Signature Programs Intensives Each December and May, all Upper School students take an Intensive course. Each Intensive is an innovative, semester-credit, experiential course that focuses on a single discipline seven hours a day for three weeks, allowing for depth, travel and authentic engagement. Popular courses include What to Think About Machines That Think; Homelessness; Game Theory and Probability; Marine Science at the Island School in the Bahamas; Systems and Sustainability; Introduction to Filmmaking; Chinese Immersion at Heilongjiang University, China; and Spanish 4 Honors in Chile. All students, including those receiving About Hawken financial assistance, are eligible and fully funded for travel courses. 1915 History and Mission Entrepreneurship Founded in 1915, Hawken School is an independent, coeducational A semester-long, problem-based course, Entrepreneurial Studies provides college preparatory day school serving 1045 students in preschool students an opportunity to work with Cleveland entrepreneurs, who present through grade 12 from nine counties in Northeast Ohio. Known for its real-world business problems, complete with hard deliverables and deadlines. innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, Hawken lives its mission to offer Students use their knowledge about entrepreneurship and teamwork to create students, “Forward-focused preparation for the real world through the their own startup companies. Entrepreneurship consists of three honors-level development of character and intellect.” courses in English, Economics and Finance. This program uses Hawken’s urban campus, The Gries Center, several days in each rotation, offering students a close- Use of Time up view of the business world. Hawken’s innovative academic calendar consists of two 14-week Class of 2016 Profile semesters in which students take five courses in block scheduling of 80 STEMM minutes each to maximize depth and inquiry. Students also take Intensive Hawken’s STEMM Pathways program includes Scientific Research I, II and III, courses in December and May. (See Signature Programs for details). which guide students to deepen their thinking about science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine. Students in Scientific Research II AP Advanced Placement are required to complete a 160-hour summer research project with a mentor English Literature, English Language & Composition, Calculus AB & BC, at NASA, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, The VA Hospital, Statistics, French Language, Latin, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, University Hospital or another research lab. Each year, Upper School STEMM Biology, Chemistry, Physics I, Physics C, US History, Studio Art. students present projects before a panel of judges at Hawken’s annual STEMM Research Symposium. H Honors Algebra II, Geometry, Pre-Calculus AB & BC, Chemistry, English 11, Chinese English Seminars Head of School: D. Scott Looney II, III, IV & V, French II, III, & IV, Latin II, III & IV, Spanish II, III & IV, US History. Hawken’s English Department offers a wide range of writing intensive and Head of Upper School: Kimberly Samson Seniors may opt to take a history seminar or psychology as an honors discussion-based courses that call on and refine the critical thinking and course. This option requires a capstone project. communications skills of mixed classes of juniors and seniors. Highlights include: NOTE: School policy limits registration to three Honors/AP courses per year in Gender, Culture and Power; Children’s Literature; Media Literacy; Modernism; and grades 11 & 12. Honors and AP courses receive a 0.3 bump to a student’s GPA. the Graphic Novel. Hawken School Office of College Counseling Policy on the Reporting of Disciplinary Actions Distinctive Extracurricular Programs Phone: 440-423-2916 Hawken School will report any disciplinary probation or suspension if it involves Outdoor Leadership (OL) Performing and Visual Arts Fax: 440-423-2994 serious infractions or harmful patterns, as well as any instance of academic Speech and Debate Integrated Service Learning dishonesty that results in probation or suspension. Students are instructed to Athletics Peer Leadership Renee W. Bischoff Patrick J. Colonna answer honestly any question regarding probations and suspensions. Director of College Counseling Associate Director of College Counseling [email protected] [email protected] Accreditation Karrie Chounet Maria H. Steiner Hawken School is fully accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the College Office Coordinator Associate Director of College Counseling Central States (ISACS) and is officially approved by the State of Ohio, from which it [email protected] [email protected] holds charters as an elementary and secondary school. Hawken is also a member of NACAC, NAIS and is an ACCIS Founding School. 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Harvard University of Fine Arts Hawken’s new high school Harvey Mudd College Tulane University Number of exams: 361 Haverford College United States Air Force Academy Percent of grades 3 and higher: 91% Heidelberg University United States Military Academy High Point University University of Mount Union Hobart and William Smith Colleges University of St Andrews Grade Total # % of total a recognized leader in the Howard University Vanderbilt University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Vassar College 5 104 29% Lean LaunchPad on the Imperial College London University of Vermont th all-time Indiana University at Bloomington University of Virginia 4 100 28% entrepreneurship methods Ithaca College Wagner College 5 John Carroll University Wake Forest University 3 121 34% as featured in OHSAA Johns Hopkins University Washington and Lee University championship Kalamazoo College Washington University in St. Louis 2 29 8% Kent State University Wellesley College title list Kenyon College Wesleyan University 1 7 1% with 34 state Lafayette College West Virginia University Lake Forest College College of William and Mary championships Lehigh University Wittenberg University Louisburg College The College of Wooster Macalester College Xavier University Marietta College Yale University.