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AIM College Profile Overview Accreditation AIM Academy is an institution committed to AIM is accredited by the Pennsylvania and providing extraordinary educational National Associations of Independent Schools opportunities to children with language-based (PAIS & NAIS), and is a Wilson Accredited Partner. learning differences such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention Graduation Requirements strategies and an arts-based learning environment that is ● 4 years of English / Language Arts college preparatory in scope and sequence. ● 3 years of History (4 years recommended) ● 3 years of Mathematics (4 years recommended) As a dual-mission school, AIM is also a center for ● 2 years of Latin (or comparable) educational excellence and professional development to ● 3 years of Lab Sciences (4 years recommended) disseminate best practices to educators by providing ● 1 blended (partially online/in-person) course access to the latest research-based curriculum, technology, ● 8 semester electives (as accommodations allow) and training. ● Senior Capstone AIM at a Glance ● 100 hours of community service ● 2021-2022 enrollment grades 1-12: 380 Letter Grades + Grade Points ● 2021-2022 enrollment grades 9-12: 158 A 94-100 (4.0) A- 90-93 (3.7) B+ 87-89 (3.3) ● Class of 2022 enrollment: 37 B 83-86 (3.0) B- 80-82 (2.7) C+ 77-89 (2.3) ● Class of 2022 middle 50% GPA: 3.51-3.84 C 73-76 (2.0) C- 70-72 (1.7) D+ 67-69 (1.3) ● Average class size: 12 D 63-66 (1.0) D- 60-62 (0.7) F <60 (0.0) ● Student to teacher ratio: 5 to 1 ● School community draws from 100+ zip codes Honors Course Offerings ● 100% of AIM graduates who have applied to college AIM offers a limited selection of Honors courses in have been accepted to college addition to its college-preparatory curriculum. The maximum number of Honors courses offered for the Class Curriculum of 2022: 3 courses Freshman year, 5 courses Sophomore The AIM Upper School curriculum is built on a year, 5 courses Junior year, and 5 courses Senior year. Due comprehensive, full immersion, literacy and arts program. to small classes, and scheduling constraints, a student may Student curricular choices are focused on the Four not always be able to enroll in the most intensive courses Threads to the Future framework that builds a 21st offered. The College Counselor will note this in the Century skill portfolio based around core humanities and secondary school report on an individual basis. literacy instruction: ● Arts & Design Grade Point Average + Class Rank ● Global Competency & Social Sustainability GPA is calculated on a weighted 4.0 scale. Honors courses ● Science & Engineering receive a +1.063 grade point multiplier. AIM does not rank ● Innovation & Entrepreneurship its students. Academic Endorsement Course Reporting An application-based program, students are able to earn All attempted courses are reported on the AIM transcript, an Academic Endorsement by focusing their courses and unless they are dropped by October 1, the official Add/ extracurriculars on a particular Thread. Guided by a Drop date. Transcripts including courses, credits, or years mentor, each endorsement has a set of research, writing, completed at other schools will accompany the AIM presentation, and service requirements that ask students transcript with the student’s. This coursework is not to go beyond typical coursework at AIM. Current included in the student’s GPA. endorsements offered: Global Scholar & Equity and Justice. Disciplinary Reporting AIM reports all suspensions and expulsions from 9th grade Senior Seminar forward, if directly requested by the college or university. Senior Seminar is a year-long, interdisciplinary Literature, If a student is expelled, suspended, or placed on History, Science, and Arts course that includes study of and disciplinary probation after an application has been filed travel to a specific region or country. All Seniors must with a college, the College Counseling office will contact complete a capstone presentation, and a major research colleges to report this change in status. paper accompanied by a project in order to graduate. Athletics + Clubs Dual Enrollment AIM is a member of the Penn-Jersey Athletic Association. AIM maintains active partnerships with Arcadia University, 95% of students are in after-school activities Cabrini University, Drexel University’s Close School of Entrepreneurship, the University of the Arts, Temple Standardized Admission Testing University, and Montgomery County Community College. A majority of AIM students take the ACT exam. These Seniors are able to earn college credits with these partners standardized exam scores are not reflected on student taking classes on college campuses, taught by college transcripts. Access to any standardized exam for the class professors. The goal of this program is to help students of 2022 was not impacted by COVID. understand success at the college level. 1200 River Road | Conshohocken, PA 19428 | 215-483-2461 | www.aimpa.org | CEEB: 393-401 COVID-19 Statement Dr. Edward J. Gallagher In March 2020, AIM students and faculty engaged in virtual distance learning for Interim Head of School the remainder of the academic year. Students were issued a Fail/Pass/Pass With Distinction letter grade for the final quarter of 2019-2020 school year. These Andrew DiPrinzio grades were averaged with their previous quarters' grades, resulting in the final Interim Head of Upper School letter grade that appears on the transcript. Student transcripts will appear identical to pre-COVID transcripts. Counselor recommendations and the secondary school report will reflect anything remarkable from Spring of 2020. Amanda Tingle-Oline Director of College Counseling AIM began the 2020–2021 school year in a hybrid model with students attending class in-person and synchronously online. This format allowed the school to Katherine Precourt maintain the rigor and relationships vital to its mission. For the 2021-2022 school College & Career Counselor year, AIM returned to full, in-person classes. Dual enrollment classes returned to fully in person classes. CEEB code: 393-401 AIM Academy Alumni Acceptances and Attendance Classes 2017-2021 - 155 Total Graduates * Indicates schools recently attended by AIM graduates Adelphi University Embry-Riddle Aero Univ* Lynn University* Stevens Institute of Tech Allegheny College* Emory & Henry College* Marist College Stevenson University* American University* Fairfield University Maryland Instit Coll of Art* Stony Brook University Arcadia University Fairleigh Dickinson Univ* McDaniel College* SUNY - Oneonta Atlantic Cape Com College* Flagler College Miami University - Ohio Susquehanna University* Babson College Florida Gulf Coast University Michigan State University Syracuse University* Barry University Florida Institute of Techn Middlesex University London Temple University* Baylor University* Florida Southern College Millersville University* Texas Christian University* Berklee College of Music Franklin & Marshall College* Mitchell College* The College of New Jersey Birkbeck University, London Furman University Monmouth University The New School Bloomsburg University* Gettysburg College Montgomery County CC* Thomas Jefferson University* Boston Conservatory* Goucher College* Montclair State University Towson University Bryant University Guilford College* Moore Coll of Art & Design Union College Bucknell University* Gwynedd Mercy University Muhlenberg College* University of Alabama Cabrini University* High Point University* New York University* University of Arizona California Poly State Univ* Hofstra University* Oberlin College* University of Cincinnati Catholic University Howard University Ohio University University of Colo - Boulder Centenary University Immaculata University Pace University University of Delaware* Champlain College* Indian River State College* Penn College of Technology* University of Denver Cinema Makeup School* Indiana Univ Bloomington* Penn State University* University of East London* Chatham University* Indiana University of PA Pennsylvania Aca of Fine Arts University of Hartford* Clark Atlanta University Ithaca College* Pratt Institute* University of Kentucky* Clark University Jacksonville University Prescott College* Univ of Mary Washington Clemson University James Madison University Queen’s University- Canada* University of Massachusetts Coastal Carolina University Johnson & Wales University* Quinnipiac University* University of Miami* College of Charleston* Juniata College* Rensselaer Poly Tech Instit* University of Minnesota College of Wooster Kalamazoo College Rider University University of Mississippi Colorado School of Mines Kean University Ringling College of A&D University of New Hampshire Colorado State University Keene State College Roanoke College University of New Haven* Columbia College Chicago* Kent State University Rochester Institute of Tech University of Oregon Coppin State University Kenyon College Roger Williams University University of Pittsburgh* Curry College* Kutztown University* Rollins College University of San Francisco Dean College Lake Superior State Univ.* Rowan University University of Scranton Delaware County Com Coll* Lafayette College* Rutgers University University of Tampa* Delaware State University Landmark College* Saint Michael’s College Univ of the Arts- London* Delaware Valley University* LaSalle University Salve Regina University University of the Arts* Dickinson College Lehigh University Santa Clara University University of Vermont* Drexel University* Lesley University Savannah Coll of A&D* Ursinus College* Duquesne University* LIFT Academy* School of Art Instit of Chicago Villanova University* Earlham College Lincoln University Seton Hall University VA Commonwealth Univ* Eckerd College* Loyola Univ Maryland Shippensburg University* Washington College Edge Hill University Loyola Marymount Univ* Skidmore College West Chester University* Elizabethtown College Loyola Univ New Orleans* St. Joseph’s University* Widener University* Elon University* Lycoming College Stetson University Worcester Poly Institute* York College of Pennsylvania* 1200 River Road | Conshohocken, PA 19428 | 215-483-2461 | www.aimpa.org | CEEB: 393-401.
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