World Language Department

   World Language

Language and communication are at the heart of the human experience. We strive to educate students who are linguistically and culturally equipped to communicate successfully in a pluralistic American society and abroad. This imperative envisions a future in which ALL students will develop and maintain proficiency in English and at least one other language, modern or classical. Children who come to school from non-English backgrounds should also have opportunities to develop further proficiencies in their first language. Communication is at the heart of second language study,

whether the communication takes place face-to-face, in writing, or across centuries through the reading of literature.
Through the study of other languages, students gain a knowledge and understanding of the cultures that use that language and, in fact, cannot truly master the language until they have also mastered the cultural contexts in which the language occurs.
Learning languages provides connections to additional bodies of knowledge that may be unavailable to the monolingual English speaker.
Through comparisons and contrasts with the language being studied, students develop insight into the nature of language and the concept of culture and realize that there are multiple ways of viewing the world.
Together, these elements enable the student of languages to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world in a variety of contexts and in culturally appropriate ways.  

Ms. Cooper-Schick                                                             Ms. Cooper-Schick's German Home Page

Ms. Christiansen

Mr. Kreft                                                                                  Mr. Kreft's French Home Page

Ms. Miller

Mr. Rodriguez-Torres

(Ms. Smith) Ms. Bilodeau                                                     Madame Smith's French 1 blog