COVENANT HIGH SCHOOL – PROFILE
620 South Shirley Street, Tacoma, WA 98465
Telephone: 253-759-9570 Fax: 253-759-1377
Email:
office@chstacoma.org
Web Site:
www.chstacoma.org
Principal: Richard Hannula
CEEB Code: 481-371
Covenant High School exists to educate young people in the mind of Christ, in every subject area preparing them for godly, joyful and productive service to God and man.
School Characteristics and Achievement
Covenant High School, founded in 1992, is an accredited and state-approved, college-preparatory day school for grades 9 through 12. Student population is 112 in grades 9-12 and the average class size is 20 students.
- Our underclassmen take the Stanford Achievement Test each spring; over the last six years our students have ranked in the top 20% nationally.
- Over the last six years, our students have SAT scores (combined critical reading and math) which place them as a group in the top 34% of college-bound seniors nationally. Their SAT writing scores place them in the top 25% nationally.
- On average, 35% of our graduating seniors are honored as Washington State Honor Awardees – an award bestowed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on the top 10% of college-bound seniors in the state.
- Typically, nearly all of our graduates go on to college – approximately 75% attend four-year colleges and 25% attend community college.
CHS’s rigorous curriculum is centered upon a thorough exploration of the classics of English literature. Our students develop their skills by reading, thinking and writing about the great themes of the classic authors. Strong math, science, history, Bible and Spanish courses complete the core curriculum. Electives in computers, fine arts and Latin are offered.
Well Qualified Faculty
50% of the Covenant High School faculty hold doctorate or master's degrees. Our highly qualified and experienced educators are committed to academic excellence and the spiritual nurture of students. 80% of the faculty has over 5 years of teaching experience.
Writing Awards
CHS student writers have excelled in local, regional, and national competitions.
- World Trade Center essay competition – top award two years in a row.
- Our Own Words, regional poetry and fiction contest – CHS students repeatedly outperformed students from any other high school in the region. In a recent writing competition, of 800 county-wide entries, CHS students won four out of twelve high school monetary prizes
- CHS has repeatedly been awarded “The Poetic Achievement Award” by the national organization Creative Communications, and has been eligible for language arts grants based on the high number of student poets published in anthologies of student poetry.
SAT Reasoning Score Averages
|
|
Verbal |
Math |
Writing |
|
2008 |
555 |
507 |
567 |
|
2007 |
555 |
528 |
557 |
|
2006 |
602 |
551 |
618 |
DISTRIBUTION OF CUMULATIVE GPA’S
Calculated Sept. 2008
|
GPA |
Class of 2009 # of Students |
Class of 2009 % of Class |
Class of 2008 # of Students |
Class of 2008 % of Class |
|
4.00-3.67 |
4 |
20 |
9 |
26 |
|
3.66-3.33 |
8 |
40 |
10 |
29 |
|
3.32-3.00 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
20 |
|
2.99-2.67 |
4 |
20 |
5 |
14 |
|
2.66-2.33 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
6 |
|
≤ 2.32 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
2009 Class Size: 22 Students, Average GPA: 3.31
2008 Class Size: 35 Students, Average GPA: 3.31
GPA’s and transcripts are not weighted.
Covenant High School does not compute class rank.
Grading Scale
The report cards follow the Washington State Transcript Guidelines which stipulate credit values and grade values as follows: A=4.0 A‑=3.7 B+=3.3 B=3.0 B-=2.7 C+=2.3 C=2.0 C‑=1.7 D+=1.3 D=1.0 F=0
Covenant High School Graduation Requirements (semester credits)
Biblical Studies 1.6 credits P.E./Health 2.0 credits
Social Studies 4.0 credits Spanish 2.0 credits
Science 3.0 credits Technical Ed 0.3 credits
English/Speech 4.0 credits Fine Arts 1.5 credits
Mathematics 3.0 credits Electives 2.0 credits
` Total 23.4 credits 10/04/07