Profile for the Class of 2016 Director of The School Grading Scale/Weighting/Honors College Counseling Founded in 1869, The Agnes Irwin School is an Excellent A+ 100 – 97 Highest Honors Constance T. McEvoy independent college preparatory day school for girls, A 96 – 93 Highest Honors Tel. 610-526-1663 [email protected] located 12 miles west of Philadelphia. A- 92 – 90 High Honors Good B+ 89 – 87 Honors Associate Director of Enrollment B 86 - 83 College Counseling The total enrollment of grades PreK-12 is 665 (24% B- 82 - 80 Megan L. Scott are students of color; 26% receive financial aid). Satisfactory C+ 79 - 77 Tel. 484-380-4104 There are 285 students in grades 9-12 and 68 in the C 76 - 73 [email protected] Class of 2016. Students come from Philadelphia and C- 72 - 70 Passing D 69 - 65 the surrounding suburbs. There are several students College Counseling Assistant from China. Failing F 64 - 0 Suzanne M. Phelan Tel. 610-523-7989 Minimum Requirements for Graduation [email protected] English: 4 years National Merit Scholarship Program Director of Upper School Mathematics: 3 years (Alg. II minimum requirement) Class of 2015 2016 Joanne P. Hoffman History: 3 years (1 year U.S. History) Commended Students 8 8 Science: 3 years (1 year each Physics, Chemistry, Semi-Finalists/Finalists/Scholars 3/3/2 5/TBD Head of School Biology) Wendy L. Hill World Language: 3 years of Spanish or French, National Achievement Scholarship Program or completion of Latin III or Greek III (discontinued after 2015) 275 S. Ithan Ave. Visual & Performing Arts: 1 year Class of 2015 (P.O. Box 407) Rosemont, PA “Outstanding Participants” (Commended) 1 19010-1099 Additional Graduation Requirements: Semi-Finalists/Finalists/Scholars 1 Athletics: Three seasons required in Grades 9-10. National Hispanic Recognition Program Two seasons required in Grades 11-12. Phone 610-525-8400 Class of 2015 2016 Fax 610-525-8908 Transitions, a health and wellness course, required in Grades 9-12. Scholar 1 0 www.agnesirwin.org Community Service: 40 hours over 4 years Media Literacy required in Grade 9 CEEB Code: 395400 Senior Assembly required in Grade 12 SAT Reasoning Test Middle 50% Range: Senior Seminars/College 101 Workshops (Grade 12) 2015: CR: 580-700 M: 570-680 W: 610-730 Special Studies Program (Grades 10-11) 2016: CR: 570-710 M: 550-690 W: 600-710 Accreditation ACT Test Middle 50% Range: Accredited by the Middle States Association of 2015 2016 Colleges & Schools and by the Pennsylvania English: 29-34 26-33 Association of Independent Schools (PAIS). Math: 25-31 24-30 Member of The Cum Laude Society. Reading: 27-33 24-32 Science: 25-32 22-28 Faculty Composite: 27-32 25-31 There are 58 faculty & professional staff in the Upper School. Of the 56 teaching faculty, 74% hold Advanced Placement Tests (Subject-specific results on page 3) advanced degrees. Average class size is 14. Class of Class of 2015 Class of 2016 (Jr. Yr.) Class Rank Tests Taken 326 114 Number of Subjects 21 10 Rank was discontinued in 1972. Grade distribution Candidates (% of class) 78 (91%) 53 (79%) provided with college applications. % Scores 3, 4, 5 89% 94% Class of 2016 % Scores 4, 5 57% 71% 96% enrolled in 4 or more math courses AP Scholar (# in Class) 11 14 71% took Calculus or AP Calculus (3 exams scored 3-5) 93% enrolled in 4 or more science courses AP Scholar with Honor 13 1 22% took 2 or more AP Science courses (4 exams scored 3-5) 68% in 4 or more history classes AP Scholar with Distinction 24 4 10% taking two languages (5 exams scored 3-5) National AP Scholar 2 tbd (8 exams scored 3-5) Special Programs Required for All Students Electives Explanations (continued) C21 Challenge [9]: Two-week immersion program focusing on Engineering for the Future [10-12]: Designed to introduce students to the interdisciplinary problem-solving. Students are presented with new field of engineering through in-class discussion and hands-on lab challenges each day that draw on curricular work mastered during the experiments that include: designing the best organizer, building the strongest year. The outcomes: understanding the application of academic work to bridge, creating the most efficient model boat; and designing electrical real-world problem-solving, managing group dynamics, knowledge of circuits. ½ credit/semester course. career choices, public speaking and project presentation, and the ability to look critically at one’s own performance. Global Health & the Girl Child [12]: This seminar-style course is anchored with lectures delivered at Agnes Irwin by faculty from the School Media Literacy [9]: This course encourages students to look past the of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. Topics focus on the most face value of the media (Internet, television, magazines, newspapers) pressing issues facing girls’ health worldwide, including HIV/AIDS, and question the motives beneath the messages. Topics include internet violence against women, and human trafficking. ½ credit/semester course. safety, research skills, copyright and fair use, information seeking strategies, and advertising techniques & consumer culture. Independent Science Research [9-12]: Students may choose to conduct science research outside of school, and are matched with mentors from local Science Sequence: AIS’s preferred sequence for science courses is: academic and industrial communities. The research results in a culminating Physics (9; grade-level only); Chemistry (10; grade-level or Honors); project to be presented, or otherwise published or recognized. The course is Biology (11; grade-level or Honors); AP Biology (11 or 12), AP graded pass/fail and earns ½ or 1 credit for successful completion, Chemistry (11 or 12), and/or AP Physics (12). AP Environmental depending on the project’s scope. Science may be taken in grade 11 or 12 without prerequisite. Innovations [11-12]: Semester, project-based course using CAD and other Senior Assemblies [12]: Each senior is required to prepare and present a drawing programs to design and fabricate objects suing 3-D printers and 10-minute research-based speech with visual aids in front of the Upper Laser Cutter. Students develop skills in elements of design, working School student body and faculty (approx. 300 people). Topics range knowledge of CAD, applied mathematics and spatial reasoning. from the performing arts to scientific research to current events. The presentation is graded by a team of faculty. The topic and grade are listed Media Arts I, II, New Media Narrative (III) [9-12]: Using digital tools, on the final transcript. students develop technical skills and gain knowledge of digital applications through the hands-on use of computers, scanners and digital cameras. The Senior Seminars & College 101 Series [12]: Following exams, seniors culminating course allows a concentration in either print or film. For film, participate in two weeks of mini-courses taught by faculty and designed students pursue interviewing, pre- and post-production and techniques for to parallel collegiate offerings in both context and time frame. Students producing compelling stories. For print, students apply advanced design also participate in a series of College 101 workshops on topics designed concepts to material, culminating in a web-based portfolio, with access to a for college preparation (e.g., personal finance, health, self-defense and 3-D printer. “AIS Graduates’ Look at College Life”). Women In Antiquities: Semester seminar-style class in Classics/History Special Studies Program [10-11]: This two-week program seeks to that examines the place and role of women and girls in ancient Greek and expand students’ understanding of the world beyond AIS through travel, Roman society, using literary, archeological and artistic evidence. internships, service work, and cultural immersion/exploration. The program also provides independent opportunities for the pursuit of special talents and interests. 2015 offerings included: Alaska Wildlife & Service; Civil Rights in the South; Habitat for Humanity in NC & SC; Other Special Opportunities Homestay in France; Service in Peru, Service in AZ at Navajo Nation, Big Timber Arts Round-Up [11-12]: In October, a select group of Agnes Cuba & Mexico Experience, and Art in Ireland. Irwin students join students from the Haverford School, Episcopal Academy Transitions [9-12]: AIS’s Wellness curriculum focuses on developing and a local high school at a ranch in Montana for a five-day seminar on skills to promote healthy lifestyle choices, self-knowledge and self- writing, art, drama or photography, working with western writers and artists. esteem. Topics include relationships; emotional, physical and Human Relationships Seminar [11-12]: Annually Agnes Irwin, Baldwin community wellness; Red Cross First Aid; Alcohol.edu®; financial School, and Haverford School each select four students to meet for 10 literacy; self-defense, and the college search/application processes. evening seminars in the fall. This non-credit class investigates human relationships’ complexities-innate, socially-constructed, and evolving - Electives Explanations through readings and academic discussions. From Plato’s Symposium, to Advanced Topics in Mathematics [12]: Includes the “C” topics Jung’s Marriage as a Psychological Relationship, to Gilligan’s In a omitted in the AB Calculus AP course and leads to the BC Calculus AP Different Voice, and a selection of contemporary works of fiction and exam. Additional topics taught include multivariable calculus and topics scholarship, participants delve into the workings of our understanding of from differential equations and linear algebra. ourselves-and of the way we live with each other, considering the transformation of psychological theories, societal norms, gender, Bioethics: This non-lab, research-based science elective is concerned relationships, sexuality, and identity. with dilemmas caused when the facts of medical/genetic research Online School for Girls [12]: OSG is a membership-based consortium of conflict with the norms and needs of society and ethical decision-making over 60 schools, providing an all-girls educational experience through a at the level of the individual, the community, and the nation.