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This long-term planning extends beyond
these additions and renovations. Stratford
Academy is also perpetually readjusting their
curriculum to adapt to worldwide trends
such as advances in science, technology or
simply teaching in general. For example, they
recently reformatted their Foreign Language
department to become a World Language
department, where more emphasis is placed
on the verbal component and fluency of new
languages as opposed to “being immersed in
the technical details.”
“We want a population of students who can
take what they’ve learned and put it to use
in the real world,” Kathleen explains. “We