American Collegiate Institute Mr. Tim Huttemann, Headmaster Özel Izmir Amerikan Koleji Ext 4441, [email protected]

www.aci.k12.tr Mr. James Boobar, International University Counselor Ext 4474, [email protected] Inonu Caddesi No. 476 Phone (+90) 232 355 0 555 Goztepe, Izmir Fax (+90) 232 355 0 411 Ms. Ebru Dogruya, Junior and Summer Schools Counselor , 35290 CEEB code: 696460 Ext 4405, [email protected]

School Profile 2016-2017 Academic Program

Founded by American educators and philanthropists in 1878, 99 full time and 17 part time faculty the American Collegiate Institute (ACI) is an independent, Student to faculty ratio of 8:1 co-educational high school which prepares students for Students earn Turkish Lise Diploma in Grade 12 higher education in Turkey and abroad. Bilingual instruction in Turkish and English ACI’s mission is to develop the personal, social and environ- International Baccalaureate diploma available mental responsibility of students who are bilingual in Turkish and English. ACI is committed to inspiring students to become Mandatory prep year in English before Grade 9 life-long learners with the necessary skills, accountability, and Students graded on Turkish scale attitudes required for leading a fulfilling life, and for serving their country and humanity. ACI is co-governed by a private Semester system Turkish charitable foundation known in Turkey as SEV. The same organization operates Üsküdar American Academy, Tarsus American College, and SEV American College.

ACI is fully accredited by and operates under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ministry of Education. ACI was accredited by the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) in 1994 and receives continuing accreditation through the Council of International Schools (CIS.) ACI has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 2005.

About American Collegiate Institute

• Founded in 1878 as an all-girls school • 12 acre garden campus with 186 olive trees, near the • Co-educational since 1984 Aegean Sea in the coastal city of Izmir • Committed to bilingual learning and instruction • Several ACI buildings have Historical Landmark Status in Turkish and English • Naomi Foster Library contains 60,000 volumes and is the • School Motto: “Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve” largest high school library in the Aegean Area • Girls’ dorm opened in 2009, • First Turkish School in Turkey to be accredited by followed by Boys’ dorm in 2011 European Council of International Schools • 782 students from all over Turkey in grades Prep - 12 • Member of Council of International Schools • All students are Turkish citizens, with 3% holding dual • First high school in the Aegean Region to offer citizenship with other countries the International Baccalaureate Diploma, starting in 2005 • To qualify for admission, students must achieve a 90% or • 10-15% of students receive financial aid from higher on the Turkish National 8th grade entrance exam the SEV Foundation and/or the ACI Alumni Association Curriculum Our academic program follows a university preparatory curriculum with an intensive English focus. As bilingual scholars, our students learn to function effectively within two distinct teaching styles and cultures.

38-41 periods of instruction per week 50% of all class hours in grades 9-12 are taught in English English is treated as a main course, and is also used to deliver instruction in mathematics and some science courses Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve All students take a full year of immersive English instruction during PREP GRADE GRADE GRADE Grade the mandatory preparatory year Service clubs dedicated to enriching the YEAR 9 10 11 12 lives of others have been a long tradition at Turkish- Science- Turkish- Science- Social IB IB Turkish- Social Science- IB IB English skills are assessed using the IELTS exam ACI. They include: Math Math Math Math Turkish- Science- Math Math Turkish- Science- Math Math Math Math All students must complete Turkish Lise Diploma (MEB) requirements LOSEV Cancer Care Club TURKISH 4 Simply Green Club TURKISH LINGUISTICS 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 Turkish cultural subjects, including literature, social sciences, Old Folks Club religion and psychology are taught in Turkish, according to Braille Club TURKISH LITERATURE 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 3 3 national education regulation Animal Shelter Club RELIGION & ETHICS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Elective course offerings include art, music, physical education, Children’s Hospital Club HISTORY 2 3 2 2 4 French, German and Spanish Helping Hands Club HIST. of TURKISH 2 2 2 2 2 Book Mobile Club REVOLUTION By graduation, students complete a demanding program GEOGRAPHY 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 averaging twelve courses per semester Student-run events, such as MOODS and Bazaar Day, along with Student Council PHILOSOPHY 2 2 2 2 2 events through the year, help fund ACI ENGLISH 22 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Service Clubs. ENGLISH ELECTIVE 2 2ND FOREIGN LANG. 4 4 4 4 ACI offers 92 clubs and organizations for students including Student Council, Model TRAFFIC & FIRST AID 1 1 1 1 1 United Nations, Junior Achievement, and PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 the International Student Theater MATHEMATICS 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Association (ISTA) festivals. ACI is active in GEOMETRY 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 linguistic and mathematics competitions on both national and international levels. MATH & GEOMETRY 6 6 6 GEOMETRY / ELECTIVES SCIENCE 2 Izmir PHYSICS 2 2 3 4 4 Known throughout the millennia as the CHEMISTRY 2 2 4 4 5 4 5 “Pearl of the Aegean,” the city of Izmir is the BIOLOGY 3 3 3 4 4 cultural, commercial and industrial center of PHYSICS/BIOLOGY 5 5 Turkey’s Aegean Coast. Academic Grading System HEALTH 1 Academics ACI does not report rank. GPA is calculated by weighting each Home to a population of four million, Izmir is ENV. SYSTEMS & SOCIETIES 5 5 subject according to the number of lessons per week. Grades are situated on a beautiful, large bay surrounded ENV. SYS. & SOC. / ITGS 5 5 scored on a 100-point scale: 50% is a passing grade, while 90% by mountains, only 90 km away from Cesme, SOCIAL STUDIES 5 5 and above is rare. An honor student must obtain a weighted aver- a famous coastal town, and the ancient CONTEMP. TURKISH & 4 4 age of 70%, while a high honors students must obtain 85%. Both Ephesus archeological site, which housed one WORLD HIST. distinctions are determined by end-of-semester results. of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Very Good 85 - 100 HIST. of WESTERN MUSIC 2 Good 70 - 84,99 With settlements dating back to 3000 BC, ARTS 1 1 Mediocre 60 - 69,99 and once home to Homer, Izmir has grown MUSIC 1 1 Passing 50 - 59,99 through the ages to become a city of old and COMPUTER 1 Failing 0 - 49,99 new. Home to nine universities, multiple museums, historical, cultural and ELECTIVES 2 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 80-84,99 IB ELECTIVES 5 5 27 Students 85-89,99 entertainment sites, Izmir’s pivotal location 18% 27 offers connections by air to over 20 European Students SOCIOLOGY 2 18% 75-79,99 cities. Izmir’s modern Adnan Menderes Airport 31 Students PSYCHOLOGY 2 20% is only an hour flight from . HISTORY OF ART 2 2 90-94,99 11 Students 7% GRAPHIC DESIGN 2 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE (2) (2) (2) (2) 95-100 70-74,99 9 Students 27 Students 6% TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 37 37 36 36 36 37 37 18% 55-59,99 60-64,99 65-69,99 3 Students 10 Students 8 Students 2% 6% 5%

Cumulative GPA (9,10,11) Distribution Class of 2017 144 students total SAT: Critical Reading 583 Final Look at 45 matriculated abroad Math 726 Class of 2016 23 IB Diploma recipients Writing 614 Average IB Diploma score: 33 Average IELTS score of students Top IB Diploma score: 43 who matriculated abroad: 7.33

Class of 2017 IELTS average score: 6.97 (May 2016) (average represents the entire class of 153 students) IB Diploma recipients 4 year average (2013-16): 32 Guide to the Curriculum hours of instruction per subject in grades Prep -12

PREP GRADE GRADE GRADE Grade YEAR 9 10 11 12 Turkish- Science- Turkish- Science- Social IB IB Turkish- Social Science- IB IB Math Math Math Math Turkish- Science- Math Math Turkish- Science- Math Math Math Math TURKISH 4 TURKISH LINGUISTICS 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 TURKISH LITERATURE 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 3 3 RELIGION & ETHICS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HISTORY 2 3 2 2 4 HIST. of TURKISH 2 2 2 2 2 REVOLUTION GEOGRAPHY 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 PHILOSOPHY 2 2 2 2 2 ENGLISH 22 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 ENGLISH ELECTIVE 2 2ND FOREIGN LANG. 4 4 4 4 TRAFFIC & FIRST AID 1 1 1 1 1 PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 MATHEMATICS 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 GEOMETRY 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 MATH & GEOMETRY 6 6 6 GEOMETRY / ELECTIVES SCIENCE 2 PHYSICS 2 2 3 4 4 CHEMISTRY 2 2 4 4 5 4 5 BIOLOGY 3 3 3 4 4 PHYSICS/BIOLOGY 5 5 HEALTH 1 ENV. SYSTEMS & SOCIETIES 5 5 ENV. SYS. & SOC. / ITGS 5 5 SOCIAL STUDIES 5 5 CONTEMP. TURKISH & 4 4 WORLD HIST. HIST. of WESTERN MUSIC 2 ARTS 1 1 MUSIC 1 1 COMPUTER 1 ELECTIVES 2 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 IB ELECTIVES 5 5 SOCIOLOGY 2

PSYCHOLOGY 2

HISTORY OF ART 2 2

GRAPHIC DESIGN 2

THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE (2) (2) (2) (2)

TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 37 37 36 36 36 37 37

The Turkish Science track contains course work equivalent to AP courses in Calculus BC, IB Diploma students are also enrolled in Theory of Knowledge for two hours per week. Biology, Chemistry and Physics C. The International English Language Test is administered in Grade 11. All three Turkish tracks include an academic emphasis on English language instruction. All ACI graduates pursue university education, with American Collegiate Institute 30-50% enrolling in universities outside of Turkey. Graduates from the classes of 2012-2016 received acceptances from the institutions below. International University Placements Matriculations are in bold. US American University Drexel University Michigan State University Sarah Lawrence College The Arizona State University Duke University University of Missouri Columbia University of South Florida, Tampa The University of Arizona Emerson College Musicians Institute University of Southern California Babson College Emory University New York University St. John’s College Bard College Fairfield University The University of North Carolina Stevens Institute of Technology Barnard College Flagler College at Chapel Hill Stony Brook University Bennington College Florida Institute of Technology Northeastern University Suffolk University Bentley University Fordham University Northwestern University Syracuse University Berklee College of Music Franklin & Marshall College Oberlin College University of Tampa Boston University Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering University of Oklahoma University of Texas San Antonio Brandeis University The George Washington University Old Dominion University The New School Brown University Georgetown University University of Oregon The Ohio State University Bryant University Georgia Institute of Technology Oregon State University Tufts University University of California Davis Hofstra University Pace University Vanderbilt University University of California Los Angeles Hope College University of the Pacific University of Vermont University of California San Diego University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign University of Pennsylvania University of Virginia University of California Santa Barbara University of Iowa Pennsylvania State University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute University of California Santa Cruz Iowa State University Univ. Park and State University California State University, East Bay Indiana University-Purdue University Pomona College Vassar College California State University, Fullerton Fort Wayne Princeton University Wentworth Institute of Technology California State University, Los Angeles Ithaca College Purdue University Wheaton College California State University, Monterey Bay Johns Hopkins University University of Redlands Whittier College Carnegie Mellon University Lafayette College Reed College University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Chicago University of La Verne Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee University of Cincinnati Lawrence Technological University University of Rhode Island Wittenberg University Clark University Lehigh University Rochester Institute of Technology Woodbury University University of Colorado at Boulder Loyola Marymount University University of Rochester Worcester Polytechnic Institute Columbia University usaLynn University Roger Williams University Yale University The Cooper Union for the Advancement Marist College University of San Diego of Science & Art University of Massachusetts, Amherst San Diego State University US Art & Design Institutes Cornell University University of Miami San Francisco State University Davidson University University of Michigan San Jose State University Boston Architectural College California College of the Arts Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising UK Fashion Institute of Technology The Arts University College at London College of Communication Maryland Institute College of Art Bournemouth London School of Economics Massachusetts College of Art & Design University of Arts London University of Manchester New York School of Interior Design Aston University Middlesex University Otis College of Art & Design University of Bath Newcastle University Parsons, The New School University of Birmingham University of Nottingham Pratt Institute University of Brighton Nottingham Trent University Rhode Island School of Design University of Bristol University of Oxford Ringling College of Art and Design Brunel University Oxford Brookes University Savannah College of Art and Design University of Creative Arts University of Plymouth School of Art Institute of Chicago Cardiff University Plymouth College of Art School of the Museum of Fine Arts City University University of Portsmouth School of Visual Arts City of Glasgow College Queen Mary, University of London Southern California Institute of Architecture University College London Queen’s University Belfast art University of Dundee Reading University Durham University Regent’s University of London University of East Anglia Roehampton University University of East London Royal Holloway, University of London Canada University of Edinburgh School of Oriental and African Studies, University of Alberta Nova Scotia College of Art and University of Essex University of London Bishop’s University Design University of Exeter Sheffield Hallam University University of British Columbia Memorial University University of Glasgow University of Sheffield Carleton University Queen’s University Goldsmiths, University of London The Glasgow School of Art Concordia University Ryerson University University of Greenwich University of Southampton Dalhousie University Saint Mary’s University Imperial College London University of St. Andrews Emily Carr University of Art & Design University of Toronto University of Kent University of Surrey University of Guelph Trent University King’s College London University of Sussex University of King’s College University of Waterloo Kingston University University of Ulster canadaMcGill University York University Lancaster University University of Warwick McMaster University University of Leeds University of Westminster ukLeeds Beckett University University of York Worldwide American University of Paris, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Politecnico di Milano, American University of Rome, Italy Hogeschool Rotterdam, Netherlands Sciences Po, Menton, France University of Amsterdam, Netherlands HZ University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands Sciences Po – Columbia University Dual BA Amsterdam University College, Netherlands Istituto Europeo di Design, Italy Program, France & US Bard College Berlin, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel Semmelweis University, Hungary Universita Bocconi, Italy International Business School, Hungary SHWS – Univ. of Applied Sciences Wurzburg Carl Benz School of Engineering, Germany Jacobs University Bremen, Germany Tilburg University, Netherlands City University of Hong Kong John Cabot University, Italy Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Univ. of Debrecen, Medical & Health Sci. Center, Hungary Leiden University University College Dublin, Ireland Escuela Superior de Admin. y Dir. de Empresas (ESADE), Spain Leiden Universithy College at The Hague, University of Twente, Netherlands Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Netherlands Netherlands Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy European University Barcelona, Spain Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands University College Maastricht, Netherlands FH Achen University Nuova Academia di Belle Arti Milano, Italy University College Utrecht, Netherlands Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands Universite de Paris VI - Pierre et Marie Curie Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands University of Groningen, Netherlands University of Pecs, Hungary Willem de Kooning Academie The Hong Kong Univ. of Sci.world & Tech., Hong Kong University of Szeged, Hungary Yale – NUS College