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Courses Receiving Weighted Value in the Calculation of GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Weighted Grade Point Average All courses taken at FOR THE CLASS OF 2021 Princeton All courses taken at Mercer County Community College • Four years of English AP English III, IV AP Art • Three years of Mathematics (including High School AP Biology Geometry) AP Calculus AB, BC • One year of Health & AP Chemistry for each year enrolled (Driver’s Ed.- 151 Moore Street AP Computer Grade 10) AP Environmental Science Princeton, NJ 08540 • AP European History Two years of History Phone 609-806-4282 AP French • One year of World History AP Government & Politics • One year of a World Language Fax 609-806-4283 AP Italian • Three years of Science (incl. Biology) AP Japanese CEEB Code: 311255 AP Macroeconomics • Proficiency in NJSLA Testing (pending AP Mandarin state clarification) AP Microeconomics • One year in Visual/Performing Arts 2020-2021 AP Music • One year in Practical Arts AP Physics I & C SCHOOL PROFILE AP Spanish • Completion of Career Awareness/ AP Statistics Community Service AP United States History • Participation in NJBCT AP World History • One semester of Financial Literacy Algebra II (accelerated) Algorithms & Data Structure (accelerated) Biology I (accelerated) Chemistry I (accelerated) Contemporary Economic Issues (accelerated) GRADE POINT AVERAGE/CLASS Geometry (accelerated) RANK Intro to Computer Science Using Java (accelerated) Multivariant Calculus and Linear Algebra (accelerated) Both weighted and unweighted grade point averages Object Oriented Prog. Using Java (accelerated) (GPA’s) are calculated. Weighted grade point average Organic Chemistry (accelerated) (accelerated) is based on an open-ended scale beginning with 0.00 Pre-Calculus (accelerated) and having no ceiling. Only the final grade achieved in Research Analysis (accelerated) each course is issued to compute GPA and WGPA. All Research Applications graded courses are used in the calculation of GPA and Sociology (accelerated) World Languages (all advanced courses – Spanish & WGPA. A student’s cumulative GPA and WGPA are French) tabulated and posted on the permanent record at the

Grading Framework Effective 9-1-07 conclusion of each school year. Princeton High School A 93-100 does not rank. A- 90-92 B+ 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80-82 C+ 77-79 C 73-76 C- 70-72 D+ 67-69 D 63-66 “Live to Learn, Learn to Live” D- 60-62 F 59 & below Rank In Class The academic environment in Princeton High School is very challenging. The Princeton Public Schools majority of our students meet the challenge by earning exemplary grades. The comparisons among students inherent in rank-in-class calculations unnecessarily increase competition within the school. Further, we believe that our students' levels of achievement are not equitably or fully communicated by this single- figure transcript statistic. Therefore, Princeton High School does not report class rank. COMMUNITY ACCREDITATION AND Princeton, a central New Jersey community of INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Total June 2020 Graduates – 352 30,000, has in recent years grown beyond its Princeton High School is accredited by the Placement Totals traditional identification but has not outgrown its Middle States Association of Colleges and 4-Year College 83% traditions. For over 250 years, Princeton Schools Commission on Elementary and 2-Year College 3% University has symbolized the community’s Secondary Schools. It holds institutional Other 14% values of education and culture. memberships with the College Entrance Total 100% Examination Board and the National Association SCHOOL of College Admissions Counselors. Princeton High School reflects the lifestyle of a GRADUATE PLACEMENT community that takes pride in its continuing ACADEMIC HONOR CODE Princeton High School students are sought after tradition of academic and cultural achievement. by the most competitive colleges in the country. The richness of its academic programs, alternative PHS is proactive in sustaining a culture of Members of the classes of 2017, 2018, 2019 and options and extracurricular activities conveys the learning and promoting academic integrity by 2020 are in attendance at the following view that learning is not necessarily classroom- implementing an academic honor code upheld by institutions: bound. Moreover, its students are encouraged to students and faculty. 123 view themselves as valuable citizens of this Princeton University 78 community of learning University 38 33 COVID19 UPDATE STUDENT DATA 26 Our first concern during the COVID-19 U of California – All 23 pandemic was the safety of students, staff and CLASS OF 2019 University of Pennsylvania 22 faculty. With this mission on the forefront of our Carnegie Mellon University 21 mind, the challenge and rigor of our curriculum SAT EWR The George Washington at PHS remained on the same high level as it was Mean Score Evidenced based University 21 prior to COVID-19. Our grading remained on Writing / Reading Math 19 the same scale, A-F (with pluses and minuses.) Princeton HS 640 653 American University 18 Remote learning included both synchronous and State of NJ 544 545 18 asynchronous instruction, doing supplemental National 531 528 reading, completing independent tasks and 16 projects, and engaging in small-group activities. National Merit Scholars 16 Zoom/ Classroom/Microsoft Teams and Letters of Commendation 63 various other online learning sessions took many Sampling of Fewer forms including individual, group and classroom ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS- lesson time. We remained 100% committed to 2020 , Brown provide the best learning environment possible to University, , our students despite the pandemic. Total Exams 1608 Johns Hopkins, Vassar College, Massachusetts Institute of Number of Scores Qualifying for College Technology, Bucknell U, Boston CURRICULUM Credit (3 or Higher) 1457 College, , The instructional program is aimed toward Penn State, Georgetown college preparation, with Accelerated, Advanced Number of Students Who Scored : University and Advanced Placement courses available in all 5 - 640 major disciplines. 4 - 508 3 - 309