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Hola! I am Victoria Roberts. This is my 10th year teaching at the Compass School. iF you have a question related to the Spanish department, I would be happy to talk! We have a fabulous team of 4 Spanish teachers at Compass. We offer six different levels of Spanish. We are serious about Spanish at Compass! Students get an early start to Spanish. They start learning Spanish as a main lesson (it is NOT an elective) from seventh grade. Upon graduating, many students consider themselves Spanish speakers that have reached a level of bilingualism.
In my decade being at this escuela magnifca , I am seeing more and more alumni graduate from Compass on their way to becoming bilingual. Now I am seeing a few graduates in the process of becoming trilingual. Spanish (and now Arabic, Chinese, Japanese) has become an important and very creative part of their lives that has opened doors to exciting work and travel opportunities.
It is my philosophy that knowing another language is just plain fun. It makes daily life more .
Why we offer only Spanish at Compass
- Based on one of our Essential School Philosophies that “Less is more,” it makes sense with our size and resources, to create one strong language program rather than two weaker ones. Having two language teachers enables collaborative teaching.
- A shared curriculum and language builds community within the school.
- Spanish is a relevant language to learn. It is an “American” language spoken by a substantial portion of the population in our own country, and is the second most commonly spoken language in the world.
- All juniors go to a Spanish-speaking country together for a two week service learning trip.
- Spanish is the easiest language for English speakers to learn. Once one has epxerienced the process of learning another language, other languages are much easier to learn.