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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. 6321     areyes@mtsd.us
     
    OUR MISSION  is ... to foster life-long learners who have a positive impact on the world by exploring interculturality through discourse about different languages, cultures and real life experiences. Our world languages family promotes acceptance, compassion, respect, equity and social justice.  We envision a world of respectful and globally-minded citizens who think critically, embrace diversity and strive to build just societies that are free of fear and hatred of the unknown other.
     
    ESTABLISHED GOALS:  STATE AND NATIONAL STANDARDS 
     
    WHAT IS THE ELEMENTARY FLEX (Foreign language Exploratory) 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.
     
    PROGRESSION OF STUDY
    MTSD World Languages

    FACULTY
     
    NAME SUBJECT EMAIL
    Staci Anderson English for Multilingual Learners stacianderson@mtsd.us
    Jessica Giboyeaux Spanish jgiboyeaux@mtsd.us
    Michael Molino French mmolino@mtsd.us
    Christine Muenzen Spanish cmeunzen@mtsd.us
    Gerry Plinio French gplinio@mtsd.us
    Lale Saatchi German lsaatchi@mtsd.us