2018-19 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 2018
* 100% of the graduating class enrolled in college
* 95% attend four-year college
* 5% attend two-year college
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 2017, 363 candidates took 742 exams; 73% scored 3 or better.
Advanced Placement courses offered are:
In addition, students often choose to take AP Exams in the following courses: French, Economics, and Music Theory.
College Counseling:
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 2017 are distributed as follows: 3.8-4.00 70 2.6-2.79 12 3.6-3.79 36 2.4-2.69 11 3.4-3.59 34 2.2-2.39 8 3.2-3.39 33 2.0-2.19 3 3.0-3.19 10 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 2018
* 100% of the graduating class enrolled in college
* 95% attend four-year college
* 5% attend two-year college
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 Biology Chemistry |
English (grades 10 & 11) 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 2017, 363 candidates took 742 exams; 73% 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 English Literature & Composition AP Environmental Science AP Physics 1 AP Physics C |
*AP Psychology AP Spanish 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 2018
Students from the Class of 2018 were accepted to the following colleges and universities:
Students from the Class of 2018 were accepted to the following colleges and universities:
| AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts American University Arizona State University Auburn University Azusa Pacific University Baylor University Belmont Abbey College Belmont University Berklee College of Music Boise State University Boston College Boston University California Baptist University California College of the Arts California Lutheran University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Long Beach Canisius College Carnegie Mellon University Carroll College Central Washington University Chapman University Chatham University College of William and Mary Colorado Mesa University Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Columbia College Chicago Creighton University Culver-Stockton College Dartmouth College DePaul University Dickinson College Dixie State University Duke University Eastern Oregon University Eastern Washington University Edmonds Community College Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emerson College Emory University Florida State University Fordham University Full Sail University George Fox University George Mason University Georgetown University Gonzaga University Gordon College Grambling State University Grand Canyon University Grays Harbor College Green River Community College Haverford College |
Hawaii Pacific University Hesston College Howard University Idaho State University Indiana University at Bloomington James Madison University Johns Hopkins University Lewis & Clark College Lewis University Liberty University Linfield College Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Loyola University New Orleans Marquette University Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Miami University, Oxford Molloy College Montana State University New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology New York University Northeastern University Northern Arizona University Northwestern State University of Louisiana Northwestern University Nova Southeastern University Occidental College Ohio Wesleyan University Oklahoma City University Old Dominion University Oregon Institute of Technology Oregon State University Ottawa University Otterbein University Pace University Pacific Lutheran University Pacific University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pierce College Point Loma Nazarene University Pomona College Portland State University Pratt Institute Purdue University Regis University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rice University Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers University-New Brunswick Saint Louis University Saint Martin's University |
Saint Mary's College of California San Diego State University San Jose State University Santa Clara University Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Seattle Pacific University Seattle University Simpson College South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Southern Methodist University Southern Oregon University Southern University and A&M College Stanford University Syracuse University Tabor College Tacoma Community College Texas A&M University Texas Christian University The Art Institute of California, Hollywood The Catholic University of America The Evergreen State College The George Washington University The Ohio State University The University of Alabama The University of Arizona The University of Iowa The University of Montana The University of Oklahoma The University of Scranton The University of Texas The University of the Arts Trinity Western University Tufts University Tulane University United States Air Force Academy United States Air Force Academy, Preparatory School United States Merchant Marine Academy Preparatory School United States Naval Academy University College Dublin University of British Columbia University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Cruz University of Cincinnati University of Colorado at Boulder University of Connecticut University of Dallas University of Denver University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Idaho |
University of Jamestown University of La Verne University of Massachusetts University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Mississippi University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of New Mexico 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 Southern California University of St. Mary University of the Pacific University of Utah University of Washington University of Washington, Bothell University of Washington, Tacoma University of West London Vanderbilt University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Military Institute Virginia Tech Viterbo University Wake Forest University Washington State University Washington University in St. Louis Weber State University Webster University Wentworth Institute of Technology Western Michigan University Western Washington University Westmont College Whitman College Whittier College Whitworth University Xavier University Yale University |