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BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE
REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL is a public, comprehensive school with
grades nine through twelve. It is accredited by the New England
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Massachusetts
Department of Education.
THE COMMUNITIES
of Blackstone and Millville are located approximately forty-five
miles southwest of Boston and twenty miles north of Providence,
Rhode Island. Both are primarily residential communities with
a combined number of approximately 11,000 residents.
THE
TOTAL HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT is 576 students, with 103 being
seniors. From the graduating class of 2005, 51% enrolled in a four-year college, 38% enrolled in a two-year college program, 5% planned to attend a technical school and 6% joined the work force. The average combined
SAT scores of the class of 2005 was 1003. For the last three years, BMR has been one of the few schools across the state to have 100% of the seniors achieve competency in the MCAS test.
Students
are required to complete 24 credits of class work for graduation
with a minimum-passing grade of 65 on a scale of 100. A class
that meets five days a week for the full year receives one full
credit. These classes are weighted for the purpose of class rank
with college prep courses weighted at 1.0, advanced classes at
1.1 and the honors/advanced placement courses weighted at 1.2.
Among the required 24 credits for graduation, students must successfully
complete four years of English, three years of math, three years
of science, three years of history, 2 years of foreign language,
1 year of technology and a physical education/health requirement.
THE ATTENDANCE
POLICY states that students who are absent unexcused, more
than five times in a quarter will receive an administrative grade
of no more than a 50.
THE WRITTEN
DISCIPLINE CODE is clear, concise, published in the student
and faculty handbooks and also mailed home to the parents of the
students.
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