School Profile

• College Preparatory, Honors, and Advanced Placement Classes
• Extracurriculars
• Academic Achievements
• College Acceptances

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Archbishop Mitty High School
School Profile 2007-2008

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

Mr. Tim Brosnan, Principal
Mr. Richard Robinson, Associate Principal
Ms. Kate Caputo, Assistant Principal
Ms. Lisa Brunolli, Assistant Principal
Ms. Latanya Johnson, Assistant Principal
Mrs. Claudia Temple, Assistant Principal
Mr. Greg Walker, Director of Admissions
Ms. Janie Falcone, College Guidance Department Chair
Mr. Jorge Helmer, Director of Finance and Business Operations

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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.

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STUDENT ENROLLMENT

• 1665 students attend AMHS.
• 53% of the students are young women and 47% are young men.
• 99.7% of Archbishop Mitty graduates go on to college
• In 2007, 87.3% attended a four year college while 11.6% attended a community college.
• 70.1% of the students are Catholic
  

The student body identifies itself as:

58.8%	White, not of Hispanic origin
12.4%	Hispanic
4.4%	Filipino
3.7%	African-American
3.7%	Multi Racial
2.5%	Vietnamese
2.3%	Chinese
1.1%	Japanese
.5%	Korean
.4%	Pacific Islander
.1%	Other non-white

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FACULTY

The faculty and administration consists of 103 teachers. Fifty-eighty teachers possess advanced degrees.

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ACCREDITATION AND ASSOCIATIONS

Western Association of Schools and Colleges
National Catholic Educational Association
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
Western Association of College Admissions Counselors
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

English	40 semester units
Religious Studies	35 semester units
Mathematics	30 semester units
Science	35 semester units
Modern Language	20 semester units
Social Studies	35 semester units
Introduction to Philosophy	5 semester units
Physical Development	10 semester units
Arts	10 semester units
Christian Service	100 hours

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

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College Preparatory, 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) 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 and cumulative GPA.

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

English Department Courses
Freshmen	English I	English I Accelerated
Sophomores	World Literature	English II Honors
Juniors	American Literature	English III AP
Seniors	African-American Literature British Poetry Contemporary Authors Cultures in Conflict Oral Composition Shakespeare Written Composition	English IV AP

Mathematics Department Courses
Algebra I Algebra II Geometry Trigonometry Statistics Precalculus Calculus	Algebra I Accelerated Algebra II Honors Algebra II-Trigonometry Honors Geometry Honors Precalculus Honors Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Statistics AP Computer Science AP

Modern Language Department Courses
French I –IV Spanish I –V Mandarin I	French II Honors French III Honors French IV AP Spanish I Accelerated Spanish II Honors Spanish III Honors Spanish IV AP

Physical Development Courses
PE 9 Cross Training Football Conditioning Softball/Basketball Team Sports	Volleyball/Badminton Volleyball/Tennis Water Sports Weight Training

Religious Studies Department Courses
Freshmen	Introduction to Catholic Christianity
Sophomores	Encountering Christ: New Testament Studies
Juniors	Personal and Social Ethics Ethics, Culture, and Justice: California Ethics, Culture, and Justice: El Salvador Ethics, Culture, and Justice: South Africa
Seniors	Discovering Your Spirituality Introduction to Philosophy Liturgical Ministry

Science Department Courses
General Science Biology Chemistry Chemistry in the Community Physics Environmental Science	General Science Accelerated Biology Honors Biology AP Chemistry Honors Chemistry AP Physics Honors Physics AP Environmental AP

Social Studies Department Courses
Freshmen	American Government and Civics
Sophomores	World History	World History AP
Juniors	U.S. History	U.S. History AP
Seniors	American Government Contemporary American Issues Ethnic Studies Modern American History Psychology	American Government AP

Performing Arts Department Courses
Drama Performance I Drama Performance II: Acting Drama Performance II: Film/TV Drama Performance II: Film Production Dance Performance I Dance Performance II	Concert Choir Concert Band Jazz Band Jazz Choir Music Performance: Exodus Symphonic Band Vocal Ensemble Wind Ensemble Music Theory AP

Visual Arts Department Courses
Visual Art Classes Visual Art I: Design Visual Art II: 2D/3D Design Visual Art II: Drawing Visual Art II: Digital Photography Visual Art II: Graphic Design Visual Art II: Painting Visual Art II: The Book as Art	Art History Classes Visual Art II: Western Art Visual Art II: 20th Century Modern Art

Other Courses

Journalism (Yearbook) Student Government

Academic Achievements

Grading Scale
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 (2007 397 Students)
First	4.67-4.17	Sixth	3.41-3.23
Second	4.16-3.95	Seventh	3.22-3.05
Third	3.94-3.77	Eighth	3.04-3.22
Fourth	3.76-3.58	Ninth	2.85-2.55
Fifth	3.57-3.42	Tenth	2.54-1.94

AP Subjects, % Scoring 3 or Higher (2007)
Biology	96%	French	100%
Calculus AB	85%	American Government	88%
Calculus BC	93%	Music Theory	80%
Chemistry	100%	Physics	91%
Computer Science	67%	Spanish	90%
English Language	98%	Statistics	60%
English Literature	100%	US History	70%
Environmental Science	42%

SAT Reasoning Means (2007)
	Critical Reading	Math	Writing
Archbishop Mitty	561	570	575
California	499	516	498
Nation	502	515	494

SAT Subject Test Means (2007)
Biology-M	640	Math 2	614
Biology-E	664	Physics	622
Chemistry	632	Spanish	543
French	565	United Stated History	563
Literature	584

ACT Means (2007)
	English	Math	Reading	Science	Composite
Archbishop Mitty	25.1	24.5	25,4	23.6	24.8
California	21.6	22.6	22.2	21.2	22.1
Nation	20.7	21.0	21.5	21.0	21.2

Extracurriculars

• AMHS sponsors over 24 student clubs including National Honor Society, African-American Student Union, Mountain Biking, Latin American Student Union, California Scholarship Federation, and many more.
• AMHS fields 65 interscholastic athletic teams in 24 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. In 2007, Sports Illustrated.com selected Archbishop Mitty as the 5th best athletic school in the nation, #1 in the state of California.
• The AMHS Performing Arts Program hosts a fall musical, winter drama, a spring musical, and a Christmas concert to complement the curricular offerings in Band, Jazz Band, Beginning Choir, Concert Choir, Jazz Choir, Acting, Drama Performance, and dance.
• The AMHS Campus Ministry program offers a multitude of ways for students to strengthen and grow in their faith through youth ministry groups (MICAH and LIFE Emmaus Team), immersion trips, class level retreats, all-school liturgies and a variety of Christian Service experiences. Summer immersion trips explore the cultural and historical contexts of Appalacia, El Salvador, California, and South Africa and complement the curricular offerings in the junior Ethics Culture and Justice classes.
• AMHS Student Activities program provides leadership opportunities for over a quarter of the student body. Overseeing student government, clubs, dances, rallies, Homecoming, Spirit Week, and the ever-popular Monarch Madness, the Student Activities program serves as the hub of activity for fostering and maintaining Mitty Spirit throughout the year.

College Acceptances-Class of 2007

University of California
Berkeley	31
Davis	45
Irvine	50
Los Angeles	24
Merced	49
Riverside	57
San Diego	40
Santa Barbara	66
Santa Cruz	54

California State University
Cal Poly Pomona	35
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	58
Channel Islands	1
Chico	54
Fresno	11
Fullerton	14
Humboldt	9
Long Beach	32
Los Angeles	4
Monterey Bay	10
Northridge	6
Sacramento	12
San Diego	72
San Francisco	44
San Jose	121
San Marcos	2
Sonoma	32

California Independent Colleges and Universities
Art Institute of California: San Diego	2
Azusa Pacific University	2
Biola University	1
California Institute of Technology	1
California Lutheran University	1
Chapman University	14
Claremont McKenna College	2
Cogswell Polytechnical College	1
Domnican University of California	4
Fresno Pacific University	1
Harvey Mudd College	3
Loyola-Marymount University	40
Menlo College	2
Mills College	1
Mt St Mary’s	2
Notre Dame de Namur University	3
Occidental College	1
Pepperdine University	10
Point Loma Nazarene University	1
Professional Culinary Institute	1
Saint Mary's College of California	26
Santa Clara University	59
Stanford University	6
University of LaVerne	1
University of the Pacific	9
University of Redlands	4
University of San Diego	29
University of San Francisco	30
University of Southern California	23
Westmont College	2
Whittier College	1

Out-of-State Colleges and Universities
American University	5
Arizona State University	12
Babson College, Massachusetts	1
Boston College, Massachusetts	1
Boston University, Massachusetts	14
Brigham Young University	1
Brown University	1
Bryant University	1
Carnegie Mellon University	4
Case Western Reserve University	1
Catholic University	1
Clarkson University	1
College of Charleston, South Carolina	1
College of Saint Benedict	1
College of William and Mary	1
Columbia University, New York	1
Cornell University	4
De Paul University	1
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona	1
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida	1
Emerson College	1
Emory University	2
Fordham University, New York	4
Gannon University	1
George Washington University	1
Georgetown University, Washington D.C	2
Gonzaga University, Washington	2
Hampshire College	1
Hawaii Pacific University	1
Hofstra University, New York	2
Illinois Institute of Technology	1
Indiana University at Bloomington	1
Ithaca College, New York	3
Louisiana State University	1
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois	1
Macalester College	2
Manhattan College	1
Marquette University	1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1
Michigan State University	2
New York University	10
Northeastern University	7
Northern Arizona University	2
Northwestern University	3
Oberlin College	2
Ohio State University	1
Oregon State University	4
Pacific University	1
Pennsylvania State University	2
Portland State University, Oregon	2
Providence College	1
Quinnipiac University	1
Regis University	2
Rice University, Texas	1
Roger Williams University	1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	1
Sacred Heart University	1
Saint John’s University	1
St. Joseph’s University	1
Saint Louis University	1
Saint Olaf College	1
Seattle University, Washington	2
Seton Hall University, New Jersey	1
Southern Oregon University	2
University of Arizona	14
University of Colorado, Boulder	12
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1
University of Kansas	1
University of Kentucky	1
University of Maryland	1
University of Michigan	2
University of Nevada at Reno	3
University of New Mexico	1
University of Notre Dame	4
University of Oklahoma	1
University of Oregon	4
University of Pennsylvania	1
University of Pittsburgh	1
University of Portland, Oregon	6
University of Rochester	1
University of South Carolina	1
University of Vermont	1
University of Washington	3
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee	1
Villanova University, Pennsylvania	2
Virginia Polytechnic and State University	1
Westminster College	1
Whitworth College	1
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1