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FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND GRADING SUMMARY GRADING AND CLASS RANK ADMINISTRATION Honors Courses and Advanced Placement courses, as noted on the transcript, Freedom High School has an enrollment of nearly 2,000 students grades 9 through 12 GRADE GRADE POINTS % EQUIVALENCY receive one additional grade point unit (A=5.0, B=4.0, etc.) Academic subjects meet and is one of two high schools in the Bethlehem Area School District. It is located in the MR. MICHAEL LAPORTA A+ 4.3 97-100 five days per week for periods of 85 minutes for one semester. There are two northeastern section of Bethlehem. The school was built in 1967 and now includes an PRINCIPAL A 4 93-96 marking periods each semester. Final grades are calculated as follows: two marking addition of eleven classrooms, fitness room, aerobics room, and a state of the art gymnasium was built and dedicated in 2006. It is a comprehensive four year high school A- 3.7 90-92 periods at 40% of grades for each plus 20% for the final examination. For grades 9, MS. MAUREEN LEESON accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Middle States B+ 3.3 87-89 10, 11, and 12, students receive letter grade assessments. The standard for passing ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. A vocational and technical education is B 3 83-86 is 70%. available at the Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School for grades 9 through 12. CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION B- 2.7 80-82 The attendance area for Freedom includes a small portion of Northeastern Bethlehem, MR. WILLIAM CECCHINI Class rank is computed at the end of each semester for all students. An official South Bethlehem, and Bethlehem Township. C+ 2.3 77-79 MS. LAURIE SAGE class rank is computed at the end of each school year. All students are ranked C 2 73-76 MR. MICHAEL DIBILIO C- 1.7 70-72 together by grade. Community service is exempt from the rank. COMMUNITY ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS F 0 <70 Bethlehem is a community of approximately 72,000 people. The sixth largest city in Pennsylvania located 90 miles southwest of New York City and 60 miles North of Philadelphia. The campuses OUNSELORS of Cedar Crest College, Desales University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Moravian C College, Muhlenberg College, Penn State University, and Northampton County Area Community MR. MICHAEL HERCIK ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES College provide an academic dimension to the city. Transportation facilities are readily available HONORS LEVEL COURSES DEPARTMENT CHAIR LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION FREEDOM’S CEEB CODE to Philadelphia, New York City, and New Jersey communities. ENGLISH 9, 10, 11, 12 LITERATURE & COMPOSITION MRS. MELANIE HOUSER CALCULUS AB & BC 390322 UNITED STATES HISTORY 2 MRS. JEANNE NEGRON-GARCIA UNITED STATES HISTORY 3 ACTIVITIES & A THLETICS STATISTICS MRS. LORETTA LOHENITZ FRENCH GLOBAL STUDIES
All co-curricular activities are an integral part of our school community. Students have SPANISH GOVERNMENT/ECONOMICS 12 MR. JOHN KACZMAREK GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS the opportunity to participate in over 35 organizations and 22 interscholastic sports at BIOLOGY GEOMETRY the AAAA/AAA level of competition. Freedom’s athletic teams compete in the Lehigh MR. CHRISTIAN LYNDE ENGLISH ...... 4 CREDITS CHEMISTRY ALGEBRA 1 *MATH ……………………………………….… 3 CREDITS Valley Interscholastic Conference. Sports include field hockey, cross country, MS. TARA MCGOFF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES ...... 4 CREDITS ALGEBRA 2 cheerleading, football, golf, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, basketball, swimming, baseball, PHYSICS 1 & 2 MRS. SELINES OQUENDO *SCIENCE ...... 3 CREDITS PRE-CALCULUS softball, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling. A sampling of our clubs include COMPARATIVE GOVT & POLITICS MATH OR SCIENCE ………………………….. 1 CREDIT FRENCH 4 Anime, Art, Astronomy, Chess, Debate, Young Democrats, Engineering, Environmental GOVERNMENT & POLITICS HEALTH ...... 1 CREDIT SPANISH 4 Awareness, Future Business Leaders of America, French, Gay/Straight Alliance, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MACROECONOMICS PHYSICAL EDUCATION ...... 2 CREDITS German, Hackey Sack, Freedom Forum Newspaper, Photography, SADD, Ski, Student PSYCHOLOGY BIOLOGY MR. NATHAN STANNARD FINE & PRACTICAL ARTS ...... 1 CREDIT Council, Theatre Company, Yearbook, Science Olympiad, Scholastic Scrimmage, Band, UNITED STATES HISTORY CHEMISTRY GENERAL ELECTIVES ………………………….6.5 CREDITS Twirlers, Orchestra, Choir, and Les Chanteurs. WORLD HISTORY HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY COMMUNITY SERVICE(60 HOURS)……….. .5 CREDIT COMPUTER SCIENCE A SPECIAL PROGRAMS TOTAL CREDITS ...... 26 CREDITS COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES
Many of our students participate in Dual Enrollment programs offered at Northampton MUSIC THEORY Community College. We also offer a University Scholars Program for our top students with Lehigh University, Moravian College, Lafayette College and DeSales University. Our NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP 2018 LAST YEAR’S GRADUATES: CLASS OF 2018 Business and Technology Department offers a seven-credit certificate program in Class of 2018 Post-High School Placement Accounting, Marketing, Information Processing and Finance & Banking. Our Fine and 6 COMMENDED STUDENTS Practical Arts Department offers a certificate program for students who plan to pursue a 2017-2018 SAT Scores 4-Year College 50.8% career in Early Childhood Education. Vocational and technical education is available for Mean Critical Reading & Writing Score: 539 2-Year College/Trade School 33% all students through Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School, and their programs Mean Math Score: 529 include senior honors programs in engineering, in cooperation with Lafayette College Military 3.4% and a medical academy, through Lehigh Valley Health Network. Work 5.9%
Other/Homemaker/Uncertain 6.9%