New highly acclaimed McCauliffe Middle School is already showing its superiority over other DPS schools as well as middle schools across the country. Through only three weeks of school, McAuliffe students have scored higher in almost every category tested. Most notable is their ability to send text messages to friends, which they are doing 30% faster than students across the nation.
“We push the kids to be great at things that will be applicable in the real world,” says Principal Vogel. “We know that emailing and texting on phones is becoming more and more important, so we better make sure the kids are prepared for a society where this ability holds such an importance.”
Kids have a required texting class three days a week for one hour. Each child is provided a smart phone by the school to practice texting. Classes have contests, learn new “swipe” techniques, learn how to get words to auto-fill, and of course what to do to avoid inaccurate autocorrects. “Maybe 30 words per minute is acceptable at other schools,” says Principal Vogel. “But here at MCAuliffe Middle School, we are not in the business of being average. We expect better for our kids.” ]]>