WaltWhitmanHighSchool

7100 WhittierBoulevard•Bethesda,Maryland20817

Phone:(301)320-6590•Fax: (301)320-6594

CEEB#210271

2015–2016Profile

Dr.Alan Goodwin,Principal

Ms.KristinCodyAssistantPrincipal Mr.Jerome Easton,AssistantPrincipal

Ms.KathyMcHale,AssistantPrincipal

TheCommunity

WesternBethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Maryland.Suburbanresidential.

ParentGroup:80%collegegraduates, mainlyprofessionaland managerial.

TheSchool

Public-Grades9through12

AccreditedbyMiddleStatesAssociation

MarylandStateDepartmentofEducation

SpringBreak

Whitman’s2016SpringBreakextendsfrom

March 25 through April 3.

CounselingStaff

Ms.FrancesR.Landau,ResourceCounselor

Ms.JamieAhearn Ms.JenniferHiggins Mr. WilliamKapner Mr. KennethR.Putt Ms.Angela Fang Ms.MollyMcAllister Ms.KariWislar

Ms.ShannonSteward,Registrar

Ms.Anne Hutchens,College/CareerCoordinator

Ms.PamBobrow, GuidanceSecretary

Ms.Brenda Athanas, TranscriptSecretary

TheStudents

Enrollment2015–2016

Seniors...... 450

Juniors...... 501

Sophomores...... 490

Freshmen...... 538

87%ofthe Seniorsattend4yearcolleges.

6%attend2-yearcolleges.

More than71%attendcollege out-of-state.

Some foreignstudentsreturntocollegeintheir owncountry.

Studentscomefrommorethan40countries.

69%ofthe Studentsare White,3%are Black or

African-American,13%are Asian-American,

10%are Hispanic,5%MultipleRaces.

NationalMerit

Classof2015Classof2016

Semi-Finalists...... 12Semi-Finalists...... 9

Commended...... 50Commended...... 51

NationalHispanicScholarsAward...... 6

TheCurriculum

22creditsrequiredinGrades9–12 forgraduation

English...... 4

Math...... 4

Science...... 3

Social Studies...... 3

FineArts...... 1

ForeignLanguageor

AdvancedTechnologyEducation...... 2

HealthEducation...... 0.5

PhysicalEducation...... 1

TechnologyEducation...... 1

Electives...... 2.5 (selectedfromacademicmajorsorspecial subjects)

GradingSystem

Numericalgradeequivalents

A=90–100B=80–89C=70–79

D=60–69E=59or below

Passingmark=D

CR/NC=Credit/NoCredit

LCE3 =Loss ofcreditdue toexcessive unexcusedabsence

GradePointAverageandClassRank

Pleaseseeaccompanyingnotice

APandHonorsCoursesHonorsworkcanbedoneingrades 9–12in English, ForeignLanguages,Mathematics, Sciences,SocialStudies, Computer Scienceand StudioArt.All workintheAPandAdvanced Levelcourseslistedbelowisconsideredto

beHonorswork.CourseslistedinGroup#3

below,whiletheyaretaken byawiderange

ofstudents,areavailable attheHonorslevel.

1.APCourses

Art History

Biology

CalculusABBC Chemistry

ChineseLanguage ComputerScienceA Economics-Macro Economics-Micro

EnglishLanguageComp. EnglishLiteratureComp. EnvironmentalScience EuropeanHistory

FrenchLanguage

Gov’t.Politics-Comparative

Gov’t.Politics-U.S. HumanGeography JapaneseLanguage

Music Theory

Physics1& 2

PhysicsC:Mech; E&M

Psychology

Russian(Prototype) SpanishLanguage SpanishLiterature Statistics

StudioArt

U.S.History World History

2.AdvancedLevelCourses

(DesignatedHonors)

Algebra2w/Analysis Precalculusw/Analysis Calculusw/Applications Multi-VariableCalculus/

DifferentialEquations

Linear Algebra

ForeignLanguages,Levels 56

ComputerProgramming, Levels 1,2,3

AnatomyPhysiology

AdvancedStudioArt

3.HonorsWork

EnglishForeign Languages

English9Levels 3 4

English10

English11Math English12Geometry Adv.Journalism

Other

ScienceHealth

Biology1EngineeringDesign Chemistry1CivilEngineeringPrinciplesof

Physics1Engineering

Tech.ofAdvanced

Journalism

SocialSciences Child Development 2&3

ModernWorld

History

NSL Government

U.S. History

APTest Data2015Total#ofCandidates:1,129Total#ofTests:2218

APGrade: / 5(37%) / 4(30%) / 3(22%) / 2(8%) / 1(3%)
Art History / - / 3 / 2 / 5 / 3
Biology / 14 / 27 / 16 / 1 / 1
CalculusAB / 38 / 41 / 22 / 3 / 3
CalculusBC / 62 / 12 / 3 / 1 / 3
Chemistry / 19 / 31 / 26 / 6 / -
ChineseLanguage / 17 / 0 / 6 / 2 / 1
ComputerScience A / 6 / 6 / 3 / 2 / 1
Economics-Macro / 12 / 13 / 15 / 8 / 5
Economics–Micro / 11 / 17 / 14 / 9 / 3
EnglishLanguageComposition / 70 / 56 / 33 / 4 / -
EnglishLiteratureComposition / 32 / 68 / 35 / 7 / -
EnvironmentalScience / 20 / 73 / 15 / 26 / 7
EuropeanHistory / 14 / 11 / 14 / 2 / 4
FrenchLanguage / 7 / 11 / 6 / 1 / -
Gov’t.Politics-U.S. / 141 / 99 / 102 / 54 / 10
Gov’t.Politics–Comparative / 53 / 22 / 9 / 9 / 2
HumanGeography / 7 / 12 / 3 / 3 / 1
JapaneseLanguage / 4 / 1 / 1 / - / -
Music Theory / - / - / - / - / -
Physics1 / 15 / 34 / 20 / 7 / 2
PhysicsC:Electricity / 23 / 3 / 4 / - / -
PhysicsC:Mechanics / 37 / 10 / 3 / - / -
Psychology / 135 / 71 / 29 / 7 / 1
SpanishLanguage / 25 / 24 / 10 / 2 / -
SpanishLiterature / 4 / 11 / 2 / 3 / -
Statistics / 6 / 12 / 9 / 8 / 2
StudioArt -Combined 6 6 / 7 / 4 / 9 / 2 / -
U.S. History / 24 / 28 / 6 / 4 / -
World History / 42 / 19 / 6 / 1 / -

WALTWHITMANHIGHSCHOOL

7100WhittierBoulevard Bethesda,Maryland (301)320-6600

CLASSOF2016GRADEPOINTAVERAGE–CLASSRANKNOTICEGRADEPOINTAVERAGE:

Agradepoint average(GPA)andaweightedgradepointaverage(WGPA)arereportedonour transcripts.

The GPA,unweighted,isbasedona4-point scale: A=4B=3C=2D=1E=0

TheWeighted GPA (WGPA) is calculated:

A=5 B=4 C=3

For AdvancedPlacement, Advanced level and Honors courses.

The followingidentifyingnotations arerecordedonthetranscript: Honorscourses...... HON

AdvancedLevelcourses...... ADV AdvancedPlacementcourses...... ADV

The notationCM,acodeusedbythestateofMaryland, hasnobearingonHonors,Advanced

LevelorAdvancedPlacementstatus.

CLASSRANK:

ClassrankisnotreportedbyMontgomeryCountyPublicSchools.Adistributionofcumulative averagesforthecountyseniorsisprovidedbelowasahelptogaugetherelativeperformance ofWhitmancollegecandidates:

RANGE
4.51above / %ofSENIORSGPA
0% / %ofSENIORSWEIGHTEDGPA
10%
4.01–4.50 / 0% / 18%
3.51–4.00 / 24% / 19%
3.01–3.50 / 25% / 17%
2.51–3.00 / 24% / 15%
2.01–2.50 / 17% / 12%
2.00 & Below / 10% / 9%