PROFILE 2019 - 2020 CONESTOGA HIGH SCHOOL Tredyffrin/Easttown School District

200 Irish Road • Berwyn, PA 19312-1260 • www.tesd.net/stoga Phone: (610) 240-1000 • Fax: (610) 240-1061 • CBC 390295

Administration Counselors Dr. Richard Gusick ...... Superintendent Mrs. Laureen Stohrer (A-Bro) [email protected] 610-240-1008 Dr. Amy Meisinger ...... Principal Mrs. Rachelle Gough (Bru-Dh) [email protected] 610-240-1011 Mr. James Bankert ...... Assistant Principal Ms. Katherine Barthelmeh (Di-Gr) [email protected] 610-240-1007 Mr. Brian Samson (Gu-Ke) [email protected] 610-240-1012 Dr. Patrick Boyle ...... Assistant Principal Ms. Melissa McMenamin (Kh-Ma) [email protected] 610-240-1051 Dr. Anthony DiLella ...... Assistant Principal Mrs. Jennifer Kratsa (Mc-N) [email protected] 610-240-1010 Ms. Chandra Singh ...... Assistant Principal Mr. Daniel McDermott (O-R) [email protected] 610-240-1009 Mr. Kevin Pechin ...... Athletic Director Mrs. Leashia Lewis (S-T) [email protected] 610-240-1038 Mrs. Megan Smyth (U-Z) [email protected] 610-240-1013

General Information National Merit Recognition 2019 Grades . 9 -12 Type of School. Public • 41 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Enrollment. 2,252 Length of Semester . 20 weeks • 41 National Merit Commended Students Class Periods. 43 minutes Periods per Day. 8 periods Teaching Faculty...... 148 Teacher to Student Ratio . 1:15 • 6 National Hispanic Scholars College Board Advanced Placement Community Located 15 miles west of in eastern Chester County, Tredyffrin In May 2019, 904 Conestoga students completed 2,023 AP tests. For the and Easttown Townships form a suburban school district whose residents Class of 2019, 68% of students took at least one AP test during high school primarily engage in professional and business occupations. and scored a 3 or better. Among the Class of 2019: Curriculum Recognition Students Mean score Students must earn 24 credits to meet graduation requirements. An National AP Scholars 48 4.67 individual program is developed for each student, and courses are offered AP Scholars with Distinction 103 4.40 at varying levels of difficulty. In the fall of 2019, 89% of Conestoga students AP Scholars with Honor 22 3.65 enrolled in at least one Honors level course, and 53% of Conestoga students AP Scholars 34 3.31 enrolled in at least one Advanced Placement (AP) course. Advanced Placement Courses Independent study, self-directed learning, and other enrichment opportunities are available in all disciplines. Qualifying seniors (98%) Eng Lang & Comp European History Seminar participate in a four-week career internship program in May and June. Eng Lit & Comp World History Research French Language Psychology Calculus AB Instructional Levels German Language Econ. Micro & Macro Calculus BC Students are grouped by instructional levels in all academic departments: Italian Language Biology Computer Science A English, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, and World Languages. Latin Chemistry Computer Sci Principles Levels are designated on the transcript as follows: Spanish Language Physics C: Mechanics Art History AP/H* - Advanced Placement H - Honors X - Accelerated A - Academic U.S. Gov & Politics Physics C: Elec & Mag Studio Art: Drawing Students are heterogeneously grouped in other departments except Comp. Gov & Politics Environmental Science Studio Art: 2-D Design where Advanced Placement courses are offered. U.S. History Statistics Music Theory

Class of 2019 SAT Mean Scores National CHS Class of 2019 ACT 2019 AP Scores 700 Score # exams % exams 621 649 CHS State 5 739 37% English 26.8 23.3 600 4 678 34% 552 548 Math 26.4 23.1 3 442 22% Reading 27.2 24.1 Total 1,859 92% 500 Science 25.7 23.2 Scores of 3, 4, or 5 (College Ready) Composite 26.6 23.6 400 2,023 AP Exams - Mean Score: 4.0 Evidence-Based Reading & Writing Math Participation: SAT - 88% ACT - 47%

To inspire a passion for learning, personal integrity, the pursuit of excellence and social responsibility in each student Grading System Weighted/Unweighted GPA A 90 -100 O Outstanding WP Withdraw Passing The Unweighted GPA is computed on a traditional 4.0 system in which B 80 - 89 S Satisfactory WF Withdraw Failing grades are valued as follows: A (90-100) 4.0, B (80-89) 3.0, C (70-79) 2.0, C 70 - 79 N Needs Improvement TR Transfer Credit D (65-69) 1.0. The Weighted GPA is adjusted to reflect levels of instruction. D 65 - 69 U Unsatisfactory MX Medically Excused F < 65 IN Incomplete CP Cert. Oral Presenter 2019 Senior Class Weighted GPA/SAT Bands P Passing F Failing > 4.70 1468 31% 4.69 - 4.20 1330 31% Grade Point Average (GPA) 4.19 - 3.70 1208 21% The GPA is cumulative, including only leveled courses taken at Conestoga valued at 0.5 credit or more. The Unweighted GPA is reported on the 3.69 - 3.20 1103 9% transcript along with the Weighted GPA. 3.19 - 2.69 1034 6% < 2.68 1026 2% Key: GPA BAND SAT MEAN SCORE

Highlights for the Class of 2019 • Class of 2019 attending college: 4-year 95% 2-year 4% • Conestoga High School ranked among the best high schools nationally in numerous commercial publications including Newsweek, The Washington Post and Niche.com • Conestoga Robotics Team competed at the World Championship • Eighteen students recognized by the Music Educators Association as All-Region Band, Orchestra or Choir • Thirty-four Titles , Seven PIAA District 1 Titles, and Four State Titles in Girls Lacrosse, Boys Rugby and Boys Soccer while the class of 2019 attended Conestoga (2015-2019)

College Destinations for the Class of 2019 Members of the Conestoga High School Class of 2019 have matriculated to the colleges and universities listed below. In a typical year, more than 75% of Conestoga graduates attend colleges listed in The Best 378 Colleges, a publication of the Princeton Review. Where more than one student enrolled, the number of students is indicated in parentheses. Alaska Pacific University Hollins University Quinnipiac University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Allegheny College Howard University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Louisville Alvernia University Immaculata University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Maryland (2) American University Indiana University at Bloomington (2) Saint Joseph's University (2) University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2) Auburn University (4) Indiana University of Pennsylvania (3) San Diego State University University of Miami (2) Baylor University Indiana University-Purdue University Savannah College of Art and Design (5) University of Michigan (4) Bloomsburg University Indianapolis Seton Hall University (2) University of Minnesota Boston College (3) Ithaca College Skidmore College (2) University of Missouri, Columbia (2) Bowdoin College James Madison University (3) South Plains College University of New England Brandeis University Jefferson University Southern Methodist University University of New Hampshire Bucknell University (6) (3) Southern Virginia University University of New Haven Cabrini University (5) Johnson & Wales University (2) St. Lawrence University University of Notre Dame California Polytechnic State University Kenyon College University of Oregon Carleton College King's College Stevens Institute of Technology University of Otago, New Zealand Champlain College Kutztown University Susquehanna University University of Oxford Chapman University La Salle University (2) Swarthmore College University of Pennsylvania (8) Clark University Lafayette College (2) Syracuse University (6) (17) Clemson University (3) Lehigh University (6) Temple University (24) University of Richmond (6) Colgate University Lesley University Texas Christian University University of Rochester College of Charleston (3) Lincoln University The Catholic University of America University of South Carolina (6) College of the Holy Cross Louisiana State University The George Washington University (3) University of Southern California College of William & Mary (2) Louisiana Tech University The New School (2) University of St. Andrews Cornell University (2) Loyola University Maryland (7) The University of Alabama University of Tennessee Dartmouth College (3) Marist College The University of Arizona (2) University of Vermont Delaware County Community College (17) Maryland Institute College of Art The University of Scranton (4) University of Virginia (3) Delaware Valley University McDaniel College The University of Tampa (2) University of Wisconsin Denison University (2) Miami University, Oxford The University of the Arts University of Wyoming Dickinson College (2) Michigan State University Transylvania University Utah Valley University Drexel University (18) Middlebury College Trinity College (2) Vanderbilt University (2) Millersville University (3) Trinity College Dublin Villanova University (9) Elizabethtown College Misericordia University Tufts University (4) Virginia Commonwealth University (2) Elon University (8) Monmouth University Tulane University (3) Virginia Tech (6) Emerson College Moore College of Art and Design University at Buffalo, SUNY Wake Forest University Emory University (2) Morgan State University University of Arkansas Walla Walla University Fairfield University (3) Muhlenberg College (2) University of California, Berkeley Washington and Lee University (2) Florida Institute of Technology New York University (6) University of California, Irvine Washington College Florida State University (2) Northeastern University (8) University of California, San Diego (3) Washington University in St. Louis (2) Fordham University (3) Oakland University University of California, Santa Barbara West Chester University(23) Franklin & Marshall College (4) Oberlin College (3) West Virginia University Furman University Occidental College University of Colorado at Boulder (3) Widener University (2) George Mason University Ohio University University of Delaware (12) York College of Pennsylvania Georgetown University (2) Pace University (3) University of Denver University of California, San Diego Georgia Institute of Technology (2) Pennsylvania College of Technology University of Florida (4) Gettysburg College (6) Pennsylvania State University (56) University of Georgia (3) Harvard College (2) Purdue University (2) University of Hartford