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About Our SchoolDeidre K. Stokes Davis, Campus Principal McKinley Senior High School Jason Dixon, ALIVE Principal Laura Bryan, ALIVE Counselor Jarred Zapolnik, McKSTARS Intern Principal Lori Nickels, McKStars, Counselor Marilyn VanAlmen, Impact Principal Yeona Hales, Impact, Counselor Wanda Grubbs, Freshman Principal Debra Humphrey,Freshman Counselor Jeff Lab, Athletic Director Kathy Rodriguez, MSE Counselor 2009-10 Profile McKinley Senior is an urban comprehensive high school with a Fall 2009 enrollment of 1675 students in grades 9 through 12. McKinley is the largest of two high schools serving Canton City, which is one of the eight largest urban school systems in Ohio. McKinley Senior has also been rated as effective by the Ohio Department of Education. CAREER EDUCATION McKinley Senior is made up of four small schools within the comprehensive high school. Each school has a unique career path with its own principal and counselor. Fifteen Career and Technical programs are housed at our sister school, Timken Senior, which allows students to spend half the day at McKinley for academics and extracurricular activities and the other half in their career and tech program. Interested sophomores begin the career and tech path by taking foundations courses. Approximately 18% of our students pursue this option. ADVANCED/AP/DUAL CREDIT/POST SECONDARY COURSES Advanced placement courses are offered in English Literature, English Language, Calculus AB, American History, American Government, Psychology, Physics B, Biology, Spanish Language, Studio Art: Drawing, Studio Art: Design, and Studio Art: 3D Design. Dual credit courses are offered in Master Student, Computer Applications II, Anatomy and Physiology, Intro to Biotechnology, and Psychology. Accelerated courses are marked as such on the student transcript: *Accelerated Course Post Secondary, College in course title AP Advanced Placement HNRS Honors CLASS RANK All subjects are used to compute class rank except for physical education. All students are included in the ranking. Ranking is weighted. MARKING SYSTEM Traditional letter grades are used. McKinley is on a semester schedule with four nine week periods. PERCENTAGES: POINT VALUES: A 93-100 A 3.5-4.0 B 85-92 B 2.5-3.49 C 75-84 C 1.5-2.49 D 65-74 D .50-1.49 F 0-64 F 0-0.49 Exceptions: the grades in Advanced Placement/Honors courses are weighted as follows: A= 5 points; B= 4 points; C= 3 points; D=2 points; F=0 points COLLEGE TEST RESULTS 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR ACT ENGLISH MATH READING SCI COMPOSITE Local 17.7 18.2 19.4 19 18.7 State 21.1 21.4 22.2 21.7 21.7 (Scores based on 183 students tested.) NATIONAL MERIT COMPETITION 2005- One National Merit Finalist 2004- One National Merit Finalist THE GRADUATES Approximately 47% of the class of 2009 is pursuing advanced education. A total of 38% are seeking a four year degree, and 9% are seeking a two year degree. Three percent of the graduates are entering military service. |