Germantown Academy inspires students to be 2018 – 2019 Independent in Thought, Confident in Expression, School Profile Compassionate in Spirit, Collaborative in Action, and Honorable in Deed. CEEB/ACT Code 393321 GERMANTOWN ACADEMY FOUNDED 1759 SCHOOL ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS Founded in 1759, Germantown Academy is a Pre-K through As a rigorous independent school, GA requires our students 12th grade nonsectarian co-educational independent day to carry at least 5 credits in grades 10-12 and 6 credits in school located in Fort Washington, PA. grade 9 (5.5 if the half credit is a performing arts course). Total Upper School enrollment is 565 (senior class of 140 All GA courses are college preparatory; courses meet six out returning students) with 31% students of color. 35% of GA of seven days per rotation. Minimum graduation Upper School students receive financial aid. requirements include 20.25 credits as delineated below plus 5 semesters of Physical Education: GA is accredited by The Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools. GA holds memberships in NAIS, English 4.25 Credits Science 3 Credits College Board, ACCIS, NACAC, PACAC and complies with History 3 Credits Math 3 Credits Language 3 Credits Health .5 Credits the NACAC “Statement of Principles of Good Practice.” Arts 1 Credit Electives 2.5 Credits Typically, 100% of each graduating class attends a four- Other non-academic graduation requirements include a year college. Senior Project, two significant extracurricular activities per SCHOOL LEADERSHIP year, and 45 hours of service-related activity either on or off campus. Richard C. Schellhas, Head of School [email protected] GRADING SYSTEM Christopher Nelson, Head of Upper School Germantown Academy includes all courses in which [email protected] homework and outside work are required in its calculation of students’ weighted grade point averages. COLLEGE COUNSELING TEAM All Honors and Advanced Placement courses receive 1 GPA Karen A. Mason, Director of College Counseling point of weighting: [email protected] Letter Grade Non Honors/Non AP Honors/AP Susan Merrill, Associate Director of College Counseling [email protected] A+ 4.33 5.33 A 4.00 5.00 Jonathan Na, Assistant Director of College Counseling A- 3.67 4.67 [email protected] B+ 3.33 4.33 Daniel St. Jean, College Counselor & English Teacher B 3.00 4.00 B- 2.67 3.67 [email protected] C+ 2.33 3.33 Peter Drewniany, College Counselor C 2.00 3.00 [email protected] C- 1.67 2.67 D 1.00 2.00 Virginia Allenson, Assistant to the Director D- 0.67 1.67 [email protected] F 0.00 0.00 High Honors distinction requires 4 major course grades in FACULTY the A range and all grades of B or better while Honors Among the 67 Upper School Faculty, 47 have advanced distinction requires 3 major course grades of B+ or above degrees with 8 holding the highest degree in their field. and all grades of B or better. Honors and High Honors are The standard teaching load includes four classes and calculated for the first semester and final grade (including supervision of extracurricular activities. exams). DISCIPLINE REPORTING POLICY Because of our selective admissions process and small size, Germantown Academy does not rank its students or select a Both the student and the college counselor will report all Valedictorian. The Cum Laude Society recognizes up to ten suspensions during the college application process. All suspensions that occur after applications have been percent of juniors for academic excellence at the beginning submitted will also be reported to colleges. of their senior year based on GPA calculation and a faculty selection committee. Germantown Academy P. O. Box 287 340 Morris Road Fort Washington, PA 19034-0287 Phone & Fax: 267-405-7254 www.germantownacademy.net MOST RIGOROUS COURSE OFFERINGS ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES- GA offers 17 AP courses with limited seat availability. Admission requires departmental invitation and typically a qualifying exam. To receive the AP designation on the transcript, students must complete the AP exam. th AP Biology (12th) AP Environmental Science (12th) AP Spanish Language (11 /12th) th th AP Calculus AB (12th) AP French Language and Culture (12 ) AP Spanish Literature (11 /12th) th AP Calculus AB/BC (12th) AP Modern European History (12th) AP Statistics (11 /12th) AP Chemistry (12th) AP Physics 1 (12th) AP US History (11th) th th th AP Computer Science Principles (11 /12 ) AP Physics C (11 /12th) AP World History (10th) th th AP English Literature (11 and/or 12 ) AP Psychology (12th) HONORS COURSES- GA offers 25 Honors courses with limited seat availability and varied pre-requisites. Advanced Applied Mathematics Honors* Engineering Honors (11TH/12th) Philosophies of Justice Honors (12th) th (not offered every year) French (2-4) Honors Physics Honors (9 ) Algebra 2 Honors Geometry Honors Precalculus Honors/Differential Calculus Biology Honors (11th) Latin (2-5) Honors Pre-Modern Art History Honors (11th/12th) Chemistry Honors (10th) Modern Art History Honors (11TH/12TH) Spanish (2-4) Honors Chinese (3-5) Honors Organic Chemistry Honors (11th/12th) Statistics Honors (12TH) th Economics Honors (12 ) Women in American History Honors (12th) * Requires completion of AP Calculus AB/BC and completion of or simultaneous enrollment in AP Physics C. PERFORMING ARTS HONORS OFFERINGS Advanced Acting Honors (1-4) Audition and Performance Honors Singing Patriots Select Honors Advanced Music Theory Honors (1-2) Improvisation Honors String Orchestra Honors Advanced Technical Theater Honors (1-3) Music Theater Honors Symphonic Band Honors VISUAL ARTS HONORS OFFERINGS All visual arts studios (drawing and painting, sculpture and 3D Design, silver and digital photography, digital media and filmmaking, song writing and audio production) are available at the Honors level upon approval of the department. Honors students must commit to a two-year studio in one of the above areas, create a portfolio, attend two yearly critiques, attend visiting artist lectures, and exhibit their work. CLASS OF 2019 TESTING PROFILE ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCORES SAT SCORES The Class of 2019 had 54 students complete 148 exams (in Middle 50% Evidenced-Based Reading & Writing 600 – 710 2016, 2017, & 2018) with 97% scoring a 3 or higher and 82% Middle 50% Mathematics 600 – 740 earning scoring a 4 or 5. (115 Students) Test 5 4 3 Calculus AB 0 3 1 SAT SUBJECT SCORES (114 Tests Completed) Calculus BC 7 1 0 Section Middle 50% Students Tested Chemistry 3 2 0 Biology – Ecology 690 – 690 1 Computer Science A 1 1 1 Biology – Molecular 630 – 720 22 English Lang. & Comp 12 10 6 Chemistry 550 – 690 14 Physics C: Electricity & Mag. 0 1 0 English Literature 560 – 730 4 Physics C: Mechanics 2 0 0 Latin 540 - 650 2 Spanish Lang. & Culture 0 1 0 Math Level I 600 - 680 9 Spanish Lit. & Culture 1 0 0 Math Level II 670 – 790 25 Statistics 6 1 0 Physics 620 – 700 14 US History 20 11 11 Spanish 570 – 570 1 World History 16 13 2 U.S. History 650 – 750 11 Total Number 76 45 22 World History 690 – 780 11 AP SCHOLAR AWARDS ACT Composite Scores Class of 2018 Class of 2019 Middle 50% 24 - 33 (46 Students) National Scholar 3 0 Scholar with Distinction 20 1 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM RECOGNITION Scholar with Honors 8 9 Commended Students 11 Scholar 11 14 Semi-Finalists 7 Total 42 24 GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR COURSES COMPLETED BY THE CLASS OF 2019 DURING THE 2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR SELECT COURSES END OF JUNIOR YEAR WEIGHTED CUMULATIVE GPA COMPLETED BY THE CLASS OF 2019 D ISTRIBUTION FOR 140 RETURNING STUDENTS IN THE BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018 CLASS OF 2019 60 48 50 36 40 34 30 20 15 10 7 0 2.0 - 2.99 3.0 - 3.49 3.5 -3.99 4.0 - 4.49 4.5 - 5.0 MATRICULATIONS FOR CLASSES OF 2014 – 2018 The 631 members of the Classes of 2014–2018 elected to attend 180 different college and universities. Colleges and universities enrolling multiple GA graduates as noted in parenthesis. Albright College (2) Indiana University, Bloomington (2) U.S. Military Academy – Army (2) American University (3) Ithaca College (7) University of California, Arizona State University (5) Johns Hopkins University (2) - Berkeley (3) -one to Barrett, The Honors College Lafayette College (5) - Los Angeles (2) Babson College (2) La Salle University (2) - Santa Cruz (2) Bloomsburg University of Lehigh University (17) University of Delaware (7) Pennsylvania (2) Loyola University, Maryland (5) University of Georgia (2) Boston College (14) Lycoming College (2) University of Kentucky (3) Boston University (7) Miami University, Oxford (2) University of Maryland, College Park (2) Bucknell University (22) Muhlenberg College (9) University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2) Brown University (3) New York University (16) University of Miami (4) Dickinson College (11) Northeastern University (5) University of Michigan (3) Drexel University (32) Pace University, New York City (2) University of Pennsylvania (26) Case Western Reserve University (2) Pennsylvania State University (34) University of Pittsburgh (17) Chapman University (2) -with 4 to Schreyer Honors College University of Richmond (10) Clemson University (3) Purdue University (3) University of South Carolina (6) Colgate University (5) Roanoke College (3) University of Rhode Island (2) College of the Holy Cross (4) Rochester Institute of Technology (2) University of Rochester (2) College of William and Mary (3) Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2) University