Good-bye! Au Revoir! ¡Hasta luego! Sayonara!

The World Languages Department would like to thank its students for all their hard work, parents for all their support and each other for the love, support and atmosphere of creativity and dedication found on the 2nd floor of the 200 buidling.  Have a great summer! 

Mike McVeigh, Leigh Murrell, Alex Blackwelder, Richard Lawhead, Christine Leidhoff, Julie Jacobson, Arinn Smith, Janice Trott (not pictured:  Karen Lenhof, Julie Frederickson)

¡Gracias a todos por un año magnífico! I'd like to send a huge thanks to my colleagues, students, and parents for a wonderful year at the Ranch. Have a safe and interesting summer and I'll see you all in September! Mr. McVeigh

Au Revoirs les etudiants! Madame Leidhoff

It has been a rich and challenging year. Hope you all have a wonderful summer and keep on "signing!" Mrs. Lenhof

¡Que tengan unas vacaciones maravillosas!  Gracias por todo.  Mr. Lawhead

Once again, a member of the WL Dept. has been selected "Teacher of the Month".

Congratulations Mrs. Trott!

Here is our pantheon of honorees this year!

French Students finish autobiographie and "propaganda"

Madame Leidhoff's first-year French students are finalized and presented their “Autobiographie” last Friday.

Advanced students are preparing for their thematic final on WWII and the collaboration of France with Germany, the Resistance, and the Louis Malle film, Au revoir les enfants. This week, samples of propaganda were evaluated and students created their own piece of “propaganda”. Madame Leidhoff exclaimed:  "Students were so creative and passionate about their work!"

¡Compra esto! Sp. 3-4 students create commercials!

Señor Lawhead's Spanish 3-4 class brought the Imperative Mood (commands) to life with original commercials presented to class in video and in live-action. Click on the thumbnail to see sample.

Spanish AP Creates Original Telenovela!

Srta. Murrell's Spanish AP-Language class has created an original telenovela complete with three advertisements, original music composition and scoring.  Other Spanish classes in the World Languages Department are eagerly awaiting its premiere!  Stay tuned to this blog for a preview!

Mi Marciano Project in Spanish 1-2

Señora Trott's Spanish 1-2 class is working on a final project that will review all that was learned in Spanish this year. The project is called "Mi Marciano/My Martian. Students create a creature from another planet and write and illustrate a story that describes the life of this creature. This project can be in the form of a book, poster, i-movie or power point and will be shared with the class.

ASL using Expressive Skills and Receptive Vocabulary

Mrs. Smith's ASL 4 & 6 classes have been demonstrating their mastery of Expressive skills.  They use desciptive language to describe pictures from magazines and a significant personal item.  They also have been working to complete their Receptive vocabulary exams with almost 300 items.

Fantasy Notebooks in Spanish 5-6

Mr. Lawhead's end-of-the-year project for Spanish 5-6 is the creation of a "Fantasy Notebook".  Students choose to live the life of their fantasy (or imagination) and write an autobiography of it along with creating a scrapbook of  "memories". 

Student teaches making salsa in Spanish 7-8

Ms. Murrell's Spanish 7-8 class is continuing its "enseñanzas". Here a student teaches the class how to make salsa. He has the class working hard following his instructions to make the salsa.