Foreign Language

 
Excellence in Teaching
We are very proud to have so many award winning teachers in WS/FCS!
 
Each year world language teachers are chosen as Teachers of the Year at their schools.  In 2012-13, Stacie Taylor, Spanish teacher at Carver HS and Maria Cook, Spanish teacher at Northwest MS, have been named Teacher of the year at their schools.  Congratulations to Ms. Taylor and Ms. Cook!
 
Several foreign language teachers were named Teacher of the Year for their school in 2009-10. Leah O'Neal, Spanish teacher at Whitaker Elementary, Nancy Dale, French teacher at Union Cross Elementary, Maria Cook, Spanish teacher at Northwest Middle, Yu'Vonne James, Spanish teacher at Hanes Middle, and Wendy Pfeiffer-Quaile, German teacher at Parkland High all received this honor!
 
There are several National Board certified foreign language teachers in WS/FCS. Michelle Bennett, Spanish teacher at Regan HS, Kim Whiteman, Spanish teacher at Mt. Tabor HS, and Danetta Genung, Latin teacher at Reagan HS, have earned National Board Certification. What a great accomplishment!
 
Three teachers recieved Kay Chemical Ecolab Visions for Learning grants in 2008. Cathy Musci, Spanish and French teacher at Kernersville Middle, Amy Talley, Spanish teacher at Ashley Elementary, and Blanca Oliver, Spanish Teacher at South Fork Elementary applied for and received these grants. Mrs. Musci used her funds to purchase a document camera and lcd projector for her classroom. Sra. Talley used her funds for science and math materials for her Spanish classes, and Sra. Oliver used the funds to publish a book she wrote for her students to help them learn and practice their Spanish.

Brigitte Woloszyn was the 2006 Duden Award winner. This is a national award given by the American Association of German Teachers (AATG) for excellence in German instruction. Brigitte is the German teacher at Reynolds High and the Career Center. 


Congratulations to these exceptional Foreign Language teachers!

Impressive Students
Jeremy Sexton, a Latin student at Reynolds HS, earned a gold medal on the Medusa Mythology Exam (MME) in 2010 and was eligible to apply for the MME Achievement Award, the Apollo Award. Jeremy won the Apollo Award, which comes with a $550 cash prize! He competed against other MME gold medal winners from the US and at least 2 other countries.
 

NC Junior Classical League - Latin students attended the NCJCL convention on the campus of Wake Forest University in April 2010.  This convention was attended by over 600 students from across the state, and competitions ranged from Certamen (Latin quiz bowl) to arts and crafts, and from English oratory to Latin skits.  Awards received are listed below.

 

Certamen (Quiz Bowl)

Our Latin II Team placed 2nd in the state!

Kyle McGee, Jeremy Sexton (captain), Savannah Jones, Sarah Anne Semke, Madeleine Richardson, Nathan Beets

 

Creative Writing

9th grade --   2nd - Jeremy Sexton 

10th grade --  1st - Anne O'Brien

                   2nd - Caroline Ciener

                   3rd - Anna Kairoff

                    4th - Kyle McGee

11th grade --  5th - Bennett Sprinkle

12th grade --  1st - Harsha Dama

 

Modern Myth

9th/10th grade -- 5th - Madeleine Richardson

11th/12th grade -- 2nd - Shayna Purcell

 

Multimedia

Movie -- 4th - Harsha Dama

PowerPoint -- 1st - Jeremy Sexton

 

Slogan

5th - Kyle McGee, Trevor Olson

 

Costumes

Couples (Paris & Helen) -- 2nd - Bennett Sprinkle & Ginny Oberle

Girls (Niobe) -- 2nd - Lucy Moxley

                     5th - Frances Oppermann

 

English Oratory

2nd - Zak Brown

 

Arts & Crafts

Large Models -- 2nd - Zak Brown

Watercolor -- 3rd - Shayna Purcell

Games -- 4th - Bo Ward

 

Tests

Mythology -- 1st - Jeremy Sexton

Derivatives -- 2nd - Jeremy Sexton

Grammar, Level II 2nd - Jeremy Sexton

 

Chapter Contests

Scrapbook -- 2nd - Parker Chang created the beautiful wooden box in which the scrapbook was placed.

Skit -- 2nd

Banner -- 5th

Publicity Notebook -- 2nd

 

Olympika

Chariot Race -- 2nd -- charioteer: Trevor Olson

                            horses: Abby Tatter, Sarah Anne Semke, Rebecca Kaplan 

 Frisbee Throw -- 1st -- Zak Brown