Fairfield College Preparatory School 1073 North Benson Road • Fairfield, CT 06824-5157 Fairfield College Preparatory School A Jesuit, Catholic School of Excellence College Advising Office Phone: 203-254-4200 Fax: 203-254-4024 CEEB Code: 070190 School Profile 2020-2021 Christian J. Cashman, M.Ed. President Thomas de Quesada, Ed.D. Principal John A. Hanrahan Dean of Guidance and College Advising COLLEGE ADVISORS: Peter Francini A-F Rick Hutchinson G-O 203-254-4200, ext. 2758 203-254-4200, ext. 2502 [email protected] [email protected] John Hanrahan P-Z 203-254-4200, ext. 2238 [email protected] 1073 North Benson Road College Advising Office Fairfield, Connecticut 06824-5157 Phone: 203-254-4200 203-254-4200 Fax: 203-254-4024 fairfieldprep.org CEEB Code: 070190 COMMITTED TO DOING JUSTICE ADVANCED PLACEMENT/HONORS OFFERINGS Covid-19 Statement By graduation the student has achieved Access is competitive – Fairfield Prep moved to synchronous learning in March transitioning to a block schedule and merging the third and fourth quarters into a semester. considerable knowledge of the many needs of local Department approval/minimum 3.75 GPA These changes enabled our students to learn without interruption, allowing Fairfield Prep to continue with our traditional grading system. communities and those at-large. He is preparing History-Social Sciences for the time when he will assume membership in AP United States History Colleges and Universities in which the Fairfield Prep Classes of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 have enrolled these communities as a responsible, concerned and Fairfield College AP Government and Politics Albertus Magnus College Indiana University*(2) Siena College University of South Carolina involved citizen. The student recognizes injustices AP European History Preparatory School that exist in the social order and has begun to American University Iona College* Southern California School University of Southern California* acquire the skills and motivation necessary to make AP Psychology (online) Arizona State University Ithaca College of Architecture University of Tampa AP Microeconomics (online) a commitment to doing justice. Babson College* Johns Hopkins University Southern Connecticut University of Utah MISSION STATEMENT AP Macroeconomics (online) State University Fairfield College Preparatory School is a Jesuit, Baylor University Johnson and Wales University* University of Vermont*(2) ACCREDITATION Science Foreign Language Catholic School of excellence forming young Bentley University*(3) Lafayette College Southern Methodist University University of Virginia* New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Honors Physics Honors Intermediate Spanish men of intellectual competence, who possess the Southern Vermont College 2017; Connecticut State Department of Education; Honors Chemistry Honors Spanish III Boston College*(11) Lehigh University University of Washington conscience to make wise decisions, a compassion Stevenson University Jesuit Schools Network. Honors Biology Honors Spanish IV Literature Boston University* Le Moyne College University of Wisconsin for others, and a commitment to justice in our AP Biology AP Spanish Language Bryant University* Loyola University Chicago Stevens Institute of Technology Madison*(2) global society. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AP Physics 1 & Culture Bucknell University*(2) Loyola Marymount University*(2) Stonehill College Vanderbilt University Theology 4.0 Mathematics 4.0 AP Chemistry AP Spanish Stony Brook University VISION STATEMENT Carnegie Mellon University* Loyola University Maryland*(6) Villanova University*(6) English 4.0 Science w/Lab 3.0 Literature & Culture Fairfield College Preparatory School strives Suffolk University Virginia Polytechnic Institute Social Studies 3.0 Fine Arts 1.0 Honors French III Case Western Reserve University Loyola University New Orleans to be a reflective community of faith, in which Syracuse University* World Language 3.0 Innovation 0.5 Honors French lV The Catholic University of America Manhattan College Wake Forest University students revere their relationship with God and Electives 2.0 Honors French V Central Connecticut State University Manhattanville College Temple University* Washington and Lee University with one another. We are committed to graduating Total Credits 24.5 AP French Texas Christian University Washington University transformational leaders who will respond to global Champlain College Marist College Honors Intermediate Latin The College of New Jersey* in St. Louis*(2) and ecological challenges in an interconnected Clarkson University Marquette University* ENROLLMENT Honors Latin III The Ohio State University Wesleyan University world marked by profound change. AP Latin Clemson University*(4) Massachusetts Maritime Academy 750 (grades 9-12) Trinity College Western Connecticut Students come from 54 towns within a 40 mile radius Colgate University*(2) Merrimack College FAIRFIELD PREP PREPARES ALL OF ITS STUDENTS, Service Program Trinity College Dublin State University of Fairfield. Admission is competitive, requiring: College of Charleston* Miami University Ohio*(4) UPON GRADUATION, TO BE: An important dimension of Fairfield Prep is (dual BA with Columbia) Western New England University* Entrance examination, multiple recommendations, College of the Holy Cross*(4) Michigan State University education for justice. The goal for this program Tufts University*(2) Wheaton College and demonstration of solid academic performance. is best summed up in the title of an address by a College of William and Mary Middlebury College OPEN TO GROWTH Tulane University* Worcester Polytechnic Institute The Fairfield College Preparatory School graduate former Jesuit Superior General: “Men for Others.” Columbia University Moravian College GRADING INFORMATION has begun to assume the responsibility for his own Prep’s four year service program culminates in Union College*(2) Xavier University • The Fairfield Prep system of academic Cornell University Morehouse College growth and existence. He has begun to take an senior year with Social Ethics, a course that U.S. Air Force Academy Yale University assessment uses letter grades which are Creighton University New York University*(3) active role in his own development although still in includes an academic component, a reflection U.S. Military Academy converted to a grade point value on a 4.0 scale. Dartmouth College Northeastern University*(2) the formative stage. group component, and 48 hours of Christian service. U.S. Naval Academy * designates that a member of the • Fairfield Prep does NOT rank students Denison University Northwestern University • Grades in Honors and AP courses receive University of Alabama* Class of 2020 is enrolled INTELLECTUALLY COMPETENT SAT REASONING RESULTS: Drew University Norwalk Community College additional weight of .25 University of Arizona ( ) number of students enrolled from Through the course of study at Fairfield College CLASS OF 2020-(143 STUDENTS) • Enrichment courses (enrichment on transcript) Drexel University Norwich University the class of 2020 when more Preparatory School, the graduate begins to University of Bridgeport* Courses taken in addition to 6 required each year. Mean: Evidence Based Reading + Writing 610 Duke University Ohio Wesleyan University than one demonstrate and use those intellectual skills he has University of Buffalo Credit awarded – grade not calculated into GPA. Math 607 Elon University Pennsylvania State University*(6) acquired. These serve as the foundation for more Writing 31 University of California Berkeley advanced learning and through them, he begins to Embry Riddle Aeronautical Institute* Pepperdine University GRADE SCALE Reading 31 University of California see the need for intellectual integrity in the areas of Emerson College Plymouth State University Grade Regular Honors/AP Math 30 San Diego*(2) religious truth and social justice. Emory University Pratt Institute A (93-100) 4.00 4.25 Mid 50%: Evidence Based Reading + Writing 570-660 University of California Santa Cruz A- (90-92) 3.67 3.92 Endicott College Princeton University RELIGIOUS Math 550-670 University of Colorado – Boulder B+ (87-89) 3.33 3.58 Fairfield University*(9) Providence College*(8) By graduation the student has a firm foundation in Writing 28-34 University of Colorado, B (83-86) 3.00 3.25 the major doctrines and practices of the Catholic Reading 28-33 Fashion Institute of Technology Purchase College Colorado Springs B- (80-82) 2.67 2.92 Math 28-35 Church. He also has examined his own religious Florida Gulf Coast University* Purdue University*(3) University of Connecticut*(13) C+ (77-79) 2.33 2.58 feelings and beliefs with a view to choosing Florida State University* Quinnipiac University*(2) C (73-76) 2.00 2.25 ACT Results: (Class of 2020) (88 Students) University of Dayton* a fundamental orientation toward God and C- (70-72) 1.67 1.92 Mid 50%: 24-31 Mean (Composite) 27.1 Fordham University*(11) Reed College University of Delaware* establishing a relationship with a religious tradition D+ (65-69) 1.33 1.58 Franklin and Marshall College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*(4) and/or community. What is stated here, relative to Grade Point Average Distribution: Class of 2021- University of Denver*(2) D (60-64) 1.00 1.25 the conscience and religious background of the (177 students) Furman University*(2) Rhodes College University of Florida F (Below 60) 0.00 0.00 individual, also applies to the non-Catholic student. * Highest GPA in class 4.14