TOM FLEMMA Head of School MARY FIELDER Assistant Head of School DAVID POTTER Head of Upper School KRISTEN KACZYNSKI Director of College Counseling 847.881.8898, [email protected] LIZZY GIFFEN Associate Director of College Counseling 847.881.8847, [email protected] CEEB CODE: 144435

2020-2021 School Profile nity gathering and study areas. The Arts Center and Auditori- um provide 2-D and 3-D art studios, music labs, multifunction North Shore Country Day is a coeducational, college prepa- learning spaces and a 500-seat theater. ratory school of 525 students in junior kindergarten through grade 12, located in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, IL. Since TECHNOLOGY: All students and faculty are part of a 1:1 its founding in 1919, NSCD has been an exceptional envi- iPad program that works to empower student intellectual and ronment for teaching and learning. With rigorous academic creative growth, and skill development through the integra- pursuit as the cornerstone, North Shore provides a wealth of tion of technology into their educational life. opportunities for all our students to excel—in the classroom CLASS RANK AND GPA: In accordance with its mis- and the lab, on the stage and the playing field, and in their sion and policies, North Shore Country Day does not rank its communities and beyond. The unique fellowship established students nor does it offer any internal academic distinctions across divisions and between faculty and students builds a or awards. Individual cumulative GPAs are provided on both strong learning environment. the transcript and secondary school report accompanying Classes are small and provide a stimulating environment each application. GPAs are based on a 4 point system which for learning and exchanging ideas. Teachers engage students factors in pluses and minuses (A=4.0, A-=3.67, B+=3.33, etc.). in critical thinking and writing exercises and provide regular AP course grades receive a weight of .5. Only courses taken at feedback on their work. The Upper School fosters intellectual North Shore are included on the NSCD transcript and in each engagement, academic performance and personal growth. student’s cumulative grade point average. Students learn how to solve problems and analyze. They learn how to think for themselves and communicate effectively. ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM: In order to Our students describe our School environment as demanding, maintain a balanced courseload, students are encouraged to accepting, engaging, dedicated, caring, intellectual, hardwork- take no more than two AP courses in 11th grade and three in ing, athletic, artistic, compassionate and rigorous. The School 12th grade. is a member of and accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS). HUMANITIES SCIENCE /MATH WORLD STUDENTS: 525; Lower School 180; Middle School 130; AP English Literature AP Calculus AB LANGUAGES and Composition Upper School 215. Students come from a variety of back- AP Calculus BC AP French Language AP U.S. History grounds and from 20 suburbs and the City of Chicago. Stu- AP Statistics and Culture AP Art and Design AP Computer Science AP Spanish Language dents of color make up 30% of the total population. AP Drawing Principles and Culture AP Music Theory AP Computer Science A AP Spanish Literature FACULT Y: 85; 63% with advanced degrees; 8:1 student to AP U.S. Government AP Chemistry and Culture faculty ratio. Average class size: 14. Average teaching experi- and Politics AP Biology AP Chinese Language and Culture ence of 15 years. AP Human Geography AP Physics I

FACILITIES: Set on 16 acres, North Shore’s academic CLASS OF 2021 JUNIOR YEAR GRADES buildings include a state-of-the-art library featuring sev- A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- NS eral types of collaborative and quiet study spaces. It is also English 12 13 7 12 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 home to the new Live and Serve Laboratory—the hub of our History 5 9 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 service-learning and community-partnership programs. A AP History 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 stairway, which also serves as a gathering and presentation World Languages 26 15 8 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 space, connects the new library to the 20,000-square-foot Mathematics 14 10 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conant Science Center above. Our Upper School building AP Mathematics 5 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 provides flexible and modern room arrangements including Science 16 12 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 learning studios, seminar rooms, a digital media lab, commu- AP Science 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 UPPER SCHOOL PROGRAM A rigorous curriculum with a broad emphasis on liberal arts prepares students well for college. Each of our courses is taught at the highest level or what would be considered the honors level at many high schools; as such there are no separate designations for honors courses on our transcript. In addition to classes in English, mathematics, science and history, we offer language in- struction in Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese. An average class size of 14 students fosters extensive classroom interaction and discussion that will serve students well as they enter college. Our long history of innovation in academic programs earned North Shore an appointment to the Independent School Consortium on Innovation.

SUBJECT YEAR COURSES SEMESTER COURSES ADVANCED/AP COURSES

ENGLISH English 9 AP English Literature Four credits English 10 Advanced Open Creative Writing required English 11 Independent Study English 12

SOCIAL World History 1 African American Studies AP U.S. History STUDIES World History 2 Business & Economics AP U.S. Government Three credits U.S. History Comparative World Religions & Politics Food: Science, Systems & Society AP Human Geography required, including Holocaust & Human Behavior Independent Study one year of U.S. Latinx Studies History Gender & Women’s Studies

MATHEMATICS Algebra 1 Intro to Computer Science 1 Geometry 15 Three credits Geometry 10 Intro to Computer Science 2 Algebra 2 15 required Algebra 2 10 Pre-Calculus 15 Advanced Functional Calculus Analysis Advanced Open Computer Science Pre-Calculus 10 AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Computer Science Principles AP Computer Science A AP Statistics Independent Study

SCIENCE Physics: Conceptual Chemistry of Food Physics: Quantitative Three credits Chemistry 10 Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology 1 Chemistry 15 required, including Biology 10 Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology 2 Biology 15 Food: Science, Systems & Society AP Physics I one year each Science & Public Policy AP Chemistry of Physics, Engineering Basics AP Biology Chemistry and Applied Physics & Engineering Advanced Open Research Biology Contemporary Issues in Environmental Science Independent Study

WORLD Chinese 1-5 AP Chinese Language & Culture LANGUAGES French 1-5 AP French Language & Culture Three credits Spanish 1-5 AP Spanish Language & Culture AP Spanish Literature & Culture required Special Topics in French Special Topics in Spanish Independent Study

FINE AND Chorus Darkroom Photography Directing Advanced Open Studio PERFORMING Instrumental Ensemble Digital Design & Painting Projects Advanced Music Studio ARTS Studio Art Foundations Design Thinking Art & Society Advanced Theater Studio Two credits Theater Arts Functional Clay Forms Printmaking AP Art & Design required Technical Theater Intro to Sculptural Sculptural Clay Forms AP Drawing Intro to Piano & Forms Text & Time: Multi- AP Music Theory Music Theory Markmaking media Sculpture Acting

ALSO REQUIRED: THEATER­—During the four years of Upper School, students are required to perform onstage in at least one production and participate on or offstage in a second. INTERIM WEEK—Students must participate in Interim Week each year, and at least one must have a community service component. SENIOR SERVICE—All 12th graders must complete a two-week Senior Service project in May. ATHLETICS/PHYSICAL EDUCATION—All 9th graders must participate in a fall sport and all 10th and 11th graders must participate in one season of athletics. All students must also complete four credits of PE/wellness. CURRICULUM FEATURES ADVANCED OPEN/INDEPENDENT STUDY Advanced Open courses and independent studies are oppor- DAILY SCHEDULE The daily schedule includes four tunities for juniors and seniors to design and pursue inves- 75-minute academic blocks per day. These longer class periods tigation in an area of specific interest that goes beyond the allow students to practice and develop skills and strive to curricular options. Advanced Open courses are available in understand and analyze material on a deeper level. They also science, computer science, music, theater and visual art. They provide teachers with more flexibility to design a range of challenge students to work with faculty mentors and peers learning experiences. Each block meets four times in a sev- to generate research questions, investigate them and present en-day rotation, at a different time throughout the cycle. This their own original work. Independent Study is available in provides structured variety and evenly distributes class time every discipline and is designed to support students who have lost to early dismissals throughout an athletic season. The fulfilled the graduation requirements within a department. schedule also includes a 45-minute block each day dedicated Recent topics and courses include: quorum sensing, creative to community time, wellness and performing arts, which writing, history and performance of musical theater, impact of incorporates Morning Ex, advisory, community gathering, SnapChat on teenagers and bee behavior. P.E., health and a performing arts time once per rotation for Throughout the course of the year, stu- additional rehearsal opportunities. MORNING EX dents, faculty, alumni and visitors appear on stage to share INTERIM WEEK One week in the fall is set aside from academic work, present life experiences and give artistic regularly scheduled classes for students to participate in an performances to the three divisions of the School. Recent in-depth experience of educational value outside the tradi- Morning Ex presentations include: a Susan Marshall ’76 Me- tional classroom environment. Teachers seek to establish a morial Concert performance by the Neave Trio, a cutting edge learning experience that will challenge students to expand chamber ensemble; “Your Eyes are a Mirror of the World,” a their horizons. Interim Week participation must be planned presentation on a faculty member’s recent sabbatical; and “Be- so that at least one of each student’s four experiences is a longing: In Silence and Outloud,” a collaboration of students social/community service program. Recent Interim offerings and faculty in all three school divisions. include: Nature, Writing and Solitude; The Trout Bum Ex- NSCD is perience; Oak Terrace Bilingual Tutoring; The Architecture OFF-CAMPUS STUDY PROGRAMS a participating school of School Year Abroad, providing of Frank Lloyd Wright; Arabic Souqs and Service; The Actors homestay programs in China, France, Italy and Spain. North Gymnasium; and Creative Design with a Laser Cutter. Shore is also a sending school with The Mountain School, SENIOR SERVICE PROJECTS The Senior Service Oxbow, High Mountain Institute, School for Ethics and Global project is an opportunity for students to apply their interests, Leadership and the Island School. talents and skills away from NSCD classrooms. Each senior By participating in activities conceives and designs their own project. Students are expect- ACTIVITIES/CLUBS of interest outside the classroom, students gain poise and ed to make this opportunity one that is personal, worthwhile confidence, as well as forge lifelong friendships. Upper School and representative of their total North Shore experience. It is activities at NSCD include: Athletic Council, Community our hope that students will learn more about serving a larger Service Club, Diller Street Journal, Environmental Club, GSA, community and learn something about themselves. Students Mirror (yearbook), P.I.L.L.O.W.S. (Poetry in the Literary Lives commit at least 60 hours over a two-week period. of Worldly Students), Prosody (literary magazine), Student SERVICE LEARNING Service is an integral part of life Council, Model United Nations, SOAR (Students Organized in the Upper School, as we strive to be true to the School’s Against Racism), Feminist Book Club and Film Club. motto, “Live and Serve.” All students are encouraged to per- Approximately 85% of the Upper School stu- form service throughout their time at NSCD in addition to the ATHLETICS dents participate in at least one of the 15 sports offered in in- required Interim and Senior Service projects. The new Live+- terscholastic athletic competition: baseball, basketball (M/W), Serve Laboratory in the library is the hub of our service learn- cross country (M/W), field hockey, golf (M/W), soccer (M/W), ing and community-partnership programs. It is a creative, tennis (M/W), track and field (M/W), and volleyball. collaborative project space for teachers to bring their classes and for students to pursue individual passion projects, provid- PERFORMING ARTS At NSCD, fine and performing ing students with the tools to prototype ideas—such as a laser arts are an integral part of the curriculum. Opportunities in- cutter and 3-D printer—and a space for multimedia produc- clude: a capella, chorus, string ensemble, fall play, winter play, tion. The Live+Serve Lab also re-emphasizes the importance of spring musical, standards cabaret and the Take 10 playwriting project-based and service learning in our JK-12 curriculum. showcase. COLLEGE ADMISSION: 2016-2020 The following colleges and universities offered admission to the 2016-2020 graduates of North Shore Country Day. Institutions listed in bold matriculated one graduate during this time; institutions listed in bold and followed by an asterisk enrolled two or more graduates. Typically, 100% of NSCD seniors are offered admission to four-year colleges and universities.

Agnes Scott College DePaul University Marquette University* Sarah Lawrence College Albion College DePauw University Maryland Institute College of Art Savannah College of Art and Allegheny College Dickinson College* University of Maryland Design American University Dillard University Massachusetts Institute School of the Art Institute of Amherst College Drake University of Technology Chicago Antioch College Drexel University* University of Massachusetts- Scripps College Arizona State University Duke University Amherst Seattle University The University of Arizona Earlham College McDaniel College Sewanee: The University College of the Atlantic Eckerd College McGill University of the South Auburn University* Elmhurst University McMaster University Skidmore College* Babson College Elon University* Miami University-Oxford* University of South Carolina Bard College Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University of Miami* University of Southern Barnard College University-Daytona Beach Michigan State University California* Bates College* Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University of Michigan* Southern Illinois University Beloit College University-Prescott Middlebury College* Southern Methodist University* Boston College Emerson College Millikin University University of St Francis Boston University* Emory University University of Minnesota St. John’s College Bowdoin College Erasmus Universiteit University of Mississippi St. Lawrence University Bradley University* Rotterdam University of Missouri-Columbia St. Olaf College Brown University Erasmus University College University of Missouri-Kansas University of St. Thomas Brunel University London The Evergreen State College City (School of Medicine) Stanford University* Bryn Mawr College* Flagler College-St Augustine Mount Holyoke College Syracuse University Bucknell University Fordham University Muhlenberg College The University of Tampa Butler University Franklin and Marshall College New York University* Temple University California Polytechnic Furman University Northeastern Illinois University The University of Tennessee State University George Washington University Northeastern University* Texas Christian University University of California-Berkeley Georgetown University* Northwestern University* The New School University of California-Davis Gettysburg College University of Notre Dame* The Ohio State University University of California-Irvine Goldsmiths, University of London Oberlin College Trinity College University of California Gonzaga University Occidental College Trinity College Dublin Los Angeles Grinnell College Ohio Wesleyan University Trinity University University of California- Hamilton College Oklahoma State University Tufts University* San Diego Hampshire College Pace University-New York Tulane University* University of California- Harvard College* Pennsylvania State University Union College (New York)* Santa Barbara Haverford College* University of Pennsylvania* Universiteit Maastricht University of California- Hendrix College University of Pittsburgh University of Aberdeen Santa Cruz High Point University Pitzer College The University of Edinburgh Carleton College Hobart William Smith Colleges Princeton University University of Oregon Carnegie Mellon University College of the Holy Cross Providence College University of Roehampton Carthage College University of Houston University of Puget Sound University of St. Andrews* Case Western Reserve University Howard University Purdue University University of Surrey City Colleges of Chicago- University of Illinois at Chicago* Purdue University Fort Wayne Valparaiso University Wilbur Wright College University of Illinois Queen’s University Vanderbilt University* Centre College at Urbana-Champaign* Quincy University Vassar College Chapman University Illinois State University Randolph-Macon College University of Vermont College of Charleston Illinois Wesleyan University University of Redlands Villanova University Chicago State University Indiana State University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Virginia University of Chicago* Indiana University Bloomington* Rhode Island School of Design Wake Forest University* City University of London University of Iowa* Rhodes College Washington and Lee University Clark University Ithaca College Rice University Washington University in Coe College Johns Hopkins University* University of Richmond* St. Louis* Colby College* Johnson C. Smith University Ripon College University of Washington Colgate University* Kalamazoo College Rochester Institute Wesleyan University University of Colorado Boulder University of Kansas of Technology Wheaton College Colorado College* University of Kentucky University of Rochester (Massachusetts) Columbia College Chicago Kenyon College* Rockford University Whitman College Columbia University Knox College* Rollins College Whittier College Concordia College at Moorhead Lafayette College* Roosevelt University Wichita State University Connecticut College College of Lake County Rose-Hulman Institute Willamette University University of Connecticut Lake Forest College* of Technology* College of William and Mary* Cornell College Lawrence University* Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Williams College* Cornell University Lewis & Clark College* Saint John’s University (with University of Wisconsin- Creighton University Long Island University, Post College of Saint Benedict) Madison* Dalhousie University Loyola Marymount University Saint Louis University* Woodbury University University of Dallas Loyola University Chicago Saint Xavier University The College of Wooster Davidson College Loyola University New Orleans San Diego State University Worcester Polytechnic Institute University of Dayton Macalester College University of San Diego Xavier University Denison University* Marlboro College University of San Francisco Yale University* University of Denver* Santa Clara University*