World Language Club Information

Here at North Haven High School we are proud to offer students many foreign language options:

 

Chinese                 French                 Italian                 Latin                 Spanish

 

Our faculty members are:

Alessandra Brownell, Department Coordinator, Italian Teacher

Pilar Arboleda, Spanish Teacher

Olga Arbulú, Spanish Teacher

Kelly Lynn Thibodeau, French Teacher

Julie Buonasora, Italian and Latin Teacher

Lisette Campos, Spanish Teacher

Carla DeStefanis, Italian and Spanish Teacher

Paula Galasso, Italian and Spanish Teacher

Mengwen Ren, Chinese Teacher

Nancy Schreiber, Spanish Teacher

 

Our Department proudly aligns its teaching philosophy to the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) World-Readiness Standards and Common Core State Standards.  

 

Communication:  Communicate effectively in more than one language in order to function in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes

Cultures:  Interact with cultural competence and understanding

Connections:  Connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use the language to function in academic and career related situations

Comparisons:  Develop insight into the nature of language and culture in order to interact with cultural competence

Communities:  Communicate and interact with cultural competence in order to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world.

 

Additionally, we offer UConn Early College Experience courses in Spanish and Italian.  Advanced Placement French Language and Culture is offered to French students. These students also receive L4 credit at the high school.

 

Juniors and seniors with outstanding achievement can attain membership in the following World Language Honor Societies:

 

La Société Honoraire de Français

La Società Onoraria Italica

The National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society

La Sociedad Hispánica