SCHOOL Administration

Dr. John A. Provost, Ed.D. Superintendent Northampton High School is a 4-year, public secon- dary school located in the city of Northampton, Massa- Bryan Lombardi chusetts. Northampton is a middle income, residential Principal city with a rich cultural life, located in the Connecticut Celeste Malvezzi River Valley, twenty miles north of Springfield, Massa- Associate Principal chusetts. The school population benefits from local Lori Vaillancourt educational resources such as Smith College, the Univer- Associate Principal sity of Massachusetts, Holyoke Community College, and Greenfield Community College. Northampton High Counseling Department School has a professional staff of 75, including four Karen Hidalgo, Chair guidance counselors and three administrators. Enroll- [email protected] ment for 2017-2018 is 860 students with a senior class Lisann Giordano of 220. Accredited by the New England Association of [email protected] Schools and Colleges, Northampton High School is on a Sheila Deam 4x4 Block Schedule with 85 minute periods in a 180 day [email protected] school year. It is required that all students be fully Roberta Fydenkevez scheduled, and many seniors have completed most or all [email protected] of their graduation course and credit requirements be- fore their senior year. Be- cause of this we offer a number of other senior learning opportunities, in- cluding off-site intern- ships, teaching assistant- ships in some of our classes, and work study. Approximately 89% of graduates continue their education, based on a sur- vey of the Class of 2017.

www.nhs.northampton-k12.us CURRICULUM

A student typically earns 8 credits each year. Generally, a student schedule includes two to three core subjects and one or two electives each semester. All courses are college preparatory unless designated as Honors, Advanced Placement, or Developmental. A total of 28 credits are required for graduation, including 4 credits of English, 3 credits each of Social Studies, Mathematics and Sciences, and 1 credit of Wellness. An additional 2 credits must be earned from either Math, Science, Social Studies, English, or World Language.

AP courses are offered in English Language, English Literature, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, US History, European History, Psychology, Microeconomics, Calculus, Statistics, Spanish Language, and French Language. AP Biology is not offered in academic year 2017-18. All students entering Northamp- ton High School in the school year 2016-17 will progress through a three-semester Integrated Math curriculum that is aligned with the Mass Curriculum Framework for Mathematics.

Honors level courses are offered in English 2, Chemistry, World History 2, Integrated Math 2 (starting in 2015-16), Integrated Math 3, PreCalculus, Spanish 4, French 4, Latin 4, and Advanced Art.

Dual Enrollment and Smith College: Qualifying juniors and seniors may take courses at area community colleges or at Smith College. Students who take courses at the community colleges are considered dual-enrolled, and will receive college credit. Students taking courses at Smith College are not matriculated at the college and will not receive college credit. Smith College grades are reported to the high school, and are entered on the Northampton High School transcript; students receive high school credit for these courses.

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GRADE POINT AVERAGE GRADING

NumericalGrade Grade Points An unweighted grade point average is computed for the Class of 2017. With the exception of Developmental 94 – 100 (A) 4.0 courses, all graded courses are included in the calculation 90 – 93 (A-) 3.7 (Pass/Fail courses are not included). Numerical grades are 87 – 89 (B+) 3.3 used. A student’s grade point average is calculated at the end of junior year, at the end of first semester senior year, 84 – 86 (B) 3.0 and at the end of senior year. Northampton High School 80 – 83 (B-) 2.7 does not provide individual rank-in-class ratings. 77 – 79 (C+) 2.3 Students will receive a P for satisfactory work or an F 74 – 76 (C) 2.0 for unsatisfactory work in the following courses (these are 70 – 73 (C-) 1.7 not calculated in the GPA): Internship, Peer Tutoring, 67 - 69 (D+) 1.3 Teacher Assistant, Work Study. 64 – 66 (D) 1.0 GPA for transfer students is calculated on Northampton 60 - 63 (D-) 0.7 High School grades only. Below 60 (F) 0

Honors Listed on Senior Transcripts: National Honor Society: GPA of 3.4 or above GPA in Top 20% of Class (unweighted) AP Scholar Status; NMSQT Commended Status Advanced Placement Statistics:

Eng Eng Micro Euro- Psych US Calc Calc Stat Bio Chem Phys Phys Phys Phys Frn Span Lit Lang Econ Hist Hist AB BC C: C: Lang Lang 1 2 E&M Mech Number of Exams 46 137 49 16 53 22 62 6 59 19 35 24 24 46 19 12 22

Average scores 3.6 3.0 3.8 3.7 3.1 3.3 4.1 4.7 2.5 3.6 4.2 3.9 4.6 2.8 2.8 3.7 3.7

Score of: 5 13 17 16 4 8 3 31 4 6 3 13 8 17 3 2 3 5

4 13 32 16 5 13 6 15 2 7 7 15 9 5 12 1 3 8

3 11 37 9 6 15 8 9 16 8 7 4 1 12 8 5 7

2 7 40 5 11 5 5 13 1 2 1 13 7 1 2

1 2 11 3 1 6 2 17 1 6 1

AP Scholar Awards for scores of 3 or above: Scholar (3 exams) - 23 2015-Jan. 2016 Scholar with Honor (4 exams) - 9 S A T Number tested: 186 (87%) Scholar with Distinction (5 or more exams) - 22 Average Critical Reading Mean: 586 National Scholar (4 or higher on 8 or more exams) - 1 Average Math Mean: 576 Average Writing Mean: 558 National Merit Scholarship Program, A C T Class of 2017: Number tested: 49 Semi-finalists: 2; Finalists: 2 Average composite score: 29.1 Commended Students: 8

Follow-up Study of Graduates:

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Number of Graduates 229 224 215 211 223 206 Four-Year College 72% 67% 75% 66% 66% 62% Two-Year College 17% 20% 14% 14% 20% 22% Gap or Post-grad Year 3% 1% 3% 5% <1% 4% Employment 3% 3% 1.5% 5% 3% 6% Military 1% 1% <1% 1.5% 0 <1% Vocational 1% 1% 1% .5% <1% <1% Other 3% 7% 5% 8% 10% 5% Students in the Class of 2017 were accepted at the following colleges and universities:

Agnes Scott College Fort Lewis College New England College Univ of Colorado Colorado Sps Alfred University Framingham State University New York University Univ of Connecticut American International College Franklin Pierce University Newbury College University of Delaware American University Gannon University Northeastern University University of Denver Anderson University-SC George Mason University Oberlin College University of Florida Arcadia University George Washington University Occidental College University of Hartford Arizona State University Goucher College Ohio University University of Hawaii Assumption College Greenfield Community College Pace University, New York City University of Maine Bard College Grinnell College Paul Smith's College University of Maine Barnard College Guilford College Pennsylvania State University University of Maryland Bay Path University Hamilton College - NY Plymouth State University Univ of Mass Dartmouth Beloit College Hampshire College Providence College Univ of Mass, Amherst Bennington College High Point University Purchase College SUNY Univ of Massachusetts, Boston Berklee College of Music Hobart & William Smith Colls Purdue University Univ of Massachusetts, Lowell Berry College Hofstra University Quinnipiac University University of Miami Binghamton University Holyoke Community College Rhode Island School of Design University of Michigan Boston Conservatory at Berklee Howard Community College Rochester Institute of Techol University of Mississippi Boston University Husson University Roger Williams University University of New England Bowdoin College Illinois Institute of Technology Rutgers University Univ of NH Durham Brandeis University Indiana University Bloomington Sacred Heart University Univ of NC Charlotte Bridgewater State University Ithaca College Saint Joseph's University Univ of NC Wilmington Brown University Jacksonville University Saint Michael's College University of Pittsburgh Bryant University James Madison University Salem State University University of Rhode Island Bryn Mawr College Johnson & Wales University Salve Regina University University of Rochester California Univ of Pennsylvania Keene State College Santa Clara University University of San Francisco Carleton College Lafayette College Sarah Lawrence College University of South Florida Carnegie Mellon University Lake Forest College School of Visual Arts University of Tampa Central Connecticut State Univ Lasell College Sewanee: The Univ of the South University of Vermont Champlain College Lawrence University Siena College University of Washington Charleston Southern University Lehigh University Simmons College University of West Florida Clark University Lesley University Skidmore College Vassar College Colby College Lewis & Clark College Smith College Warren Wilson College College of Charleston Los Angeles City College Southern Connecticut State Univ Wentworth Institute of Tech Colorado College Louisiana State University Southern New Hampshire Univ Wesleyan University Colorado State University Loyola University Chicago Springfield College West Virginia University Columbia College Chicago Loyola University Maryland Springfield College Western ConnState Univ Concordia Univ - Montreal Lynchburg College Springfield Technical Comm Coll Western New England Univ Connecticut College Macalester College St. Bonaventure University Western State Colorado Univ Curry College Manhattanville College St. Lawrence University Westfield State University Dean College Maria College Stonehill College Wheaton College MA Dean College Marlboro College Stony Brook University Wheelock College Dickinson College Mass College of Art and Design Suffolk University Wingate University Drexel University Mass College of Liberal Arts SUNY College at Geneseo Worcester Polytechnic Institute Duquesne University Massachusetts Maritime Acad Syracuse University Worcester State University Earlham College McDaniel College Temple University East Carolina University McGill University Trinity College Eckerd College MA Coll of Pharm & Health Sci Tufts University Elms College Memorial Univ of Newfoundland Tulane University Emerson College Merrimack College Union College (New York) Emmanuel College Middlebury College University at Buffalo SUNY Fitchburg State University Mount Holyoke College University of British Columbia Fordham University Muhlenberg College University of Colorado at Boulder