Philosophy:  In a nation of cultural diversity and international activity, the need to communicate for spiritual and commercial reasons increases.  The study of another language gives a student the opportunity to develop sensitivity to the culture of others, which enables the student to live more fully a life of Christian citizenship in a changing global society.

 Spanish 1:  This class develops basic vocabulary, sentence structure, and verbal communication of the Spanish language.  Immediate immersion allows students to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills beginning on the first day and continuing throughout the year.  Present tense verbs, sentence structure and adjective agreement are emphasized in oral and written materials.

 Spanish 2:  Daily living vocabulary, sentence structure, and verbal communication of the Spanish language is expanded.  Students also continue to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.  Students learn to more completely describe situations and give a more thorough account about a known topic.  Students will also begin use of the preterit and present progressive tense.

 Spanish 3:  This class will continue to expand daily living vocabulary, sentence structure, and verbal communication of the Spanish language.  Students will be moving towards complete immersion in the classroom.  They will continue to add verb tenses and more complex forms of communication to their knowledge base.

 Spanish 4:  Spanish literacy and becoming conversational in the Spanish language will be the main focus.  The class will continue to master the various verb tenses learned in the previous years as well build on the vocabulary they’ve acquired.  This class will be conducted entirely in Spanish and will be enhanced with native speakers whenever possible.