Benjamin Franklin High School Admissions Packet 2021-22 by bfhsfalcons

2021 – 2022 Admissions Packet

2021-2022 ADMISSIONS CALENDAR

1. ATTEND THE ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSE

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. l l

Please join us to explore Benjamin Franklin High School and all it has to offer. Register in advance to receive more information, reminders, and follow-up materials.

2. REGISTER FOR THE ADMISSIONS TEST October 1, 2021 - January 7, 2022 l l

Register online at www.bfhsla.org/portal beginning October 1, 2021. Upload your child’s birth certificate and two proofs of residency in Orleans Parish.

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Submit the registration on time by January 7, 2022. Test registrations will be accepted after that date, but there will be no retest opportunity.

3. TAKE THE ADMISSIONS TEST Admissions testing is scheduled once the test registration is verified. All tests are at Franklin on specific Saturdays at 7:45 a.m. (registration completed by:) October 30, 2021 (October 22, 2021) November 13, 2021 (November 5, 2021) December 11, 2021 (December 3, 2021) January 15, 2022 (January 7, 2022) February 5, 2022 (January 28, 2022) March 12, 2022 (March 4, 2022) April 2, 2022

(March 25, 2022)

4. SEND THE REPORT CARD Report cards from the first semester (first two quarters) or first trimester must be sent to the Admissions Office as soon as they are available in order to determine eligibility. The deadline for submission is January 14, 2022.

5. WELCOME WEDNESDAYS If you have more questions and feel visiting the school would be helpful, please sign up at bfhsla.org/visit to join a small group of 10 or fewer on one of our Welcome Wednesdays. Visits will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and will include a tour of the campus.

6. CHOOSE FRANKLIN l Emails confirming that students have met all admissions requirements will be sent to families beginning February 22, 2022, and will continue on a rolling basis as testing is completed and report cards are received.

l Registration packets will be distributed the week of March 21, 2022, 2022 and will continue on a rolling basis. l Final report cards for new ninth graders and transcripts for 10th and 11th graders are due as soon as available but no later than June 15, 2022, 2022 to confirm eligibility for admission.

HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR MATRIX SCORE

Add the points that correlate with the score in each section of the admissions test and the report card GPA GPA points + Reading Test points + Language Test points + Math Test points = Total Matrix points - 88 points are required to enter the ninth or 10th grades - 108 points are required to enter the 11th grade MATRIX Admissions Test scores* Points

GPA**

Reading

Language

Math

3.50 - 4.00

98 - 99

3.40 - 3.49

96 - 97

3.30 - 3.39

94 - 95

3.20 - 3.29

92 - 93

3.10 - 3.19

90 - 91

3.00 - 3.09

88 - 89

2.90 - 2.99

86 - 87

2.80 - 2.89

84 - 85

2.70 - 2.79

82 - 83

2.60 - 2.69

80 - 81

2.50 - 2.59

78 - 79

2.40 - 2.49

76 - 77

2.30 - 2.39

74 - 75

2.20 - 2.29

72 - 73

2.10 - 2.19

70 - 71

2.00 - 2.09

68 - 69

1.90 - 1.99

66 - 67

1.80 - 1.89

64 - 65

1.70 - 1.79

62 - 63

1.60 - 1.69

60 - 61

1.50 - 1.59

58 - 59

1.40 - 1.49

56 - 57

1.30 - 1.39

54 - 55

1.20 - 1.29

52 - 53

1.10 - 1.19

50 - 51

1.00 - 1.09

48 - 49

0.90 - 0.99

46 - 47

0.80 - 0.89

44 - 45

0.70 - 0.79

42 - 43

0.10 - 0.69

1 - 41

*The admissions test is an Iowa Assessment **Applicants must have a 2.0 GPA or higher GPA criteria: A=4 points, B=3 points, C=2 points, D=1 point

ADMISSIONS PROCESS BEGIN THE PROCESS Go to www.bfhsla.org/apply and upload the required supporting documents: • Copy of the student’s birth certificate • Three proofs of Orleans Parish residency in the parent or legal guardian’s name*

LIVE IN ORLEANS PARISH - Acceptable proofs of residency:

Lease or mortgage information Homestead exemption Property tax bill Homeowners or flood insurance Auto insurance Medical insurance

Telephone bill Entergy bill Sewerage & Water Board bill Cable or internet service bill Payroll check stub with home address Government agency letter/notice

*Students must maintain Orleans Parish residency throughout their tenure at the school or they will be required to withdraw.

MOVING TO NEW ORLEANS?

Orleans Parish residency is a critical admissions requirement. Families who are planning to move to New Orleans may request to take the admissions test but will not be offered placement until they prove their residency in Orleans Parish. The school cannot admit any student not residing in Orleans Parish, regardless of circumstances. Contact us if you are moving to New Orleans.

TAKE THE ADMISSIONS TEST

All applicants must take the admissions test. We will confirm your student’s testing date once we verify the birth certificate and proofs of residency. Tests are administered at Benjamin Franklin High School on specified Saturdays. (See Admissions Calendar.) Timely applicants may re-test once if they do not meet admissions requirements on the first test. Late applicants may only test once. Admissions test results will be emailed to the applicant approximately two weeks after the test date. It is very important to inform the Admissions Office of any changes in address or email.

SEND THE REPORT CARD

Grades matter. Report card grades in core courses (English/reading, math, science, and social studies) are an important part of the application process. The unweighted GPA of core courses is used to determine GPA matrix points. For eighth graders, the report card showing the first and second quarter grades is evaluated to determine GPA matrix points. For schools using trimesters, the first trimester report card will be evaluated. (Families may request that second trimester or second and third quarter grades be assessed, if needed.) The complete ninth grade report card and the first-semester 10th grade report card must be provided for applicants to 11th grade. Eligibility cannot be determined until the report card is received. A GPA below 2.0 will render a student ineligible.

TEST ACCOMMODATIONS

If a student has a 504 Plan or an IAP that provides for accommodations for standardized testing, a copy of the plan must be provided to the Admissions Office two weeks in advance of the test date. This is necessary in order to have the accommodations in place for testing.

CHOOSE FRANKLIN

Acceptance offers will be sent beginning in February and then continuing on a rolling basis as report cards are received and additional tests are completed.

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS BY GRADE All students and their families must live in Orleans Parish during the time the student attends Ben Franklin High School. Unfortunately, we cannot accept incoming 12th graders, mid-year applicants, or non-Orleans Parish residents.

9th Grade: 1. 88 points on the Admissions Matrix from the student’s national percentile scores on the admissions test and the GPA from the student’s first trimester or first semester report card. 2. Promotion to the ninth grade with no failing grades on the final report card and a final GPA of at least 2.0.

10th Grade: 1. 88 points on the Admissions Matrix from the student’s national percentile scores on the admissions test and the GPA from the student’s first semester report card from the ninth grade. 2. Promotion to the 10th grade with no failing grades on the final report card and a final GPA of at least 2.0. 3. One full (1.0) credit each in English, math, science, and social studies earned in the ninth grade.

11th Grade: 1. 108 points on the Admissions Matrix from the student’s national percentile scores on the admissions test and the student’s GPA from the ninth and 10th grade transcript through the first semester of 10th grade. 2. Promotion to the 11th grade with no failing grades on the transcript and a final GPA of at least 2.0. 3. Two full credits (2.0) each in English, math, science, and social studies and one full credit (1.0) in world languages.

Benjamin Franklin High School Profile DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL Benjamin Franklin High School was founded in 1957 as a city-wide, public, coeducational, college preparatory day school for students of superior intellectual potential. Franklin is open to students of all races and creeds. A rigorous academic program is supplemented by extensive athletic, artistic, and extracurricular activities. The school’s current enrollment is 1,022 students in ninth through 12th grades. Our students come from all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds and include American Indian/Alaskan Native (<1%), Asian (20.0%), Black or African American (30.2%), Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (<1%), Hispanic/Latino (8.6%) White/Caucasian (35.3%), and multiracial (5.1%).There are 242 students (142 female, 100 male) in the 12th grade. Of the senior class, 100% plan to attend four-year colleges after graduation. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS/RETENTION Admissions criteria include a matrix of standardized test scores and grade point average. Students are required to maintain an unweighted GPA of 2.0 in core academic subjects in order to return to Franklin each year. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS OF 2022 Students must complete a minimum of 24 academic units, including 4 in English, 3 in world language, 4 in mathematics, 4 in science, 4 in social science, 2 in electives, 1 in the fine arts, 1.5 in physical education, and .5 in health. Students must complete 3 Advanced Placement (AP) courses, as well as a Research Intensive course in order to graduate. ACCREDITATION AdvancED (formerly SACS); Louisiana State Department of Education; National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools; Member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling; and the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling. We also comply with the NACAC Statement of Principles of Good Practice. GRADING SYSTEM / GPA • Grades are given on a letter scale: A (93-100), B (85-92), C (75-84), D (67-74), F (below 67). • Grade points ranging from 4 to 1 are assigned to the letters A to D respectively. • Academic courses are weighted: honors courses, 1.1; gifted courses, 1.11; advanced placement courses, 1.12. • GPA is computed over all courses taken. We do not rank our students. COURSE OFFERINGS, SEPTEMBER 2021 Mathematics: 4 units required

Advanced Math Functions Algebra I (H) (G) Geometry (H) (G) Algebra II (H) (G) Linear Algebra Pre-Calculus (H) (G) (DE) Calculus (H), (AP) (AB) (BC) Computer Science (H) (AP) Statistics (AP)

English: 4 units required English I (H) (G) English II (H) (G) English III (H) (G) (AP) English IV (H) (G) (AP)

Social Sciences: 4 units required

World Geography (H) Human Geography (AP) Civics (H) American Government (AP) U.S. History (H) (AP) World History (H) (AP) European History (AP)

Physical Education: 1.5 units required I-II .5 unit health 2 units elective

World Language: 3 units required Chinese I-III (H) Chinese IV (AP) French I-III (H)

(H) Honors (G) Gifted (AP) Advanced Placement (DE) Dual Enrollment

French IV (AP) V(H) German I-III (H) German IV (AP) Latin I-III (H) Latin IV (AP) Spanish I-III (H) Spanish IV-V (AP)

Science: 4 units required

Biology I (H) Biology II (AP) Earth Science (H) Chemistry I (H) Chemistry II (AP) Environmental Science (H) (AP) Physics I (H) Physics C: Mechanics (AP) Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (AP)

Electives: 3 units required

9th Grade Seminar African American Lit. Research (H) Art I-III, IV (Studio Art AP) Art History (AP) Band (Beg., Int., Adv. I and II) (H) Computer Science A (AP) Computer Science Principles (H) Creative Writing I-III (H) Digital Storytelling (H) Ethics (DE) Intro to Engineering (DE) Intro to Computational Thinking (H) Math Lab Research (H) Media Arts I, II (DE) Music Theory I , II (AP) Macro/Micro Economics (AP) Orchestra I-IV (H) Philosophy (DE)

Photography I-II Physical Education III and IV Psychology (H), (AP) Publications I, II Science Research (H) Sociology (H) Speech I (H) STAR Teaching Research (DE) Studio Art(Art III): 2D Design (AP) Studio Art: 3D Design (AP) Talented in Music I - IV Talented in Theater I-IV Talented in Visual Arts I - IV Technical Theater I, II Twentieth Century History (H) Theater I, II Women’s Studies Research (H)

OTHER ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Students may enroll concurrently at local universities and the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). Students in 10th through 12th grades may earn up to 3 units of credit per year at NOCCA in theater, dance, jazz, writing, classical music, culinary, and visual arts.

TESTING PROFILE SAT SCORE DISTRIBUTION for Class of 2021 Critical Reading Math Total

ADVANCED PLACEMENT

Middle 50% Mean Students Tested 660– 732 595 – 710 1245 – 1450

681 658 1350

Total AP Students Number of Exams Number of AP Scholar Awards % of Total AP Students with Scores 3+

2017 2 018 549 539 1025 942 250 197 84 88

2019 595 1100 229 85

2020 577 1111 236 82

NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION ACT for Class of 2020

English Math Reading Science Reasoning Composite

Middle 50% Mean Students Tested 25 – 34 23 – 28 25 – 34 23 – 30 24 – 31

28.7 25.6 29.1 26.0 27.5

CLASS National Merit Finalist Semifinalist Commended

237

2019 11 11 15

2020 23 24 10

2021 22 23 7

2021 526 979 160 74

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SUMMARY – CLASSES OF 2017 - 2021 Agnes Scott College American Academy of the Dramatic Arts American University Arizona State University Auburn University Babson College Bard College Barnard College Barry University Baruch College of the CUNY Baylor University Belmont University Bethune-Cookman University Berklee College of Music Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brown University Bucknell University California Institute of Technology Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Centenary College of Louisiana Centre College Chapman University CIS: Endicott International Claremont McKenna College Clark Atlanta University Colby College College of Economics, Prague College of Charleston College of William and Mary Colorado State University Columbia College Chicago Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College DePaul University Dillard University Drexel University Duke University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emerson College Emory University Fisk University Florida A&M Florida Institute of Technology Florida State University Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering George Mason University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University

Grinnell College Hamilton College - NY Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Hendrix College Howard University Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University, Bloomington James Madison University Johns Hopkins University Kentucky Wesleyan College Kenyon College Lafayette College Louisiana State University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Marymount Loyola University New Orleans Macalester College Marist College Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University McNeese State University Memorial University of Newfoundland Memphis College of Art Michigan State University Millsaps College Mississippi College Mississippi State University Morehouse College Mount Holyoke College New England Conservatory New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology New York University Nicholls State University Northeastern University North Carolina State University Northwestern State University Northwestern University Nova Southeastern University Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Occidental College Oglethorpe University Olin College Oregon State University Pace University, New York City Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins Pennsylvania State University Pomona College Prairie View A&M University Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University Reed College Rhode Island School of Design

Rhodes College Rice University Roanoke College Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers University-New Brunswick Saint Louis University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Scripps College Smith College Soka University of America Southeastern Louisiana University Southern Methodist University Spelman College Spring Hill College St. Edward’s University St. John’s College Stanford University SUNY Maritime SUNY: Purchase SUNY Stony Brook Temple University Tennessee State University Texas State University Texas A&M University The Cooper Union The George Washington University The Juilliard School The New School - All Divisions The Ohio State University The University of Alabama The University of Arizona The University of Melbourne The Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of Texas, Austin The University of Texas, Dallas Trinity University Tufts University Tulane University Tuskegee University Union College (New York) United States Air Force Academy United States Naval Academy Universitat de Barcelona Universite Montpellier I, II, III University College Utrecht University of Arkansas at Little Rock University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego

Names in BOLD are the colleges Franklin’s 2021 Class Members are attending

University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Central Florida University of Chicago University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Denver University of Connecticut University of Dallas University of Delaware University of Denver University of Edinburgh University of Florida University of Georgia University of Glasgow University of Houston University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of Louisiana at Monroe University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Mississippi University of Missouri St. Louis University of New Orleans University of New Haven University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Francisco University of South Alabama University of South Carolina University of South Florida University of Southern California University of Southern Mississippi University of St. Andrews University of Utah University of Virginia University of Washington University of Western Australia University of Wisconsin, Madison Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tech Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University William Woods University Xavier University of Louisiana Yale University