Assabet Valley recognizes the importance of offering world languages
to its students. We strongly encourage all college-bound students to
take a minimum of 2 years of a foreign language. This fulfills the
requirement that many college admissions programs are looking for
students to have.
Spanish I, II, and III is offered
face-to-face during the regular school day by one of our three certified
Spanish teachers. We also offer a variety of other languages through
our online Virtual High School and Rosetta Stone Foundations programs:
http://www.rosettastone.com/k12/languages
https://my.vhslearning.org/publicstudentcourselist.aspx
The
ability to communicate with others is of vital importance in the world
today. As international business and travel expand, they bring an
increased need and opportunity to interact with people from other
cultures.
Not only must students develop an ability to
communicate with people in a variety of languages, but also they must
develop an understanding and appreciation of the variety of cultures in
Spanish and other world language-speaking countries to compete in a
global society. By teaching world languages, we prepare our students to
become productive citizens of our democratic society and of the world.