Argentina, a new cultural focus for Spanish 3-4

Mr. Stanko's Spanish 3-4 classes will learn a little bit about the cultural focus of the new unit for semester 2: Argentina. Students will also create a mini cultural project to share with the class.

Spanish 1 students read and analyze culture

Dr. Jacobson's Spanish 1 classes read about Spanish speakers from diverse countries and analyzed cultural traditions and values. Students' presentations during final exams demonstrated comprehension and critical analysis of text.

World Languages preparing for final exams!

World Languages students and their teachers are busily preparing for final exams this coming week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Be sure that your son/daughter gets a good night's sleep and eats well!  The pressure and stress will be over soon!

French students prepare 3-course meal for family

Madame Leidhoff's French 3-4 students are cooking a three-course French meal for their families as a cultural project. Students learned about the changes in food sources when the French emigrated to Quebec. Some students are preparing Canadian and North African dishes.

"To be" or not "to be"? STOP the ELF!

Profe Bañuelos's Spanish 1-2 students created creative anti-elf artwork of "STOP the ELF." "STOP the ELF" is an acronym for them to differentiate the two different ways to say and use "to be" in Spanish: #1 Ser  #2 Estar.

French 1-2 presents Little Red Riding Hood to Pre-school!

Madame Leidhoff's French 1-2 (in full costume) presented Little Red Riding Hood to pre-schoolers in the library.  What fun!  As soon as pictures are ready, they'll be posted.

World Languages get pie-in-face and waterballooned, all for good causes!

Mr. Blackwelder, Mrs. Leidhoff and Mr. Stanko all volunteered to take some abuse to help clubs raise money at the Winter Carnival, December 15th, in the quad.  What good sports!

Gifts delivered to "Tijuana Dump School"

Mr. David Lynch, founder of the school, is briefly seen at the beginning of this video followed by an interview with Meg P., the senior who organized it.  The van full of gifts for students in Tijuana is truly impressive!

Cooking! Le Roi de Lion (Lion King), Disco! avec Buche Noel!

Madame Leidhoff's French students have many activities to keep them focused before de vacances!

French 3-4 students studied cooking vocabulary and presented a cooking show!

Advanced French students presented news in French from around the world!

French 1-2 learned family vocabulary watching Le Roi de Lion!

All celebrated the holiday with disco ball and Buche de Noel!

ASL "So you think you can sign" competition!

Mrs. Redelings and Mrs. Smith launched the 1st Annual "So You Think You Can Sign" competition. ASL 1 competed against ASL 3 using vocabulary learned during the first 12 weeks of school. The event was run by ASL 5 students who taught the rules, presented the vocabulary and kept score. This is the first time that all 3 levels of the ASL program interact in a language exercise presented in a game format. The response from students was very positive. The points will be tallied and the coveted trophy will be kept in the winning classroom until the next competition.