Profile 2012-2013

11350 Palms BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90066310-391-7127 310-398-0869 faxwww.windwardschool.orgCEEB Code 053323

SUBJECT HONORS COURSES - 22 OFFERED AP COURSES -19 OFFERED

English English 9 H, English 10 H, English 12 H AP Literature and Composition

MathematicsAlgebra 1 H, Geometry H, Algebra 2/Trigonometry H, PreCalculus H

AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics

Social StudiesWorld History 1 H, Global Studies H,Research Seminar H: 20th Century U.S. History,Research Seminar H: History of the Other

AP Modern European History, AP American History,AP Government Politics: U.S., AP Art History, AP Psychology

Science Conceptual Physics H, Biology H, Chemistry HAP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Physics C:Mechanics, AP Environmental Science

World LanguageFrench 1 H, French 2 H, French 3 H, French 4 HSpanish 1 H, Spanish 2 H, Spanish 3 H, Spanish 4 H

AP Spanish Language, AP French Language

Visual & Performing ArtsAP Studio: Drawing & Painting, AP Studio: 2-D Design,AP Studio: 3-D Design

WWINDWARDS C H O O L

Head of School: Thomas W. Gilder

Director of Upper School: Peggy ProcterCo-Directors of College Counseling: Molly Branch mbranch@windwardschool.org

Jill Gully jgully@windwardschool.org

A DYNAMIC EDUCATION. A NURTURING COMMUNITY.Windward was founded by educator Shirley Windward in 1971 as a coeducational, non-profit, independent college preparatory day schoolenrolling students in grades 7 through 12. Its mission statement calls on teachers, parents and administrators to work together to encourageeach student to be responsible, caring, well informed, ethical and prepared. Located in West Los Angeles, Windward draws its student bodyfrom the diverse population of Los Angeles. Admission is highly selective, with the school attracting motivated and talented students inacademics, the performing and visual arts and athletics. Windward is accredited by WASC, the Western Association for Schools and Colleges,and is a member of the Global Online Academy, the Cum Laude Society, the National Association of Independent Schools, the College Board,the National Association for College Admission Counseling and the Western Association for College Admission Counseling.

ENROLLMENTIn the 2012-2013 academic year, the total enrollment in grades 7-12 is 550 students, with 376 in the Upper School and 88 students in thesenior class. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse. Twenty-eight percent are students of color. Windward School has committedmore than $2.2 million to financial aid in an effort to ensure a socio-economic diversity among its students. Of the 58 full-time faculty members,seventy-four percent hold a master’s degree; twenty-six percent hold doctoral degrees.

COURSE LOADWindward operates on a trimester system in which courses are year-long. The exceptions to this are senior semester-length elective courses.The final grade is cumulative and includes the mid-year and final examinations. Ninth and tenth grade students carry seven courses (includingphysical education) each year. Eleventh and twelfth grade students must carry at least five but are encouraged to carry six or seven courses. Inaddition, all Windward students are required to fulfill a 40-hour commitment of community service during their junior and senior years.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTSUpper School students must complete a minimum of:

CURRICULUMWindward provides superior programs in English, mathematics, world language, history, science, and the visual and performing arts. Thecurriculum offers students a choice of more than 100 different courses, including online coursework through the Global Online Academy aswell as 22 honors and 19 AP classes available to qualified students. While Windward does not limit the number of AP courses a student maytake each year, the average Windward senior is enrolled in two AP courses. Truly exceptional students will take three or more their senior year.

Assistant Head of School, Strategic Partnerships: Kevin Newman

• 4 years of English• 3 years of social studies, including U.S. history and world history• 3 years of mathematics, including algebra 2/trigonometry• 3 years of science, including one year of lab science

• 3 years of the same world language or 2 years eachof two world languages

• 2 years of visual or performing arts• 2 years of physical education

The Windward Institute: The Windward Institute brings faculty, parents, students, alumni and the educational community together inorder to engage in the exploration of dialogue about groundbreaking ideas. The primary mission is ongoing educational research and thegeneration of transformative ideas and practices. With Windward’s Strategic Plan as a guide, the Institute advances the following goals:

• To create innovative approaches to education by forming special teams of Windward educators and outside experts;• To expand learning opportunities beyond the classroom by establishing programs that provide educational opportunities for

students, parents, faculty, alumni and the extended community;• To link the efforts of faculty to the work of the wider educational community, including MIT’s iCampus, Stanford’s Center for

Innovation in Learning, USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Teachers College Center for Technology and Change, UCLA’s Visualization Portal• To explore best practices in education and assess the Windward program.

Writing and Rhetoric Across the Curriculum: The process of optimizing Windward's writing curriculum has continued with the formation ofuniversity collaborations. Windward's faculty and administrators have teamed with Stanford's Hume Writing Center to learn innovative researchon communication. This fall will see the introduction of a peer tutoring program in the new Studio for Writing and Rhetoric, a peer-to-peer supportcenter for students needing assistance with papers, digital media projects and oral presentations.

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (STEAM): An interdisciplinary approach to learning that includes the formation ofcoursework, out-of-the-classroom experiences and culminating projects that integrate design, technology and engineering. Beginning thisyear, a small group of rising freshmen and sophomores will be part of the elite STEAM Scholars Program, which recognizes students whohave completed a certain number of STEAM courses. Windward is further affiliated with Project Lead the Way, a non-profit organizationthat provides a network of passionate STEAM professionals along with rigorous and innovative engineering and design curricula.

Global Education: The Global Education Committee prepares students to engage with the 21st century global community through a numberof programmatic and extra-curricular opportunities for students, including cultural immersion, intensive language study and leadershipexperiences. Global Studies Honors is a new course for 10th graders; as well, Windward is one of only two California schools selected formembership in the Global Online Academy, an online consortium of leading independent schools that offer online global courses forstudents. The Global Studies Honors program will begin with a select group of sophomores this year.

Academic Integrity: Windward is committed to continually evaluating the school's longstanding standards for academic integrity, initiatingthe final stages of a collaborative, all-school dialogue. Reinforcing the link between ethics and scholarship is the key to this initiative, andour goal is to create a school where students are able to learn, grow, and thrive in an honest, inspiring and scholarly environment. Whatcharacterizes this initiative is its strong collaboration between students, faculty, administration, and our Northwestern University partner.

Scientific Research Trips: The Windward Science Department currently offers two field biology research-based trips for juniors and seniors. TheGuatemalan Shade Coffee Research Program offers Spanish-speaking students the opportunity to participate in a field study comparing avian useof secondary growth forest with a shade coffee plantation. Windward science and French students embark on an expedition to Tahiti for a hands-on experience involving cultural exchange, research, and scientific observation of coral reefs. A marine biology course is under development. Duringan intensive 8-day period in the Florida Keys, students will conduct their own projects, collecting and analyzing data and reporting on their findings.

INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS

CALCULATION OF GPAThe Upper School assesses students on a traditional A to F, 4.0 scale. Because of its size, Windward does not calculate class rank. The transcriptincludes both an end-of-year GPA and a cumulative GPA from grades 9-12. Grades earned in courses not taken at Windward are included onthe transcript; however, only those that fulfill a Windward requirement are calculated into a student’s GPA. To calculate GPA, we add .5 to eachgrade of C- or above in an honors or AP course. Both academic and non-academic courses are considered in GPA calculations.

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIESGlobal Online Academy: Windward is a member of the Global Online Academy, a consortium of the world’s leading independent schools whosemission is to translate into online classrooms the intellectually rigorous programs and excellent teaching that are hallmarks of its member schools.

Honors Research Seminars: For the student who truly seeks a challenge, even beyond AP level, Windward offers year-long honors researchseminars. With the approval of the department chair, this year’s seniors may enroll in either or both research seminars in 20th Century UnitedStates History or History of the Other. These courses culminate in a substantial, college-level research paper.

Senior Seminars: Although Windward does operate on a trimester system, seniors may also choose to enroll in semester-long courses acrossthe disciplines. The eight semester-length courses for 2012-13 include: AP U.S. Government, The Brothers Karamazov, Philosophy, CreativeWriting, Poetry, Economics, Web Design, and Psychology.

GRADING SYSTEM

LETTER GRADE A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F

POINT VALUE 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.0

HONORS POINT VALUE 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.2 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.0

PROFILE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 – GPA & GRADE DISTRIBUTIONWindward’s grading standards are rigorous and competitive. At the end of junior year, the highest cumulative GPA of the 88 members of theclass of 2013 was 4.35; the lowest was 2.47. The median GPA was 3.69.

GRADE A B C D F

English 61% 39% 0% 0% 0%

History 56% 38% 6% 0% 0%

Math 47% 37% 14% 2% 0%

Science 57% 34% 9% 0% 0%

Language 54% 42% 4% 0% 0%

Arts 88% 12% 0% 0% 0%

Performing Arts 100% 0% 0% 0% 0%

CLASS OF 2013

MEAN STUDENTS TESTED

Biology - Ecology 657 11

Biology - Molecular 663 7

Chemistry 684 12

English Literature 629 35

French 685 6

Math Level I 640 4

Math Level II 697 25

Spanish 702 10

U.S. History 716 33

World History 715 2

SAT SUBJECT TEST SCORES – CLASS OF 2013

MID 50% MEAN MID 50% MEAN

English 26-33 30 English 26-33 30

Math 25-31 28 Math 25-32 28

Reading 24-34 29 Reading 27-33 29

Science Reasoning 24-30 27 Science Reasoning 24-32 28

Composite 25-32 28 Composite 26-33 29

ACT SCORES – CLASS OF 2012 ACT SCORES – CLASS OF 2013(at the end of senior year) (at the end of junior year)

MID 50% MEAN

Critical Reading 600-710 664

Math 610-700 662

Writing 620-750 683

SAT SCORES – CLASS OF 2012(at the end of senior year)

MID 50% MEAN

Critical Reading 570-700 635

Math 560-680 633

Writing 600-720 660

SAT SCORES – CLASS OF 2013(at the end of junior year)

STANDARDIZED TESTING

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COLLEGE MATRICULATIONWindward graduates of the past three years (2010-12) were accepted to 336 colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. The classof 2012 matriculated in 52 colleges in 20 states and Scotland; 99 percent attended a four-year university. Graduates of the past three years haveattended the following schools:

ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMSStudents enrolled in AP courses are required to take the corresponding exam; however, students are encouraged to take AP exams even whensuch a course is not offered. AP course enrollment is subject to permission of the department chair. For the 2012-13 school year, Windwardwill introduce two additional AP courses: AP Statistics and AP Psychology.

As of the May 2012 exams, Windward had 36 AP Scholars, 14 AP Scholars with Honors, 23 AP Scholars with Distinction and 1 National AP Scholar.

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Total AP Students 138 146 171 178 170

Number of Exams 248 289 324 349 349

AP Students with Scores 3+ 122 131 155 162 152

% of Total AP Students with Scores 3+ 88.4 89.7 90.6 91 89.4

COMPREHENSIVE AP RESULTS

Global Online Academy is a not-for-profit consortium of leading independent schools from around the world dedicated to developing 21st century skills while preserving the academic excellence that is a hallmark of our member schools.

We seek to maintain the expectations of rigor, inquiry, and collaboration that distinguish our member schools. Teachers engage students regularly with one-on-one attention and respond effectively to the needs of the individual student learner.

The rigor and quality of the online curriculum ignites and fuels students’ passions, encourages students to take academic risks in a supportive environment, enhances students’ ability to take responsibility for their own learning, and helps them to develop new skills. The quality of faculty, students, and courses mirrors that of our member schools.

Diversity is made possible by a global distribution of students who approach theirclassmates with empathy, interest, and respect.

GOA faculty seek to preserve in 21st century online pedagogies a central and highly-valued core component of their experience in traditional independent school classrooms: the transformative connections they can make with students. They embrace and seek to demonstrate the creative collaboration, networked learning communities, online skillsdevelopment, and global connections made possible through the online environment.

All Global Online Academy faculty also teach at a member school.

The schools that are members of the Global Online Academy are well known nationwide and globally for the strengths of their curricula and the excellence of their teaching. Collaborating in an online educational enterprise allows member schools to multiply and enhance these strengths, as they connect to a common hub without losing their identities as individual schools.

Our program brings together experienced teachers and highly capable students in an interactive, rigorous learning environment. We offer courses that enable students to meet graduation requirements, as well as electives that encourage the awakening of new interests and passion for learning. Our classrooms include a variety of voices representing the geographic, cultural, and ethnic diversities possible in an online environment.

All course materials are developed by teachers at member schools and meet the rigorand high quality for which these schools are well-known.

Class size is limited to 18 students.

14050 1st Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98125-3099 . 206.368.3666 . www.globalonlineacademy.org

School Profile 2012-2013

ABOUT

FACULTY

MEMBER SCHOOLS

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

The mission of the Global Online Academyis to replicate in online classrooms the intellectually rigorous programs and

excellent teaching that are hallmarks of its member schools; to foster new and

effective ways, through best practices in online education, for students to learn; and to promote students’ global awareness and

understanding by creating truly diverse, worldwide, online schoolroom communities.

ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY, NM

CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL, OR

CRANBROOK SCHOOLS, MI

THE DALTON SCHOOL, NY

GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL, PA

HEAD-ROYCE SCHOOL, CA

KING’S ACADEMY, JORDAN

LAKESIDE SCHOOL, WA

PUNAHOU SCHOOL, HI

SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL, DC

AMERICAN SCHOOL IN JAPAN

THE BISHOP’S SCHOOL, CA

THE BLAKE SCHOOL, MN

THE BRANSON SCHOOL, CA

GREENHILL SCHOOL, TX

GREENWICH ACADEMY, CT

THE HARKER SCHOOL, CA

HAWKEN SCHOOL, OH

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BEIJING, CHINA

ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL, LA

JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, INDONESIA

LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO, IL

NOBLE AND GREENOUGH, MA

ST. MARKS SCHOOL OF TEXAS, TX

WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS, GA

WINDWARD SCHOOL, CA

MISSION

Michael Nachbar, Director

MEMBER SCHOOLS

FOUNDING SCHOOLS

School Profile 2012-2013

CURRICULUM

SCHOOL CALENDAR AND CLASSROOM TIME

TECHNOLOGY

Teachers create their own materials for classes and connect students to curated material gathered from a variety of sources. Just like in regular classrooms at our member schools’ campuses there is an emphasis on engagement, interaction, and collaboration among students and with the teacher. Classes are asynchronous, meaning students have flexibility over when they log in, but they are also teacher-paced, meaning students are assigned work throughout the week rather than being given assignments to complete on the weekends or in one large block of time.

Through their curricula, teachers aim to meet three main goals: to create and maintain meaningful relationships with, and among, students; to create opportunities for students to share their local perspective on global issues; and for the work to be meaningful and rigorous.

Students practice and hone 21st century skills in practical, hands-on ways. They learn how to collaborate with peers who are not sitting with them on campus; to communicate with people living in areas of the world that are culturally different from their own; how to hold themselves and others accountable for their work in a public forum; how to organize their time and tasks when given flexibility and autonomy; and how to use a variety of learning tools to interpret assignments and effectively express themselves. All of these skills are necessary for becoming effective and constructive global citizens.

Each semester is 14 weeks in length. Classes are equivalent to a 45 minute class that meets 4 times per week. Students are expected to commit an average of 5-7 hours each week to these courses. These courses are taken in place of a regular academic or elective course; they cannot be taken on top of a full load of courses.

The proliferation of technological tools makes much easier the goal of having students take responsibility for their own learning, though the direction of a skilled teacher remains paramount in guiding students through the learning process by offering feedback, asking intriguing questions, challenging a student’s assumptions, and facilitating discussion among classmates.

Global Online Academy seeks to maintain the expectation of interaction, collaboration, and relationships that distinguishes our member schools. Teachers give every student one-on-one attention and are prepared to respond effectively to the needs of the individual student learner.

Students and teachers use a variety of online tools to engage with each other, such as voice thread software, video conferencing software and an interactive digital learning management system.

14050 1st Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98125-3099 . 206.368.3666 . www.globalonlineacademy.org

COURSES 2012/2013

AN INTRODUCTION TO BIOETHICS Alyson Solomon, Germantown Friends School

COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT:CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS

Colleen Kyle, Lakeside School

DECLARING OUR HUMANITY: APPLYING PHILOSOPHY TOMODERN GLOBAL ISSUES

Tristan Chirico, King’s Academy

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: GLOBALPERSPECTIVES THROUGH THE LENS

Rick White, Jakarta International

THE HISPANIC EXPERIENCELauren Reggero-Toledano, Catlin Gabel School

IOS APP DEVELOPMENTDouglas Kiang, Punahou School

JAPANESE LANGUAGETHROUGH CULTURE

Ayako Anderson, Noble and Greenough

MEDICAL PROBLEM SOLVINGDarcy Iams and Nan Ketpura-Ching, Punahou School

MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUSAran Glancy, The Dalton School

USING GIS TO SOLVE GLOBAL ISSUESGayle Wilson, Albuquerque Academy

9/11Dave Whitson, Catlin Gabel School

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS Jen Olmsted, Jakarta International School

FRENCH HIP-HOPVeronique Brau, Lakeside School

GLOBAL HEALTHJake Clapp and Bob Lapsley, Lakeside School

MEDIA STUDIESMeg Goldner Rabinowitz, Germantown Friends School

MODERN ETHICAL DILEMMASKaren Bradley, Head-Royce School

URBAN STUDIESGeorge Zaninovich, Catlin Gabel School

PLAYWRITING 2.0Greg Puppione, Lakeside School