Academics at Santa Catalina SchoolAt Santa Catalina, we offer a well-designed and rigorously taught curriculum that trains students to think critically, to speak and write clearly and powerfully, and to bring their growing knowledge and skills to bear on problem solving across all disciplines. Our students benefit from a structured educational experience that combines the best from the classical liberal arts curriculum with the most modern educational technology and methods.Students and teachers meet in seminar-sized classes to engage in exciting and free-ranging discussions. Whatever the discipline, the process of becoming educated includes not only the mastery of highly demanding subject matter but also the ability to communicate effectively about its content. While girls come to Santa Catalina to prepare to attend the best colleges and universities in the country, we do not define the scope of our academic program so narrowly that no room is left for larger, more important goals. It is our belief that a Santa Catalina education, fully embraced and diligently pursued, will prepare a young woman for the totality of her life. She is equipped with both the intellectual tools and the individual desire to pursue lifelong learning. Morally grounded in a deep sense of responsibility to herself and to others, she leaves Santa Catalina committed to sharing her knowledge and talents for the benefit of her community and the world. Santa Catalina School AP (Advanced Placement) Scholar Achievement The College Board confers AP Scholar awards of distinction each year to students who have performed exceptionally well on college-level advanced placement exams. In 2007, 35 Santa Catalina Upper School students distinguished themselves in the following categories: AP Scholars (granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams):
AP Scholars with Honors (granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams):
AP Scholars with Distinction (granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams):
National AP Scholar (granted to students in the United States who receive an average grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams):
Nationwide, approximately 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary schools taking AP exams merited the designation of AP Scholar. Santa Catalina School has offered AP courses in the following subjects: Art History, Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, Environmental Science, European History, French Language, French Literature, Latin, Macro Economics, Micro Economics, Music Theory, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Statistics, Studio Art, US History, and, upon request and by tutorial, Calculus BC and Physics. |
