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Biocrawler:WikiProject Schools

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First, an important note for everyone to remember:

A few Biocrawlerns have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about schools (excluding colleges and universities). These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles! The are some ideas and guidelines (after a lengthy discussion) at Biocrawler:Schools. The bulk automated entry of schools is strongly discouraged, as is the bulk adding of schools to the Votes for deletion page. Finally, if you see someone getting on a soapbox with "I don't see why anybody would want to keep / delete schools", please refer them to Biocrawler:Schools/Arguments since we've seen this discussion far too often. To label an article as being part of the WikiProject Schools idea, add {{WPSchool}} to its talk page.

Contents

1 Title

2 Scope

3 Descendant Wikiprojects

4 Similar Wikiprojects

5 Related policy discussions

6 Applicable Categories

7 Participants

8 Structure

9 Lists of school articles

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Title

WikiProject Schools

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Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to structure all non- college and university school articles.

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Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant wikiprojects have been defined.

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Similar Wikiprojects

Biocrawler:WikiProject Universities

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Related policy discussions

Biocrawler:Schools - discussion of school articles on Biocrawler

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Applicable Categories

Generally all of Category:Education, but especially articles in the subcategories of

Category:High schools for high schools, divided by country and then subdivided by state or region
Category:Middle schools for middle schools, divided by country and then subdivided by state or region
Category:Elementary schools for elementary schools, divided by country and then subdivided by state or region
Category:Public education in the United States for American public school (government-run) systems and broader public education topics, divided by state
Category:Private schools for private (non-government-run) schools
Category:Schools by establishment year categorized by year the school was founded

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Participants

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Structure

The article should start with a good introduction, giving the full complete official name of the School, detail about location (in suburb, downtown, where?), founder and founding name, and affilation with any larger school system, if applicable. Also, add a few facts about the school that make it unique.

Next, there is a table about the school. A template for the table can be found below.

The sections here are clearly biased towards US customs, so it will probably be necessary to adapt for other countries. Spellings differ as well as customs. A school in England and Wales usually has a head teacher, not a principal, for instance, and the US spelling "color" would probably not "fly" well in an article about a British school. Scottish and Northern Irish schools probably have their own differences because their education systems are historically distinct from the English one. Undoubtedly the situation in Canada, where the language used for faculty naming may depend on the culture of the province and may in some cases bilingual, is different again. If templates are to be used, it is probably unwise to assume that a single template will ever be of use for all schools.

Sections of the article:

History — Describe the history of the school, including noteworthy milestones in its development.
Campus — Describe the overall shape and size of the campus. Mention any famous buildings or stadia and their architects.
Students — Statistics on students, size of student body. Mention of individual current students or individual student's achievement while at the high school is not suggested.
Faculty — State the number of faculty members, statistics on faculty, student-to-teacher ratio, etc. Distinguish between tenure/nontenured, full- and part-time (if possible). Names of noteworthy (e.g. award-winning, published) faculty of the past can be mentioned.
Extracurricular activities — Mention the sports team(s) of the school and what is notable about them. Here is also a good place to mention specific traditions of school, like students' union/student council activities, a student newspaper, clubs, regular activities, etc. The heading may be changed accordingly in regard to the importance of sports, clubs, traditions, students' unions etc. For example, alternative headings could be Students' Union, Sports and Traditions or Students' Union Activities. Mention significant championships for the sports teams.
Curriculum — If the curriculum of the school is especially unique or notable, mention why here. For instance, if the high school is called a culinary academy, elaborate on this here.
Noted alumni — Bulleted list of alumni that are notable. Mention the graduation year and give a short description why they are famous. Also, include an annotation to show that they did indeed attend the school.
External links — Give a link to the website of the school, preferably one in the English language.