Newton North High School 2018-2019 School Profile “Learning sustains the human spirit.” 457 Walnut Street CEEB Code = 221-555 Counseling Office Phone: 617-559-6230 Newtonville, 02460 www.newton.k12.ma.us Counseling Office Fax: 617-559-6249 What Makes Newton North Unique David Fleishman, Ed.D. • Truly comprehensive high school Superintendent of Schools • Rigorous honors and advanced placement courses Henry Turner, Ed.D. • Career and Technical Education programs offer authentic learning experiences in Principal the following career areas: automotive technology, business, carpentry, culinary arts, design and visual communications, drafting, early education and care, graphic Beth Swederskas 6230 communications, engineering technology, and TV media arts. CTE students have the Counseling Department Chair opportunity to pursue cooperative education workplace learning experiences. Sarah Foley 6230 • Students who have asked, been recommended for, and accepted to participate in a CTE Counseling Exec. Asst. program as a major have made a commitment to invest additional time into a career area and therefore receive additional credits. These program majors are leveled the Counselors Extension same as our core subject areas; honors and advanced college prep (ACP). Jennifer Geraghty 6348 • Students in the TV media arts CTE program produce the school news and Jillian Hall 6349 documentaries from start to finish. Melissa Hanenberger 6347 • College and Career Center staffed by specialized college counselors School Counselors • Nationally-ranked science, math, robotics, and mock trial teams Brendan Amedio 6242 Nancy Decoteau 6275 • Over 80 clubs and organizations including model UN, improv and sketch comedy Matthew Ford 6234 groups, ultimate Frisbee, and one of the first Gay/Straight Alliance groups Kyle Greenidge 6244 in the country Amanda Griffin 6235 • Impressive theater program provides study opportunities in acting, directing, Belma Johnson 6232 costuming and technical theatre. Produces 12-15 shows annually, including plays, Michele Kennedy 6236 musicals, a full-length Shakespeare production, and a Playwright’s Festival featuring Shani Leichter 6245 original student works Patrick Manning 6231 Christine Potter 6241 • Vast music department teaches theory, composition, and improvisation. Ten ensembles Kyra Slawski 6233 perform 20-25 concerts annually, both locally and internationally, winning statewide Beth Swederskas 6230 and national awards Jessica Volmer 6251 • Highly successful athletic program includes more than 30 varsity sports teams. Newton North recently added two teams as part of a unified basketball and track Alison Malkin 6237 league that gives students with and without intellectual disabilities the opportunity to Prevention/Intervention Counselor train and compete for their respective schools. Recent D1A championships include: 2016 boys outdoor track and field and 2017 girls volleyball Jenn Pontillo 6293 Clinical Care Counselor • National award-winning online newspaper and literary magazine • Numerous travel, exchange, and service programs to destinations including China, Elvin Cardona 6416 France, Spain, Prague, Central America, and New Orleans METCO Engagement Specialist • Demonstrated success at narrowing the achievement gap Andrea Koenig 617-559-6400 • Special mentoring program for our scholars of color (Dover Legacy Scholars) and first EDCO Program for ex 454547 generation families (Transitioning Together) the Deaf and Hard of Hearing • Strong commitment to English language learner and special education programs Patricia Niro 6248 • Open campus policy for students in grades 10-12 Records Office 6257 Main Office Fax 6204 City of Newton Newton, a suburb of Boston, is a small city with a population of approximately 86,000. Nancy Batt 6247 Its population is heterogeneous with a large proportion of academic, business, and Registrar professional families. The citizens of Newton strongly support its public schools. Newton’s excellent educational system attracts families from all over the world. Our Phone: 617-559 - 4 digits listed above students come from many other states and more than 70 foreign countries and speak Email: [email protected] more than 30 languages. Our diverse city is further enhanced by the METCO program, For example: [email protected] which brings students of color from Boston, and the EDCO program, which is a regional program for deaf and hard of hearing students. School Facts Explanation of Course Levels Total enrollment: 2,155 Students may take courses in all three curriculum levels during the same year. Class of 2019 enrollment: 560 Considerable work outside of class is required at each level. In all levels, Total faculty: 234 students develop appropriate skills to work effectively in the subject area. Average class size: 15.9 While world language is not required, most students complete two years Teaching faculty with advanced degrees: 98% or more of the one of the following languages: Spanish, Chinese, French, Student : Faculty ratio: 12.2 : 1 Italian, and Latin. Accreditation: New England Association of Schools and Please note: Some elective courses do not carry a level.

Student Demographic Profile Advanced Placement / Honors (AP / H) African American or Black: 5.8% • These courses contain challenging material taught at an accelerated pace. American Indian: 0.33% • Advanced placement courses are taught in the following areas: American Asian: 14.09% history, art history, Italian, biology, calculus AB & BC, chemistry, Chinese, Hispanic or Latino: 9.0% comparative government, English, European history, French, Latin, Multi-race, Non-Hispanic: 4.96% physics, psychology, Spanish, and statistics. White: 65.68% • Due to the rigor of AP and honors courses, we strongly recommend that Economically Disadvantaged: 10.4% students take no more than three courses at this level in one year. Most AP courses are only open to seniors. Graduating Class of 2018 • There are 17 AP and 87 honors courses offered. Enrollment: 550 students - Total to post secondary education: 92.2% Advanced College Prep (ACP) Attending four-year colleges: 87.6% Attending two-year colleges: 4.6% • These courses are challenging college preparatory courses. Gap year before entering college: 1.6% • They require that students have high interest, strong academic skills, and Other, including employment and military: 6.2% the capacity to do independent work.

Course Distribution Requirements College Prep (CP) A student must earn at least 100 credits to graduate • These courses generally cover the same topics as advanced college prep (at 5 credits per full year course). courses and prepare students for college. The credits must include: • Smaller classes, a more structured environment and in some cases, team English: 20 teaching allows for more individual attention. Biological Science: 5 Physical Science/Chemistry: 5 Grade Point Average History and Social Sciences: 10 History: 5 Newton North does not report numerical rank in class; Mathematics: 10 however, a weighted GPA is calculated on a 5.0 scale. Fine, Performing & Technical Arts: 5 • Each student’s weighted grade point average for grades 10 and 11 is Physical Education: 5 reported to colleges. The standard science course sequence is: • GPA is first calculated mid-year Junior year. Grade 9: Physics • Only courses that have an assigned curriculum level are used in Grade 10: Chemistry calculating the GPA. Grade 11: Biology Grade 12: Science Elective • Only courses taken within are calculated in the GPA. • Summer school courses are not calculated in the GPA. Students must have Course Catalog: 25 credits in leveled courses to earn a GPA. https://www.newton.k12.ma.us/Page/2656 Please note: Some transfer students do not have a Newton North GPA.

Alternative Options for Seniors Seniors have two unique and rigorous Capstone spring term options: • CAPS Research (SYP) is a significant 2nd semester project which includes extensive independent research, critical evaluation from faculty and peers, a lengthy paper, and a final presentation to a panel of judges. • CAPS Internship is a second semester opportunity to do a focused supervised internship based on a career interest. Class of 2019 GPA Histogram Class of 2018 College Admission Test Scores September 19, 2018 Total Class Size: 561 SAT Scores Number of students included: 533 Mean: Critical Reading and Writing: 625 Math: 637 Number of seniors taking SAT reasoning test: 439 Number of seniors taking SAT subject test: 213

SAT Subject Test # Taking Test Mean Chemistry 67 696 Chinese with listening 1 710 Ecological Biology 25 588 English Literature 46 669 French I 4 682 Italian I 2 685 Latin 3 757 Math Level I 54 639 Math Level II 126 734 Modern Hebrew 3 750 Molecular Biology 29 659 Physics 10 689 Weighted Grade Point Average Spanish I 22 644 US History 89 691 Table of Weights Computing the Weighted GPA World History 25 622 Grade Curriculum Level 1. For each leveled course, multiply the weight of the final grade by the CP ACP H ACT Scores credit value. A 4.0 4.5 5.0 Number of students taking ACT: 247 2. Divide the total in #1 by the total A- 3.7 4.2 4.7 Subject Mean credits for courses being included. B+ 3.3 3.8 4.3 English 27.0 B 3.0 3.5 4.0 The result is the weighted GPA. Mathematics 26.2 B- 2.7 3.2 3.7 3. Marks in grade 9 are not included. C+ 2.3 2.8 3.3 Reading 26.9 Only courses which have been Science 25.8 C 2.0 2.5 3.0 assigned a curriculum level are used C- 1.7 2.2 2.7 Composite 26.6 in calculating the GPA. D+ 1.3 1.8 2.3 D 1.0 1.5 2.0 4. Students must have taken at least 25 D- 0.7 1.2 1.7 credits in leveled courses at NNHS Spring 2018 Advanced Placement Tests F 0.0 0.0 0.0 to be included in the histogram. N 0.0 0.0 0.0 5. Achievement of 5.0 is possible. 482 students sat for 1,093 exams in 22 subjects. 92% of exam scores were 3 or better.

AP Test # Taking Test % with 3+ Class of 2018 National Merit Scholarships Biology 39 90 Calculus AB 111 65 Scholarships: 3 Finalists: 12 Calculus BC 96 100 Semi-Finalists: 13 Chemistry 95 93 Chinese Lang & Culture 17 100 Letters of Commendation: 33 Comparative Gov’t & Politics 47 94 Computer Science A 2 100 Computer Science Principles 31 100 Career and Technical Education Programs English Lang & Comp 80 100 5-Year Positive Placement Data 2012-2016 English Lit & Comp 21 95 European History 30 96 Program 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 French Lang & Culture 16 100 Automotive 82% 72% 100% 100% 100% Italian Lang & Culture 14 100 Carpentry 100% 75% 100% 100% 100% Microeconomics 1 100 Music Theory 9 56 Culinary Arts 90% 100% 90% 100% 100% Physics: Electricity & Magnetism 4 100 Drafting 100% 83% 90% 100% 100% Physics: Mechanics 65 95 Psychology 140 96 Early Education & Care 100% 100% 90% 100% 100% Spanish Language & Cult. 26 100 Graphic Communications 100% 89% 90% 100% 100% Statistics 137 89 Design & Visual Communications 90% 85% 100% 100% 100% Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio 1 100 US History 111 97 TV Media Arts 100% 90% 100% 100% Positive Placement data includes the number of students in postsecondary education, military service, and/or employed. Overall Score Distribution:

Newton Public Schools Annual SIMS Data reported to the DESE by November 30th each school year. 5: 44% 4: 32% 3: 16% 2: 7% 1: 2% College matriculations of two or more Newton North High School students for the three most recent graduating classes (2016, 2017, 2018) Allegheny College High Point Univ. Syracuse Univ. American Univ. Hobart & William Smith College Temple Univ. Arizona State Univ. Indiana Univ. at Bloomington The George Washington Univ. Assumption College Ithaca College The New School - All Divisions Johns Hopkins Univ. The Ohio State Univ. Bard College Johnson & Wales Univ. (Providence) The Univ. of Alabama Barnard College The Univ. of Arizona Bates College Kenyon College The Univ. of Scranton Becker College Lasell College The Univ. of Tampa Bennington College Lawrence Univ. The Univ. of Texas, Austin Bentley Univ. Lehigh Univ. The Univ. of the Arts Lesley Univ. Trinity College Loyola Univ. Tufts Univ. Boston Univ. Macalester College Tulane Univ. Bowdoin College Mass Bay Community College Union College (New York) Brandeis Univ. Mass College of Art & Design Univ. of British Columbia Bridgewater State Univ. Mass College of Liberal Arts Univ. of California, Berkeley Bridgton Academy Mass Institute of Technology Univ. of California, Los Angeles Brown Univ. McGill Univ. Univ. of California, San Diego Bryant Univ. Mass College of Pharm & Hlth Science Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Bryn Mawr College Merrimack College Univ. of Chicago Bucknell Univ. Michigan State Univ. Univ. of Colorado Boulder Bunker Hill Comm. College Middlebury College Univ. of Connecticut Carleton College Univ. of Denver Carnegie Mellon Univ. Mount Ida College (Closed) Univ. of Hartford Case Western Res Univ. Muhlenberg College Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champlain College New England College Univ. of Maine Chapman Univ. New York Univ. Univ. of Maryland, College Park Clark Univ. Newbury College Univ. of Mass. Dartmouth Clemson Univ. Northeastern Univ. Univ. of Mass. Amherst Colby College Northwestern Univ. Univ. of Mass. Boston Colby-Sawyer College Norwich Univ. Univ. of Mass. Lowell Colgate Univ. Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Univ. of Miami College of William & Mary Occidental College Univ. of Michigan Colorado College Pace Univ., New York City Univ. of New Hampshire Durham Colorado State Univ. Pennsylvania State Univ. Univ. of Pittsburgh Columbia College Chicago Univ. of Rhode Island Columbia Univ. Pitzer College Univ. of Rochester Connecticut College Princeton Univ. Univ. of South Carolina Cornell Univ. Providence College Univ. of Southern California Dalhousie Univ. Purdue Univ. Univ. of Southern Maine Dartmouth College Queen’s Univ. Univ. of St Andrews Dean College Quinnipiac Univ. Univ. of Toronto Denison Univ. Regis College Univ. of Vermont DePaul Univ. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Univ. of Virginia Dickinson College Rhode Island School of Design Univ. of Washington Drexel Univ. Rochester Institute of Technology Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison Duke Univ. Roger Williams Univ. Vanderbilt Univ. Elon Univ. Roxbury Community College Vassar College Rutgers Univ. - Newark Villanova Univ. Emmanuel College Sacred Heart Univ. Wake Forest Univ. Emory Univ. Saint Anselm College Washington Univ. in St. Louis Endicott College Salem State Univ. Fairfield Univ. Salve Regina Univ. Wentworth Institute of Technology San Diego State Univ. Wesleyan Univ. Fitchburg State Univ. Sarah Lawrence College West Virginia Univ. Florida International Univ. Simmons College Westchester Community College Fordham Univ. Skidmore College Western New England Univ. Framingham State Univ. Smith College Western Univ. Franklin& Marshall College Southern New Hampshire Univ. Westfield State Univ. Franklin Pierce Univ. St. Bonaventure Univ. Wheaton College MA Gallaudet Univ. St. Lawrence Univ. Georgia Institute of Tech. Stonehill College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Hamilton College - NY Stony Brook Univ. Worcester State Univ. Suffolk Univ. Yale Univ. Harvard Univ. Swarthmore College