 24 - 31 27.4 Total 1200-1455 1330 Composite 24 - 32 27.8

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

English Four years.

Math Three years including one year of Geometry and two years of Algebra.

Language Three years of a single language or two years of two languages.

Science Two years of laboratory science.

History and Social Sciences Two years; U.S. History is required.

www.thehill.org Religious Studies & Philosophy One year. Arts Requirements vary depending on point of entry. REPORTING OF DISCIPLINE Students are expected to act with integrity in all academic and personal matters. The Hill School complies with NACAC’s Code of Ethics and Professional Practices. Applicable disciplinary issues will be reported to colleges accordingly.

2018 - 2019 COURSE OFFERINGS

COLLEGE LEVEL/POST-AP Classics World Languages Mathematics Latin Chinese Algebra 2 Arts English French Algebra 2 Accelerated Advanced Studio Art Seminar English 3 Language Spanish 4 Language Calculus Classics English 4 Literature Spanish 5 Literature Geometry Advanced Latin/Greek Seminar Spanish Language & Culture Integrated Mathematics (21, 31, 32, 41, 42, 43) History & Social Sciences Advanced Latin Seminar Spanish Language & Culture with Service Learning Pre-Calculus Comparative Government and Politics Advanced Latin Seminar Religion & Philosophy Underwater Robotics & Physical Computing Economics Engineer & Design European History HONORS Religious Studies & Philosophy God and Free Will Engineering 4 Psychology Arts Philosophy and Religion in China and Beyond History & Social Sciences U.S. Comparative Government and Politics Advanced Studio Art 3 Philosophy Seminar Advanced Economics U.S. Government Classics Religion and Film in Contemporary Society Advanced History Seminar U.S. History Greek 2 Worldviews & World Religions Mathematics Humanities Greek 3 Science Advanced Computer Science Seminar Humanities 3 English Language Latin 1 Chemistry 1 Advanced Mathematics Seminar Humanities 4 English Literature Latin 2/Greek 1 Integrated Science 1 Data Structures & Algorithms Mathematics Latin 3 Integrated Science 2 Graph Theory & Proof BC/Multivariable Calculus Engineer & Design Physics 1 World Languages Calculus AB Engineering 3 World Languages Arabic 4 Seminar Computer Science Principles English Advanced Chinese 4 Chinese 5 Business & Com. Computer Science A English 3 Advanced French 4 French 5 Computer Science A with Service Learning English 4 Advanced Spanish 4 French 6 Statistics English 4 Creative Writing Arabic 2 Senior French Seminar Science English 4 Literature and Religion Arabic 3 Biology History & Social Sciences Chinese 2 Chemistry Chinese 3 AP Environmental Science US History World History/Latin America French 2 Arts Physics 1 French 3 Art History Physics C Electricity & Magnetism World History/Middle East World History/Modern Europe Spanish 2 Studio Art 3-D Design Physics C Mechanics Spanish 3 Studio Art Drawing

Detailed course descriptions can be found at www.thehill.org/courseofferings201819.

COLLEGE MATRICULATIONS 2015 - 2018

American International Dartmouth College* Ithaca College* Rollins College* Merchant University of Rochester* College Davidson College Jacksonville University Rose-Hulman Institute of Marine Academy University of South Carolina American University* Denison University Johns Hopkins University Technology United States Military University of Southern Amherst College Dickinson College* Kalamazoo College Rowan College at Academy* California* Assumption College Dominican College Kenyon College* Burlington County United States Naval Academy* University of St Andrews Auburn University Drew University Lafayette College* Rutgers University Universitat Leipzig (Germany) (Scotland) Babson College* Drexel University* Lake Forest College Sacred Heart University* University of British Columbia University of Tampa Bard College Duke University Lebanon Valley College Saint Francis University University of California/ University of Texas/Austin Barnard College* Duquesne University Lehigh University* Saint Michael’s College Berkeley* University of Tokyo – Bates College Durham University Lewis & Clark College Santa Clara University University of California/Irvine PEAK (Japan) Baylor University Eckerd College Loyola Marymount University Savannah College of University of California/ University of Toronto Belmont University Elmira College Loyola University Maryland* Art and Design San Diego (Canada) Bentley University* Elon University* Marist College School of the Art Institute of University of California/ University of Vermont Berklee College of Music Emerson College Mercyhurst University Chicago Santa Cruz University of Wisconsin/ Binghamton University Emory University* Messiah College Seton Hall University University of Alabama* Madison Boston College* Fairleigh Dickinson University- Miami University, Oxford Sewanee: University of University of Chicago* * Boston University* Florham Campus Middlebury College* the South University of Colorado/ Vanderbilt University Bowdoin College Florida State University Morgan State University Skidmore College Boulder* Vassar College Brandeis University Franklin & Marshall College Muhlenberg College* Southern Methodist University University of Connecticut Villanova University* Broward College Franklin University New England College St. Edward’s University Virginia Tech Brown University (Switzerland) The New School – St. Francis Xavier University University of Denver Wake Forest University* Bryant University Furman University All Divisions (Canada) University of Edinburgh Washington and Jefferson George Washington New York University* St. Lawrence University* (Scotland) College Bucknell University* University* North Carolina State Stanford University* University of Florida* Washington and Lee University Carnegie Mellon University* Georgetown University* University* Stetson University University of Illinois/ Washington University in Case Western Reserve Georgia Institute of Northeastern University* Sungkyunkwan University Urbana-Champaign* St. Louis* University Technology Oberlin College of (Korea) University of Miami* Webster University Catholic University of America Gettysburg College Arts and Sciences Susquehanna University University of Michigan* Wellesley College Central Connecticut State Gordon College Ohio Swarthmore College University of New England Wentworth Institute of University Grinnell College Penn State University* Syracuse University* University of New Hampshire Technology Citrus College Hamilton College Penn State/Altoona Temple University* University of New Haven Wesleyan University College of Charleston* Harvard University* Pomona College Texas Christian University University of North Carolina/ West Chester University of Claremont McKenna College High Point University * Trinity College Chapel Hill Pennsylvania* Clark University Hobart and William Smith Purdue University* Tufts University University of North Dakota Western University (Canada) Clemson University Colleges* Queen’s University Tulane University* University of Notre Dame Wilkes University Colgate University* Hofstra University Randolph-Macon College Union College University of Oregon College of William and Mary Colorado College* College of the Holy Cross Rensselaer Polytechnic United States Air Force University of Pennsylvania* Williams College* Colorado Mesa University Howard University Institute* Academy University of Pittsburgh* Wittenberg University Columbia University* Indiana University/ Roanoke College United States Coast Guard University of Pittsburgh/ College of Wooster Connecticut College* Bloomington* Rochester Institute of Academy Greensburg Yale University Cornell University* Indiana Wesleyan University Technology University of Richmond*

*indicates three or more Hill matriculations