Ncpa school profile 2017-18

High School Profile 2017-2018 www.ncpachina.org Tel: +86 20 3468 3339 CEEB Code: 694567 Director Dr. Michael Cyrus High School Principal Aracelis Maldonado School Counselors Anthony Mastreani amastreani@ncpachina.org Amanda Yu ayu@ncpachina.org

ABOUT NCPA Nansha College Preparatory Academy (NCPA) is a private, co-educational, American curriculum boarding school operated in partnership with ULink Education Group and the non-profit Princeton-based International Schools Services (ISS). We serve 547 students in grades 7-12 on our modern 31- acre campus. Nearly all of our students are Chinese nationals and non-native English speakers.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 4.0 English 4.0 Social Studies 4.0 Mathematics 4.0 Science 4.0 Chinese 3.0 Fine/Performing Arts

Avita Jones ajones@ncpachina.org

Our faculty and staff members are recruited from all corners of the globe. NCPA has 65 certified faculty members including 5 full-time school counselors. 5 of our teachers hold doctoral degrees; 42 have master’s and the remainder have bachelor’s degrees.

Enrollment 2017-2018 Grade 7-12: 574 Class of 2018: 77 Student to Faculty Ratio 9:1

ACCREDITATION We are a U.S. accredited institution through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Our Mission Nansha College Preparatory Academy is a learning community that empowers students to achieve academic and social excellence. NCPA offers a college preparatory program that supports students in becoming independent and collaborative learners through active observation, research, negotiation, evaluation and planning. We believe success is defined by strong character based on self discipline, responsibility, integrity and respect for differences.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND CURRICULUM English is the instructional language for all classes except Chinese. Teachers across the disciplines use research-based approaches and embedded language learning strategies to enable students to access grade-level content while helping them to develop academic English proficiency. The school curriculum is based on U.S. standards including the Common Core State Standards.

Tanya Arnold tarnold@ncpachina.org Kathleen Brophy kbrophy@ncpachina.org

A Research-Based English Language Immersion Model NCPA is a school of innovation in China. Our English immersion program and emphasis on research-based practices are what distinguishes us from any other international-style school serving Chinese nationals.

NCPA is one of two catalyst schools of International Schools Services World Language Initiative: English as an Additional Language Pilot Program. We use Stanford University’s Six Principles of English Language Learning as the foundational framework of our immersion model.

2.0 Health & PE 1.0 Seminar 6.0 Electives 32.0 Total Credits

HOLISTIC EDUCATION NCPA students are involved in activities that cultivate lifelong habits in physical health, personal and interpersonal skills, and connectedness to faculty and peers.

• Our holistic curriculum includes 20 elective courses offered across all departments.

• 100% of our juniors and seniors meet with our counselors in semester-long seminar classes. This allows for college counseling, discussion, idea sharing and frequent feedback about student progress.

• Our ASA program boasts over 80 clubs including Model UN, Yearbook, Student Government and Tri-M Honor Society. 21 competitive team sports and intramurals are offered.

AP RESULTS 2017

ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM All students are required to enroll in one AP course per core subject area by the time they graduate. Offerings are open to all students who wish to enroll.

AP Scholars

28

AP Scholars with Honor

15

AP Scholars with Distinction

12

➜➜ 13 AP course offerings: Art, Biology, Calculus AB & BC, Chemistry, Computer Science, English Language, Environmental Science, Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics & Statistics. ➜➜ In 2017, 177 students sat for 351 exams. ➜➜ Our mean AP exam score across all current programs was 3.07; 73% of our 2017 examinees earned a “3” or more. ➜➜ 88.9% of the Class of 2017 earned a “3” or more on at least one AP exam. ➜➜ 31% of the class earned AP Awards.

AP SCHOLAR AWARDS 2017

NCPA Counseling Office: 180 Gang Qian Da Dao, Nansha, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 511458 ISS-ULink Office: Villa #7, Jingshan Villas, Shekou, Nanhai Blvd, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China 518067

GRADE WEIGHTING AND REPORTING ASSESSMENT NCPA is a standards-based reporting school where teachers assess knowledge and skills through a set of benchmarks across the academic year. Official report card marks are given at the end of the year. At the end of Semester 1, teachers in year-long courses report only a student’s progress-to-date in relation to that year’s set of standards and benchmarks. Students are required to take eight courses per year.

Students’ yearly levels of achievement are reported on the following scale:

• Exemplary (E) – The student demonstrates evidence of thorough understanding of the required knowledge and skills and the ability to apply them consistently in a wide variety of situations.

• Proficient (P) – The student demonstrates consistent evidence of understanding and/or application of the required knowledge and skills of the standard.

• Approaching (A) – The student demonstrates partial or inconsistent evidence of understanding and/or application of the required knowledge and skills of the standard.

• Not Yet (N) – The student demonstrates minimal understanding and/or application of the required knowledge and skills of the standard.

• Incomplete (I) – The student has submitted insufficient evidence to allow the teacher to assess understanding or learning the standard.

NCPA computes a weighted grade point average. The weighted average includes all courses taken at NCPA and counts year-end course grades based on their level, according to the system below: WEIGHTING SYSTEM

College Prep

AP

Exemplary

4.50

5.00

Proficient

3.50

4.00

Approaching

2.50

3.00

Not Yet

1.50

2.00

Incomplete

0.00

0.00

GPA RANGES*

Class of 2018

Class of 2017

Highest

4.38

4.02

Median

3.72

3.47

3.38-4.02

3.15-4.02

Middle 50 %

* Cumulative through 6th semester final grades.

SAT PERFORMANCE CLASSES OF 2018 & 2017 * NCPA Mean Score

Middle 50%

2018

2017

2018

2017

ERW

562

528

520-610

483-588

Math

699

678

650-750

623-750

Overall

1261

1196

Matriculations and Acceptances for Classes of 2016 & 2017

1200-1340 1120-1315 * Updated August 2017

There were 64 graduates in 2016 ( our first graduating class) and 72 graduates in 2017. 100% of NCPA graduates received college acceptances.

Curry College U of Kentucky Molloy College Skidmore College University Acceptances Student Matriculated 2 or More Students Matriculated Alberta College of Art and Design American U Arizona State U Art Center College of Design Augustana College Australian National U Babson College Baldwin Wallace U Baylor U Beloit College Bentley U Binghamton U - SUNY Birmingham-Southern College Blue Mountains Intl. Hotel Mngmt. Sch. Boston Architectural College Boston College Boston U Bowling Green State U Bradford School Brandeis U Brock U Bryant U Bryn Mawr College Bucknell U California College of the Arts (SFO) California State U, Long Beach Chapman U Clark U Clarkson U Clemson U Cleveland Institute of Art Colgate U College of Art and Design College of Wooster Colorado College Colorado State U Concordia U - Irvine Connecticut College Cornell College Creighton U

Curtin U De Anza College Drexel U Eckerd College Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne Emily Carr U of Art & Design Emirates Academy of Hospitality Mngmt.

Emmanuel College Fashion Institute of Technology Fordham U George Washington U Grand College Gustavus Adolphus College Hartwick College Hendrix College Hiram College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra U Hult Intl. Business School - San Francisco Illinois Wesleyan U Indiana U, Bloomington Iona College Iowa State U Ithaca College Johnson & Wales U Kansas State U Kent State U Knox College Lafayette College Lasell College Lawrence U Lewis & Clark College Linfield College Long Island U, Post Loyola Marymount U Loyola U Chicago Lynchburg College Macquarie U Manhattan College Marquette U Maryland Institute College of Art Massachusetts Coll. of Art & Design McGill U Mass. Coll. of Pharmacy & Health Sci. Mercer U Miami U, Oxford Michigan State U

Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College Nazareth College New England Sch. Art & Design New York Institute of Technology New York U Newbury College North Carolina State U Northeastern U Nova Scotia College of Art & Design Oberlin College of Arts & Sciences Occidental College Ohio Wesleyan U Ontario College of Art & Design Otis Pace U, New York City Pennsylvania State U Pepperdine U Pratt Institute Purdue U Queen’s U Quinnipiac U Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Ringling College of Art and Design Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Rutgers U Rutgers U, New Brunswick Rutgers U, Newark Ryerson U Sacred Heart U Saint Louis U Saint Martin’s U Saint Mary’s College of California Saint Michael’s College Samford U San Diego State U San Francisco State U San Jose State U Santa Clara U Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design Sch. of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Seattle U Simon Fraser U

Southern Methodist U St. Lawrence U St. Olaf College Stevens Institute of Technology Stony Brook U - SUNY Suffolk U SUNY Buffalo State College Susquehanna U Syracuse U Temple U Texas A&M U The New School - All Divisions The Ohio State U The U of Alabama The U of Alabama, Birmingham The U of Arizona The U of Edinburgh The U of Iowa The U of Melbourne The U of Queensland The U of Tampa Transylvania U Tulane U Union College (New York) U at Buffalo - SUNY U of California, Davis U of California, Irvine UCLA U of California, Merced U of California, Riverside U of California, San Diego U of California, Santa Barbara U of California, Santa Cruz U of British Columbia U of Calgary U of Central Missouri U of Cincinnati U of Colorado, Boulder U of Connecticut U of Dayton U of Delaware U of Denver U of Edinburgh U of Hartford U of Idaho U of Illinois, Urbana Champaign U of Kansas

U of La Verne U of Maryland, College Park U of Massachusetts, Amherst U of Massachusetts, Boston U of Miami U of Michigan, Flint U of Minnesota U of Missouri Columbia U of Nebraska, Lincoln U of New Haven U of Oregon U of Ottawa U of Pittsburgh U of Puget Sound U of Redlands U of Rhode Island U of Richmond U of San Francisco U of South Florida, Tampa U of St. Thomas U of Sydney U of Tennessee, Knoxville U of Toronto U of Tulsa U of Utah U of Vermont U of Waterloo U of Windsor U of Wisconsin, Madison U of Wisconsin, Whitewater Ursinus College Utah State U Virginia Commonwealth U Virginia Tech Wagner College Wake Forest U Washington State U Western U Westmont College Wheaton College MA Whitman College Wilkes U Willamette U Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yang Fu Shan College York U