Fulton County Schools :: K-12 Curriculum Division :: World Languages Department

World Language students at Camp Creek Middle School recently celebrated their first Cultural Emphasis on World Languages Week. C.E.W.L (pronounced COOL) Week was a celebration of world language learning where the emphasis was put on the cultural aspect of the languages being studied (French and Spanish). Each day was given a different cultural theme. On Monday, guest speakers came to the school to speak to the students about their experiences in the target cultures. Culturally rich movies were shown in each language during World Language classes on Tuesday. On Wednesday, students toured the cultural gallery of various projects created by their classmates and themselves. On Thursday, French and Spanish classes competed in a cultural trivia game in which the Spanish classes were deemed the champions and presented the C.E.W.L. Week trophy. Finishing the week was “Food Day” on Friday. Students brought in dishes from the cultures being studied and were able to taste a wide variety of different foods. The World Language department at Camp Creek Middle School looks forward to celebrating C.E.W.L. week during the 2009-2010 school year!

Roswell High School Students Win Awards at the Georgia Junior Classical League State Convention!

Alex Ahmed, Robby Campbell, Kendall Carney, Cole Crews, Grey Friend, Elizabeth Kinkaid, Morgan McDermott, Elizabeth Nedouva, Katie O’Fallon, Lauren Purser and Amber Reynolds.

A small, but successful, delegation of Roswell High School Latin students participated in numerous activities and competitions during the weekend of April 17 through 19, 2009 at the Georgia Junior Classical League State Convention at Rock Eagle. The Roswell students took tests, participated in Roman military re-enactments, raced chariots, and assisted with convention registration.

Among the awards won by Roswell were 2nd Place for School Spirit, 3rd Place for Miscellaneous Art, 4th Place for Scrapbook ,and over 45 Top Twenty finishes in academic competitions on a variety of subjects, such as Roman History, Latin derivatives, mythology, Roman daily life, Latin grammar and reading comprehension.

These Latin students are taught by Ms. Alison Murphy at Roswell High School. In addition, Ms. Murphy was selected as the Roswell High School Teacher of the Year 2009! The teaching of Latin is only one of the many languages taught by the highly acclaimed staff of the World Languages Department. This outstanding department is under the leadership of Ms. Celeste Wesner, Department Chairperson, at Roswell High School.

Northview High School student wins the Langenscheidt Award for German!

The Langenscheidt Award honors a student who has accomplished noteworthy activities and achievements directly pertaining to the study of German in the state of Georgia.

The recipient will be chosen by the chapter's Executive Council of the American Association of Teachers of German and the Testing and Awards Chair.

Congratulations to Soleil Robichaud as the 2008/2009 recipient of this prestigious award!

Congratulations to Ham Lim Yue for her 3rd place award (national award) in the 4th Chinese Bridge US High School Student Chinese Speech Contest! She participated in the contest on April 18 at the Confucius Institute at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. We are very proud of Xian Wu and her student!

Congratulations to the following students in Fulton County who are Finalits for participation in the Governor's Honors Program. The Governor's Honors Program is a six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners.

Paul	Ahn -	Northview High	Latin
Mannkyo	Cho -	Northview High	German
Meredith	Dean -	Milton High	French
Yuval	Deken -	Northview High	Latin
Alexandra	Martin -	Milton High	French
Andrew	Mowry -	Milton High	French
Binita	Patel -	Chattahoochee High	Spanish
Parth	Sehgal -	Northview High	Latin
Ravneet	Singh -	Northview High	Spanish

Congratulations to these students and their teachers for their hard work and effort!

Nine Roswell High School students competed at the annual Japanese Academic Bowl known as Japan Challenge on Saturday March 28th at Agnes Scott College. The following students placed in the competition and won awards:

Japanese Level 1 finished in 1st place –Andrew Par, Dylan Hornibrook and Eirene Lakshita

In addition, Katie Flynn participated in the Japanese Speech Contest against college students; unfortunately, the top prize went to former Roswell H.S. student, Colin Clark! Katie Flynn’s speech amazed many in the audience, and the judges were very impressed with her while she competed against college students!

Fulton County would like to congratulate the following students from Centennial High School for their participation in the state German Competition. Students competed and placed in a variety of competitions with other German students from across the state! Congratulations, Centennial HS German Students!

On January 16, 2009, Northview High School had celebrated its first Chinese New Year festival. The festival began at 6:00 p.m. in Northview’s cafeteria, with many delicious Chinese cuisines catered by a local Chinese restaurants. An estimation of about 300 people came to taste and experience a bit of the Chinese culture. The festival ended with Cultural Extravaganza production that was performed by members of the Chinese Culture Club, and many students currently taking Chinese. The show was designed to offer a view of the Chinese Culture while celebrating the year of the Ox. The performances included; fabulous fan dancing, Chinese cultural instruments playing, performing skits, Chinese poem reading, and singing. The Chinese Culture Club of Northview HS would like to give great thanks to community members who attended and supported our performers as we celebrated the Chinese New Year. We also would like to thank Mrs. Wu, Ms. Juan, and Mr. Williams to make this event happen and to thank them for giving their time to this festival. Happy Chinese New Year to everyone and we would like to see more people next year!

In February, ACTFL and the foreign language community will once again celebrate an entire month dedicated to Discover Languages...Discvoer the World!, the national public awareness campaign designed to publicize the importance of learning languages and to bring understanding of other cultures to all americans. (www.discoverlanguages.org)

Do your part in promoting Foreign Languages by becoming an advocate. Share these public service announcements with your neighbors, and colleagues around your community!

Ms. Miyuki Johnson and her Japanese world language students at Elkins Pointe Middle School traveled across the Pacific Ocean at 5:20pm on December 11th, without ever having to leave their classroom. (more pictures) With the technical support of Ms. Anne Sexton, the students participated in a live, long-distance video conference with pen-pal students in Hikarigaoka Junior High School in Japan using Skype. Elkins Pointe students could hardly believe their eyes when their pen-pals stood in front of the remote camera for the first time. The Japanese students were dressed in their school uniforms and were busy preparing for class (the time in Japan was 7:20am, a fourteen hour difference). With excitement and laughter, along with some occasional confusion due to language difficulties, the students discussed a variety of topics including holiday plans, the Japanese New Year, and, of course, Japanese manga (cartoons). Throughout this exchange, students were able to recognize how technology serves to connect different cultures together. Students also learned that successful communication requires a working knowledge of the language and culture as well. These factors were immediately noticeable by their eager smiles and conversations after the conference had concluded, “I need to study harder so that next time I can communicate better!”

Riverwood International Charter School's Third Annual Japanese Festival will be January 22nd 1pm-3pm. Presentations will include: origami, sushi rolling, karate demonstrations, a karaoke room, a DDR dance off, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, video games, anime, the chopstick challenge, learn to write your name, a wasabi eating contest, a mediation room, etc. It is great opportunity to:

WBMS will be doing a "live" Canadian exchange with their 8th grade French students. Their first live connection will be Thursday, December 11th. See what this is all about by going to http://nortellearnit.org/borders.

The AATF is pleased to announce its organization of the seventh annual National French Week.This week-long celebration of all things French will take place in schools and communities and AATF chapters across the U.S. from November 5-11, 2007.We are asking our members and any other interested Francophones and Francophiles to take French out of the classroom and demonstrate all the reasons to learn French.

L'AATF est heureuse d'annoncer l'organisation de la septièmeSemaine de Français.Cette fête de tout ce qui est français aura lieu dans les écoles et dans les villes et dans les chapitres de l'AATF à travers les États-Unis du 5-11 novembre 2008.Nous demandons à nos membres et à tout Francophone intéressé de sortir le français de la salle de classe et de montrer au public toutes les bonnes raisons pour apprendre le français.

Did you know that North Springs High School students represent the cultures of over 70 countries around the world? We pride ourselves on our cultural diversity and enjoy sharing and learning about traditions from other places.

One of the most popular events hosted by the students, parents, and staff of the school, International night consists of: a food sampling and culture display at individual booths set up in the cafeteria; a parade of Nations; a show highlighting the performance talents of our students and staff in the theater.

We look forward to seeing you there! Contact North Springs Charter High School @ 770-551-2490 ext 196 to volunteer, or participate by setting up a booth representing your country.

Every 1st Friday of the Month, Riverwood will be hosting a French Movie Night. Please Join the World Languages Department for French Movie Night on Friday, November 7th at 4:00P.M in the Riverwood Auditorium. A recent French Comedy titled "My Best Friend" in French, with English subtitles, will be featured. To begin the evenings festivities, a short film produced by Riverwood French students highlighting cultural differences between French and American schools will be shown. French food will be served, and be sure to participate in the French games!

Thanks to all of the teachers who nominated students for Governors Honors in World Language. A total of 104 World Language students were nominated. Students participated in a written assessment as well as Oral Interviews that were conducted in the target language. Fulton will be sending students in French, German, Latin and Spanish to represent us at the State Semi-Finals!

Hispanic Heritage month is a national celebration in the United States which began in 1968 as a week-long remembrance. Today, Hispanic Heritage month begins on September 15, the independence day of five Spanish speaking countries, and ends on October 15, a few days after “Día de la Raza” (Day of Our Race), which celebrates the heritage of many Latin Americans. Hopewell Middle School students celebrated Hispanic Hertige Month by writing essays and making posters of influential. Hispanic Heritage Month Projects