THE HILLEL-GEIST

BY THE NUMBERS
Some interes+ng achievement-based sta+s+cs,
presented in intriguing ways for your edica+on

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2012-2013
ACADEMIC
YEAR

(*) All sta+s+cs and date are

accurate and up to date, as of
January 2013. Approxima+ons
used as appropriate.

A quick and quirkly look at whats happening at Hillel

Thursday, January 24, 13

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SIGNIFICANT LITERARY WORKS

ERUDITION BY # OF WORDS

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Our college application essays
157500
Knowles A Separate Peace

56787

Twains Huck Finn

109571

Brontes Wuthering Heights

107945

Steinbecks Grapes of Wrath

169481

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96% admission rate so far for Class of 2013
among responses received as of January 2013

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percent of class applying
10% for early admission to
elite colleges

83%

percent of those applying

who have been admiGed
for early entry

Students sent out a record 315 individual college

applications
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579

541

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HIGH SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Fewer days of school Fewer days of school

missed than in
missed than in
2011-2012
2011-2012

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DURING FIRST SEMESTER OF 2012
Upper school students missed 1126 fewer days, or THREE YEARS worth of school!

Results of culture change and increased rigor

Thursday, January 24, 13

Money may not grow on trees

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... but our students growth this year can be quan+ed in nancial terms.

Upper school students performed 30,350 hours of

community service--or nearly 3.46 years worth!

At the average U.S. hourly wage of $23.73 per hour, that would be equivalent to

nearly $750,000 in revenue

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STUDENTS WHO PRESENTLY CHOOSE

TO PRAY MINCHA EACH DAY,
COMPARED TO NONE LAST YEAR
STUDENTS WHO HAVE DIRECTLY
ADVOCATED AND LOBBIED
POLITICIANS ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL
STUDENTS WHO HAVE OTHERWISE
ADVOCATED AND LOBBIED ON
BEHALF OF ISRAEL
9TH GRADERS WHO HAVE SPENT THE
SEMESTER LEARNING JEWISH
HISTORY IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR
ISRAEL TRIP

HISTORY, TEFILAH AND JEWISH ADVOCACY

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EXPOSURE
TO THE
WRITTEN
WORD

Words students are exposed to

each year by reading or being read
to for only 5 minutes a day

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Words students are exposed to

each year by reading or being read
to for 20 minutes a day

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is a key element in achieving
language literacy in children
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282,000
1,800,000

54,000,000 words each year

(The number of words each ECE student is exposed to through five hours of
reading each week)
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5th GRADE

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4th GRADE

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3rd GRADE

6th GRADE

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90%

95%

95%

90%

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PASSED NETS-BASED
INTERNET SAFETY
EXAM

PASSED NETS-BASED
INTERNET SAFETY
EXAM

PASSED NETS-BASED
INTERNET SAFETY
EXAM

USING EDMODO IN
PAPERLESS JUDAICS
CLASSROOMS

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ONE PERIOD PER WEEK (about 40 minutes)
AVERAGE AMOUNT OF MEDIA INSTRUCTION PER WEEK IN LOWER SCHOOL
(Last years students received no directed media instruc+on.)

MEDIA INSTRUCTION IN LOWER SCHOOL

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ACCELERATED
READER
PROGRAM

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88.1%
Lower School's new Accelerated Reader program
sets a goal for each student of 30 minutes of
reading in a level-appropriate zone each week,
and scoring 80% or beGer on comprehension
tests.

PASS RATE ON
315 TESTS
TAKEN

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Thursday, January 24, 13

MAP
SCORES
IN LANGUAGE
AND MATH, UPPER
SCHOOL
STUDENTS
DEMONSTRATED
GROWTH RATES
SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER THAN
PREDICTED IN
ALL GRADES 8-10

PROFICIENCY SCORES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN

GRADES 6-10 THAN PREVIOUS YEAR IN NEARLY EVERY CATEGORY
Thursday, January 24, 13