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Community
Beverly is an economically diverse community of 38,000 residents.  Parks and woodland complement the rural landscape of the city, which features nine miles of coastline and close proximity to Boston.  Beverly has developed a more diversified economy including high tech companies located in industrial areas along Route 128 and the Cummings Center Properties, which is the site of over 100 small businesses.

School
Beverly High School is a four-year public high school enrolling approximately 1,300 students in 2005-06, including 280 seniors.  Accreditation is through the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Massachusetts Department of Education.

BHS - Highlights
  • Block scheduling (Semester Plan)
  • 11 AP Courses
  • 30 Honors Level Courses
  • 71 Students Qualified for AP Credit
  • 25 Perfect AP Scores
  • School-to-Career Internships
  • Dual Enrollment with Public Colleges
  • Award-Winning Music Program
  • 5 World Languages
  • 3 National Merit Commended Students (2002)
  • Nationally Recognized Art Students
  • 1 National Merit Finalist
  • Tech Prep Programs in Business Culinary arts, and nursing
  • DECA Program
  • Marine JROTC
  • Community Service
  • Highly Successful Athletic Programs
    • Independent Learning Projects
    • Dual Enrollment with Public Colleges
    • Virtual High School
    • Award-Winning Music Program
    • World Language Exchange Programs
    • School-to-Career Internships
    • Peer Mediation
    • "A World of Difference"
    • Many Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities
    Curriculum
    Levels represent the different academic standards offered in courses. There are four different levels at Beverly High School: Honors/Advanced Placement, College Prep, standard and unleveled.  Honors/AP classes are the most challenging courses.  C.P.1, C.P.2 and C.P. classes are designed to prepare the students for work in higher education or technical school.  Of all the C.P. levels, C.P.1 is the higher level of expectation. Unleveled courses are not counted in determining the grade point average. Many of these courses are extensions of leveled courses and are designed to enhance students' knowledge of specialized areas of interest.

    College Preparatory Electives

    Accounting I
    Business/Consumer Mathematics
    Fundamentals of Banking
    Marketing
    Advanced Marketing

    Anatomy & Physiology
    Environmental Science
    Projects in Statistics & Probability

    African & Asian History
    Greek & Roman Civilizations
    Facing History and Ourselves
    Legal Systems in America
    Primary Research through the History of Beverly

    Psychology
    Sociology
    Child Psychology
    U.S. Government
    World Issues 

    Creative Writing Lab
    Journalism
    Sports Literature
    Verbal SAT Prep.
    Women and Literature

    Intro. to Music Theory
    Band
    Choral
    Concert quire 
    Jazz Rock Ensemble
    String Ensemble
    Vocal Ensemble
    Theater Performance Lab

    Advanced Clay/Sculpture
    Drawing, Painting & Sculpture
    Advanced Drawing & Painting
    Architectural/Building Design
    Illustration/Design 
    Photography
    Advanced Photography

    Object Oriented Programming
    Computer Programming
    Mathematics SAT Prep.

    SAT Scores
    Class of 2004 Mean SAT Scores
    Verbal
    Math
    Beverly High School
    (188 students)
    529
    525
    Beverly students (77) who took both SAT I and SAT II
    620
    616
    Massachusetts
    518
    523
    National
    508
    518

    ACT Scores
    2004 ACT Mean Scores
    Composite
    Beverly (58 students)
    21.1
    Massachusetts
    21.4
    National
    20.9

    Graduate Placement
    Class of 2003 Placement
    328 Graduates
     
    Four-year college
    67%
    Two-year college
    22%
    Other Schooling
    1%
    Employment
    10%
    Armed Services
    0%

    Graduation Requirements
    Credits
    English
    20.0
    Mathematics
    17.5
    Science/Technology
    17.5
    Social Studies
    17.5
    Fine Arts
    5.0
    (Wellness)
    7.5
    Computer Proficiency
    2.5
    Electives
    42.5
    Total Credits Needed
    130

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