Profile: the Class of 2018 CEEB Code: 310845
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Headmaster: Peter J. Caldwell Head of Upper School: Darren Burns Morristown-Beard Director of College Counseling: Noreen L. Cassidy Associate Director of College Counseling: Lindsay Johnson Associate Director of College Counseling: Lauren Laskey School College Counseling Assistant: Heather McClanahan Profile: The Class of 2018 CEEB Code: 310845 Within a culture of support and collaboration, Morristown-Beard School students discover and develop their individual pathways to academic success and personal fulfllment while becoming enlightened, morally responsible citizens of the world. The School Community review process, overseen by a committee of experienced teachers with college Morristown-Beard is an independent, coeducational day school serving teaching backgrounds, before being authorized by the School. Te seminar students from over 80 communities and nine counties in northern New Jersey. format promotes critical thought and discussion, requires students to work Tere are 559 students in grades 6-12, with an Upper School enrollment of independently and is fexible enough to encompass a broad range of course 430. Tere are 100 faculty members, of whom 66% hold advanced degrees, themes. In all Advanced Seminars, the level of reading, writing and critical of which 16 are doctoral. Te School is accredited by the Middle States discussion equals that found in a frst-year college course. Seminars are small Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Jersey Association of and enrollment is by permission of the instructor. Please note: Advanced Independent Schools and is approved by the New Jersey State Department Seminars are designated with the prefx “AS,” denoting a level of rigor of Education. comparable to AP. Curricular Philosophy Earned Honors Model MBS has fully embraced the “new” or “21st Century” paradigm for secondary In keeping with the idea of a growth mindset and the awareness, defnitively education, as articulated by such thinkers and researchers as the late Grant established by research, that intelligence is not fxed but capable of Wiggins, Sir Ken Robinson, Tony Wagner, and many others. Despite the continuous growth in the proper learning contexts, we have created an challenges this new model poses to many traditional secondary school “Earned Honors” model in many classes whereby students are not pre- assumptions and practices, its focus on skills over content, on critical and slotted as “honors” or “regular” but are placed in heterogeneous classes and creative thinking over mere absorption of information, on critical reading given the opportunity to earn honors on the basis of the work they produce. and writing in all disciplines, and above all its foundation in a “growth” as Te honors distinction is not based on quantitative factors (i.e. “more opposed to “fxed” mindset, is supported by a wave of cognitive research and work”), but is measured by the qualitative rigor and analytical depth of the emerging best practices. Our academic program has been steadily evolving tasks undertaken to earn honors. for the past decade along these lines, and we are justly proud of the progress we have made in preparing our graduates to succeed in higher education and Humanities Program in the social landscape of the future, both of which are themselves in the Te Humanities approach to the study of English and history in grades 9-11 midst of complex, rapidly evolving change. Our students, therefore, need to merges the traditional subject areas of these departments to create a richer be understood and assessed in the light of these principles, as outlined in our and more engaging experience of both literature and history. An integrated Statement of Curricular Philosophy: curriculum, organized thematically and global in perspective, allows students to make new and surprising connections among diferent cultures, works Te Morristown-Beard curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, problem of literature and time periods, while enhancing a common set of critical solving, independent thought, and intellectual risk taking. It supports cross- skills. Te program relies heavily on analytical writing, critical and creative disciplinary connections and a holistic view of knowledge. It encourages thinking, discussion-driven classes, close reading and oral presentation. It is integration of habits of intentional speaking and writing so that students may also a model of cross-disciplinary collaboration for both students and faculty. develop and articulate their ideas. Te curriculum is process-oriented, and teachers’ assessment of student work refects the means by which a student creates Writing Across the Curriculum and learns in addition to fnal product. Te curriculum at Morristown-Beard Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) is a pedagogical movement that values esteems the qualitative as well as quantitative dimensions of learning and writing as a method of learning across all felds, not merely in the traditional supports students’ making connections to other areas of intellectual thought and areas such as English and history courses. When students are given frequent the larger world. opportunities for WAC, they think more critically and creatively, engage more deeply in their learning, and are better able to transfer what they have Signature Programs learned from course to course, context to context. In 2011, MBS established Advanced Seminar Program a comprehensive Center for Academic Writing (modeled closely on the writing In an efort to provide a rigorous alternative to the standardized curriculum centers found in every college and university) led by a trained composition and testing of AP courses, we have created a menu of Advanced Seminars specialist who has helped to establish a robust writing program at the School. for seniors and selected juniors that equal or exceed AP courses in terms of Transformative assignments have been integrated into Science, Math, conceptual challenge, complexity of material, development of critical skills Wellness, Foreign Language, History, and Performing Arts departments. In and overall preparation for college academics. Tey are therefore among 2013 we created a junior elective designed to train students to be peer tutors the most academically rigorous courses we ofer. Tese courses, which are in composition. Students engaged in academic writing at MBS are supported either one semester or full year, are proposed by faculty with a particular through a variety of writing workshops, feedback from faculty and peers, and interest and expertise in a given feld and are subject to a thorough peer- other services ofered by the Center. 70 Whippany Road t Morristown, NJ 07960 t Tel: 973.539.3032 t Fax: 973.539.1590 t www.mbs.net Curriculum Notes Class of 2018: Advanced Placement Program Students must fulfll required prerequisites and have Junior Year Grade Distribution departmental approval in order to enroll in any of the 12 AP * Semester Courses courses ofered. With the exception of those taking Chemistry Grades A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- and United States History, the majority enrolled in AP classes are seniors. In addition to courses ofered, recommended juniors Humanities English 11 Fall * 9 12 14 5 may also sit for the English Language and Composition exam. Humanities English 11 Fall (H) * 7 12 27 11 1 Humanities English 11 Spring * 2 9 13 7 6 3 Independent Study Humanities English 11 Spring (H) * 8 20 22 5 2 1 Our Independent Study program encourages students to English Electives * 1 2 2 1 1 explore areas of interest that fall outside the traditional English Electives (H) * 17 10 1 course catalog. Under the guidance of selected faculty members with a special expertise or interest in the feld, Humanities History 11 6 17 11 9 13 students work side by side to develop a scope and sequence Humanities History 11 (H) 11 6 6 4 curriculum, create authentic class specifc content and US History (AP) 4 7 3 1 create original assessments. Independent Studies are ideal History Electives * 5 5 9 3 for motivated, high-achieving students. Current topics History Electives (H) * 6 4 1 include: Astrobiology, Computer Animation, Equine Veterinary Medicine, Mandarin, Music Composition and Algebra 2 2 5 9 5 8 6 3 Orchestration, Speech Pathology, Sports Marketing and Management, and Playwriting. Algebra 2 (H) 4 Pre-Calculus 1 8 6 10 4 2 Graduation Requirements Pre-Calculus (H) 6 10 12 8 12 Te academic year is divided into two semesters during Calculus AB (AP) 2 2 which a minimum academic load is six courses. While a Business Math * 1 2 total of 24 credits is required for graduation, we encourage Discrete Mathematics * 1 students to pursue their academic interests by going beyond Non-Euclidean Geometry (H) * 2 1 the minimum requirements of: Probability Teory * 2 1 1 Statistics and Data Analysis * 4 1 1 1 English 4 years Trigonometry (H) * 1 1 Mathematics 3 years History 3 years Mathematical Physics 9 2 Science 3 years Biology 2 7 11 13 11 2 World Language 3 years Biology (H) 9 6 2 2 Experimental Biology 1 4 1 2 Performing/Visual 1 year Experimental Biology (H) 8 5 8 1 & Digital Arts Chemistry 1 Chemistry (AP) 2 1 1 Test Scores (Class of 2017) Environmental Science 1 Middle 50% Mean Advanced Physics 1 (H) * 1 SAT Advanced Physics 2 (H) * 1 Evidence Based Forensic Science * 1 2 Reading and Writing 595-670 630 Genetics and Biotechnology* 1 3 1 Math 550-655 605 Sports Medicine * 5 4 3 3 ACT Composite 24-30 27 French 3 2 4 French 3 (H) 2 4 2 2 French 4 5 2 Grading System and Class Rank French 4 (H) 4 4 1 1 Grade point averages are unweighted and