RE C WA OU A N L T PROFILE 2018 -2019 E Y D our mission is to educate students who will serve God and impact the world through biblical thought and action. C L H O Founded in 1950, Delaware County Christian School is an independent R O IS H school serving Pre-K through Grade12 students. Students receive a TIA N SC distinctly Christian education, focused on college preparatory studies. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS GPA SCALE: DC utilizes a 5.0 weighted GPA scale COMMUNITY SERVICE Honors courses are weighted by adding .4 points. Students begin earning credits toward graduation in the 9th AP courses are weighted by adding 1.0 pt. Each upper school student is required to grade. A minimum of 24 credits is required for graduation. participate in the DC Church Service Plan. 100– 5.0 89 – 3.9 78 – 2.8 67 - 1.7 Students mustcomplete their Service Plan each English …………………4 credits 99 – 4.9 88 – 3.8 77 – 2.7 66 - 1.6 year as a requirement to graduate. On average, 98 – 4.8 87 – 3.7 76 – 2.6 65 - 1.5 History …………………4 credits a Church Service Plan should take a student 97 – 4.7 86 – 3.6 75 – 2.5 64 - 1.4 Bible……………………4 credits 96 – 4.6 85 – 3.5 74 – 2.4 63 - 1.3 30 hours to complete; although many students Mathematics …………….4 credits* 95 – 4.5 84 – 3.4 73 – 2.3 62 - 1.2 serve well beyond 30 hours. 94 – 4.4 83 – 3.3 72 – 2.2 61 - 1.1 Science …………………3 credits 93 – 4.3 82 – 3.2 71 – 2.1 60 - 1.0 World Languages …..........2 credits ** 92 – 4.2 81 – 3.1 70 – 2.0 59 - 0 SCHOOLS FOR APPLIED 91 – 4.1 80 – 3.0 69 – 1.9 Health/P.E……………1.25 credits 90 – 4.0 79 – 2.9 68 – 1.8 & INNOVATIVE LEARNING Fine Arts.....................0.5 credits Career Stewardship..........0.2 credits CLASS RANK Delaware County Christian School does not calculate rank. * depending on track, could garner fewer credits ** students are required to complete through level III CLASS OF 2018 TEST SCORES Each Upper School student is required to complete 1.0 credit for the year. Students HONORS & AP CLASSES SAT (65 Tested) select courses from three schools: School Section Mid 50% Mean of the Arts, School of STEM and School of SCIENCE: HISTORY: EBRW 570-695 640 Humanities and Entrepreneurship. Each AP Chemistry AP European History Math 550-710 620 course is .33 credit. Upper School students AP Physics I AP Gov’t/Politics Total 1115-1385 1260 take a two-hour course in the afternoon AP Physics II AP US History every Wednesday. Students may opt to AP Biology AP World History ACT (59 Tested) complete an internship in the spring of their Anatomy/Physiology (H) AP Psychology Section Mid 50% Mean junior or senior year. If a student is enrolled Chemistry (H) Gov’t/Economics (H) English 23-32 27.4 in an AP science class, they are required to Biology (H) US History (H) Math 23-30 26.4 participate in a lab for one tri-mester during Physics (H) World History II (H) Reading 23-34 27.7 the SAIL period. ARCHE (H)* Science 22-29 26.0 LEARN ABOUT THE UPPER SCHOOL SAIL ENGLISH: Composite 23-31 26.6 PROGRAM WWW.DCCS.ORG/SAIL AP English Literature MATHEMATICS: AP English Language AP Calculus BC English 11 (H) AP SCORES (2017 – 2018) UPPER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AP Statistics English 10 (H) AP Computer Sci. Princ. • Chapel Committee • Hi-Q ARCHE (H)* Calculus (H) • Worship Team • Math Club Prob & Stat (H) 76% 15 CONTENT AREAS • Set Building • Drama Production Pre-Calculus (H) with score • National Honor Society • Mock Trial WORLD LANGUAGE: Geometry (H) of 3 AP Spanish Language 108 STUDENTS • Multi-Cultural Alliance • Robotics Algebra I & II (H) or higher German II, & IV (H) • FCA Huddle • Tech Crew Spanish II, III & IV (H) 224 TESTS • Prefect Board/Student Senate Mandarin III, IV (H) CORE SUBJECTS No. 5 4 3 % 5, 4, 3 * Foundational freshman course that integrates English, History and Bible. UPPER SCHOOL SPORTS Upon successful completion of ARCHE each student will receive one credit AP English Literature 41 3 11 20 83% for English, one credit for History and one credit for Bible. •Baseball •Field Hockey •Soccer AP English Language 16 2 6 6 88% •Basketball •Golf •Softball •Cheerleading •IndoorTrack •Tennis AP Calculus BC 7 6 0 1 100% GRADING SCALE •Cross Country •Lacrosse •Track & Field AP Statistics 16 9 4 3 100% A = 93-100 B- = 80-82 D+ = 67-69 AP US History 27 2 10 8 74% ATHLETIC LEAGUE AFFILIATION A- = 90-92 C+ = 77-79 D = 63-66 DC is a member of the Pennsylvania AP APUS US History Gov’t & Politics 3421 15 146 65 62%71% Interscholastic Athletic Association PIAA, + C = 73-76 D- = 60-62 B = 87-89 (District), and a member of the Bicentennial AP APBiology Chemistry & AP & PhysicsPhysics II I 15 4 3 7 93% B = 83-86 C- = 70-72 F = 59 or below 38 2 8 14 63% Athletic League (BAL). EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY UPPER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT - 266 CLASS OF 2019 – 71 STUDENTS EXCEPTIONAL FACILITIES Delaware County Christian School is located on 49 acres on two campuses in Newtown Square and Devon, both western suburbs of Philadelphia. The upper school campus (grades 6-12) includes newly renovated science and computer labs, an extensive library, two gymnasiums, a 600-seat auditorium and multiple athletic fields. EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY FACULTY STUDENT TO FACULTY WITH % FACULTY WITH % MEMBERS 90 TEACHER RATIO 10:1 ADVANCED DEGREES 79 DOCTORATES 14 DIVERSITY NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITION 98% GRADUATES (last 5 years) GO ON TO FROM 7 6 FINALISTS COLLEGES NATIONWIDE COUNTRIES 12 COMMENDED RECENT COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES NAVIANCE (Within last 5 years) Delaware County Christian School uses Naviance (eDOCS) to send transcripts, our school profile, letters of recommendation and other supporting Amherst College Harvard University Tufts University documents electronically to colleges and universities. Auburn University Haverford College University of the Arts Baylor University Hillsdale College UC Berkeley Belmont University Howard University UC Irvine ACCREDITATION Boston College James Madison University UC Los Angeles Delaware County Christian School is dually accredited by the Middle Boston University Johns Hopkins University UC San Diego States Association of Colleges and Schools and Association of Brandeis University Kutztown University University of Alabama Christian Schools International. Bucknell University Lafayette College University of Chicago Calvin College Lehigh University University of Cincinnati CEEB: 392998 Carnegie Mellon University Liberty University University of Delaware Case Western Reserve Univ. Messiah College University of Georgia Cedarville University Mount Holyoke University of Illinois GEORGE MCFARLAND, PH.D. TREVOR CREEDEN, M.ED. 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