Bexley High School 326 South Cassingham Road Bexley, Ohio 43209 phone 614.231.4591 fax 614.338.2087 BexleySchools.org School Code: 361505 2015 - 2016 Profi le Our community Bexley is a suburb of 13,517 located about four miles east of downtown Columbus, Ohio. Many residents are professional and business persons employed in Columbus. Our school Bexley High School is a four-year public high school accredited by the state of Ohio and the nationally recognized AdvancED. It is in the process of expanding the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IB-MYP) to the ninth and tenth grades. Total enrollment: 703 Faculty: 52 certifi ed educators Class of 2016: 160 students Percentage holding at least a Masters: 95.9% (2 PhDs) Average years of experience: 14.0 years The student/counselor ratio is 234:1 and student/faculty ratio 14:1, which affords students the academic support and opportunities characterizing a highly personal educational experience. Marking System, GPA and Class Rank Bexley High School groups core courses by achievement level, all of which provide for a college preparatory program. Core courses have NCAA Clearinghouse approval, with the lowest passing grade a “D-” and the col- lege recommending grade a “C.” Grade Point Averages are calculated on a 4.0 basis, with only BHS courses computed in a student’s GPA. Transfer students will not have a GPA until one semester of work at BHS has been completed. Due to the highly competitive nature of Bexley High School, students are not ranked for college ad- mission. In the class of 2015, 41 students were designated Summa Cum Laude, 68 received the Honors Diploma and 29 graduated as part of the BHS Cum Laude Society. Cumulative Weighted GPA Number % of Class of 2016 4.76- 4.0 36 22 3.99 - 3.5 40 25 3.49 - 3.0 34 21 2.99 - 2.5 13 8 2.49 - 2.0 20 12 1.99 and below 18 11 Advanced Placement and Honors Bexley offers Honors courses in English 9 and 10, Advanced Algebra, Precalculus, Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, French, Spanish, and Latin. Twenty certifi ed Advanced Placement courses are offered in Language and Composition, Literature and Composition, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, American History, European History, Psychology, U.S. Government and Politics, Comput- er Science, Spanish, French, Latin, Art History, Studio Art and Music Theory. Students enrolled in AP courses are required to take the AP exam, which is paid for by the school district; there is no limit on the number of AP courses a student may take. In 2015, 261 students took a total of 574 AP Exams with 86.5 percent earning a score of 3 or above. College Admissions Testing Twelve members of the class of 2016 were invited to participate in the National Merit Program’s College Plans Reporting Service. 78 members of the class of 2015 took the SAT, with the following score ranges for the middle 50% of test takers: Critical Reading: 530-680 Math: 520-650 Writing: 490-640 126 members of the class of 2015 took the ACT with the following score range for the middle 50%: 24 - 31 Stephanie Krosnosky, College Counselor Harley Williams, Principal of Secondary Schools David Leland, School Counselor Kristin Robbins, Assistant Principal Carrie Washburn, School Counselor Graduation Requirements Bexley offers a comprehensive, student-centered curriculum, requiring 21 units of credit for graduation. These must include: Fine Arts 0.5 unit Health and P.E. 1.0 units Science 3.0 units English 4.0 units Mathematics 4.0 units Social Studies 3.0 units Business/Technology; Foreign Language; or Fine Arts 0.5 unit Financial Literacy Capstone 0.5 unit Special Programs A Learning Center provides services for students with identifi ed learning disabilities. Students may participate in alternative learning experiences at Eastland/Fairfi eld Career Center, through the WINGS program, College Credit Plus programs at Columbus State Community College and the Metro School, a county-wide school with a math and science focus. Also available is MOSAIC, an inter-disciplinary, integrated curriculum with a global/multicul- tural focus. College Admissions In 2015, Bexley graduates were offered admission to the following institutions: Limestone College University of Pittsburgh Agnes Scott College DePaul University Loyola Marymount University Pomona College The University of Akron DePauw University Loyola University Chicago Pratt Institute The University of Alabama Dickinson College Loyola University Maryland Princeton University Allegheny College Drexel University Lynchburg College Regis University American University of Rome Duquesne University Marquette University Rhodes College The University of Arizona Eastern Michigan University Marshall University Rochester Institute of Technology Baldwin Wallace University Eckerd College University of Maryland, College Park University of Rochester Belmont University Emerson College Maryville University Rollins College Binghamton University Emory University University of Massachusetts, Amherst Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Boston University Florida Atlantic University University of Massachusetts, Boston Rutgers University-New Brunswick Bowling Green State University Florida Gulf Coast University Miami University, Oxford Saint Louis University Brandeis University Florida State University University of Miami University of San Francisco University of British Columbia Fort Lewis College Michigan State University Santa Clara University Butler University Frostburg State University University of Michigan Savannah College of Art and Design California Polytechnic State Univer Furman University University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Southern California sity, San Luis Obispo The George Washington University The University of Montana, Missoula Southern Methodist University University of California, Berkeley Georgetown University Muhlenberg College The University of Tampa Calvin College The University of Georgia Nazareth College Tennessee State University Capital University Guilford College University of North Carolina at Texas Christian University Case Western Reserve University Hartwick College Asheville The University of Texas, Austin Central Michigan University Haverford College The University of North Carolina at The Ohio State University Chapman University High Point University Chapel Hill The Ohio State University, Newark College of Charleston Hobart and William Smith Colleges University of North Carolina at University of Toledo Chatham University Hofstra University Wilmington Tufts University University of Cincinnati University of Illinois at Chicago North Carolina State University Union College Clemson University University of Illinois at Urbana- Northeastern University University of Utah Cleveland Institute of Art Champaign Northern Kentucky University University of Vermont Cleveland State University Indiana University at Bloomington University of Notre Dame University of Victoria College for Creative Studies Ithaca College Oberlin College Villanova University University of Colorado at Boulder James Madison University Occidental College Washington University in St. Louis Columbia College Chicago John Carroll University Oglethorpe University West Virginia University Columbus College of Art and Design Kalamazoo College Ohio Dominican University Willamette University Columbus State Community College University of Kansas Ohio Northern University University of Wisconsin, Madison Concordia University - River Forest Kent State University Ohio University Wittenberg University Cornell College University of Kentucky Ohio Wesleyan University The College of Wooster University of Dayton Kenyon College Otterbein University Wright State University Denison University Kettering University University of Pennsylvania Xavier University University of Denver Lewis & Clark College College Statistics Over the past 20 years, more than 90 percent of Bexley students have entered college after graduation. The Class of 2015 had a college matriculation rate of 94 percent with 36 percent of attending colleges outside of Ohio. Admissions Statement Bexley High School is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling and its Ohio affi liate, and fully endorses the Statement of Good Practices as adopted by NACAC and Ohio ACAC. All information is being sent to the admis- sions offi ce on the condition that it not be released to any other party without the con- sent of the student or his/her parents. Teachers and counselors may not have shared their statements with the student. For further information, call (614) 231-4591 or write: Bexley High School, 326 South Cassingham Road, Bexley, Ohio 43209. O 57 SCHOOL PROFILE 2015 – 2016 Ms. Marian Hutson, Principal and Academic Dean Mrs. Lisa Kliner, Counselor A - F Deacon Christopher Campbell, Assistant Principal Mr. Casey Teeters, Counselor G - L Mr. William Weisner, Assistant Principal Ms. Patricia Creighton, Chairperson M - Q Mrs. Jamie Kirby, Counselor R - Z Bishop Watterson High School is a comprehensive, co-educational, Catholic school for grades 9-12. It is located in a residential area serving the northwest quadrant of Columbus and Franklin County. A large majority of parents are college-educated, business and professional people. Bishop Watterson High School meets all State of Ohio education requirements and is fully accredited by the Department of Education, State of Ohio and the Catholic Diocese of Columbus. Bishop Watterson High School also received the U.S. Department of Education Exemplary School