2008-2009
175 South Mason Road • St. Louis, MO 63141 • 314-434-5141 • Fax 314-434-6193 • www.whitfieldschool.org
Mark J. Anderson, President
Cynthia Crum Alverson, Director of Admission and College Counseling Melanie S. Drake, Assistant Director of College Counseling
Nancy L. Sokolik, Director of Community Relations and College Counselor
School Code: 260783
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Whitfield school: Founded in 1952, Whitfield School is an independent, coeducational college preparatory day school for
grades six through twelve. Located on a 25–acre campus in west St. Louis County, Whitfield’s demanding academic program coupled
with the support of a dedicated, world-class faculty prepares graduates for both the college experience and life beyond. With an
average class size of 12 and a school size of 470, Whitfield is able to develop and maintain a community of families which values
mutual respect and personal responsibility. Students are encouraged to take part in activities including visual and performing arts,
22 athletic teams, 20 clubs and organizations and community service.
STUDENT BODY:
COLLEGE COUNSELING:
Lower School (grades 6–8): 33% of total enrollment
Upper School (grades 9–12): 67% of total enrollment
17% students of color and international students
Admission officers are welcome to visit Whitfield beginning
at 8:15 a.m.; the last visit begins at 2:15 p.m.
Appointments should be arranged with College Counseling
two weeks in advance.
FACULTY: 65 full-time faculty, 31 with advanced degrees
STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO: 8:1
Average class size: 12
SCHOOL CALENDAR: Whitfield’s academic calendar is
divided into two semesters and courses are year-long.
CLASS SCHEDULE: Whitfield uses a block scheduling
system. Academic classes are 90 minutes long and full-credit
classes meet three times a week for the whole year.
Technology: With a nationally recogized laptop program,
employing both Linux and Microsoft operating systems, Whitfield
students learn how and when to use technology to take their
learning to a new, more sophisticated level.
Accreditations: • Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
• National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
High School ATHLETICS:
BoyS: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, *Golf, *Ice Hockey
(club team), Soccer, *Tennis, Track & Field, Wrestling.
Girls: Basketball, **Cheerleading, Cross Country,
Dance/Pom Squad, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer,
Track & Field, Volleyball.
COLLEGE ADMISSION PACKET:
The College Counseling Office sends a packet to each
admission office to which a student is applying. The
packet includes the following pieces of information: a high
school transcript, a secondary school report, a counselor’s
recommendation and this Whitfield School Profile.
Placement statistics, Class of 2008:
100% of the graduates admitted to four-year colleges
and universities
85% of the Class of 2008 enrolled at private colleges
and universities
88% of the Class of 2008 enrolled in out-of-state colleges
66% of the Class of 2008 enrolled in colleges outside
the Midwest
ADVANCED PLACEMENT CURRICULUM:
APs are the most advanced courses available at Whitfield.
Enrollment in Advanced Placement courses is by faculty
recommendation. All students enrolled in AP courses take
the appropriate AP exams.
This school year, Whitfield is offering: Calculus AB; Chemistry;
French Language; Spanish Language;
and Spanish Literature.
*Girls have the opportunity to try out for the boys’ teams.
**Boys have the opportunity to try out for the girls’ team.
Students may prepare independently for the English Language
and Composition, Physics B, United States History and
World History exams.
ExtraCurricular Activities:
AP classes are unweighted when calculating GPAs.
Aeneid (electronic newspaper), Ambassador Program (new student
orientation leaders and tour guides), Amnesty International, Athletics,
Book Club, Cheerleading, Chess Club, Dance/Pom Squad, ECHO
(environmental club), Green Scene (Pep Club), Historically Significant
Film Society, Iliad (yearbook), International Thespian Society, Model
UN, Odyssey (newspaper), Performing Arts, The Secret Voice (literary
magazine), Social Justice Project, Student Council, Honor Council
and Student Technology Club
Sophomore, JUNIOR AND SENIOR SEMINARS:
Sophomore and Junior Seminars are weekly courses in which
students meet for college preparation work, including study and
life skills, practice sessions for standardized tests, writing skills
improvement, health and college search planning.
Senior Seminar contains four components. Three segments,
College Preparation, Spring Quest and Senior Exhibition,
are required for graduation; the fourth component, Senior
Independent Study, is an optional portion of the class.
CURRICULUM AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS,
CLASS OF 2009:
Whitfield’s academic goals are set at the highest (honors)
standard. Students have the opportunity to prepare for Advanced
Placement exams (see previous page). Independent study in
language, mathematics and science is offered for the exceptional
student who completes Whitfield’s curriculum early.
The current seniors are required to take four years each of
English, social studies, mathematics, science and language;
one year each of physical education, fine arts, Sophomore
Seminar, Junior Seminar and Senior Seminar. Courses with
bullets are required for graduation. The President of the School
has the right to waive or alter any requirements. Sophomores
are required to take biology and chemistry concurrently, the
juniors, chemistry and physics.
GRADE 9
•Changing Perspectives in Literature and Composition
•Western Civilization
•Algebra or Geometry or Advanced Algebra
•Biology 9
•Language
•Fine Arts
•Physical Education/Health
Community Service (24 hours/year recommended)
GRADE 10
•Issues of Power and Community in Literature and Composition
•Twentieth Century World History
•Geometry or Advanced Algebra or Precalculus
•Biology 10
•Chemistry 10
•Language
•Sophomore Seminar
Fine Arts
Community Service (24 hours/year recommended)
GRADE 11
•American Studies Through Literature and Composition
•Topics in American History
•Advanced Algebra or Precalculus or Introduction to Calculus
or AP Calculus AB or AP Calculus BC
•Chemistry 11 or Introduction to AP Chemistry
•Physics 11
•Language
•Junior Seminar
Fine Arts
Community Service (24 hours/year recommended)
GRADE 12
•Advanced Seminar in Literature and Composition
•Advanced Modern World History
•Physics 12
•Discrete Math or PreCalculus or Introduction
to Calculus or AP Calculus AB or Multivariable Calculus
•Language
•Senior Seminar
•Senior Quest
Fine Arts elective
Advanced English elective
Advanced science elective
Advanced social studies elective
Community Service (24 hours/year recommended)
LANGUAGES OFFERED:
French, Latin and Spanish
GRADING, Transcripts and Test Scores:
In recognition of Whitfield’s philosophy of personalization and
small class size, Whitfield students are not ranked.
Grades, including those for AP classes, are unweighted.
Whitfield's grading and curriculum reflect the rigor appropriate
for the challenge of college preparatory work.
The GPA reflects all course work taken at Whitfield for
grades 9–12. Whitfield reports GPAs to colleges and
universities at the end of the sixth, seventh and eighth
high school semesters.
A student’s GPA is based on a four-point system as follows:
A 4.0
C 2.0
A- 3.67
C- 1.67
B+ 3.33
D+ 1.33
B 3.0
D 1.0
B- 2.67
D- 0.67
C+ 2.33
F 0.0
There are 73 seniors in the Class of 2009. The highest
GPA is 4.0; the range of GPAs for the middle 50% of the
class of 2009 is 3.24-3.75.
Transcripts reflect semester grades. Seventh semester grades
are mailed in January, as soon as they are available.
Students arrange with the testing services to have scores sent
directly to the colleges and universities. Whitfield does not
report any test scores on the transcript.
Class of 2009/Junior Grades (Two Semesters)
A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F
English 25 35 37 23 7 13 3
History 11 32 35 31 13 11 9
Chemistry 17 41 32 33 10 9
Physics 39 25 27 37 5
1
1
6
2
1
1
Mathematics 33 25 22 26 19 4
8
4
1
Language 46 33 22 27 19 7
7
6
1
These are the first and second semester junior year grades
for the seniors graduating in June 2009.
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES, CLASSES OF 2004–2008
The University of Alabama
at Birmingham
The University of Alabama (5)
Albion College
Allegheny College
American University (6)
Amherst College
Arizona State University (5)
The University of Arizona (9)
University of Arkansas
University of the Arts
Auburn University (8)
Austin College
Avila University (2)
Babson College
Ball State University (2)
Bard College (2)
Barnard College (3)
Bates College
Baylor University (2)
Bellarmine University (4)
Belmont University
Beloit College
Benedictine College (2)
Bennington College
Bethany College
Birmingham-Southern College (2)
Blackburn College (2)
Boston College (3)
Boston Conservatory
Boston University (25)
Bowdoin College
Bowling Green State University (2)
Bradley University (12)
Brandeis University (6)
Brown University (2)
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Butler University (18)
University of California at Davis
University of California at Irvine
University of California
at Los Angeles (3)
University of California
at San Diego (2)
University of California
at Santa Barbara
Calvin College
Carleton College (7)
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University (7)
University of Central Florida
University of Central Missouri
Chapman University (3)
College of Charleston (11)
University of Chicago (3)
University of Cincinnati (3)
Claremont McKenna College (3)
Clark Atlanta University (2)
Clark University (5)
Clemson University
Coe College
Colby-Sawyer College
Colgate University (2)
University of Colorado at Boulder (10)
Colorado College (8)
Colorado State University (4)
Columbia College
Connecticut College
University of Connecticut
Cornell University (3)
Creighton University (4)
University of Dallas
Dartmouth College (2)
Davidson College (4)
University of Dayton (14)
University of Delaware (4)
Denison University (11)
University of Denver (31)
DePaul University (26)
DePauw University (36)
Dickinson College (5)
Dominican University (5)
Drake University (13)
Drexel University
Drury University (4)
Duke University (3)
Duquesne University
East Carolina University
Eckerd College (4)
Elmhurst College (5)
Elon University (29)
Emerson College (3)
Emory University (6)
Eugene Lang College The New School
for Liberal Arts
University of Evansville (4)
Fairfield University
Florida A&M University
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Southern College (2)
Florida State University
University of Florida
Fontbonne University
Fordham University (5)
Franklin and Marshall College
Furman University (6)
The George Washington
University (15)
Georgetown University (3)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College (4)
Goucher College
Grinnell College
Guilford College (4)
Gustavus Adolphus College
Hampshire College (3)
Hampton University (2)
Hanover College (2)
Harvard University (3)
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hendrix College (3)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2)
Hofstra University
Howard University (4)
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign (10)
Illinois College (3)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Wesleyan University
(College of Fine Arts)
Indiana University at Bloomington (44)
The University of Iowa (11)
Ithaca College
Jackson State University
Jacksonville University
Kalamazoo College
University of Kansas (31)
University of Kentucky (2)
Knox College (7)
Lafayette College (3)
Lake Forest College (28)
Lawrence University (3)
Lehigh University (2)
Lewis & Clark College (3)
Lincoln University
Lindenwood University (2)
Loras College
Louisiana State University
University of Louisville
Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola Marymount University (4)
Loyola University Chicago (41)
Loyola University New Orleans (17)
Lynchburg College
Lynn University (3)
Macalester College (2)
University of Maine
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Marietta College
Marquette University (7)
University of Mary Washington
Maryland Institute College of Art (3)
University of Maryland, College Park (2)
Marymount Manhattan College
Maryville University (7)
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst (2)
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Miami University, Oxford (45)
University of Miami (31)
Michigan State University
University of Michigan (14)
Midreshet Moriah
Millikin University (3)
Milwaukee School of Engineering
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (4)
University of Mississippi (22)
Missouri State University (5)
Missouri University of Science and
Technology (5)
University of Missouri Columbia (78)
University of Missouri, Kansas City (7)
University of Missouri, St. Louis (2)
Monmouth University
Montana State University, Bozeman
The University of Montana, Missoula
Morehouse College (2)
New England College
University of New Hampshire (3)
New York University (11)
The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro
North Carolina State University (2)
Northeastern University (5)
University of Northern Colorado
Northern Illinois University
(Visual & Performing Arts)
Northwest Missouri State University
Northwestern University (6)
University of Notre Dame
Oberlin College (3)
Occidental College
The Ohio State University (3)
Ohio Wesleyan University (13)
University of Oklahoma
Olivet Nazarene University
Oral Roberts University
University of Oregon
Oxford College of Emory University (5)
Pace University, New York City
University of the Pacific (2)
Parsons School of Design, New School
University (2)
University of Pennsylvania (2)
Pepperdine University (3)
University of Pittsburgh (2)
Pitzer College (5)
Pomona College (4)
Pratt Institute
Princeton University (3)
Providence College
University of Puget Sound (3)
Purdue University (15)
Quincy University (5)
University of Redlands (8)
Regis University (5)
University of Rhode Island
Rhodes College (12)
Rice University (2)
University of Richmond (3)
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
University of Rochester (3)
Rockhurst University (6)
Rollins College (9)
Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology (2)
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Ryerson University
Saint John’s University
Saint Joseph’s College-IN
Saint Joseph’s University (2)
Saint Leo University
Saint Louis University (49)
Saint Xavier University
Salve Regina University
Samford University (4)
University of San Diego (7)
University of San Francisco (3)
Santa Clara University (8)
Savannah College
of Art and Design (3)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of Visual Arts
Scripps College
Seattle University (2)
Skidmore College (2)
Smith College (3)
University of South Carolina (2)
Southeast Missouri State University (2)
University of Southern California (5)
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University,
Edwardsville (2)
Southern Methodist University (43)
Southwestern University
Spelman College (4)
Spring Hill College (4)
St. Lawrence University (2)
St. Louis College of Pharmacy (2)
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St. Olaf College
Stanford University (2)
Stephens College (5)
Stetson University (4)
Stonehill College (3)
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University (9)
The University of Tampa (4)
Temple University
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The University of Texas, Austin
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of Liberal Arts)
Trinity College (3)
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Truman State University (11)
Tufts University (10)
Tulane University (24)
University of Tulsa (49)
Union College
United States Military Academy
University of the Arts London
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Valparaiso University
Vanderbilt University (9)
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University of Virginia (2)
Wabash College
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Warren Wilson College
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University of Washington
Webster University (7)
Wellesley College (2)
University of West Florida
West Virginia University
Western Kentucky University
Westminster College (7)
Whitman College
Willamette University
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William Woods University
University of Wisconsin, Madison (11)
Wittenberg University (15)
The College of Wooster (4)
University of Wyoming
Xavier University (3)
Xavier University of Louisiana (4)
Yale University
Bold type indicates enrollment choice.
175 South Mason Road • St. Louis, MO 63141 • 314-434-5141 • Fax 314-434-6193 • www.whitfieldschool.org