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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1976
Page
8
A 1975 survey of James Wood teachers led to reinstating final exams with guidelines. Faculty argued exams aid college plans and orderly year end, proposing a two period testing block and 10 to 20 percent of final grades.
Wood Territory staff learn from department heads how 1976 exams will be set. Social Studies will test students on subjects taken, via teacher designed parts, with pre tests and end of year exams to measure learning. English will use a standard end of year exam focused on basic skills like grammar and paragraph writing.
The James Wood High School announces a winter concert titled Music Of and About America in the James Wood Auditorium at 7 30 p m with no admission. The District V Jazz Festival will follow this Saturday from 10 a m to 4 p m in the same venue with 11 bands. Forensics entries open January 19 with categories in poetry, prose, spelling, original oratory and extemporaneous speaking. Plans include a Williamsburg Jamestown field trip for history classes and NHS tutoring and refreshments during the forensics event.
On January 19 at 7 oclock JW students will recite in poetry prose spelling or public speaking judged by English teachers. Contests include Girls and Boys Poetry Prose Reading Spelling Original Oratory and Ex temperaneous Speech. Ex temperaneous requires an improvised topic an hour before.
Rosanne Schutz serves as editor with Scott Wise and Jeff Palmer as associate editors. Assistant editors include Pearl Meadows Barbara Nicholson Kelly Sanderson Mary Beth Phalen Donna Hildebrand Debbie Kite and photographer.
James Wood has undergone renovations since September including white tiling in C and D halls and a new elevator shaft. The project adds new lockers and exercise room, refreshed classrooms, a painted gym with game clock, handmade hall plaques, and restored water fountains, signaling a refreshed campus aesthetic.
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