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Because of its importance, English is a compulsory course in grades six through twelve.
Mr. Jacques LeGrand, director of studies and head of the English department, teaches twelfth and tenth-grade English. Mr. Joseph Nolan teaches junior English. Mrs. Mildred Little works with the ninth and sixth graders. Mr. Lewis Timberlake teaches the eighth graders; and Mr. Robert Paoli, the seventh graders.
As the student progresses through middle and upper schools, emphasis gradually shifts from fundamentals of grammar, spelling, and composition to more advanced work in literature and in various writing skills.
Aim of the program is to produce graduates who are well on the way to becoming cultured persons because they value literature as a lasting source of pleasurable insight and because they are effective users of language as a tool for improving themselves quickly and accurately, for think­ ing critically, and for communicating incisively.
This is done in the belief that students who have mas­ tered the necessary skills are better prepared not only for college and for the business world, but also for leadership in a society governed by men who can think and express themselves clearly and effectively.
Under the direction of Mrs. Gladys Katrausky, the Wardlaw mathematics department underwent far-reaching modification this year in both middle and upper schools.
Program changes followed closely in both content and point of view recommendations of the College Entrance Examinations Board. Much more emphasis began to be placed upon the structure of mathematics and upon pattern forms, with greater depth of understanding an essential aim.
Working with Mrs. Katrausky were Mr. Robert Johnson and Mr. William Campbell. Algebra I was introduced this year in the eighth grade; Algebra II, in the ninth grade; and plane and solid geometry, in the tenth grade. It was planned to complete eventually trigonometry in the elev­ enth grade, leaving the senior year for more advanced work and for consolidation of the knowledge gained in previous years.
It is the goal of the mathematics department, through all this year's readjustment, to enable Wardlaw to offer its students strong preparation for the problems of today's world.
MATHEMATICS
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