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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS English 4.0 Mathematics 4.0 Social Studies 3.5 (US History 1.0 and Civics 1.0) Science 4.0 (Biology 1.0) PE/Health 2.0 CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS Personal Finance 0.5 All members of the Berlin High School community will engage Capstone project 1.0 collaboratively to ensure rigorous and relevant learning to cultivate Additional credits 8.0 transferable skills toward success in a global society. (Art/Vocational 1.0) Total: 27 credits* ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS: EXPLORE diverse perspectives and evaluate sources to express *Additionally: Students must successfully meet established thoughtful judgments district performance standards in literacy, mathematics, and THINK flexibly, take responsible risks, and listen with science. understanding and empathy SEEK to solve problems creatively by developing solutions, findings, prototypes, performances, or media BECOME self-directed, self-reflective, independent learners COURSE LEVELS Courses at Berlin High School are offered on three levels: SOCIAL AND CIVIC EXPECTATIONS: College Preparatory; Advanced; and Honors, Advanced EXHIBIT personal, community, and environmental health Placement, and University of Connecticut/Early College MODEL kind and ethical conduct Experience. Not all courses are offered in each level. CONTRIBUTE to a safe and supportive society that respects our Additionally, Learning Center and English for Speakers of differences Other Languages courses are offered to students who qualify. SCHOOL Berlin High School is a four year comprehensive high school, accredited through the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Berlin High School provides approximately GPA AND CLASS RANK 890 students with an extensive curricular program of studies Grading is calculated by a numerical system 0-100. along with a wide range of co-curricular opportunities. Berlin Transcripts report final grades in all courses taken from High School acknowledges and supports student interests grades 9-12. The minimum passing grade is 60%. and abilities in the academic, career, and personal-social domains. In consideration of the difficulty of the actual course work, an eight point differential is added to all high school courses designated as Honors, University of Connecticut/Early COMMUNITY College Experience, and Advanced Placement. A four point Berlin is the geographic center of Connecticut, south of differential is added to all high school courses designated as Hartford. With a population of approximately 20,000, it is "advanced." both a residential and industrial community. Residents of the community are employed in professional, skilled, and semi- Berlin does not report class rank on the transcript, but we will skilled occupations. The hamlets of Kensington, Berlin, and provide a rank directly to an institution if required by the East Berlin comprise the community. The Board of Education institution. governs three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. TRANSFER CREDITS When a student earns credits from an accredited institution STAFF other than Berlin High School, the courses are noted on the Berlin High School employs 68 general education classroom transcript as courses completed in curriculum categories teachers with an average student-teacher ratio of 13:1. (e.g. English, mathematics, etc.) toward the credits required Additional staff includes 3 administrators, 4 school for graduation from BHS. The courses will be listed on the counselors, 1 district supervisor of school counseling, 1 BHS transcript as “TR English, TR Math” (etc.) and they will school psychologist, 2 social workers, 10 special educators, 2 be given the credit value received, but no grade will be Effective School Solutions social workers, 1 speech listed. Students applying to colleges will need to provide a pathologist, 0.4 ESOL educator, 1 reading specialist, 1 transcript from the original accredited institution to provide library/media specialist, and 1 athletic director. accurate information to the college. 11th grade Mean SAT Class of 2019 Scores 2018-2019 postgraduate plans

highlights and accomplishments advanced placement exams academic and community service recognition 91 graduates earned the President's Award (a cumulative average of 90 or higher)

47 graduates were active members of the National Honor Society (minimum 93 GPA, service, leadership, and character)

54 graduates earned a Community Service Citation (over 120 hours of community service performed) Class of 2019 College Acceptances (as rated by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges 2019) Most Competitive Very Competitive Bentley University Assumption College Becker College Boston College Bryant University Bridgewater State University Boston University Champlain College Central Connecticut State University Brandeis University Chatham University Clark University Brigham Young University Elms College Coastal Carolina University Bucknell University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Columbia College Chicago California Polytechnic State University - Daytona Beach Curry College University, San Luis Obispo High Point University East Carolina University Carleton University James Madison University Eastern Connecticut State University Carnegie Mellon University Loyola University Maryland Fairleigh Dickinson University Connecticut College George Mason University Mercer University Iona College Hamilton College (NY) Muhlenberg College Johnson & Wales University Lafayette College Ohio Wesleyan University Keene State College Lehigh University Lasell College Northeastern University Roger Williams University Liberty University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Saint Joseph's University Mary Baldwin University Stony Brook University Salve Regina University Massachusetts College of Art and The College of the Holy Cross Susquehanna University Design The Ohio State University The University of Scranton Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Union College (NY) University of Dayton & Health Sciences University of Pennsylvania University of Delaware Merrimack College University of Pittsburgh University of Maine Montclair State University University of Rochester University of New Hampshire Mount Saint Mary College Worcester Polytechnic Institute University of North Carolina at Mount St. Mary's University (MD) Charlotte New England College University of North Carolina at Nichols College Highly Wilmington (NY) Competitive+ University of Rhode Island Plymouth State University The University of Tennessee, Point Park University Emerson College Knoxville Post University Rochester Institute of Technology University of the Sciences in Prescott College The George Washington University Philadelphia Radford University The University of Utah Sacred Heart University Virginia Commonwealth University Saint Peter's University Highly Competitive Wentworth Institute of Technology Savannah College of Art and Design American University West Virginia University Seton Hall University Baylor University Wheaton College (MA) Southern Connecticut State Clemson University Xavier University University Springfield College Indiana University at Bloomington State University of at New Jersey Institute of Technology Competitive+ New Paltz Pennsylvania State University Emmanuel College Stonehill College Providence College Endicott College SUNY College at Cortland Rutgers University-New Brunswick Hofstra University The College of Saint Rose Syracuse University Howard University Tunxis Community College Trinity College Nova Southeastern University Unity College University of Connecticut St. John's University University of Alabama at University of Massachusetts- Temple University Birmingham (UAB) Amherst The University of Alabama University of Hartford University of Vermont University of Kentucky University of Massachusetts, Boston University of New England Additional University of New Haven Very Competitive+ University of Saint Joseph Belmont University Acceptances Utica College Albany College of Pharmacy and Ithaca College Western Connecticut State Health Sciences Loyola Marymount University University Albertus Magnus College Pratt Institute Western New England University American International College The College of New Jersey Wilkes University