Bellevue High School CEEB Code: 480070 2015-2016 10416 SE Wolverine Way Bellevue, WA 98004

Telephone: (425) 456-7031 FAX: (425) 456-7030 website: www.bsd405.org/bhs Principal: Scott Powers Assistant Principals: Russell White and Jessica Proctor Counselors: Elana Jimenez Mary Beth Smith Richard S. Brown, Jr. Kelly Troisi Maureen Travaille [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

The School Community Bellevue High School is one of four comprehensive public high schools in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, . The school aggressively promotes academic excellence through an open enrollment philosophy of its Advanced Placement program and other accelerated classes. Accreditation: Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Memberships: The College Board, Pacific Northwest Association of College Admissions Counselors.

School Enrollment 1656 Ethnicity: African American 2.6% Asian 25.9% Hispanic 6.8% Multi-Ethnic 7.9% Caucasian 56.0% Free or Reduced-Price Meals 11.0% Special Education 6.0% Transitional Bilingual 4.0% Teachers with at least a Master’s Degree 79.0% Cohort Graduation Rate 90.0%

The Curriculum The academic program provides a seven period day with a 30 minute tutorial session. Ninth and tenth grade students are required to take seven classes; eleventh and twelfth grade students are required to take six classes. Graduation requirements: English 4.0 credits Career and Tech 1.0 credit Mathematics 3.0 credits Physical Education 2.0 credits Social Studies 3.5 credits Lab Science 2.0 credits Fine Arts 1.0 credit Health 0.5 credit Electives 6.5 credits

Must meet standards on Washington State High School Proficiency and End-of-Course exams

Total Credits 23.5 Minimum GPA required: 2.00 Community Service: 40 hours

Advanced Placement (AP) is an open enrollment program with AP courses offered leading to AP Exams. Classes offered during the 2014-2015 school year included: AP English Lit & Comp. AP Physics C AP 3D Design AP Lang. & Amer. Lit. AP Biology AP Photo 2D AP Calculus AB AP Chemistry AP Computer Art 2-D AP Statistics AP Environmental Science **** AP World History AP French Language Total 2015 AP exams: 1765 AP History AP Spanish Language AP Scholars: 199 AP American Government AP Spanish Literature AP Micro Economics AP AP Macro Economics AP Computer Science AP Psychology AP Art/Design AP Physics 1 AP Drawing

Honors Courses: Freshman and Sophomore English Composition and Literature, Advanced Calculus (college level Math 124), Differential Equations (college level Math 307), Japanese 6, French Literature, Honors Acting, Honors Symphonic Band, Honors Chamber Orchestra, Honors Wind Ensemble, Honors Concert Orchestra, Honors Sinfonia, Honors Chorale, Special Topics Computer Science.

Running Start: This Washington State program allows qualifying high school students to enroll in college classes that earn both high school and college credit. BHS students attend Bellevue Community College and Seattle Central Community College. Tech Prep: Students enrolled in designated Tech Prep courses earn college credit. WaNIC: Consortium of schools offering career/vocational courses.

Grading and Ranking Letter grades are assigned on a 4.0 system. No “+” or “-“ grades are included on the transcript or in the GPA. All credited classes are included in computing the unweighted GPA and the weighted class rank. Class rank is computed in October and again in January using weighted final grades in all subjects. Approved credits earned elsewhere are noted with the “TR” code preceding the course name and/or in the “Schools Attended” section of the transcript. Credits earned elsewhere are reviewed in the context of standards. Letters of Recommendation: Bellevue School District does not require teachers to write letters of recommendation.

Class of 2015 Profile Class Size 366 College Matriculation: 304 (83% of the class) Students matriculating to 4 year colleges 303 (71% of the class) Students matriculating to 2 year colleges 43 (12% of the class) Test Statistics: Bellevue HS Washington National SAT – I Critical Reading Mean 553 510 497 SAT – I Math Mean 593 518 513 SAT – I Writing Mean 549 491 487 ACT Composite 26.1 23.0 21.0

Class of 2014 College Attendance (as reported by students) In-State: Colorado School of Mines Trinity University Colorado State University Tufts University Central Washington University Columbia University United States Air Force Academy DigiPen Institute of Technology Cooper Union United States Military Academy Edmonds Community College Creighton University United States Naval Academy Evergreen State College DePaul University University of Alabama Gonzaga University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University University of Arizona Northwest University Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering University of British Columbia Seattle Pacific University Georgia Institute of Technology University of California, Davis Seattle University Harvey Mudd College University of California, Irvine University of Puget Sound Hillson International Leadership CollegeUniversity of California, Los Angeles University of Washington, Seattle Hult International Business School University of California, Santa Barbara University of Washington, Bothell Indiana University, Bloomington University of California, Santa Cruz University of Washington, Tacoma Linfield College University of Colorado /Boulder Washington State University Loyola Marymount University University of Dayton Western Washington University Montana State University, Bozeman University of Idaho Whitman College New Mexico Military Institute University of Michigan New York University University of Montana, Missoula Out-of-State: Northwestern University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Arizona State University Occidental College University of Oregon Barnard College Pace University University of Portland Bentley University Pennsylvania State University University of Rochester Boise State University Purdue University University of San Diego Boston University San Diego State University University of Southern California Brandeis University San Francisco Art Institute University of Utah Brigham Young University San Jose State University University of Warsaw Brown University Santa Clara University Vassar College Cal Poly San Luis Obispo School of the Art Inst., Chicago Westmont College Carnegie Mellon University Scripps College Whittier College Catholic University of America Southern Methodist University Willamette University Chabot College Stanford University Yale University Champlain College Swarthmore College Chapman University Syracuse University Claremont McKenna College Temple University Carnegie Mellon University Texas A&M University College of Southern Nevada Texas Christian University Colorado College