NMH Academic Departments and Programs

Northfield Mount Hermon

Academic Departments and Programs

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English History and Social Science Math Performing Arts Religious Studies and Philosophy Science Visual Arts World Languages Global and Off-Campus Travel College Counseling

English Department At NMH, we want you to fall in love with the written word. We want you to be hungry for reading and passionate about writing. So our English courses serve up an incredibly vast array of voices, styles, and assignments.

Whether you are reading ancient epics or a graphic novel or reading about the 1934 murder of Elliott Speer (former headmaster of NMH), you’ll learn to interpret texts skillfully through written analysis. The texts you will read and the assignments you will write will help you to hone your technical, critical, and creative skills.

Your English classes will develop you as a thinker and as a community member. You’ll be asked to articulate your thoughts and reactions to readings. And, perhaps most importantly, you’ll be asked to listen thoughtfully. That’s because we believe it’s vital to be exposed to a variety of opinions and perspectives, whether they come from a world-famous author or the student sitting next to you.

Our English teachers are highly experienced, and many have lived and taught in other countries. Some are published writers themselves. We offer travel options, internationally and domestically. These opportunities offer unique experiential learning opportunities for students. Our faculty simply love what they teach, and hope that you’ll join them in their passion for reading . . . everything.

Senior English • Advanced Studies in Rhetoric: A Digital Portfolio Class • Ancient Epic • AP English Language • AP English Literature and Composition • Big Books: Authors You Should Meet • Creative Nonfiction • Creative Writing • Crime Fiction • Fathers and Sons • Global Women’s Literature • Literature and the Environment • New Zealand Senior Seminar • Outlaws, Outcasts, and Castaways • Postgraduate English I and II • Shakespeare • Themes in Literature: The Future Half-Credit Electives • Film • Journalism • Ninth-Grade Writing • Speech and Oral Interpretation • Writing Nonfiction

Ninth-Grade English • Humanities I Sophomore English • World Literature (includes a travel-abroad option)

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Please see the Curriculum Guide (bit.ly/NMHEnglish) for complete course descriptions.

John Corrigan

Department Chair JCorrigan@nmhschool.org 413-498-3248

Junior English • American Literature • Shared Voices, a joint American history and American literature course with a focus on multi-cultural perspectives • A choice of senior electives, including APs.

History and Social Science Department The history and social science department at Northfield Mount Hermon will help you see and interpret the world. The courses, which cover everything from the New Deal to Confucianism, Amazon warriors to macroeconomics, help you analyze historical events and individuals’ roles within them. You’ll look at the nature of change, both historical and cultural, and what it means for us today.

The department offers a wide variety of courses. Some of them help make sense of the financial pages, many of them seemingly look backward and forward at the same time, a few of them consider your very psyche.

All of them are engaging and unique. Many of our classes integrate literary, religious, and artistic perspectives into the curriculum. This helps you find context for what we study, context that can make an irrational political act comprehensible, a foreign philosophy understandable. It can also increase your appreciation of religions and the arts, which, of course, have their own histories.

In addition to having incredible faculty, we often bring in a wide variety of guest speakers on various topics. Sometimes we bring in visiting groups of international students to discuss ideas and share experiences.

We also offer study-abroad opportunities. You might travel to South Africa and discuss racial reconciliation and identity politics with locals in a coffee shop or go to New Mexico and witness firsthand the effects of US immigration politics. Or maybe you’ll join Model United Nations and travel and debate in Greece or Qatar.

As you become a better critical thinker, you’ll learn to express your ideas about history and society more clearly in written form. As you write research papers, you’ll discover where to find data and where to get answers. You’ll become a sleuth, a theorist, an interpreter, and an agent for change in the world — in other words, a historian/social scientist.

• HUM II: World History

In alternate years, we visit one or more of these countries: Brazil, Spain/Morocco, and South Africa • Advanced Studies in Rhetoric: A Digital Porfolio Class • Advanced topics in Modern European History • AP Modern European History • AP U.S. History Survey • Foreign Policy • Global Ethics and Climate Change • Government and Civil Liberties • In Their Footsteps: Rethinking Women’s History • Marching Towards Freedom: History of the Civil Rights Movement • Modern Latin American History: Democracy, Dependency, Development, Diversity • Shared Voices: Multicultural U.S. History and American Literature • The Ancient Mediterranean World • The Islamic Middle East • Topics in U.S. History • U.S. History Survey • War Social Science

• Economics • Advanced Topics in Economics • AP Economics • Introduction to Psychology • AP Psychology

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Please see the Curriculum Guide (bit.ly/ NMH_HistSocialSci) for complete course descriptions.

Tim Relyea

Department Chair trelyea@nmhschool.org 413-498-3453

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Mathematics Department The math department recognizes that students differ in ability, background, interest, and rate of learning.

Teacher recommendations, transcripts, records of aptitudes, placement tests, and previous achievement will help teachers place you in the most appropriate math course. NMH offers honors, standard, and basic coursework throughout the curriculum to fit students’ varied needs.

Mission and Coursework Mathematics is a central part of NMH’s mission to “engage the intellect, compassion, and talents of our students, empowering them to act with humanity and purpose.” Math faculty will help you develop a solid foundation in the theory and mechanics of mathematics, and apply these mechanics in real-world situations.

In math classrooms this year, students engaged in art projects using Desmos graphing software, examined the mathematics behind the evolving dairy industry, designed roller coasters, constructed student-life polls and interpreted the results, analyzed news articles about racial disparity in police forces, and wrote computer programs for transmitting messages in secret code.

Math Outside the Classroom The math faculty at NMH are innovative and exciting instructors who are involved in all areas of school life. Most live in the student houses and almost every math teacher coaches at least one sport. They relish the many opportunities to get to know you in deep and personal ways.

Curriculum Math courses range from introductory algebra and geometry to advanced explorations of typically collegiate topics. So whether you just want a basic understanding of equations, graphs, and theorems or you are hungry for multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and number theory, there are courses for you. Along the way, we offer three AP courses: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Statistics. The math flowchart on the reverse side of this page details possible progressions through the curriculum.

Drop-in help with math homework is available on school nights from faculty and students. Tutoring is also available as part of the Center for Academic Strategies and Achievement (CASA).

If you enjoy playing with numbers, you can join our thriving and diverse Math Team. With three skill levels, every team member can find success in problem solving, and no one will run out of challenges.

Collaborative work is emphasized, and explaining how a solution was achieved is as important as finding it in the first place. There are no grades or tests here; Math Team is where you can focus on the sheer joy of mathematics.

Technology is integrated into all classes. In all courses beyond geometry, you’ll use a TI-Nspire CX-CAS graphing calculator. Students use Desmos, Wolfram Alpha, and other online technologies, and learn basic coding in Python. You can also participate in the “Hour of Code,” a nationwide initiative encouraging students to begin writing code early in their education.

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Department Chair krobinson@nmhschool.org 6

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Please see the Curriculum Guide (bit.ly/NMH_math) for complete course descriptions.

Kai Robinson ’05

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Course Flowchart Basic Courses

Regular Courses

Basic Algebra 1, 101

Algebra 1, 111

Honors Algebra 1, 121

Basic Geometry, 201

Geometry, 211

Honors Geometry, 221

Basic Algebra 2, 301

Algebra 2, 311

Honors Algebra 2, 321

Algebra Survey, 401

Precalculus, 411 or Statistics, 413

Honors Precalculus, 421

for students needing more review and support

Topics in Trigonometry, 402

Calculus, 431

AP Statistics, 513

Honors Courses

for students with a strong background in math and high motivation

AB Calculus, 511 or BC Calculus, 521

Note: Students may not take 513 after 413.

Introduction to Graph Theory with Python, 614

Multivariable Calculus, 611

Linear Algebra, 612 or Number Theory, 613 (alt. years)

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Performing Arts Department The performing arts teach us new ways to see and think about the world and allow us to communicate with our fellow human beings in ways that transcend — and sometimes critique — language, history, religion, and politics. They also foster empathy for others by allowing us an entry into different cultures.

Academic Courses Arts Foundations in the Performing Arts — The Power of Art (Ninth graders are required to take a Foundation course.)

Dance Contemporary Dance Forms Auditioned Class: Honors Ballet: Advanced Technique & Theory Auditioned Class: Intermediate Ballet Technique & Theory

Performing arts courses at NMH will nurture your appreciation and understanding of a wide variety of expressive media while developing your own creative skills, deepening your confidence in your talent.

Whether it’s learning about sight reading in music, movement in dance, or lighting and set design in theater, when you leave NMH, you’ll have the skill set to make art for the rest of your life.

Music Advanced Applied Music I & II Honors Auditioned Groups: Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Combo, Select Women’s Ensemble, NMH Singers AP Music Theory and Harmony Electronic Music Studio The History of Jazz The Creative Impulse: Religion and the Performing Arts The Evolution of Hip-Hop and its Role in Documenting Social Commentary World Music

You’ll learn the vocabulary of the performing arts and how to discuss and critique it articulately. You’ll also learn the importance of crossing boundaries, by collaborating with artists from other disciplines and even incorporating ideas from science or economics into the way you think about art.

Perhaps you’ll become one of our many alumni who have gone on to careers in theater, music, or dance. We are certain you’ll become one of the thousands who have developed a lifelong passion for making — or just simply loving and supporting — art.

Theater Acting in Production Acting I & II Directing Playwriting Theater Production I & II Theatrical Design and Technology I & II

Come to campus and explore our beautiful Rhodes Arts Center’s facilities. You’ll see just how serious we are about art . . . and how much we celebrate it.

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Department Chair gschatz@nmhschool.org 413-498-3341

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Please see the Curriculum Guide (bit.ly/NMHPerforming) for complete course descriptions.

Gretel Schatz

Co-Curricular Courses Dance

Theater Four major productions a year

Beginner Ballet

Music African and Latin American Hand Drumming

Beginner Jazz and Hip-Hop

Conducting Seminar

(student directed)

Beginner Hip-Hop—Dance for Athletes

Intro to Music Theory

Stagecraft

Private Music Lessons (fee)

Musical Production Role

(Dance receives PE credit)

Beginner Modern and Contemporary

One-Act Play Festival

Theater Production Role

Beginner Tap Dance Composition Intermediate Ballet and Pointe Intermediate Hip-Hop Intermediate Jazz Mainstage Choreographer Stepping West African Dance Private Dance Lessons (fee)

Performing Groups Dance

Music

Theater

Junior Dance Company

Concert Band

NMH Dance Company

Concert Choir

Four major productions a year, including a musical

(Dance companies fulfill the athletic team requirement)

Jazz Ensemble

One-Act Play Festival

NMH World Percussion Ensemble

Student Directed Play

Stage Band Student led a cappella groups: Hogappella Northfield Mount Harmony The Nellies Symphony Orchestra

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(student directed)

Religious Studies and Philosophy Department The religious studies and philosophy courses at Northfield Mount Hermon will get you to think about big questions — questions about meaning and purpose, identity and community, ethics and destiny. You’ll search for answers to who you are and what your place in the world is. You’ll study the world’s religions, and learn about their influences upon one another, both historically and today. You might look deeper into issues of violence, war, and other troubling human behaviors, or explore philosophy, from Socrates to the existentialists.

Many of the courses take an interdisciplinary approach, recognizing that human experience is not as neatly divided as conventional academic departments.

In fact, your freshman and sophomore humanities requirements introduce you to this collaborative approach. With two teachers and credits in two different disciplines, you’ll start by examining the relationship between humans and their environment through literary and philosophical expressions. Then, you’ll explore the historical and traditional roles of the world’s religions, including their myths, symbols, and geographic and social systems.

Or you might join a Humanities II course that lets you study some of the course’s central themes first hand while traveling in Brazil, South Africa, Spain, India, or China.

Academic Courses

• Humanities I: Religious Studies and Philosophy

• Humanities II: World Religions

In alternate years we visit one or more of these countries: Brazil, Spain/Morocco, and South Africa

• Bioethics • Ethics • Global Ethics and Climate Change • Philosophy • The Bible: Origins and Interpretations

• The Creative Impulse: Religion and the Performing Arts

• The Islamic Middle East • Theology of the Oppressed • World Religions and Contemporary Issues

And all of this — combined with passionate, caring faculty — will help you grow and begin your quest for truth.

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Department Chair PMasteller@nmhschool.org 413-498-3474

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Please see the Curriculum Guide (bit.ly/NMH_ReligPhilos) for complete course descriptions.

Peter Masteller

Religious Studies and Philosophy Graduation Requirement* Type of student

Freshman year

Sophomore year

4-year students (option 1)

Humanities I

Humanities II

4-year students (option 2)

Humanities I

Junior year or senior year

Total credits required 2

World Religions and Contemporary Issues

2

½ credit in an elective

1.5

2-year students

1 full credit or 2 half credit elective courses

1

1-year students

½ credit in an elective

3-year students

Humanities II

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*E​SL students a​re required to fulfill the religious studies requirement that matches the number of full years they are not enrolled in ESL.

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Science Department The NMH science department emphasizes learning by doing. You’ll start with physics, tackling projects and designing labs that investigate energy, matter, and motion. By starting with the principles underlying everything in science, you’ll be better able to understand all the other science you learn here.

That includes biology and chemistry; electives such as astronomy, engineering, environmental studies, bioethics, or forensic science; and all our AP courses.

NMH’s College Model Academic Program allows many students to dive into two lab-based science classes in the same year. While some students explore different sciences, others immerse themselves in our year-long linked chemistry course. This option lets you move smoothly from the introductory level through the AP level in just one year.

With all of these opportunities and science faculty with a broad range of backgrounds, science at NMH is innovative and interesting. It can prepare you for a career or just satisfy a curiosity. It’s all about making connections—among the science fields and between your studies and the real world.

We offer many opportunities to take science out of the classroom and into the lab, out to the forest, down to the NMH farm, and off-campus. You can visit dinosaur tracks and other geologic formations. Or you might study nutrient cycling by visiting a local aquaculture facility, or see the ins and outs of the NMH wastewater treatment plant. You might get a taste for robotics in our introductory course, then join the Robotics Team to program your robot to compete against other schools.

The science flowchart on the reverse of this page details the possible progressions through the science curriculum.

Traveling abroad, Environmental Studies and Geology students hike over volcanic slopes, feel the heat of thermal pools, and investigate environmental issues first hand while learning the cultural practices of indigenous people. Astronomy students have taken their studies the farthest from campus, discovering a Kuiper Belt object in the same region of space where “planet nine” may exist. And members of the Science Club use the NMH maker space to design and create whatever they can dream up. (continued on other side)

Mary Hefner

Department Chair mhefner@nmhschool.org 12

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Please see the Curriculum Guide (bit.ly/NMHScience) for complete course descriptions.

Regular Courses

Honors Courses

Advanced Courses

Physics I, PHY211/221

Biology, BIO311

Biology Honors, BIO321

Linked AP Chemistry, CHE311

CHE331/511B

Chemistry Honors, CHE321

Electives

AP Curriculum

PHY115

Introduction to Robotics (half credit, 9th Grade only)

BIO511 AP Biology

ENV411

Environmental Studies

CHE511 AP Chemistry

ENV415

Environmental Studies: an international perspective

ENV511 AP Environmental Science

ENV417 Geology

PHY521 AP Physics 1

ENV419

The Science of Farming (half credit,11–PG)

PHY522 AP Physics 2

PHY415

Engineering (11–PG)

PHY611 AP Physics C

PHY417 Astronomy PHY418

STEM Physics

BIO417

Human Physiology

BIO-REL1 Bioethics BIO531 Biotechnology CHE417

Forensic Science

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Visual Arts Department NMH’s visual arts courses give you a dizzying choice of media and techniques, such as linoleum prints, digital images, pastel drawings, and threedimensional assemblages. Many courses have multiple levels, from the beginning level where students develop their skills and learn art and design vocabulary, to the intermediate level where students build on their skills and start to develop their own work. The AP classes (Drawing, 2D Design, 3D Design, and Advanced Drawing and Painting) provide opportunities for student-artists to develop an individual portfolio for college applications.

NMH graduates have used their portfolios to get into such art and design schools as Parsons School of Design, the Tisch School at NYU, Maryland Institute College of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Rhode Island School of Design.

All visual arts courses are taught on the first floor of the Rhodes Arts Center, which allows for constant interaction among all the classes. Classroom instruction is supplemented by optional open-studio hours during afternoons and evenings. During this time, many students begin to explore individual ideas and themes that are collectively presented in a studio-class environment.

One of the truly special things about studying art at NMH is that you’ll be surrounded by inspiring work from all disciplines. The frequent shows in the Gallery at the Rhodes Arts Center feature the work of nationally recognized artists, such as Robert Rauschenberg and Louise Bourgeois. So if your class happens to be working on collages or abstract sculpture, the work of some contemporary masters might be right outside your studio door.

In addition to being surrounded by great art, you’ll be surrounded by great artists, the NMH art faculty, who maintain studio space in the Rhodes Arts Center. When they’re not helping you with your work, they’re making their own. You’re all artists in the same community, sharing ideas and encouragement and celebrating one another’s creativity.

• Advanced Drawing and Painting • AP 2D Design • AP 3D Design • AP Drawing • Arts Foundations in the Visual Arts (Ninth graders are required to take a Foundation course.)

• Ceramics I, II • Darkroom Photography I, II • Digital Photography I, II • Drawing and Composition I, II • Graphic Design • Intensive Studio • Painting I, II • Sculptural Forms I, II • Stop Motion Animation • Two Dimensional Design • Video as Visual Art I, II Co-Curricular Courses

• Beginning with Clay • Drawing • Exploring Watercolor • Introduction to Illustration • Plein Air Painting • Portrait Sculpture

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Please see the Curriculum Guide (bit.ly/NMHVisualArts) for course descriptions.

Mona M. Seno

Department Chair mseno@nmhschool.org 413-498-3266

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World Languages Department The NMH world languages program helps students develop the strong language skills needed in today’s global society.

You’ll learn how to communicate in the target language you choose, using it to discuss, read, and write about current events and a wide array of meaningful and relevant topics.

Our classes are engaging, highly interactive, and centered on you. While mastering the language’s intricacies, you’ll also explore the social patterns, value systems, traditions, and cultures of the people whose language you are learning.

The target language is used extensively in the classroom from introductory to advanced courses. You’ll build proficiency through hands-on tasks in group- and self-guided projects. You can also practice the language in a relaxed atmosphere at weekly language dinner tables.

Study through the advanced level is offered in Chinese, French, Latin, and Spanish. Advanced students have the opportunity to teach French or Spanish to local elementary school students once a week throughout each semester.

• Chinese I, II, III, IV • Honors Chinese II, III, IV • AP Chinese Language • Chinese VI: Intro to Chinese Literature • French I, II, III • Honors French II, III, IV • French IV (Contemporary Issues) • French IV (Service-Learning Project) • AP French Language • French VI (Francophone Culture through

Literature and Film) • Latin I, II, III, IV • Advanced Latin Literature: Politics, Power, and the Populace • Advanced Latin Literature: Republic to Empire • Advanced Studies in Spanish: Equity and Inclusion Across Hispanic Culture • AP Latin: Caesar and Vergil • Spanish I, II, III, IV, V • Advanced Spanish I • Advanced Spanish V • Honors Spanish II, III, IV • Spanish IV (Service-Learning Project) • Spanish V (Modern Hispanic Culture) • AP Spanish Language • Spanish VI: Introduction to Latin American and Peninsular Literature

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Please see the Curriculum Guide (bit.ly/NMHLanguages) for complete course descriptions.

Andrea Sell

Department Chair ASell@nmhschool.org 413-498-3493

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Global and Off-Campus Travel Opportunities Some of the many exciting and enriching opportunities at NMH are nowhere near campus. Instead, you’ll find them in places like Brazil, China, Ghana, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, and across the United States. When you participate in one of our travel programs, you travel for one to three weeks, gaining incredible insights on-site and get new perspectives on yourself, your own culture, and the world at large.

Each program focuses on specific themes unique to each program and location.

For instance, the sophomore interdisciplinary travel program visits China, Brazil, India, South Africa and Spain/Morocco on a rotating cycle. Students in this program simultaneously enroll in World Religions, World History, and World Literature. The program explores themes in religion, history, literature, the arts, and culture. Similarly, students enrolled in our junior interdisciplinary U.S. domestic travel program to New Mexico explore themes in U.S. history and American literature in the U.S. Southwest. Our language-immersion programs promote intensive Chinese, French, and Spanish language learning through engagement with people in a range of real-life situations.

Other travel opportunities include the Model United Nations program, in which selected students participate in MUN conferences across the U.S. and the globe; a service-learning program to Belize, in which students live with a host family and are trained in facilitating basic medical screenings; a career-exploration program to Costa Rica focused on wildlife and environmental conservation; and an arts and culture program in Ghana.

Interdisciplinary Programs For sophomores: in China, Brazil, India, Spain/ Morocco or South Africa For juniors: in U.S. Southwest, New Mexico Model United Nations Programs Destinations vary each year.

Career-exploration, Service, and Special Programs Belize: Healthcare, Development, and Service Costa Rica: Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Ghana: Arts and Culture Reciprocal exchange program to Scots College in Wellington, New Zealand

Activities abroad can include anything from visiting favelas in Brazil to learning dance and drumming in Ghana to visiting the Hassan II mosque in Morocco. You might meet with students at a local school, work on a community-service project, keep a journal for the course, or do an independent research project. Whether you’re writing critical analyses or personal narratives, or exploring indigenous communities’ political issues, or the role of Islamic art, you’re sure to gain insights you simply couldn’t have gotten at home.

Participation in our travel programs is selective and by application only.

Participants pay a program fee in addition to NMH tuition. The programs change from year to year, depending on enrollment and staffing.

Angela Yang-Handy

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Dean of Global, Experiential, and Community Engagement ayanghandy@nmhschool.org 413-498-3099

Web: bit.ly/NMHTravel GEO Blog: nmhgeo.nmhblogs.org Instagram: @nmhglobal

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College Counseling NMH college counselors know an impressively wide variety of colleges and universities. We have an extensive knowledge of the Ivies and the truly excellent state universities; the big-name schools and the hidden gems; the conservatories and the art institutes.

Sophomore Year • Students take the PSAT in the fall.

• Some advanced students will take a subject test.* • In the spring, college counselors meet with the entire class to discuss — broadly — college visits and what is to come during the junior and senior years.

Our college counselors are also teachers, coaches, advisors, and dorm parents. So they will know you well and can help find the colleges that best fit your individual goals and interests. Here’s an overview of how we guide students from ninth-grade through senior year.

• With advisors, students continue to design their curriculum, working backward from senior year. (Ex: if you hope to take BC Calculus as a senior, you must be in Honors Algebra II as a sophomore).

• We encourage ongoing engagement with extracurricular activities such as music, community service, and sports.

Ninth Grade • Students take the PSAT 8/9 in the fall.

• Students learn how to participate in discussion-based classes (Humanities I) and work collaboratively (Arts Foundation).

Junior Year • Students take the PSAT in the fall, meet with counselors to analyze scores, first round of the SAT and ACT in spring. Many juniors take subject tests and/or AP exams in May.*

• Students are encouraged to try new things — a new language or a new sport — and pushed to become more scholarly.

• In January, students are assigned a college counselor and take an hour-long, weekly college counseling class for eight weeks during winter term. They learn the “language” of the application process and how to define their areas of interest, which will help them develop a list of prospective schools.

• Some advanced students will take a subject test.* • Students grow comfortable in a residential-school setting.

• College counselors work with academic advisors to help students map an appropriate curriculum through senior year.

• In the spring, individual counselors help each student build their prospective lists and plan summer visits.

• Ninth graders meet college counselors and are given a “this is your transcript” primer.

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Peter Jenkins

Department Chair PJenkins@nmhschool.org 20

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Please see the NMH website (bit.ly/NMHCollege) for more information.

• Many students do standardized-test prep during the summer.

• Students attend the NMH College Fair in the fall.

More than 100 college representatives come to campus, and more than 20 of them come three hours early to offer on-campus interviews for interested students. This benefits students who have been unable to travel to visit particular campuses.

• Students attend the NMH College Fair in the fall.

• Athletes and student artists are encouraged to assemble portfolios and videos of performances.

• Many students attend a spring college fair at a nearby school.

• Students can sign up for co-curricular SAT prep classes. For a fee, students can also sign up for the Summit Test Prep classes that are offered in the fall and winter/spring.

• We host two programs on campus for parents of juniors, including a session with admission counselors from nearby colleges and universities.

• We offer the SAT, subject tests, and ACT three times and two TOEFL tests during fall semester.

• Counselors and support staff are available to answer questions.

• Dozens of college representatives come to campus throughout the fall, visiting with our counseling staff and talking with interested students.

• NMH is a test site for all standardized testing, including TOEFL. • We have a search engine, “Naviance,” that helps track the application process.

• We travel during the fall to conferences to network and stay current with college and university campuses throughout the country.

Senior Year

• We manage all teacher recommendations.

• Students meet regularly with their counselor to hone college lists based on their summer visits and any additional new information, such as a jump in test scores.

• We call colleges after applications are submitted to offer up-to-the-minute information about applicants.

• We answer hundreds of questions, celebrate small and large victories, and support students who suffer small defeats.

• We make any necessary academic-course changes to present each student in the best light.

• We send final transcripts to colleges and cheer at graduation.

• We host class meetings to review details of the application process, including deadlines (rolling, early action, early decision, and others), as well as how to communicate with college admission officers and coaches.

* Consult with the teacher, college counselor, or advisor about subject test readiness. Additional resources for subject test content are available from Khan Academy (khanacademy.org) and College Board (collegeboard.org).

• We review essays and applications upon student request.

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