Fast Facts 2014-2015 Key Contacts Programs Accreditation Ethnic Breakdown Grading System Grades – Class of 2011 Graduation
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School Description: Camelback High School is “A Unified Community Dedicated to Building Graduates Worthy of the Spartan S.H.I.E.L.D." The Spartan SHIELD represents the six characteristics that all CBHS graduates should embody: Stewardship, Honor, Intelligence, Ethics, Leadership, and Discipline. Students are required to do community service, participate in a club or sport, and attend numerous campus events to ensure campus and community connectedness. Camelback features three schools with-in-a-school: Camelback School of Engineering Camelback Montessori College Preparatory, the first Montessori high school in Arizona Camelback Virtual Academy Camelback now offers 12 Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Additionally, Camelback’s intense focus on AVID and ACT, both college-readiness initiative, has resulted in dramatic increases in achievement, college-going rates, and college scholarships. CBHS boasts extensive performing and visual arts programs that offer band, guitar, drums, piano, dance, drama, ceramics, drawing, AP Studio Art, and digital photography. Aside from offering every major sport, CBHS also offers over 50 clubs that range from archery to breakdancing to fashion to hiking to chess. Camelback’s innovative Advisory period provides every student with academic intervention and enrichment opportunities, which includes Success Is Mandatory, an academic support program during which peer tutors provide instruction to struggling students before school, after school, and on Saturdays. Finally, Camelback is dedicated to maintaining a Clean, Beautiful, Happy, Safe learning environment committed to the personal and academic excellence of all Spartans! Fast Facts 2014-2015 Grades 9-12 Ethnic Breakdown Student Enrollment 2078 Hispanic 1590 76.5% Teaching Faculty 112 Anglo 187 9.0% Support Staff 67 Black 152 7.3% Native American 77 3.7% Student-Faculty Ratio 1:19 Asian 25 1.2% Average Class Size 24 Grading System Attendance Rate 94% Grading is numerical; letter grade equivalents and grade points Four-Year Graduation Rate (2013) 77.2% are as follows: Students on Free & Reduced Lunch 87.1% Arizona Letter Grade Accountability C A = 100-90 (Excellent) = 4.0 grade points B = 89-80 (Very Good) = 3.0 grade points C = 79-72 (Satisfactory) = 2.0 grade points Key Contacts D = 71-70 (Passing) = 1.0 grade points Principal F = Below 70 (Failing) = 0.0 grade points Quintin Boyce, Ed. D., [email protected] WP = Withdrawn from course with passing mark WF = Withdrawn from course with failing mark AP Registration: Melissa Jackson, M.Ed., [email protected] Honors and A.P. marks are weighted 5 points for grade-point averages (GPA) and class rank. AP Activities: Steve Kuipers, M.Ed., [email protected] Grades – Class of 2011 Un-Weighted AP Instruction: 2.49> 2.5-2.99 3.0-3.49 3.5-4.0 Matthew Georgia, M.Ed., [email protected] 165 93 50 12 AP Student Services: Keith Brazier, M.Ed., [email protected] Weighted 2.99> 3.0-3.49 3.5-3.99 4.0< Counselors: 239 54 21 7 Cindee Badalamente, J.D., [email protected] Larel Jacobs, M.Ed., [email protected] Myra Ronan, MA.Ed., [email protected] Graduation Requirements Monica Meza, MA.Ed., [email protected] Sarah Lawrence, MS, [email protected] Credits Cynthia Adams, MA.Ed., [email protected] Required English 4 Programs Fine Art or CTE 1 English Language Learners 88 4.7% Mathematics 4 Exceptional Student Program 318 6.53% Biology 1 AVID (Advancement Via 93 4.5% Science Lab 2 Individual Determination) Social Science 3 Health 0.5 Electives 6.5 Accreditation TOTAL 22 Credits AdvancEd Honors and Advanced Placement: Post-secondary Plans Honors courses in English, Math, Social Studies, Sciences, Graduates who enter post-secondary education - 47.1% Engineering, Performing Arts and Foreign Languages are Graduate who enter the workforce - 29% full time 65% part time offered. AP classes in English, Statistics, Calculus, Biology, Graduates who enlist in the military - 3.6% Human Geography, US Government and US History are also offered. These courses are designated as such on the College Scholarships: transcript. High school subjects taken in the eighth grade also $3.8 million receive honors credit. College Acceptance - Class of 2011 Honor Roll: Arizona State University Student honor roll is based upon the student’s numerical Northern Arizona University average. Grades for students in Honors or Advanced Placement University of Arizona Courses are weighted five points for Honor Roll computation Grand Canyon University purposes. St. Mary's University New Mexico State University Principal’s Honor Roll – 4.0 weighted G.P.A. or higher Notre Dame University Honor Roll – 3.0-3.99 weighted G.P.A. Purdue University Amherst University Dual Enrollment: Georgetown University Students may receive both high school and community college Coast Guard Academy credit while enrolled in high school. Courses available are Air Force Academy Spanish, Business, Chemistry, Engineering, and Game Design Gateway Community College and are approved for dual enrollment credit. All courses are Phoenix College taught by PUHSD teachers who are community college Eastern Arizona College certified. Some dual enrolled courses require that students take South Mountain Community College and pass a community college ASSET or Accuplacer test prior Glendale Community College to enrolling. Scottsdale Community College Phoenix Union High School District Mission: Magnet Programs: The School of Engineering provides hands-on experiences and Preparing every student for success in college, career and life. technical skill development while using the most comprehensive academic standards and state of the art facilities, software and Phoenix Union High School District is one of the largest high equipment. These programs prepare students for college or school districts in the country, with 16 schools, over 27,000 university degrees and entry level careers. students, and nearly 3,000 employees. Phoenix Union covers 220-square miles of Arizona’s capital city. If the K-8 students in Camelback Montessori is a rigorous, iPad-based college its 13 elementary partner schools were included, it would be preparatory for highly motivated students who thrive in a among the 25 largest school districts in the United States, with collaborative learning environment. over 110,000 students. Academically, there are over 500 courses to choose from. Rigor continues to be the emphasis, as the District offers more Awards and Recognitions Honors, AP and other high level courses than ever before, and Camelback High School earned Arizona State University's Lead student enrollment in those classes is the highest ever. Students and Inspire Award in 2011. are earning college credit and accelerating their academics through community college dual enrollment, and “Move On In 2013, Camelback High School and its principal were honored When Ready,” an initiative that can earns students the Grand by the Rodel Foundation of Arizona for improvements in Canyon Diploma early, and move on to college. Diversity is a academic achievement. hallmark at The Phoenix Union--94% of its students are minority, including 80% Latino, and the students, including a large Camelback High School graduates have been awarded many refugee population, represent over 60 languages. More than half scholarships over the past few years including Gates-Millenium, of the students come from a home where English is not the Coca-Cola as well as Provost, Friendly House, Viyao, Wildcat primary language. Instructional technology is one area where Excellence, National Junior College Athletic Association, Phoenix Union sets itself apart from most districts. With NCAA, and Ronald McDonald House. significant funding from a supportive community and a commitment to the future, the district is leading the way in Arizona bringing technology into the classrooms and into the hands of its’ teachers and students. Technology is changing the way teachers teach and students learn. .