School Profile

GUIDANCE STAFF

· Two High School Counselors with classes divided two grades each

· Mr. Samuel Staggs, Principal

· Ms. Dee Howard

· Mrs. Regina Turner, LPC, NCC

· Mrs. Kathy Solowes, Secretary (records)

*There are 1.5 Middle School counselors that work with the 6^th-8^th grade classes.

COMMUNITY

· A unique blend of socio economic groups from low, rural, to professional and blue collar in a suburban residential setting. The population is predominantly lower socio economic but there is a large influx of higher socio economic families into the area due to the development of many subdivisions.

· Some students have to ride buses as far as twenty to thirty minutes due to surrounding school systems and school zone boundaries while others can walk from the new subdivisions mentioned above

· South of Birmingham, AL

SCHOOL SYSTEM

· Jefferson County School System is the Second largest in the State of Alabama with 2564 teachers and 35,843 students

· 13 High Schools and one IB School, 52 total schools

· Jefcoed is the first district in the state of Alabama to receive the Advanced District Accreditation which insures SACS accreditation for all of its schools

· McAdory High School - Grades 6-12

· 2008-2009 McAdory has 1652 Students - 188 Seniors. Following classes are well of 200 as new houses are springing up all around the community

CURRICULUM

· More than 120 courses offered on yearly basis

· Advanced Placement Courses marked “AP”

(English Language, Calculus AB & BC, Physics, Biology, U.S. History, Government)

· Honors /Pre-AP Courses-English & History 9-11, all levels Math, Biology, Chemistry

· Dual enrollment available in English

FACULTY

· More than 100 Certified Teachers and Professional Staff

· Average teaching experience - 10 years

· Master’s Degree & higher - 33% or more 95% of teachers that teach core courses are Highly Qualified Teachers.

GRADING SYSTEM

· A 90 - 100 (4 points)

· B 80 - 89 (3 points)

· C 70 - 79 (2 points)

· D 60 - 69 (1 point)

· F 0 - 59 (0 points)

SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.jefcoed.com

SCHOOL CODE: 011730

GRADE POINT AVERAGES

Advanced (AP) courses are weighted +1 point. Pre- AP/Honors courses are weighted +.5 point.

GPA - Yearly grades divided by number of courses taken with all subjects included. One Carnegie Unit of Credit equals five 55-minute classes per week per year (140 hours of instruction). All seniors with 4.0 or higher GPA are ranked No. 1 in their class.

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION

A minimum of 28 credits are required for graduation and the following subjects must be included.

4 credits English

4 credits Social Studies

4 credits Mathematics

4 credits Science

1 credit Physical Education

.5 credits Health Education

.5 Computer Applications

.5 Fine Arts

An additional graduation requirement is the successful completion of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam. There are five subjects:

Reading, Math, Language, Science, Social Studies

STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS - CLASS OF 2008

SAT Verbal Mean - na

Math Mean - na

Writing - na

ACT Composite Mean -- 18.1

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE VISITATION POLICY

Representatives are invited to arrange an appointment with the Senior Counselor (205.379.4700 ext 233) These are scheduled during the lunch hours of 11:30 – 1:30 in the High School Library.

SCHOOL PHONE (205) 379-4700 x 233

REGISTRAR (205) 379-4702

FAX (205) 481-8037

CLASS OF 2008 PROFILE

NUMBER OF GRADUATES: 161

Scholarships: 22% of the class received $1.4 million in scholarship awards

Total Attending College: 82

4-year: 40%

2-year: 42%

Military, Technical and other: 3%

1% Attending College Out of State

AP Testing Results, 2008

NOTE: 2008-2009 will be the first year McAdory offers AP classes other than English and Government. It has been approximately three years since English and Government have been taught because there was a push for Dual courses, so there are no current AP scores. McAdory was one of the first schools in the Birmingham-Metro area to offer AP English in the early 1980s and the first students to pass the AP exam did so in 1984. Mr. Samuel Staggs, our current Principal, was the teacher of the AP class at the time.