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2009-2010 School Profile (pdf file)

Archbishop Mitty High School
5000 Mitty Avenue
San Jose, CA 95129
Telephone (408) 252-6610
Fax (408) 252-0518
CEEB Code 053078

Mr. Tim Brosnan

Principal

Mr. Richard Robinson

Associate Principal

Ms. Lisa Brunolli

Assistant Principal

Ms. Kate Caputo

Assistant Principal/Director of Admissions

Ms. Latanya Hilton

Executive Director for Advancement

Mr.Jim Fallis

Dean of Students

Mr. Jorge Helmer

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Mason Kimont

Director of Performing Arts

Mr. Will Scharrenberg

 Director of Athletic Programs

Mr. Steve Scott

Director of Campus Ministry

Mr. Greg Walker

Director of Student Activities

Mr. Josh Walker

Director of Summer Programs

THE MISSION

Archbishop Mitty High School is the Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory school of the Diocese of San Jose. The school embraces the Catholic educational mission of developing community, teaching the message of the Gospels, and promoting service, peace, and justice. Through its rigorous academic program, Archbishop Mitty seeks to prepare its students for college and for responsible leadership in the global society of the 21st century. At the same time, the school works diligently with parents to foster the development of each student. Recognizing that each individual is created in the image and likeness of God, the school celebrates and affirms its diverse cultural community and encourages students to respond to their world with competence, insight, understanding, courage, and compassion based on a tradition of faith and moral values.

THE SCHOOL

Students commute from a wide geographical area to attend AMHS. Admission is based on previous academic work, recommendations, placement test scores, and extracurricular activities. AMHS consists of grades 9-12 and operates on a rotating block, semester system. Each class meets 2-3 times a week for 55-85 minutes. Students may enroll in up to seven courses per semester, but take no fewer than six courses.

ACCREDITATION

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

ASSOCIATIONS

Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
National Catholic Educational Association
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
The College Board
Western Association of College Admissions Counselor

THE FACULTY

The faculty and administration consists of one hundred and seven teachers. Sixty one teachers possess advanced degrees.

COUNSLEING AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT

Six full-time counselors and eight part-time counselors provide academic, personal counseling, college planning services and a comprehensive parent education program. Each year all juniors take five required college guidance classes and seniors take three required college guidance classes.

CAMPUS MINISTRY

The AMHS Campus Ministry program offers a multitude of ways for students to strengthen their spirituality through student ministry teams (MICAH and LIFE-Emmaus Team), immersion trips, class level retreats, all-school liturgies and a variety of service experiences. Summer immersion trips explore the cultural and historical contexts of El Salvador, South Africa, India, Appalachia and California and complement the curricular offerings in the junior Ethics, Culture and Justice classes.

ATHLETIC PROGRAMS

Archbishop Mitty fields 66 interscholastic athletic teams in 26 sports. Young men and women participate in the West Catholic Athletic League, which provides the highest level of competition. Over the last five years, more than 150 Archbishop Mitty alumni have gone on to participate in four-year collegiate athletic programs. AMHS is recognized by Sports Illustrated as the #1 athletic program in California and #3 in the United States.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

The Archbishop Mitty Student Activities Program provides leadership opportunities for over a quarter of the student body. It oversees student government, six dances, five rallies, homecoming, Spirit Week, and the ever-popular class spirit competition, Monarch Madness. The Student Activities program serves as the hub of activity for fostering and maintaining AMHS spirit throughout the year. The department also manages over 30 clubs on campus, including Robotics, Mock Trial, and several culturally based organizations.

PERFORMING ARTS

The Archbishop Mitty Performing Arts Program hosts a Fall Musical, Winter Drama, a Spring Musical, as well as Fall, Christmas, and Spring Concerts and Dance Recitals to complement the curricular offerings in Concert Band, Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, Jazz Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Acting, Drama Performance, Music Theory AP, and Dance..

STUDENT ENROLLMENT

  • 1672 students attend AMHS.
  • 46% of the students are young men and 54% are young women.
  • 66% of the students are Catholic.

The student body identifies itself as:

51% White, not of Hispanic origin
13% Hispanic
8% Asian
4% Filipino
3.5% African-American
11% Multi Racial
3% Vietnamese
4% Chinese
1% Japanese
1% Korean
.3% American Indian
.2% Pacific Islander


GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Arts 2 semesters
Christian Service 100 hours
Electives 6 semesters
English 8 semesters
Introduction to Philosophy 1 semesters
Mathematics 6 semesters
Modern Language 4 semesters
Physical Development 2 semesters
Religious Studies 7 semesters
Science 5 semesters
Social Studies 7 semesters

240 semester units are required for graduation from Archbishop Mitty High School

Accelerated, Honors, and Advanced Placement Courses

AMHS offers a wide selection of courses in a traditional college preparatory curriculum. All courses that are not designated as Accelerated, Honors or Advanced Placement are presented at the same college preparatory level. To enroll in accelerated (Acc), honors (H), and Advanced Placement (AP) classes, students must meet grade prerequisites and/or pass qualifying exams to be admitted. Honors and Advanced Placement courses are given an extra grade point in the academic cumulative GPA and total cumulative GPA.

For a detailed description of all of our courses, please go to our department pages.

English

History

 Math
English I Acc
English II Honors
AP English Language
AP English Literature

AP American Government
AP European History
AP US History
AP World History

 Algebra I Acc
Algebra II Honors
Algebra II/Trig H
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Computer Science A
Geometry Honors
Pre-Calculus Honors
AP Statistics
Modern Language Science Music

Spanish I Acc
Spanish II Honors
Spanish III Honors
AP Spanish IV

French II Honors
French III Honors
AP French IV

AP Chinese Language and Culture

General Science Acc
Biology Honors
AP Biology
Chemistry Honors
Pre-Calculus Honors
AP Chemistry
Physics Honors
AP Physics
AP Environmental Science

AP Music Theory

 

Additional Curriculum Features

AMHS students take well above the number of semester units required for graduation and for admittance to the California State University and the University of California systems in mathematics, science, and modern language. 94% of students take more than three years of mathematics, 90% take more than three years of science, and 82% take more than two years of modern language.


Academic Achievements

GPA is determined on a 4.0 system beginning in the 9th grade with one extra grade point given for honors and AP courses. A total cumulative GPA and an academic cumulative GPA that consists of all grades, but Physical Education and athletics is listed on the transcript.

Grading Scale Decile
A  (4.0) 100-93 C+ (2.3) 79-77
A- (3.7) 92-90 C (2.0) 76-73
B+ (3.3) 89-87 C- (1.7) 72-70
B  (3.0) 86-83 D+ (1.3) 69-67
B- (2.7) 82-80 D (1.0) 66-63
    D- (0.7) 62-60
    F (0.0) 59-0
Decile Distribution (2009 377 Students)
First 4.29 - 4.71 Sixth 3.27 - 3.50
Second 4.05 - 4.28 Seventh 3.07 - 3.26
Third 3.85 – 4.04 Eighth 2.84 - 3.06
Fourth 3.70 - 3.84 Ninth 2.54 - 2.83
Fifth 3.51 - 3.69 Tenth 2.10 - 2.53
Class of 2010 Statistics
PSAT/NMSQT 12 Semi Finalists 45 Commended
National Hispanic Scholars 4 Scholars
Advanced Placement Program Total Exams: 944 Total Students: 505 Scored 3 or higher: 81%
AP Subjects, % Scoring 3 or Higher (2009)
Biology 93% European History 79%
Calculus AB 77% French Language 60%
Calculus BC 94% Physics B 88%
Chemistry 100% Spanish Language 93%
English Language 96% US History 81%
English Literature 98% World History 90%
Environmental Science 96%    
SAT Reasoning Means (2009) (368 Students)
  Critical Reading Math Writing
Archbishop Mitty 580 578 596
California 500 513 498
Nation 501 515 493
SAT Subject Test Mean/Students Tested
Biology-M (82) 645 Math 2 (154) 612
Chemistry (94) 609 Spanish (40) 579
Literature (123) 585 United Stated History (141) 586
ACT Means (2009) (207 Students)
  English Math Reading Science Composite
Archbishop Mitty 25.6 25.1 26.1 24.1 25.3
California 21.8 22.8 22.4 21.4 22.2
Nation 20.6 21.0 21.4 20.9 21.1

College Acceptances-Class of 2009

University of California

UC Berkeley*

36

UC Davis*

38

UC Irvine*

42

UC Los Angeles*

24

UC Merced

76

UC Riverside*

34

UC San Diego*

31

UC Santa Barbara*

43

UC Santa Cruz*

31

Total

355

California State University

Cal Poly Pomona

17

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo*

43

CSU Bakersfield*

1

CSU Channel Islands*

3

CSU Chico*

64

CSU Dominguez Hills

2

CSU East Bay

5

CSU Fresno

5

CSU Fullerton

17

CSU Long Beach*

11

CSU Los Angeles

4

CSU Monterey Bay*

32

CSU Northridge*

10

CSU Sacramento*

21

CSU San Bernandino

1

CSU San Marco

4

CSU Stanislaus

3

Humboldt State University

7

San Diego State University*

22

San Francisco State University*

70

San Jose State University*

157

Sonoma State University*

61

Total

560

California Independent Colleges and Universities

Azusa Pacific University

2

California Institute of Technology

1

California Lutheran University

1

Chapman University*

16

Dominican University*

7

Laguna College of Art & Design

1

Loyola Marymount University*

28

Menlo College*

1

Notre Dame de Namur University

1

Otis College of Art and Design

1

Pepperdine University*

10

Pitzer College

1

Point Loma Nazarene University

1

Saint Mary’s College of California*

22

Santa Clara University*

63

Scripps College*

2

The Art Institute of CA San Francisco*

1

The Art Institute of CA Sunnyvale

1

University of Redlands

5

University of San Diego*

24

University of San Francisco*

43

University of Southern California*

30

University of the Pacific*

19

Whittier College

2
Out-of-State Colleges and Universities

American University

2

Arizona State University*

18

Baldwin-Wallace College

1

Bard College*

2

Berklee College of Music*

1

Boise State University

2

Boston College*

9

Boston Conservatory

1

Boston University*

14

Brigham Young University*

1

Carnegie Mellon University

1

Case Western Reserve University*

3

Catholic University of America

1

Chaminade University of Honolulu*

2

Chatham College

1

Cleveland Institute of Art

1

Colorado College

1

Colorado School of Mines

1

Colorado State University

2

College of Wooster*

3

Columbia University

2

Cornell University

3

Creighton University*

2

Daniel Webster College

1

Dartmouth College*

1

Dillard University

1

Drexel University

2

Duke University*

3

Elon University

1

Emerson College*

4

Evergreen State College

1

Fairfield University*

2

Florida A&M University*

1

Fordham University

9

George Washington University

2

Georgetown University*

2

Gonzaga University*

6

Goucher College

3

Grambling State University*

1

Gustavus Adolphus College*

1

Haverford College*

1

Hawaii Pacific University

2

Hofstra University

1

Howard University

2

Illinois Institute of Technology

1

Indiana State University

1

Ithaca College

3

Johns Hopkins University*

3

Kent State University

1

Kenyon College*

1

La Salle University

1

Lehigh University*

2

Lewis & Clark College

6

Linfield College

1

Loyola University Chicago*

2

Macalester College

1

Marquette University

2

Maryland Institute College of Art

1

Marywood University

1

Massachusetts College of Art

1

Millikin University

1

Mount Holyoke College*

2

New York University*

12

North Georgia College

1

Northeastern University*

4

Northern Arizona University

4

Northwestern University*

1

Norwich University

1

Ohio State University

1

Oregon State University

3

Otterbein College*

3

Pacific Lutheran University*

1

Pennsylvania State University*

3

Portland State University

3

Princeton University*

1

Principia College

1

Providence College*

1

Regis University

2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2

Rice University*

1

Rochester Institute of Technology*

2

Saint John's University

1

Saint Louis University*

1

Saint Mary’s College

1

Savannah College of Art and Design*

1

Seattle University

7

Seton Hill University

1

Smith College

1

Southern Oregon University

1

St. John’s University, Manhattan

1

St. John’s University, Queens

2

St. Olaf College

1

Syracuse University*

4

Texas Christian University*

1

The Citadel, Military College of

1

S. Carolina

1

Tufts University*

1

Tulane University

4

Tuskegee University

1

United States Naval Academy*

1

University of Alabama

1

University of Arizona*

14

University of Buffalo

1

University of Chicago

1

University of Cincinnati

1

University of Cincinnati-

1

Conservatory of Music*

2

University of Colorado, Boulder*

7

University of Dayton

1

University of Delaware

1

University of Denver*

1

University of Florida

2

University of Illinois, Urbana-

1

Champaign

1

University of Kentucky*

1

University of Maryland, College Park

1

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1

University of Miami

1

University of Michigan

1

University of Missouri, Columbia

1

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

2

University of Nevada, Las Vegas*

1

University of North Carolina,

1

Chapel Hill

1

University of North Dakota

1

University of Notre Dame*

3

University of Oklahoma*

1

University of Oregon*

20

University of Pennsylvania*

1

University of Pittsburgh

1

University of Portland*

19

University of Puget Sound*

2

University of Richmond

1

University of South Carolina*

1

University of St. Thomas

1

University of Vermont

1

University of Virginia

1

University of Washington*

6

University of Wisconsin, Madison*

1

Virginia Military Institute*

1

Virginia Polytechnic Institute *

2

Washington and Jefferson College

1

Washington State University

1

Washington University, St. Louis

1

Wellesley College*

1

Wentworth Institute of Technology

2

Wheaton College*

1

Willamette University

3

Yale University*

1

Total

347

International

Concordia University

1

Queen’s University

1

University of British Columbia*

2

York University

1

The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts*

1

Total

6

Grand Total            1551

*Indicates where one or more students from the Class of 2009 matriculated.

 

Scheduled Events

March 19
Class of 2014
Letters of Notification Mailed

March 24
Class of 2014
Accepted Student Information Night
7:00 p.m.
Fien Gymnasium

March 31
Class of 2014
Online Registration & Fees Due by 3:45 p.m.