WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

Methacton School District

SCOPE & SEQUENCEARCOLA INTERMEDIATE• French 1• Spanish 1

We offered German 1 up

until this school year.

HIGH SCHOOL• French 1 – 5 with an

Honors track• German 1 – 5• Spanish 1 – 5 with an

Honors track

FACULTYARCOLA INTERMEDIATE• FRENCH Jennifer Kostishion• SPANISH Jessica Barash Robyn Brunner

HIGH SCHOOL • FRENCH Charlotte Lor Jill Nickerson Mary Phelps• GERMAN Monica Tarlecki• SPANISH Mindy Cressman Carol Davis Christine Hamill Tarah McLaughlin Patricia Nixon Kathleen O’Connell Laura Rosario Peggy Joy Swope

HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 2011-2012

• French – 279 students (24%)

• German – 84 students (7%)

• Spanish – 776 students (68%)

IN OUR CLASSROOMS• Digital voice recorders• Total physical response

(TPR)• Technology with

PowerPoint presentations

• Games & puzzles• Role playing• Cooperative learning

activities• Edmodo• CD’s & DVD’s

LANGUAGE CLUBS

• French Club• German Club• Spanish Club

FRENCH CLUB• Chocolate Mousse

Eating Contest• Christmas caroling• “Boules” competition• Posters about world-

wide use of French

GERMAN CLUB• Soles 4 Souls – its

mission is to give relief to those suffering from disease or poverty.

• Started by Wayne Elsey after the 2004 tsunami

• More than a quarter of a million shoes have been donated since 2004.

GERMAN CLUB• This year the

German club was able to collect more than 150 pairs of shoes through the generosity of the faculty and students.

GERMAN CLUB

GERMAN CLUB• Kristkindl market in

Philadelphia is a smaller version of the Christmas markets of Germany.

• There were vendors from whom students were able to buy authentic German handmade wood and glass ornaments and taste traditional foods.

GERMAN CLUB

GERMAN CLUB PROJECT LINUS• Sponsored by German Club

• Donate quilting fabric & yarn

to Room # C118

• Help make handmade

blankets for sick children

who are in the hospital!

• Give your new or leftover

yarn now! 

MCATFL ORAL PROFICIENCY CONTEST

Ben Cozzolino and Level 3 German Winner Neel Mehta

SPANISH CLUB• Thanksgiving Food

Drive - $675 to feed 45 families

• Celebrating 34 years of community service, ACLAMO Family Center provides improved access to economic, educational, health, social and cultural opportunities to low-income Montgomery County, especially those of Spanish-speaking heritage.

FRENCH IMMERSION

MARTINIQUE• 8 days of immersion

in language, culture, history & geography

• Community service-based trip (cleaning beaches, repairing boats & interacting with young children)

• Hiking & kayaking

• Excursions to towns to experience cuisine & bargaining

MARTINIQUE

CLEANING BEACHES

REPAIRING BOATS

PLAYING WITH CHILDREN

ALSACE EXCHANGE• Cernay – Alsace

region of France• Franco-Germanic

cultures• 14 students & 2

teachers from Collège René Cassin are being hosted for 16 days by MSD families

SPANISH IMMERSION• Movie night• Welcome breakfast• Farewell dinner –

dance routine, band, interviews, slide show and T-shirt distribution

• Christmas cards for host families

SPANISH IMMERSION• IES Padre Manjón –

4 days in school• Full day excursions

to the Alhambra, Córdoba and Nerja

• Farewell dinner• Trips taken with the

individual families• Final day in Madrid

before return to U.S.

SPANISH IMMERSION

IES PADRE MANJÓN

GRANADA

ALHAMBRA

CÓRDOBA

NERJA