College Acceptances for Last 5 Classes

As the third and final part of the series of posts on Walker's college admissions, below is a list of the colleges where Walker students applied to and were accepted for the last five graduating classes.  To save on scrolling (this is a particularly long list), only the first few lines are listed; to see the whole list, either click here or click on "Read More" at the bottom of the page.

College Acceptances: Class of 2005 - Class of 2009
Agnes Scott College
Alabama State University
Albany State University
Alfred University
American University
Amherst College
Appalachian State University

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College Acceptances for the Class of 2009

Here is the second part of the three part series on Walker's college admissions.  Below is a list of the colleges where Walker students applied to and were accepted for the Class of 2009 (the number attending that college is shown in parentheses if it is more than one).  This list can also be found on the Walker website under the College Planning section.  To save on scrolling, only the first few lines are listed; to see the whole list, either click here or click on "Read More" at the bottom of the page.

College Acceptances for the Class of 2009
American University (2)
Appalachian State University (2)
Arizona State University
Auburn University (27)
Ball State University
Belmont Abbey College (2)
Belmont University (3)
Berry College (6)

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College Destinations for the Class of 2009

This is the first of a three-part series of blog posts that give an overall picture of our college admissions for the last few years.  The first post shows all of the college destinations for our Class of 2009 (the number attending that college is shown in parentheses if it is more than one).  This list can be found on the Walker website under the College Planning section and is published in the program for graduation.  To save on scrolling, only the first few lines are listed; to see the whole list, either click here or click on "Read More" at the bottom of the page.

College Destinations for the Class of 2009
American University
Arizona State University
Auburn University (4)
Berry College (3)
Clemson University (3)
College of Charleston (3)
Davidson College

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SGA News on YouTube

The SGA tried a new venture last week by filming a short news program to be shown in advisory.  In the program, they previewed the fall play ("Property Rites") and interviewed students from Walker Attack, the new Pep Band.*  Here is the link to the short news program on YouTube.

*Note also that the Pep Band should be congratulated because they earned an "Excellent" rating and first place in the GISA state competition this past weekend.

Did You Know...

...that you can access the Daily Bulletin for the Upper School from home?  You can access the announcements for each day in the PowerSchool parent or student login.  That way you can see the dates for club meetings, college visits, and community service opportunities.  In fact, you can have PowerSchool email you the Daily Bulletin each day (there is a tab called "Email Notifications" where you can choose that option).

Given that today is the end of the first quarter, here is a Did You Know from the blog last year explaining that quarter grades do not show up on student transcripts.

An Achievement by Our Students that You Can't Measure

In the spirit of today's home football game, we would like to pass along an email that was sent to our Mr. Robertson, our headmaster, following last week's road game at Bremen:

Last Friday night, your school's Football team played at Bremen.  Although the score was not conducive to a happy outcome for The Walker school, I wanted to take a moment of my day to express just how impressed I was with the sportsmanship and general good nature of your athletes, students, and fans.  I have 50-yard line seats and was witness to numerous examples of your guys helping up the opposing players, pats on the helmet for good play, and displaying the politeness that is so lost in our society today.  Whatever you are doing and however you do it, please continue as it was a series of heartwarming examples of the experiences that all of us should bless upon one another.

Please pass along my best regards and wishes to your staff for job well done and continued success with the rest of your school year! 

Thank you for your time and patience in reading my e-mail. 

R. Mark Morris
Bremen, Ga.

This letter highlights one of the most impressive things about our football team and student body in general: the number of terrific moments that you get that don't show up in their grades, test scores, or on a scoreboard.

Walker AP Scholars

The College Board awards AP Scholar awards based on the AP grades earned by students during their Upper School career.  Note that AP exams are graded on a score of 1 – 5 with 5 being the highest.  A number of our students earned recognition by the college board, with the following distinctions (highest honor listed first):

10 National AP Scholars (all members of the class of 2009)
- granted to students in the US who receive an average grade of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.  Average grade of this group = 4.72

32 AP Scholars with Distinction (26 members of the class of 2009 and 6 still enrolled)
- granted to students who received an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Average grade of this group = 4.35

22 AP Scholars with Honor (6 members of the class of 2009 and 16 still enrolled)
- granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Average grade of this group = 3.93

27 AP Scholars (16 members of the Class of 2009 and 11 still enrolled)
- granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. Average grade of this group = 3.35

Overall, we had 81 students who were designated as AP Scholars for their success on multiple AP exams, which is a remarkable number for a school our size.  This group overall had an average score of 4.15 on the AP exams they have taken while in the Upper School.

Last year, 179 students in the Upper School took 412 AP exams.  The average grade for all AP exams taken at Walker was 3.75 in 2009.  Congratulations to our all of the students and faculty involved in our AP program!