Ardsley High School Profile 2020-2021

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Ardsley High School 2020-2021 School Profile

300 Farm Road, Ardsley, NY 10502 (914) 295-5800 CEEB Code: 330210

About Us: Key Contacts: The Community: The Ardsley School District is located ten miles north of New York City. Danielle Trippodo It is an established community, which is largely residential. The residents are primarily business Principal and professional people of whom a substantial number commute to work in New York City. Frank Carlson The School: Ardsley High School is a four-year public high school serving all of Ardsley and Asst. Principal parts of Dobbs Ferry, Hartsdale, Scarsdale and White Plains. The community has a long history of supporting quality education. Ardsley High School is accredited by the New York State Jeanne Farruggio Board of Regents, the Tri-States Consortium of Accredited Schools and is a voting member of Asst. Supt. of PPS

the College Board. Erica Hezi The Enrollment: The total enrollment of the school is 685. Guidance Coordinator

(Grade 9: 159, Grade 10: 165, Grade 11: 187 Grade 12: 172) Joseph D’Eletto, Leah Gozhansky, Eric Helmrich, The Staff: The staff consists of the Principal, the Asst. Principal, the Asst. Director of Pupil Tara Wright Personnel Services, five counselors, three psychologists, one social worker, one librarian, one Guidance Counselors nurse and sixty-nine teachers. Our student support services include full-time psychological and Special Education services, and an ELL class to meet the needs of a wide variety of Dawn Catucci, Victoria students. Lusk, Michelle Myers Psychologists The Curriculum: Ardsley High School is predominantly an academic high school with a large number of course offerings. College preparatory subjects are emphasized, but there is a wide Monique Johnson variety of courses that serves the needs of the students. Vocational education is available Social Worker through our local BOCES.

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Ardsley High School Profile 2020-2021

Class of 2020 College Placement

Adelphi University Penn State University CEEB-Achievement Test Results (SAT II) Binghamton University Pittsburgh University (Reported results for five or more examinees) Boston University Purchase College Bucknell University Quinnipiac University Test Mean Number California Univ. —LA Rhode Island University Biology M 675 32 Carnegie Mellon University Richmond University Chemistry 699 14 CUNY City College Rochester University Math Level 1 668 13 Clemson University Rockland C.C. Math Level 2 735 24 Colgate University Rutgers University Concordia College Sacred Heart University Connecticut University Siena College SAT—Mean Scores Cornell University Southern CA—UCLA Class of 16 CR—– 607 Math—625 95 Delaware University Stevens Institute Tech. Class of 17 ERW—626 Math— 614 68 Duke University SUNY Alfred Class of 18 ERW—650 Math—650 98 Elon University SUNY Cortland Class of 19 ERW—638 Math—648 95 Emory University SUNY Geneseo Class of 20 ERW—634 Math—644 92 Florida University SUNY Maritime Fordham University SUNY Oswego Franklin & Marshall College SUNY Polytechnic Advanced Placement Test Results: May 2020 Hunter College—CUNY Syracuse University Test #Testing Fives Fours Threes Indiana University Tampa University Biology 17 7 6 3 Ithaca College Temple University Calculus AB 17 1 1 2 Johnson & Wales Texas Univ.Austin Calculus BC 10 3 5 2 Lafayette College Tulane University Chemistry 21 2 4 6 Lehigh University US Military Academy Comp Sci A 6 1 1 1 Manhattan College University of Arizona Comp Sci Princ 28 2 10 10 Manhattanville College University at Buffalo English Lang. 70 17 29 18 Marist College Vanderbilt University English Lit. 26 3 8 13 Maryland Univ. College Pk. Vaughan College French Lang. 10 4 3 1 Mercy College Villanova University Gov’t&Pol Comp 15 3 6 1 Miami University Wash. Univ. St.Louis Gov’t&Pol US 14 6 5 2 Montana State University Westchester C.C. Italian 5 0 2 3 New York University Western Conn.St. Univ. Latin 10 2 2 1 Northeastern University Wisconsin University Physics 1 19 4 3 7 Pace University Yale University Psychology 51 27 6 11 Spanish Lang. 23 7 8 7

Statistics 15 2 5 4 Studio Art Drawing 6 3 3 0 US History 7 5 1 1

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Ardsley High School Profile 2020-2021

The Marking/Ranking System Regents Program The marking system is based on letter grades. D is the Ardsley High School offers a “Regents for All” lowest passing grade. All subjects, except physical curriculum. All elective courses are considered Regents education and any courses receiving a pass/fail designation level. are included in the GPA. Ardsley High School does not weight its courses or rank its students. In the college Class of 2020 Statistics admissions process, a cumulative Grade Point Average is National Merit Awards listed on the transcript. A mid-year report is sent to all colleges in February. When Algebra 1, Earth Science, · 1 National Merit Winner French 1, Spanish 1 and Italian 1 are taken in the eighth · 2 National Merit Finalists grade, they are included in the high school transcript and in the grade point average. · 2 National Merit Semi-Finalists A+ 4.3 97-100 · 12 National Merit Commended Students A 4 93-96 Post High School Plans A- 3.7 90-92 163 students received high school diplomas and were accounted for as follows: B + 3.3 87-89 * Colleges: 99% (4 –yr = 93%, 2 -yr = 6%) B 3 83-86 Geographical Pattern of College Attendance B- 2.7 80-82 Two Year Public..…….…………..…. 9 C+ 2.3 77-79 Four Year Enrollment C 2 73-76 C- 1.7 70-72  Public In-State……………..…..31  New York State Private……...... 31 D 1 65-69  Private, Other States……..…….28 F 0 Below 65  Public, Other States…………….23 Honors/AP Programs  International……………..……...0 Honors courses are indicated by the letter “H” after the course title. AP courses are offered in American History, ACT Summary Mean Total Tested Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Comparative Politics, Computer Science, Italian, Latin, English, Environmental Composite Score 28.6 70 Science, French, Government and Politics, Physics, Psychology, Spanish, Statistics and Studio Art. Criterion- based admission is utilized in the Honors and AP programs. Ardsley High School participates in the Cambridge Univ. Pre-U Program, Project Lead the Way and Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA). Students enrolled in Global Perspectives and Research will receive Honors credit. The course may be substituted for English 11 and English 12. Ardsley High School also participates in dual enrollment with Syracuse University Project Advance and SUNY Albany.

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