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Germa n teac her Dua ne John son, sop homores Luke Mcintosh
and Adam Kava n mak e hot dogs at the foreign language
picnic . Club acti viti es we re a way for students to learn more
eac h other's languages. (Jen Nervig)
teac her Michae l Seifert answers question s for fre shmen
David Lee and Matth ew McMinn in hi s German I class.
Classes covered many aspects of learnin g and speaking a
foreign language. (Jen Nervig)

Seniors Pre ston Orn er and Tracy Hales go over th eir
conversatio n ac tivity together in AP Spanish. Improv ing the
skills of speak in g spani sh was one of the main objecti ves of
this class. (Kristen Weisse)

Students Teach Other Students

Four languages, plus one on video, were and/or Challenge IV students in Spani sh, Ger-
taken by almost 1500 students. What caused over man and French. Once a week, the students
half of the students body to take Spanish, French, would go to their assigned elementary school,
German, Latin or Japanese? and teach fourth or fifth graders. The lessons
"I took Spanish thi s year because I knew usually involved vocabulary words, such as foods,
that a lot of people speak it in the United States, animals, sports and places.
and it would be helpful for college," freshman Club activities were also a large part of
Megan Adams said. Foreign languages were, the foreign language experience. Whether it was
oftentimes, a requirement for colleges or univer- German club or Spanish club, students got to-
sities. These classes allowed students to prepare gether to learn more about their language and the
for their future education. culture behind it. For example, the Spanish club
At the top of the li st, was learning to- had restaurants come to the school and cook some
communicate in a different way. "I liked learning Hi spanic foods, and the German club sold Ad-
how to communicate by something other than vent calendars.
English; it's good to try something different," There was the foreign language picnic as
junior Annie Bitsos said. well. This was where the students from all the
"I chose German as my foreign lan- classes talked to each other and learned about the
guage class because my family is German," jun- other languages offered in the school.
ior Jennifer VanEperen said. With all of these choices and activities
A lot of what foreign languages had to foreign languages made available, taking a for-
offer, happened outside of the classroom. Many eign language was a choice th at over half the
of these classes had an opportunity to teach their school made. 0
foreign language at elementary schools. The AP --KtUdiiR~

"I wouCd Cike to (earn Russian "I wou(<f (ove to (earn SwaliiUi.
" I a( read: y know a Citt(e Greek, 6ecause tliere are so many peopCe
6ut I wou(<f Cike to (earn more of wlio speak it." Oft. sifuni rnun9u!"
it."

--junior Annie Bilsos --sopfwmore Kevin Foster --senior Apri( Crow