SCHOOL PROFILE 2020-21 Director of College Counseling, Mrs
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SCHOOL PROFILE 2020-21 Director of College Counseling, Mrs. Charmin Lee 336.228-0297 ext. 207 • [email protected] CEEB Code: 341189 HISTORY The Burlington School is Alamance County’s premier Independent Preschool 3 —12th grade school. The Burlington School is the product of the merged Burlington Day School and The Elon School, effective August 26, 2013. MISSION The Burlington School discovers in each child personal integrity, intellectual curiosity, and social responsibility; builds excellence in academics, arts and athletics; and helps each student become confident and uniquely successful in school and in life. ACCREDITATION The Burlington School is fully accredited with SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) and SAIS (Southern Association of Independent Schools). While not required for our students to be admitted to colleges and universities, accreditation confers upon a school a valuable external affirmation of excellence, especially when obtained from our region’s premier body of accreditation for independent schools. CLASS TRIPS AND EMERSION TERM The Burlington School operates on a trimester system. During the first trimester, students in grades 5-12 participate in week-long Class Trips. These have included trips such as a wilderness experience, explorations in New Orleans, college tours, or service in Costa Rica. In the third trimester, students participate in a week-long Emersion Term, a co-curricular experiential learning opportunity. Students may travel abroad or domestically to destinations such as Italy, Spain, Austria, Atlanta, New York City, or Washington, D.C. Other options include hiking and camping trips to nearby mountain ranges, musical improvisation workshops, Bollywood dancing, or low-budget sci-fi filmmaking. PS3-12 • COLLEGE PREPARATORY • INDEXED TUITION 1615 Greenwood Terrace Burlington, NC 27215 • 336.228.0297 www.theburlingtonschool.org ACADEMICS All courses taught at The Burlington School are Honors unless otherwise noted. Eligible seniors may apply to take two courses per semester at Elon University, schedule permitting. Juniors are eligible to take a non-credit Writing Workshop each spring at Elon University. RANK AND GPA Due to our small size, class rank and cumulative GPA are not calculated. We do not add weight to any courses. 2020-21 COURSE OFFERINGS Algebra 1 Ancient World History English 9 Algebra II Medieval History English 10 Geometry U.S. History English 11 Precalculus Latin America English 12 Advance Functions and Modeling Psychology AP Literature AP Calculus AP U.S. History Chorus Spanish 1 Biology Drama Spanish 2 Chemistry Rock Ensemble Spanish 3 Physics Studio Art Spanish 4 STEM Dance AP Spanish Forensics Yearbook AP Environmental Science Digital Arts AP Physics GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS GRADING SCALE English 4 years The current Grading Scale is as follows: Mathematics 4 years (including Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry & one year beyond Algebra 2) A+ 99- 100 C+ 82-83 A 95- 98 C 77-81 Social Science 4 years (including U.S. History) A- 93- 94 C- 75-76 Science 3 years (including Biology & one physical sci- B+ 90-92 D+ 73-74 ence) B 86-89 D 69-72 World Language 3 years (of one language) B- 84-85 D- 67-68 Electives 3 years (min. 2 must be in arts) F <66 Athletics 1 sport per year (Varsity or Junior Varsity) Community Service 20 hours per year with a non-profit Graduates from the classes of 2009-2020 have been admitted to the following colleges and universities: Air Force Academy • Alleghany College • American University • Appalachian State University • Arizona State University • The Art Institute of Charleston • Auburn University • Averett University Baldwin Wallace College • Barton College Bates College • Baylor University • Belmont Abbey College • Belmont University • Birmingham Southern University • Boston University Brandeis University • Brevard College • Bridgewater College • Brown University • Bryant University • Bucknell University • California College of the Arts • Campbell University Capitol Technology University • Catawba College • Catholic University of America • Charleston Southern University • Chowan University • Christopher Newport University • Clemson University Coastal Carolina University • Colgate University • College of Charleston • Colorado State University • Cornell College • Columbia University • Dartmouth College • Davidson College Delaware State University • DePaul University • Drexel University • Duke University • Earlham College • East Carolina University • Eckerd College • Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University • Emory and Henry College • Emory University • Ferrum College • Flagler College • Florida Atlantic University • Florida Southern University Florida State University • Furman University • Gardner-Webb University • George Mason University • George Washington University • Georgia State University • Goucher College Green Mountain College • Greensboro College • Guilford College • Hampden-Sydney College • Hampton University • High Point University • Howard University • Indiana University Ithaca College • Johnson & Wales University • Johnson C. Smith College • Juniata College • Lees-McRae College • Lenoir-Rhyne University • Liberty University • Longwood University Loyola University of New Orleans • Mars Hill University • Mary Baldwin College • Mercer University • Meredith College • Methodist University • Middlebury College Mississippi Valley State University • Mount Olive College • North Carolina A&T State University • North Carolina Central University • North Carolina State University North Carolina Wesleyan College • Old Dominion University • Oxford College of Emory • Palm Beach Atlantic University • Pennsylvania State University • Pfeiffer University Philadelphia University • Philander Smith College • Potomac State College of WVU • Pratt Institute • Presbyterian College • Queens University of Charlotte • Radford University Randolph College • Randolph-Macon College • Regent University • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • Rhodes College • Rice University • Roanoke College • Rollins College • Rutgers University Salem College • Sarah Lawrence College • Savannah College of Art & Design • Seton Hall University • Sewanee: The University of the South • Shenandoah University • Southeastern University Southern Methodist University • St. Andrews University • St. Bonaventure University • Stetson University • Stony Brook University • Sweet Briar College • Syracuse University • Temple University Texas Christian University • Trevecca Nazarene University • Tusculum College • United States Military Academy at West Point • UNC Asheville • UNC Chapel Hill • UNC Charlotte UNC Greensboro • UNC Pembroke • UNC Wilmington • University of Alabama • University of Arizona • University of California Irvine • University of California Santa Cruz University of Central Florida • University of Colorado Boulder • University of Delaware • University of Georgia • University of Iowa • University of Kentucky • University of Lynchburg University of Montana • University of New Hampshire • University of Pennsylvania • University of Portland • University of Rhode Island • University of Richmond • University of Rochester University of South Carolina • University of South Carolina Upstate • University of South Florida • University of Tennessee • University of Texas at San Antonio • University of Utah University of Vermont • University of Virginia • Utah State University • Virginia Commonwealth University • Virginia Military Institute • Virginia Tech • Virginia Wesleyan College Voorhees College• Wake Forest University • Warren Wilson College • West Virginia University • Western Carolina University • Wichita State University • William Peace University Wingate University • Wittenberg University • Wofford College • Young Harris College The 25 graduates from the Class of 2020 were offered $3,286,652 in scholarships. Since 2013, TBS has had 186 graduates and $19,102,217 in scholarship offers. .