CHESTERTON HIGH SCHOOL 2125 South 11th Street Chesterton, IN 46304 Office: 219-983-3730 Fax: 219-983-3775
Chesterton High School is dedicated to quality education for all students and is committed to developing lifelong learners who will value themselves and others, contribute to their community, and achieve individual success in an ever-changing world.
CEEB Code: 150500 www.duneland.k12.in.us/chs
Mr. Brent Martinson, Principal Dr. Ginger Bolinger, Superintendent Mrs. Karen Moffett, Counseling Office Chair
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS OUR SCHOOL
All course offerings with full descriptions can be found Chesterton Senior High School is a four year at www.duneland.k12.in.us/chscourses under “CHS comprehensive public school located 50 miles southeast Course Descriptions”. Indiana requires 40 credits for of Chicago in Chesterton, Indiana. Chesterton has a graduation, while CHS requires 47 credits. Students population of 13,000 and is situated at the very southern enrolled in the IB program must complete the full IB tip of Lake Michigan. diploma. The Class of 2019 will graduate on CHS is part of the Duneland School Corporation, which May 30, 2019. includes five elementary schools (K-4), two intermediate English 8 credits schools (5-6), one middle school (7-8), and one high Mathematics 6 credits school (9-12). CHS is accredited by AdvancED, is an Science 6 credits Indiana Gold Star Counseling Award recipient, and an Social Studies 6 credits Physical Education 2 credits International Baccalaureate (IB) school. 23% of our Health 1 credit students are enrolled in the federal Free/Reduced Lunch Technology 1 credit program. Electives 12 credits Typically, 77% of our graduates go on to pursue post- Directed Electives 6 credits World Languages secondary education. The total school enrollment is Fine Arts 2076, with 496 students in the class of 2019. Career & Technical Education SCHOOL DAY CLASS RANK/GPA
CHS is structured using a block schedule. Block Both class rank and GPA are weighted. Honors points scheduling provides each student with seven, 90- are given in Honors, GT, AP, and IB courses. The minute periods and one 90-minute resource block highest GPA in the senior class is currently 4.77. GPA over two days. is calculated using the non-weighted/weighted scale below. GRADUATION RATE A+ 4.33/5.33 C+ 2.33/3.33 F 0.00 A 4.00/5.00 C 2.00/3.00 I Incomplete School Year Graduation Rate A- 3.67/4.67 C- 1.67/2.67 N Audit 2017-2018 92.0% B+ 3.33/4.33 D+ 1.33 P Pass 2016-2017 94.4% B 3.00/4.00 D 1.00 W Withdrawn 2015-2016 95.8% B- 2.67/3.67 D- 0.67 WF With/Fail
COUNSELING OFFICE STAFF
Mrs. Karen Moffett Mrs. Danielle Konopasek Mr. James Moore [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counseling Office Chair, Post High School Post High School Counselor I-P Student Support Counselor A-K Counselor A-B + DALC Mrs. Julie Roytan Ms. Michele Dailey Mrs. Gretchen Arthur [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Post High School Counselor Q-Z Student Support Counselor L-Z Post High School Counselor C-H HONORS/GT/ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PLACEMENT COURSES PROGRAM COURSES
CHS offers 24 Honors courses, 3 GT courses and 14 Group 1 - Language A Group 5 -
AP courses. IB English HL Mathematics English: English Honors (Grades 9-12), GT English 10, IB Math Studies SL AP Literature, AP Language & Composition Group 2 - Language B IB Math SL World Language: French, German, Japanese & IB French SL IB Math HL Spanish (levels 4 & 5) IB German SL
Mathematics: Honors Algebra I, Geometry & Pre- IB Japanese SL Group 6 - Fine Arts Calculus, GT Geometry, & Algebra 2/Trig, AP IB Spanish SL IB Visual Art HL Calculus AB & BC, AP Statistics, AP Computer IB Visual Art SL Science A Group 3 - Individuals IB Film Theory SL
Science: Honors Biology I, Chemistry II, & Societies Physiology/Anatomy, Zoology, AP Biology II, AP IB History HL Other Components Chemistry II, AP Physics I & II, AP Environmental IB Psychology SL Theory of Knowledge Science , AP Physics C IB Economics SL Creativity, Action & Social Studies: Honors Geography/World History, IB Business & Mgmt Service (CAS)
World History, US History, US Government, Theory SL Extended Essays Economics, AP European History, AP US History Group 4 - Science In May of 2018, CHS administered 580 exams. There IB Biology HL were 339 students who took AP exams in 14 IB Physics SL different subjects. IB Chemistry SL
TESTING DATA
ACT SAT National Merit Program Composite English Math ERW Math 2019 2018 2017 2018 24.2 24.0 24.1 2018 562 563 Finalists TBA 6 5 2017 24.2 24.0 24.1 2017 570 570 Semi-Finalists TBA 6 5 2016 24.9 24.4 24.6 2016* 575 568 Commended TBA 6 10
Writing CR Math 2016 488 512 503 * New SAT Format
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES ENROLLING 1 OR MORE CHS STUDENTS IN 1 OF THE PAST 4 YEARS
Albion College DePaul University Manchester University University of California, Berkley American Academy of Art DePauw University Marian University University of Chicago Arizona State University Drake University MIT University of Colorado Azusa Pacific University Duquesne University New York University University of Kentucky Ball State University Elmhurst College Northwestern University University of Michigan Benedictine University Georgetown University Princeton University University of North Carolina Brigham Young University Goshen College Purdue University University of Notre Dame Butler University Grand Valley State Univ. Reed College University of Pennsylvania California Poly. State Univ. Hanover College Rochester Institute of Tech Valparaiso University Carnegie Mellon University Harvard University Skidmore College Washington State University Carroll University Indiana State University St. Ambrose University Washington University St. Louis Carthage College Indiana University Stanford University Western Michigan University Catholic Univ. of America Lewis University West Point (USMA) Wheaton College Columbia University Loyola University of Chicago U.S. Naval Academy William Penn University Cornell University Marquette University University of Alabama Williams College Denison University Yale University