School Profile 2012-13

Enter to Learn

Leave to Serve

Profile 2012–2013 La Salle College High School 8605 Cheltenham Avenue Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038 215 233 2911 phone 215 402 4350 fax www.lschs.org www.lschs.org/college Brother James J. Butler, FSC President butlerj@lschs.org Michael A. O’Toole Principal otoole@lschs.org Gerard M. Brett Director of College Counseling 215 402 4846 brettg@lschs.org Mary Kay Mullen Associate Director of College Counseling 215 402 4845 mullen@lschs.org Brother William DiPasquale, FSC Associate Director of College Counseling 215 402 4852 dipasqualeb@lschs.org Kathleen G. O’Connell Administrative Assistant College Counseling 215 402 4849 oconnell@lschs.org CEEB CODE 393370 ENROLLMENT 1,065 young men representing 181 elementary schools and 105 zip codes from the City of Philadelphia, four surrounding counties, state of New Jersey, and international countries.

269 members in the class of 2013 FINANCIAL AID 2011-2012: $3 million awarded 33% of students receive financial aid Alumni, faculty and parents contribute to this amount FACULTY Full Time: 97 Adjunct: 14 Advanced Degrees

Masters Degrees: 93

Doctorate Degrees: 4 Student-Faculty Ratio: 11:1 Average Class Size: 19

THE SCHOOL Established in 1858, La Salle College High School is a Catholic independent college preparatory school for young men, grades 9-12, of varied backgrounds. La Salle is committed to Christian values, academic excellence, spiritual fulfillment, cultural enrichment, and physical development. In the tradition of the De La Salle Christian Brothers Schools, La Salle empowers students to accept responsibility, achieve their fullest potential and work to build a just society.

La Salle is a member of a worldwide Lasallian network of schools and colleges. La Salle is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

La Salle holds memberships in PAIS, ADVIS, CEEB, NACAC, PACAC, and the International Coalition of Boys Schools.

THE STUDENTS La Salle students are accepted on the basis of a competitive entrance exam and an admissions portfolio.

Students come from more than 181 parochial, private, and public elementary schools from the City of Philadelphia, small towns, suburban communities, rural areas in the four surrounding counties, the state of New Jersey, and international countries. Typically, 100% of graduates attend college. The Class of 2012 earned over $29.3 million in documented scholarships and grants.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM Students must complete 26.5 credits to graduate, including the following requirements: Religion (4), English (4), Mathematics (3), Lab Science (3), Social Studies (3), World Language (3), Physical Education (1), Fine Arts (.5), Computer Education (.5), Health (.5), and Electives (4). By graduation, a significant number of seniors exceed the above requirements. Students carry a minimum of six credits yearly. Twenty Advanced Placement courses are offered, and honors and advanced courses are available in all major subject areas. Study at local colleges is an option.

TECHNOLOGY La Salle’s strong academic program is enhanced by one of the most sophisticated technological systems available in secondary education today: the first school in the nation to fully implement Microsoft Exchange 2010; completely wireless campus enhanced by Gigabit fiber optic backbone connecting all classrooms and offices; a T3 dedicated internet circuit that offers students 90MB of in and out bandwidth Nehalem Xeon Servers; four computer labs with over 150 Nehalem i7 workstations,

Windows 7 Desktops, and access to the complete Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus Package; TV production and broadcast studio with editing equipment and operating systems for live programs and taped productions; Multimedia lab with over 80 workstations for student and faculty teaching and production; library and media center with capability for thirty-four online reference programs; computer lab internship for qualified students who have amassed 15 Microsoft certifications; all 57 instructional areas are equipped with a SMARTBoard, HD Projection TV, DVD, and high performance sound system. Students lead multiple independent projects in campus technology as part of La Salle’s Microsoft IT Academy Program. 93 students received Microsoft Technology Association qualification during 2011-2012 in what is the only Level One Microsoft IT Academy in Pennsylvania.

ACTIVITIES and ATHLETICS La Salle features 50 clubs and student organizations that have earned national, state, regional and local awards.

For example, La Salle is nationally recognized as a Debate School of Excellence by the National Forensics League, consistently earns Superior ratings in Jazz Band regional competitions, and the Engineering Club is integral in conducting Renewable Energy Studies including the feasibility of installing wind and solar equipment at La Salle. Over 70% of the students are involved in one or more activities.

Over 50% of the student body actively participates in our extensive 16 varsity sport program including 39 separate teams. In 2011-2012 La Salle was the Pennsylvania State Champion in Baseball, Hockey, and Swimming.

In addition, La Salle earned seven Philadelphia Catholic League Championships, eight District 12 Championships, one second place finish in the lacrosse PIAA State Championship, as well as Flyers Cup Champions in hockey. 12 students were named as high school All-Americans.

COMMUNITY SERVICE Student participation in community service is voluntary.

Students participate in 23 year-round service projects.

75% of the students volunteered in extended weekly, seasonal, or summer service programs. Over 265 students, which represents 40% of the upper classmen, along with 27 faculty members, volunteered on week long service trips, locally, nationally, and internationally, this past summer. Fathers of our freshman and sophomore students accompany their sons on a day of service during the school year.

Academic Profile CURRICULUM

NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITION 2013

Committed to a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, La Salle also supports students in developing individualized programs of study and provides opportunities to explore subjects of interest at advanced and independent levels. The curriculum is comprised of over 135 courses in nine academic areas and includes twenty AP course offerings. Scheduling constraints may affect the number of AP courses that a student can take.

National Merit Semi-Finalists National Merit Commended

GRADING La Salle does not rank students. The grade distribution chart for junior year courses and the cumulative GPA distribution on the next page provide the context for individual student transcripts.

GRADING SCALE A+ = 98-100 (4.3) A = 93-97 (4.0)

A- = 90-92 (3.7)

B+ = 88-89 (3.3)

B = 85-87 (3.0)

B- = 82-84 (2.7)

C+ = 80-81 (2.3)

C = 77-79 (2.0)

C- = 74-76 (1.7)

D+ = 72-73 (1.3)

D = 70-71 (1.0)

F = 00-69 ( 0.0 failing)

ADVANCED PLACEMENT RESULTS 2012 Total Candidates 300 Total Tests Taken 615 Percentage of scores 3 or higher at La Salle 87% 117 AP Scholars including 15 National Scholars Subject

Students % Scores 3-5

Biology Calculus AB Calculus BC Chemistry Computer Science A Economics (Macro) Economics (Micro) English Language English Literature Environmental Science European History Latin Vergil Physics B Physics C: E & M Physics C: M Psychology Spanish Language Statistics US Government & Politics US History World History

32 59 38 76 13 100 10 100 10 70 22 86 21 95 92 95 66 83 7 100 23 96 7 43 44 73 21 86 21 95 34 94 8 88 19 95 31 84 58 91 38 100

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SAT Test Scores – Class of 2012 Reasoning Test Scores Critical Reading

Percentage

Students

800-650 34% 81 640-500 53% 127 490-360 13% 32 Math

Percentage Students

800-650 42% 102 640-500 48% 114 490-300 10% 24 Writing

Percentage Students

800-650 30% 72 640-500 55% 132 490-330 15% 36

La Salle

State

National

Mean Critical Reading Score 599 491 496 Mean Math Score 615 501 514 Mean Combined Score 1214 992 1010 Mean Writing Score 595 480 488 Mean Total Score 1809 1472 1498 Mean SAT Reasoning Test Scores for La Salle students who took both the Reasoning Test and Subject Tests Mean Critical Reading Score Mean Math Score Mean Combined Score Mean Writing Score Mean Total Score

696 672 1369 672 2041

MEAN SCORES for SAT Subject Tests Subject Students Mean Biology E 1 630 Biology M 7 701 Chemistry 10 657 English Literature 20 642 French 2 470 Italian 1 500 Math Level 1 28 661 Math Level 2 26 721 Physics 23 695 Spanish 2 480 US History 28 687 World History 11 723

Profile Colleges and Universities COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CLASSES OF 2008-2012 The regional, national, and international reach of the matriculating seniors from the last five years reflects a community willing to think broadly in its efforts to make effective college choices.

NORTHEAST Albright College Allegheny College Alvernia University Amherst College Arcadia University Assumption College Bard College Bates College Binghamton University Bloomfield College Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Boston College Boston University Brandeis University Brown University Bryant College Bucknell University Bucks County Community College Cabrini College California University of Pennsylvania Canisius College Carnegie Mellon University Centenary College Champlain College Chestnut Hill College Clarion University of Pennsylvania Clarkson University Colby-Sawyer College Colgate University The College of New Jersey The College of the Holy Cross Columbia University The Culinary Institute of America Community College of Philadelphia Connecticut College Cornell University Curry College Dartmouth College DeSales University Delaware Valley College Dickinson College Dowling College Drew University Drexel University Duquesne University East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Eastern University Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Elizabethtown College Fairfield University Fairleigh-Dickinson University Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College Gannon University Geneva College Gettysburg College Grove City College Gwynedd-Mercy College Harrisburg University of Science & Technology Hartwick College Harvard University Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Holy Family University Immaculata University Indiana University of Pennsylvania Iona College Ithaca College John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the CUNY Johnson & Wales University Juniata College Keystone College King’s College The King’s College Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Lafayette College Lasell College

La Salle University Lebanon Valley College Lehigh University Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Lycoming College Maine Maritime Academy Manhattan College Manor College Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Marist College Marymount Manhattan College Marywood University McGill University Canada Mercyhurst College Messiah College Millersville University of Pennsylvania Misericordia University Monmouth University Montgomery County Community College Moravian College Mount Saint Mary College Muhlenberg College Neumann University New Jersey Institute of Technology New York Institute of Technology New York University Niagara University Nichols College Northeastern University Norwich University Pace University, New York City Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pennsylvania College of Technology Pennsylvania State University System and Honors College Philadelphia Biblical University Philadelphia University Plymouth State University Point Park University Polytechnic Institute of Technology of NYU Princeton University Providence College Quinnipiac University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Rider University Robert Morris University Roberts Wesleyan College Rochester Institute of Technology Roger Williams University Rosemont College Rowan University Rutgers University Sacred Heart University Saint Anselm College Saint Francis University Saint Joseph’s University Saint Michael’s College Saint Vincent College Salve Regina University Seton Hall University Seton Hill University Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Siena College Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania St. Bonaventure University St. John Fisher College St. John’s University St. Lawrence University State University of New York at Albany State University of New York – Plattsburgh Stevens Institute of Technology Stonehill College Stony Brook University Suffolk University SUNY College at Oneonta SUNY College at Oswego

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry SUNY Maritime College Susquehanna University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Thiel College Trinity College Tufts University Union College United States Merchant Marine Academy United States Military Academy University of Connecticut University of Hartford University of Maine, Orono University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Boston University of New Hampshire University of New Haven University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh System and Honors College University of Rhode Island University of Rochester University of Scranton University of the Arts University of the Sciences in Philadelphia University of Vermont Ursinus College Villanova University Wagner College Washington and Jefferson College Wentworth Institute of Technology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Western New England College Widener University Wilkes University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute York College of Pennsylvania SOUTHEAST American University Appalachian State University Auburn University Ave Maria University Belmont University Bethany College Bridgewater College The Catholic University of America Christopher Newport University The Citadel Clark Atlanta University Clemson University Coastal Carolina University The College of Charleston The College of William and Mary Corcoran College of Art and Design Davidson College Delaware College of Art and Design Delaware State University Duke University East Carolina University Eckerd College Elon College Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emory University Flagler College Florida Culinary Institute Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Institute of Technology Florida State University Full Sail University Furman University George Mason University The George Washington University Georgetown University

La Salle College High School, a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school, conducted by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, does not release any written discipline records of a matriculating student. If a student’s actions become part of a public record, then it is part of the public domain and can be accessed through the appropriate public source. (Effective 09/95).

Georgia Institute of Technology Goucher College Guilford College Hampden-Sydney College Hampton University High Point University Hood College Howard University Jacksonville University James Madison University Johns Hopkins University Loyola University Maryland Loyola University New Orleans Lynchburg College Lynn University Maryland Institute College of Art Marymount University McDaniel College Methodist University Morehouse College Morgan State University Mount Saint Mary’s University North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina State University Old Dominion University Potomac State College of West Virginia Randolph-Macon College Rhodes College Roanoke College Rollins College Saint Leo University Salisbury University Shenandoah University St. Mary’s College of Maryland Stevenson University Towson University Tulane University United States Naval Academy University of Alabama University of Delaware University of Kentucky University of Mary Washington University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland Baltimore County University of Miami University of Mississippi University of North Carolina, Charlotte University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina, Wilmington University of Richmond University of South Carolina, Columbia University of South Florida University of Tampa University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Virginia Vanderbilt University Virginia Military Institute Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Washington College Wesley College West Virginia University Wheeling Jesuit College Winthrop University MIDWEST Butler University Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Institute of Art Concordia University DePaul University Evangel University Franciscan University of Steubenville Indiana University at Bloomington Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

John Carroll University Kansas State University Kent State University Kenyon College Loyola University Chicago Marietta College Marquette University Miami University, Oxford Michigan State University Northwestern University Oberlin College Ohio State University Ohio University Purdue University Saint Louis University University of Chicago University of Dayton University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Louisville University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Missouri, Columbia University of Notre Dame University of St. Thomas Washington University in Saint Louis Xavier University WEST Arizona State University The Art Institute of CaliforniaLos Angeles California State University-Northridge Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Colorado Christian University Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Gonzaga University Harvey Mudd College Hawaii Pacific University Lewis & Clark College Loyola Marymount University Northern Arizona University Oklahoma State University Pepperdine University Rice University Saint Mary’s College of California San Diego State University Santa Clara University Southern Methodist University Stanford University Texas Christian University Texas Tech University Trinity University University of Advancing Technology University of Arizona University of California at San Diego University of Colorado, Boulder University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Idaho University of Kansas University of North Texas University of Oregon University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of Texas, Austin University of Utah University of Washington Whittier College INTERNATIONAL Roehampton University Royal Holloway, University of London Trinity College Dublin University College Dublin University of Edinburgh University of Essex University of Surrey

La Salle College High School 8605 Cheltenham Avenue Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038 215 233 2911 phone 215 402 4350 fax www.lschs.org