Richard Wilson 2016 - 2017 Upper School Profile CEEB-ACT-SAT Code: 361120 Head of School Mission Kelley Schiess The mission of The Summit Country Day School is to challenge every student, faculty and staff member; to share Asst. Head of School for fully the gifts that have been given to them by God; to grow in grace and wisdom; to develop spiritually, Enrollment Management academically, physically, socially and artistically; and to become people of character who value and improve the and Special Projects world they inherit. John Thornburg School Upper School Director The Summit Country Day School is a pre-K through grade 12 private, independent, coeducational, Catholic, college-preparatory school located on a 24-acre campus in Hyde Park, a residential area of Cincinnati. The Summit is comprised of four distinct schools: Montessori from age 2 through kindergarten, Lower, Middle and James Craig Upper. The 2016-2017 enrollment is 991. The Summit offers financial aid to 44% of students in grades 9-12. Upper School Summit students are enrolled from 41 different Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky school districts. Assistant Director Grading Scale Kirstin McEachern, All courses taken at The Summit are College Preparatory except for Honors and Advanced Placement Courses, which have a higher degree of difficulty and a higher degree of student responsibility. Grades earned in those Ph.D. classes are weighted higher than the college preparatory courses. The grading scale is as follows: Curriculum and Instruction Director A+ 97-100 B+ 87-89 C+ 77-79 D+ 67-69 F 0-59 A 94-96 B 84-86 C 74-76 D 64-66 Maureen Ferrell A- 90-93 B- 80-83 C- 70-73 D- 60-63 College Counseling Class Rank Director [email protected] By policy, The Summit Country Day School does not employ any ranking system. Graduation Requirements Susan Miller To graduate from The Summit, a student should have accumulated 24.5 credits, 20 as required by the State of College Counselor Ohio, plus 4.5 additional credits during the four years of attendance. The credits are to be accumulated as follows: [email protected] English: 4 credits Financial Literacy: ¼ credit Fine Arts: 1 credit Jamie Zupka Health Education: ½ credit Administrative Asst. Leadership: ½ credit Mathematics : 4 credits and must include Algebra I, II and Geometry Physical Education: ½ credit or two seasons of a team sport Religion: 1 credit during each year of attendance Science: 3 credits to include Biology, Chemistry and Physics Social Studies: 3 credits to include World or European History, American History and Government Speech & Communications: ¼ credit World Languages: 3 credits of one language, or 2 credits (each) of two Christian Service: 48 hours Senior Search: Ten days of released time is provided at the end of the senior year so that the student may conclude his or her secondary school education by demonstrating responsible independence during Member: a learning experience of his or her own design. This time is to be spent in activities that will broaden the National Association of student’s learning. Independent Schools and 2016-2017 Upper School Faculty Ohio Association of There are 43 teachers with 77% holding master’s degrees, equivalent or above. Independent Schools The Upper School Student Body The Upper School student body of 403 includes 207 boys and 196 girls. 2161 Grandin Road Calendar Cincinnati, OH 45208 The school year is comprised of two semesters, each lasting 18 weeks. The school day, beginning at 8:15 a.m. and 513-871-4700 ending at 3:15 p.m., has five 70-minute periods which meet three times a week. www.summitcds.org Outstanding Achievements of the Class of 2016 92 graduates attracted more than $15.2 million in merit scholarships DISTRIBUTION OF 20% were recognized by The National Merit Corporation GRADES 10% of graduates earned full-tuition scholarships from colleges Students logged nearly 6,995 hours of service to the community Class of 2016 100% attend degree-granting institutions, 35% in state and 65% out of state above 4.6 7 12% of graduates completed rigorous Science Research Institute requirements including professional laboratory experience 4.59-4.0 34 3.99 -3.5 19 Advanced Placement Courses 3.49-3.0 20 As part of the AP curriculum, students are required to take the national exam 2.99-2.5 9 AP Art 10, 11, 12 AP European History 10, AP Physics 2 12 below 2.5 3 AP Biology 11, 12 AP French 11, 12 AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism 12 AP Calculus 12 AP Human Geography 12 AP Physics C: Mechanics 12 AP Chemistry 11, 12 AP Latin 11, 12 AP Psychology 12 AP Computer Science 11, 12 AP Macro Economics 11, 12 AP Spanish 11, 12 AP English Literature 12 AP Micro Economics 11, 12 AP Statistics 10, 11, 12 AP Environmental Science 11, 12 AP Music Theory 11, 12 AP United States Government & Politics 11, 12 AP Physics 1 11, 12 AP United States History 11, 12 COLLEGE TEST RESULTS 2014 - 2016 College Acceptances & Matriculations (bolded) Albion College Gardner-Webb University Otterbein University University of California, Los Angeles 2015 - 2016 Allegheny College Geneva College Pacific University University of California, San Diego Alma College Georgetown University Pennsylvania State University University of California, Santa Barbara American University Georgia Institute of Technology Pittsburg State University University of Central Florida SAT Anderson University-IN Gettysburg College Princeton University University of Charleston Ashland University Gonzaga University Purdue University University of Chicago Number Tested: 63 Auburn University Grinnell College Radford University University of Cincinnati Baldwin Wallace University Hamilton College Regis University University of Colorado at Boulder Ball State University Hampton University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Colorado at Denver Critical Reading Barry University Hanover College Rhodes College University of Dallas Bates College Hawaii Pacific University Roanoke College University of Dayton Summit Mean: 622 Bellarmine University High Point University Robert Morris University (PA) University of Denver Belmont Abbey College Hillsdale College Rochester Institute of Technology University of Evansville National Mean: 494 Belmont University Hiram College Rockhurst University University of Illinois at Chicago Beloit College Howard University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Benedictine College Indiana University at Bloomington Saint Joseph's University University of Kansas Writing Berea College Iowa State University Saint Leo University University of Kentucky Boston College Irvine Valley College Saint Louis University University of Louisville Summit Mean: 626 Boston University James Madison University Saint Mary's College University of Massachusetts, Amherst National Mean: 482 Bowling Green State University John Carroll University Saint Michael's College University of Miami Brown University Johns Hopkins University Samford University University of Michigan Bryan College Johnson & Wales University Santa Clara University University of Mississippi Math Bryant University Kansas State University Sarah Lawrence College University of Missouri Columbia Butler University Kent State University Savannah College of Art and Design University of Mount Union Summit Mean: 626 Capital University Kenyon College School of the Art Institute of Chicago University of Nevada, Las Vegas Carleton College Kettering University Seattle University University of New Hampshire at Dur- National Mean: 508 Carnegie Mellon University Knox College Seton Hall University ham Seton Hill University University of New Mexico Carthage College Lafayette College Case Western Reserve University LaGrange College Sewanee: The University of the South University of North Carolina at Asheville ACT Centre College Lake Erie College Southern Illinois University University of North Carolina at Wilmington Christian Brothers University Lake Forest College Southern Methodist University University of Notre Dame Number Tested: 92 Cincinnati State Tech and Comm Coll Lehigh University Southwestern College University of Oregon Claremont McKenna College Lenoir-Rhyne University Southwestern University University of Pennsylvania Clemson University Lewis & Clark College Spring Hill College University of Pittsburgh Composite Scores Coastal Carolina University Lipscomb University St. John's University - Queens Campus University of Portland Colgate University Louisiana College St. Lawrence University University of Rhode Island Summit Mean: 28.3 College of Charleston Loyola University Chicago Stetson University University of Richmond National Mean: 20.8 College of William and Mary Lynchburg College Syracuse University University of Rio Grande Colorado College Lynn University Taylor University University of Rochester Colorado School of Mines Marian University Temple University University of San Diego Colorado State University Marietta College Texas A&M University University of South Carolina Columbia College Chicago Marist College Texas Tech University (Honors College) University of Southern California University of St. Andrews Columbus College of Art and Design Marquette University The American University of Paris Concordia University – Irvine Marshall University The Catholic University of America University of Tennessee, Knoxville Cornell College Maryland Institute College of Art The Citadel, the Military College of South University of Toledo AP TEST RESULTS Cornell University McDaniel College Carolina University of Vermont Dartmouth College McGill