2017 – 2018 PROFILE Lisa Lorenz, Interim Principal James Abrams, Interim Associate Principal [email protected] [email protected] Greg LaCroix, Director of Guidance Neil Brodeur, Athletic Director [email protected] [email protected] Kimberly Pushee Hill, Guidance Counselor Caroline Schafer, Director of Enrollment [email protected] [email protected] Rachel Rabbin, Guidance Counselor LoisAnne Cefarello, Registrar [email protected] [email protected] Our Mission As a Roman Catholic school, Rice Memorial High School exists to guide its students toward the realization of their God- given potential. Rice teaches students to recognize and develop their gifts by inspiring them to love learning, to serve others and to seek God through Jesus Christ and His Church. The Rice Community Rice is located in South Burlington, Vermont, a suburb of Burlington, the largest city in Vermont, which is the hub for a large suburban and rural surrounding with a total population for the region of about 150,000. There are five colleges in the area including the University of Vermont. The University (and an associated regional teaching hospital) and Global Foundries are major employers in the area. Rice’s demographics are unique in that its students come from over 47 communities in the central and northern Vermont areas. Rice students come from a wide array of backgrounds with approximately 65% being Catholic. Families choose Rice for a number of reasons including the religious and values- oriented education, the structured learning environment, a strong sense of community, and the strong college preparatory curriculum. Rice Memorial High School Rice Memorial High School, a coeducational Roman Catholic School serving the greater Burlington area, was founded February 1, 1959. The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Vermont State Department of Education. The school has an enrollment of about 430 students and a faculty of 39. Rice offers a varied and challenging program which emphasizes a commitment to intellectual development as well as personal, social and spiritual growth. Rice encourages each student to be a compassionate, motivated and responsible member of society. College Placement Rice is a college preparatory high school. Historically, over ninety-two percent of Rice graduates pursue post secondary education with approximately ninety percent attending selective four-year colleges. In the past five years we have seen a dramatic increase in our international student population for whom English is a second language. In the same period of time, we have added an elite hockey program. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams play against prep schools across the northeast. Many of the student/athletes in this new program pursue a post graduate year of hockey. Of the 102 graduates of the Class of 2017, 91 enrolled in four year colleges, 2 in two year colleges, and three selected a post graduate year. Other members of the class pursued junior hockey (2), GAP years (2) and Military (1). We regularly see one or two National Merit Scholarship candidates and/or US Presidential Scholar nominees each year. Grading Rice is a competitive college preparatory Requirements for Graduation environment. Grade point average and rank in Students must accumulate a class are weighted and based on all students minimum of 24 credits Mathematics 3 and all graded subjects. Transfer students’ including: Science 3 GPA and RIC reflect only those courses taken English 4 Foreign Language 2 at Rice Memorial High School. The following Religion 4 Fine Arts 1 information should be taken into consideration Social Studies 3 Physical Education 1 when evaluating a Rice applicant. Information Technology .5 Health .5 Please Note: An official transcript will have an embossed seal along with the registrar or guidance counselor’s signature. All other transcripts are not considered official. 99 Proctor Avenue, South Burlington, VT 05403 * Phone (802) 862-6521 * Fax (802) 864-9931 www.rmhsvt.org QUALITY 4.00 GRADE RANGE POINTS SCALE A+ 97-100 100 4.00 A 93-96 96 3.75 A- 90-92 92 3.50 B+ 87-89 89 3.25 2016-2017 SAT Average B 83-86 86 3.00 B- 80-82 82 2.75 89% of the Class of 2017 took the SAT C+ 77-79 79 2.50 Reading/ C 73-76 76 2.25 Writing Math Total C- 70-72 72 2.00 D 65-69 67 1.00 Rice 593 563 1156 F below 65 62 0.00 Vermont 560 550 1100 P pass Total Group 538 533 1071 I incomplete X audit Cumulative average is computed at the end of each semester, 2016 - 2017 ACT Average adjusted with any appropriate weight converted to quality points. Pass/fail courses are not included in this calculation. 57% of the Class of 2017 took the ACT Class rank is based on a student’s cumulative average of quality points. Weight System Comp English Math Reading Science AP 1.10 Honors 1.05 Rice 25.8 26.5 24.0 27.2 25.2 All Others 1.00 Vermont 23.6 23.3 23.1 24.4 23.2 Honors Courses Nation 21.0 20.3 20.7 21.4 21.0 English 9, World Studies 9 and 10, American Literature, Geometry, Algebra II, Chemistry, Pre-Calculus, Contemporary History, French IV, French V, Spanish IV, Advanced Placement Spanish V, Latin III and Latin IV AP Courses Chemistry, Economics (Micro & Macro), English Language, For the year of 2017, 119 students took 235 exams. English Literature, Biology, U.S. History, U.S. Government 73% of the total AP students had scores of 3 or higher. and Politics, European History, Physics 1 and Calculus AB College Acceptances Class of 2017 Adelphi University Elon University Loyola University Chicago Santa Clara University University of Hawaii at Manoa Allegheny College Emerson College Lyndon State College Seattle University University of Kansas American University Emmanuel College Maine Maritime Academy Seton Hall University University of Maine Anna Maria College Endicott College Marist College Siena College University of Maryland, College Park Assumption College Fairfield University Marquette University Simmons College University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Aurora University Florida Gulf Coast University Marymount University Skidmore College University of Massachusetts, Amherst Babson College Florida Southern College McGill University Southern New Hampshire University University of Massachusetts, Boston Becker College Fordham University Merrimack College Southern Vermont College University of Miami Bentley University Franciscan University of Steubenville Michigan State University Springfield College University of Michigan Bishop’s University Franklin Pierce University Middlebury College St. Edward’s University University of New England Boston College Furman University Millersville University of Pennsylvania St. John Fisher College University of New Hampshire at Durham Boston University George Mason University Montana State University, Bozeman St. Lawrence University University of New Haven Brandeis University Georgia Institute of Technology Mount Ida College State University of New York - Plattsburgh University of North Carolina at Wilmington Bryant University Gettysburg College New England College Stonehill College University of Northern Colorado Bucknell University Hamilton College - NY Nichols College Suffolk University University of Notre Dame Butler University Hamline University Northeastern University SUNY College at Cortland University of Pittsburgh Castleton University Hartwick College Northland College Swarthmore College University of Redlands Cedar Crest College High Point University Norwich University Syracuse University University of Rhode Island Champlain College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Old Dominion University The Catholic University of America University of Rochester Chatham University Hofstra University Pace University, New York City The College of Saint Rose University of Southern Maine Clark University Holy Cross College Pennsylvania State University The George Washington University University of St. Thomas Clemson University Husson University Plymouth State University The Ohio State University University of Toronto Coastal Carolina University Ithaca College Pomona College The University of Georgia University of Utah Colby College Jacksonville University Providence College The University of Scranton University of Vermont Colby-Sawyer College Johnson & Wales University (Providence) Purdue University Trinity College University of Wisconsin, Madison Colgate University Johnson State College Queen’s University Union College (New York) University of Wyoming College of the Holy Cross Kean University Quinnipiac University University of Bridgeport Vermont Technical College College of William and Mary Keene State College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of California, Berkeley Villanova University Colorado State University Kenyon College Rochester Institute of Technology University of California, Davis Washington and Lee University Concordia University - Montreal Keystone College Roger Williams University University of California, Irvine West Virginia University Connecticut College La Salle University Sacred Heart University University of California, Los Angeles Western New England University Dalhousie University Lafayette College Saint Anselm College University of Colorado at Boulder Westminster College Davidson College Lasell College Saint Mary’s College University of Connecticut Worcester Polytechnic Institute DePaul University Lehigh University Saint Michael’s College University of Denver Dickinson College Lewis & Clark College Salve Regina University University of Hartford.