2019-20 School Profile
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Bellarmine Preparatory School is a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition of education. Our guiding principle is that Bellarmine graduates will be Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving, and Committed to Doing Justice. The school was established in 1928 and currently enrolls 853 young men and women in grades nine through twelve. Bellarmine is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.
Grad Point Average: GPA is calculated using all courses taken except those courses which are taken for a Pass Grade. Grades are not weighted.
College Bound: Class of 2019
* 96% of the graduating class enrolled in college
* 90% attend four-year college
* 6% attend two-year college
Bellarmine Preparatory School is a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition of education. Our guiding principle is that Bellarmine graduates will be Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving, and Committed to Doing Justice. The school was established in 1928 and currently enrolls 853 young men and women in grades nine through twelve. Bellarmine is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.
| Grading Scale | Point Scale | Class Rank |
| 93-100..........A 91-92............A- 89-90............B+ 84-88............B 82-83............B- 80-81............C+ 75-79............C 73-74............C- 71-72............D+ 66-70............D 0-65..............F |
A.............4.0 A-............3.7 B+...........3.3 B.............3.0 B-............2.7 C+...........2.3 C.............2.0 C-............1.7 D+...........1.3 D.............1.0 |
We do not rank. Grades for the class of 2019 are distributed as follows: 3.8-4.00 49 2.6-2.79 10 3.6-3.79 50 2.4-2.59 3 3.4-3.59 29 2.2-2.39 4 3.2-3.39 10 2.0-2.19 4 3.0-3.19 32 2.8-2.99 16 |
Grad Point Average: GPA is calculated using all courses taken except those courses which are taken for a Pass Grade. Grades are not weighted.
College Bound: Class of 2019
* 96% of the graduating class enrolled in college
* 90% attend four-year college
* 6% attend two-year college
* 3% enlisted / gap year / service
Honors Courses:
Honors classes are more comprehensive and offer a more intensive exposure to the subject matter. Placement in these classes is determined by standardized test scores and teacher recommendation. The course designation for honors is HB (HB = Honors/HEC Board Core Subject).
Honors courses are offered in:
Advanced Placement Courses:
Advanced Placement classes are designed to prepare the advanced students for standardized exams which may lead to the students being granted college credit or advanced standing by the colleges they attend. The course designation for Advanced Placement is AB (AB = Advanced Placement/HEC Board Core Subject). In 2019, 313 candidates took 638 exams; 67% scored 3 or better.
Advanced Placement courses offered are:
College Counseling:
Honors Courses:
Honors classes are more comprehensive and offer a more intensive exposure to the subject matter. Placement in these classes is determined by standardized test scores and teacher recommendation. The course designation for honors is HB (HB = Honors/HEC Board Core Subject).
Honors courses are offered in:
| Advanced Algebra/Trig American Literature (grade 11) Biology Chemistry |
English (grades 10) Geometry Humanities (grade 9) Marine Chemistry (4 yr. program) |
Pre-Calculus Spanish |
Advanced Placement Courses:
Advanced Placement classes are designed to prepare the advanced students for standardized exams which may lead to the students being granted college credit or advanced standing by the colleges they attend. The course designation for Advanced Placement is AB (AB = Advanced Placement/HEC Board Core Subject). In 2019, 313 candidates took 638 exams; 67% scored 3 or better.
Advanced Placement courses offered are:
| AP American Government & Politics: US AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Chemistry AP Computer Science A *AP English Language & Composition |
AP French Language AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics AP English Literature & Composition AP Environmental Science AP Physics 1 |
AP Physics C *AP Psychology AP Spanish Language & Culture AP Statistics AP United States History AP World History |
*Denotes dual credit available. In addition, students often choose to take AP Exams in the following courses: French, Economics, and Music Theory.
DUAL CREDIT COURSES
Dual credit courses are offered in:
| Senior Composition Psychology |
3rd & 4th Year Spanish -or- 3rd & 4th Year Spanish Honors 3rd Year Japanese 3rd Year French 4th Year French |
Anatomy and Physiology Intro to Calculus |
College Counseling:
| Marie Krueger - Department Chair (253) 752-7701 x. 828 |
| Cameron Irving (253) 761-3548 |
| Gary Mayne (253) 879-9799 |
| Tawanna Wilson (253) 756-3849 |
| Jeanne Hamilton - Administrative Assistant (253) 752-7701 x. 831 |
Class of 2019
Students from the Class of 2019 were accepted to the following colleges and universities:
Students from the Class of 2019 were accepted to the following colleges and universities:
| American University Amsterdam University College Arizona State University Azusa Pacific University Babson College Bates College Baylor University Belmont University Big Bend Community College Bishop's University Boise State University Boston College Boston University California College of the Arts California Lutheran University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo California State Polytechnic University - Pomona California State University, Chico California State University, Fullerton California State University, Sacramento California State University, San Bernardino California State University, San Marcos Carnegie Mellon University Carroll College Central Arizona College Central Washington University Centralia College Chaminade University of Honolulu Chapman University Christopher Newport University Coe College College of Saint Benedict College of the Holy Cross Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Concordia University - Irvine Concordia University - Montreal Concordia University - Portland Connecticut College Creighton University DePaul University Dickinson College Drexel University Eastern Washington University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Emerson College Emory University Fairfield University Florida State University George Fox University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology |
Gonzaga University Grand Canyon University Green River Community College Hamilton College Harvard College Hawaii Pacific University Hesston College High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Howard University Illinois Institute of Technology Indiana University at Bloomington Iona College Iowa State University Langston University Lewis & Clark College Linfield College Lipscomb University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Marquette University Maryland Institute College of Art McGill University Miami University, Oxford Michigan State University Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Tech of The University of Montana New York University Northern Arizona University Northwestern University Northwood University Nova Southeastern University Occidental College Oregon State University Otterbein University Pace University, New York City Pacific Lutheran University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pierce College Point Loma Nazarene University Pomona College Portland State University Prairie View A&M University Providence College Purdue University Reed College Regis University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Ringling College of Art and Design Rochester Institute of Technology Rutgers University-New Brunswick Rutgers University-Newark Sacred Heart University Saint Anselm College Saint Louis University |
Saint Martin's University Saint Mary's College of California Saint Michael's College San Diego State University Santa Clara University Savannah College of Art and Design School of Visual Arts Seattle Pacific University Seattle University Simon Fraser University Southern Methodist University Southern Oregon University Spelman College St. Edward's University St. Mary's University of San Antonio St. Olaf College Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Stony Brook University Tacoma Community College Texas A&M University Texas Christian University Texas Southern University The Catholic University of America The College of Idaho The George Washington University The Ohio State University The University of Alabama The University of Arizona The University of Iowa The University of Montana, Missoula The University of Oklahoma The University of Texas The University of the Arts Trinity University Tulane University US Air Force Academy US Merchant Marine Academy US Military Academy - Army University of Alabama at Birmingham University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Central Florida University of Colorado at Boulder University of Dayton University of Denver University of Florida University of Hartford University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Idaho |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Mississippi University of Nevada University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of Northern Colorado University of Notre Dame University of Oregon University of Portland University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of South Florida University of Southern California University of the Pacific University of Utah University of Washington University of Washington, Bothell University of Washington, Tacoma University of West Florida University of Wisconsin, Madison Vanderbilt University Vassar College Wake Forest University Washington State University Washington University in St. Louis Western Washington University Whitman College Whittier College Whitworth University Wichita State University Wilkes Honors College of FAU Willamette University Xavier University |