All Saints’ Episcopal School Cultivating a Community of Servants+Scholars+Artists+Athletes
Congratulations Senior Class of 2013 Commencement 2013
College Advising in Action The All Saints’ philosophy of college advising is that the entire process is student-centered. Beginning with the Freshman year, our students are led through an incredible journey of self-discovery. This year, our Senior Saints submitted more than 350 applications, an average of 5 per student, to colleges and universities everywhere. Sixty percent of those applications were submitted to states outside of Texas or to other countries.
May 18, 2013 10:00 a.m. All Saints’ Burnett Great Lawn
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Daniel Hastings
Dean of Undergraduate Education, MIT
My strengths in both academics and athletics have been developed here at All Saints’ to a level where I was sought by some of the best colleges in the nation. I now understand what my parents have known all these years – that All Saints’ recognizes each student’s gifts and builds a future around them. Mack Prioleau 2013, Vanderbilt
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20% of the 2013 Senior Class are pursuing a degree in fine arts.
Total Amount of Academic Scholarships:
15% of the 2013 Senior Class have committed to compete in collegiate Division athletics.
$2,511,180 (and counting…)
College Acceptances to Date Abilene Christian University Albright College Angelo State University Auburn University Austin College Barnard College Baylor University Belhaven University Belmont University Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, Idaho Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Columbia University Dallas Baptist University Duke University East Texas Baptist University Hastings College Hofstra University Howard Payne University Kansas State University Langston University Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds, England) LIM College Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Maryland Manchester Metropolitan University (Greater Manchester, England)
Millsaps College New York Film Academy New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oklahoma Baptist University Oklahoma State University Pace University Princeton University Regis University Rhodes College Samford University Savannah College of Art and Design Sewanee: The University of the South Southern Methodist University Southwestern University St. Edward’s University Stanford University Tennessee State University Texas A&M University, College Station Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Texas Christian University Texas Tech University The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina The University of Alabama The University of Georgia The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of Texas, Austin The University of Texas, Dallas
Trinity University United States Military Academy (West Point) University of Arkansas University of California at Los Angeles University of Chicago University of Dallas University of Kansas University of Manchester (Greater Manchester, England) University of Mary Hardin-Baylor University of Michigan University of Mississippi University of Missouri University of North Texas University of Oklahoma University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of Tennessee University of Tulsa University of Virginia Utah State University Vanderbilt University Virginia Commonwealth University Webster University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria) Wesleyan University Westmont College
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Upper School Profile, 2012-2013 Standardized Test Scores
Honors Thesis
CLASSES OF 2012 AND 2013
Through individual exploration, students develop and compose a thesis in their junior year and defend it in front of a panel of peers, faculty and administrators. Honors graduates are engaged learners in the classroom and in the community. This distinction is noted on the graduate’s high school transcript after successful completion of the program.
SAT
Middle 50% Critical Reading Math Writing
490-600 490-600 510-620
Senior Project
SAT II
Middle 50% Chemistry English Lit Physics
The Senior Project provides students with the opportunity to engage in comprehensive investigations in fields of their choosing. Students may select from a variety of experiences including, but not limited to, internships, research and artistic performance or exhibit. Senior Projects are traditionally completed toward the end of the senior year.
660-740 620-710 620-720
ACT
Middle 50% English Math Reading Science Reasoning
Honors Classics Diploma
22-30 22-27 23-29 21-26
Advanced Placement Scores
2009 2010 2011 2012
Total No. of Students Taking AP Exams
62
68
63
67
Total Exams Given
142
172
122
147
% Scoring 3 or Higher
69%
70%
65% 73%
The Honors Classics Diploma promotes academic excellence through the study of the cultural and historical manifestations of the Greco-Roman world, the Judeo-Christian tradition and the Classical legacy. The Honors Classics Diploma is awarded to students who take four years of Latin and three Classics seminars; they must also maintain a 90 average in those courses. Courses offered include “Cloak and Dagger Politics: A Roman History Seminar,” “Greek Theater Workshop,” “Art and Archaeology,” “Milton and the Classics,” “Ancient Greek,” “Imperial Rome and Imperial China,” “Mythology” and “France and the Classical Idea.” As with the Honors Thesis, this distinction is noted on the graduate’s high school transcript after successful completion of the program.
Cum Laude Society
All Saints’ honors its top students with Cum Laude Society membership. Cum Laude Society is a well-respected honors organization with chapters in less than 400 schools in the nation. Our chapter was established in 2007.
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Living the Outcome Statement
A graduate of All Saints’ Episcopal School will exercise genius within through developing a relationship with God, by engaging the world, and by serving others.
Emily Ryan, 2005
“As a high school student, All Saints’ provided me with the connections to serve children in many different capacities. From working in our Kindergarten classes, to teaching at an inner-city middle school, to volunteering at Cook Children’s Hospital, the Lord cultivated a heart for service within me. But, All Saints’ did not stop at service alone. Through daily chapel services and Bible studies, I learned how Christ came to serve and that He called me to do the same. My education at All Saints’ prepared me to go to Vanderbilt University. Upon graduating, I taught in an inner-city school that also had many refugees. I loved teaching and working with children in an under-served community. However, I desired to follow the Lord by serving children who were not being served. Which led me to where I am now, working for Sixty Feet, a ministry that seeks to bring hope and restoration to imprisoned children in Uganda. All Saints’ provided the foundation for all of these things – cultivating a love for serving, a love for children, an excellent education, and most importantly a love of the Lord.”
Mark Harris, 1997
“All Saints’ recognizes the uniqueness in each individual and strives to look beyond the exterior to enhance the genius within all of us – a place where individuality shines. I have seen a direct correlation in what I do professionally as a member of James R. Harris Partners LLC. We seek to preserve the distinct history throughout the city of Fort Worth by repurposing space that might otherwise be torn down and re-envision it for the unique contribution it can provide. We do not forget the past that has brought us to where we are today. Similarly, All Saints’ is committed to developing students to recognize their gifts and contributions and providing a “tool belt” from which they can pull life lessons, continuing to build on their academic foundation and never forgetting that service is important.”
Margaret Smith, 2006
“During my time at All Saints’, I gained valuable knowledge and skills that positively affected my academic, social and personal development. The most influential teachings that I learned at All Saints’ are the importance of continuously learning for self-improvement and also giving back to the community to enhance the lives of others. I carried these lessons with me as I moved to the next chapter of my life. As an undergraduate student at Dartmouth, I continued to serve in the local community while also developing my knowledge at one of the highest levels of academia. After graduating with a degree in Psychology and Brain Sciences, I pursued a career in the healthcare industry to make an impact in the vast and complex structure of today’s healthcare system. Currently, I am a healthcare consultant at OptumInsight, a UnitedHealth Group company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The chance to attend Dartmouth College and subsequent experiences were made possible largely in part by the wonderful college advisors and teaching staff at All Saints’ who always go the extra mile to make sure that their students learn valuable life lessons and receive the best opportunities.”
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Announcing for the 2013-2014 Academic Year
Honors College
“The key to becoming a successful leader is the ability to analyze complex data with a holistic perspective, to formulate trends and to apply that knowledge to the future unfolding before us. The Honors College at All Saints’ Episcopal School is a program that promotes this type of thinking; it leads the next great leaders.” - Daniel Hastings, Dean of Undergraduate Education, MIT
“Consulting the best minds in the country confirmed what we have already known and have exercised for decades: that powerful intellectual experiences cultivate the highest levels of leadership. At All Saints’, we believe the Honors College is the next natural step in our journey of cultivating ethical decision making and clear awareness that leadership entails serving others.” - Tad Bird, Head of School
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Honors College Objectives
1) to provide the most challenging, enriching, creative, fulfilling and meaningful program to attract and retain the most intellectually-capable, intellectually-curious and most highly-motivated students; 2) to foster a community of intellectual curiosity where rigorous thinkers consider the world notonly where it is, but in shaping where it should be; 3) to promote the highest standards of leadership and civic responsibility into students’ everyday lives; 4) to prepare students for global citizenship and acceptance and matriculation into the most prestigious universities and colleges in the world.
Philosophy
Program Outline
In our mission to exercise a progressive mind and a traditional heart, All Saints’ constantly reconsiders what and how we teach and learn. We feel as though we have a solid handle on a traditional curriculum, and, with respect to our Upper School college-prep components, our student body is populated with young people who are well-prepared to go to the college or university of their choice. Beyond honors classes or Advanced Placement coursework, let us then consider a “program within a program” for those students who combine both the ability and motivation to attend the most selective college and university programs.This one unique unit would not only be challenged by us as educators but also by each other as they grow in their passion for learning and compassion for the world around them.
We have developed scenarios that include new or hybrids of tried-and-true schedules alongside more flexible models, disciplines to be taught, scope and sequence of curriculum, extensive travel, independent research and project-based learning. For example, in this program, amplified elements of Etymology/English/ Literature/Humanities and fluency in at least one foreign language are expected. Currently, our graduation requirement for every student includes the completion of at least three years of a foreign language; however, three years of a foreign language does not mean fluency. For this program, fluency means formal courses of study complemented by immersion and measured through cultural as well as formal language literacy. Throughout, Case Study Methodology, the Socraticmethod, and project-based learning will be incorporated. Students will also take advantage of the most well-respected online educational offerings available, such as that which is currently offered by Stanford Online High School (OHS).
In recent years, the educational landscape has changed dramatically. The avalanche of technology and research on brain development are some of the increasingly influential change agents we need to consider in exercising meaningful learning environments for the future. Bill Gates recently said, “If you think the last decade of technological advances has been mind-boggling, wait until you see what happens in the next five years. You won’t recognize the landscape.”
As we outline our four-year Honors College program, we pay homage to the best programs offered in the post-secondary educational world. For example, the Communications Inquiry offering is derived from the freshman introduction classes at Austin College; the Case Study Methodology is straight out of Harvard’s Business School; the flexibility of class selections during the junior and senior years reflects the University of Texas Plan II program; the immersion and “Great Journeys” component mirrors Princeton’s Gap Year; the Great Books selection directly ties to Columbia’s Core Curriculum and St. John’s Great Books series; and finally, the Senior Honors College Thesis Project is similar to what top colleges and universities offer their most capable scholars.
All Saints’ Honors College Strategic Advisors
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Growing Our Community 6
Fall 2013
Lower School Expands
Additional section to 5th and 6th
Summer 2013
5
Dillard Center for Early Childhood Education Opens
3-Year-Olds through Bridge K
4
Spring 2013
Honors College Announced
3
Honors College
Winter 2012
Additional 44 Acres Acquired
2
Fall 2012
Dillard Center for Early Childhood Education Groundbreaking 3-Year-Olds through Bridge K
1
Spring 2012
Gray Tennis Center Dedicated
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