Class of 2010 Highlight Sheet

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The La Salle College High School Highlight Sheet for the Class of 2010.

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Men of Intellect• 13%oftheClassof2010was recognizedbytheNationalMerit ScholarshipCorporation – FourteenNationalMeritFinalists – OneNationalMeritSemi-Finalist – SeventeenNationalMerit CommendedStudents – OneNational AchievementScholar• 100%oftheClassof2010will beattending83collegesand universitiesin22differentstates – Earnedover$25.6million inDocumentedScholarships andGrants – 81%earnedMerit-Based and/orAthleticScholarships – Classof2010acceptedto 186collegesin31states• 185studentsaremembersofthe NationalHonorSociety• 98APscholarsincluding 7NationalScholars• 19AdvancedPlacement Coursesoffered• 256studentstook527APexams – 82%scored3orbetter (recommendedgrade forcollege)• 130academiccourses includingfiftyelectives

Men of Service and Justice• 21volunteercommunity serviceprojects• Serviceconductedsevendays aweek• Local,nationalandinternational summerserviceopportunities – atotalof138students participatedinBuilding BridgesofSolidarityinBolivia, NativeAmericanExperience inArizona,ProjectAppalachia, DeLaSalleBlackfeetin Montana,UrbanImmersion inPhiladelphia,Lasallian YouthAssembly• InnovativeFather/SonBranch-Out Dayserviceprograms• Record-breakingThanksgiving DayFoodDrive• 90juniorsparticipatedinthree JuniorUrbanChallengeovernight servicelearningprojectsatthe RomeroCenterinCamden,NJ• OperationSantaClausand SecretSantacollectedover1,600 giftsandraisedinexcessof $35,000 – 10%ofthestudentbody deliveredgiftsonChristmasEve• ThroughLaSalleResponds, theschoolcommunityraised $27,000tobenefit24charities

Men of Faith and Compassion• 151yearsofcollegepreparatory educationforyoungmeninthe Philadelphiaarea• 330yearsoftheeducational traditionofSt.JohnBaptistde LaSalleandtheChristianBrothers• 9ChristianBrothersactively engagedinschoolservice• School-widestudentplanned liturgiesandprayerservices• Four-yearretreatprogram, culminatinginthefour-dayKairos retreatduringsenioryear

Men of Integrity and Respect• LaSalleCollegeHighSchool graduatesacceptresponsibilityfor theirowneducationandactions andinthespiritofChristian gentlementreatpeoplewith respect• AsamemberoftheLasallian Institute,theHumanRightsForum participatedintheUN’sConvention ontheRightsofChildrenwiththe goalofprovidingahumanand Christianeducationtotheyoung, especiallythepoor• InternationalStudiesSeminar studentscreatedawebsiteabout GlobalWaterProblemsfocusing onproblemsandsolutionsfor preservingcleanwaterworldwide withagoalofpurchasingawater pumpforanAfricanvillage

Men of Accomplishment• Athletics – 2009-2010Philadelphia CatholicLeagueChampionsin Golf,Football,CrossCountry, Wrestling,Swimming,Trackand Field,Tennis,andLacrosse – 2009-2010District12(City) ChampionsinFootball,Cross Country,Wrestling,Basketball, Swimming,TrackandField, Tennis,andLacrosse – 2009-2010PIAAState ChampionsinFootball,2ndPlace Lacrosse,3rdPlaceCross CountryandSwimming – Teacher-CoachModelwith twelveofthesixteenteams coachedbyteachersatLaSalle andover35teachersinvolvedin LaSalle’sathleticprogram• Music and Chorus – Elevenperformingbandsand threechoralgroups – Superiorratingsinall JazzBandFestivals – 7All-CatholicBandand 5All-CatholicOrchestraAwards – 2DistrictBandAwards (1stPlaceTrumpetand 3rdPlaceFlute) – 8AllCatholicChorusAwards – Twobandconcerts,twochoral concerts,andtwotheater productionseachyear

2010Continuing A Tradition

La Salle graduates are…Men of Intellect and

Accomplishment, Men of Faith and Compassion,

Men of Service and Justice, Men of Integrity and Respect

• Activities – 36clubsandorganizations withaward-winning accomplishments – Speech/Debate:2010 NCFLChampionsinPolicy Debate,fiveconsecutive PCFLDebateSweepstakes Awards,2009NFLDebateTeam SweepstakesAward,2008and 2009NCFLDebateSweepstakes Award,twoNationalChampions, andfourStateChampionsin thelastfiveyears – Mathletes:2ndPlaceWestern DivisionPhiladelphiaCatholic Leaguewithfirstandsecond placeindividualwinners – EngineeringClub:2ndPlacein theEngineeringOlympics atWilkesUniversity – VietnamCourse:students honoredattheunveilingof therenovatedPhiladelphia VietnamVeteransMemorialfor theirworkwithlocalveterans

• Technology – 84-acrewirelesscampus – 100%oftheinstructionalareas areequippedwithaSMART Board,HDProjection,DVD, andahigh-performance soundsystem – 18serversutilizingVirtualization WindowsServer2008R2 technologyandstaffedbyeleven MicrosoftCertifiedStudentswho earnedseventeenindividual MicrosoftandCiscocertifications – Over75minimumCore2 Quadlabworkstations – 30I-7Quadworkstations – Fully-implementedfaculty laptopprogramutilizing wirelesstechnologyandadvance projectiondevices – Oneoftwohighschoolsin Pennsylvaniatobedesignateda LevelOneMicrosoftITAcademy

La Salle College High School8605 Cheltenham AvenueWyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038

215 233 2911 phone215 402 4350 fax

www.lschs.org/college

Students from the Class of 2010 are attending 83 colleges in the United States including:

Albright CollegeAmerican UniversityBloomsburg University of PennsylvaniaBrandeis UniversityCabrini CollegeCatholic University of AmericaClemson UniversityCoastal Carolina UniversityCollege of CharlestonCollege of New JerseyCollege of the Holy CrossCollege of William and Mary Connecticut CollegeCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeDeSales UniversityDickinson CollegeDrexel UniversityDuquesne UniversityEast Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaElon CollegeFordham UniversityFranklin and Marshall CollegeFrederick Community CollegeGeneva CollegeGeorge Washington UniversityGettysburg CollegeGwynedd-Mercy CollegeHaverford CollegeHigh Point UniversityHofstra UniversityHood CollegeImmaculata UniversityJames Madison UniversityKing’s College La Salle UniversityLafayette CollegeLehigh University

Loyola University MarylandMarietta CollegeMarist CollegeMoravian CollegeMount Saint Mary’s UniversityMuhlenberg CollegeNeumann UniversityPennsylvania State University System and Honors CollegePhiladelphia UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRider UniversityRochester Institute of TechnologySaint Joseph’s UniversitySalve Regina UniversitySan Diego State UniversitySt. John’s UniversitySusquehanna UniversityTemple UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of Colorado at BoulderUniversity of DelawareUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of MiamiUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pittsburgh System and Honors CollegeUniversity of ScrantonUniversity of South Carolina, ColumbiaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of TampaUniversity of Texas, AustinUniversity of the ArtsUniversity of VermontUrsinus CollegeVillanova UniversityWashington and Lee UniversityWashington University in St. LouisWest Chester University of PennsylvaniaWidener University

National Merit Finalists – Class of 2010