Profile 2020-21 975 Westtown Road

West Chester, PA 19382-5700

(610) 399-7935
CEEB Code: 395230

Founded in 1799 by the Religious Society of Friends,
Westtown School continues to be one of the nation’s
best-known Quaker schools. Situated on 600 acres in
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Westtown is accredited
by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools.
Students at Westtown are challenged to realize their
intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual potential.
Truth, openness, and honesty are values which undergird
the school community. A spirit of inquiry reigns in
the classroom and students are encouraged to think
creatively, to feel the condition of others, and to listen
to their inner selves. Westtown expects students to be
critical, independent thinkers who can work with a spirit
of cooperation, understanding, and tolerance of the
views of others.
The Westtown experience is defined by rigorous
academic preparation for college, community living in
a diverse environment, weekly Meeting for Worship,
and participation in the school’s unique Work Program
(detailed below). These shared events reflect and teach
the fundamental Quaker values of consensus, nonviolent
resolution of conflict, and the dignity of physical work.

Victoria H. Jueds, Head of School Joaquim M. Hamilton, Associate Director of College Counseling
Veda R. Robinson, Upper School Principal Marjorie T. Ireland, Associate Director of College Counseling
Jessica K. Smith, Director of College Counseling Debra A. Weaver, Registrar, College Counseling Coordinator

ENROLLMENT
— Coeducational since the school’s founding, Westtown’s student body consists of 732 students in grades Pre-K through 12.
— Students come from 19 states and 18 countries.
— The Upper School (grades 9-12) enrolls 383 students (115 day students and 268 boarding).
— 7% are Quakers, 33% are American students of color, and 15% are international students.
— Need-based financial aid is received by 56% of students in the Upper School.
— All Westtown graduates enroll in college, some after taking a gap year.
— The 87 members of the class of 2020 enrolled in 60 colleges and universities in 23 states and two countries.
The class of 2021 totals 88.

SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE CURRICULUM:

Service Learning: Service is an integral part of the curriculum,
and students are required to complete 40 hours before graduation.
Through Westtown’s Service Network, school trips, or other projects,
students gain an understanding of the world around them, experience
with human service institutions, appreciation for lifestyles that differ
from their own, interpersonal skills, and the value of helping others.
The service requirement was suspended for the class of 2021.
Certificate Programs: Students may choose to participate
in one of five interdisciplinary programs of study: Social
Entrepreneurship; Sustainability Leadership; Diversity, Inclusion,
& Justice; Global Citizenship; and Data-Driven Change. The
programs include coursework, research projects, mentorship,
experiential learning, and leadership on campus.
Independent Research: A junior or senior with a defined area
of academic interest may propose and carry out a supervised
semester or year-long advanced scholarly research project.
Scientific Research (Advanced) is a course that brings together
students focused on long-term scientific studies.
Discipline Council: When major school infractions arise,
consequences are determined by a panel of nine students and five
faculty members. Elected by their peers, students serving on Discipline
Council are seen as moral and ethical leaders in the community; this
group is committed to understanding discipline as an opportunity
for learning and growth. Westtown reports to colleges disciplinary
incidents resulting in suspension, dismissal, or withdrawal.

Work Program: In accordance with Quaker values, Work
Program reaffirms the goodness of service to others and the
dignity of all work. Students are exposed to a variety of working
experiences through helping with service, janitorial, recycling,
and harvesting efforts in the kitchen, library, dorms, and garden.
By taking part in the daily working life of the school, students
learn to respect what it means to be part of a community and
understand what impact their behavior has on others.
International Exchange and Service Trips: In addition to living
and learning in a dynamic, global community, Westtown offers
innovative international programming featuring cross-cultural
immersion and service worldwide. These programs reinforce the
global competencies we expect of all our graduates. Students lead
activities in both classroom and community life, design projects that
put their beliefs and understanding of the world into action, and
collaborate with others to learn from new cultures.
CURRICULUM
Course levels: The Westtown curriculum is not tracked. All courses are college preparatory; academic departments identify their
most rigorous (college level) courses as Advanced. There are 50+ Advanced courses offered; it is impossible to take all of them. A
complete description of our curriculum is available in our Curriculum Guide at westtown.edu.
Course load: A normal course load for freshmen and sophomores consists of five year-long courses and one or more semester-long courses.
The typical requirement for juniors and seniors is five courses per semester. The academic program offers students both breadth and depth of
study across the curriculum; the faculty emphasizes the quality of study over quantity, especially in the junior and senior years.

GRADING
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the upper school was in distance learning for the last quarter of the 2019-20 school year and the
first semester of the 2020-21 school year. Students attended online classes daily, with adjusted assessments. Students chose pass or
numeric grades for their transcripts during distance learning.
Reflecting the Quaker testimony of equality, comparative statistics (GPA, rank-in-class, checkboxes) are not calculated. When students
repeat a course, both grades appear on the transcript. Credit is awarded for the most recent course.

ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH GRADE COURSES

ENGLISH MATHEMATICS (cont’d)
20th Century Dramatic Literature 1, 2 (Adv) Multivariable Calculus (Adv)
20th Century Literature 1, 2 Statistics
American Literature 2 (Adv) Website Development
Contemporary Fiction 1, 2
Contemporary World Literature (English 11) FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Creative Writing (Adv) Chinese 3, 4 (Adv), 5 (Adv), 6 (Adv), 7 (Adv)
English Literature/Language Seminar: Int’l Students (Adv) French 3, 4 (Adv), 5 (Adv), 6 (Adv)
Nonfiction Writing 1, 2 Latin 3, 4 (Adv), 5 (Adv)
The Essay (English 12) Spanish 3, 4 (Adv), 5 (Adv), 6 (Adv), 7 (Adv)
World Mythology
SCIENCE
HISTORY Anatomy & Physiology (Adv)
African American Experience* Applied Chemistry
Ancient World 1: Egypt, India, China* Astrophysics
Ancient World 2: Western Africa, Europe* Biology of Disease
Asian American Experience* Biology of Sexuality and Drugs
Contemporary Affairs* Chem Bonding/Equilibrium (Adv)
Holocaust & Genocide* Chemical Reactions (Adv)
Hiroshima to 9/11: Part 1* Digital Electronics
Hiroshima to 9/11: Part 2* Design Engineering 2, 3 (Adv)
Latin American Experience* Electricity & Magnetism (Adv)
Microeconomics/Macroeconomics Environmental Science 1, 2*
Modern Africa* Environmental Research (Adv)
Modern Asia* Evolution (Adv)
Modern Europe: 20th Century Russia* Modern Physics (Adv)
Modern Latin America* Scientific Research (Adv)
World History*
World History: 1300-1800* & 1800-2000* RELIGION
Business and the Good Society (Adv)
MATHEMATICS Environmental Justice*
Calculus 1* Religion,Gender and Sexuality*
Calculus 2 (Adv) Religion, Resistance, and Revolution*
Computer Aided Design World Religions 1: Judaism and Christianity
Computer Science 1, 2 (Adv) World Religions 2: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam
Differential Equations (Adv)
Linear Algebra (Adv) HEALTH
Mobile Application Development Ethical Communication

Graduation requirements include the following: 1.75 Religion

4 English 3 Mathematics 2 Lab*Science
An asterisk indicates
(Worldthe course is1,
Religions offered
World
2 History (including US 2 Foreign Language at
1.5 Art both the advanced and standard level
Religions 2, & 1 elective)
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