High School Academic Profile 2018-19

Mission Vision Dedicating our minds to inquiry, HKIS will be a leading place our hearts to compassion, and of learning that inspires a our lives to service and global socially engaged community understanding of collaborative, creative, and resilient learners dedicated to An American-style education Head of School realizing their full potential. Dr. Ronald Roukema grounded in the Christian faith [email protected] and respecting the spiritual lives of all Associate Head of School Don Drake [email protected] Principal Accreditation School and Community Dr. David Lovelin Hong Kong International School is a member Hong Kong International School, a private [email protected] of the East Asia Regional Council of Schools coeducational day school, serves students and is fully accredited by the Western (Pre-K to Grade 12) in the international Associate Principals Association of Schools and Colleges. community who seek an American-style Brent Brayko college preparatory education in a Christian [email protected] setting. Students come from business, Students government, and professional families. HKIS Lauren Fine HKIS enjoys a diverse student body [email protected] serves over 2800 students, of whom 51% are committed equally to academic excellence from the United States, 12% are from Hong Coordinator of and service around the world. HKIS students Kong, and 37% are from 40 other countries. Academic Programs are noted for being active in the community, 760 students are enrolled in the High School. eager to learn, as well as ambitious and Sue Harvey entrepreneurial. The class of 2019 consists [email protected] of 178 students from 21 different countries. Faculty Counselors Nearly 100% of a typical class pursues tertiary HKIS attracts and retains an outstanding Ah Young Chi study, over 80% of them at colleges and faculty, 71% of whom hold advanced [email protected] universities in the United States. degrees, by providing a vibrant work environment and exceptional professional Beth Contreras School Calendar development opportunities. The average [email protected] tenure is 7 years. The faculty-student ratio is Sam Fleischmann The school operates under a 180-day 1:10. [email protected] calendar, divided into two semesters. The first semester begins the third week of Adam Goad August and concludes mid-December. The Interim [email protected] second semester begins the second week of Interim is an annual 7-8 day off-campus Jason Holly January and concludes early June. experiential service and learning program [email protected] for all four high school grade levels. Through its cultivation of communication Madeleine McGarrity Student Learning Results and leadership skills, self-awareness and [email protected] In addition to providing a rigorous course self-reliance, compassion and cross-cultural Todd Pentello of study, HKIS targets student growth in six understanding, the program promotes [email protected] domains: Academic Excellence, Spirituality, student growth relative to the six Student Character Development, Self-Motivated Learning Results. The Interim experiences Jennifer Purvis Learning, Contributing to Society, and [email protected] form an integral part of the high school Chinese Culture. curriculum, and annual participation is a graduation requirement for all students.

Contact Information Hong Kong International School Counseling Practice & HKIS Policy on Early Plans 1 Red Hill Road, Tai Tam Hong Kong HKIS will support up to 10 college applications and counsels its students to use this allowance deliberately and wisely. In addition, HKIS limits the number of early plans to which students may apply; they may apply T +852 3149 7000 to one early decision and two early action or three early action plans. HKIS students understand that early F +852 2813 7300 decision is a global decision, and, should they be admitted under an early decision agreement, they must www.hkis.edu.hk withdraw applications from all other institutions. The students are also aware that their college counselors will inform all other colleges to which applications have been submitted of those decisions. US Tel: +1 (424) 781-6846 In its observation of NACAC Best Practices, when asked, HKIS will, through established reporting structures, CEEB code: 670885 disclose to colleges and universities disciplinary infractions that result in out-of-school student suspensions. All HKIS seniors complete the FERPA agreement online. Advanced Placement Exam Results: Grade Point Average Subject Class of 2019 Subject 5 4 3 2 1 Total Exams & Class Rank Distribution of Six- Biology 15 12 4 -- -- 31 Semester Cumulative Hong Kong International School Calculus AB 25 16 16 4 1 62 Grade-Point Averages computes a student’s Grade Calculus BC 32 9 2 1 -- 44 Point Average on a 4-point scale, using only grades earned Capstone Research 6 5 1 -- -- 12 GPA Percent in Range at HKIS. HKIS neither weights Capstone Seminar 1 8 8 1 -- 18 grades nor uses percentage 3.67-4.00 39% Chemistry 38 21 12 1 -- 72 equivalents of letter grades. HKIS Chinese Language 61 16 2 -- -- 79 3.33-3.66 41% does not report rank in class. Computer Principles 11 4 1 -- -- 16 3.00-3.32 16% Computer Science 5 4 3 2 -- 14 2.66-2.99 2% Changes to Grading & English Language & 37 30 24 9 -- 100 <2.66 2% Assessment Practices Composition English Literature & 6 14 10 4 -- 34 Starting with the 2015-16 school Composition year, the high school at Hong Environmental Science 33 22 3 2 2 62 Grading Scale Kong International School moved European History 8 3 1 1 -- 13 Grade Prev Since to standards referenced grading 2015-16 and assessment. These practices French Language 5 3 ------8 A 4.0 4.0 explicitly address the students’ Government & Politics 21 15 9 3 3 51 performance according to the Comparative A- 3.67 3.67 published learning standards Government & Politics US 22 12 10 9 2 55 B+ 3.33 3.33 of our curriculum, which is the Human Geography 17 11 8 3 2 41 approach to assessment and B 3.0 3.0 Macroeconomics 71 29 20 5 5 130 grading supported by the school- B- 2.67 - wide HKIS Shared Philosophy of Microeconomics 60 36 17 14 4 131 C+ 2.33 - Education statement. Physics I 11 8 1 1 -- 21 C 2.0 2.33 There is no change in the rigor of Physics C: E & M 21 6 2 -- 1 30 C- 1.67 - the classes, nor in the ability to Physics C: Mechanics 22 9 ------31 differentiate one HKIS student’s D+ 1.33 - Psychology 45 27 3 4 -- 79 performance from another. Grades D 1.0 1.33 more accurately demonstrate each Spanish Language 2 1 2 -- -- 5 D- 0.67 - student’s knowledge, understand- Statistics 25 16 24 11 8 84 ing and mastery of skills. Studio Art 2D 11 1 2 -- -- 14 F 0.00 0.00 United States History 8 1 2 -- -- 11 World History 20 11 9 -- -- 40

Class of 2019 SAT Scores Middle 50-Percentile Scores and Mean

HKIS’s Advanced Advanced Placement Exam Results: for SAT (1600) 127 students tested Placement Policy Overall (2016-18) Middle 50% Mean Evidence Based 2016 2017 2018 630-710 670 • 29 AP courses offered. Reading & Writing Candidates 434 449 475 • Juniors & seniors are Reading 31-36 33 Exams Taken 1193 1216 1291 counseled to take no more Writing 32-36 34 than three AP credits a year. Percent of Exams that earned 94 94 92 Mathematics 630-780 710 • Students enrolled in an Passing Scores (3+) AP course must take the Percent of Exams that earned 77 77 77 Math 32-39 36 corresponding exam in May. a 4 or 5 Total 1280-1470 1400

Class of 2019: 50-Percentile Scores & Mean for SAT Subject Tests

SAT Subject Tests Students Score Range Mean SAT Subject Tests Students Score Range Mean

Biology – Ecology 6 620-730 667 Math Level I 6 620-710 647

Biology – Molecular 19 730-780 747 Math Level II 78 690-800 738 Chemistry 47 730-780 738 Physics 11 610-740 709

Chinese with Listening 7 620-770 721 Spanish 4 380-780 645

English Literature 13 540-710 647 U.S. History 2 750-780 765

Korean with Listening 2 800-800 800 World History 17 650-790 722 Academic Program To earn a diploma, a student must earn a minimum of 22 credits distributed as follows: English (4), Mathematics (3), Science (2), Social Studies (2), Modern Languages (2), Religion (1.5), Fine Arts (1.5), P.E. (2), and electives sufficient to complete the 22 credits. Students must also complete an Interim experience and participate in a comprehensive counseling curriculum for each year of residency at HKIS. In the final two years of high school, each student must write and defend a Junior Research Paper and undertake and present a Senior Project. ENGLISH AP Psychology (1) Foundation in Digital & Interactive Media (.5) AP English Language & Composition (1) AP United States History (1) Art & Design Independent Studio (.5) AP English Literature & Composition (1) AP World History (1) Advertisement & Layout Design (.5) Effective Speech Communication (.5) Learning Service in Action: Cambodia/ Project Runway (.5) Film: Critical Introduction (.5) Philippines (.5 each) Digital Photography (.5) Junior English (1) Business Leadership (.5) Film Photography (.5) Journalism (.5) Introduction to Psychology (.5) Cybernetics & Systems (.5) Senior English: Asian or Western (1) Peace Studies (.5) PERFORMING ARTS Senior English: Rhetoric of Non-Fiction (1) MODERN LANGUAGES Concert Choir (.5 or 1) MATHEMATICS Chinese Language and Culture (1) Drama Workshop I & II (.5 each) Advanced Algebra (1) AP French Language and Culture (1) Drama Production – Play (.5 ) Advanced Algebra (Honors) (1) AP Spanish Language and Culture (1) Drama Production – Musical (.5) Algebra (1) French I-IV (1 each) Effective Speech Communication (.5) AP Calculus AB (1) French Conversation & Culture (1) Guitar I & II (.5 each) AP Calculus BC (1) French Language and Culture (Honors) (1) Madrigal Singers (1) AP Statistics (1) Mandarin as a Second Language Men’s Choir (1) Foundation I & II (1 each ) Geometry (1) Music Theory & Composition (.5) Mandarin as a Second Language Geometry (Honors) (1) Theatrical Makeup Design (.5) Intermediate I-III (1 each ) Math of Human Behavior (.5) Orchestra (.5) Mandarin as a Second Language Architecture I & II (.5 each) Advanced I-II (1 each ) Stagecraft for the Theater (.5) Models in Math A & B (.5 each) Mandarin as a Second Language String Ensemble (1) PreCalculus (1) Advanced Honors (1) Symphonic Band – Brass and Percussion (1) PreCalculus (Honors) (1) Mandarin for Near Native Learners I-VI Symphonic Band – Woodwind (1) Statistics (.5) (1 each) Wind Ensemble – Brass & Percussion (1) Advanced Mathematics Topics (1) Spanish I-IV (1 each) Wind Ensemble – Woodwind (1) Spanish Conversation and Culture (1) Women’s Choir (1) SCIENCE Spanish Language and Culture (Honors) (1) AP Biology (1) PHYSICAL EDUCATION AP Chemistry (1) RELIGION Physical Education Grade 9 (.5) AP Environmental Science (1) Applied Practices of Mindfulness (.5) Physical Education Grade 10 (.5) AP Physics I (1) Biblical Traditions (.5) Physical Education Grade 11 (.5) AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (1) Existentialism (.5) Physical Education Grade 12 (.5) AP Physics C: Mechanics (1) Jesus Christ: Movie Star (.5) INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES Astronomy (.5) Personal Spirituality Project (.5) Biology (1) Service, Society and the Sacred (.5) (English and Social Studies Credit) Humanities I (English/History) (1/1) Biology (Honors) (1) Spiritual Community (.5) Humanities I in Action (English/History) (1/1) Chemistry (1) Spiritual Explorations (1) Humanities II (English/U.S. History) (1/1) Chemistry (Honors) (1) World Religions (.5) Humanities II in Action (English/History (1/1) Earth Science (.5) VISUAL ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Humanities III (English/History) (1/1) Forensic Science (.5) 3D Form & Function (.5) Creative Problem Solving Project (.5) Human Biology, Health & Sport (.5) Drawing & Painting (.5) Architecture I & II (.5 each) Physics (1) AP Art History (1) Effective Speech Communication (.5) Physics (Honors) (1) AP Computer Principles (1) Physical Science: Chemistry & Physics (.5 each) LEARNING SUPPORT AP Computer Science (1) Marine Biology (.5) AP Studio Art 2D & 3D (1) Learning Strategies (.5) SOCIAL STUDIES Art and Design Advanced Studio (.5) Strategies for Self Advocacy (.25) AP Capstone Seminar (1) Fashion Design (.5) DEVELOPMENTAL GUIDANCE Graphic Design (.5) AP Capstone Research (1) Seminar Program Grade 9-12 AP European History (1) Invent to Learn (.5) AP Comparative Government and Politics (.5) Design for Interactive Entertainment (.5) GLOBAL ONLINE ACADEMY AP United States Government and Politics (.5) Coding In Action (.5) Consortium of the world’s leading AP Human Geography (1) Introduction to Photography (.5) independent schools using online AP Macroeconomics (.5) Robotics (.5) platforms for classrooms. AP Microeconomics (.5) Foundation in Visual Art (.5) A team of eight counselors offers students personalized guidance to help them College understand and articulate their own interests, needs and aspirations and to choose post-secondary experiences appropriate to that understanding. Nearly 100% of our Matriculation graduates pursue tertiary study, over 80% of them at colleges and universities in the 2016 – 2018 US. In the last three years, HKIS graduates have attended the following institutions:

U.S.A. Other Countries American University 2 Rhodes College 1 Appalachian State University 1 Rice University 1 Australia Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Arcadia University 1 RMIT University 1 ArtCenter College of Design 1 Rutgers University-Newark 1 Bard College 2 Saint John’s University, New York 1 Canada Saint Mary’s College of California 1 Barnard College 1 McGill University 1 Bates College 1 Santa Clara University 6 Queen’s University 2 Bentley University 1 Savannah College of Art and Design 1 Sheridan College Inst of Tech & Adv Learning 1 Berklee College of Music 1 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1 Simon Fraser University 1 Boston College 4 Skidmore College 3 University of British Columbia 9 Boston University 21 St. Edward’s University 1 University of Toronto 11 Brandeis University 1 St. Olaf College 1 University of Waterloo 1 Brigham Young University 4 Swarthmore College 1 Brown University 7 Syracuse University 2 France Bryn Mawr College 1 Texas A&M University 1 The American University of Paris 1 Canisius College 1 The George Washington University 6 Sciences Po-Paris University Dual BA Program 1 Carnegie Mellon University 1 The New School – Parsons School of Design 5 Case Western Reserve University 1 The University of Alabama 1 Hong Kong Chapman University 2 The University of Texas, Austin 1 The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2 Christopher Newport University 1 Tufts University 7 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2 Claremont McKenna College 4 Trinity College 1 Savannah College of Art and Design, Hong Kong 2 Colgate University 3 Tulane University 1 The University of Hong Kong 3 College of the Holy Cross 1 Union College 1 College of William and Mary 2 United States Naval Academy 2 Italy Colorado State University 1 University of California, Berkeley 15 Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 1 Columbia University 4 University of California, Davis 3 Cornell University 15 University of California, Irvine 1 Ireland Curry College 1 University of California, Los Angeles 8 Dublin City University 2 Dartmouth College 2 University of California, San Diego 3 Duke University 1 University of California, Santa Barbara 1 Japan Elon University 1 University of California, Santa Cruz 1 International Christian University 1 Emory University 4 University of Chicago 5 Keio University Mita 1 Florida Institute of Technology 1 University of Colorado at Boulder 2 Fordham University 5 University of Hawaii at Manoa 2 Netherlands Furman University 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 4 Amsterdam University College 1 Georgetown University 10 University of La Verne 1 University College Maastricht 1 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1 Grinnell College 1 University of Miami 3 Singapore Hartwick College 1 University of Michigan 6 La Salle College of Arts 1 Harvard University 2 University of Oregon 1 Yale-NUS College 1 Indiana University at Bloomington 1 University of Pennsylvania 14 Johns Hopkins University 2 University of Redlands 1 South Korea Lafayette College 4 University of Rhode Island 1 Korea University 1 Lehigh University 1 University of Richmond 1 Lipscomb University 1 University of Rochester 3 Switzerland Lourdes University 1 University of San Francisco 4 Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne 2 Loyola Marymount University 5 University of South Carolina 1 University St. Gallen 1 Loyola University Chicago 2 University of Southern California 23 Macalester College 2 University of Utah 1 U.K. Marist College 1 University of Virginia 6 Durham University 6 Maryland Institute College of Art 1 University of Washington 3 Hult International Business School 1 Marymount California University 2 University of Washington, Bothell 1 Imperial College London 5 Marymount Manhattan College 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 King’s College London 6 London College of Fashion 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2 Villanova University 1 London School of Economics and Political Science 2 Miami University, Oxford 1 Virginia Military Institute 1 Queen Mary University of London 3 New York Institute of Technology 1 Wake Forest University 1 Royal Holloway, University of London 2 New York University 35 Washington University in St. Louis 2 School of Oriental & African Studies, Northeastern University 13 Wellesley College 3 University of London 1 Northwestern University 8 Westmont College 1 The University of Nottingham 1 Occidental College 5 Whitman College 1 The University of Warwick 2 Pace University, New York City 2 Whittier College 1 University College London 5 Pennsylvania State University, all campuses 1 Widener University 1 University of Birmingham 1 Pitzer College 2 Williams College 1 University of Bristol 2 Pomona College 2 Yale University 2 University of Cambridge 1 The University of Edinburgh 9 Princeton University 5 University of St. Andrews 5 Purdue University 10 University of the Arts London 2 Reed College 1 University of Surrey 1 Rhode Island School of Design 3

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