Lahore Grammar School Paragon Campus School Profile for College
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Lahore Grammar School Paragon Campus School Profile for College Admission Offices – 2015/2016 CEEB Code: 690302 ▫ [email protected] ▫ +92 423 7165450 ext. 107 ▫ www.lgsparagon.com LGS Paragon City, Burki Road – Cantt. Lahore, Pakistan. 54810 Lahore Grammar School Paragon Campus, established in 2009 is an autonomously administered member of the Lahore Grammar School Network. The LGS Network was founded in 1979 with the aim to provide an alternate source of rigorous academic training and develop an environment conducive to personal growth. At Paragon, this golden philosophy reverberates through the 40,000 square yards of campus space populated by a dynamic student body of 2,200 girls and boys enrolled in classes from kindergarten through the 13th grade final year of Cambridge A-Levels. The primary medium of instruction is English for all grade levels with the exception of Language courses including Urdu. The secondary and post-secondary school follows the Cambridge International GCE ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level curriculum. Students enroll in a minimum of 8 courses for the O-Level training in grade 9, 10 and 11 and are encouraged to study four courses in grade 12 and 13 for the A-Level curriculum. Final exams are conducted by Cambridge International and remain a prerequisite for graduation. Students have a wide variety of courses to choose from and are encouraged to explore their intellectual interests through experience. Learning is highly interactive owing to an experienced faculty and class sizes capped at 25 students per seminar. A list of courses offered for the O and A Level programs is provided below. Cambridge Ordinary Level Courses Cambridge Advanced Level Courses Mathematics; Additional Mathematics; Physics; Mathematics; Further Mathematics; Physics; Biology; Chemistry; Accounting; Economics; ICT; Biology; Chemistry; Economics; Business; Law; Commerce; Business Studies; Sociology; English; Psychology; Sociology, English Literature; World English Literature; Urdu; Art and Design; Islam; History; Art and Design; Media Studies; Computer Pakistan Studies; Environmental Management; Science; Urdu; Thinking Skills; Accounting; Computer Studies; French; Mandarin; German International Relations; General Paper LGS Paragon does not report GPA and owing to the relative simplicity of Cambridge Grading Policy. Class rank is estimated by the subject teachers and college counselors. Over the past six years, our students have been performing par excellence, receiving laurels such as the ‘Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards’ and ‘Global Subject Distinctions’. On average 15% of the graduating class has been scoring above the 90th percentile in final A-Level exams. These figures are an encouraging indication of their training to date and future readiness for college. Grading may be calculated by the following table: Letter Grade Equivalence * 90 %~ 100% = A 80 %~ 89% = A 70 %~ 79% = B 60%~ 69% = C 50 %~ 59% = D 40%~ 49% = E 0%~ 39% = U (Fail) (( The student body is diverse and while academic excellence remains our top priority, the campus has been purpose built to encourage extracurricular and sporting activities. The student body hosts and manages various events with minimum help from the administration. There are over 15 student-run, highly engaging societies at Paragon with the freedom to start your own in case one does not exist. The environment for personal growth has been maintained in spirit of the Grammar Philosophy. The dynamic is further abetted by a cooperative administrative unit and a dedicated counseling department. Students start engaging with their counselors from as early as grade 9 owing to the open-door yet highly confidential approach of the department. Students are made aware of the graduation prerequisites, standardized testing requirements and the opportunities present beyond school. Paragon hosts representatives from colleges around the world who continue to inspire our students to apply themselves beyond the comfort zone. Currently, alumni of LGS Paragon are either enrolled at or have recently graduated from the following universities to name a few. University of Pennsylvania (100% scholarship and Macalester College title of World Scholar) Queen Mary University Brown University (100% scholarship) SOAS, University of London Middlebury College (100% scholarship) Southampton Solent University Vanderbilt University (Cornelius Vanderbilt University of Surrey Scholarship) Florida Institute Of Technology Ohio Wesleyan University School of the Art Institute of Chicago Grinnell College Wabash College-Presidential scholarship. Rice University Lawrence University- Full Scholarship University of Hartford DePauw University- 28000$ University of Maryland Baltimore Country UC San Diego (UMBC) UC Davis New York University (NY) University of Pittsburgh New York University Abu Dhabi Campus (Full University of California, Los Angeles Scholarship) University of Rhode Island Hult International Business School New York University Shanghai Campus (Full Oxford University Scholarship) Columbia College Chicago Knox College Stetson University New York institute of Technology Ringling College of art And Design Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar (Full University of Richmond Scholarship) Northeastern university London School of Economics Rosemont College Imperial College London Connecticut College King’s College London Bates College School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of British Columbia Warwick University University of Waterloo University College London (UCL) McGill University University of Hong Kong (HKU) University of Manitoba Cornell University - Qatar Bilkent University - Turkey McGill University Ku Leuven Belgium University of Connecticut HKUST Sarah Lawrence College Jacobs (Full Scholarship) Bennington College University of Southampton University of New South University College London University of Lancashire University of Birmingham New York University (NY, Abu Dhabi & Shanghai) University of Edinburgh Carnegie Mellon – Qatar Queen Mary University University of Manchester City University London Glasgow University Westminster University Cardiff University Brunel University University of Salford METU, Northern Cyprus and Ankara Campuses For Any Further information, please contact our College Counselors: Salman Yasin School Principal Director Counseling Zurez Adil Khan – High School Counselor E: [email protected] P: +92 3004744571 E: [email protected] P: +92 3214551990 Zara Hafeez – High School Counselor Zainab Rahman – High School Counselor E: [email protected] P: +92 3204560011 E: [email protected] P: +92 3334336033 .