Jennifer FitzPatrick Director of College Guidance

Trevor Rusert Associate Director of College Guidance

Deborah Mankowski Registrar PROFILE 2008 – 2009

School and Community: The Academy is a coeducational day school located in a residential suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1838 and in its present location since 1925, a senior school was added in 1963. Traditionally, 100% of Sewickley Academy graduates attend a four-year college or university. The campus includes an early childhood center, a Lower School, a Middle School, a Senior School, a science building, a fine arts/theatre complex, two libraries, two dining rooms, two gymnasiums, an administrative complex, playing fields, and faculty homes.

Mission Statement: Sewickley Academy inspires and educates students to engage their hearts, minds, and hands to cultivate their full individual and collective potential in the service of a greater good.

Accreditation: The school is accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC), and the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS).

Enrollment: Approximately 800 total Pre-K-12, 300 in the Senior School (9-12). The student body reflects the economic and ethnic diversity of the greater Pittsburgh area. Students commute from a wide geographical area that includes Ohio, West Virginia, and over 50 Pennsylvania public school districts. Sewickley Academy students have the opportunity to participate in the Swiss Semester program, the Rocky Mountain Semester School, and the exchange program with our sister school in Australia.

Admission: Admission is on the basis of entrance examinations or satisfactory performance in our Middle School. The school welcomes qualified students with a variety of talents, interests and perspectives, without regard to race, religion, gender, national or ethnic origin.

Financial Aid: The Academy has a program to assist students in need of financial aid. Approximately 16% of the students in the entire school receive grants under the program. This year Sewickley Academy will award over $1.4 million in financial aid.

CEEB code: 394475

Graduation Requirements: Eighteen credits, excluding Physical Education, are required for graduation, including four credits of English; four credits of mathematics through Algebra II; three credits of history, including World Civilizations I and II and U.S. History; three credits in the same foreign language; three credits of laboratory science, including biology and chemistry, with a fourth credit strongly recommended; one credit of fine arts; participation in our health program and participation in community service. All students are required to carry a minimum of five major academic courses each year.

Standardized Testing: The following data represents the Classes of 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 (approximately 300 students).

Sewickley Academy PSAT Sewickley Academy SAT 2008 State Average SAT 2008 National Average SAT CR: 55-65 CR: 590-690 (642) CR: 494 CR: 502 M: 56-68 M: 600-710 (651) M: 501 M: 515 WR: 54-68 WR: 600-700 (648) WR: 483 WR: 494 Total: 166-196 Total: 1200-1390 (on 1600 scale) Total: 1810-2100 (on 2400 scale)

Class of 2009 (73 students)

PSAT/NMSQT (Middle 50%): Verbal: 55 - 67 Math: 58 - 67 Writing: 57 - 71 Selection Index: 173 - 202 National Merit: 8 Semifinalists 11 Commended

Sewickley Academy Senior School Grading Scale:

A 95-100 B+ 89-91 C+ 80-82 D+ 71-73 F 0-64 A- 92-94 B 86-88 C 77-79 D 68-70 B- 83-85 C- 74-76 D- 65-67 Class Rank: School policy precludes computation of class rank. Unweighted Grade Point Averages : Sewickley Academy uses a 4.0 unweighted grading scale. Weighted Grade Point Averages : Honors and A.P. courses are given an extra 0.3. 1

COURSES OF STUDY (not all classes offered every year)

ENGLISH HISTORY /S OCIAL SCIENCES DRAMA MUSIC English 9 *World Civilizations I, II Acting I, II Chamber Music English 10 *U.S. History Performance Workshop Chamber Singers English 11 AP U.S. History Stagecraft I Chorus *Junior/Senior Electives: AP European History Technical Theater Production Concert Band 20 th Century China: Electives: Theater Dance Jazz Ensemble Rebels & Rulers 20 th Century China: Voice and Speech Dynamics String Ensemble Art of Composition Rebels & Rulers Theater Dance Becoming American African Issues I, II Visual Arts Voice Performance Workshop Fine Points of Writing American Government 2D Studio Art *Theory and Composition Hero/Anti-Hero American Presidency Caricature & Cartoon Art Music History Humor and Satire The American Civil War Ceramics Music Composition Love and Romance in Lit. American Government Digital Design LANGUAGES The Power of Myth Century of War Metal Sculpture French I, II, III, IV Philosophical Questions in Civil Rights Sculpture Honors French II, III, IV Literature Comparative Government Basic Photography Advanced Survey of French & Reading and Writing Poetry Contemporary World Advanced Photography Francophone Civilization Reading Workshop Issues Specialized Photography Advanced Topics through Reality and Imagination Industrial Pittsburgh Arts Appreciation French Cinema Romantics, Rebels, & Macroeconomics Topics in French & Rogues Microeconomics SCIENCE Francophone Literature & Science Fiction Middle Eastern Politics Anatomy and Physiology Culture Spoken Word Modern Asia Astronomy/Meteorology AP French Language Stories of the Abyss Modern Latin America Biology AP Survey of American Honors Biology Literature MATHEMATICS AP Biology German I, II, III, IV, V, VI Visions and Voices Geometry Chemistry Honors German II, III, IV War and Peace Honors College in High School Advanced Survey of Germanic Geometry/Trigonometry Chemistry (CHS) Civilization COMPUTER SCIENCE Algebra I, II AP Chemistry AP German Language AP Computer Science A, AB Advanced Algebra II Environmental Science Mandarin I and II Creating Windows Software Honors Algebra II Conceptual Physics Spanish I, II, III, IV Computer Applications Introduction to Statistics Physics Honors Spanish II, III, IV Introduction to Programming Selected Topics in Mathematics *Honors Physics Advanced Spanish for Business Programming II PreCalculus with AP Physics B, C & Translation Web Page Design Trigonometry Advanced Spanish Honors PreCalculus/AP Calc A INDEPENDENT STUDY Conversation & Comp. Advanced Topics through *Calculus Various subjects AP Statistics Spanish & Latin American Cinema *These are the subjects in AP Calculus AB MISCELLANEOUS AP Spanish Language which many students take AP Calculus BC Ethics AP Spanish Literature AP exams . *Psychology Italian I, II, III, IV AP Italian Language and Culture

2008-2009 Course Catalogue: A description of all courses, including texts and prerequisites, is available at www.sewickley.org/srschool.asp. Depending upon student demand, some courses are not taught every year. Examples of classes not taught on an annual basis include AP Physics C, AP Spanish Literature, and AP French Literature.

Honors and Courses: Advanced courses at Sewickley Academy have prerequisites and minimum grade requirements. In most cases, a minimum grade of A- is required in the previous course. For example, in order to take AP European History in Grade 10, one must have received an A- or A in World Civilizations in Grade 9. For a complete listing of all prerequisites and department policies, please see the Course Catalogue at the website listed above.

Advanced Placement Exams: Any student at Sewickley Academy may sit for an AP exam in any subject. 133 Academy students took 237 in May 2008. 87% of the exams had a score of 3 or better. 62% of the exams had a score of 4 or 5. 37% of the exams had a score of 5 (87 tests). 2 3 College Acceptances, 2005 -2008

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University The University of North Carolina, Honors College Bates College Georgia Institute of Technology at Chapel Hill University of South Florida Belmont University Gettysburg College University of North Carolina, University of Southern California Bentley College Goucher College at Charlotte University of Southern Maine Bethany College Graceland University University of North Carolina, Southern Methodist University Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania University of Guelph at Wilmington Spelman College Boston College Hamilton College Northeastern University St. Bonaventure University Boston College, Honors College Hampshire College Northwestern University St. John's University Boston University University of Hartford University of Notre Dame St. Olaf College Bowdoin College Hartwick College Oberlin College Stanford University Brandeis University Harvard University Ohio Northern University Stonehill College Brown University Harvey Mudd College The Ohio State University Suffolk University Bucknell University Haverford College Ohio University Susquehanna University Cabrini College Hiram College Ohio Wesleyan University Swarthmore College University of California at Davis Hobart and William Smith Colleges Old Dominion University Syracuse University University of California at Los Angeles Hofstra University Ontario College of Art & Design The University of Tampa California Lutheran University College of the Holy Cross University of Oregon Taylor University Calvin College Hood College Pace University, New York City Temple University Canisius College Howard University Parsons School of Design University of Tennessee, Knoxville Carlow University University of Illinois at Chicago Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Thiel College Carnegie Mellon University University of Illinois at Urbana- Pennsylvania State University, Beaver University of Toronto Case Western Reserve University Champaign Pennsylvania State University, Erie: Towson University The Catholic 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