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A ll cr e dit c o u r ses t a ken in gr a d es 9 - 1 2 , including cou r ses t a ken d ur ing the su m m er t hr o u gh co mm u n ity college or at high sc h o o l s o u tside the dist r ict, a r e includ e d i n d erm ining the cu m ulative G P A . T he co ur se n u m b er ing system on t h e tr a n script in d icates whe r e e a ch c o u r se was co m plete d . 10000 1st semester P alos V e r des High S ch o ol 20000 2nd s emester P alos V erdes High S chool 40000 High sch o ol lev e l su mm er sch o ol cou r se 50000 Other Of f - ca m p u s co ur se 60000 Out of co u nt r y high sch o ol co ur se 90000 College co ur se T he fi r st se m est e r of a yea r - long co ur se is desig n at e d with an “A ” and the s econd semester w i th a “B ” . G r a d es o f A , B , C,D , P = P ass, C = Cre d it a r e a ll passing m a r ks. 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T he G P A is a ve r a g ed in th r ee w a ys: Cu m ulative G P A f o r all c lasses ( i nclu d ing P E / A t h g r a d es 9 - 1 2 A cade m ic G P A ( no PE / A thleti c s) g r a d es 9 - 12 A cade m ic G P A ( no PE / A thleti c s) g r a d es 1 0 - 12 A dvanced P lace m e n t a nd Hon or s co ur ses q u a lify for weighted g r a d es a nd a r e d esig n at e d with a “ + ” on the transcrip t . A weighted G P A is de t e rm ined by calculating the u n - weighted G P A t h en a d di n g 0 .2 g r a d e p oints for e a ch weight e d c o u r se in a s e m est er . PV H S d o e s n o t r ele a se s t u d e n t di s c i pl i n ar y r eco r ds p er s c h o ol p o li cy NU M B E R O F S T UD E N TS 6 0 C L A S S O F 201 2 G RAD E D I S T R I BU T I O N 100 8 9 8 1 80 6 4 6 0 5 0 40 2 0 18 4 0 1 . 6 3 - 1 . 9 9 2 . 0 - 2 . 4 9 2 . 5 - 2 . 9 9 3 . 0 - 3 . 4 9 3 . 5 - 3 . 9 9 4 . 0 - 4 . 4 9 4 . 5 - 4 . 9 3 W E I G H T E D ACAD E M I C G RAD E P O I N T A V E RA G E P a l os V er d e s H i gh S c h o o l 20 1 1 T es ting P rofile S AT T e s t Res u l t s (M e a n sc o r es) SA T Crit i cal Reading 563 SA T M at h e m atics 585 SA T Wri t ing 582 S AT S ub je c t T e st s N A TION A L MERIT S C H OLA R S HIP P ROGRAM Class o f 2 0 12 ( S e p t e m b e r 2 01 1 ) 4 Na t ion a l Me r it S e m ifinalists 3 Na t ion a l H i spa n ic S cho l a r s 23 Com m ended S tudents CO LL E G E S O FFE RING 20 1 1 A DMI SS I ON T O P V H S S T U D E N T S ( P AR T I A L L IS T) B iology E 608 B iology M 665 Che m istry 641 M ath ( L e vel I) 549 M ath ( L e vel II) 632 P hysics 688 Lite r at ur e 569 (M e a n sc o r es) US H i sto r y 601 World Histo r y 517 Chinese 767 Fr e n ch 670 K o r e a n 781 S p a nish 552 A m e r i c a n U n i v e rs i t y A m he rs t Co l l e g e A r i z o n a S t a t e U n i v e rs i t y A u bu r n U n i v e rs i t y A z u s a P a c i f ic Un i v e rs i t y Ba r na r d Co l l e g e Ba t e s Co l leg e Ba y lor U n i v e rs i t y B iola Un i v e rs i t y Bo i s e S t a t e Un i v e rs i t y Bo sto n C o l le g e I nd i a n a U n i v e rs i t y J ohn s H o p k ins Un i v e rs i t y K e n t S t a t e U n i v e rs i t y L e h i g h U n i v e rs i t y L e w is & C la r k C o l le g e L in f ie l d C o l le g e Lo y o l a M a ry m o un t U . 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P ar tial li st inc l u d es: M o d el U nited N a t i o n s i s an i n t e r n a tio n al p r o g r am t h a t al l o w s high sch o ol a n d col l e g e st u d e n t s to co m p e te a n d e n g a ge i n d e b a t e a b o ut glo b al i ssu e s i n m ock U N co mm i tt e es a t co n f e r e n ces t h r o u g h o u t t h e st a te a nd co u n t r y. PV H S p a r tic i p a t e s i n co n f e r e n ces at U C L A , U C B e r keley, a n d Ge o r g e t o w n a m o n g o t h e r s. St u d e n ts e n r ol l ed i n MU N e a r n soc i al st u dies elect i ve c r e dit a n d a r e al s o a b l e to sa t i sfy r e q ui r e m e n t s t ow a r d e a r ning t h e p r estigio u s P a l os V er d e s I n t e r n a tio n al D i plo m a. L a st y e ar , t h e M U N p r o g r am r ecei v ed t h e f o ll o w i ng r eco g nit i on a n d a w a r ds: s i x A w a r ds o f Ex c el l e n ce, B e st Sm all D ele g a t i on A w a r d , C o m m e n d a t i on a n d Outsta n ding A w a r ds. S e n i o r P r o je c t E a ch st u d e nt a t P alos Ve r d es H i gh S ch o ol c o n d u cts a culmin a ting S e ni o r R ese ar ch P r oject i n t h eir s e nior E n gl i sh c l ass. T he co m p o n e n t s of t h e p r oject i nc l u d e a r ese ar ch p a p er , a p h ys i cal p r oject, w hi c h i s a m i nim u m of 1 5 ho u r s of field w o r k a nd 15 h o u r s o f c o mm u n i ty se r v i ce r elat e d to so m e asp e ct of t h e p a p er , a n d a p r ese n t a t i on to a p a n e l of j u d g e s. St u d e n t s select t h eir o w n a r ea of st u dy a n d h a ve t h e o p p o r t u nity to d e m o n st r a t e t h e kn o w l e d ge a n d m a t u r i t y t h ey Ca l if o r n ia S c ho l a rs h ip F e de r a t i o n ( C S F ) Ch i ne s e H on o r So c ie t y F re n c h H o n o r S o c ie t y Mu A l p h a Th e t a ( N a t 'l Ma t h H onor S o c ie ty ) Na t i o n a l E n g l is h H o n o r S o c ie t y Na t i o n a l F i n e A r t H o n o r S o c ie t y Na t i o n a l H on o r So c ie t y Na t i o n a l H on o r So c ie t y o f D a n c e A rt s S p an i s h H on o r So c ie t y T r i M M u s ic H on o r So c ie t y L ink C re w PV IT - P al o s V e r d es I n s t i tut e o f T e chno l og y An i m a l W e l f a r e C l u b G a y S tr a i gh t A l l i an c e G r ee k C l u b G r e e n C l u b I n t e r a c t C l u b K I D S C l u b M o c k T r ial M o de l U n i te d N a t i o n s P a n a ma Se rv i c e C l u b P r o je c t R u n w a y S p ee c h a n d D e ba t e h a ve g a i n e d d ur i ng t h e i r high sch o ol ca r e er . By co n d u cting f o r m al r e s e ar ch, aca d e m i c w r i tin g , a nd p u bl i c sp e ak i ng to co n vey i d e as, P V H S se n i o r s a r e w ell p r e p a r ed t o be suc c essf u l a t t he col l e g e l evel. S tud e n t M e d ia S e r vi c e s : L ive f r o m 2 0 5 Li v e f r om 2 0 5 i s a st u d e nt r un n ew s b r o a dcast sh o w t h at r u n s t w o 25 m i n u te b r o a dcasts e a ch w e ek. T he p r o g r am co n s i sts of 28 of t h e sch o ol ’ s t o p s t u d e n ts w ho h a ve to be acce p t e d t o p ar tic i p a te i n t h e p r o g r a m . Li v e f r om 20 5 h a s p r oven to be a m ost e f fic i e n t a n d p r o f ess i o n al m o d e to di s se m i n a te i n f o r m a t i on to t h e st u d e nt b o d y. O v er t h e l ast f i ve ye ar s, Li v e f r o m 2 05 h a s w on o ver 30 i n d i v i d u al a w a r ds a n d t h r ee Excel l e n ce A w a r ds at t h e S t u d e n t T elev i s i on N e w s P a l os V er d e s I n stit u te of T ech n olo g y f e a t u r ed o n e of t h e fi r st high sch o ol r o b o t i cs p r o g r a m s i n t he n a t i o n . P V H S PVIT st u d e n t s r e p r ese n t e d t h e o n l y high sch o ol to field a n a u t o n o m o u s ve h i c l e w hi c h c o m p e t e d i n t he 2 0 0 5 D A R PA “ G r a n d C h a ll e n g e ” w i th e n t r i es f r o m C al T e ch, M I T , V i r gin i a T ech a n d t h e w i n ni ng ve h i c l e f r om S t a n f o r d. With t his e st a bl i sh e d r eco r d of suc c ess, t h e r e w as i n t e r est i n f ur t h er d e velo p i ng a n e n g i n e e r i ng a nd r o b o t i cs pr o gr a m t h at w o u l d o ff e r p r e - col l e g e e n gin e e r i ng / t ech n olo g y co u r ses w i th co n tin u i ng o p p o r t u nit i es f o r co m p e titio n s, i n t e r nships, m e n t o r i ng a nd r ese ar ch. P r oject L e a d t h e W a y ( P T L W ) o ff e r s t h i s type of p r o g r a m t h r o u g h a flex i ble s e q ue nce of co u r ses w hi c h b ui l ds st u d e n t s e n gin e e r - i n g /t e ch n olo g y sk ill s a n d kn ow l e d g e . PV H S h a s li nked m a t h / sc i e n ce cl asses w i th P L T W co ur ses w hi c h a r e r eco g ni z ed by U C a n d C S U a n d m e e t t h e “ g ” s u bject r e q ui r e m e n t. PV ID - P al o s V e r d es I nt e r n a t i on al Di p l om a T his pr o gr am is m o d e l ed a f t er t h e A d va n ced Place m e n t I n t er n a t i o n al D es i g n a t i on ( API D ) ce r tifica t i on r e q u i r e m e n ts. S t u d e n ts t a ke r i g or o us a nd ch a ll e n ging co ur ses w i th a f o cus o n i n t e r n a t i o n al hi s t or y, p o li tics a n d h um a n i ties. PVID r e q ui r es t h at st u d e n t s co m AP c l asses i n H u m an Ge o g r a p hy, C o m p a r a t i ve Gov e r n m e n t, W or l d, E u r o p e a n a n d U S H i st or y as w ell a s U S Gove r n m e n t a nd Eco n o m i cs. A d dit i o n al l y, st u d e n t s m ust t ake a h u m a n i ties cou r se at a local c ol l e g e or u n i ve r s i ty w hi l e p ar tic i p a ting in M o d e l U nite d N a t i o n s ( M U N ) . PVID stu d e n ts co m a cul m i n a ting se n i o r r ese a r ch p r oject on a t o pic in i n t e r n a t i o n al s t u dies. n a tio n al c o n ve n tio n . w w w .l i ve fr o m 2 0 5 . com Y e a r boo k PV H S h as sev e r al s t u d e nt p r i nt p u b li ca t i o n s. T h e s c h o ol ’ s ye a r b o ok, T he T r i t o n , h a s over 1 0 0 st u d e n t p a r tic i p a n t s a n d h a s g ar n e r e d seve r al a w a r ds f o r d e s i gn a n d j o ur n al i s m . It h a s b e en r ec o g n i zed as t h e fi r st place ye ar b o o k by b o t h t h e N a t i o n al S c h o l astic P r ess As s oc i a t i on a nd t h e A m e r i can Sch o l astic P r ess Assoc i a t i on f o r e a ch of t h e l ast t hr e e ye ar s. T he T r i t o n i s a st u d e nt r un p r o g r a m , gi vi ng all st u d e n t s an o p p o r t u nity t o sh ow case a n d d e velop t h eir l ea d er ship sk il l s. L i t e r a r y M a g azi n e In a d d i tion to t he ye a r b o ok, P V H S o f f e r s a l i t er a r y m a g az i n e , Tr a d e W i n d s . T his m a g az i ne is p u b li sh e d o n ce ye a r l y a nd g i ves a l l stu d e n ts t h e c h a n ce to su bm i t t h e i r o r i gin a l l i t er a r y w o r ks f o r p u bl i ca t i o n . The T r a d e W i n d s st a ff is r esp o ns i ble f or t h e d es i gn a nd p r o d u ction o f t he m a g az i n e . News p a p er T he P o i n t , P V H S ’ s n e w s p a p er , invol v es m o r e t h a n 5 0 st u d e n t s a n d i s p u b l i sh e d o n ce a m o n t h . Th i s stu d e n t r un p r o gr am f e a t u r es sto r i es o f a l l a sp e cts of t he sch o ol i nc l u d i ng sp or ts, a ca d e m i cs a nd a n e d i t o r i al s ectio n . S e ve r al j o ur n al i sm st u d e n t s su bm i t st or i es f or t h e l ocal n e w sp a p e r s a s w el l . T he P o i nt i s r e g a r d e d as o ne o f t he t o p high s c h o ol n e w sp a p er s in t h e S o u th B a y a r e a . A T H L E TIC PR OG RA MS S ince PV H S re - opened in the 2 0 0 2 - 03 sch o ol ye ar , t h e a thletic p r o gr am h a s g r own t o include 30 d i ff er e n t spo r ts. PV H S h a s won 6 7 L e a g u e t itles, 7 CIF ch am pio n ships a nd 1 state cha m pio n ship. In 20 1 1, four differ e nt tea m s w e r e r ecognized by CIF for supe r ior aca d e m ic achieveme n t, ea r ning s c holar awa r ds. Whi l e win n ing a n d a ccolades ar e a s o u r ce o f pr ide, P V HS a t hle t ics seek to b u ild s tu d e n t cha r act er , w o r k a n d inte gr ity. T he a t p r o gr am includes the f o llow i ng sp or ts: B aseb a ll B aske t b a ll ( B& G) Che e r Cho r eo & Dance T e am s Color Gua r d Cr o ss Cou n t r y (B & G) E q u est r ian F o o tb a ll Golf ( B& G) L a c r osse ( B& G) M a r ching B a n d S occer (B & G ) S of t b a ll S o n g S u r fing S wim m ing (B & G) T e n nis ( B& G) Tr ack & Field ( B & G) V olleyba l l ( B & G) Water P olo (B & G) B & G = Bo ys ’ & Gi r l s ’ S p o r t
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