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had an epiphany last spring, and made a conscious decision to get back into teaching.” It’s a decision she never, regretted.

Classics teacher John McMahon describes his job at Wakefield as the “first teaching job I am happy at. It’s like a family here. The parents get very involved and the children enjoy and profit from their experiences here.” A native of Alabama, McMahon came to teaching the long way around.

Following in his engineer father’s footsteps, McMahon «enrolled in Auburn (Georgia) University intent on an electronics career. Part way through, though, he realized how much more he enjoyed classical literature, so he transferred to Christendom College near Front Royal to study Latin and Philosophy.

After graduation, he headed west to a carpentry job in Denver, returning a year later to Catholic University graduate school, and teaching positions in the District of Columbia and Connecticut.

Catholic University officials contacted McMahon at his job in Connecticut to tell him about the opening at Wakefield: Three phone calls later, he was on his way back to Virginia.

McMahon is preparing the

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