Everywhere one looks in Laurel's Upper School the evidence of an extraordinary student body, superlative faculty, and a cutting edge curriculum catch one's eye.
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Championship
Speech and Debate Team
- 2007 National Forensic League District Champions
- 2007, 2005 National Qualifiers
- 2005 State Champion, Oratorical Interpretation
- 2006 State Champion, Prose Poetry
- annual Laurel School - University School Speech and Debate December meet co-host
- 2004-2005 Bro-Doc Award Winner
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Standardized Testing Achievements over the past five years:
- 11% of Laurel’s graduating seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists - the highest percentage of any girls’ school in Ohio.
- 65% of the 601 AP exams taken by Laurel students have earned scores of 4 or 5.
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632 average SAT Math
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672 average SAT Writing
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Pre-Engineering
The only girls' school in Ohio to have a pre-engineering program, Laurel empowers its students to prepare for an engineering track in college by offering three courses.
During the school year students may take Principles of Engineering; Computer-Aided Design for Engineers and Structured Programming for Engineers are currently offered as summer courses. |
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Protege Access to your Future
More than 20 students in 2006-2007 worked with the Office of Strategic Programming to design unique internship, research assistantship and mentorship opportunites. |
The Synergy Project
Laurel's Upper School has developed significant curricular partnerships with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (9th grade) and with the Cleveland Museum of Art (10th grade). |
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Unparalleled World Language Opportunities
Laurel School is the only girls' school in Northeast Ohio where students can choose from five different languages to study: Chinese, French, Latin, Spanish and, for seniors, Ancient Greek. |
