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And McRae—Wakefield’s assistant English department chairman— has drawn up what he called “a very, very demanding composition curriculum” for students beyond the sixth grade. Under the new curriculum, eighth graders will be taught how to write business letters and ‘invertedpyramid’ news stories, while ninth graders will be required to write a book chapter or 4,000-6,000 word magazine article to be researched months in advance.
Eleventh and twenth graders will have to know all previously taught skills—and learn word processing and interview techniques as well.
McRae said the new curriculum “is probably more demanding than the requirements for a Bachelor’s degree in the best universities.
“It’s more than what I had to take at Dartmouth.”
McRae is one of eight new teachers hired by Wakefield for the new school year. The other seven are: Lee Buratti, junior English; Margaret Doyle, United States Government (formerly called civics); Edith L. Drosselmeyer, third grade; Fransi Dunagan, biology; Kay Larrieu; Latin and Greek; Sandra Mitchell, sixth grade; Barbara Todd, general math and algebra.
Also new to Wakefield this school year will be “about 20 students,” according to the newsletter. The new students boost the school’s enrollment to roughly 400 students—the highest student enrollment in Wakefield’s 12year history, despite what the newsletter termed “increasingly stringent admissions policies.”
Some of those students will join a new chapter of SADD—Students Against Drunk Driving—to be organized at the school by Daphne Hutchinson, former Rappahannock News editor/genera! manager. The chapter will receive materials aimed at promoting greater awareness of drunk driving by younger motorists.
If Lynn has his way with state education officials, Wakefield students
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