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Wakefield Memorial High School proposes new electives, dual enrollment expansion and competency-based graduation path
Summary
Administrators presented the 2025–26 program of studies, adding semester electives in music, modern music history, forensic science and game design, changes to science offerings, an expanded dual‑enrollment effort with North Shore Community College and a proposed competency determination to replace MCAS as the local graduation competency measure.
The School Committee received a presentation Tuesday on Wakefield Memorial High School’s proposed 2025–26 Program of Studies, which includes new semester electives, an expanded dual‑enrollment effort and a local competency determination policy administrators say will replace MCAS as the school’s competency measure for graduation.
Assistant Superintendent David Robinson and curriculum coordinators described new elective offerings across departments: performing-arts classes such as “Music and Media” and “History of Modern Music”; new science electives including forensic science, genetics and microbiology split into semester modules; and new courses in social studies including “American Civil War Battles and Generals,” “Criminal Law,” “Forensic Psychology” and a U.S. history of LGBTQ+ topics. The health department plans a new sophomore offering,…
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