SIR WILFRID LAURIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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  • Mary Maguire McGill University

Abstract

Its overhelming size consumes a whole city block in Montreal North. It looks like one of those mammoth new comprehensive secondary schools rather than a junior high school, its officially designated hybrid status. On the first entry, One thinks the obvious: how can the bigness of the plant defer to these young inhabitants, a mass of varying sizes, needs, and interests?

Author Biography

Mary Maguire, McGill University

As a former teacher of English in high school, Mary Maguire has an abiding interest in the development of language and literacy, and has held positions in several organizations pursuing those concerns. She is co-chairman of this year's conference of the Canadian Conference of Teachers of English being held in Montreal in May. (Director of Student Teaching, and a member of the Department of Secondary Education.) Ayant déjà enseigné l'anglais à l'école secondaire, Mary Maguire porte un intérêt constant au développement de la langue, de l'écriture et de la lecture et a occupé des postes au sein de nombreuses organisations poursuivant les mêmes buts. Elle est présidente de la conférence de cette année du Canadian Conference of Teachers of English qui aura lieu à Montréal au mois de mai. (Directrice des stages d'enseignement et membre du département de l'enseignement secondaire.)

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Published

1983-04-01

How to Cite

Maguire, M. (1983). SIR WILFRID LAURIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 18(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7506

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