Germantown Academy inspires students to be 2017 – 2018 Independent in Thought, Confident in Expression, School Profile Compassionate in Spirit, Collaborative in Action, and Honorable in Deed. CEEB/ACT Code 393321 GERMANTOWN ACADEMY FOUNDED 1759 SCHOOL ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS Founded in 1759, Germantown Academy is a Pre-K through 12th grade nonsectarian co-educationalF independent day As a rigorous , GA requires our students school located in Fort Washington, PA. The 2011-12 school to carry at least 5 credits in grades 10-12 and 6 credits in year marked the opening of new Upper and Middle School grade 9 (5.5 if the half credit is a performing arts course). academic facilities along with new athletic fields and a All GA courses are college preparatory; courses meet six out nature preserve. of seven days per rotation. Minimum graduation Total Upper School enrollment is 545 (senior class of 131 requirements include 20.25 credits as delineated below plus 5 semesters of Physical Education: returning students) with 25% students of color. 35% of GA Upper School students receive financial aid. English 4.25 Credits Science 3 Credits History 3 Credits Math 3 Credits GA is accredited by The Pennsylvania Association of Language 3 Credits Health .5 Credits Independent Schools. GA holds membershipsFounded 1759 in AcademyNAIS, Arts 1 Credit Electives 2.5 Credits College Board, ACCIS, NACAC, PACAC and complies with the NACAC “Statement of Principles of Good Practice.” Other non-academic graduation requirements include a Senior Project, two significant extracurricular activities per Typically, 100% of each graduating class attends a four- year, and 45 hours of a service-related activity either on or year college. off campus.

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP GRADING SYSTEM Richard C. Schellhas, Head of School Germantown Academy includes all courses in which [email protected] homework and outside work are required in its calculation of Christopher Nelson, Head of Upper School students’ weighted grade point averages. [email protected] All Honors and Advanced Placement courses receive 1 GPA point of weighting: COLLEGE COUNSELING TEAM Letter Grade Non Honors/Non AP Honors/AP Karen A. Mason, Director of College Counseling [email protected] A+ 4.33 5.33 A 4.00 5.00 Susan Merrill, Associate Director of College Counseling A- 3.67 4.67 [email protected] B+ 3.33 4.33 Kendra Grinnage, Assistant Director of College Counseling B 3.00 4.00 [email protected] B- 2.67 3.67 C+ 2.33 3.33 Daniel St. Jean, College Counselor & English Teacher C 2.00 3.00 [email protected] C- 1.67 2.67 Virginia Allenson, Assistant to the Director D 1.00 2.00 D- 0.67 1.67 [email protected] F 0.00 0.00 FACULTY High Honors distinction requires 4 major course grades in Among the 67 Upper School Faculty, 47 have advanced degrees with 8 holding the highest degree in their field. the A range and all grades of B or better while Honors The standard teaching load includes four classes and distinction requires 3 major course grades of B+ or above supervision of extracurricular activities. and all grades of B or better. Honors and High Honors are calculated for the first semester and final grade (including DISCIPLINE REPORTING POLICY exams). Both the student and the college counselor will report all Because of our selective admissions process and small size, suspensions during the college application process. All Germantown Academy does not rank its students or select a suspensions that occur after applications have been Valedictorian. The Cum Laude Society recognizes up to ten submitted will also be reported to colleges. percent of juniors for academic excellence at the beginning of their senior year based on GPA calculation and a faculty selection committee.

Germantown Academy P. O. Box 287 340 Morris Road Fort Washington, PA 19034-0287 Phone & Fax: 267-405-7254 www.germantownacademy.net

GERMANTOWN ACADEMY CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS ENGLISH Gathered around a Harkness table, juniors and seniors participate in semester-long, thematic electives requiring a high level of discourse, student independence, and extensive analytical writing that prepares any student to sit for either AP English exam. Largely comprised of seniors with limited seat availability for highly talented juniors, AP designated electives carry elevated expectations in terms of students’ literary sophistication, contribution to discussion, and volume of reading and writing.

HISTORY All GA students complete two years of modern world history (organized around the theme of revolution) followed by one year of American History. Employing the Harkness Method, the History Department also offers thematic history electives for seniors, honors electives, and Advanced Placement courses.

MATHEMATICS While the mathematics curriculum provides students with a foundation in topics from Algebra through BC Calculus, each course employs supplemental material to provide students with in-depth knowledge of topics not covered in traditional textbook-driven math courses. Trained in the latest technology, GA’s math teachers use dynamic geometry and statistics software and the TI-Nspire, equipped with a Computer Algebra System (CAS). Students annually place in national math competitions.

MODERN LANGUAGES GA French and Spanish students consistently achieve recognition for their performance on the National French and Spanish Contests. First place honors at regional oral proficiency competitions have distinguished the program for years. In partnership with a school in China and the Chinese government, GA launched a Confucius Classroom in 2011 for the study of Mandarin and to encourage student and teacher exchanges. In addition, German is offered as a one-year elective.

PSYCHOLOGY A newly established department in the 2013-2014 school year, the Psychology Department encompasses GA’s long-standing Freshman Seminar course as well as a senior-year elective in AP Psychology.

SCIENCES In 1978, GA initiated one of the inaugural “Physics First” science programs in an honors science track. Today, all GA students complete one year of Physics in 9th grade followed by a year of both Chemistry and Biology. All courses emphasize extensive lab work in state- of-the art facilities. Multiple tracks in each discipline provide appropriate challenges to a range of students. Students in the most advanced track complete honors courses in Physics, Biology, and Chemistry, which serve as prerequisites for entry into Advanced Placement science courses. Both Biology Honors and Chemistry Honors require an independent research project. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ACADEMY SCHOLARS PROGRAM Students with a passion for scholarship, creative writing, visual or performing arts, or research have the option of engaging in a multi- year independent project that results in a substantial piece of original work submitted and presented to the Academy Scholars Committee.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Partnerships with North London Collegiate School in England; Capital Normal University High School in Beijing, China; Jin Cai High School in Shanghai, China; Europa International School in Seville, Spain, the First High School of Krakow, Poland, and The Deutsch- Französisches Gymnasium / Lycée Franco-Allemand in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, provide students and faculty with reciprocal cultural and educational exchange opportunities. In addition, GA provides curricular guidance and college counseling to Capital Normal University High School through the Curriculum Partnership Program.

MINIMESTERS Minimesters are enrichment courses which provide students an opportunity to engage in multidisciplinary, innovative learning. These hands-on, student-directed electives are “assessment free” to allow risk-free learning with cutting-edge curriculum. Examples include Entrepreneurship, Archival Studies, and Programming.

THE NEW COMMUNITY PROJECT Juniors and seniors can participate in a project-based team-taught program that employs the concepts of design thinking (empathic problem solving), and a range of disciplines to explore questions related to community in and the surrounding suburbs.

THE PRESERVE AND NATURE CURRICULUM Committed to environmental education and stewardship, GA restored six acres surrounding the Wissahickon Creek to wetlands and meadow and designed Middle and Upper School buildings with a green roof, courtyard gardens, and an apiary. Hands-on learning opportunities abound for students in the sciences and arts. A cadre of students receive training to serve as Green Ambassadors, providing tours to the community highlighting the vast resources of the Preserve.

SCIENCE RESEARCH AND/OR PROJECT Fox Chase Cancer Center and local research universities host GA students interested in conducting sophisticated science research. Working alongside professional researchers after school and/or throughout the summer prepares students for competitions, such as the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Competition, the Montgomery County Science Research Competition, the Delaware Valley Science Fair, the Pennsylvania Humanities and Science Symposium, and the Westinghouse-Siemens and/or the Intel Science Talent Search. GA students have garnered numerous honors at these competitions and present their work at an annual school symposium.

SENIOR PROJECT During the last three weeks of senior year, students explore an occupation, a foreign land, or a volunteer opportunity at a non-profit to broaden their GA education. Upon completing their projects, seniors return to campus to share their experiences with faculty and members of the junior class, inspiring discussion and forging new connections to the community.

MOST RIGOROUS COURSE OFFERINGS ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES- GA offers 17 AP courses with limited seat availability and admission requiring departmental invitation and typically an entrance exam. To receive the AP designation on the transcript, students must complete the AP exam.

AP Biology (12th) AP Environmental Science (12th) AP Spanish Language (11th/12th) AP Calculus AB (12th) AP French Language and Culture (12th) AP Spanish Literature (11th/12th) AP Calculus AB/BC (12th) AP Modern European History (12th) AP Statistics (11th/12th) AP Chemistry (12th) AP Physics 2 (12th) AP US History (11th) AP Computer Science A (11th/12th) AP Physics C (11th/12th) AP World History (10th) AP English Literature (11th and/or 12th) AP Psychology (12th)

HONORS COURSES- GA offers 25 Honors courses with limited seat availability and varied pre-requisites. TH th th Advanced Applied Mathematics Honors* Engineering Honors (11 /12 ) Philosophies of Justice Honors (12 ) (not offered every year) French (2-4) Honors Physics Honors (9th)

Algebra 2 Honors Geometry Honors Precalculus Honors/Differential Calculus

Biology Honors (11th) Latin (2-5) Honors Pre-Modern Art History Honors (11th/12th) Chemistry Honors (10th) Modern Art History Honors (11TH/12TH) Spanish (2-4) Honors Chinese (3-4) Honors Organic Chemistry Honors (11th/12th) Statistics Honors (12TH) Economics Honors (12th) Women in American History Honors (12th) * Requires completion of AP Calculus AB/BC and completion of or simultaneous enrollment in AP Physics C.

PERFORMING ARTS HONORS OFFERINGS Advanced Acting Honors (1-4) Audition and Performance Honors Music Theater Honors Advanced Music Theory Honors (1-2) Chamber Ensemble Honors Singing Patriots Select Honors Advanced Technical Theater Honors (1-3) Improvisation Honors String Orchestra Honors Symphonic Band Honors VISUAL ARTS HONORS OFFERINGS All visual arts tracks (drawing and painting, sculpture, silver photography, printmaking, digital design and filmmaking, song writing) are available at Honors level upon approval of the department. Honors students must complete a track in the visual arts for a minimum of two years, create a portfolio, attend two yearly critiques, attend visiting artist lectures, and exhibit their work.

CLASS OF 2018 TESTING PROFILE & GPA DISTRIBUTION

ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCORES AP SCHOLAR AWARDS The Class of 2018 had 54 students complete 111 exams (in Class of 2017 Class of 2018 2015, 2016, & 2017) with 94% earning a 3 or higher. National Scholar 6 0 Test 5 4 3 Scholar with Distinction 33 1 Calculus AB 0 2 0 Scholar with Honors 9 1 Calculus BC 2 0 0 Scholar 12 9 Chemistry 0 1 2 Total 60 11 Computer Science A 1 0 0 English Lang. & Comp 7 9 3 SAT SCORES Spanish Lang. & Culture 0 1 0 Statistics 4 1 0 Middle 50% Evidenced-Based Reading & Writing 590 – 680 US History 13 17 12 Middle 50% Mathematics 580 – 700 World History 3 15 9 (108 Students) Total Number 30 46 26 SAT SUBJECT SCORES (138 Tests Completed) Section Middle 50% Students Tested End of Junior Year Weighted Cumulative GPA Distribution Biology – Molecular 630 – 700 20 for 131 Returning Students in the Class of 2018 Chemistry 590 – 700 19 English Literature 550 – 660 6 Latin 430 - 430 1 50 Math Level I 580 - 690 24 44 43 45 Math Level II 640 – 700 15 40 Physics 610 – 690 10 35 Spanish 430 – 720 4 U.S. History 620 – 710 21 30 World History 530 – 660 19 22 25 20 15 ACT Composite Scores 15 Middle 50% 25 - 30 (43 Students) 10 7 5 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM RECOGNITION Commended Students 9 0 Semi-Finalists 2

2.5 - 2.99 3.0 - 3.49 3.5 -3.99 4.0 - 4.49 4.5 - 5.0

MATRICULATIONS FOR CLASSES OF 2014 – 2017 (multiple enrollments are noted in parenthesis) The 501 members of the Classes of 2014 – 2017 elected to attend 165 different college and universities throughout the and abroad.

Albright F 2012 College – 2015 (2) Johns Hopkins University (2) The(MULTIPLE University ENROLLMENTS of Arizona ARE NOTED IN American University (2) Kenyon CollegePARENTHESES ) The University of Edinburgh Amherst College King's College London The University of Tampa La Salle University The University of the Arts (2) Arizona State University (2) Lafayette College (3) Towson University (2) Arizona State University, Lehigh University (10) Trinity College (3) Barrett, The Honors College Lewis & Clark College Tufts University (10) Auburn University Loyola University Maryland (3) Tulane University (4) Babson College (2) Lycoming College Union College (New York) Barnard College Marist College United States Merchant Marine Academy Belmont University Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States Military Academy - Army Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Miami University, Oxford (2) University of California, Berkeley (3) Boston College (12) Michigan State University University of California, Los Angeles Boston University (6) Middlebury College University of California, Santa Cruz (2) Brown University (3) Monmouth University University of Chicago Moravian College University of Colorado at Boulder Bucknell University (19) Muhlenberg College (8) University of Delaware (6) Bucks County Community College New Jersey Institute of Technology University of Denver Cabrini University New York University (15) University of Kentucky (3) Carnegie Mellon University Northeastern University (4) University of Maryland, College Park Case Western Reserve University (2) Northwestern University University of Massachusetts, Amherst Chapman University Pace University, New York City University of Miami (4) Clark University Pace University, Westchester Campus University of Michigan (2) Clemson University (2) Pennsylvania State University, University of Nebraska at Lincoln Colgate University (3) University Park (26) University of Pennsylvania (18) College of Charleston Pennsylvania State University, Abington University of Pittsburgh (13) College of the Holy Cross (3) Pennsylvania State University, Altoona University of Rhode Island (2) College of William and Mary (3) Pennsylvania State University, Berks University of Richmond (8) Columbia University (2) College University of Rochester (2) Connecticut College (2) Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer University of South Carolina (5) Cornell University (2) Honors College (3) University of Southern California (3) Dartmouth College (2) Pratt Institute University of Southern California School Davidson College Purdue University of Music DeSales University Queen's University University of St Andrews Dickinson College (9) Quinnipiac University University of Tennessee, Knoxville Drew University Roanoke College (3) University of Utah Drexel University (26) Rochester Institute of Technology University of Vermont (2) Duke University (2) Rollins College University of Wisconsin, Madison (3) Duquesne University Rutgers University-New Brunswick (2) (2) East Stroudsburg University of Saint Anselm College Vanderbilt University (3) Pennsylvania (2) Saint Francis University (2) Vassar College Elon University (13) Saint Joseph's University (2) Villanova University (5) Emerson College Salisbury University (1) Virginia Polytechnic University and State Emory University Savannah College of Art and Design University (3) Fordham University (4) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Wagner College Franklin & Marshall College (6) (2) Wake Forest University (8) Georgetown University (9) Sewanee: The University of the South Washington and Lee University (2) Georgia Institute of Technology (3) Shippensburg University of Washington College (6) Georgia Southern University Pennsylvania Washington University in St. Louis (2) Gettysburg College (8) Stanford University Wesleyan University Goucher College Swarthmore College (4) West Chester University of Pennsylvania Gulf Coast State College Syracuse University (6) (2) Hampton University Temple University (3) Wilkes University Harvard University (7) Texas Christian University (2) Woodbury University (3) Texas State University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Hobart and William Smith Colleges (5) The Catholic University of America Yale University (6) Howard University The Curtis Institute of Music York College of Pennsylvania Indiana University at Bloomington The University (7) Ithaca College (6) The Juilliard School

GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR COURSES COMPLETED BY THE CLASS OF 2018 DURING THE 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR

Course A+A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F Total Course A+A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F Total English Languages Continued Crazy Love 0 0 6 14 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 French 4 (H) 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Latin 1 0 5 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Creative Poetry 0 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Latin 2 0 0 3 2 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 Dystopia 0 0 8 12 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Latin 3 0 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 FairyTales 0 5 11 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 Latin 3 (H) 0 5 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Families Literature 0 6 9 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Latin 4 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Fiction Writing 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 Latin 4 (H) 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Fight the Power 0 0 2 4 7 6 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 28 Spanish 1 1 5 5 10 7 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 36 Film & Literature 2 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Spanish 3 0 2 3 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 First Person Narrative 0 5 6 11 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Spanish 3 Acc 1 6 7 11 10 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 50 Good Life 0 0 2 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 Spanish 4 (H) 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Graphic Novel 0 1 6 5 9 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 Spanish 4 Acc 0 4 6 5 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 AP Sp Lang 0 3 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Home in the Digital Age 0 0 3 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 ISP Ancient Greet 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Intro Journalism 0 2 9 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 ISP Spanish 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Literature of Baseball 0 7 4 9 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 32

Literature of Pyschology 0 2 10 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Mathematics Personal Essay Writing 1 19 36 52 17 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 131 Algebra 2 0 4 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Want to Be 0 1 8 7 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 Alg 2 Accelerated 5 14 18 16 11 12 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 88 Wild Justice 0 2 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Algebra 3/Trigonometry 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 13 AP Drag Identities 0 7 14 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Calculus 2 19 14 14 13 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 76 AP Imaginary Worlds 0 8 16 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Chess 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Chess 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 AP Strangers 0 13 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Precalculus 4 11 23 16 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 AP Writing Ourselves 0 7 6 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Precalculus(H)/Diff. Equations 2 17 10 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 AP Calculus AB 0 8 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 History AP Calculus AB/BC 2 7 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Modern American History 0 8 16 15 31 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 89 AP Stat 4 5 2 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Modern Art History (H) 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

Pre-Mod. Art History (H) 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 SCIENCES AP U.S. Hist 0 3 12 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Biology 0 4 2 2 9 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 Biology 1 0 5 9 15 18 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 Languages Biology (H) 2 6 21 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Chemistry 0 0 1 1 6 13 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 32 Advanced Beg. German 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 Chemistry 1 1 2 13 17 15 4 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 64 Chinese 3 (H) 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Chemistry (H) 1 8 5 14 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 French 2 Accelerated 0 0 2 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Engineering (H) 0 5 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 French 3 Acc 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 IntroCompSci 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 French 3 (H) 1 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 AP Chemistry 0 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 French 4 Accelerated 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 AP CompSci A 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR SELECT COURSES COMPLETED BY THE CLASS OF 2018 BETWEEN 2014 AND 2016 Course A+A A- B+B B- C+ C C- D+D D- F Total English 9 0 13 25 36 30 16 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 131 English 10 (Semester1) 3 7 28 30 43 14 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 135 English 10 (Semester2) 1 13 29 35 32 12 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 134 World History I 1 10 22 25 26 21 17 7 3 0 0 0 0 132

World History II 0 7 20 21 24 14 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 103 AP World History 0 3 10 5 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Precaculus (H)/Diff. Equations 2 17 10 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 Chemistry 1 3 6 12 15 16 11 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 70 Chemistry (H) 1 2 5 11 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 30

Physics 1 2 7 11 9 26 8 11 9 3 0 0 0 0 86 Physics (H) 1 0 2 2 7 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18

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