Profile for College Admission 2020–2021
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Profile for College Admission 2020–2021 Latin School of Chicago, founded in 1888, is an independent, coeducational, Our Vision college preparatory school for students in junior kindergarten through grade twelve. The school is an urban campus located on the near-North Side of Our vision for educational excellence is Chicago adjacent to the 1,212-acre Lincoln Park. The upper school is located to reinforce the value of an exemplary on the southeast corner of Clark Street and North Avenue. Chicago’s rich liberal arts education that makes learning cultural and intellectual resources are integrated throughout Latin’s curriculum, inquiry-based, personal and inclusive. Our giving faculty and students numerous opportunities to take advantage of the approach expands each Latin Learner’s school’s urban location. capacity for purposeful learning—whether Student Body Service Learning in our school, our city or our world. Latin enrolls a diverse community of more than Latin students complete 30 hours of direct 1,189 students from 75 Chicago neighborhoods service with an at-need community before their and 12 surrounding suburbs. Our students are junior year, though most students continue to ambitious and talented; they think critically engage meaningfully with their communities Covid Statement: and are engaged in their learning. Latin’s upper in myriad ways throughout their high school school currently enrolls 497 students—39% experience. Through Latin’s Uptown Partnership, Latin ceased on-campus instruction in of whom consider themselves students of our students connect with a variety of agencies color—who come from different ethnic, and organizations in an urban neighborhood and March of 2020, but courses continued cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and embed service into their curricular and Project remotely for the remainder of the spring are nurtured in an environment that embraces Week experiences. (See “Curricular Highlights”) their diversity. Latin awards more than $4 Latin School of Chicago believes in sustained semester. Our grading system did not million annually in financial assistance to community engagement that is meaningful, change; students were expected to finish families with demonstrated need but provides immersive, and reciprocal. the semester with the same completion no merit scholarships. Accreditation and Affiliation expectations, and under the same grading Faculty A member of College Board and the National system. The fall 2020 semester will be Approximately 100 dedicated members Association of College Admission Counselors, comprise the Latin middle and upper school Latin complies with the CEPP of NACAC as conducted in the same manner, and faculty. Our student/faculty ratio is 9:1, and 87 well as other professional ethical guidelines. transcripts will appear identical to pre- percent of our classroom teachers have earned Latin School is also a founding member of master’s degrees or higher. the Association of College Counselors in COVID transcripts. Independent Schools. Latin is accredited Activities by the Illinois State Board of Education, the Students participate in more than 20 different Independent School Association of the Central competitive varsity and junior varsity sports States and is a member in good standing of the College Counseling Office teams and over 50 different clubs, organizations National Association of Independent Schools. Alexandra Fields, Interim Co-Director and affinity groups. Several theatrical [email protected] performances are staged throughout the year, At Latin 100 percent of students are admitted to and Jennifer Taylor, Interim Co-Director and our students enter a variety of local and choose to attend 4-year colleges and universities. Several students each year choose to defer enrollment [email protected] national arts and academic competitions. Latin to explore non-academic opportunities. hosts a championship Scholastic Bowl team and Alexander Zotos, Assistant Director a variety of nationally recognized publications [email protected] and service organizations. Veronica Vela, Assistant [email protected] CEEB/ACT Code # 140935 Randall Dunn, Head of School 59 W. North Blvd., Chicago, IL 60610-1492 p 312.582.6025 f 312.582.6401 www.latinschool.org Kirk Greer, Mary Gertrude White Upper School Director Curricular Highlights Grading Policy Honors Latin School does not rank its students nor does it Latin is a member of the Cum Laude Society (students The majority of discipline-specific awards are granted at provide a cumulative GPA. At the conclusion of each are eligible at the end of eleventh and twelfth grade); the end of the senior year. school year, internal non-college GPAs are calculated for students may also be selected to the school’s unique *NOTE: Latin students are generally limited to no more than three the purpose of faculty-selected honors societies and awards. Erasmus Society beginning their sophomore year, which AP/honors courses in a given school year. Students must petition In this calculation, all AP and honors courses are weighted rewards intellectual curiosity and a love of learning for approval to exceed this limit. more than college preparatory classes. beyond a concern for achieving high grades. SUBJECT & REQUIREMENTS COURSES (honors and AP courses are in bold) ENGLISH American Civilization English 11: Silenced America English 12: LGBTQ+ Literature English 12: The Place’s You’ll Go in Literature English 9 English 12: Writer’s Workshop, English 12: Mexican American Literature English 12: Poetry & Flash Fiction Four credits including English 9-12 English 10: African Lit Blended Learning English 12: Modern and Contemporary Poetry English 12: Punching the Clock There are no honors courses in English English 10: Asian Lit English 12: Black Voices in America English 12: The Meaning of Life in Literature English 12: Shakespeare English 10: Eastern & Central Euro Lit English 12: Creative Writing English 12: Neil Gaiman’s American Gods English 12: Wonder When You’ll Miss Me English 10: Latin American Lit English 12: Disenchantment and Fantasy Lit English 12: The Writer’s Workshop English 10: Mid East & South Asia Lit English 12: Great Novellas English 11: American Seeker English 11: Modern American Literature English 11: The New Americans HISTORY & American Civilization: Honors Economics Honors American Politics Russian Revolutions Global Art and Culture International Human Rights Spice: Food, Trade, and Culture SOCIAL STUDIES US History AP Psychology Global Studies: Networks, Hierarchies, Latin American Revolutions U.S. Social History Logic, Rhetoric, and Ethics Three credits including one full-credit in Chicago: City on the Make & Culture What is Race?: Global Studies in Race Global Cities, the remaining credits must Middle East Honors Comparative and Honors United States History and Racism include at least one year of U.S. History, and Modern China Global Politics and Historiography World Religions at least one credit of a global studies elective Nazi Mind Honors European History Neuropsychology World Religions 2 MATHEMATICS Advanced Geometry Introduction to Differential Calculus Geometry Precalculus Advanced Topics in Math AP Calculus AB Honors Geometry AP Statistics Three or three and a half credits, dependent on track, must include Algebra 2 and Algebra 1 AP Calculus BC Introduction to Integral Calculus Geometry Algebra 2 Finance and Math 1 Honors Multivariable Calculus Honors Algebra 2 Finance and Math 2 Honors Precalculus Honors Accelerated Precalculus and Diff Calculus SCIENCE Biology AP Chemistry Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 Honors Physics Honors Biology Cosmology Medicinal Chemistry 1 AP Physics: Mechanics Three credits including one year of Physics, Biology and Chemistry Chemistry Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 Medicinal Chemistry 2 AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Honors Chemistry Physics Stellar Astronomy Honors Advanced Biology: Physics 2 Ecology and Evolution Honors Advanced Biology: Genetics and Evolution COMPUTER SCIENCE & Computer Science Principles I & II Modern Computers: From NAND to Tetris Software Development Lab-Blended Data Visualization & Analysis Web Application Development TECHNOLOGY Honors Advanced Programming Intro to Algorithms and Data Structure Principles of Programing Languages LANGUAGES Proficiency-based programs in French, Latin, Mandarin CHINESE FRENCH LATIN SPANISH and Spanish are offered and all students must Hon. Mandarin: Inter. Mid. Hon. French: Inter. High Hon. Latin: Advanced High Hon Spanish: Adv. Low Latin School follows a proficiency-based successfully complete a minimum of three consecutive Hon. Mandarin: Inter. Mid. 2 Honors French: Inter. High Hon. Latin: Superior Hon. Spanish: Inter. High language model. Course titles may appear years of a language. The classroom experience is more than once, which reflects a progression Hon. Mandarin: Inter. Mid. 3 – Language & Culture Hon. Spanish: Inter. High (11/12) grounded in the three modes of communication Hon. Mandarin: Inter. High Hon. French: Inter. High Hon. Spanish: Inter. High (9/10) in learning and not a repeated class. (interpersonal, interpretive and presentational) for – Literature Hon. Spanish: Inter. High Particular level bands or skill levels may modern languages. French, Mandarin and Spanish require a varying amount of time, exposure classes are conducted in the target language and – Language & Culture or both. (See ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines students use their skills in a variety of real-life situations. Hon. Spanish: Inter. High