St. Mary’s School
Location: 816 Black Oak Drive, Medford, Oregon
Date of Establishment: 1865
Grades: 6-12
Total Students: 430
Average: 18 students/class
Senior Teachers: 87.5%
Teacher-Student Rate: 1:11
International Students: 23
About St. Mary’s School: St. Mary’s School keeps leading in teaching, in the past consecutive three years, it was appraised as the optimal school in Oregon, refer to the subsequent link for details. The SAT average scores of students exceed that of the US and Oregon by 300 scores. The school is one of the only two schools which have qualifications to hold ISA in the US, students of grade 10 can participate in the ISA for testing with students from 40 countries, most students passed with high scores. In addition, the school provides 17 college preparatory courses, 73% students passed the courses in higher school, which is higher than that of average level in the US. Located at Ashland, cultural capital of South Oregon, the school has set up four academies including Art, Education, Natural Science and Social Science, especially the subjects of performance art and criminal detection are of high reputation. Southern Oregon University has over 6000 students, including 620 international students from 46 countries.
St. Mary’s School is the first school to open Confucius classes in North America approved by China Hanban. Due to the outstanding work in Chinese education, the school was awarded the title of Excellent Confucius Classes/Academy by China Hanban. There are 282 Confucius Institutes and 274 Confucius Classes in 88 countries around the world, only 30 of which obtained the title, and there are two institutes only in the US.
AP Course: 17 courses, including language course, American history, maths and economics
ESL: Offer
Advanced Chinese Course: it is the first school which provide senior Chinese course for Chinese students in the US, and it aims to enable Chinese students to keep the Chinese level as that of students in China, and make them become international talents familiar with Chinese and American situations.
Requirements for Admission
Step A: application documents submitted, including parents’ statement (form I), student’s statement (form II), latest two-year results (form III), TOEFL results. Candidates without TOEFL can apply for language+ high school (double enrollment)
Step B: Interviewing by calls, please wait for the notice, if admitted, the applicant will receive form I-20 from the school
Step C: F1 Visa Application (I-20, Certificate of Deposit, Application Form)
Step D: Notice of Admission, an Admission Agreement will be given to the applicant, who should sign and mail within two weeks.
Date of Enrolment: Fall
Date of Application: up to July 15
Fee (for international students): Tuition/year (Academic Year 2010-2011): $25950
Board and lodging expenses and administration cost: $13850/year, ESL: 4000/term
Advanced Chinese Course: $2000/term
Campus and Extracurricular Activities
Main Extracurricular Activities: Golf, skiing, climbing, rubber boat, basketball, volleyball, bicycle, hike, full-year camping, and drama. In the past 100 years, the school has won many honors and certificates.