News
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High Honors and Honors Recipients for School Year 2009-2010
June 21, 2010
Congratulations to the High Honors and Honors students for the 2009-2010 school year.
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A Gift for Wakefield That Keeps On Giving
June 11, 2010
In the last All School assembly of the school year, Mr. Atkins awarded sophomore, Sarah S., and seventh grader, Ben W., with the James Peyton Atkins Memorial “War Between the States” Scholarships for 2010. Congratulations to both students for their historical research of local interest.
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Ever wonder what a professional soccer player does?
June 4, 2010
Sixth grader, Garrett Lukens, had an interesting interview while working on a research project for his Composition and Grammar class.
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Medieval Faire
June 2, 2010
Donning robes, gowns, knightly attire and other period costumes, students in the third, sixth, and eighth grades and their teachers were transported back to medieval times to enjoy an afternoon of activities, entertainment, and a feast.
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Cricket anyone?
May 25, 2010
What’s a great way to spend a class period on a beautiful sunny Friday morning? “Of course…playing cricket!” said Mr. Clubb, teacher of the upper school British History course. Down the hill we went to the Bohn Yard for our lesson on and experience learning cricket.
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Surf's Up
May 19, 2010
Wave riding in the cool surf of OBX proved to be a fun and memorable time by all. "We had a great group of kids who really enjoyed themselves," said Mrs. Sipes. The OBX trip was one of the Middle School Discovery Days offerings.
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Gracie Morrison - Fauquier Future Leader 2010
May 18, 2010
Senior Gracie Morrison has been selected the Fauquier Future Leader 2010 runner-up by the Fauquier Times-Democrat. She was "among 34 contestants of highly talented and motivated young people representing the county's 11 high schools", stated the Democrat on May 14th.
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Field Day - What could be better?
May 14, 2010
Red or white? Spartans or Athenians? Who will prevail? Who will win the annual challenge?
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Cogmed
May 13, 2010
Wakefield School has been named as a formal school-based demonstration site for Cogmed, a computer based working memory training program that has been proven to improve attention regulation and executive functioning skills in children, adolescents and adults (www.cogmed.com/research).
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Wakefield Launches Its National Junior Honor Society Chapter
May 10, 2010
Congratulations to twenty-four seventh and eighth graders who were recently inducted into the National Junior Honor Society.