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Mary Star of the Sea High School “Challenging students to reach their full human potential through a living faith in God”2009-2010 School Profile SCHOOL COMMUNITY Mary Star of the Sea High School, located in San Pedro, California, serves the Los Angeles Harbor and surrounding communities. The school is operated by Mary Star of the Sea Parish under the supervision of the Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school focuses on the fundamentals of a quality education interwoven with strong Catholic principles. The curriculum is grounded in a college preparatory program with a four-year honor track option. This is enhanced by an average class size of 26 and a committed, quality faculty.“STAR” MISSION Guided by the Norbertine Fathers, Mary Star promotes growth in self-discipline and responsibility through leadership, athletic, and service opportunities. In the context of a small community environment based on mutual respect, Mary Star of the Sea High School focuses its attention on four principal goals for each student: nourishing the soul (Catholicism), cultivating personal integrity (Character), challenging the mind (Curriculum) and fostering social responsibility (Community). None of these goals can be viewed in isolation from the others; without any one of them, the end result of a truly Catholic education cannot be attained.GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Throughout the centuries of her existence, the Catholic Church has sponsored institutions of learning to challenge the human mind in the pursuit of knowledge, truth and wisdom. While serving a wide variety of academic abilities and gifts, Mary Star of the Sea High School challenges every student in a focused and disciplined educational environment, which integrates the Catholic faith across the curriculum. Mary Star students are genuine thinkers who possess a solid foundation in the core curriculum and are prepared for the challenges of higher education and the workplace. A student of Mary Star of the Sea High School must successfully achieve a minimum of 240 academic units to graduate; each course completed with a passing grade is equivalent to 5 units per semester. In addition to their academic requirements, students must accumulate a minimum 60 hours of Christian service prior to graduation.
Mary Star of the Sea High School offers 15 Advanced Placement and Honors courses to academically eligible students. Honors classes cross all four grade levels including Honors English 9, Honors British Literature and Honors American Literature and Composition; Honors World History; Honors Biology and Honors Chemistry; Honors Algebra I, Honors Geometry, and Honors Algebra II/Trigonometry. Advanced Placement courses challenge students in AP Calculus, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Government, AP Spanish Language, and AP U.S. History. Independent study for exceptional students in additional Advanced Placement disciplines is also available. Mary Star college-bound students have successfully achieved a 50% to 70% passing rate on the spring exams on a yearly basis. ACADEMIC POLICIES AND GRADING SCALE Mary Star of the Sea High School provides for the needs of both the college bound and non-college bound student. The school’s curriculum meets all state, archdiocesan and college requirements, particularly entrance requirements into the University of California and the California State University systems. Mary Star teachers use the following Grading Scale to compute assignments, tests and report cards:
HONOR ROLLS AND HONOR SOCIETIES Honor roll status for Mary Star of the Sea High School students is based on the previous semester’s grades. Students earning an un-weighted GPA between 4.00 and 3.80 are placed on the Principal’s Honor Roll; those earning between 3.50 and 3.79 are placed on the Honor Roll while students between 3.49 and 3.00 are placed on the Blue and Gold Achievement List. Starting with the 2008-2009 academic year, Mary Star of the Sea High School established five new Honor Societies including Mu Alpha Theta (for Junior and Senior math students), National Art Honor Society (all grades), Science National Honor Society (for Junior and Senior science students), National English Honor Society (all grades), and National Beta Club for student service (all grades).RECENT STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS TO SENIORS National Merit Scholarship Finalists College Bound Scholar College Board Commended Students Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships California State University, Long Beach President's Scholars College Board Hispanic ScholarCalifornia License Plate Award Bank of America Scholarship One hundred percent of the graduating class sought higher educations an vocational/technical opportunities: 35% in a four- year university; 62% in a community college; 3% in vocational and armed services. The average College Bound SAT score for Mary Star students was 1653 while the national mean was only 1509. The following represents the scoring range achieved on the SAT for the students who took the test with Mary Star students outshining the national mean score: Critical Reading Math Writing MSHS Mean Score: 535 MSHS Mean Score: 550 MSHS Mean Score: 568National Score: 501 National Score: 515 National Score: 493 MARY STAR GRADUATES IN COLLEGES Mary Star of the Sea High School is proud of the diversity of college and university acceptances reflected by the Class of 2010. Ninety-seven percent of the class plans to attend the college or university of their choice. The Class of 2010 was accepted into the following colleges and universities: COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES FOR 2010
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