A WORLD CLASS WORLD LANGUAGES PROGRAM NORTH SHORE SCHOOLS

GOALS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH INCREASED CREATIVITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORLD OF WORK RECOGNIZE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE AND CULTURES WHICHARE DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN

A MORE RIGOROUS WORLD LANGAUGE REQUIREMENT CURRENT Grade 6: Introduction 3/6 Grade 7 & 8 Level I Checkpoint A Grade 9 Level II Grade 10 Level III Grade 11 Level IV Grade 12 Level V/AP Grade 6: Mandarin/Spanish (3/6) Grade 7 Level I Grade 8 Level II Grade 9 Level III Grade 10 Level IV Grade 11 Level V/AP Grade 12 Level VI Checkpoints A and B remain in grade 8 and 10, but will be much more rigorous

OPTION A GRADES K-2MANDARIN GRADES 3-6MANDARIN/SPANISH GRADES 7-12MANDARIN/SPANISH/ITALIAN FRENCH & LATIN GRADE 6 WOULD HAVE A CHOICE OF SPANISH/ITALIAN FRENCH AND LATIN FOR SPANISH, MANDARIN, FRENCH, ITALIAN AND LATIN WOULD ALL BE OFFERED THROUGH LEVEL SIX INSTEAD OF LEVEL 5 ALL LANGUAGES CAN BE USED TO FUFILL THE WORLD LANGUAGES GRADUATION ALL STUDENTS WOULD GRADUATE WITH ONE ADDITONAL LEVEL OF LANGAUGE INSTRUCTION

OPTION B GRADES K-2MANDARIN GRADES 3-6MANDARIN/SPANISH GRADES 7-8MANDARIN/SPANISH/ITALIAN FRENCH GRADES 9-12MANDARIN/SPANISH/ITALIAN FRENCH/LATIN GRADE 6 WOULD HAVE A CHOICE OF SPANISH/ITALIAN FRENCH AND LATIN FOR SPANISH, MANDARIN, FRENCH, ITALIAN WOULD ALL BE OFFERED THROUGH LEVEL SIX INSTEAD OF LEVEL 5 ALL LANGUAGES CAN BE USED TO FUFILL THE WORLD LANGUAGES GRADUATION ALL STUDENTS WOULD GRADUATE WITH ONE ADDITONAL LEVEL OF LANGAUGE INSTRUCTION

OPTION C GRADES K-6MANDARIN MANDARIN GRADES 7-8MANDARIN/SPANISH/ITALIAN FRENCH GRADES 9-12MANDARIN/SPANISH/ITALIAN FRENCH/LATIN GRADE 6 WOULD HAVE A CHOICE OF SPANISH/ITALIAN FRENCH AND LATIN FOR SPANISH, MANDARIN, FRENCH, ITALIAN WOULD ALL BE OFFERED THROUGH LEVEL SIX INSTEAD OF LEVEL 5 ALL LANGUAGES CAN BE USED TO FUFILL THE WORLD LANGUAGES GRADUATION ALL STUDENTS WOULD GRADUATE WITH ONE ADDITONAL LEVEL OF LANGAUGE INSTRUCTION