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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Here's a draft for everyone work from.

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The Petworth Latin Academy @Roosevelt: A Test-In Magnet School

The Petworth Latin Academy offers a classical liberal arts curriculum with an emphasis on the classics and Latin language instruction. Instruction emphasizes core knowledge of the liberal arts that students will use as the basis for further, more detailed exploration. All students are required to adhere to a core curriculum, with four years of Latin, history, mathematics, English, science, and at least two years of a World Language. In all classes, students can expect a strong - and continuing - emphasis on structured writing and public speaking, as well as an overarching practice of the kind of analytical thinking that will ensure that all PLA@R students are prepared for the rigors of college work.

Our curriculum largely stresses the learning of valuable skills as well as the acquisition of content. In all humanities classes, students can expect a strong emphasis on writing, Socratic Seminars and public speaking exercises (declamation). Non-humanities classes feature labs, math interviews and other inquiry-based methods.

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Thank you for this. This is a constructive way to move the discussion forward. A couple of questions:

1) why did you choose a classical curriculum over IB or some sort of hybrid that might allow dual language (for Powell folks, I think that is important)?

2) rather than test in, how about the previously suggested DC-CAS proficient benchmark?
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I don't have any preference for the curriculum, just the rigor. So feel free to update it.

The DC-CAS proficient benchmark is such a good idea that it must be illegal. But if you think it could fly, edit it in.

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