Mount Saint Charles Academy School Counseling Department

School Profile 2018-2019 CEEB: 400285 800 Logee Street Woonsocket, R.I. 02895 401-769-0310 Fax: 401-762-2327 mountsaintcharles.org

Mount Saint Charles Academy

SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

A Catholic, private, co-ed, college-preparatory, 6th-12th grade academy established by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in 1924 ADMINISTRATION Principal of Formation & Operations Mr. Edwin Burke burkee@mtstcharles.org Principal of Academics Mrs. Jessie Butash butashj@mtstcharles.org Registrar Mr. Joseph O’Neill 401-769-0310 Ext. 137 oneillj@mtstcharles.org Director of School Counseling Mrs. Lisa Tenreiro 401-769-0310 Ext. 142 tenreirol@mtstcharles.org School Counselor Mrs. Nicole Burke 401-769-0310 Ext. 110 burken@mtstcharles.org School Counselor Mrs. Vivian Ferry 401-769-0310 Ext. 126 ferryv@mtstcharles.org School Counseling Clerk Mrs. Catherine Certo 401-769-0310 Ext. 118 certoc@mtstcharles.org Director of Admissions Mrs. Susan Gasbarro ‘93 gasbarros@mtstcharles.org 401-769-0310 Ext. 177

MOUNT AT-A-GLANCE

157 390 1:13 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS (6-8)

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (9-12)

TEACHERSTUDENT RATIO

43 26 1:1

FACULTY MEMBERS

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

20

MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS

26

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS

TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT

36

STUDENT CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

ACCREDITED by The New England Association of Schools and Colleges MEMBER of the New England Secondary School Consortium APPROVED by The Rhode Island Department of Education AWARDED U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence COMMUNITY: Mount St. Charles is located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 20 miles Northwest of Providence, draws its students from 52 towns and cities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

ADMISSIONS: By competitive entrance examination 1

CLASS OF 2018 AT-A-GLANCE

129 96% 98% 2 % 4 % CLASS SIZE

WENT ON TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

MSC R.I. USA

WENT ON TO 2-YEAR COLLEGES

ACCEPTED EMPLOYMENT, MILITARY APPOINTMENT, OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Class of 2019 CUMULATIVE WEIGHTED GPA

2018 SAT MEAN SCORES ERW* 587 498 538

WENT ON TO 4-YEAR COLLEGES

MATH 568 490 533

*Evidence-based Reading and Writing

Class of 2018 NATIONAL MERIT & ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAMS Finalists 2 Semi-Finalists 2 2018 AP PERFORMANCE In May 2018, 110 students in grades 11 and 12 took 231 AP exams in 22 subjects. 80.9% earned a score of 3 or better.

National AP Scholars 1 (Average score of 4.62) AP Scholars with Distinction 9 (Average score of 4.10) AP Scholars with Honors 6 (Average score of 3.69) AP Scholars 21 (Average score of 3.53) NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY We currently have 103 members in the National Honor Society.

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Mount Saint Charles Academy Profile

GRADING Mount Saint Charles Academy uses a weighted GPA system.

Grades in this system are weighted as follows: Letter Grade A+ A AB+ B BC+ C CF (Failure)

Numerical Range 100-97 96-93 92-90 89-87 86-83 82-80 79-77 76-73 72-70 69.4 and below

Quality Points* 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.7 0.0

Beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year, D grades were omitted. Prior to that the D grade was weighted as follows: D+ D

69-67 66-65

1.5 1.0

Weight:

Honors Course: AP Course:

Add .30 Add .40

SEMESTER GRADING In the 2018-2019 school year, Mount Saint Charles transitioned its grading system from quarterly final grades to semester final grades.

Official marking reports Mid-semester 1 Progress Report Semester 1 Report Card Mid-semester 2 Progress Report Semester 2 Report Card

DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS Course Learning Experience

Required (2019, 2020, 2021)

Required (2022 & beyond)

Preferred Credits

Religion English Mathematics Science (at least 2 lab sciences) World Language (in same language)

4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 2

4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 2

4 4 3

Social Studies (U.S. History I) Fine Art Technology

3.5 0.5 0.5 (or test out)

3.5 0.5 0.5

Wellness Electives

1.0 (0.25 per year) 0.0

2.0 (0.5 per year) 5.0

Total

21.5

27.5

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31.5

2018-2019 HONORS & AP COURSE OFFERINGS English Honors English 9-10 AP English Language AP English Literature Math Honors Algebra l Honors Algebra ll Honors Geometry Honors Pre-Calculus AP Calculus Science Honors Biology Honors Chemistry l SIGNATURE PROGRAMS Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year

Honors Physics l, ll Pre-AP Biology (offered only in 2018-19) AP Biology AP Chemistry AP Environmental Science AP Physics Social Studies Honors Non-Western History Honors U.S. History l AP European History AP U.S. History AP Government AP Capstone Program Certificate of Biliteracy Sur La Glace

AP Psychology Foreign Language Honors French l, ll, lll, lV Honors Spanish l, ll, lll, lV AP Spanish Fine Arts Department Honors Portfolio Prep AP Music Theory AP Studio Art Computer Programming AP Computer Principles

Environmental Sustainability Microcredential Computer Science Microcredential 3

ELECTIVES Probability and Statistics Trigonometry Anatomy and Physiology Forensics Blackstone River Project Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies* Introduction to Sociology Psychology Economics

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES Community Service Religious practice is woven into life at Mount Saint Charles. In fact, our student body completes over 7,000 hours of volunteer, community service each year.

Fitness Bootcamp* Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries* Art l-lV 3D Design Architecture Drawing and Design Symphonic Wind Ensemble Jazz Band* Hand Bells* Chorus Foundations of Dance

Advanced Dance Elite Dance* Senior Drama Robotics* Web Design and Mobile App Development* Computer Applications* Intro to Computing and Data Science* *Courses available beginning in 2018-19 only

Athletics We offer 46 middle and high school sports teams, and the latest addition, the Mount Saint Charles Hockey Academy, an elite hockey school for boys.

Our teams practice and play in excellent on-campus and community facilities.

Student Activities With 36 clubs and student organizations appealing to a wide range of creative, athletic and social interests, there’s never a reason to be bored at Mount Saint Charles once schoolwork is finished. Skiing? Journalism?

Forensics? We have it!

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Gettysburg College High Point University Hobart & William Smith Hofstra University International Fashion Academy: Paris Iowa State University Johnson & Wales University Kenyon College Loyola Univ. of Maryland Manhattan College Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Merrimack College Miami University: Ohio Michigan State University Mount Holyoke College Neumann University New England Institute of Technology New York University Nichols College Northeastern University Nova Southeastern Univ.

Old Dominion University Pace University Providence College Quinnipiac University Regis College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhode Island College Rivier University Roger Williams University Rutgers University Sacred Heart University Salve Regina University San Diego State University School of Art Institute of Chicago Seton Hall University Simmons College St. Anselm College St. John’s University St. Joseph’s College (ME, PA) St. Michael’s College Stonehill College Stony Brook University Springfield College Suffolk University Syracuse University Temple University Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Trinity College United States Navy University of California: Davis University of Central Florida University of Connecticut University of Delaware

University of Denver University of Hartford University of Illinois at Urbana: Champaign University of Maine University of Maryland College Park University of Massachusetts: Dartmouth, Amherst & Boston University of New Hampshire University of Rhode Island University of San Diego University of South Carolina University of South Florida University of Vermont Villanova University Washington College Wentworth Institute of Technology Westfield State University Wheaton College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester State University Xavier University

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