学校简介

总体概况和理念

韦德娱乐app下载地址 was founded in 1925 as a progressive alternative to the more rigid and authoritarian and educational systems of the time. 我们继续走这条进步的道路, adopting many innovative programs well before their common acceptance in American education. 今天，我们继续着大学预科的传统, 男女同校的寄宿和走读学校, enrolling 250 students in grades 9 through 12 on our bucolic 140-acre camps in the Pennsylvania countryside.

We encour年龄 students and 教师 to act collegially in the learning process and to form relationships based on mutual respect. Intrinsic to our philosophy is a profound respect for the individual and a rejection of conformity for its own sake. 鼓励每个学生进行创造性思考, 独立批判, 并理解他或她对更大世界的责任. 而我们的风格是非正式的, our curriculum is rigorous and prepares students for success at a range of colleges according to their best fit, 包括全国最顶尖的学校.

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电话:215.862.5261
传真:215.862.3366
CEEB号码:39-2955

学生的身体

Although the majority of Solebury’s approximately 250 students come from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 在过去的三年里, 学生们来自19个州和12个国家.

Solebury’s students take on leadership roles that are integral to the day-to-day functioning of the school: students run our twice weekly all-school assemblies; students serve with 教师 on our Judiciary and Academic Committees; older students act as Peer Leaders and Peer Tutors for younger students; students act as Tour Guides for our admission department; students start and lead their own clubs and organizations (such as Red Cross Club and the Solebury Literary 艺术 Magazine). Students also participate in a wide range of competitive sports and other traditional activities. 通过指导学生完成这些职责, 索伯里培养学生的成熟和个人成长.

认证

宾夕法尼亚独立学校协会

有良好信誉的成员 PACAC 和NACAC

日历

索伯里的学年分为三个学期. The first ends in mid-November, the second ends in early March, and the third ends in early June. 每节课80分钟，外加实验时间. 每个学期的最后三天是期末考试.

学术项目

至少修满109学分才能毕业:

英语:24学分(每学期必修)
数学:18学分(通过代数II) & 三角函数)
世界语言: 18 credits (3 years of one langu年龄 or two years each of two langu年龄s)
科学:12学分(概念物理和生物)
社会研究:12个学分(美国历史加另一门)
艺术:6个学分(2年)
Health: 1 credit (waived if student arrives as junior, senior, or PG)

选修课程使总学分达到109分.

每门全年课程为6个学分. Every student must attempt a minimum of 27 credits each year or 9 each trimester. Note that these are minimum requirements and students are encour年龄d to go as far as they possibly can in each discipline. Those wishing to attend a competitive college should keep in mind that such candidates usually have taken Calculus, 三个或更多的实验科学, 而且通常是学习外语的第四年. 在索伯里，学生毕业时通常要修132到156个学分.

开设11门AP课程: 美国研究(AP美国历史), AP微积分AB, AP微积分BC, AP英语文学, AP法语, AP欧洲历史, AP西班牙语, 据美联社统计, AP工作室艺术, 美国政府 & 政治和AP物理或化学(交替一年).

开设22门荣誉课程: 生物、化学、物理、代数1、几何、代数2 & 三角, 多变量微积分, 美国研究文学, 社会理论, 道德, 辩论, 经济学, 历史论文, 环境科学, 有关微积分的知识, 英语9 & 10、Teach2Serve和四门高级英语选修课.

2019级测试简介

2019届有63名大四学生. SAT分数中间50%的范围如下:

SAT阅读/写作:580-670
SAT数学:520-740
ACT综合指数:22-29

分级

评分为4分.


A+ (97-100) = 4.333	B+ (87-89) = 3.333	C+ (77-79) = 2.333	D+ (67-69) = 1.333
A (93-96) = 4.0	B (83-86) = 3.000	C (73-76) = 2.000	D (63-66) = 1.000
A- (90-92) = 3.666	B- (80-82) = 2.666	C- (70-72) = 1.666	D- (60-62) = 0.666
(D-为最低及格分数)			F(小于等于59)= 0.000

荣誉课程和AP课程是有权重的. 额外的好处是不加到课程成绩中，但在计算GPA时也加进去. 荣誉奖励是0.333. AP奖励为0.666.

班级排名

与我们的教育理念相一致，韦德娱乐app下载地址学校做到了不对学生进行排名.

活动

Solebury students are required to participate in three trimesters of a sport or activity each year.

全球教育

With an emphasis on the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development, 也是全球教育基准组织的成员, 学生可以深入参与全球学术课程, 文化活动, 沉浸在旅行中等等.

学生纪律

韦德娱乐app下载地址 will report to colleges any disciplinary responses that result in suspension or expulsion during the student’s junior and senior year at 韦德娱乐app下载地址. We will report the disciplinary actions that occur prior to the submission of a college application only when asked; any disciplinary actions that occurs after submission of the application will be reported to all colleges to which the student has applied.

摘要统计信息

在过去三年的毕业生中, 98% have gone to four-year colleges; the remaining 2% attend community colleges, 在高中读一年研究生, 或者休一年空档年.