ANNUAL REPORT 2011 - Maumee Valley Country Day School

CURRENTRECORD NUMBER OF INTERNATIONALSTUDENTS ATTENDING MVCDSThere is a record-high number of twenty-seven international students outof the total 481 currently enrolled at Maumee Valley. These academicallytalented Middle and Upper School students come from five differentcountries: Sweden, Spain, Germany, South Korea and China. At leastthirteen percent of the Upper School population is now represented byinternational students.“Accepting international students is a benefit to all of us at MaumeeValley,” said Gary Boehm, Head of School. “Having a school populationwhere the students learn and work alongside those from other countriesenhances everyone’s abilities and cultural awareness.”Eighteen of the twenty seven international students are from China, due inpart to Maumee Valley’s successful relationship with sister school, YanshanUniversity School. Maumee Valley has also added two new full-time staffpositions to support the international student program, including an ESLteacher and the first full-time international recruiter in the AdmissionDepartment.YINGJIE HE ‘13 WITH HIS HOSTFAMILYGRADUATES WELL REPRESENTED ATTOP COLLEGES + UNIVERSITIESThe 2012 U.S. News top college and university rankings show thatMaumee Valley graduates are well represented at many of the most eliteinstitutions in the country. Of the recent graduates, twenty-five percentare currently enrolled in the nation’s top 50 universities and top 50 liberalarts colleges. Maumee Valley students often have an advantage over theirpeers competing for spots at elite colleges and universities. “Although ourteaching philosophy goes well beyond test scores, one of the outcomes ofa Maumee Valley education is excellent scores,” says Jarin Jaffee, Directorof College Advising.Maumee Valley continues to best its regional, state, and national peerswith outstanding school-wide average ACT scores (29) and SAT scores(644 Math; 619 Writing; 625 Critical Reading). Young alumni now attend sixof the top fifteen national universities — Harvard University, University ofChicago, Columbia University, Duke University, Northwestern University,Washington University-St. Louis — and six of the top ten liberal artscolleges —Swarthmore College, Pomona College, Wellesley College,Carleton College, Middlebury College, and Claremont McKenna College.SENIOR INDIA BEDI ‘12 ANDCOLLEGE ADVISOR JARINJAFEECURRENT NEWS9