SCHOOL PROFILE 2016-2017
Proctor Academy 204 Main Street Andover, New Hampshire 03216
COLLEGE COUNSELORS E. Michael Koenig, Director: (603)735-6209 Michele Koenig: (603)735-6214
HEAD OF SCHOOL Michael Henriques SCHOOL REGISTRAR Katherine Griffiths: (603)735-6211
CEEB Code: 300015 www.proctoracademy.org
COLLEGE COUNSELING FAX (603)735-6084
SCHOOL PROFILE 2016-2017 Proctor Academy is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school for grades 9-12 located in the foothills of the White Mountains in central New Hampshire. The campus encompasses 2,500 acres of woodlands, pastures, three ponds, a privately owned ski area, and more than 45 buildings on the campus proper. Total school enrollment is 372 students comprised of roughly 60% males and 40% females, with boarding students comprising 75% of the total student body. During the 20162017 admissions cycle, 603 students applied, 250 were accepted, and 120 matriculated. There are 107 seniors in the Class of 2017 including four post-graduates. Students hale from 24 states and 18 foreign countries. Approximately 32% of the student body receives financial aid awards averaging $25,000 per student. The faculty consists of 90 full-time teachers and administrators, providing a 5:1 student to teacher ratio on campus. The average experience of the faculty is sixteen years, with more than 60% holding advanced degrees. Taking inspiration from its motto “Live to Learn, Learn to Live”, Proctor’s mission is to educate members of its diverse community for lives that demonstrate honesty, compassion, respect, and responsibility. Proctor is committed to honoring each student’s unique gifts, recognizing individual learning styles. The school provides a challenging college preparatory curriculum augmented by five term-long off-campus learning experiences (Mountain Classroom, Ocean Classroom, European Art Classroom, Proctor en Segovia, and Proctor in Costa Rica) and an integrated academic support program (Learning Skills). Over the past decade, 80% of Proctor Academy students who attended the school for three or more years participated in a term-long off-campus program, ensuring Proctor graduates receive a global education. A third of the student body enrolls in integrated academic support through Proctor’s Learning Skills program each year. This commitment to celebrating diverse learning styles in every classroom enhances the educational experience of all students throughout Proctor’s 130+ academic courses. In addition to its remarkable breadth of academic offerings, Proctor offers 39 art electives, 39 afternoon activity/athletic offerings, five off-campus programs, a robust residential life and wellness curriculum, daily meetings in faculty advisories, community service opportunities, and an institutional commitment to Proctor’s environmental stewardship. Proctor’s had a longstanding belief that the most effective educational model operates at the intersection of experiential, hands-on learning and authentic faculty/student relationships within a nurturing community.
ACCREDITATION / MEMBERSHIP New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC), and the College Board.
Proctor Academy complies with NACAC’s Statement of Principals of Good Practice.
SIGNATURE PROGRAMS Learning Skills: Core to Proctor’s educational model since the 1950s, Proctor’s Learning Skills program offers integrated academic support to a third of the student body each year. Learning Skills empowers students to become strategic and resilient lifelong learners who are confident self-advocates. Proctor’s approach develops positive working relationships with students, applies comprehensive academic coaching methods, and direct instruction of executive functioning skills. It does not, however, emphasize the remediation of weaknesses. Instead, each student gains greater self-knowledge as an effective learner, capitalizing on personal strengths to achieve academic success in challenging coursework. The goal for each student is academic independence, self-awareness, and confidence gained through real-world success. Ocean Classroom: Offered during the fall trimester, Ocean Classroom is an intensive living and learning experience. Twenty-two Proctor students are challenged academically, socially, and physically, as they become working crew members for nine weeks aboard the World Ocean School’s 130’ LOA, traditional, gaff-rigged Schooner Roseway. Ocean Classroom students receive 1 English credit, 1 Social Science credit, 1 Mathematics credit, 1 Science credit, and a Skills credit. Mountain Classroom: Since 1972, Mountain Classroom has served as the cornerstone of Proctor’s commitment to experiential learning. During the winter or spring trimester, ten students and two instructors embark on a ten week exploration of the American West during which they combine outdoor education and academic inquiry in a place-based curriculum examining the intricate relationship between nature and culture. Students receive 1 English credit, 1 Science credit, 2 Social Science credits, and a Group Dynamics Skills credit. Spanish Abroad: Since 1974, Proctor en Segovia has been offered as a language immersion term during the fall, winter, and spring trimesters. Students live with a Spanish host family, study literature and history, and take excursions throughout Spain and Europe. Participants in the Proctor one-trimester overseas program receive 3 Language credits, 1 English credit, 1 Social Science credit, and a Skills credit. European Art Classroom: An art immersion program based in Aix-en-Provence, France during the winter or spring trimesters, eight students and two faculty members live in community and travel extensively throughout Europe as they gain an appreciation for language, art, and literature. Participants learn extensive art skills and technique while receiving 1 English credit, 1 Social Science credit, 1 Language credit, 2 Art credits, and a Skills credit. Costa Rica Program: Proctor has an active relationship with The Cloud Forest School in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Available to 10th graders, this one-trimester program allows students to live with a Costa Rican host family, immerse themselves in Costa Rican culture, and continue their Proctor courses through the Cloud Forest School. In most cases, students receive 1 English credit, 1 Science credit, 1 Social Science credit, 1 Language credit and 1 Math credit. Summer Service Learning Program: Since 2012, these trips, led by Proctor faculty members, are a focused, rich opportunity for students to in engage in cultural immersion and the principles of community building in China, Guatemala, and Thailand. While most trips are two weeks long, in 2016, Proctor launched its first month-long program in Yunnan China during which students had the opportunity to stay with host families and earn a year’s worth of Language credits. Community Service: Community Service is a vital part of the culture at Proctor. The program is entirely voluntary and involves roughly 60% of all students in any given trimester. Popular opportunities include: Campus tours for prospective students (Green Key), Proctor Environmental Action (PEA), Student Leadership, Child Care Center volunteer, organic gardening, and being a Big Brother or Big Sister at our local elementary school.
CURRICULUM Quick Facts: • Classes range from 50-80 minutes in length • Trimesters (Fall, Winter, Spring) • Students are required to take 4 academic courses and 1 skills courses each term • Students are NOT allowed to take more than 5 academic courses in 1 trimester. • Each trimester academic course carries 1 full Proctor credit =1/3 Carnegie credit. • Student must accumulate at least 12 academic credits & 2 Proctor Skills credits each year. Graduation Requirements for 4 Years of High School: English: 12 credits Mathematics: 9 credit Science: 9 credits, including 3 in Biology Social Science: 8 credits, including 3 in U.S. History World Language: 6 credits, 3 may be earned in a trimester abroad Fine Arts: 2 credits English Curriculum All students are enrolled in an English course each trimester, resulting in 12 English Credits • 9th Grade: Introduction to Literature • 10th Grade: American Literature • 11th Grade: at least two credits of British Literature, or AP English Literature & Composition or AP Language & Composition • 12th Grade: English Seminar or AP English courses English Seminar: Autobiography & Memoir, Chinese Literature, Contemporary, Creative Nonfiction, Ecological Literature, Fiction and Poetry, Fiction into Film, Journalism, Literature of Family & Politics, Literature of the Bible, Modernism, Native American Literature, Novels of Nature, and Poetry.
Advanced Placement Options AP Biology, AP Calculus-AB, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP French, AP Government, AP Human Geography, AP Physics, AP Spanish, and AP Statistics. Academic Recognition Honor Roll: Consists of students whose academic average is 85 or above. Head’s List: Consists of students whose academic average is 90 or above. Effort Honor Roll: Identifies students who receive Honors effort grades in at least 60% of their academic/extracurricular activity responsibilities. Effort grades are rewarded for all Level I & Level II courses, community service, dormitory citizenship and afternoon activities. Transcript Notes • Each trimester of a course is considered a unit in itself, is individually listed on the transcript, and must be individually passed in order for the student to receive credit. • Students completing summer coursework receive academic credit as noted by “Pass” on the transcript. • Academic summer courses completed through an outside program will have a final grade listed, which is not calculated into Proctor Academy GPA.
Final Fall Trimester grades are available after November 29, 2016.
CLASS OF 2016 COLLEGE APPLICATIONS BY THE NUMBERS
GPA AND CLASS RANK • GPA on Proctor transcript is unweighted and done on a yearly basis. • A cumulative GPA is noted on the Secondary School Report for courses completed ONLY at Proctor. • Proctor DOES NOT provide a class rank. GRADING SYSTEM*
A AB+ B BC+
4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3
9 3 - 10 0 90-92 87-89 83-86 80-82 77 - 7 9
C CD F I P
7 3 - 76 70-72 60-69 0-59 INCOMPLETE PASSING
2.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 0.0
*While Proctor does not have an internal weighting system for courses, the curriculum should be reviewed at the honors level.
Cumulative GPA
STANDARDIZED TESTING FOR CLASS OF 2016 All juniors take SAT and ACT tests in the spring. As seniors, 70% will retake the SAT’s and 50% of the class will retake the Fall ACT. SAT ACT Critical Reading Math Writing Combined - 1600 Combined - 2400
AP SCORES | 5-YEAR SUMMARY
Middle 50%
Mean
540-630 560-620 510-590 1050-1210 1570-1820
551 557 538 1108 1646
English Math Reading Science Composite
Middle 50%
Mean
21-27 19-27 21-31 20-27 21-28
24 23 26 24 24
Colleges and Universities Attended 2014-2016 Adelphi University Allegheny College American University Arizona State University Assumption College Babson College Bard College Bates College Beloit College Bentley University Boston University Brown University California College of the Arts California Polytechnic State Univ. Coastal Carolina University Colby College College of St. Scholastica College of the Holy Cross Colorado College Connecticut College Dartmouth College Delaware Valley University Denison University Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University Earlham College Eckerd College Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emerson College Emory University - Oxford College Endicott College Fordham University Fort Lewis College Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Goucher College Green Mountain College Hampshire College High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges IE University- Spain Ithaca College James Madison University Johnson & Wales University Juniata College Lake Forest College Lasell College
Lewis & Clark College Loyola Marymount University Macalester College Maine Maritime Academy Marist College McGill University Merrimack College Middlebury College Montana State University, Bozeman Mount Ida College Muhlenberg College Nazareth College New England College New York University Nichols College Northeastern University Palm Beach State College Pepperdine University Philadelphia University Plymouth State University Purdue University Queen’s University Quest University Canada Quinnipiac University Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Roanoke College Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Sacred Heart University Saint Anselm College Saint Michael’s College Salve Regina University San Diego State University Santa Clara University Savannah College of Art and Design Seton Hill University Sewanee: The Univ. of the South Simmons College Simon Fraser University Skidmore College Southern Methodist University Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ. St. Lawrence University St. Olaf College Stanford University Stephens College Stonehill College
Suffolk University Syracuse University The College of Saint Rose The George Washington University The New School - All Divisions The University of Alabama The University of Montana, Missoula Trinity College Union College Unity College University of California, Berkeley Univ.of California, Los Angeles University of Colorado at Boulder University of Denver University of Essex Univ.of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Maine Univ.of Maryland, College Park Univ.of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami Univ.of New Hampshire at Durham Univ.of North Carolina at Wilmington University of Puget Sound University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of Rochester University of South Carolina University of South Florida, Tampa University of Southern California University of Southern Maine University of St Andrews University of Vermont University of Wisconsin, Madison Vancouver Film School Warren Wilson College Webster University, The Netherlands Wentworth Institute of Technology Western State Colorado University Western Washington University Westminster College Wheaton College MA Wheelock College Widener University Willamette University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University
COLLEGE COUNSELORS E. Michael Koenig, Director: (603)735-6209 Michele Koenig: (603)735-6214
HEAD OF SCHOOL Michael Henriques SCHOOL REGISTRAR Katherine Griffiths: (603)735-6211
CEEB Code: 300015 www.proctoracademy.org
COLLEGE COUNSELING FAX (603)735-6084
SCHOOL PROFILE 2016-2017 Proctor Academy is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school for grades 9-12 located in the foothills of the White Mountains in central New Hampshire. The campus encompasses 2,500 acres of woodlands, pastures, three ponds, a privately owned ski area, and more than 45 buildings on the campus proper. Total school enrollment is 372 students comprised of roughly 60% males and 40% females, with boarding students comprising 75% of the total student body. During the 20162017 admissions cycle, 603 students applied, 250 were accepted, and 120 matriculated. There are 107 seniors in the Class of 2017 including four post-graduates. Students hale from 24 states and 18 foreign countries. Approximately 32% of the student body receives financial aid awards averaging $25,000 per student. The faculty consists of 90 full-time teachers and administrators, providing a 5:1 student to teacher ratio on campus. The average experience of the faculty is sixteen years, with more than 60% holding advanced degrees. Taking inspiration from its motto “Live to Learn, Learn to Live”, Proctor’s mission is to educate members of its diverse community for lives that demonstrate honesty, compassion, respect, and responsibility. Proctor is committed to honoring each student’s unique gifts, recognizing individual learning styles. The school provides a challenging college preparatory curriculum augmented by five term-long off-campus learning experiences (Mountain Classroom, Ocean Classroom, European Art Classroom, Proctor en Segovia, and Proctor in Costa Rica) and an integrated academic support program (Learning Skills). Over the past decade, 80% of Proctor Academy students who attended the school for three or more years participated in a term-long off-campus program, ensuring Proctor graduates receive a global education. A third of the student body enrolls in integrated academic support through Proctor’s Learning Skills program each year. This commitment to celebrating diverse learning styles in every classroom enhances the educational experience of all students throughout Proctor’s 130+ academic courses. In addition to its remarkable breadth of academic offerings, Proctor offers 39 art electives, 39 afternoon activity/athletic offerings, five off-campus programs, a robust residential life and wellness curriculum, daily meetings in faculty advisories, community service opportunities, and an institutional commitment to Proctor’s environmental stewardship. Proctor’s had a longstanding belief that the most effective educational model operates at the intersection of experiential, hands-on learning and authentic faculty/student relationships within a nurturing community.
ACCREDITATION / MEMBERSHIP New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC), and the College Board.
Proctor Academy complies with NACAC’s Statement of Principals of Good Practice.
SIGNATURE PROGRAMS Learning Skills: Core to Proctor’s educational model since the 1950s, Proctor’s Learning Skills program offers integrated academic support to a third of the student body each year. Learning Skills empowers students to become strategic and resilient lifelong learners who are confident self-advocates. Proctor’s approach develops positive working relationships with students, applies comprehensive academic coaching methods, and direct instruction of executive functioning skills. It does not, however, emphasize the remediation of weaknesses. Instead, each student gains greater self-knowledge as an effective learner, capitalizing on personal strengths to achieve academic success in challenging coursework. The goal for each student is academic independence, self-awareness, and confidence gained through real-world success. Ocean Classroom: Offered during the fall trimester, Ocean Classroom is an intensive living and learning experience. Twenty-two Proctor students are challenged academically, socially, and physically, as they become working crew members for nine weeks aboard the World Ocean School’s 130’ LOA, traditional, gaff-rigged Schooner Roseway. Ocean Classroom students receive 1 English credit, 1 Social Science credit, 1 Mathematics credit, 1 Science credit, and a Skills credit. Mountain Classroom: Since 1972, Mountain Classroom has served as the cornerstone of Proctor’s commitment to experiential learning. During the winter or spring trimester, ten students and two instructors embark on a ten week exploration of the American West during which they combine outdoor education and academic inquiry in a place-based curriculum examining the intricate relationship between nature and culture. Students receive 1 English credit, 1 Science credit, 2 Social Science credits, and a Group Dynamics Skills credit. Spanish Abroad: Since 1974, Proctor en Segovia has been offered as a language immersion term during the fall, winter, and spring trimesters. Students live with a Spanish host family, study literature and history, and take excursions throughout Spain and Europe. Participants in the Proctor one-trimester overseas program receive 3 Language credits, 1 English credit, 1 Social Science credit, and a Skills credit. European Art Classroom: An art immersion program based in Aix-en-Provence, France during the winter or spring trimesters, eight students and two faculty members live in community and travel extensively throughout Europe as they gain an appreciation for language, art, and literature. Participants learn extensive art skills and technique while receiving 1 English credit, 1 Social Science credit, 1 Language credit, 2 Art credits, and a Skills credit. Costa Rica Program: Proctor has an active relationship with The Cloud Forest School in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Available to 10th graders, this one-trimester program allows students to live with a Costa Rican host family, immerse themselves in Costa Rican culture, and continue their Proctor courses through the Cloud Forest School. In most cases, students receive 1 English credit, 1 Science credit, 1 Social Science credit, 1 Language credit and 1 Math credit. Summer Service Learning Program: Since 2012, these trips, led by Proctor faculty members, are a focused, rich opportunity for students to in engage in cultural immersion and the principles of community building in China, Guatemala, and Thailand. While most trips are two weeks long, in 2016, Proctor launched its first month-long program in Yunnan China during which students had the opportunity to stay with host families and earn a year’s worth of Language credits. Community Service: Community Service is a vital part of the culture at Proctor. The program is entirely voluntary and involves roughly 60% of all students in any given trimester. Popular opportunities include: Campus tours for prospective students (Green Key), Proctor Environmental Action (PEA), Student Leadership, Child Care Center volunteer, organic gardening, and being a Big Brother or Big Sister at our local elementary school.
CURRICULUM Quick Facts: • Classes range from 50-80 minutes in length • Trimesters (Fall, Winter, Spring) • Students are required to take 4 academic courses and 1 skills courses each term • Students are NOT allowed to take more than 5 academic courses in 1 trimester. • Each trimester academic course carries 1 full Proctor credit =1/3 Carnegie credit. • Student must accumulate at least 12 academic credits & 2 Proctor Skills credits each year. Graduation Requirements for 4 Years of High School: English: 12 credits Mathematics: 9 credit Science: 9 credits, including 3 in Biology Social Science: 8 credits, including 3 in U.S. History World Language: 6 credits, 3 may be earned in a trimester abroad Fine Arts: 2 credits English Curriculum All students are enrolled in an English course each trimester, resulting in 12 English Credits • 9th Grade: Introduction to Literature • 10th Grade: American Literature • 11th Grade: at least two credits of British Literature, or AP English Literature & Composition or AP Language & Composition • 12th Grade: English Seminar or AP English courses English Seminar: Autobiography & Memoir, Chinese Literature, Contemporary, Creative Nonfiction, Ecological Literature, Fiction and Poetry, Fiction into Film, Journalism, Literature of Family & Politics, Literature of the Bible, Modernism, Native American Literature, Novels of Nature, and Poetry.
Advanced Placement Options AP Biology, AP Calculus-AB, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP French, AP Government, AP Human Geography, AP Physics, AP Spanish, and AP Statistics. Academic Recognition Honor Roll: Consists of students whose academic average is 85 or above. Head’s List: Consists of students whose academic average is 90 or above. Effort Honor Roll: Identifies students who receive Honors effort grades in at least 60% of their academic/extracurricular activity responsibilities. Effort grades are rewarded for all Level I & Level II courses, community service, dormitory citizenship and afternoon activities. Transcript Notes • Each trimester of a course is considered a unit in itself, is individually listed on the transcript, and must be individually passed in order for the student to receive credit. • Students completing summer coursework receive academic credit as noted by “Pass” on the transcript. • Academic summer courses completed through an outside program will have a final grade listed, which is not calculated into Proctor Academy GPA.
Final Fall Trimester grades are available after November 29, 2016.
CLASS OF 2016 COLLEGE APPLICATIONS BY THE NUMBERS
GPA AND CLASS RANK • GPA on Proctor transcript is unweighted and done on a yearly basis. • A cumulative GPA is noted on the Secondary School Report for courses completed ONLY at Proctor. • Proctor DOES NOT provide a class rank. GRADING SYSTEM*
A AB+ B BC+
4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3
9 3 - 10 0 90-92 87-89 83-86 80-82 77 - 7 9
C CD F I P
7 3 - 76 70-72 60-69 0-59 INCOMPLETE PASSING
2.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 0.0
*While Proctor does not have an internal weighting system for courses, the curriculum should be reviewed at the honors level.
Cumulative GPA
STANDARDIZED TESTING FOR CLASS OF 2016 All juniors take SAT and ACT tests in the spring. As seniors, 70% will retake the SAT’s and 50% of the class will retake the Fall ACT. SAT ACT Critical Reading Math Writing Combined - 1600 Combined - 2400
AP SCORES | 5-YEAR SUMMARY
Middle 50%
Mean
540-630 560-620 510-590 1050-1210 1570-1820
551 557 538 1108 1646
English Math Reading Science Composite
Middle 50%
Mean
21-27 19-27 21-31 20-27 21-28
24 23 26 24 24
Colleges and Universities Attended 2014-2016 Adelphi University Allegheny College American University Arizona State University Assumption College Babson College Bard College Bates College Beloit College Bentley University Boston University Brown University California College of the Arts California Polytechnic State Univ. Coastal Carolina University Colby College College of St. Scholastica College of the Holy Cross Colorado College Connecticut College Dartmouth College Delaware Valley University Denison University Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University Earlham College Eckerd College Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emerson College Emory University - Oxford College Endicott College Fordham University Fort Lewis College Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Goucher College Green Mountain College Hampshire College High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges IE University- Spain Ithaca College James Madison University Johnson & Wales University Juniata College Lake Forest College Lasell College
Lewis & Clark College Loyola Marymount University Macalester College Maine Maritime Academy Marist College McGill University Merrimack College Middlebury College Montana State University, Bozeman Mount Ida College Muhlenberg College Nazareth College New England College New York University Nichols College Northeastern University Palm Beach State College Pepperdine University Philadelphia University Plymouth State University Purdue University Queen’s University Quest University Canada Quinnipiac University Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Roanoke College Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Sacred Heart University Saint Anselm College Saint Michael’s College Salve Regina University San Diego State University Santa Clara University Savannah College of Art and Design Seton Hill University Sewanee: The Univ. of the South Simmons College Simon Fraser University Skidmore College Southern Methodist University Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ. St. Lawrence University St. Olaf College Stanford University Stephens College Stonehill College
Suffolk University Syracuse University The College of Saint Rose The George Washington University The New School - All Divisions The University of Alabama The University of Montana, Missoula Trinity College Union College Unity College University of California, Berkeley Univ.of California, Los Angeles University of Colorado at Boulder University of Denver University of Essex Univ.of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Maine Univ.of Maryland, College Park Univ.of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami Univ.of New Hampshire at Durham Univ.of North Carolina at Wilmington University of Puget Sound University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of Rochester University of South Carolina University of South Florida, Tampa University of Southern California University of Southern Maine University of St Andrews University of Vermont University of Wisconsin, Madison Vancouver Film School Warren Wilson College Webster University, The Netherlands Wentworth Institute of Technology Western State Colorado University Western Washington University Westminster College Wheaton College MA Wheelock College Widener University Willamette University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University
