Winchendon School - Vestigia Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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Individual instruction emphasized in the academic program The Winchendon School policy is unique in that it centers solely around the individual boy. The school is dedicated to the concept that a boy, given enough help and attention, will excel in all phases of school life. Small classes are mandatory in the Winchendon tradition, for here strengths and weaknesses can best be pointed out. The issu- ance of daily grades and nightly tutoring hours are all part of the constant building program which is vitally important to the school in its work of help- ing young men grow. INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY is essential to growth. Hn

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English Department 1965 brought a complete re-organization to the Winchendon English Department. Under the direction of Mr.- Eriksen, the staff-which is the largest in the school-revised all courses in an attempt to correlate subject matter with that of other de- partments. The summer reading program has similarly been al- tered so that books assigned in the summer will either be included in basic texts during the year or will parallel the material to be discussed. Confident that these changes will prove both challeng- ing and beneficial to students, the department has added several new courses which are aimed at building better students both in the mechanics and literature of the verbal Field. Extra help is provided by Mrs. Zins for those boys who need specific training in vocabulary, reading rate and spelling. By the Fall of 1965, Mr. Eriksen hopes to have put the new system into full operation and to move forward in the task of preparing boys adequately for college English. LESSONS in remedial reading are expertly prepared by Mrs. Zins. JOHN C. STEVENS Englixh, Chemistry B.S. CUniversity of New Hamp- shirejg QKeene State Collegej. if iii