• 2820 W Rose Garden Lane, 好色导航, AZ  85027

    (623) 445-3000 phone, (623) 445-3081 fax

    Deer Valley Unified School District

    Fully accredited by AdvancED      CEEB: 030270              

     

    Cultural Vision

    BGHS is committed to providing continuous opportunities to demonstrate achievement and personal growth in a collaborative student-centered community of diversity and kindness.  Graduates of Barry Goldwater have a significant edge with post-secondary opportunities because it offers a unique and rigorous approach to learning. BGHS is a standards-based school and through the implementation of our sophomore project and the senior institute ensure students satisfy prescribed exit outcomes including habits of mind, communication skills, critical thinking skills, and life skills. The feature of the prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme which is designed to help adolescents find a sense of belonging in the ever-changing and increasingly interrelated world around them and to foster a positive attitude toward learning.BGHS has a state of the art Culinary Arts program, honors and advanced placement (AP) courses, as well as a full complement of elective and core classes serving the needs of each student.

     

    Administration

    Dr. Anita Stulc – Principal

    Dr. Eric Comer – Assistant Principal, Curriculum      

    Ms. Dawn Pace – Assistant Principal, Academics

    Mr. Chandler Evans – Assistant Principal, Athletics

    Ms. Jennifer Adams - Assistant Principal, Culture and Climate

     

    Counselors                                                     Registrar

    Ms. Tia Wilson- Department Chair                  Mr. Juan Silva

    Ms. Kelly Lynn                  

    Mrs. Courtenay Douglas-Salisbury

    Mrs. Tina Bone

     

    School Community

    Barry Goldwater High School, opened in 1986 and remodeled in 2011, is a large, comprehensive, suburban public high school located in a light industrial park.  The school community is considered low to low-middle socio-economic status consisting of 48% Caucasian, 38% Hispanic, 9.2% African American, 3.6% Asian/Pacific Islander and 3.5% Native American and 55.2% are eligible for free or reduced lunch.

     

    Grades, Weight and Ranking

    GPA for all students is on a 4.0 Scale and includes all courses except courses graded on a Pass/Fail basis.  Class rank is based on the weighted GPA. Graduation requirements consist of 22 credits: 4 Language Arts, 4 Math, 3 Science, 3 Social Studies, .5 Health/Physical Education, 6 Elective credits and 1 Fine Arts or Career Technical Education.

     

     

     

     

    Academic Achievement Class of 2023

     

    International Baccalaureate Results

    203 Total Exams

    11   Full Diploma Students

    56   IB Course Certificate Students

    IB Biology HL - 3.11, IB Business SL - 3.0, IB Chemistry HL - 2.57, IB Dance SL - 5.0, IB French SL - 4.29, IB History HL - 4.30, IB Language & Literature HL - 4.68, IB Math Analysis & Approaches SL - 3.73, IB Music - 4.00, IB Psychology SL - 5.18, IB Spanish Ab Initio SL - 4.00, IB Language B Spanish SL - 5.21

     

    Advanced Placement Results 

    74 Total Exams

    AP Calculus AB - 3.21, AP Calculus BC - 3.50, AP  English Language - 1.89, AP English Literature - 2.42, AP Environmental - 1.67, AP Statistics - 1.17, AP United States Government & Politics - 1.69, AP United States History - 2.40                                     

     

    ACT Summary

     

    19% of Students at or Above Career Readiness (ACT Composite)                  

     

    Noted Scholarships

    $6,362,972 awarded

    2 Athletic Scholarships

    3 ACE Plus Program Graduates

    1 QuestBridge Scholarship

     

    Post Secondary Plans

    Class of:                                2022                            2023                                                                           

    4 Year College/University

    35%                                   26%                 

    2 Year College

    36%                                   28%              

    Trade School

    10%                                   14%                

    Military

     2%                                      8%           

    Work or other

    17%                                   24%                 

     

    Advanced  Placement Classes Offered

     

    AP English Language and Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP U.S. History, AP Government and Politics

     

    IB Classes Offered

     

    IB Language A: English HL, IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL , IB History of the Americas HL, IB Math Analysis & Approaches SL/HL, IB Psychology SL, IB Language B: Spanish SL, IB French SL, IB Business and Management SL, IB Computer Science SL, IB Dance SL, IB Music SL, IB Visual Arts SL, IB Theater SL, IB Theory of Knowledge

     

     

     

     

    Dual Enrollment

     

    First Year Composition (ENG 101/102), Introduction to Literature (ENH 110), Pre-Calculus Honors (MAT 187), College Algebra (MAT 151), Calculus (MAT 221/231), U.S. History (HIS 103/104), World History (HIS 110/111),

    Introduction to Criminal Justice (AJS 101), Patrol Procedures (AJS 107), Cadet (AJS 123), Introduction to Human Communications (COM 100)