Winston Churchill High School

11300 Gainsborough Road • Potomac, Maryland 20854

Phone Number (301) 469-1211

Fax Number (301) 469-1163
Profile of the Class of 2007 CEEB Code 210839

THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS

Winston Churchill High School is a four-year, comprehensive, 2006 2005 2004
public school which has served the suburban community of Semifinalist 11 9 5
Potomac since 1964. In addition to accreditation by the Middle Commended 52 72 47
States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the
Maryland Department of Education, Churchill High School GRADING SYSTEM
was recognized as a National School of Excellence. A Outstanding level of performance
B High level of performance
ADMINISTRATORS C Satisfactory level of performance
Dr. Joan C. Benz, Principal D Minimal level of performance
Dr. Leo McDonald, Asst. Principal E Unsatisfactory level of performance
Ms. Doreen Brandes, Asst. Principal E2 Loss of credit (5 absences unexcused)
Mr. Donald Walker, Asst. Principal CR Credit on Pass/Fail
Ms. Heidi Slatcoff, Student Support Specialist NC No credit on Pass/Fail
COUNSELORS
Mrs. Beverly Lubenetski, Director GRADE POINT AVERAGE
Mrs. Margaret Fahey Both weighted and unweighted grade point averages are
Ms. Mary Lou Galpin reported on the school transcript. Prior to the 2003-04 school
Ms. Debra Josefchak year, weighted GPA is calculated A=5, B=4 for honors courses
Ms. Julie Kraus and A=5, B=4, C=3 for Advanced Placement and Advanced
Mrs. Christine Pellicoro Level courses. Beginning 2003-04 school year, weighted GPA
Mr. John Shaw is calculated A=5, B=4, C=3 for all honors courses. All
Ms. Teresa Suter courses are included in the grade point average.
Mrs. Luana Zimmerman, Career/College Information Montgomery County Public Schools no longer provides class
Coordinator rank. The following grade distribution may be helpful in
Mrs. Thea Dillon, Registrar interpreting students’ grades.
Ms. Susan Parket, Counseling Office Secretary
Mrs. Denise Fabrizio, Scheduling Secretary

THE STUDENTS
DISTRIBUTION OF CUMULATIVE AVERAGES
Total Number of Students: 2201
Winston Churchill High School’s CLASS OF 2007
Seniors - 550; Juniors - 522; Sophomores - 558;
Freshmen - 571 % of Class % of Class
About 65% of the students are White, 22% are Asian, Range GPA Weighted GPA
7% are Black and 6% are Hispanic.
4.51 & Above 0 14
4.01 - 4.50 0 22
POST HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY 3.51 - 4.00 37 26
Class of 2006 3.01 - 3.50 38 17
2.51 - 3.00 14 10
4 Yr. College 2 Yr. College Other Schools/Work
2.01 - 2.50 6 6
93% 6% 1%
2.00 & Below 5 5
SAT MEAN SCORES
Reading Math Writing Total DISTRIBUTION OF CUMULATIVE AVERAGES
Winston Churchill HS 596 628 601 1825 Montgomery County High Schools’ CLASS OF 2007
State 503 509 499 1511
National 503 518 497 1518 % of Class % of Class
Range GPA Weighted GPA
4.51 & Above 0 6
4.01 - 4.50 0 13
 3.51 - 4.00 19 15 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
3.01 - 3.50 24 16
2.51 - 3.00 22 16 22 credits
2.01 - 2.50 16 15
2.00 & Below 20 19 English 4 credits
Social Studies 3 credits (1 US History.,
A.P. COURSES-HONOR COURSES 1 Government,
1 World History)
Honors work can be done in Grades 9-12 in art, English, computer
science, foreign languages, mathematics, music, science and social
Science 3 credits (1 Biology,
studies. All work in A.P. courses and the advanced-level courses 1 Physical Science)
listed below is considered to be honors work. The designation ADV Mathematics 4 credits (1 Alg., 1 Geom.)
will appear next to these courses on the student’s transcript. Courses
listed in the third group below are courses in which honors work is Physical Ed. 1 credit
also available. The designation HON will appear next to these courses Technology Education 1 credit
on the student’s transcript. Fine Art 1 credit
Health .5 credit
AP CLASSES OFFERED AT CHURCHILL
AP American Government AP Environmental Science Foreign Language 2 credits or
AP Art History AP European History Advanced Technology 2 credits or
AP Biology AP French Language Career Development 3-9 credits
AP Calculus AB AP Human Geography
Students also need 60 hours of Student Service Learning.
AP Latin Vergil Students must also take the Maryland High School
AP Calculus BC AP Music Theory Assessments.
AP Chemistry AP Physics
AP Psychology HONORS WORK
AP Chinese LC AP Spanish Language English Foreign Languages
Geometry Level 3 & 4 (French, Chinese
AP Comparative Government AP Spanish Literature
Matter & Energy Latin & Spanish)
AP Computer Science AP Statistics
Biology NSL Government
AP English Language AP Studio Art Chemistry US History
AP English Literature AP U.S. History Physics Modern World History
AP Economics AP World History Music Performance Classes Ancient History
Journalism Medieval History
ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES
Foreign Languages Levels 5 & 6 Calculus w/Applications
Algebra 2 / Analysis Anatomy and Physiology
Precalculus / Analysis Molecular Genetics*
Computer Programming Levels 1 & 2 *approved for college credit AP TEST DATA
AP GRADES
5 4 3 2 1
Art History 3 7 11 2 0
Biology 34 28 12 2 1
Calculus AB 65 19 3 0 0
Calculus BC 88 3 0 0 0
Chemistry 28 23 9 4 0
Computer Science A/AB 5/9 3/3 0/5 1/1 0/2
Economics Mac/Mic 29/22 10/11 2/7 3/2 0/1
English Language 19 35 31 13 0
English Literature 24 43 22 2 0
Environmental Science 12 29 25 11 14
European History 12 13 13 3 1
French Language/Lit. 6/0 4/0 4/1 2/0 0/0
Govt. +Pol Comp 0 2 8 13 3
Govt. +Pol US 20 59 48 13 1
Human Geography 32 19 15 14 5
Italian Language 3 0 0 0 0
Latin Vergil 0 0 0 0 1
Music Theory 9 3 7 2 0
Physics C: E&M 14 8 6 6 1
Physics C: Mech. 19 13 4 2 0
Psychology 87 94 43 19 5
Spanish Language 34 23 36 5 1
Spanish Literature 4 8 10 1 1
Statistics 32 27 13 6 2
Studio Drawing/2D 1/0 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1
US History 44 41 26 11 3
World History 23 20 22 6 2
Percentage of Total 38% 31% 21% 8% 3%