2020-21 SCHOOL PROFILE

Established in 1891, Ashbury College is an independent university preparatory IB World School located in Canada’s capital, Ottawa. With an average class size of 17 and 100% university placement rate, Ashbury helps students reach their full potential. Ashbury’s coeducational Senior School is comprised of 530 students from over 60 countries, including 105+ in our boarding program.

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ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA All students graduate with the Ontario Ministry of Educa-tion regulated Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with completion of:

• 30 course credits (1 credit = 110 hours of in-class instruction)• 40 hours of community service• Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT)

Ashbury is a non-semestered school. All Ashbury credit courses (Grades 9 to 12) meet or exceed the expectations of the provincial curriculum.

ASHBURY DIPLOMA In addition to the OSSD, Ashbury issues its own certificate characterized by its carefully planned academic structure, which includes a greater number of mandatory courses than the OSSD in the areas of: • Physical Education • Global Perspectives

Students must also fulfill non-academic requirements that include: • 60 hours of community service • 9 terms of co-curricular activities To encourage the development of student interests and proficiency in French, a bilingual Ashbury certificate is granted to students who earn eight credits in French: • 4 Extended or Immersion French • 4 courses taught in French.

Thirty-three graduates received this distinction this year.

Evaluation Ashbury’s evaluation of student performance is based on a combination of continuous assessment and class tests (70%), and summative evaluations (30%) which typically includes a summative project and a final exam.

GRADING SYSTEM

In Ontario, the complete mark range is 0 to 100%, with a passing mark set at 50%. Honours-level marks are 80% and above. Courses are unweighted.

ONTARIO COURSE CODES 4U = Grade 12 university preparatory4M = Grade 12 university/college preparatory 3 = Grade 11 2 = Grade 10 1 = Grade 9

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA Ashbury College has a long tradition as an IB World School, starting in 1976, offering high-quality education with fully accredited IB teachers. All students complete IB courses or the full diploma program (Ashbury offers IB studies in alignment with the Ontario Secondary School qualifications so senior students can make choices suitable to their interests, abilities, and university plans).

• All students in Grade 11 and 12 pursue an IB course in English

• An intensive week-long summer research and writing course to prepare for the Extended Essay process

• Biology HL and ESS students spend the week before their Grade 12 year at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre exploring of ocean ecology

• Meaningful challenges in a range of service opportunities and grassroots projects in our CAS program

• Opportunity to earn a bilingual IB Diploma through our French program, or through our Supported Self-Taught Language A option

This year, there were 45 full IB Diploma students, 21 ofwhom received an IB Bilingual Diploma. Thehighest diploma point total this year was 43. 2020 IB RESULTS: Ashbury WorldAverage Diploma Points: 32.00 29.76Mean Subject Grade: 5.13 4.79Diploma Pass Rate: 91% 78% SAT/ACT EXAMINATION RESULTS

Ashbury College is a SAT test centre. Ashbury students are encouraged to write SATs; however, no additional preparation is undertaken for these tests, as most of our students attend Canadian universities. Our CEEB and ACT code: 826422

SAT MEAN RESULTS OF 2019–2020

ERW Math Total Score 617 599 632 646 1249 1245

Includes 58 students: 24 Rising Seniors and 34 Graduates ACT MEAN RESULTS OF 2019–2020

Composite Score: 26Includes: 8 Graduates

Graduation Requirements

of the graduating class offered their first choice university and awarded over $1.2 million dollars in entrance scholarships

85%85%

OntarioBrock UniversityCarleton UniversityGeorge Brown CollegeHuron College, Western University Lakehead UniversityMcMaster UniversityNipissing UniversityOCAD UniversityQueen’s University Royal Military CollegeRyerson UniversitySheridan CollegeTrent UniversityUniversity of GuelphUniversity of OttawaUniversity of TorontoUniversity of WaterlooWestern UniversityWilfrid Laurier UniversityYork University Other Canadian UniversitiesAcadia UniversityBishop’s UniversityBrandon UniversityConcordia UniversityDalhousie UniversityEmily Carr University of Art + DesignHEC MontréalMcGill UniversityMemorial UniversityMount Allison UniversityNSCAD UniversitySaint Mary’s UniversitySt. Francis Xavier UniversitySimon Fraser UniversityUniversity of AlbertaUniversity of British ColumbiaUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of King’s College`Université LavalUniversity of Victoria U.S. UniversitiesAmherst UniversityAuburn UniversityBabson CollegeBerklee College of MusicBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBrown UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityColgate UniversityCollege of William and MaryCornell UniversityDartmouth College

Duke UniversityElon UniversityEmerson CollegeFlorida A&M UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgetown UniversityHarvard UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityLehigh UniversityLoyola Marymount UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMiddlebury CollegeNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorwich UniversityNova Southeastern UniversityOberlin Conservatory of MusicParsons School of DesignPrinceton UniversityPurdue UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRhode Island School of DesignRice UniversitySarah Lawrence CollegeSavannah College of Art and DesignSouthern Methodist UniversitySouthwestern Oklahoma State UniversityTexas A&M UniversityThe George Washington UniversityTufts UniversityUnion CollegeUniversity of Albany, SUNYUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of Central FloridaUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of MissouriUniversity of North Carolina, CharlotteUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of San DiegoUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of VermontUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of Washington, SeattleUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonUtah State UniversityWake Forest UniversityYale University

United KingdomDurham UniversityHull York Medical SchoolImperial College, University of LondonKing’s College, University of LondonLondon School of Economics, University of LondonNational University of Ireland, GalwayQueen Mary University, University of LondonRoyal Holloway, University of LondonSOAS, University of LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity of BathUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of Exeter University of LiverpoolUniversity of ManchesterUniversity of OxfordUniversity of ReadingUniversity of St. AndrewsUniversity of SurreyUniversity of the Arts, LondonUniversity of Warwick

InternationalAustralia National UniversityBond University, AustraliaBaden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State UniversityBI Norwegian School of Business, NorwayBocooni University, ItalyCarlos III University of MadridCentro de Diseño, Universia MéxicoCEU San Pablo University, MadridChinese University of Hong KongCzech Technical UniversityÉcole hôtelière de LausanneEindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Erasmus University of Rotterdam, NetherlandsESIC Business and Marketing School, SpainEuropean Business SchoolFrankfurt School of Finance and ManagementGeneva Business SchoolGlion Institute of Higher Education, SwitzerlandIE University, SpainInternational Business School, BudapestLeiden University, NetherlandsMacquarie University, AustraliaPolimoda, ItalyRoyal College of Surgeons, IrelandSciences Po, Reims CampusSorbonne University of Paris, FranceTechnical University of DenmarkTrinity College Dublin, IrelandUniversity of Amsterdam, NetherlandsUniversity of Arts Berlin, GermanyUniversity of Cape Town, South AfricaUniversity College Dublin, IrelandUniversity College of Utrecht, NetherlandsUniversidad de los Andes, ColombiaUniversity of Cophenhagen, DenmarkUniversity of Groningen, NetherlandsUniversity of Heidelberg, GermanyUniversity of Hong KongUniversidad Iberoamericana, MexicoUniversity of LiechtensteinUniversity of Mannheim, GermanyUniversity of St. Gallen, SwitzerlandUniversity of Zurich, Switzerland

University Destinations 2015-2020

Grade Range Students

A+ 90–100 39

A 85–89 50

A- 80–84 29

B+ 77–79 14

B 74-76 9

B- 70–73 1

C+ 67–69 3

C 64–66 1

C- 60–63 0

D+/- 50–59 0

F below 50 0

Top University Choices, Class of 2020

2020 Graduates’ Program of Study

28%Arts &

Social Sciences

38%Science &

Engineering

28%Business

3%Fine Arts

Concordia UniversityUnited States

16

15

University of Ottawa

14McGill University11

10

2020 GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR RISING SENIORS

University of Toronto

Due to the nature of our school, and its relatively small class sizes, we do not provide a specific rank for students, and the average is unweighted

*Schools in burgundy signify 2020 destinations

*3% Gap Year

Senior Courses Grade/Level11 12 IB

American History •Biology • • •Business Leadership •Canadian and International Law • •Chemistry • • •Communications Technology •Computer Science • • •Design Technology •Dramatic Arts • • •Economics • • •English • • •English: The Writer’s Craft •The Environment and Resource Management • slForces of Nature •French (Introductory) IB Ab Initio slFrench (Core) IB B • • •French (Extended) IB B • • •French (Immersion) IB A • • •Global Politics • • •

Grade/Level

11 12 IB Healthy Active Living • •Interdisciplinary Studies: Change and Continuity in 20th Century Society /IB History • •Introduction to Financial Accounting •Introductory Kinesiology •Mathematics: Advanced Functions • •Mathematics: Calculus and Vectors • •Mathematics: Data Management • •Music • • •Philosophy / TOK • • •Physics • • •Recreation and Healthy Active Living Leadership •Sociology/Sociologie •Spanish (Introductory) IB Ab Initio • • slSpanish (Intermediate) IB B • • •Spanish (Advanced) IB B • • •Visual Arts • • •World History IB History Year 2 • •World Issues/Enjeux mondiaux • •

COURSE OFFERINGS

IB courses are offered at both the Standard and Higher levels, unless otherwise noted. For detailed course descriptions, please contact the Director of University Admissions. Students are expected to take a course load of 7–8 courses in Grade 11 and 6–7 in Grade 12.

Mr. Norman Southward, B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.Head of School

Mr. Gary Godkin, B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Ed.Head of Senior School

Ms. Donna Naufal Moffatt B.PHE., B.ED, M.A.Director of University Counselling

613.749.9630 ext. 218 donna.naufalmoffatt@ashbury.ca

362 Mariposa Avenue Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1M 0T3 Tel. 613.749.5954info@ashbury.ca

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Ashbury College has authority to grant credits toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma and is listed as a private school on the Ontario Ministry of Education website. Ashbury College is accredited by the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) and the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). Ashbury College is a member of the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario (CIS), the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), and Round Square.