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DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY GLENBARD WEST HIGH SCHOOL Glenbard Township High School District 87 is the third largest high school 670 Crescent Blvd district in . Glenbard District 87 encompasses 45 square miles within Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 DuPage County, a suburban area approximately 25 miles west of . (630) 469-8600 ph The communities of Glen Ellyn, Carol Stream, Glendale Heights and Lombard (630) 469-8611 fax lie within the district’s boundaries, along with portions of Bloomingdale, www.glenbardwesths.org Hanover Park, Addison, Downers Grove, Wheaton and unincorporated areas. Glenbard District 87’s four comprehensive high schools serve students in CEEB Code: 142075 grades 9-12. These schools are: Glenbard East in Lombard, Glenbard North in Carol Stream, Glenbard South in Glen Ellyn and Glenbard West in Glen Ellyn. PRINCIPAL Of Glenbard District 87’s 8,029 students, 32% come from low-income families. Peter Monaghan The demographic makeup is: white 48.3%, Black 7.1%, Hispanic 25%, Asian 16.2%, (630) 942-7473 American Indian 0.3% and two or more races 3%. Source: 2019-20 Illinois Report Card [email protected]

GLENBARD WEST HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS Anthony Bergantino (Fr-Ho) Glenbard West High School, which opened in 1922, is one of Glenbard Township (630) 942-7485 High School District 87’s four comprehensive high schools. Glenbard West anthony_ [email protected] serves the Chicago suburban communities of Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Kate Culloton (Rog-Ste) Lombard and Wheaton. (630) 942-7733 Of Glenbard West’s 2,360 students, 24% come from low-income families. [email protected] Demographic makeup: white 59.4%, Black 4%, Hispanic 18.3%, Tad Keely (Sto-Z) Asian 14.7%, American Indian 0.3%, Pacific Islander 0.1% (630) 942-7488 [email protected] and two or more races 3.2%. Source: 2019 -20 Illinois Report Card 4% Mike Neberz (Ce-Fo) Glenbard West is fully accredited by the Illinois Multiracial 15% (630) 942-7491 State Board of . Glenbard West is a Asian [email protected] Recognized American School Counseling Association Model Program (RAMP) School. Lissete Ochoa (Hu-L) 18% (630) 942-7486 Hispanic 59% [email protected] White Natalie Rubino (Ni-Rod) 4% (630) 942-7489 Black [email protected] Rhiannon Sieck (A-Ca) (630) 942-7487 [email protected] Jeremiah Wiencek - Department Chair (M-Ng) (630) 942-7490 [email protected] Where Excellence is Tradition Glenbard WEST GLENBARD TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 87

CLASS OF 2021 ATTENDANCE CURRICULUM Appalachian State Glenbard West provides a comprehensive high school curriculum, with a wide variety Arizona State University-Tempe of fine arts and career / technical education course offerings. • 8-period day, with required lunch Baylor University Belmont University • Schedule allows for students to take up to 7 academic courses • Physical education is required and included in GPA College • No limit to the number of AP courses a student can take Boston University • AP Capstone Diploma School Bradley University • Seal of Biliteracy School Brown University Butler University ADVANCED PLACEMENT 2021 2020 2019 Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Calvin University Total Candidates (Grades 9-12) 960 1,021 1,121 Number of AP exams taken 2,006 2,071 2,150 Carnegie Mellon University Percent of Total AP Exam 66% 79% 77% Scores of 3 or Higher Case Western Reserve University Clemson University AP College of DuPage Colorado State University-Fort Collins Art Computer Science Macroeconomics Art Drawing Biology Principles Microeconomics Studio Art 3D Design Calculus AB English Language & Music Theory U.S. Government & DePaul University Composition Calculus BC C Politics Devry University English Literature & U.S. History Composition DeVry University-Illinois Chinese Language and Environmental Science Research Culture AP ENROLLMENT Drake University European History Seminar Comparative Spanish Language Government and Politics French Language Glenbard West Spanish Literature Elmhurst College Computer Science Human supports an open Elon University Statistics access policy for AP courses. For the Class Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach HONORS of 2021: Fairfield University Algebra 2 French 4 Physics w/ Trigonometry Florida Atlantic University Geometry Pre Calculus • 523 of the 630 Biology German 3 Spanish 2 seniors in the class Florida Gulf Coast University of 2021 (83%) took Chemistry German 4 Spanish for Heritage Florida State University at least 1 AP course English 1 Mandarin 3 Speakers 3 George Mason University during high school. English 2 Multivariable Spanish 4 George Washington University French 3 Calculus World History Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Grand Valley State University TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF DUPAGE (TCD) Harvard University Illinois State University Technology Center of DuPage is a Career Technical Education (CTE) campus for 24 Illinois high schools in DuPage County, IL. TCD offers a roster of intermediate-level elective career programs for juniors and seniors. Students enroll in one program at TCD and Indiana State University spend that year in hands-on occupational skill development, workplace skill develop- Indiana University-Bloomington ment, and academic application. TCD courses are granted 1.5 credits per semester. Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Approximately 280 students from Glenbard District 87 attend TCD and participate in Iowa State University one of the following programs: Iowa Wesleyan University Auto Body Repair and Early Childhood Multimedia and John Cabot University Refinishing Education and Care Television Production Automotive Technology Fire Science/Emergency Assistant Computer Information Medical Technician Training Program Systems & Game Design Healthcare Foundations Professional Cooking, Baking & Service Liberty University Construction Trades Heating, Ventilation, AC & Refrigeration Residential Wiring Lincoln College of Technology Cosmetology Criminal Justice Medical Terminology and Welding Technology Healthcare Careers GLENBARD TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 87 Glenbard WEST

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago COURSE SEMESTERS CREDITS Marymount English 7 semesters 3.5 Miami University-Oxford State University Math (including Algebra & Geometry) 6 semesters 3.0 Milwaukee Area Technical College Science 6 semesters 3.0 Milwaukee School of Social Studies (including 1.0 Montana State University 6 semesters 3.0 US History and .5 US Government) Morehead State University National Louis University Speech 1 semester .5 New York University Cultural Arts 1 semester .5 University Northern Michigan University Applied Arts 1 semester .5 Oakton Consumer Education 1 semester .5 Ohio State University-Main Campus Physical Education (including Ohio University-Main Campus 8 semesters 4.0 .5 Health and .5 Driver Education) Olivet Nazarene University

Additional Electives 9 semesters 4.5 Parkland College Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Total number of credits required to graduate = 23.0 Pensacola State College Pepperdine University Purdue University-Main Campus GRADING AND RANKING PROCEDURES Saint Louis University Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Grades are assigned a different point value LETTER San Diego State University in regular and Honors / Advanced Placement GRADE % EQUIVALENT School of the Art Institute of Chicago courses. Advanced Placement and Honors Southern Illinois University-Carbondale grades are weighted one grade point in 5 A 90-100 Southern Methodist University GPA computation. 4 B 80-89 State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota 3 C 70-79 Honors and Advanced Placement Syracuse University courses (weighted): 2 D 60-69 • A = 6, B = 5, C = 4, D = 2, F = 1 1 F Below 60 Tennessee State University Texas Christian University All other courses (unweighted): The *Beginning with the 2021-22 school year, Ds in AP and honors classes will be weighted. The University of Alabama • A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 2, F = 1 The University of Arizona All courses are included in these averages, except for pass/fail and audit courses. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville For the class of 2021, the highest student GPA after junior year (6th semester) was: The University of Texas at Austin Tiffin University • weighted: 5.769 Tulane University of Louisiana • unweighted: 5.00 University of California-Berkeley Effective fall 2014, Glenbard Township High School District 87 no longer University of California-Davis reports individual class rank. University of California- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus University of Colorado Boulder University of Dayton Glenbard WEST GLENBARD TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 87

University of Delaware TEST SCORE INFORMATION University of Denver University of Georgia SAT READING & WRITING MATH TOTAL % TESTED University of Hawaii at Manoa 2021 553 551 1,104 99% University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2020 555 555 1,109 99% University of Iowa Note: Starting in 2017, the SAT exam became the official standardized test for the state of Illinois. University of Kansas NATIONAL MERIT 2020 2019 2018 University of Kentucky Commended 10 11 15 -Ann Arbor University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Semi-finalists 4 8 7 University of Missouri-Columbia Finalists 4 7 7 University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of New Haven Hispanic Recognition Scholar 1 - - University of New -Main Campus University of North Dakota University of Notre Dame University of Oregon CLASS OF 2021 POST-HIGH SCHOOL PLANS SURVEY University of Pennsylvania 2-YEAR COLLEGE 4-YEAR COLLEGE OTHER RESPONDENTS University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus University of South Carolina-Columbia 118 409 73 600 University of St of St. Thomas University of Toronto University of Vermont 12.2% University of Virginia-Main Campus University of Washington-Seattle Campus University of Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus University of Wisconsin-Madison 19.7% University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Valdosta State University 68.2% 2-YEAR COLLEGE Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 4-YEAR COLLEGE Washington University in St Louis OTHER* Western Illinois University Wheaton College Source: Naviance graduation survey. Only reflects data from respondents. * Other includes Military, Employment, Trade School, Gap Year and Other. Xavier University Yale University FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE BOUND Thirty percent of Glenbard West students are first generation college bound. Glenbard West defines first generation as no parent having a four-year Bachelor’s Degree.

EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES Glenbard West High School offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities, including interscholastic athletics, student government, publications, clubs and service organizations. A student must be carrying a normal class schedule and maintain a record of good school citizenship.