CEEB and ACT CODE NO.: 391915 Richard F. Nourie, Head of School J.R. Neiswender, Director of College Guidance PROFILE 2018-2019 (215)576-3066, [email protected] Joanna Upmeyer, Associate Director of College Guidance (215)881-7686, [email protected]

575 Washington Lane Abington Friends School, founded in 1697, is an independent co-ed Quaker college-preparatory Jenkintown, PA 19046 school for students age 3 through grade 12. In a culture of intellectual and creative ambition we cultivate fearless, curious learning. Engaged and purposeful in every moment, students leave (215) 886-4350 AFS with clear, strong and thoughtful voices, prepared for lives of meaning and accomplishment. www.abingtonfriends.net Total enrollment (593) is divided among Early Childhood (3 year-old-4 year-old, 38), Lower School (K-4, 147), Middle School (5-8, 149), and Upper School (9-12, 260).

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS 4 years of English 3 years of history REGULAR HONORS/AP 3 years of mathematics A (93-100) 4.00 5.00 3 years of the same foreign language A. (90-92) 3.70 4.63 3 years of laboratory science B+ (87-89) 3.30 4.13 3 courses in the visual and performing arts B (83-86) 3.00 3.75 1 course in 9th and 12th grade of health B- (80-82) 2.70 3.38 Physical Education in 9th and 10th grades C+ (77-79) 2.30 2.87 1 course of 10th Grade Seminar C (73-76) 2.00 2.50 C- (70-72) 1.70 2.13 Students are expected to go beyond minimum requirements in their D+ (67-69) 1.30 1.63 areas of concentration. All students are expected to pass the equivalent D (63-66) 1.00 1.25 of five courses each semester, with at least four core academic D- (60-62) .70 .88 courses (English, history, Java, language, math, philosophy, science, and advanced art). Students who schedule more than six courses in a semester must have their rosters reviewed and approved by the Directors of Studies. ADVANCED PLACEMENT Qualified students may arrange for an independent study course, The following distribution table reflects all AP scores earned by not, however, to fulfill core requirements. If deemed necessary and Abington Friends School students in May 2017. appropriate, it may be recommended by the Director of Studies, the Upper School Director and the corresponding department chair that a student take one course on a pass/fail basis. In order to receive a 5 4 3 2 1 TOTAL grade of pass, the student must achieve a C- or higher. Biology 2 3 3 0 0 8 Calculus AB 13 6 2 1 1 23 MARKING SYSTEM Calculus BC 5 1 0 0 0 6 A Advanced achievement and originality Chemistry 1 2 2 0 0 5 B Highly competent work English Lit/Comp 4 5 5 4 0 18 C Satisfactory performance French Language 1 0 0 0 0 1 D Unsatisfactory but passing; with credit Latin 0 0 0 1 0 1 F Failure Physics C-Mech 1 2 2 0 1 6 W Withdrawn Physics C: E&M 0 0 0 1 0 1 Spanish Language 1 6 0 0 0 7 RANK IN CLASS Statistics 1 8 2 5 3 19 Abington Friends School does not determine or report class Studio Art 1 2 0 0 0 3 rank. Students’ cumulative grade-point averages appear on US History 6 1 0 1 0 8 their end-of-year reports and on their transcripts in June. All courses are college preparatory. Pass-fail grades do not affect a student’s GPA.

GRADE POINT AVERAGE Abington Friends School calculates a student’s GPA including all courses except 10th Grade Seminar, Health and Physical Education. A 4.0 scale is used for regular courses while Honors and Advanced Placement courses are weighted on a 5.0 scale.

Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by the Association of Independent Schools STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES The following distribution tables reflect the middle 50% of all SAT and ACT scores reported to Abington Friends School by members of the Class of 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Count Reading Math Writing Combined Count ACT Composite 2018 37 530-660 515-670 1040-1325 24 22-29 2017 59 570-690 540-710 1120-1400 36 24-30 2016 68 520-680 520-690 540-670 1610-2010 32 22-30

GRADE DISTRIBUTION Below are the grades earned in the 2017-2018 academic year by the 64 members of the Class of 2019. A B C D F TOTAL ENGLISH English 11 14 26 6 0 0 AP English 11 5 13 0 0 0 Reading and Writing Poetry 2 0 0 0 0 66 32% 59% 9% 0% 0%

HISTORY AP U.S. History 2 5 0 0 0 American Civil War 11 7 0 0 0 Citizen Activism and Constitutional Law 1 12 0 0 0 Inquisition and Toleration 12 4 1 0 0 Latin America 4 0 0 0 0 U.S. Politics and Protest 6 6 3 1 World War II 12 9 2 0 0 101 48% 43% 10% 0% 0%

SCIENCE Advanced Chemistry 3 2 0 0 0 Advanced Physics 0 2 0 0 0 Biology 1 9 8 0 0 Honors Biology 9 21 3 0 0 Intro to Robotics 1 0 0 0 0 Physics A 1 2 0 0 0 Physics G 4 3 1 0 0 71 27% 55% 17% 1% 0%

MATHEMATICS Algebra II 4 11 3 0 0 AP Calculus AB 8 6 0 0 0 AP Statistics 5 0 0 0 0 Honors Algebra II 0 2 0 0 0 Honors Precalculus 2 6 1 0 0 Introductory Calculus 6 3 0 0 0 Precalculus 3 7 0 0 0 Trigonometry/Advanced Functions 1 0 1 0 0 69 42% 51% 7% 0% 0%

MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGE Advanced French Language V 1 0 0 0 0 Advanced Spanich Language V 1 0 0 0 0 French: Converstaion and Culture 2 1 0 0 0 French II 0 2 0 0 0 French III 3 1 0 0 0 Honors French II 3 1 0 0 0 Honors French III 2 0 0 0 0 Honors French IV 3 4 0 0 0 Spanish: Conversation and Culture 2 2 0 0 0 Spanish I 1 0 0 0 0 Spanish II 0 1 0 0 0 Spanish III 3 5 3 0 0 Honors Spanish III 1 1 0 0 0 Honors Spanish IV 8 3 0 0 0 51 53% 41% 6% 0% 0% TOTALS 40% 49% 10% 1% 0% 358 COURSE OFFERINGS

This list shows all options that were available each year to the Class of 2019. Course descriptions are available in the Curriculum Guide on our website. http://www.abingtonfriends.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Curriculum-Guide-18-19-1-1.pdf Bold indicate the most demanding courses in each discipline.

ENGLISH: Honors courses are offered beginning with 9th Grade Grade 9: English 9: Introduction to Literature Grade 10: English 10: Themes in World Literature Grade 11: English 11: American Voices (with Advanced Placement option) Grade 12: Senior Writing and Electives Electives: Memoir and Autobiography, Reading and Writing Poetry, Reading and Writing the Short Story, Social Immediate Literature, Writing for Stage and Screen HISTORY: Honors courses are offered beginning with 9th Grade Grade 9: History 1: Industrialization and the Modern World Grade 10: History 2: The 20th Century Global Acceleration Grade 11&12: United States History (Advanced Placement) Electives: American Civil War, Citizen Activism and Constitutional Law, Class Matters: Social Inequalities in the U.S. Economics and Society, Gender and Sexuality Diversity in the 20th Cnetruy, From Fallen Timbers to Standing Rock, Inquisition and Toleration, Latin American History, History, World War II

SCIENCE: Honors courses are offered beginning with 10th Grade Grade 9: Physics Grade 10: Chemistry Grade 11&12: Biology, Advanced Biology*, Advanced Chemistry*, Advanced Physics* (*with Advanced Placement option) Electives: Astronomy: From the Stars to Cosmology, Astronomy: Earth and its Solar System Neighbors, Bioethics, Environmental Science, Introduction to Robotics FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Honors courses are offered beginning with Level II in French and Spanish French I, II, III, IV, V (with Advanced Placement option), French Conversation and Culture I and II Spanish I, II, III, IV, V (with Advanced Placement option), Spanish Conversation and Culture I and II MATHEMATICS: Honors courses are offered beginning with Geometry Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Trigonometry and Advanced Functions, Precalculus, Introductory Calculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics Electives: Computer Aided Design with an Introduction to Engineering NON DEPARTMENTAL COURSES: Publications/Yearbook, Philosophy: Morality & Ethics, Philosophy: Epistemology & Metaphysics COMPUTER SCIENCE Java Programming I and II ARTS Performing Arts Visual Arts Chorus Drawing Chamber Singers Drawing Intensive Orchestra Painting & Printmaking Jazz Ensemble Advanced Studio Art (with Advanced Placement Option) How Music Works Ceramics I, Ceramics II Music Theory Photography I, II, III, IV Acting I, II Computer Graphics Acting Ensemble Improv/Playmaking Monologue/Scene Study Theater Technology Producation Leadership Lighting and Sound Design Carpentry and Scenic Design

10th SEMINAR / HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS Spring: (Girls) , Lacrosse, Fall: (Girls) Soccer, , Cross Country Winter: (Girls) , , Track & Field (Boys) Soccer, Cross Country Indoor Track (Boys) Basketball, , (Boys) , Tennis, Swimming, Indoor Track Track & Field (Co-Ed) Golf, Ultimate Frisbee COLLEGE ATTENDANCE

Of the members of the Classes of 2017 and 2018, 99% matriculated at four-year colleges or universities. Schools where our graduates were accepted in the last five years are listed below. Actual matriculations for the classes of 2017 and 2018 appear in bold lettering; where there are more than one, an asterisk appears. Alvernia University Hampshire College Stetson University American University* Harvey Mudd College SUNY – Purchase * Harvard University Susquehanna University* Amherst College Swarthmore College Babson College High Point University Syracuse University* Baldwin Wallace University Hobart and William Smith College Temple University* Bard College Hofstra University Texas State University Barnard College Howard University* The College of Wooster Bates College Indiana University of Pennsylvania Trinity College, CT Bennington College Ithaca College* Tufts University Bentley University James Madison University Tulane University Berklee College of Music Johns Hopkins University Tyler School of Art Binghamton University Kenyon College Unites States Military Academy Boston College Kutztown University* University of Alabama Boston University* Lafayette College University of British Columbia Bowdoin College Lehigh University University of California - Berkeley Brandeis University Lewis and Clark College University of California – Los Angeles Brevard College Long Island University, Post University of California – Santa Cruz Brown University Loyola University Chicago University of Central Florida * Lycoming College University of Chicago Bucknell University Macalester College University of Colorado at Boulder California Institute of Technology Manhattan School of Music University of Delaware California Polytechnic State University Mansfield University of Pennsylvania University of Denver Carleton College Maryland Institute College of Art University of Hartford Carnegie Mellon University Marymount Manhattan College University of Illinois at Urbana Case Western Reserve Massachusetts Institute of Technology Champaign Cedar Crest College McDaniel College University of Maryland Baltimore County Chestnut Hill College McGill University University of Massachusetts Clarion University of Pennsylvania Middlebury College University of Miami Claremont McKenna College Michigan State University University of Michigan Clark University Monmouth University University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Cleveland Institute of Music Montgomery County Community College University of Pennsylvania Colby College Moore College of Art and Design University of Pittsburgh* Colgate University Morehouse College University of Rochester College of Charleston Mount Holyoke College University of Scranton College of William and Mary Muhlenberg College* University of the Sciences Colorado College New York University* University of South Dakota Columbia University Northeastern University University of Southern California Community College of Philadelphia Nyack College University of Vermont Connecticut College Northwestern University University of Virginia Cornell University Oberlin College University of Washington* Dartmouth College Pace University University of Wisconsin Davidson College Pennsylvania State University* * Denison University Pomona College Vanderbilt University DeSales University Pratt Institute Vassar College Dickinson College Princeton University Villanova University Drexel University* Purdue University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Duke University Quinnipiac University University Earlham College Randolph Macon College Wake Forest University Eckerd College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Warren Wilson College Elon University Rice University Washington College Emerson College Rochester Institute of Technology Washington University in St. Louis Emory University Roger Williams University Wellesley College Eugene Lang College The New School Santa Clara University Wesleyan University Fairfield University Savannah College of Art and Design West Chester University* Fashion Institute of Technology Shippensburg University* Westminster Choir College of Rider Fordham University St. Bonaventure University University Franklin and Marshall College St. John’s University West Virginia University George Washington University* St. Joseph’s University Widener University Georgetown University St. Olaf College* Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sarah Lawrence College Goucher College* Skidmore College Xavier University Guilford College Smith College Yale University Spelman College* Hamilton College Stanford University