David W. Butler High School

Cursos avanzados y honores 37 créditos
Inglés: Inglés 9, 10, 11, and 12
Matemáticas: Pre-Cálculo, Álgebra II, Geometría y
Matemáticas Discrete
Vayan Bulldogs!!
Ciencias: Biología (laboratorio), Ciencia de Tierra y
el Medio Ambiente, Química (laboratorio)
Física (laboratorio), Anatomía del Cuerpo Humano y Fisiología
David W. Butler High
School
2013-2014
Ciencias Sociales: Historia del Mundo, Cívicas y la
Economía, Historia de los Estados Unidos
Idiomas : Español III y IV, Francés III y IV, Alemán
III y IV, y Latín III
Bellas Artes: Banda, Orquesta, Coro, Teatro , Artesanía, Arte, y Fotografía (cursos ofrecidos al
nivel intermedio y avanzado)
Tecnología: PLTW Ciencias Biomedicas, PLTW Intro
Ingeniería, PLTW Ingeniería Civil, Arquitectura
II, Ingeniería de Computación y Tecnología II,
and Comercio Digital I
Cursos Avanzados (AP): 24 créditos
Inglés: Inglés 11 y 12
Matemáticas: Cálculo AB y BC, Estadisticas
Ciencías: Biología, Química, y Ciencia del Medio
Ambiente (con laboratorios)
Ciencias Sociales: Historia de Europa, Gobierno de
Los Estados Unidos, Historia de los Estadis Unidos, Geografía Humano, Historia del Mundo,
Psicología, y Economía (Micro)
Idiomas: Español V, Alemán V, Francés V, y Latín IV
Artes Bellas: Historia del Arte, Arte en el Estudio
2D, Arte en el Estudio 3D, Dibujar, y Teoría
Musical
David W. Butler High School
1810 Matthews Mint Hill Rd
Matthews, NC 28105
980-343-6300 (P)
980-343-6315 (F)
www.cms.k12.nc.us/butlerhigh
Director: Will Leach
Para tener éxito todos los estudiantes
en el Siglo 21 y continuar estudiando
en el futuro
About Us
David W. Butler is a communitybased high school that is a part
of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
School System. Operating since
1997, our school was named in
honor of David Watkins Butler,
an outstanding teacher who
perished in a house fire while
saving the lives of his family. In
2010 David W. Butler was
recognized as an Honor School of
Excellence, a distinction held by
only 73 high schools which
means that our composite Endof-Course Scores were 85.2%.
David W. Butler also met 20 out
of 20 goals for 2011-12 fulfilling
federal guidelines for No Child
Left Behind. In 2013, David W.
Butler
High
School
was
recognized by US News and
World Report as the #1 high
school in CMS and the 3rd
highest rating school in North
Carolina. Our Graduation Rate
in 2013 was at 93.4 %.
Student
Populations
Grading System
Graduation
Requirements
GPA
Current student enrollment is
2086. Ethnic breakdown as follows: African-American-28.5%,
American Indian-7.0%, Asian3.6%, Multi-racial-12.2%,
Pacific Islander-0.1%, White43.7% and 4.8% other.
A = 93-100 B = 85-92 C = 7784 D = 70-76 F = Below 70
Students must graduate with a
total of 24 credits in a specific
course of study. Students must
also complete the NC
Graduation Project.
Grade Point Average is
computed as follows on a 4.0
scale:
Quality points are assigned on a
basis of A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1
and F=0.
One quality point is added for
Honors courses (HN).
Two quality points are added for
Advanced Placement (AP)
courses.
In the graduating class of 2013, approximately
72 % of the students had the minimum
admission requirements to attend a 4 year
university. The percentages are as follows:
48% of students attended a four - year
university, 39% attended a community college,
technical school, and 4% enrolled in the
military, 7% workforce and 2% other.
2012 SAT Average Score for college bound
seniors: 1512 (3 scores), 1027 (Math and CR)
and 528 (Math) and 499 (CR).
2013 AP results: The number of students who
received AP Scholar Award RecognitionNational AP Scholar (10), AP Scholar with
Distinction (57), AP Scholars with Honors (28)
and AP Scholar (56).
The senior class of 2013 earned over 5.6
million dollars in combined athletic and
academic scholarship awards. Butler students
compete for and have earned in the past many
prestigious scholarships including the
Morehead-Cain, The Park, Levine, Robert C.
Byrd, Teaching Fellows, Gates Millennium,
National Merit Award and National
Achievement Merit Award and Military
Academy Appointments/ROTC.