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2017 - 2018
School Profi le
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF BARCELONA (ASB)
Our mission is to empower pre-school through 12th grade students to become global citizens with the critical thinking skills and the self-confi dence to maximize their potential.Founded in 1962, ASB is an international, independent, non-profi t, co-educational, university preparatory day school which serves the international and Spanish communi-ties in Barcelona. ASB is accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is authorized by the Spanish and Catalan Ministries of Education.
DEMOGRAPHICS
CAMPUS
ASB has a pleasant, open-air purpose built facility resting on 15,000 square meters of land. The campus includes:
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
ASB offers a rigorous university preparatory program, taught in English, that prepares students for admission to top universities throughout the world. Graduates earn a U.S. high school diploma and, in grades 11-12, can additionally pursue the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. Students also take some of their academic coursework in Spanish and Catalan. Many students will graduate having achieved a level of language appropriate for university instruction in all three languages.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
A minimum of 21, full-year credits are required to obtain the U.S.high school diploma, including:
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) is a demanding, two-year course of study leading to external examinations. At ASB, the IBDP is an open enrollment program. In 2017, 50 ASB graduates earned the full IB Diploma, with an average score of 35 points.
C/ Jaume Balmes 7, 08950, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain)T. +34933714016, [email protected], www.asbarcelona.com
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English A Language and Literature
Spanish A Language and Literature
Spanish B
Spanish Ab Initio
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English A Literature Y Y
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Self-study Language
Economics
History
Psychology
IB Course Offerings Standard
Level Higher Level
Global Politics
Biology
Physics
Chemistry
Environmental Systems and Societies
Mathematics
Visual Arts
Music
Film (online)
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Computer Science YY
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A Main building with 5,213 square meters.Early Childhood Center and Elementary building of 2,518 square meters.
Library/media center with more than 17,595 print and media resources.
A large cafeteria with our own kitchen and views of the Mediterranean Sea.
Two basketball/volleyball courts, a large outdoor lighted artifi cial grass fi eld, a gymnasium, and multiple outdoor play areas.
Three science laboratories.
Air conditioned classrooms.
Students by Division
HighSchool
Elementary School
Middle School
Early Childhood
Center
Students865
295189259112
Director: Mark Pingitore
Secondary Principal: Glenn Chapin
College Counselors: Allison Davis
[email protected] Dodier
IB Coordinator: Charmaine Monds
Spanish Technical Director:Magda Montesinos
CEEB Code: 792070 IB School Code: 3175
4 Years of English
2 Years of another language
3 Years of social sciences
3 Years of mathematics
3 Years of lab sciences
1 Credit of community service which is equivalent to 70 hours
IB GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE CLASS OF 2017
GRADING SYSTEM
Teachers assess students with respect to curriculum standards on a 4 point profi ciency scale. The 4 point scale is then converted to letter grades using the decimal conversion below. Due to the high mobility of the student population, ASB does not rank students or calculate GPA.
C-F B- A-C B AC+ B+ A+1.0-1.7 2.8-2.92.0-2.4 3.3-3.4 3.7-3.81.8-1.9 3.0-3.22.5-2.7 3.5-3.6 3.9-4.0
Limited or no evidence Developing Profi cient Exemplary
Languages (Group 1)
Language Acquisition (Group 2)
Humanities (Group 3)
Sciences (Group 4)
Mathematics (Group 5)
Arts (Group 6)
765432
Accredited by:
Faculty
English Speaking Countries
Other International
30%64% 6%
SpanishSpeakingCountries
School Demographics
International
44%
North American
20%
Spanish
36%
UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCE AND MATRICULATIONGraduates from the Classes of 2015-2017 were accepted to the following universities. (Highlighted universities indicate matriculation.)
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA SCORES
No. of ASB IB students
3638404251
% of ASB students that passed
89%95%100%100%98%
Avg. ASB IB score
3133353435
ASB high score (out of 45)
3943454242
World average
3030303030
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
FINAL GRADE DISTRIBUTION 11TH GRADE (Class of 2018)
SPANISH BACHILLERATO DIPLOMA PROGRAM
Aside from the IB Diploma, ASB students can also pursue the Spanish Bachillerato in 11th and 12th grades. Students who study the Spanish Bachillerato choose either the humanities or science concentration. Students who wish to enroll in Spanish universities take the Selectividad exam in early June.
Arts University BournemouthAston UniversityBath Spa UniversityBournemouth UniversityBrunel University LondonCardiff UniversityCity University of LondonCoventry UniversityDurham UniversityGlasgow Caledonian UniversityGoldsmiths, University of LondonImperial College LondonKing’s College LondonLancaster UniversityLeeds College of MusicLondon Metropolitan University
Loughborough UniversityNew College of the HumanitiesNewcastle UniversityNottingham Trent UniversityOxford Brookes UniversityPlymouth UniversityQueen Mary University of LondonRavensbourneRegent’s University LondonRobert Gordon UniversityRoyal Holloway, University of LondonSchool of Oriental and African StudiesSwansea UniversityThe London School of Economics and Political ScienceThe University of Edinburgh
The University of ManchesterThe University of NottinghamUniversity College LondonUniversity for the Creative ArtsUniversity of AberdeenUniversity of BathUniversity of BirminghamUniversity of BrightonUniversity of BristolUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of DerbyUniversity of DundeeUniversity of East AngliaUniversity of East LondonUniversity of EssexUniversity of Exeter
University of GlasgowUniversity of GloucestershireUniversity of GreenwichUniversity of Huddersfi eldUniversity of KentUniversity of LeedsUniversity of LeicesterUniversity of LiverpoolUniversity of LondonUniversity of OxfordUniversity of PortsmouthUniversity of Reading
UNITED KINGDOM
UK22%
US21%
GAP YEAR12%
OTHER COUNTRIES
5%
CANADA4%
SPAIN36%
CLASS OF 2017 MATRICULATION
American University of Paris, FranceAmerican University of Rome ItalyCopenhagen Business School, DenmarkErasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, HollandErasmus University College, HollandFranklin University, SwitzerlandGrenoble School of Management, FranceLeiden University College The Hague, Holland
Marist College, Florence ItalySciences Po Paris FranceUniversiteit Maastricht, HollandUniversiteit van Amsterdam, HollandUniversity of Lausanne, SwitzerlandVesalius College, Brussels, BelgiumVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, HollandWebster University, Vienna Austria
OTHER
Brock UniversityCarleton UniversityMcGill University
Ryerson UniversitySimon Fraser UniversityUniversity of British Columbia
University of Ontario Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Toronto
University of WaterlooYork University
CANADA
Bennington CollegeBentley UniversityBoston UniversityBrandeis UniversityCalifornia College of the ArtsCarnegie Mellon UniversityChapman UniversityColgate UniversityColumbia College ChicagoColumbia College HollywoodColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDuke UniversityElon UniversityEmerson CollegeFlorida Institute of TechnologyFlorida State UniversityFordham UniversityGeorge Mason University
Georgia Institute of TechnologyHampshire CollegeHofstra UniversityIndiana University at BloomingtonJohns Hopkins UniversityMarymount Manhattan CollegeMiami University, OxfordMichigan State UniversityNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityOccidental CollegePace UniversityPratt InstituteRutgers UniversitySan Diego State UniversitySan Francisco State UniversitySkidmore CollegeStanford University
Syracuse UniversityTemple UniversityThe George Washington UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe University of Texas, AustinThe University of Texas, San AntonioTrinity UniversityTufts UniversityTulane UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Santa CruzUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
University of IdahoUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of IowaUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of North TexasUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of PortlandUniversity of RochesterUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of South CarolinaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonVirginia TechWentworth Institute of TechnologyWorcester Polytechnic Institute
UNITED STATES
SPAIN
ESADEElisavaInstitut Quimic de SarriáToulouse Business School,BarcelonaUniversidad de NavarraUniversitat Autonoma De Barcelona
Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaUniversitat Politecnica de CatalunyaUniversitat Pompeu FabraUniversitat Ramon Llull - La SalleUniversitat de Barcelona
National average
Spanish Selectividad ResultsSpanish Bachillerato Course Offerings• English, Spanish, and Catalan Language and Literature• Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Linear Algebra• Spanish History, History of Philosophy• Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Technical Drawing
(Science Option)• Contemporany History, Philosophy, Art History,
Economics (Humanities Option)
2016
2017
No. of students in Bachillerato
program
Avg. ASBSelectividad
score
7.709.00
% of ASB students
that passed
100%100%
ASB high score
(out of 10)
9.809.50
1817
6.646.43
6983%13%4%0%
3540%43%17%0%
11832%38%27%3%
9532%46%22%0%
6121%33%41%5%
2854%43%3%0%
Total StudentsExemplary (A-, A, A+)
Profi cient (B-, B, B+)
Developing (C-, C, C+)
Limited or no evidence (F)
English(Group 1)
Spanish(Group 2.1)
Spanish Acquisition(Group 2.2)
Humanities(Group 3)
Science(Group 4)
Math(Group 5)
SAT Results Act Results
Evidence BasedReading & Writing
6541313
647 1293
Mathematics
Total
656 646656 646
Class of 2017(25 test takers)
Class of 2018(25 test takers)
Science
ASB Composite
2929282728
2829262527
English
Mathematics
Reading
Class of 2018(5 test takers) Class of 2017
SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAMS
Our High School prides itself not only on our high academic achieve-ment, but also on the ability of our students to make a positive im-pact on our community through ongoing engagement. Our service learning programs offer opportunities for experiential learning, often cross age, focusing on co-curricular community-based activities. High school students develop lifelong interpersonal skills related to leader-ship, mentoring, respect, service and collaboration. Examples include:
Sharing to Learn: An annual partnership with local primary schools where ASB students collaborate as English language assis-tants throughout the year.Connecting with Elders: Students bring weekly cheer and mental stimulation to the elderly in our community through games, stories and conversation.
Bridging through Art: Students lead creative workshops at a cen-ter for adults with Down Syndrome. Social Entrepreneurship Programs: Students develop business plans and create their own start-up companies that create solutions to social, cultural or environmental issues.Professional Language Collaboration: Students partner with adult employees in local hospitals, universities and businesses to learn about the profession as a career path while helping to strengthen the English skills of employees.RefugArt: Students raise awareness and support for refugees around the world through art production and exhibitions. Annual events have collaborated with the UNHCR and other international aid organizations.
SAT AND ACT RESULTS
The SAT and ACT are optional exams taken by students at ASB who plan to apply to U.S. universities. Average scores are listed below.