Moses Brown School 250 Lloyd Avenue, Providence, RI 02906-2398 2019-20 profile

P: (401) 831-7350 F: (401) 455-0084 Mosesbrown.org School CEEB Code: 400180

Matt Glendinning, Ph.D. OUR PHILOSOPHY Consistent with our Quaker school philosophy, the college counseling offce seeks to nurture the Inner Light of students through the college process. Head of School We encourage young people to refect deeply about their values and priorities as well as their talents and gifts in order to identify institutions that best match their personal, educational and professional Debora Phipps goals. Whether our students choose to enroll in one of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges, public ASSISTANT HEAD OF fagship institutions or premier research universities, they are well prepared to let their lives speak as SCHOOL: ACADEMICS they lead in the 21st century. The college options for Moses Brown graduates are as broad and diverse as our students’ talents and interests. Elise London HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Julia Baker ENROLLMENT CO-DIRECTOR 175 155 411 of college counseling 100 105 104 102 [email protected] LOWER MIDDLE UPPER SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 11 GRADE 12

34% of Upper School students receive Financial Assistance. 100% of graduating seniors will attend a 4-year college. Laurie J. Nelson 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 0.00800 106.25 212.50 318.75 425.00 CO-DIRECTOR of college counseling GRADE SYSTEM AND RANKING POLICY GRADING SCALE: [email protected] The Moses Brown school year consists of two semesters, each approximately eighteen A + = 4.3 weeks long. A = 4.0 Luigi Solla A – = 3.7 CO-DIRECTOR Credits: Yearlong courses are awarded 2 credits. Semester courses are awarded 1 of college counseling 0.00 106.25 212.50 318.75 425.00 credit. Independent study courses are graded pass/fail and do not earn credit. B + = 3.3 [email protected] B = 3.0 GPA: The Moses Brown Grade Point Average (GPA) is cumulative and weighted. B – = 2.7 Jill E. Bansal All credit-earning courses taken at Moses Brown in grades 9-12 are included in the GPA. The GPA is calculated on semester grades only, and Honors and AP courses C + = 2.3 OFFICE COORDINATOR receive an additional .3 weight. C = 2.0 [email protected] C – = 1.7 CLASS RANK In keeping with our Quaker philosophy, Moses Brown does not calculate a rank in class. D + = 1.3 D = 1.0 OUR MISSION GPA INFORMATION FOR THE CLASS OF 2020 (as of June 2019) D – = 0.7 Highest Weighted GPA: 4.31 Mean Weighted GPA: 3.52 Moses Brown, a Friends E = Below 60 school, exists to inspire the * Passing grade inner promise of each student is a D- or above. and instill the utmost care for PEDAGOGY & CURRICULUM learning, people and place. Founded in 1784, Moses In addition to foundational content knowledge, Moses Brown’s curriculum fosters creative problem- Brown is an independent, coed, solving (by means of Project-Based Learning), global awareness (by means of travel and immersion Quaker day school serving experiences), and ethical leadership (by means of service and related initiatives). students in nursery through twelfth grade. IMMERSION In February, all Upper School students embark upon a week of exploration, research, and collaborative Located on the East Side of problem-solving through co-taught, faculty-led immersive learning courses of students’ choosing. Providence near Brown The Immersion experience deepens our school’s commitment to intellectual inquiry, self-discovery, University, we are fully refection, leadership, and partnership with the broader Providence community, and allows students and accredited by the New faculty to engage with interests and passions that fall outside our standard curriculum. The immersion England Association of experience reinforces the concept that learning at Moses Brown is a lifelong adventure not confned to Schools and Colleges. Our the classroom. school is committed to promoting academic excellence DISCIPLINARY POLICY and service to others within the framework of a rigorous Moses Brown responds honestly and fully to questions regarding disciplinary incidences on the Common curriculum and a broad Application and when asked on other institutional applications. offering of arts and athletics. CURRICULUM INFORMATION

All Moses Brown courses are college preparatory in nature. Some courses are offered at the Honors or Advanced Placement (AP) level. AP courses are our most rigorous courses and are available primarily to seniors. Moses Brown offers 20 AP courses and 20 Honors courses. Honors and AP courses are not equally available in all subject areas. Teacher recommendation and departmental approval are required for AP and Honors enrollment. Many elective courses use college texts and are taught in the style of a college seminar. In addition to credit requirements in core academic subject areas, a one-credit Religious Studies course and two credits in the Visual or Performing Arts are required for graduation. *For a more detailed view of the Moses Brown curriculum, please visit mosesbrown.org/courses to see a full list of Moses Brown course offerings and descriptions by department.

2019–2020 COURSE OFFERINGS

ENGLISH MATH SCIENCE HUMANITIES WORLD LANGUAGES VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

College English 1, 2, 3 Algebra 1, 2, 3 Biology Why Europe? French 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Visual Arts Electives Prep English Electives Accelerated Algebra 2 Chemistry US History Latin 1, 2 , 3, 4 Performing Arts Electives Accelerated Geometry Physics Religious Studies Mandarin 1, 2, 3, 4 Accelerated Precalculus Science Electives Modern World History Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Geometry Humanities Electives Italian Language & Culture Precalculus Calculus Mathematics Electives Honors English 3 Algebra 2 Biology US History Latin 2, 3, 5 Geometry Chemistry French 2, 3, 4 Precalculus Spanish 2, 3, 4 Multivariable Calculus* Mandarin 2, 3, 4 Linear Algebra/Differential Equations AP English Literature Calculus AB Biology Comparative French Language & Culture AP Art Studio Calculus BC Chemistry Government & Politics Spanish Language & Culture AP Music Theory* Statistics Computer Science Principles Art History Latin Computer Science Programming Psychology Physics 1, 2* Physics C Environmental Science

*designates a course not offered during the 2019-20 school year

COLLEGE MATRICULATIONS Three year matriculation list (Classes of 2017, 2018, 2019). Institutions with three or more students attending in bold. The University of Alabama Elon University Pratt Institute University of Chicago American University Emerson College Princeton University University of Colorado at Boulder Babson College Emory University Providence College University of Louisville Bard College Fairfeld University Quinnipiac University University of Maryland, College Park Barnard College Florida Gulf Coast University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Massachusetts, Amherst Bates College Florida Southern College Rhode Island School of Design University of Miami Belmont University Franklin & Marshall College Rochester Institute of Technology University of Michigan Bennington College Georgetown University Roger Williams University University of Mississippi Bentley University Georgia Institute of Technology Rutgers University-New Brunswick University of New Hampshire at Durham Berklee College of Music Gettysburg College Sarah Lawrence College University of New South Wales Boston College Hamilton College Seton Hall University University of North Carolina at Wilmington Boston University Harvard University Skidmore College University of Pennsylvania Bowdoin College Haverford College Smith College University of Pittsburgh Brandeis University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Southern Methodist University University of Puget Sound Brown University Ithaca College Stonehill College University of Rhode Island Bryant University Kenyon College Stony Brook University University of Richmond Bucknell University Lake Forest College Suffolk University University of Southern California Carnegie Mellon University Lehigh University Swarthmore College University of St Andrews Case Western Reserve University Lewis & Clark College Syracuse University University of Vermont Central Alabama Community College Loyola University Maryland Temple University University of Wisconsin, Madison Chapman University Massachusetts College of Art and Design Texas Christian University Vanderbilt University Colby College Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & The Catholic University of America Vassar College Colgate University Health Sciences The College of Wooster Villanova University College of Charleston Massachusetts Maritime Academy The George Washington University Washington University in St. Louis College of New Rochelle Miami University, Oxford The New School - Parsons Paris Wellesley College College of the Holy Cross Michigan State University The Ohio State University Wesleyan University Colorado College Middlebury College The University of Tampa Wheaton College (MA) Connecticut College Mount Holyoke College Trinity College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Cornell University New York University Trinity University Xavier University Dartmouth College Northeastern University Tufts University Yale University Denison University Ohio Wesleyan University Tulane University Dickinson College Pennsylvania State University Union College Drexel University Pomona College University of California, Los Angeles