FACULTY 49 members 41 with advanced degrees 4 college counselors student/faculty ratio: 9:1
The Seven Hills School - Class of 2018 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
SEVEN HILLS HIGHLIGHTS • • • • • • • •
This program helps students develop self-awareness of where their interests lie, facilitates exploration of those interests, and provides students with pertinent real world experiences through job shadows, CALENDAR internships, community service, college Two 18-week semesters, each divided course work and other relevant activities. into two 9-week quarters. Students may elect to earn concentrations Block schedule: 80-minute classes in in such fields as Community Engagement, two-day rotation Environmental Stewardship, Global Citizenship, Political Engagement, The GRADING INFORMATION Arts, Technology and Innovation, Engineering and Design, Integrated WEIGHTED GRADES ON 4.0 SCALE Wellness, or Social Justice.
All students take an advanced college preparatory curriculum Students come from 68 ZIP codes Student body includes 32% students of color Financial Aid awarded to 31% of Upper School students Flexible Credit – Alternative ways of earning credit through online or college or self-designed and mentored projects Study Abroad – Exchange/home-stay experiences in China, France, Spain, Greece and Italy Athletics: 85% of students play a team sport Arts: 60% of the Class of 2016 took arts courses beyond our requirements
ACADEMIC RIGOR •
• •
CLASS SIZES FALL 2017 Grade 9 – 81 Grade 10 – 98 Grade 11 – 83 Grade 12 – 91
Introductory College Prep: no weight
Admission to Honors and AP courses is selective and depends on past performance and departmental approval. Due to the rigor of those courses, students are counseled to limit the number they take. All AP students are expected to take the AP exam. Post-AP electives – Multivariable Calculus, Modern Political Theory.
Honors Courses:
AVG
Full course list by weight is available at: 7hills.org/weighting Verbal 640-730 avg. 681 Math 630-780
Math 1
681
Math 2
762
Chemistry
723
Molecular Biology
760
Environmental Biology
698
Physics
695
U.S. History
703
World History
710
French
643
Science 26-33
Spanish
685
Composite 27-33
Latin
666
Literature
707
200
300
400
16
18
20
avg. 689
500 600 700 800 Combined: 1200-1440; average 1370
2018 MIDDLE 50% OF ACT SCORES:
1-15
avg. 30
English 26-35 avg. 29
Math 25-33 Reading 26-34
22
24
26
28
avg. 30 avg. 30 avg. 30 30
32
34
36
ACT AVERAGES - 2017-18: English Math Reading Science Composite
National 20.3 21.2 Ohio Seven Hills 20.7 National 21.6 Ohio Seven Hills National 21.4 22.5 Ohio Seven Hills National 21 22 Ohio Seven Hills 21 National 22 22 Ohio Seven Hills 1-15
16-19
20-23
SAT AVERAGES - 2017-18:
30 2018: 30
Verbal 30 2018: 30
Math
28-32
33-36
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Academic Curriculum: • • • • • •
English – 4 credits Math – 4 credits History – 3 credits Science – 3 credits World Language – 3 credits F ine and Performing Arts – 1.5 credits • Health and PE – 1.0 credits Personal Challenge: Self-designed, self-conducted project defended before faculty committee and presented to school community
NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITION
29 2018: 29
24-27
“Pass” is given no weight but is computed in credits earned.
Community Service: Individual volunteer project culminating in written reflection
31 2018: 30
29 2018: 30 30
additional +.5 weight
AP and Post-AP Courses: additional +1.0 weight
2018 MIDDLE 50% OF SAT SCORES:
2018 SAT & ACT SCORES SAT Subject Tests
College Prep with pre-req: additional +.25 weight
National
Class of 2017 – 25%
533 681 2018: 681
Seven Hills National
300
688 2018: 689
400
500
Class of 2016 – 29% Class of 2015 – 27%
537
Seven Hills
200
Class of 2018 – 20%
600
700
800
Class of 2014 – 20%