THE HARVEY SCHOOL

Katonah, New York 10536

(914) 232-3161

Barry W. Fenstermacher
Headmaster / Philip J. Lazzaro
Head of Upper School

Christine M. Cahill

Director of College Placement

College Placement Staff

Philip J. Lazzaro

Richard Wyland

SCHOOL PROFILE 2013-2014

The Harvey School is an independent co-educational boarding and day school (grades 6-12) located forty miles north of New York City in Westchester County. The school has a curriculum directed toward a mastery of the languages of the liberal arts and sciences. As such, all students pursue programs that emphasize the acquisition of basic skills in writing, reading, mathematics, the sciences, ancient or modern languages, history and political science, and the fine arts. We limit class size to fifteen and stress educational diversity within a traditional and disciplined framework. The Upper School’s 275 students are drawn from the local area, New York City, Connecticut, and New Jersey representing various economic, social, and racial backgrounds. Over ninety-five percent of our students attend college upon graduation. There are presently seventy-five students in the class of 2014.

ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND REQUIREMENTS

The academic year is divided into trimesters. We award one credit for a trimester course and three credits for a full-year course. A minimum of sixty credits is required for graduation. Normally, students earn fifteen credits a year. To earn a diploma, a student must satisfy the following distribution requirements: English (12 credits), mathematics (9 credits), History (12 credits), foreign language (6 credits), laboratory sciences (9 credits), and the arts (3 credits). All courses at Harvey are college preparatory, for we assume that all our students expect to pursue a high education. We therefore offer Advanced Placement courses in every discipline, and encourage all our students to participate in this program according to their particular abilities and interests. We offer classical and modern languages (Latin, Spanish, and Japanese) and a number of elective courses in the arts, English, history, and other humanities.

CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM

The school has a strong co-curricular and sports program to complement its academic program. The program’s purpose is not only to allow the student to pursue his or her individual interests but also to provide a structure in which a student will be able to exercise a position of constructive leadership. The school is committed to expanding its co-curricular offerings and encouraging the participation of its entire student body in the sports, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities. Participation in after-school activities is mandatory for day students in grades 6-10 and all boarding students.

GRADING SYSTEM

There are five letter grades, A through D and F. D- is the lowest passing grade. The trimester grade in a given course is determined by averaging equally the two marking period grades and the trimester final examination grade. The year grade is determined by averaging the three trimester grades. For purposes of averaging each letter grade is assigned a numerical value. A = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7, C+ = 2.3, C = 2.0, C - = 1.7, D+ = 1.3, D = 1.0, D- = 0.7, F = 0. Class average and quintile rank are determined by averaging all major courses. Courses in honors and advanced placement courses will be averaged as a 4.3 and an A in an advanced placement course will be averaged as a 4.6. Winter term grades will be sent to colleges in mid March 2014.

CLASS RANKING

Students at The Harvey School are ranked by quintile. In order to help you evaluate our students, we are providing a scale that represents the cumulative grade point average of students from this year’s senior class in the various quintiles, as of September 2013.

1st Quintile3.63 — 4.25

2nd Quintile3.39 — 3.62

3rd Quintile3.15 — 3.38

4th Quintile2.95 — 3.14

5th Quintile2.14 — 2.94

Members of the graduating class of 2012 and 2013 were accepted into the following colleges and universities: (Asterisk “*” denotes a matriculated school for class of 2012 and 2013.)

Adirondack Community College*
American University (6)*
The University of Arizona (2)
Assumption College (2)
Auburn University
Ball State University
Bard College (5)*
Barnard College (2)*
Bates College (4)*
Bay State College
Becker College
Bennington College
Bentley University (3)*
Binghamton University (4)
Boston University (4)*
Bryant University (2)
Buffalo State College of SUNY (2)
California College of the Arts (Oakland)
The Catholic University of America*
Cazenovia College
Champlain College (3)
Clark University
Clarkson University
Coastal Carolina University
Colby College
Colby-Sawyer College (7)
Colgate University (2)*
Columbia College Chicago (2)
Columbia University*
Connecticut College (6)*
University of Connecticut (4)*
University of Connecticut at Stamford
Cornell University*
The Culinary Institute of America*
Curry College (2)
University of Delaware (6)*
University of Denver (2)*
Dickinson College (4)*
Dowling College
Drew University (4)
Drexel University (4)*
Dutchess Community College*
Earlham College*
Eckerd College
Elon University (2)*
Endicott College (6)*
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
Fairfield University (4)*
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fisher College
Fisk University
Florida Southern College (2)*
Fordham University (5)
Franklin and Marshall College (3)
Franklin Pierce University
The George Washington University (3)*
Gettysburg College (4)*
Goucher College (6)*
Hamilton College – NY*
Hampshire College
Hampton University*
University of Hartford (7)*
Hartwick College (5)
University of Hawaii at Manoa
High Point University*
Hilbert College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (10)*
Hollins University (5)
College of the Holy Cross
Indiana University at Bloomington (2)
Iona College (7)*
Ithaca College (20)*
James Madison University*
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson & Wales University (Providence) (3)
Keene State College (4)
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania*
La Salle University
Lafayette College
Lasell College
Lehigh University (2)
Lehman College of the CUNY
Lewis & Clark College
Loyola University Maryland
Lynchburg College (2)
Lyndon State College
Lynn University
Macalester College*
University of Maine (3)
Manhattan College (2)*
Manhattanville College (4)
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Marymount Manhattan College
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (6)*
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
McDaniel College
McGill University
Mercer University
Mercy College*
Merrimack College (6)
Miami University, Oxford (5)*
University of Miami
University of Michigan*
University of Michigan(Literature, Science, & Art)
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Montclair State University (2)*
Morgan State University
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Saint Mary College*
Nazareth College
New England College
University of New Hampshire (3)
University of New Haven (3)*
New York University (3)*
Niagara University
Nichols College (5)
North Carolina A&T State University
Northeastern University (7)*
Norwich University
Oberlin College*
Occidental College (2)
Ohio Wesleyan University
Old Dominion University (2)*
Oregon Institute of Technology
Pace University (6)
Parsons The New School for Design(2)*
Pennsylvania State University, Berks College
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Pitzer College
Plymouth State University
Point Park University
Pratt Institute (2)*
Providence College
Purchase College State University of NY (3)
Quinnipiac University (15)*
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*
Rhode Island School of Design*
University of Rhode Island (4)*
Rhodes College*
University of Richmond
Rider University (3)
Roanoke College (4)
Rochester Institute of Technology (5)*
University of Rochester (2)
Roger Williams University (6)
Sacred Heart University
Salve Regina University (2)
Sarah Lawrence College*
Savannah College of Art and Design (2)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2)*
Seattle University
Shenandoah University
Skidmore College (10)*
University of Southern California*
Southern Connecticut State University
Southern New Hampshire University
Springfield College
St. Bonaventure University (4)*
St. John Fisher College (2)
St. John's University - Queens Campus*
St. Lawrence University (2)
State University of New York - Plattsburgh
State University of New York at Albany (7)*
Stevens Institute of Technology*
Stony Brook University
Suffolk University
SUNY College at Brockport (2)*
SUNY College at Cortland (5)
SUNY College at Geneseo (3)*
SUNY College at Oneonta (3)*
SUNY Fredonia (2)
SUNY Oswego (3)*
Susquehanna University (4)
Sweet Briar College*
Syracuse University (10)*
The University of Tampa (2)*
Temple University
The Hartt School, University of Hartford (3)*
Towson University
Trinity College (2)
Tufts University
Tulane University (2)
Union College (4)*
University at Buffalo The State University of NY (4)
The University of the Arts
Ursinus College (3)*
Valley Forge Military College
University of Vermont (12)*
Villanova University (2)*
Wagner College
Wake Forest University
Wesley College
West Virginia University
Westchester Community College (3)*
Western New England University (8)*
Wheaton College MA (3)
The College of Wooster
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2)*
Xavier University of Louisiana
York College of Pennsylvania (2)