CEEB Code 053323 Head of School: Thomas Gilder Head of Upper School: Peggy Procter Assistant Head of School, Strategic Partnerships: Kevin Newman [email protected] Dean of College Counseling: Molly Branch [email protected] PROFILE 2016-17 Dean of College Counseling: Jill Gully [email protected] A DYNAMIC EDUCATION. A NURTURING COMMUNITY. CLASS OF 2017 Windward was founded by educator Shirley Windward in 1971 as a coeducational, non-proft, independent college preparatory day school enrolling students in grades 7 through 12. Our mission statement encourages students to become responsible, caring, stude well informed, ethical and prepared citizens of the world. Located in West Los Angeles, n Windward draws its student body from the diverse population of Los Angeles. Admission t is highly selective. Windward is accredited by WASC and is a member of the Global Online s Academy, the Cum Laude Society, NAIS, the College Board, NACAC, and WACAC. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS Schoo 99r l e • Founding member of the Global Online Academy (GOA), a consortium of the p
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classrooms the intellectually rigorous programs and excellent teaching that are U hallmarks of its member schools total • STEAM and Global Education Curriculum--students in these programs receive STEAM or Global Scholar designation. • STEAM and Global leadership programs in Iceland and the Netherlands; linguistic GPA & GRADE DISTRIBUTION and cultural immersion experiences in Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, France, Nicaragua, Peru, and Spain; scientifc research trips to the Galapagos Islands, At the end of junior year: among others. Highest cumulative GPA: 4.39 Median GPA: 3.78 • LEGO, VEX, and FIRST Robotics programs Lowest GPA: 2.95 • The Entrepreneurship Initiative and the Windward Network support student and Class Rank: We do not rank our students. alumni growth through internships, guest speakers, and business mentors.
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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS student SIZE Upper School students must complete: • 3 years of the same world language or • 4 years of English 2 years each of two world languages • 3 years of social studies, including • 2 years of visual or performing arts Full-time faculty members U.S. history and world history • 2 years of physical education Faculty hold • 3 years of mathematics, including • 20 hours of community service algebra 2/trigonometry masters degree • 3 years of science, including physics, Faculty hold chemistry, and biology doctoral degree
CALCULATION OF GPA NATIONAL MERIT students of color
• Traditional A to F, 4.0 grading scale, Class of 2016 grades are weighted in Honors and 12 National Merit Commended AP courses with a weight of .5. 1 National Merit Semifnalist COURSES • Transcripts include end-of- Class of 2017 • Trimester system with year-long year weighted GPAs, as well 10 National Merit Commended grades as a cumulative weighted and 1 National Merit Semifnalist unweighted 9-12 GPA. • Exceptions to this are semester- length elective courses for seniors. • Outside courses that fulfll a Windward subject or program • Rigorous senior honors research requirement are listed on the seminars that culminate in a Windward transcript. However, only substantial college-level research Windward and GOA courses are paper calculated in the GPA.
Windward School | 11350 Palms Boulevard | Los Angeles, California 90066 | 310-391-7127 | www.windwardschool.org ADVANCED HONORS & AP COURSES PLACEMENT EXAMS (16 AP and 24 honors courses)
AP course enrollment is subject to 9TH GRADE 10TH GRADE 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE permission of the department chair. All students enrolled in AP courses are AP Literature English 12H english English 9H English 10H required to take the corresponding exam. English 11H AP Literature • The average Windward student takes two or three AP courses. Research Sem H: 20th Cent US Research Sem H: Global Studies social AP Euro. Hist. • Truly exceptional students take six or World Global Economics H studies Global Studies AP US History History 1H AP Gov & Politics: Comparative more AP courses. H Psychology H AP Art History In May 2016, 193 students took 362 AP AP Calculus AB (prerequisite for AP Calc BC) exams in 17 subjects. math Geometry H Algebra 2/ Precalculus H AP Calculus BC • 82% of the scores were 3 or higher Trig H AP Statistics AP Computer Science A • 29 AP Scholars, 18 AP Scholars with Honors, 34 AP Scholars Chemistry H Biology H AP Biology (prerequisite for AP Physics 2 with Distinction, 2 National AP science Physics H (prerequisite for AP Chemistry) AP Biology) AP Physics C: Mechanics Scholars AP Chemistry Research Sem H: STEAM Spanish 4H AP Spanish Spanish 2H Spanish 3H SAT REASONING TEST world French 4H AP French French 2H French 3H (New SAT, end of junior year) language Mandarin 1 Mandarin 2
visual & Advanced Jazz Ensemble Honors Mid 50% Mean performing AP 2D Design arts ERW 590-720 675 Math 580-725 670 COLLEGE MATRICULATION ACT The 95 students in the class of 2016, matriculated in 53 colleges in 19 states and Switzerland. (at the end of junior year) Graduates of the past fve years chose to matriculate to the following schools (asterisk to indicate class of 2016 enrollment): The University of Alabama Cornell University* Loyola University Scripps College Mid 50% Mean American University Denison University* New Orleans Skidmore College* American University, Paris Drexel University Marquette University Smith College English 28-34 31 Amherst College Duke University University of Maryland, University of Southern Babson College Ecole Hoteliere de College Park California* Math 27-32 29 Bard College Lausanne* McGill University Southern Methodist Reading 28-33 30 Barnard College Emerson College* Miami University, Oxford University* Bates College* Emory University* University of Miami University of St. Andrews Science Bentley University Eugene Lang, New School University of Michigan* St. John’s College, 25-31 28 Reasoning Boston College Fashion Institute of Middlebury College* Santa Fe* Boston University Design* University of Missouri, Stanford University* Composite 27-32 29 Bowdoin College Fordham University* Columbia Swarthmore College* Brandeis University* The George Washington New York University* Syracuse University Brown University University* Northeastern University* The University of Texas, SAT SUBJECT TESTS Bucknell University* Georgetown University* University of Northern Austin California Lutheran Georgia Institute of Colorado The New School* University Technology* Northwestern University* Trinity College Mean Cal State Northridge* The University of Georgia University of Notre Dame Tufts University* Cal State San Diego* Grand View University Oberlin College* Tulane University Biology-Ecology 720 UC Berkeley* Harvard University The Ohio State University U.S. Military Academy UC Davis Hofstra University University of Oregon University of St. Andrews Biology-Molecular 770 UC Irvine Howard University University of Pennsylvania* Vanderbilt University* Chemistry 640 UC Los Angeles* Humboldt State University Pepperdine University Vassar College* UC Santa Barbara University of Illinois, Pitzer College* University of Virginia English Literature 640 UC Santa Cruz Urbana Princeton University Washington University in Carnegie Mellon University Indiana University, University of Puget Sound St. Louis* French 720 Case Western Reserve Bloomington Reed College* University of Washington Chapman University* Johns Hopkins University* Rensselaer Polytechnic* Wesleyan University* Italian 760 College of Charleston University of Kansas Rice University Wheaton College, MA Math Level II 680 University of Chicago* Kenyon College* University of San Diego Whitman College Claremont McKenna Lehigh University Santa Barbara City Willamette University Physics 630 College Lewis & Clark College* College* Williams College* Colgate University London College of Santa Clara University University of Wisconsin, U.S. History 650 CU Boulder* Fashion Sarah Lawrence College Madison Colorado College Loyola Marymount School of the Art Institute, Yale University* World History 650 Columbia University* University* Chicago
Windward School | 11350 Palms Boulevard | Los Angeles, California 90066 | 310-391-7127 | www.windwardschool.org SCHOOL PROFILE 2016-2017
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