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Someinteres+ngachievement-basedsta+s+cs,presentedinintriguingwaysforyouredifica+on

THE HILLEL-GEIST

BYTHENUMBERS

(*)Allsta+s+csanddateareaccurateanduptodate,asofJanuary2013.Approxima+ons

usedasappropriate.

A quick and quirkly look at whats happening at Hillel

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10%

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Students sent out a record 315 individual collegeapplications

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amongresponsesreceivedasofJanuary2013

96%admissionratesofarforClassof2013

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ERUDITIONBY#OFWORDS

Our college application essays 157500

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KnowlesA Separate Peace

TwainsHuck Finn

Brontes Wuthering Heights

Steinbecks Grapes of Wrath

percentofclassapplyingforearlyadmissiontoelitecolleges

percentofthoseapplyingwhohavebeenadmiGedforearlyentry

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DURINGFIRSTSEMESTEROF2012Upperschoolstudentsmissed1126fewerdays,orTHREEYEARSworthofschool!

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Results of culture change and increased rigor

HIGHSCHOOL MIDDLESCHOOLFewerdaysofschool

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Fewerdaysofschoolmissedthanin

2011-2012

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nearly $750,000 in revenue

AttheaverageU.S.hourlywageof$23.73perhour,thatwouldbeequivalentto

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Moneymaynotgrowontrees

Upperschoolstudentsperformed30,350hoursofcommunityservice--ornearly3.46yearsworth!

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HISTORY, TEFILAH AND JEWISH ADVOCACY

STUDENTSWHOPRESENTLYCHOOSETOPRAYMINCHAEACHDAY,

COMPAREDTONONELASTYEARSTUDENTSWHOHAVEDIRECTLYADVOCATEDANDLOBBIEDPOLITICIANSONBEHALFOFISRAEL

STUDENTSWHOHAVEOTHERWISEADVOCATEDANDLOBBIEDONBEHALFOFISRAEL

9THGRADERSWHOHAVESPENTTHESEMESTERLEARNINGJEWISHHISTORYINPREPARATIONFORTHEIRISRAELTRIP

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54,000,000 words each year(The number of words each ECE student is exposed to through five hours ofreading each week)

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1,800,000Wordsstudentsareexposedtoeachyearbyreadingorbeingread

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EXPOSURE

TO THEWRITTENWORD

282,000Wordsstudentsareexposedto

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MEDIA INSTRUCTION IN LOWER SCHOOL

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AVERAEAMOUNTOFMEDIAINSTRUCTIONPERWEEKINLOWERSCHOOL

ONEPERIODPERWEEK(about40minutes)

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PASSEDNETS-BASED

INTERNETSAFETY

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LowerSchool'snewAcceleratedReaderprogramsetsagoalforeachstudentof30minutesofreadinginalevel-appropriatezoneeachweek,andscoring80%orbeGeroncomprehensiontests.

ACCELERATEDREADER

PROGRAMPASSRATEON315TESTSTAKEN

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MAPSCORESIN LANGUAGE

AND MATH, UPPERSCHOOLSTUDENTSDEMONSTRATEDGROWTH RATESSIGNIFICANTLYHIGHER THANPREDICTED IN

ALL GRADES 8-10

PROFICIENCY SCORES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN

GRADES 6-10 THAN PREVIOUS YEAR IN NEARLY EVERY CATEGORY

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