Academics
Rochester School Goals for the School Year
We subscribe to and seek to enact the Vermont Framework of Standards.
- Increase students’ skill in the use of inquiry, investigation, and experimentation in all areas, but with an emphasis upon mathematics and science
- Improve students’ communication skills, especially through written language.
- Integrate technology into class instruction.
We will seek to:
- Develop students’ high level reasoning skills analysis, interpretation, and problem solving.
- Increase students’ ability to utilize information technology to enrich and enhance learning.
- Promote students’ personal development and increase their sense of civil and social responsibility.
- Provide learning opportunities that promote learning and foster success for all students.
The High School
The secondary school building houses a nationally recognized interdisciplinary and multi-age middle school for grades 6-8 and a high school for grades 9-12. There are 110 students in the high school which operates on a year-long semester schedule with two marking periods per semester. Students carry a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 8 credits per semester. We offer two AP classes. Rochester School holds as its main goal the education of the whole person. It is our belief that each student is uniquely gifted, thus we cooperate in the development of each student’s intellectual, emotional, social, and physical potential in preparation for life after high school. The Rochester School faculty provides students with an average of 15:1 faculty-student ratio. Better than 50% of our faculty members hold advanced degrees in their disciplines.
Schedule for Class Periods
Graduation and Distribution Requirements
Rochester School offers many opportunities for students to succeed and to prepare them for higher education. Our goal is to help each student develop the skills needed to meet their potential and to further encourage a love of learning. Our program requires a minimum of 24 credits of academic work for graduation, five more than the minimum state requirement. These credits must be distributed as follows:
English (4 credits), Social Studies (4 credits) Science (3 credits), Math (3 credits), Arts (1 credit), Senior Project (1 credit), On Your Own (0.5 credits), Physical Education (1.5 credits), Technology (1), Health (0.5 credits) , Electives (4.5 credits)
Marking System
Rochester High School uses a numeric equivalent to the 4.0 grading system as delineated below:
A+ |
99-100 |
4.0 |
A |
93-98 |
4.0 |
A- |
90-92 |
3.7 |
B+ |
88-89 |
3.3 |
B |
83-87 |
3.0 |
B- |
80-82 |
2.7 |
C+ |
78-79 |
2.3 |
C |
73-77 |
2.0 |
C- |
70-72 |
1.7 |
D |
65-69 |
1.0 |
F |
64 and below |
Pass/Fail is indicated by the letters "P" or "F". These classes count toward credits earned, but are not averaged in the GPA. They are applied to independent study classes only. No credit is given for grades below a 65.
Class Rank and GPA
Class rank is unweighted and all courses are included to calculate GPA. CEEB code 460365
College Acceptance
In recent years, Rochester School students have been accepted to the following Universities and Colleges:
Alaska Pacific University
Castleton State College
Clarkson University
Colgate University
Colby Sawyer College
Community College of VT
Dartmouth College
Elon College
Ithaca
Cornell University
Wheelock College
Middlebury College
New Mexico State University
Florida Institute of Technology
Hampshire College
Harvard University
Johnson State College
Keene State College
Rivier College
New England College
Roger Williams
Elmira College
Norwich University
Vanderbilt
Scottsdale Culinary Institute
New England Culinary Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Simmons College
Simon’s Rock College of Bard
St. Michael’s College
SUNY Plattsburgh
SUNY Cobleskill
SUNY Plattsburgh
Johnson & Wales
Fordham University
Northeastern
Johnson State College
Champlain College
Paul Smith’s College
Rutgers
Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland
University of Southern California
UMaine at Farmington
University of New England
University of Vermont
Vermont Technical College
Wesleyan University
Vassar
University of Chicago
University of New Hampshire
Lyndon State College
Savannah School of Design
Assessment
SAT I and II ACT
