HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANA 2019-20 PROFILE

The mission of University High School of Indiana is to expand the hearts and minds of students and to nurture excellence through academic, creative, and physical achievement.

University High School of Indiana is a nonsectarian, MEMBERSHIPS: independent, preparatory school in Carmel, Indiana, University High School of Indiana is a member of the a suburb on the north side of Indianapolis. University offers National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), a personalized approach to a college preparatory program. Independent Schools Association of the Central States Students also learn through formal mentoring relationships. (ISACS), Indiana Association of Independent Schools Students at University High School are known, understood, (IAIS), College Board, Educational Records Bureau (ERB), and taken seriously. The school community is organized National Association for College Admission Counseling around the six core values of 1) diversity, 2) commitment (NACAC), Association of College Counselors in Independent to excellence, 3) commitment to personal responsibility, 4) Schools (ACCIS), Cum Laude Society, and the Indiana High creativity, 5) stewardship, and 6) mutual respect, support, School Athletic Association (IHSAA). University High School and trust. is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS), the North Central Association FACULTY AND STAFF: (NCA), and the Commission on Accreditation and School HEAD OF SCHOOL: Chuck Webster, B.A., M.A. Improvement (CASI). ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL/HEAD-ELECT: Alicia LaMagdeleine, B.A., M.A. TUITION: $21,190 for the 2019-20 school year ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL: David Vesper, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.

DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING: Lade Akande, B.A., M.S. CLASS OF 2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS: (317-733-4475, ext. 104 or [email protected]) • 3.80 Median GPA DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING: Maddy MacAllister, B.A. (317-733-4475, ext. 151 or [email protected]) • 54 AP Scholars, average score 3.75 • 2 National Merit Commended Students ENROLLMENT: • 1 Lilly Foundation Community Scholarship Recipient 327 students are enrolled for the 2019-20 school year, averaging 82 students per grade. Diverse racial and ethnic • $18.5 million in merit scholarships offered, students backgrounds represent 32% of the student body. will be taking $3.5 million • 91% accepted into their first-choice school CEEB CODE: 150448 • Admitted to 158 different and , 15 new to University High School students STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO: There are 46 full-time members of the faculty and administrative staff. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1.

2825 W. 116th Street Carmel, IN 46032 317-733-4475 www.universityhighschool.org UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANA | 2019-20 PROFILE

SUMMARY OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS: FINE & PERFORMING ARTS: (4 credits) Students must pass four semesters of fine and performing arts classes. Each student must earn a minimum of 48 credits to graduate. All students must take at least five classes per semester and ATHLETICS/PHYSICAL EDUCATION: (3 credits) Students must one January Term course each year. Courses taken outside of pass one semester of Health and two semesters of Physical University High School can be used toward these requirements Education. Students may replace one semester of Physical only if approved beforehand. Students must also satisfy the Education with successful participation in a full season on an minimum subject requirements. athletic team.

MINIMUM SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS OVER FOUR YEARS: CLASS OF 2020 GRADE DISTRIBUTION:

ENGLISH: (8 credits) Students must pass two semesters of At University High School of Indiana, Language & Literature, two semesters of Great Books, and all courses attempted are reported. four semesters chosen from AP English Language, AP English As a rule, only courses in which Literature, or advanced coursework in the junior and senior years. a student earned an F are repeated. If the course is MATHEMATICS: (6 credits) Students must pass all mathematics retaken, the original F stays classes up through Algebra II and must take a minimum of four on the transcript and the semesters at a high school. retaken course will also be on the transcript. Any class SCIENCE: (6 credits) Students must pass two semesters specifically named in the of Biology, two semesters of Chemistry, and two additional graduation requirements semesters of science classes. that the student fails must be retaken, either in summer school SOCIAL STUDIES: (8 credits) Students must pass two semesters or the following school year. Any of World History (AP or regular), two semesters of U.S. History (AP other class not specifically named in the or regular), and two semesters advanced coursework in the junior graduation requirements that the student fails must be accounted and senior years. for by successfully passing another course, either in summer school or the following school year. WORLD LANGUAGE: (6 credits) Students must pass all world language classes in one language up through the third-year University High School of Indiana reports major disciplinary course and must take a minimum of four semesters at a high infractions, whether related to academic misconduct or school. behavioral misconduct, that resulted in the applicant’s suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from our institution.

A+ 100-99 B- 82-80 University High School of Indiana uses a 4.0 scale. A 98-93 C+ 79-77 Advanced Placement (AP) A- 92-90 C 76-73 courses are weighted one point. University High B+ 89-87 C- 72-70 School of Indiana does not B 86-83 F Below 70 rank students.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANA IHSAA Sports Cum Laude Society Outdoors Club Boys and Girls Basketball Dance Marathon for Riley Hospital for Pep Band Boys Baseball Children Peer Facilitators Boys and Girls Cross Country DECA Peer Tutors Boys and Girls Golf Drink Shop Poultry Pals Boys and Girls Soccer Eco-Blazers FIRST Robotics Boys and Girls Swimming Entrepeneur/Launch Club Rowing Club Boys and Girls Tennis Fall Play Science Club Boys and Girls Track and Field Fellowship of Christian Athletes Science National Honor Society Girls Softball Film Club Spanish Club Girls Volleyball Food Club Spring Musical Academic Team French Club StageBlazers (theatre) Apple Help Desk Games Club Stewardship Council Asian Affinity Gardening Club Student Teambuilding Facilitators Black Affinity Gay-Straight Alliance The U Post Blaze Craze (Spirit Club) Gender Equality Club Thespian Society Blood Drive Global Citizens Club Year of Service Book Club History Club (National History Day) Young Democrats Business Club Jewish Affinity Club Young Republicans Cheerleading Math Club Youth Emergency Preparedness Club Community Service Club Model United Nations UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANA | 2019-20 PROFILE

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANA COURSE OFFERINGS: Classes at University High School are taught at the honors level. *Indicates corequisite course. ENGLISH Environmental Science: Ecology Ceramics I, II, III, IV Cosplay Costuming Adv. Creative Writing: Drama Environmental Science: Current Events Choir The Cuban Revolution Adv. Creative Writing: Fiction Environmental Science: Human Impact Dance Appreciation Crime & Culture Adv. Creative Writing: Poetry Environmental Science: Literature & Digital Media Design Dante’s Italy Adv. Creative Writing: Screenwriting Science of Conservation* Fashion I Detroit: Rebirth of a City Adv. English: African-American Environmental Science: Oceanography Film History Disney: Making of an American Icon Literature Physics Film Production Doing Science: Biochemistry & Adv. English: Adaptations Zoology: Invertebrates Garment Construction & Embellishment Microbiology Adv. English: American Literature Zoology: Vertebrates Graphic Design Equity M&M’s: Money & Music after 1914 Graphic Illustration Evolution & Societal Impact of Football Adv. English: American Literature SOCIAL STUDIES Illustration: Graphic Novel* Film & Culture to 1914 Adv. Social Studies: Ancient Introduction to Art Film Art Adv. English: Author Study - Faulkner – Myth & Reality Introduction to Dance Forensic Science Adv. English: Comedic Literature Adv. Social Studies: Cold War Introduction to Music Technology French Culture & Society Adv. English: Contemporary & International History Introduction to Painting Game Theory American Novels Adv. Social Studies: Economics Introduction to Photography Garden to Table: Sustainable Food Adv. English: Dystopian Literature Adv. Social Studies: Law in America Jazz Band Systems & You Adv. English: Folktales & Legends Adv. Social Studies: Modern Africa Jewelry Genealogy: Who Are You & Where Did Adv. English: Gender & Sexuality Adv. Social Studies: Sociology Music Appreciation You Come From? Adv. English: Gothic Literature Adv. Social Studies: World Religions Musical Theatre The Glass Class Adv. English: Graphic Novel* AP European History Music Theory Goethe Adv. English: Literature & the AP U.S. Government & Politics Percussion Ensemble Heading Out: History & Practice of Environment AP Psychology Portfolio Development Camping Adv. English: Literature & Science of AP U.S. History Printmaking I, II Hemingway, Hurricanes & Art Deco: Conservation* AP World History Screen Printing South Florida Culture & Ecology Adv. English: Media Studies Africa: History & Culture Sculpture Hidden New Orleans Adv. English: Memoir America in the 1960s Stained Glass History & Evolution of Hip-Hop Adv. English: Nature Writing The American Civil War String Orchestra History of Rock & Roll Adv. English: Nonfiction Literature & : History & Culture Survey of Theatre Hollywood, Then & Now Writing Europe: Ancient World Textiles I, II Hong Kong: City & Cinema Adv. English: Novel Writing Europe: Medieval & Renaissance Theatre Production The Inca Civilization Adv. English: Philosophy & Literature Europe: Reformation & Revolution Wearable Design Intelligence Augmentation & Adv. English: Place in Literature Europe: Modern Era Wind Ensemble Human-Machine Interface Adv. English: Poetry Latin America: History & Culture Yearbook/Digital Design Interior Design Adv. English: Race in America* Middle East: History & Culture Yearbook/Journalism Intro to Philosophy: Thought Adv. English: Shakespeare Philosophy Experiments Adv. English: Short Works Political Ideology & George Orwell ADDITIONAL CLASSES Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Evolution Adv. English: Speculative Fiction Topics in European History AP Computer Science A Law & Justice Adv. English: The Family & Literature U.S. History Accounting Life & Culture of American Teens Adv. English: The Literature of War U.S. History: Race in America* Adv. Computing Life Hacks Adv. English: The Rebel World History Adv. iOS App Development Literature of the American Landscape Adv. English: The Hero The World Wars Adv. P.E.: Strength & Conditioning The Lure of Everest AP English Language & Composition Adv. P.E.: Yoga & Mindfulness Modern France AP English Literature & Composition WORLD LANGUAGE Broadcasting Musical Instrument Construction & Etymology: Greek Roots Academic English Community Service in Practice Songwriting Etymology: Latin Roots AP French Language & Culture Health Musical Theater Great Books AP Spanish Language & Culture Independent Study National Parks: History & Introduction to Creative Writing AP Spanish Literature & Culture Introduction to Computer Science Contemporary Issues Language & Literature French 1, 2, 3, 4 IT Concepts: Networks, macOS, Pacific Northwest Public Speaking & Communication Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4 Hardware & Logic Quilting: Practice & History IT Help Support Raspberry Pi MATHEMATICS FINE & PERFORMING ARTS Leadership Through Service Relationships 101: Friends, Family AP Calculus AB 2D Mixed Media Personal Finance & Dating AP Calculus BC Acting for Everyone Physical Education RePlastics AP Statistics Adv. Acting Research Scholars Robotics Adv. Calculus Adv. Drawing & Painting Sports Management Role of Media & NGOs in Shaping Algebra I, II, II with Trigonometry Adv. Improvisation Survey of World Literature & Film African Society: Uganda Finite Mathematics A, B Adv. Literature in Music Web Design I, II Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: The Science of Functions & Trigonometry Adv. Musicianship (Wind, Choir, Cooking Geometry Strings) JANUARY TERM COURSES (2016-20) San Francisco: An LGBTQ History Multivariate Calculus & Differential Adv. Music Technology 1066: The Norman Conquest School House Rocks Equations Adv. Photography: Alternative Mediums The 1990s Soccer: The World’s Most Beautiful Precalculus Adv. Photography: Ancient Cameras Art History: Important Movements in Game Probability & Statistics Adv. Photography: Collage & Narrative Italy & France Space Exploration & Rocket Science Trigonometry & Finite Math Adv. Photography: Color Film/Digital The Art of Cake Decorating & More Sports & Society Adv. Photography: Documentary The Art of Live Performance Star Trek SCIENCE Adv. Photography: Film The Art of Protest Steak & Salsa Adv. Chemistry: Laboratory Design Adv. Photography: Medium Format Austrian Culture & History Storytelling: Creative Writing Seminar Anatomy & Physiology Adv. Photography: Social Media Baking & Bread Student Internships AP Biology Adv. Photography: Portraiture Baseball & Beyond Urban Legends: Origin & Purpose of AP Chemistry AP 2D Art & Design Basketball & Beyond Creepy Indiana Urban Legends AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism AP 3D Art & Design Broadcasting Video Game Design AP Physics C: Mechanics AP Art History Build A Bike Weaving (Weave No Child Behind) Astronomy AP Drawing Celtic Culture: The Art & History of Yoga: Mind-Body Connection Biochemistry Applied Acting Ireland Zero to Hero: Guitar for Absolute Biology Art History The Celtic Nations: Legends, Lochs & Beginners Chemistry Band Languages Organic Chemistry Bookbinding I, II Cooking & Indianapolis UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANA | 2019-20 PROFILE

COLLEGE MATRICULATION, 2012-2019: Class of 2019 final choices listed in bold.

Academy of Art University Cornell University Indiana University Kokomo Northern Arizona University St. Olaf College University of New Hampshire Cornish College of the Arts Indiana Wesleyan University Northern University Stanford University University of New Mexico Creighton University Iowa State University Northern University Stetson University University of North Carolina A&M University Culinary Institute of America Ithaca College Stonehill College Asheville Curry College IUPUI Stonybrook University University of North Carolina School Daemen College Ivy Tech Community College of Nova Southeastern University Suffolk University of the Arts Alvernia University Dartmouth College Indiana O’More College of Design University of North Carolina Jacksonville University Oakland City University SUNY Cortland Wilmington Amherst College John Oakwood University Susquehanna University University of North Dakota Anderson University (Indiana) John Paul the Great Catholic Swarthmore College University of North Florida Anderson University () DePaul University University Occidental College University of North Texas Appalachian State University Johns Hopkins University Northern University University of Northern Colorado Aquinas College Johnson & Wales University Temple University University of Notre Dame DigiPen Institute of Technology Johnson C. Smith University Tennessee State University University of Oklahoma Arizona State University Dominican College (New York) Texas Christian University University of Oregon Ashland University Dominican University (Illinois) Juniata College Oklahoma State University The University of Pennsylvania Auburn University Dominican University of California Kalamazoo College Olivet Nazarene University The Evergreen State College University of Pittsburgh Aurora University Drake University Kansas State University The George Washington University University of Portland Drexel University Pace University The King’s College University of Puget Sound Azusa Kent State University Pacific Northwest College of Art The Ohio State University University of Redlands Duquesne University Kentucky Christian University Pacific University The University of Alabama University of Rochester Baldwin Wallace University Durham University Palm Beach Atlantic University The University of Arizona University of Saint Francis Ball State University Knox College Penn State University The University of Edinburgh University of San Diego Bard College East Carolina University Lafayette College Penn State Altoona The University of Iowa University of San Francisco Barnard College Eastern Kentucky University Penn State Harrisburg The University of North Carolina University of South Carolina Barry University Lawrence Technological University Pepperdine University at Chapel Hill University of Southern California Baruch College (CUNY) Elmhurst College Lawrence University Philadelphia University The University of Tampa University of Southern Indiana Bates College Lehigh University Pitzer College The University of Utah University of Southern Mississippi Becker College Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Point The University of Vermont University of St. Andrews University Lewis & Clark College Portland State University Thiel College University of Tennessee Belmont Abbey College Emmanuel College Lewis University Prairie View A&M University Thomas More College University of Texas at Austin Belmont University Liberty University Pratt Institute University of the Cumberlands Beloit College Endicott College Linfield College Providence College University of the Pacific Fairfield University Loyola Purchase College (SUNY) Trine University University of the Sciences in Bentley University Fisher College Loyola University Chicago Trinity University Philadelphia Berry College Flagler College Loyola University Maryland Purdue University Calumet University of Toronto Florida Gulf Coast University Loyola University New Orleans Purdue University Fort Wayne Tuskegee University University of Victoria Bethel College Florida Institute of Technology Lynn University Queen’s University Military Academy Binghamton University (SUNY) Quinnipiac University University of Arkansas University of Washington MacMurray College Reed College University of California, Berkeley University of West Florida Boston College Fort Lewis College Manchester University Regis University University of California, Davis University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Boston Conservatory at Berklee Franklin & Marshall College Marian University (Indianapolis) Rend Lake College University of California, Irvine University of Wisconsin-Madison Franklin College (Indiana) Marist College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of California, University of Wyoming Bowdoin College Full Sail University Marlboro College Rhode Island School of Design University of California, Merced Valparaiso University Bowling Green State University Furman University Marquette University University of California, Riverside Vanderbilt University Bradley University Marshall University Rice University University of California, San Diego Villanova University Butler University George Mason University Rider University University of California, Santa Vincennes University California College of the Arts Georgetown University Maryland Institute College of Art Ringling College of Art and Design Barbara Virginia Commonwealth University California Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology Marymount Manhattan College Rochester Institute of Technology University of California, Santa Cruz Virginia Tech California Institute of the Arts Gettysburg College University of Chicago Cal Poly Goldsmiths, University of London Massachusetts College of Rollins College Wabash College California State University, East Bay Gonzaga University Pharmacy & Health Sciences Roosevelt University University of Colorado Wagner College Massachusetts Institute of Rose-Hulman Institute of University of Colorado Boulder Wake Forest University Carleton College Technology Technology Carnegie Mellon University Grace College McDaniel College Saint Joseph’s College University of Delaware Washington & Carroll University Grinnell College McGill University Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Washington & Jefferson College Carthage College Guilford College Medaille College Washington College Case Western Reserve University Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Mary’s College Washington State University Cedar Crest College Hamilton College (Ohio) Samford University University of Exeter Washington University in St. Louis Centenary College of Louisiana Michigan State University San Diego State University Wayne State University Central Penn College Hampshire College Middle Tennessee State University San Francisco Art Institute University of Florida Hampton University Middlebury College San Francisco State University University of Georgia Wellesley College Midway College San Jose State University University of Hartford West Chester University Champlain College Hartwick College Milligan College Santa Clara University University of Hawai’i at Manoa West Virginia University Chapman University University of Houston Western Illinois University Clark University Harvey Mudd College Milwaukee School of Engineering Savannah College of Art and Design University of Illinois at Chicago Western Kentucky University Clarkson University Haverford College Monmouth University School of the Art Institute of University of Illinois Urbana- Western Michigan University Clemson University State University Chicago Champaign Western Washington University Cleveland State University Morehouse College Scripps College University of Indianapolis Westminster College Coastal Carolina University Hilbert College Mount Holyoke College Seattle University University of Kansas Wheaton College (Illinois) Colby College Hillsdale College Mount Ida Campus - UMass Seton Hall University University of Kentucky Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Colgate University Hiram College Amherst Sewanee: The University of the University of La Verne Whitman College College for Creative Studies Hobart and William Smith Colleges Mount St. Joseph University South University of Leicester Whittier College College of Charleston Hofstra University Murray State University Shawnee State University College of the Holy Cross Hollins University Siena College University of Lynchburg William & Mary Colorado College New College of Florida Sierra Nevada College University of Mary Washington William Penn University Colorado Mesa University Hope College New England College Simmons College University of Maryland Colorado School of Mines Howard University New England Culinary Institute University of Massachusetts Amherst Wilmington College Colorado State University Huntington University New School (Parsons School of Smith College University of Miami Winona State University Columbia College Chicago Design) Southern Illinois University University of Michigan Columbia State Community Illinois Institute of Technology New York University Southern University of Minnesota College Illinois Wesleyan University Norfolk State University University of Mississippi Worchester Polytechnic Institute Columbia University Indiana State University North Carolina State University St. Catherine University University of Wright State University Concordia University Indiana Tech St. Edward’s University -Kansas City Indiana University St. Lawrence University Xavier University of Louisiana Indiana University Fort Wayne Northeastern University St. Louis College of Pharmacy University of Nebraska-Lincoln Yale University

Lade Akande Maddy MacAllister Director of College Counseling Director of College Counseling [email protected] [email protected] (317) 733-4475, ext. 104 (317) 733-4475, ext. 151