CONCORD CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY

• 500 Walden Street, Concord, Massachusetts 01742 • Telephone: (978) 318-1400

Diana Rigby Michael Mastrullo Alison Nowicki, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools Principal Guidance & Counseling Chair OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY: Located about twenty miles northwest of Boston, the towns of Concord and Carlisle are outstanding communities with rich historical and literary backgrounds. The many historical, cultural and educational assets of the area make Concord and Carlisle attractive towns in which to live, to learn and to work. Concord Carlisle High School is a four-year, college preparatory high school with an enrollment of 1,284 students. CCHS has an outstanding educational program that annually sends over 90% percent of its graduates on to higher education. Innovative curriculum and a broad range of electives challenge and engage the broad range of learners in our school community. CCHS is 1:1 laptop school that views technology as a valuable tool for enriching educational experiences for its students. Among the faculty, nearly all hold a masters degree and several hold doctorial degrees. Teachers in the major academic disciplines average four class sections with a teaching ratio of 90:1 (teacher:student). The counseling staff consists of 6.375 full-time equivalent guidance counselors with a pupil ratio of 200:1.

Concord Carlisle does not rank students.

Below is a conversions chart for grade values. WEIGHTED VALUE takes into consideration those grades received for HONORS COURSES ONLY. A grade of “P” (Pass) is NOT considered in grade point average computation.

GRADE UNWEIGHTED

VALUE WEIGHTED

VALUE

A+, A A- B+

4.00 3.66 3.33

4.66 4.33 4.00

B 3.00 3.66 B- 2.66 3.33

C+ 2.33 3.00 C 2.00 2.66 C- 1.66 2.00

D+ 1.33 1.66 D 1.00 1.00

D- 0.66 0.66 F 0.00 0.00

NOTEWORTHY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & FEATURES METCO - Since 1969, CCHS has participated in the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc. (METCO). This program brings students from the city of Boston to CCHS.

RIVERS & REVOLUTIONS - An interdisciplinary, experiential program at CCHS that offers students a rich academic experience. It is truly a learning laboratory for our students and our Faculty; students learn about themselves as learners and teachers benefit from opportunities for embedded professional development in innovative practices. RUETTGERS SEMINAR - The Ruettgers Family of Carlisle, MA makes generous contributions to CCHS to encourage the creation of seminars and learning experiences that reward students with intense intellectual interests not covered in the general curriculum.

ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE - Courses give students an opportunity to investigate engineering and employ concepts to solve design problems. Certificate completion indicates that a student has taken a minimum of five electives in the fields of drawing, engineering, and technology while maintaining a high level of rigor in math and science during high school.

CONCORD CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS PROFILE

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM – 2016 3 Scholarships – 9 Finalists – 10 Semifinalists – 40 Letters of Commendation

SUMMARY OF COLLEGE BOARD SCORES - 2016

2016 SAT Scores ! !

2016 ACT Scores

CR M W ! ! 750-800 31 44 31 ! !

34-36 17 700-749 41 41 52

! ! 31-33 62

650-699 46 52 47 ! !

28-30 34 600-649 49 46 43 ! ! 25-27 27 550-599 41 34 45

! ! 22-24 30

500-549 27 27 34 ! !

19-21 13 450-499 15 7 13

! ! 16-18 8

400-449 3 2 9 ! !

13-15 2 350-399 3 2 2

! ! 300-349 1 1 1 ! ! ! ! !250-299 0 0 0 ! ! ! ! !200-249 0 1 0 ! ! ! ! !Medians 640 660 630 ! ! !

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES OFFERED AT CCHS

Visual Art: AP Honors Art Interdisciplinary: AP Seminar, AP Research Math: AP Calculus BC, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics Science: *AP Biology, *AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, *AP Physics C World Language: AP Chinese, AP French, AP Spanish *Students are required to complete the Introductory course before enrolling in these AP courses. English does not offer any Advanced Placement courses. Student enrolled in the honors curriculum are well prepared for the AP Language and Literature exams. Social Studies does not offer any honors or Advanced Placement courses.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT RESULTS (2011-15)

Discipline 5 4 3 2 1 Total

English 126 114 62 17 0 319 Foreign Lang. 111 85 35 4 1 236 Math 292 92 44 10 0 438 Science 220 101 39 7 3 370 Social Studies 19 11 11 4 3 48 Seminar 4 0 6 0 0 10 Totals 764 368 174 35 3 1421 Percent’s 54.3% 28.4% 13.9% 3.0% 0.5%

From 2011-2015, 97% of AP exams received a passing score (3 or higher)

Overall, 83% of AP exams were rated 4 or 5.

POST SECONDARY PLACEMENTS

• CONCORD-CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL • 500 Walden Street, Concord, Massachusetts 01742 •

Telephone: (978) 318-1400 • FAX (978) 318-1435

Diana Rigby Michael Mastrullo Alison Nowicki Superintendent of Schools Principal Guidance & Counseling Chair

PLACEMENT OF RECENT GRADUATES (In Percentages)

Four-Yr. Two-Yr. Tech Prep Armed

Class College College School School Forces Employment Undecided

2013 87.6 2.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 1.3 7.0 2014 90.7 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 6.6 2015 91.3 1.4 0.0 0.3 - 0.3 6.6 2016 91.5 1.0 0.3 1.0 - 0.6 5.4

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