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    "The sum of human wisdom is not contained within any one language"  Ezra Pound
     
     
    UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL   
    SUPERVISOR OF WORLD LANGUAGES AND ESL, ALMA REYES    
    (609) 466 7602 ext. 632     areyes@mtsd.us
     
    OUR MISSION  is ...
    to develop 21st century global citizens;
    to develop an appreciation, tolerance and understanding of other cultures;
    to help eliminate racism, prejudice, and bias by understanding those different than ourselves;
    to encourage life-long interest and love for world languages and cultures; 
    to cultivate the ability to communicate with a range of people by developing linguistic proficiency.
     
    WHAT IS THE ELEMENTARY FLEX PROGRAM?  
     
     
    CURRICULUM 
    The curriculum uses the Understanding by Design (UbD) approach and is organized in thematic units to provide meaningful context for academic and cultural content, address national and state standards and assure that students are 21st century college-, careers- and world-ready.  We offer French, German and Spanish classes to all the students at Upper Middle School. Classes meet every other day, for 84 minutes. The Upper Middle School curriculum seeks to provide an appropriate transition between elementary language exposure to deeper levels of language study at the secondary school level.
     
     
    ESTABLISHED GOALS:  STATE AND NATIONAL STANDARDS 
      
     
    PROGRESSION OF STUDY
     
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    FACULTY
     
    Staff Department Email
    Staci Anderson English Learners stacianderson@mtsd.us
    Jessica Giboyeaux Spanish jgiboyeaux@mtsd.us
    Michael Molino French mmolino@mtsd.us
    Elizabeth Oliver Spanish eoliver@mtsd.us
    Susan Procida Spanish sprocida@mtsd.us
    Lale Saatchi German lsaatchi@mtsd.us
    Gerry Plinio French gplinio@mtsd.us