Profile for the Class of 2017 Co-Director of The School Grading Scale/Weighting/Honors College Counseling Founded in 1869, The Agnes Irwin School is an Excellent A+ 100-97 Highest Honors Constance T. McEvoy independent college preparatory day school for girls, A 96-93 Highest Honors Tel. 610-526-1663 High Honors [email protected] located 12 miles west of Philadelphia. A- 92-90 Good B+ 89-87 Honors Co-Director of Enrollment B 86-83 College Counseling The total enrollment of grades PreK-12 is 620 (25% B- 82-80 Megan L. Scott are students of color; 27% receive financial aid). Satisfactory C+ 79-77 Tel. 484-380-4104 There are 283 students in grades 9-12 and 65 in the C 76-73 [email protected] Class of 2017. Students come from Philadelphia and C- 72-70 Passing D 69-65 the surrounding suburbs. There are several students College Counselor from China. Failing F 64- 0 Julianne L. Brennan Tel. 610-525-8400 ext. 1647 National Merit Scholarship Program [email protected] Minimum Requirements for Graduation Class of 2016 2017 English: 4 years College Counseling Assistant Mathematics: 3 years (Alg. II minimum requirement) Commended Students 8 2 Suzanne M. Phelan Semi-Finalists/Finalists/Scholars 5/5/2 4/TBD History: 3 years (1 year U.S. History) Tel. 610-523-7989 Science: 3 years (1 year each Physics, Chemistry, [email protected] National Hispanic Recognition Program Biology) Class of 2016 2017 World Language: 3 years of Spanish or French, Director of Upper School Scholar 0 1 or completion of Latin III or Greek III Joanne P. Hoffman Visual & Performing Arts: 1 year SAT Reasoning Test (pre March 2016) Middle 50% Range: Head of School 2016: CR: 580-700 M: 570-680 W: 610-730 Additional Graduation Requirements: Wendy L. Hill 2017: CR: 570-710 M: 550-690 W: 600-710 Athletics: Three seasons required in Grades 9-10. Two seasons required in Grades 11-12. 275 S. Ithan Ave. SAT Reasoning Test (post Mar. 2016) Middle 50% Range: (P.O. Box 407) Wellness: required in Grades 9-12. 2017 Rosemont, PA Community Service: 40 hours over 4 years. Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 600-685 19010-1099 Media Literacy: required in Grade 9. Mathematics: 540-670 Senior Assembly: required in Grade 12. Reading: 29-35 Phone 610-525-8400 Senior Seminars/College 101 Workshops (Grade 12) Writing: 30-35 Fax 610-525-8908 Special Studies Program (Grades 9-11) Total: 1150-1335 www.agnesirwin.org Accreditation/Affiliations Accredited by the Middle States Association of ACT Test Middle 50% Range: CEEB Code: 395400 Colleges & Schools and by the Pennsylvania 2016 2017 Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) English: 27-32 26-34 Member of The Cum Laude Society Math: 25-32 25-30 Member of the Maguire Foundation Scholars Reading: 23-31 26-33 Program Science: 23-29 23-29 Composite: 25-30 27-31 Faculty There are 59 faculty & professional staff in the Advanced Placement Tests (Subject-specific results on page 3) Upper School. Of the 53 teaching faculty, 95% hold Class of 2016 Class of 2017 (Jr. Yr.) advanced degrees. Average class size is 11. Tests Taken 265 90 Number of Subjects 21 8 Class Rank Candidates (% of class) 63 (93%) 43 (66%) Rank was discontinued in 1972. Individualized grade % Scores 3, 4, 5 88% 85% distribution provided with college applications. % Scores 4, 5 62% 60% Class of 2017 AP Scholar (# in Class) 14 7 88% enrolled in 4 or more math courses (3 exams scored 3-5) AP Scholar with Honor 3 2 54% took Calculus or AP Calculus (4 exams scored 3-5) 55% enrolled in 4 or more science courses AP Scholar with Distinction 22 TBD 35% took 2 or more AP Science courses (5 exams scored 3-5) 55% in 4 or more history classes National AP Scholar 3 TBD 32% in world language senior year (8 exams scored 3-5) 14% in Indep. Science/Computer Science Special Programs Required for All Students Electives Explanations (continued) Media Literacy [9]: This course encourages students to look past the Engineering for the Future [10-12]: Designed to introduce students to the face value of the media (Internet, television, magazines, newspapers) field of engineering through in-class discussion and hands-on lab and question the motives beneath the messages. Topics include internet experiments that include: designing the best organizer, building the strongest safety, research skills, copyright and fair use, information seeking bridge, creating the most efficient model boat, and designing electrical strategies, and advertising techniques & consumer culture. circuits. (½ credit/semester course) Science Sequence: AIS’s preferred sequence for science courses is: Global Health & the Girl Child [12]: This seminar-style course is Physics (9; grade-level only); Chemistry (10; grade-level or Honors); anchored with lectures delivered at Agnes Irwin by various guest lecturers. Biology (11; grade-level or Honors); AP Biology (11 or 12), AP Topics focus on the most pressing issues facing girls’ health worldwide, Chemistry (11 or 12), and/or AP Physics (12). AP Environmental including HIV/AIDS, violence against women, and human trafficking. (½ Science may be taken in grades 10, 11 or 12 without prerequisite. credit/semester course) Senior Assemblies [12]: Each senior is required to prepare and present a Independent Science Research [9-12]: Students may choose to conduct 10-minute research-based speech with visual aids in front of the Upper science research outside of school, and are matched with mentors from local School student body and faculty (approx. 300 people). Topics range academic and industrial communities. The research results in a culminating from the performing arts to scientific research to current events. The project to be presented, or otherwise published or recognized. The course is presentation is graded by a team of faculty. The topic and grade are listed graded pass/fail and earns ½ or 1 credit for successful completion, on the final transcript. depending on the project’s scope. Senior Seminars & College 101 Series [12]: Following exams, seniors Innovations [11-12]: Semester, project-based course using CAD and other participate in two weeks of mini-courses taught by faculty and designed drawing programs to design and fabricate objects using 3-D printers and to parallel collegiate offerings in both context and time frame. Students Laser Cutter, operating in AIS’s new MakerSpace. Students develop skills in also participate in a series of College 101 workshops on topics designed elements of design, working knowledge of CAD, applied mathematics and for college preparation (e.g., personal finance, health, self-defense and spatial reasoning. “AIS Graduates’ Look at College Life”). Media Arts I, II, New Media Narrative (III) [9-12]: Using digital tools, SSP-9 [9]: As a precursor to the Special Studies Program, SSP-9 is a students develop technical skills and gain knowledge of digital applications two-week project-based program focusing on interdisciplinary problem- through the use of computers, scanners and digital cameras. The culminating solving. Students are presented with new challenges each day that draw course allows a concentration in either print or film. For film, students on curricular work mastered during the year. Examples include: video pursue interviewing, pre- and post-production and techniques for producing game design, wearable technology and cryptology. compelling stories. For print, students apply advanced design concepts to material, culminating in a web-based portfolio, with access to a 3-D printer. Special Studies Program [10-11]: This two-week program seeks to expand students’ understanding of the world beyond AIS through travel, internships, service work, cultural immersion/exploration, and independent opportunities for the pursuit of special interests. 2016 Other Special Opportunities offerings included: History and Culture in China or Italy; Habitat for Big Timber Arts Round-Up [11-12]: In October, a select group of Agnes Humanity in SC; Sports Business; Service in Tanzania, Fashionistas & Irwin students join students from the Haverford School, Episcopal Academy Foodies, Sustainable Agriculture; Engineering; Philadelphia Past & and a local high school at a ranch in Montana for a five-day seminar on Present. writing, art, drama or photography, working with western writers and artists. Transitions [9-12]: AIS’s Wellness curriculum focuses on developing skills to promote healthy lifestyle choices, self-knowledge and self- esteem. Topics include relationships; emotional, physical and Human Relationships Seminar [11-12]: Annually Agnes Irwin, Baldwin community wellness; Red Cross First Aid; Alcohol.edu®; financial School, and Haverford School each select four students to meet for 10 literacy; self-defense; and the college search/application processes. evening seminars in the fall. This non-credit class investigates human relationships’ complexities-innate, socially-constructed, and evolving - Electives Explanations through readings and academic discussions. From Plato’s Symposium to a selection of contemporary works of fiction and scholarship, participants Advanced Topics in Mathematics [12]: Includes the “C” topics delve into the workings of our understanding of ourselves-and of the way we omitted in the AB Calculus AP course and leads to the BC Calculus AP live with each other, considering the transformation of psychological exam. Additional topics taught include multivariable calculus and topics theories, societal norms, gender, relationships, sexuality, and identity. from differential equations and linear algebra. Bioethics: This non-lab, research-based science elective is concerned with dilemmas caused when the facts of medical/genetic research Online School for Girls [12]: OSG is a membership-based consortium of conflict with the norms and needs of society with ethical decision- over 60 schools, providing an all-girls educational experience through a dynamic online learning community. Ten or fewer seniors are admitted by making at the level of the individual, the community, and the nation.