PROFILE ASSOCIAÇÃO ESCOLA GRADUADA DE SÃO PAULO Graded School of São Paulo

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1 ASSOCIAÇÃO ESCOLA GRADUADA DE SÃO PAULO Graded School of São Paulo PROFILE Av. Pres. Giovanni Gronchi, São Paulo - SP Brazil Telephone: (55) Fax: (55) Website: ACT/CEEB #

2 THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY Graded has been serving children of diplomatic, business, academic and professional families in São Paulo since Founded by the American Chamber of Commerce, the school is an independent, non-profit, co-educational day school, which prepares students for admission to competitive universities. The 1195 students represent 37 nationalities: 28% North American 45 % Brazilian 11% Latin American 10% Asian 5% European 1% other Enrollment: High School 365 Elementary School 403 Middle School 271 Pre-primary School 156 English is the language of instruction; an ESL program is available through grade ten. Located in São Paulo, South America s largest metropolis, the 16-acre/6.5 hectare campus encompasses 85 classrooms, a fine arts center, 2 theatres, 2 libraries, 16 computer labs (two for digital film making), 770 computers, two gymnasiums, two covered courts, two climbing walls, a 300m track; a multi-purpose court and four tennis courts. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION & HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS LEE FERTIG Superintendent BARRY DEQUANNE High School Principal SHERRY McCLELLAND Dean of Academics & IB Coordinator PHYLLIS CLEMENSEN HALTON College Counselor (Gr.12) JAMES URQUHART Middle School Principal ANGELINA FREGONESI Brazilian Studies Director ALAN PAGENKOPF Counselor (Gr. 11) PAIGE GEIGER Lower School Principal LISA PEIXOTO Admissions Director LUCIANA ANDRADE Counselor (Gr. 9-10) FACULTY There are 135 teachers of whom 67 hold Master s degrees and 3 Doctorate degrees. ACCREDITATION Escola Graduada is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (AdvancED) and the Brazilian Ministry of Education. The school is also a member of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), the Association of American Schools in South America (AASSA), and the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). CURRICULUM All students follow a college preparatory curriculum which leads to the American high school diploma. Seven courses are the minimum required course load per year. Students must complete eight semesters of study beyond the eighth grade for a minimum of 24 credits. (Course Descriptions are available at Following are the requirements: English 4 credits History 3 credits Language other than English 1 course every year Science 3 credits Mathematics 3 credits Visual and Performing Arts 1.5 credits Physical Education 1.5 credits Health 0.5 credits Information Sciences (Students must pass the Sophomore Project.) Since 1985, Graded has offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma and Certificates. All Juniors and Seniors participate in the IB Program. Students may elect to concurrently earn a Brazilian high school diploma, which requires Brazilian Social Studies and an additional year of Science and Math. Advanced Placement Calculus courses are also available.

3 STUDENT EVALUATION The High School uses a numerical grading system. Marking standards are rigorous. The top ten students tend to have GPA s in the range. Grades of represent superior performance Alpha Honor Roll (90+, no grade below an 80) Grades of above average Beta Honor Roll (82~89, no grade below a 70) Grades of average Grades of below average Grades of 64 and below failing grade (no credit) SYMBOLS IB = International Baccalaureate AP = Advanced Placement PGC = Peer Group Connection EAP = English for Academic Purposes PFL I ~ VI = Portuguese as a Foreign Language course H = Honors (offered in math through Geometry and Algebra II/Trigonometry) GRADE POINT AVERAGE Six points are added for a grade of 70 or above in IB weighted courses, marked (W). GPA is calculated on the basis of the weighted scale. Students are not ranked. GPA is calculated on Escola Graduada course work in grades 11 and 12 only. Courses satisfactorily completed at other schools are listed for credit purposes only. All courses, except pass/fail courses, are used in computing the GPA. The GPA is calculated using final course grades. If a course is repeated, both final grades are included in the GPA calculation. AFTER-SCHOOL STUDENT ACTIVITIES & ATHLETICS Activities: Day Care Habitat for Humanity Model United Nations (MUN) Drama HACIA Musical Theatre Elderly Home Jazz Band Sister School FALA Knowledge Bowl Student Government (STUCO) Forensics Magazine (The Talon) Women s Choir Athletics: At both the Varsity (V) and Junior Varsity (JV) level Graded participates in athletic competitions with American schools in Brazil and South America: Basketball Indoor Soccer Softball Cheerleading Soccer Volleyball Graded after-school activities descriptions are available at INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE - May IB examinations were taken by 115 students. On a 1-7 scale 92% of the students scored 4 or higher, scoring at or above the world mean in 28 subjects. 32 Diploma Candidates earned the IB diploma, with an average test score of The average accumulated scores for a diploma recipient was 32 out of 45, with a high of 40 points. Graduation requirement: all students must take at least 3 IB courses and exams. All IB Higher Level (HL) Math students are also required to sit the AP Calculus AB exam.

4 STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS SAT - Scholastic Aptitude Test ( ) = US Mean Year Number of Verbal Math Writing Students (508) 561 (520) n/a (n/a) (503) 574 (518) 553 (497) (502) 567 (515) 552 (494) (502) 575 (515) 542 (494) (501) 601 (515) 557 (493) ACT (American College Test) ( ) = US Mean Year Number of Students English Math Reading Science Composite (20.4) 22.8 (20.7) 23.8 (21.3) 22.6 (20.9) 23.1 (20.9) (20.6) 25.2 (20.8) 26.3 (21.4) 24.0 (20.9) 25.1 (21.1) (20.7) 24.3 (21.0) 25.3 (21.5) 23.2 (21.0) 24.1 (21.2) (20.6) 24.2 (21.0) 24.2 (21.4) 23.3 (20.8) 24.0 (21.1) (20.6) 24.9 (21.0) 24.8 (21.4) 23.0 (20.9) 24.5 (21.1) AP (Advanced Placement) Calculus May On a 1-5 Scale, 22 AB Calculus results 15 BC Calculus results 10 scored 5 5 scored 5 5 scored 4 4 scored 4 4 scored 3 3 scored 3 3 scored 2 3 scored 2 CLASS OF 2009 Sixty-five graduates in the Class of 2009 were admitted to colleges and universities in: United States: 38 Brazil: 20 Canada: 2 Europe: 3 Japan: 1 Gap year: 1 Graduates are enrolled at: UNITED STATES Babson College Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boston College Boston University Brigham Young University Brown University Duke University Emory University George Washington University Georgetown University Goucher College Grand Valley State University Lawrence Technological University Northwestern University Oberlin College Princeton University Suffolk University University of Chicago University of Manchester University of Miami University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania University of Wisconsin Wellesley College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University BRAZIL ESPM FAAP PUC CANADA Concordia University University of Toronto FRANCE Le Cordon Bleu SPAIN Universidad Pontificia Comillas

5 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES CLASS OF 2009 Please note that this is an incomplete list, since Brazilian university admission decisions will only be available in February 2010 UNITED STATES American University (DC) Babson College (MA) Bard College (NY) Barnard College (NY) Bentley University (MA) Berklee College of Music (MA) Boston College (MA) Boston University (MA) Brandeis University (MA) Brigham Young University (UT) Brown University (RI) Bryant University (RI) Cabrini College (PA) Claremont McKenna College (CA) Clark University (MA) College of Wooster (OH) Columbia University (NY) Drexel University (PA) Duke University (NC) Eastern Michigan University (MI) Emerson College (MA) Emmanuel College (MA) Emory University (GA) Eugene Lang College (NY) Florida Institute of Technology (FL) Fordham University (NY) George Mason University (DC) George Washington University (DC) Georgetown University (DC) Goucher College (MD) Grand Valley State University (MA) Hamilton College (NY) Iowa State University (IA) Lawrence Technological University (MI) Lawrence University (WI) Lehigh University (PA) Loyola Marymount University (CA) Lynn University (FL) Madonna University (MI) Manhattanville College (NY) Michigan State University (MI) New York University (NY) Northeastern University (MA) Northern MichiganUniversity (MI) Northwestern University (IL) Oakland University (MI) Oberlin College (OH) Parsons the New School of Design (NY) Pennsylvania State University (PA) Pitzer College (CA) Pomona College (CA) Pratt Institute (NY) Princeton University (NJ) Providence College (RI) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) Saint Joseph s University (PA) School of Visual Arts (NY) St. Cloud State University (MI) Suffolk University (MA) Swarthmore College (PA) Syracuse University (NY) Tufts University (MA) University of Chicago (IL) University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (IL) University of Miami (FL) University of Michigan (MI) University of Minessota (MN) University of Pennsylvania (PA) University of Pittsburgh (PA) University of San Francisco (CA) University of the Pacific (CA) University of Virginia (VA) University of Wisconsin-Madison(WI) Wayne State University (MI) Wellesley College (MA) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) Yale University (CT) BRAZIL ESPM FAAP PUC CANADA McGill University University of British Columbia University of Toronto FRANCE American University of Paris Le Cordon Bleu Paris JAPAN Keio University Waseda University SPAIN Suffolk University (Madrid Campus) Universidad Pontificia Comillas UNITED KINGDOM Goldsmiths - University of London King s College/University of London Kingston University London School of Economics Royal Holloway University of London University of Birmingham University of Bradford University of Edinburgh University of Kent University of Liverpool University of Manchester University of Oxford University of St. Andrews University of Sussex University of Warwick

6 COLLEGE MATRICULATION (unless otherwise indicated, enrollment is one) UNITED STATES Art Center College of Design (CA) Art Institute of Chicago (IL) Babson College (MA)... (9) Bard College (NY)... (3) Barnard College (NY) Bentley College (MA) Berklee College of Music (MA) Binghamton University (NY) Boston College (MA)... (2) Boston University (MA)... (8) Brandeis University (MA)... (2) Brigham Young University (ID/UT)... (8) Brown University (RI) Bryn Mawr College (PA) Carnegie Mellon University (PA)... (4) Centre College (KY) Clark University (MA)... (2) Clarkson Univerity (NY) COE College (NE)... (2) Columbia University (NY)... (3) Cornell University (NY) DePaul University (IL) Duke University (NC)... (5) Emory University (GA) Florida Institute of Technology (FL)... (2) Florida International University (FL)... (2) Full Sail University (FL) George Washington University (DC)... (6) Georgetown University (DC) Georgia Institute of Technology (GA) Goucher College (MD)... (2) Grand Valley State University (MI) Harvard College (MA) Lafayette College (PA) Lawrence Tecnological University (MI) Loyola University of Chicago (IL) Lynn University (FL)... (2) Manhattanville College (NY)... (2) Michigan State University (MI)... (7) Middle Tennessee State University (TN) New York University (NY)... (4) Northeastern University (MA)... (2) Northwestern University (IL)... (3) Oberlin College (OH)... (2) Occidental College (CA) Parsons the New School of Design (NY) Princeton University (NJ) Purdue University (IN) Rhode Island School of Design (RI) Sarah Lawrence College (NY) Savannah College of Art & Design (GA)... (3) School of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL)... (2) Skidmore College (NY) Smith College (MA) Southern Methodist University (TX) Stanford University (CA)... (2) Suffolk University (MA)... (7) Swarthmore College (PA) Syracuse University (NY)... (2) Tallahassee Community College (FL) Trinity College (CT) Tufts University (MA)... (5) University of California: Berkeley (CA) University of California: Davis (CA) University of California: Irvine (CA) University of Chicago (IL)... (9) University of Colorado at Boulder (CO) University of Delaware (DE) University of Denver (CO) University of Florida (FL) University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI) University of Illinois: Urbana Champaign (IL) University of Miami (FL) University of Michigan (MI) University of Minessota (MN) University of Pennsylvania (PA)... (8) University of Pittsburgh (PA) University of San Diego (CA) University of South Florida (FL) University of Southern California (CA)... (8) University of Utah (UT) University of Virginia (VA) University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI) Washington University in St. Louis (MO) Wellesley College (MA) Wheaton College (IL) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)... (3) Yale University (CT)... (3) CANADA Concordia University... (2) McGill University... (3) Simon Fraser University University of Birmingham University of British Columbia... (20) University of Toronto University of Victoria... (2) York University... (2) BRAZIL ESPM... (16) FAAP... (25) Faculdade Anhembi-Morumbi Faculdade de Belas Artes Fundação Cásper-Líbero... (2) Fundação Getulio Vargas... (10) IBMEC... (11) IED - Instituto Europeo de Desenho Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia PUC... (6) SENAC... (2) Universidade Mackenzie... (4) Universidade de São Paulo UNITED KINGDOM Brunel University City University of London University College London Hartpury College Heriot-Watt University St. Andrews University... (2) University of Birmingham University of Manchester University of Richmond University of Sheffield University of Sussex University of Warwick ARGENTINA Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires AUSTRALIA Macquarie University CHILE Universidad Católica FRANCE American University of Paris Atelier Chardon-Savard Le Cordon Bleu - Paris Parsons Paris KOREA Seoul National University Yonsei University MEXICO Institute Tercnologico de Monterrey NETHERLANDS Universiteite von Amsterdam SPAIN Universidad Pontificia Comillas SWITZERLAND Glion Hotel School