Profile 2017 – 2018

PUNAHO U SCHOOL

Dr. James K. Scott President Dr. Emily McCarren Principal, Grades 9 – 12 Dr. Paris Priore-Kim Principal, Kindergarten – Grade 8

1601 Punahou St., Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 College Counseling Office: 808.944.5804, fax: 808.944.5756 CEEB-ACT Code: 120085 www.punahou.edu

PDF files of this Profile and the Punahou Academy Course Catalog can be found at www.punahou.edu/collegecounseling. School Accreditation Punahou School, an independent college preparatory day school, Punahou School is fully accredited by the Western Association of was founded in 1841 by Protestant missionaries on lands given to Schools and Colleges (WASC). them by Hawaiian chiefs. The beneficiary of these two traditions, Punahou is now the largest independent school on a single Calendar campus in the United States, serving more than 3,750 students in K – grade 12. The 2017 senior class numbered 424. Two semesters of approximately equal length. Scheduling uses a modular system, and classes vary in length according The 76-acre campus provides an exceptional learning environment, to their needs. with facilities built to support age-appropriate educational program , indoors and outdoors. Outstanding arts and athletic facilities augmen t Grade Point Average the extensive and diverse opportunities for students. Award-winning , LEED-certified new building projects reflect Punahou’s commitmen t The GPA is computed annually and cumulatively. Only courses to educating children for a sustainable future, while flexible, taken at Punahou that receive a letter grade are used to determine dynamic spaces support inquiry-based exploration. the GPA . Citizenship and Physical Education grades are included in the GPA . Advanced Placement and Honors courses are not given Through a robust financial aid program, Punahou aspires to enroll additional point values. Rarely does a student graduate with a 4.0 a diverse student body of highly qualified individuals, addressing GPA . Punahou School does not rank its students . GPA is based on the financial needs of each admitted child. Financial aid is supported the traditional 4-point scale (A = 4.000, A– = 3.667, B+ = 3.333, by more than 407 individual endowed funds. B = 3.000, B– = 2.667, C+ = 2.333, C = 2.000, C– = 1.667, D+ = 1.333, D = 1.000, D– = 0.667). The school mission to foster personal and social responsibility is supported by centers focused on public service and entrepreneur - Grade Distribution ship, global education and Hawaiian studies. Through a program ( ) characterized by high expectations, students discover their unique Class of 2018 as of June 2017 strengths to become confident, self-directed learners. Admission to Cumulative Percentage Cumulative Percentage Punahou is highly competitive, with typically 1,800 applications GPA of Students GPA of Students for approximately 500 spaces. 4.000 – 3.8 33.3 2.999 – 2.8 2.3 College Counseling Staff 3.799 – 3.6 30.7 2.799 – 2.6 0.9 3.599 – 3.4 17 2.599 – 2.0 0.0 There are five college counselors and eight class deans, four of whom 3.399 – 3.2 9.1 also serve as college counselors (listed below). Pairs of deans stay 3.199 – 3.0 6.7 with a class until graduation, so the senior deans change annually. Myron S. Arakawa, Director of College Counseling Total Number of Students: 430 808.944.5805, [email protected] Median GPA: 3.6965 Darlee-Anne Kishimoto, Associate Director of College Counseling SAT Reasoning Test 808.944.5847, [email protected] Scores listed below are for the redesigned SAT. Christopher J. Obenchain, Associate Director of College Counseling (Class of 2017 ) 808.943.3615, [email protected] Evidence-based Reading and Lynne N. Tsuda, Director of Academic & Auxiliary Services Writing Math 808.944.5869, [email protected] Score % of students % of students Ryan Scudder, College Counselor 750 – 800 6.4 18.4 808.945.1328, [email protected] 700 – 740 16.5 20.4 Christine David, Senior Class Dean 650 – 690 24.9 25.4 808.944.5846, [email protected] 600 – 640 31.3 21.2 550 – 590 14.2 10.1 Erin Maretzki, Junior Class Dean 500 – 540 3.9 3.9 808.944.5798, [email protected] 450 – 490 2.5 0.6 Marguerite K. Ashford, Sophomore Class Dean 400 – 440 0.3 808.943.3217, [email protected] Number of Tests 358 358 Lisa E. Stewart, Freshman Class Dean Mean 643 672 808.943.3674, [email protected] Range of Mid 50% 610 – 690 620 – 720 National Merit Scholarship Program Course Explanations 20 students (4.6%) of the Class of 2018 were designated National Integrated Courses Merit Semifinalists. Recognizing the value of interdisciplinary courses (ID) which integrate materials and techniques from various disciplines, Advanced Placement Test Results Punahou offers students the opporunity to select these courses beginning in eleventh grade. Some students select these classes over (2017) the honors and AP counterparts because they appreciate the Score Number of Tests Percent of Total chance to make connections across disciplines or to integrate the various facets of a subject. 5 453 33 4 444 33 Among the courses we offer are these: 3 324 24 • American Studies . (11) United States History and American 2 123 9 Literature 1 20 1 • Arts & Letters . (11, 12) An interdisciplinary course combining Total Number of Tests: 1,364 the study of visual art and creative writing. One credit course Mean Score: 3.87 which satisfies both English and Performing Arts graduation requirements. Honors and Advanced Placement Courses • Creativity & Composition. (11, 12) An interdisciplinary course combining the study of English and music. One credit course Note: Punahou students are advised not to take more than which satisfies both English and Performing Arts graduation two Advanced Placement courses simultaneously. Students requirements. enrolled in AP courses must take AP exams. Other courses that may require further explanation are: English Science • Senior Capstone (Social Studies) : This innovative semester course Senior English Honors Chemistry Honors includes interdisciplinary themes of social responsibility, (one semester only) Physics Honors economics and the environment in an integrated learning Junior English Honors Biology Honors experience. The goal of the course is to develop global citizens (one semester only) AP Biology with passion, heart and intellect, who develop capabilities to AP Chemistry design, research and present sustainable solutions that create Language AP Environmental Science social change. Community service at a school-approved human- Japanese: II Honors, AP Physics 1: Algebra-based services agency is a requisite part of this course for experiential III Honors, IV Honors, AP Physics 2: Algebra-based learning and personal growth. Required for seniors. V Honors AP Physics C • G-Term: A short learning experience is offered to Academy French: II Honors, (Mechanics, Electricity students by Punahou School faculty and staff between the first III Honors, IV Honors, and Magnetism) and second semesters. This experience provides immersive AP French V learning opportunitie s not feasible within a normal class or not Spanish: II Honors, Social Studies available to all students through normal classes (for the latter, III Honors, IV Honors, AP U.S. History examples include short courses on topics such as glass blowing, AP Spanish V AP European History acting, etc.) Students can select from 60+ offerings; student Mandarin Chinese: AP U.S. Government and Politics growth is assessed but no grades are given and no graduation II Honors, III Honors, credit is assigned. IV Honors, V Honors Other AP Psychology • Global Online Academy: Punahou School is a founding member of Mathematics the Global Online Academy (GOA). Established in 2011, Geometry Honors Selective Enrollment by GOA ( www.globalonlineacademy.org ) offers diverse and rigorous Algebra II/Trigonometry Audition credit-bearing courses to students in member schools from Honors Symphony Orchestra around the world. Advanced Pre-Calculus Honors Wind Ensemble AP Calculus AB Chorale Punahou Graduation Requirements AP Calculus BC Wind Symphony English 4 credits AP Computer Science Principles l Social Studies 3 ⁄2 credits AP Statistics Science 2 credits Math 3 credits Language 2 credits Physical Education 2 credits Visual and Performing Arts 2 credits

Total minimum credits required for graduation: 22 Advanced Schooling Ninety-nine percent of the Class of 2017 are attending four-year colleges or universities, and 1 percent are attending com - munity or junior colleges. The Class enrolled in 167 different institutions. The following is a list of colleges attended by two or more Punahou School graduates over the last four years.

Alabama, U of – Tuscaloosa 5 Concordia University (CA) 4 Massachusetts Institute San Francisco, U of 35 Alfred University 2 Cornell College 2 of Technology 11 San Jose State University 2 American University 13 Cornell University 17 Massachusetts, U of – Amherst 3 Santa Clara University 54 Amherst College 7 Creighton University 35 Menlo College 3 Scripps College 9 Arizona State University 15 Dartmouth College 9 Miami, U of 3 Seattle Pacific University 3 Arizona, U of 2 Denver, U of 2 Michigan, U of – Ann Arbor 5 Seattle University 72 Babson College 4 Drexel University 8 Middlebury College 2 Smith College 4 Barnard College 4 Duke University 3 Nevada, U of – Las Vegas 4 Southern California, U of 51 Bates College 3 Embry-Riddle Nevada, U of – Reno 4 Southern Oregon University 2 Berklee College of Music 3 Aeronautical University 2 New York University 28 Southern Utah University 3 Boston College 4 Emerson College 3 New York University (Shanghai) 3 St. Mary’s College of California 3 Boston University 47 Emory University 2 Northeastern University 14 Stanford University 23 Bowdoin College 6 Eugene Lang College/New School 2 Northern Arizona University 4 Swarthmore College 4 Brandeis University 4 Fordham University 7 Northwestern University 3 Syracuse University 4 Brigham Young University (UT) 14 Franklin W. Olin Norwich University 2 Texas A & M University 2 British Columbia, U of 15 College of Engineering 2 Notre Dame, U of 6 Texas Christian University 4 British Columbia, George Fox University 2 Oberlin College 2 Texas, U of – Austin 2 U of – Okanagan 2 George Washington University 7 Occidental College 13 Trinity University 3 Brown University 6 Georgetown University 9 Oklahoma, U of 2 Tufts University 9 Bryn Mawr College 3 Georgia Institute of Technology 2 Oregon State University 25 Tulane University 4 Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo 23 Gonzaga University 7 Oregon, U of 19 U.S. Air Force Academy 10 Cal State, Long Beach 2 Grinnell College 5 Pace University, New York City 2 U.S. Coast Guard Academy 2 California, U of – Berkeley 17 Hampshire College 2 Pacific Lutheran University 7 U.S. Military Academy 6 California, U of – Davis 5 Harvard University 18 Pacific University 14 U.S. Naval Academy 3 California, U of – Irvine 10 Harvey Mudd College 3 Pacific, U of the 8 Utah State University 2 California, U of – Los Angeles 26 Hawaii Pacific University 4 Pennsylvania, U of 6 Utah, U of 4 California, U of – San Diego 18 Hawaii, U of Manoa 108 Pepperdine University 9 Utah Valley University 2 California, U of – Santa Barbara 4 Hawaii, U of West Oahu 2 Pitzer College 8 Vanderbilt University 2 California, U of – Santa Cruz 4 Hofstra University 4 Pomona College 2 Vassar College 3 California Baptist University 2 Illinois Institute of Technology 2 Portland State University 2 Villanova University 3 California Institute of Technology 2 Illinois, U of – Portland, U of 29 Virginia, U of 3 California Lutheran University 5 Urbana-Champaign 2 Pratt Institute 2 Waseda University 8 Carnegie Mellon University 7 Iowa Western Princeton University 6 Washington and Jefferson College 2 Case Western Reserve University 6 Community College 2 Puget Sound, U of 13 Washington State University 3 Central Florida, University of 2 Johns Hopkins University 10 Purdue University 7 Washington University (MO) 9 Chaminade University 2 Kenyon College 4 Redlands, U of 6 Washington, U of 38 Chapman University 54 Lake Forest College 3 Reed College 3 Wellesley College 3 Chicago, U of 2 Lehigh University 4 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 6 Wesleyan University 2 Claremont McKenna College 9 Lewis & Clark College 7 Rhode Island School of Design 3 Whitman College 7 Colgate University 2 Linfield College 4 Rochester Institute Whittier College 3 Colorado College 3 Loyola Marymount University 37 of Technology 10 Whitworth University 6 Colorado Mesa University 2 Loyola University Chicago 8 Rochester, U of 4 Willamette University 15 Colorado School of Mines 4 Macalester College 2 Rose-Hulman Institute Williams College 4 Colorado State University 3 Manhattan College 3 of Technology 3 Wisconsin, U of – Madison 2 Colorado, U of – Boulder 23 Marist College 16 Saint Louis University 5 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 4 Colorado, U of – Colorado Springs 2 Marymount Manhattan College 2 San Diego State University 8 Yale University 11 Columbia University 4 San Diego, U of 24

Punahou School is a member of the National Association for College Punahou School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, Admission Counseling (NACAC) and complies with the NACAC religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age or “Statement of Principles of Good Practice.” disability in administration of its educational or admission policies, financial aid programs, athletic and other School-administered programs or in its employment practices.