WHITE PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL 2013 Class Profile White Plains High School Ellen Doherty CEEB Code: 335955 550 North Street Principal White Plains, NY 10605 (914) 422-2182 ♦ Fax: (914) 422-2196 www.whiteplainspublicschools.org Mission Statement Lesley Tompkins Director of Guidance & Counseling The mission of the White (914) 422-2174 [email protected] Plains City School District is to educate and inspire Counseling Staff al l students, while Enrique Cafaro (914) 422-2149 [email protected] nurturing their dreams, so Maria Csikortos (914) 422-2148 [email protected] they learn continually, Karen Day (914) 422-2167 [email protected] think critically, pursue Lily Diaz-Withers (914) 422-2147 [email protected] their aspirations and Jeffrey Hirsch (914) 422-2232 [email protected] contribute to a diverse and Magda Martas (914) 422-2175 [email protected] Guy Mathews (914) 422-2168 [email protected] dynamic world. Alvera Pollard (914) 422-2164 [email protected] Norman Silverman (914) 422-2150 [email protected] Denise Velasquez (914) 422-2163 [email protected] Rochambeau Alternative H.S. Counselor Rob Baddeley (914) 422-2424 [email protected] National High School of Excellence White Plains is a thriving suburban city with an economically and racially diverse population of close to 50,000, located about 25 miles northeast of New York City. White Plains High School offers unique educational oppor- tunities, highly qualified staff, and extensive facilities, and is located on a beautiful 75-acre campus. The honors and awards achieved by students, faculty, teams, and groups are a tribute to the quality of the school’s academic programs and the caliber of its teaching staff. In fact, the U.S. Department of Education recognized the high school as a “School of Excellence” and White Plains has been designated as one of the “Top 100 Communities for Music Education” in the United States. White Plains High School serves approximately 2,000 students in grades nine through twelve. Our school day is divided into eight periods that meet each day, plus a common lunch period. Our school year is divided into two semesters. A wide array of learning opportunities - over 300 courses - includes Honors and Advanced Placement courses in all academic subjects, dual enrollment courses, noteworthy electives, and excellent business and technology courses. Extracurricular opportunities abound. Students can become involved in more than 50 clubs, award- winning literary publications, performing arts groups, and over 50 athletic teams. Our facilities include a state-of-the-art media center, science wing and a food court style cafeteria. The high school houses an auditorium and little theatre, computer classrooms, a fully equipped television studio, a photo lab with darkroom, extensive technology and training centers, two gyms and a fitness center, 12 athletic fields including an artificial turf stadium with an eight-lane track, 11 tennis courts, a Project Adventure ropes course, and an indoor swimming and diving facility. CURRICULUM INFORMATION AND GRADING POLICIES Most Challenging Course of Study Offered at White Plains High School Grade English Social Studies Mathematics Science Foreign Language 9 English 1H Global Studies 1H Geometry H Living Environment H Honors Level Language* 10 English 2H AP World History Algebra 2 Trig H Chem. H/Science Res. Honors Level Language* AP Language & AP US History/AP Comparative AP Statistics/ AP Science/Physics H/ Honors or AP Level 11 Composition/English 3H Gov’t & Politics Pre-Calculus Honors Science Research Language AP US Gov’t. & Politics/AP Psy- AP Literature & AP Calc. AB/AP Calc. AP Science/Anatomy & 12 chology/AP Comparative Gov’t. & AP Level Language Composition BC/AP Statistics Physiology/Sci. Res. Politics/Economics H *Honors LOTE classes begin at level 4 of the language. White Plains students generally reach level 4 in grade 11. Honors LOTE courses are not closed to freshmen and sophomores, but they generally have not yet completed the prerequisites to be accepted into level 4 until they are juniors. Dual Enrollment Courses Offered at White Plains High School English Social Studies Mathematics Science ACE (Advanced College Experience. English 4 African-American Contemporary Mathematics; College Anatomy & Physiology Offered with SUNY Westchester Studies Algebra with Trigonometry; Community College) Pre-Calculus; Calculus Textual Writing SUPA (Syracuse Univ. Project Advance) Academic Writing Presentational Speaking SUNY Albany Science Research GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND DIPLOMAS English 4 credits All students at WPHS are required to take and pass, with a Social Studies 4 credits minimum grade of 65 (55-64 passing option for a local diploma Science 3 credits under special circumstances), one NYS Regents Examination in Mathematics 3 credits Mathematics, Science, English, Global Studies and American LOTE (Languages Other Than English) 1 credit History in order to receive a NYS Regents Diploma. To receive Physical Education 2 credits a NYS Advanced Regents Diploma, students must pass a total of Art and/or Music 1 credit two Regents Exams in Science, three in Math, complete three Health Education .5 credit credits in a language other than English, and pass the NYS Sequence Requirements and/or Electives 3.5 credits Regents Exam or LOTE B Assessment in that language. Total Credits 22 GRADE SCALE GRADE POINT AVERAGE CLASS RANK % A+ 96.5-100 (4.5) C+ 76.5-79.4% (2.5) GPA is unweighted, with the exception of A 92.5-96.4% (4.0) C 72.5-76.4% (2.0) Class Rank is based on an Advanced Placement, SUPA, Science average of final grades in all Research and Honors courses, to which a A- 89.5-92.4% (3.8) C- 69.5-72.4% (1.8) courses beginning in ninth multiplier of 1.3 is applied. The first grade with the exception of ranking is computed at the end of grade 11 86.5-89.4% 66.5-69.4% B+ (3.5) D+ (1.5) physical education and Pass/ and is reported on all senior transcripts. Fail courses. B 82.5-86.4% (3.0) D 64.5-66.4% (1.0) The final ranking is computed after the first semester of grade 12. Courses taken B- 79.5-82.4% (2.8) F Below 64.5 (Failure) outside the district are unweighted. FACULTY/ENROLLMENT STATISTICS Students Faculty Total Students 2,009 Total Faculty 171 White 31% Doctoral Degrees 4% African-American 17% Hispanic 49% Master’s Degrees 95% Asian 3% Bachelor’s Degrees 1% Students Receiving Special Services Limited English Proficient 8% Student/Faculty Ratio 12:1 Free/Reduced Lunch 35% Student/Counselor Ratio 223:1 CLASS OF 2013 PROFILE NATIONAL MERIT & ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SAT RESULTS 2013 GRADUATES All Students Top 10% of Class Top 20% of Class National Merit Scholarship: 3 Commended Mean Critical Reading 500 637 564 National Hispanic Recognition Recipients: 2 Scholars Mean Mathematics 504 650 592 National Achievement Scholarship Finalists: 1 Mean Writing 489 639 574 Finalist in the 2012 Intel Search: 1 It is an established practice to encourage all students, regardless of program affiliation, to take the SAT. Thus, the population tested was broad-based and non-selective. HONOR SOCIETIES ACT AVERAGE COMPOSITE SCORES National Art Honor Society National German Honor Society White Plains High School 23.1 National Honor Society New York State 23.4 National Latin Honor Society National 20.9 White Plains High School GPA Distribution by Deciles (Final GPA for Class of 2013) 1st Decile 4.26-5.15 2nd Decile 3.75-4.25 3rd Decile 3.45-3.74 4th Decile 3.16-3.44 5th Decile 2.85-3.15 6th Decile 2.65-2.84 7th Decile 2.40-2.83 8th Decile 2.06-2.39 9th Decile 1.72-2.05 10th Decile 1.02-1.71 The following AP Courses are available to students at White Plains High School: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics C, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Psychology, English Language and Compo- sition, English Literature and Composition, U.S. Government and Politics, U.S History, Comparative Government and Politics, World His- tory, French Language and Culture, Italian Language and Culture, Spanish Language, Latin. 2013 AP Examinations All students enrolled in AP Courses are required to take the exams. In 2013, 445 White Plains High School students took a total of 781 AP examinations. 524 exams (67%) were scored at 3 or higher. AP Scholars 86 AP Scholars with Distinction 38 (students scoring 3 or higher on 3 or more exams) (students scoring an average of at least 3.5 on all exams, and 3 or higher on 5 or more exams) AP Scholars with Honor 18 National AP Scholars 4 (students scoring an average of at least 3.25 on all exams, (students in U.S. scoring at least 4 on all exams, and 3 or higher on 4 or more exams) and 4 or higher on 8 or more exams) Science Research Program The Science Research Program at White Plains High School is a unique opportunity for students to experience the rigor and rewards of real scientific research while still in high school. The three-year sequence of courses is designed to provide students with an understanding of research methods in the sciences and is above and beyond the students’ lab science requirements. Summer work activity is also required. Students choose a topic of interest and construct an original experiment assisted by a mentor of their choice — a working scientist from the private or public sector, or a college or university professor. In addition to three high school credits, college credits may also be earned from the State University at Albany.