THE CHAPIN SCHOOL COLLEGE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT Karey L. Boals, Director of College Guidance Phone: 212.570.4957 Email: [email protected]
Elise M. Rodriguez, Director of College Guidance Phone: 212.570.4999 Email: [email protected]
Samara C. Antolini, Assistant to College Guidance Phone: 212.570.5327 Email: [email protected]
CHAPIN CONTACT INFORMATION: Mail: 100 East End Avenue New York, NY 10028 Online: www.chapin.edu
Dr. Patricia T. Hayot, Head of School Michael Maloy, Head of Upper School Profile 2016 -2017
ABOUT US CHAPIN AT A GLANCE Chapin graduates are distinguished by their advanced GENERAL INFORMATION command of the sciences, humanities, social studies and arts, • Founded in 1901 by Maria Bowen Chapin • An independent day school serving grades Kindergarten through 12 as well as by their strong values, integrity and sense of their • Dedicated to the intellectual and personal growth of young women achievement and potential. Each girl who studies at 100 East • State-of-the-art building located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan End Avenue builds a clear understanding of herself and of • Accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools her world by thinking independently and collaborating with STUDENTS • Highly selective admissions others. Additionally, she cultivates qualities such as hard work, • 782 students enrolled K-12 organization, compassion, empathy, the pursuit of personal • 48% are students of color excellence and a dedication to serving others. The school’s • 20% receive need-based financial aid college-preparatory curriculum takes into account the total UPPER SCHOOL FACULTY development of each girl, from her academic progress to her • 61 teaching faculty • 48 hold advanced degrees through the master’s level social and emotional health. Through liberal arts courses, • 8 hold advanced degrees through the doctoral level participation in athletics and clubs, exposure to the fine ACADEMIC PROGRAM & DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS arts and performing arts and community activities, a Chapin • Trimester system education challenges the minds of young women while • More than 110 courses offered in 10 academic subjects • 18 Advanced Placement courses offered providing the foundation for a lifetime of curiosity, creativity • 5 Advanced (Post AP) courses offered and intellectual achievement. • Opportunities for study abroad • Select Class 12 girls can pursue a Senior Honors Project
RECENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS • An alumna from the Class of 2016 started Chapin’s first Community Supported Agriculture program. • An alumna from the Class of 2016 was a National Merit Scholarship Program Winner. • The Varsity Volleyball, Varsity Basketball, JV Basketball, and Varsity Badminton teams were all AAIS season winners for the 2015- 2016 season. • The Varsity Volleyball, JV Basketball, Varsity Badminton, and Varsity Squash teams were all AAIS Tournament Champions for the 2015-2016 season. • The Varsity Volleyball and Varsity Basketball teams each competed in the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) tournament for the 2015-2016 season. • Students completed individual study research projects on topics that included a research paper based on lab work studying gastric cancer; a children’s book written in Chinese about panda conservation; creation of an iPhone app that helps students prioritize tasks; video tutorials on number theory; a documentary film that chronicled the lives of students of color in independent schools, and an analytical paper on Greek epics. COLLEGE MATRICULATION 2012-2016 Harvard University • 16 Boston University • 4 University of Michigan • 2 McGill University • 1 University of Pennsylvania • 14 Bowdoin College • 4 Pomona College • 2 Muhlenberg College • 1 Brown University • 12 Emory University • 4 University of Rochester • 2 The University of North Carolina Georgetown University • 10 Middlebury College • 4 Syracuse University • 2 at Chapel Hill • 1 New York University • 10 Wesleyan University • 4 Trinity College • 2 Northeastern University • 1 Princeton University • 10 Amherst College • 3 Tufts University • 2 Oberlin College • 1 Cornell University • 9 Bucknell University • 3 University of St. Andrews • 2 University of Oxford • 1 Colgate University • 8 Univ. of California, Los Angeles • 3 Vanderbilt University • 2 Purdue University • 1 Columbia University • 8 Tulane University • 3 Yale University • 2 Rice University • 1 Dartmouth College • 8 Wake Forest University • 3 The American University University of Richmond • 1 Williams College • 8 Washington University in of Paris • 1 Smith College • 1 Johns Hopkins University • 7 St. Louis • 3 Carleton College • 1 Univ. of Southern California • 1 University of Chicago • 6 Bates College • 2 Carnegie Mellon University • 1 St. John's University • 1 Davidson College • 5 Colby College • 2 College of Charleston • 1 Swarthmore College • 1 Duke University • 5 George Washington University • 2 Claremont McKenna College • 1 University of Toronto • 1 Northwestern University • 5 Gettysburg College • 2 Connecticut College • 1 Vassar College • 1 Stanford University • 5 Hamilton College • 2 Fordham University • 1 University of Vermont • 1 University of Virginia • 5 Massachusetts Institute of Haverford College • 1 Villanova University • 1 Barnard College • 4 Technology • 2 Kenyon College • 1 Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison • 1
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Chapin continues to build on the initiatives of its strategic plan faculty and students at the two schools for study, visits and Focus Forward, joining together innovative elements of teaching travel. We offer an exchange with St. Hilda’s in Perth, Australia and learning that include projects to strengthen culture and and our students take advantage of the offerings of School community, learning resources and emotional well-being, and Year Abroad. Since 2012, Chapin has sent 3 rising seniors each global awareness and understanding. Students graduate ready summer to the Punahou School to participate in their Student for the myriad challenges they will face in college and beyond. Global Leadership Institute, which leads to a year-long seminar Highlights of the Upper School include the following: when they return to Chapin. Our language programs, which now begin in Kindergarten with Academic Rigor and Intellectual Curiosity In addition to our extensive Upper School curriculum of yearlong Spanish, take advantage of a state-of-the-art language laboratory. courses, Chapin offers electives or FOCUS courses. Those courses In Class 6, students may choose to continue in Spanish or to take include Human Evolution, Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Coding, up Chinese or French. Latin is introduced in Class 7 and Ancient Drama Production Design, Oral History, Fiction Writing, Studio Greek is an option in Class 10. Art, Dance, and several levels of Greek. Additionally, seniors can Tradition and Innovation take an advanced math course through Interschool (a coalition of Every Chapin girl participates in school traditions, some begun eight Manhattan independent schools). Interschool also offers an as many as 114 years ago, including News, a weekly communal ethics course and additional musical opportunities. gathering started by the school’s founder Maria Bowen Chapin. Chapin is a member school of the Online School for Girls – a Middle and Upper School students participating in Chapin’s coalition of 70 schools across the world that provides online extensive robotics program compete at a wide variety of courses. Our students may supplement their curriculum with tournaments throughout the year. additional technology and social science classes. Beginning in Class 6, each student will have her own laptop. Class Vibrant Community 8 girls take an extensive digital ethics course and Class 9 students Chapin offers 18 sports teams in Upper School. Other learn coding. extracurricular offerings include two new student-generated clubs: Debate and Chinese Club, as well as drumming ensembles, a Excellence in the Arts cappella groups, our Cultural Awareness Program, Model UN, Extraordinary facilities include a drawing and painting studio, an The Emerald (yearbook), Limelight (newspaper), The Wheel art room specifically for Lower School students, a dance studio, (literary magazine), International Club, the Gay-Straight Alliance a darkroom, a choral room, a woodworking room, a ceramics and Classics Club. Chapin students may also participate in an studio, a state-of-the-art black box theater and a new lower level Interschool leadership development program. dining room.
Global Outlook All Chapin students understand that they live in an internationally connected world and embrace the opportunity to be thoughtful and responsible global citizens. We have an active partnership with the American Community School in Athens, Greece, joining UPPER SCHOOL CURRICULUM
The Upper School offers a curriculum designed to foster intellectual development and to prepare students for college and university study. Traditional disciplines and a wide range of electives provide a stimulating and challenging academic environment. Please note that because of the achievement and selectivity of our student body, many of our courses are taught only at the Advanced Placement level. Regardless of level, all classes are challenging college-preparatory courses. A normal course load is five courses in Classes 9 through 11, and four to five courses in Class 12. All Class 12 students are required to take a minimum of one term of a quantitative course. Since 2009, students also have had the opportunity to take courses through the Online School for Girls.
SUBJECT/GRADUATION REQUIREMENT (9-12) ADVANCED COURSEWORK English – 4 years AP English Literature and Composition Advanced English (electives) Mathematics – 3 years AP Calculus AB AP Statistics AP Calculus BC Multivariable Calculus Interschool Math: Advanced Mathematics: Proof in Number Theory and Combinatorics Sciences – 2 years AP Biology AP Chemistry AP Physics C: Mechanics Molecular Genetics ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE History – 3 years, including U.S. History AP U.S. History • AP Art History • AP Macroeconomics (through Online School for Girls) • Senior History Seminar: Global Citizenship World Languages – through Level III AP French Language & Culture AP Spanish Language & Culture AP Spanish Literature & Culture AP Latin AP Chinese Language & Culture Adv. Topics: French Lit Adv. Topics: Latin Lit
Technology – through Class 9 AP Computer Science A (through Online School for Girls) The Arts – through Class 9 AP Studio Art Physical Education – 4 years