GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL 300 Garrison Forest Road  Owings Mills, MD 21117 p 410-559-3129  f 410-559-3108 CEEB 210580 www.gfs.org Christopher Hughes, Head of School Reema Khanchandani, Head of Upper School Ann Marie Strauss, Director of College Counseling, [email protected] Stephanie Metruk, Associate Director of College Counseling, [email protected] Lynn Lyon-Vaiden, College Counseling Coordinator, [email protected]

SCHOOL PROFILE 2018–2019 THE SCHOOL Garrison Forest School, founded in 1910, is a PreK–12 girls’ day and boarding school, located on 100 rural acres with easy access to the Baltimore and Washington areas. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Association of Independent Maryland Schools. 100% of our graduates are accepted to four year colleges and universities.

ENROLLMENT Total – 555. Upper School – 239. Senior Class – 69. Garrison Forest School is a diverse community. 36% of the Upper School population identifies as students of color and 15% are international. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASS OF 2019 English 4 credits History 3 credits It is expected that a student will carry Mathematics 3 credits The Arts 2 credits at least five academic credits per Science 3 credits Physical Education 1 credit semester and will graduate with a Foreign/Classical Language 3 credits Decision Making required, non-credit minimum of 21 credits. and Transitions

Advanced Placement (AP) Courses Additional AP courses are offered through Online School for Girls. Biology Computer Science Principles Psychology Calculus AB English Literature Spanish Language and Culture Calculus BC Environmental Science Spanish Literature and Culture Chemistry French Language and Culture Statistics Chinese Language and Culture Latin US History

AP/Honors Courses Offered Junior Year Senior Year 15 AP courses 2 AP course limit* 3 AP course limit* NO honors sections offered in English, History or Biology; 19 Honors courses It is uncommon to take more than four honors courses due to scheduling constraints. *Exceptions to these limits are made rarely by formal request on an individual basis.

UPPER SCHOOL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) – an experiential research program for juniors and seniors in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University. WISE participants are paired with JHU faculty and work as a member of a research team. Placements are made in JHU’s Whiting School of Engineering, Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Archeological Museum. The project culminates in a final oral and written presentation for JHU and GFS faculty.

The Jenkins Fellows Program–endowed in 2005, the program empowers GFS students to promote and commit to global community service. Sophomores and juniors are invited to research opportunities and fellows are selected through a competitive application process. Jenkins Fellows immerse themselves in summer service and return to campus to present reflections on their experiences to the community. Jenkins Fellows serve as leaders of the student Service League Board for the remainder of their time at GFS. Recent projects include volunteering in an orphanage in Cambodia, working with Habitat for Humanity in Milwaukee, WI, volunteering in a hospital in the Czech Republic, mentoring children and working with tribal elders on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana, and supporting young woman survivors of human trafficking in a Sicilian (Italy) community center.

Independent Senior Project (ISP) Students participate in a two–week unpaid internship in a professional environment at the end of their senior year. Recent ISP sites include Smithsonian Institution, Under Armour, Roominate (Silicon Valley start-up), T. Rowe Price, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Special Olympics, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Baltimore Magazine, NASA’s Goddard Space Center, Walt Disney Family Museum and Habitat for Humanity, as well as schools and other non-profit organizations. COURSES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THE CLASS OF 2019 (Beginning in the fall of 2016, Garrison Forest School moved to a semester system.) ENGLISH SCIENCES (all w/lab) LANGUAGES HISTORY COMPUTER/ English IV, AP Biology (AP) Chinese V (AP) World History I TECHNOLOGY English I, II, III, IV Biology Chinese II, III, IV,V World History II Computer Science Literature and Composition I Physics (H) with Calculus Chinese II (H), III (H), US History (AP) Principles (AP) Physics (H) IV (H) US History Adv. Game Design (.5) MATHEMATICS Physics French Language (AP) Psychology (AP) Intro to Computer Algebra I Chemistry (AP) French II (H), III (H), Developmental Psychology (.5) Prog.: Game Design (.5) Geometry Chemistry (H) IV (H), V (H) Economics (.5) Digital Game Design (.5) Geometry/Trigonometry (H) Chemistry French II, III, IV, V Contemporary World Algebra II Environmental Science (AP) Latin (AP) Issues (.5) Algebra II /Trigonometry (H) Biochemistry, Microbiology(H) Latin II (H), III (H), Recent American History (.5) Functions & Trigonometry Ecology, Evolutionary Biology IV (H) World Religions (.5) Precalculus Animal Science Latin I, II, III, IV, V Stopping Genocide (.5) Precalculus (H) Anatomy and Physiology Latin Literature: Prose Modern Africa (.5) Statistics Engineering Design and Poetry (.5) Modern Middle East (.5) Statistics (AP) The Science of Art (.5) Spanish Language (AP) Modern Latin America (.5) Calculus WISE Spanish Literature (AP) Int’l. Perspectives: Calculus AB (AP) Spanish II (H), III(H), Women/Gender/Health (.5) Calculus BC (AP) IV (H) Adv. Calculus and Linear Algebra Spanish I, II, III, IV, V (Post AP) Ind. Study in Ancient Greek

THE ARTS: GFS enjoys a rich tradition in the arts. Our comprehensive arts curriculum offers breadth and depth in the fine and performing arts. In addition to the traditional offerings, the arts faculty provides STEM-relevant opportunities for hands-on learning, problem solving, and creativity through collaboration with our science, math, and computer science faculty. A complete list of courses in the arts can be found in our curriculum guide at: https://www.gfs.org/uploaded/images/Upper_School_Curriculum_Guide_2018-2019.pdf

Online School for Girls: Garrison Forest School is an affiliate member of OSG. A student may supplement her curriculum by requesting to enroll in an online course through OSG if the course she seeks is not offered at GFS. Online enrollments are approved by the administration, as appropriate, on an individual basis.

Class of 2018

MIDDLE 50% SAT SAT Critical Reading 590-645 SAT Math 540–630

MIDDLE 50% ACT ACT Composite 23-30

ADVANCED PLACEMENT RESULTS: 2018

Number of students taking an AP exam: 103 Total number of AP exams taken: 224 Percentage of students scoring 3 or above: 77%

The Garrison Forest School Motto Esse Quam Videri (To Be Rather Than To Seem)

GRADING SCALE: 20

90—100 A– to A+ 4.0 15 80—89 B– to B+ 3.0—3.9

10 19 70—79 C– to C+ 2.0—2.9 18 16 14 60—69 D– to D+ 1.0—1.9 5 1

0 3.9-4.0 3.7-3.87 3.5-3.69 3.0-3.49 2.97 UNWEIGHTED CUMULATIVE GPA:

GPA Distribution for the Class of 2019 Includes all courses in grades 9-11. 4.0 is the highest GPA.

(Includes all courses) Full Range of Class: 2.97 – 4.0 Median: 3.74 It is the policy of the school not to rank.

GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR COURSES IN WHICH THE CLASS OF 2019 WERE ENROLLED

A+ A A– B+ B B– C+ C C– D+ D TOTAL Humanities English III/American Studies 7 32 21 5 3 1 69 AP US History 4 4 14 2 1 25 US History/American Studies 6 16 13 7 2 44 History Electives 11 20 14 7 7 2 1 2 64 Mathematics Adv. Calculus & Linear Algebra 2 4 3 9 AP Calculus AB 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 14 AP Calculus BC 3 5 3 1 5 17 Calculus 1 5 2 2 2 12 Honors Precalculus 3 5 4 2 2 4 3 23 Precalculus 5 5 5 8 6 4 2 1 1 37 Algebra II 3 5 4 9 5 1 5 32 Science AP Biology 1 5 5 3 14 AP Chemistry 2 1 1 3 7 Physics (H) with Calculus 1 3 3 2 1 10 Physics (H) 8 6 5 7 2 28 Physics 4 4 3 11 3 2 3 1 31 Biology 1 17 19 12 11 4 6 2 1 64 Animal Science 5 2 2 3 1 4 1 18 Engineering Design 1 4 7 3 2 17 WISE 28 2 1 31 Foreign Language AP Spanish Language & Culture 1 2 1 2 6 Spanish 11(H), III, III(H), IV, 2 14 19 9 17 4 2 2 69 IV(H) AP Latin 2 3 1 1 7 Latin III, III (H), IV 1 2 2 3 3 1 12 Latin Literature: Prose 1 1 French III(H), IV, IV(H) 1 3 3 2 2 11 Chinese III(H), IV, IV(H) 2 2 2 3 1 1 11 Computer/Technology AP Computer Science Principles 1 4 3 1 4 1 1 15 Advanced Game Design 1 2 1 4 Digital Game Design 1 2 3 1 1 8

THREE YEAR SURVEY OF COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES The 64 members of the Class of 2018 are planning to attend 48 different colleges.

Adrian College Hamilton College Randolph-Macon College University of California, Berkeley Albright College Hampton University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of California, Davis Allegheny College Hartwick College Rhodes College University of California, Irvine American University Haverford College Rice University University of California, Los Angeles *Appalachian State University *High Point University Roanoke College University of California, San Diego Arizona State University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Rochester Institute of Technology University of California, Santa Art Center College of Design Hofstra University Roger Williams University Barbara Auburn University *Howard University Rollins College University of California, Santa Cruz *Babson College Indiana University Rowan University University of Belmont University Ithaca College Rutgers University University of Colorado at Boulder Beloit College *James Madison University Sacred Heart University University of Connecticut Boston College John Cabot University Saint Joseph’s University *University of Delaware (3) Boston University *Johns Hopkins University Saint Michael’s College University of Denver Bowdoin College *Johnson & Wales University Salisbury University University of Florida *Brandeis University Juniata College Salve Regina University University of Illinois Bridgewater College Kalamazoo College Santa Clara University *University of Kentucky Bryn Mawr College *Kenyon College Sarah Lawrence College University of Lynchburg *Bucknell University Lafayette College *Savannah College of Art and Design University of Maine California College of the Arts Lake Forest College Savannah State University University of Mary Washington California Institute of the Arts Lehigh University *School of the Art Institute of *University of Maryland, Balt. Co. Carnegie Mellon University Lesley University Chicago (2) *University of Maryland, College Carroll University (Wisconsin) Lewis & Clark College School of Visual Arts Park (8) *Case Western Reserve University *Louisiana State University Seton Hall University *University of Maryland, Inst. of Centre College Loyola Marymount University Sewanee: The University of the Applied Agriculture *Chapman University *Loyola University Maryland (2) South University of Massachusetts Clark University Loyola University New Orleans Shippensburg University *University of Miami Clemson University Lynn University Siena College University of Mississippi Colby College Macalester College *Skidmore College University of New Hampshire Colgate University Maine College of Art Smith College University of New Haven *College of Charleston Manhattanville College *Southern Methodist University U. of at Charlotte Colorado College Marist College Spelman College U. of North Carolina at Greensboro Columbia College Marquette University St. John’s University U. of North Carolina at Connecticut College Marshall University St. Lawrence University Wilmington *Cornell University(2) *Maryland Institute College of Art St. Mary’s College of Maryland University of North Texas *Davidson College Marymount University Stetson University University of Oregon Delaware State University Massachusetts Coll. of Art and *Stevenson University *University of Denison University Design Stony Brook University University of Pittsburgh DePaul University McDaniel College Susquehanna University *University of Rhode Island *Dickinson College Messiah College Swarthmore College University of Rochester Drew University *Miami University, Oxford (3) Syracuse University University of San Francisco Drexel University Michigan State University Temple University *University of South Carolina (2) Duke University *Monmouth University *Texas A&M University University of South Florida Earlham College Morgan State University *Texas Christian University (2) *University of Southern California East Carolina University Mount Holyoke College The American University of Paris University of St. Andrews Eckerd College Mount St. Mary’s University The Catholic University of America University of Tennessee Elizabethtown College Muhlenberg College The College of New Jersey University of Vermont *Elon University *New York University *The College of Wooster University of Virginia Emerson College North Carolina State University The New School University of Washington Emory & Henry College North Carolina A&T State Univ. The Ohio State University University of Wisconsin Emory University Northwestern University *The University of Alabama Ursinus College Fairleigh Dickinson University Notre Dame of Maryland University The University of North Carolina at Vanderbilt University Finlandia University Occidental College Chapel Hill Vassar College Flagler College Ohio Wesleyan University The University of Tampa Villanova University Florida Atlantic University Otis College of Art and Design The University of Texas Virginia Commonwealth University Florida State University Otterbein University Towson University *Virginia Tech Fordham University Oxford College of Emory University Trinity College Wake Forest University Franklin & Marshall College Pacific Northwest College of Art *Trinity College Dublin Washington and Lee University Furman University Pennsylvania State University Trinity University Washington College George Mason University Pepperdine University Tufts University *Washington University in St. Louis Georgetown University Pitzer College Tulane University Wesleyan University Georgia Tech Pomona College *Tuskegee University West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania *Gettysburg College *Pratt Institute Union College West Virginia University Gordon College Princeton University United States Naval Academy Whittier College Goucher College Purdue University University College London Widener University Grinnell College Queens University of Charlotte University of Arkansas Wofford College University of Bridgeport Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100% of Garrison Forest’s graduates over the past three years * Colleges entered by one or more students of the Class of 2018. have been accepted to four-year colleges and universities. The Class of 2018 applied to an average of 6.2 colleges each.