September 24
Oct 1,8,22,29
November 19
December 17
January 7,14,28
February 4,11,25
March 4,11,18,25
April 15,29
May 6
The department offers four years of study at the High School in French, German and Spanish. Students starting in the 8th grade after Exploratory in the Middle School may thus take foreign languages for five years at Pentucket. Emphasis is placed on all four-language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Courses are also offered in Latin. History and culture also play an important role in the study of each of the three languages.
There are clubs for all three languages offered at the school and these organizations enable students to experience foreign language outside of the classroom. Visits are made to the Greater Boston Area for concerts, ballet and theater performances, restaurants, museums, films and offerings by local institutions of higher learning
The school hosts foreign students every year from all over the globe. Sometimes
these students come through private organizations and often they make
direct contact with the school through the Exchange Advisor, Mrs. Inge
Berger. In
addition the GAPP at Pentucket in hosting German
students from our partner school in Leverkusen,
There are honor societies for all foreign languages offered at Pentucket. To be eligible for induction students must be in Level III or IV of the language and have attained an average of 3.6 in the language during the previous seven quarters of study. They must also have attained a 3.0 overall average for their entire high school career prior to the average tabulation date. Further details as to the criteria for membership are posted in foreign language classrooms or may be obtained from foreign language teachers.
http://www.conjuguemos.com/home/index.html
Carnegie Mellon University's online guide
http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/acad_integ/acad_integ_text.html
Online Quiz http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/resource/student_advocacy/academic_honesty_quiz.shtml
Student Questions
http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
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