1. A WORLD CLASS WORLD LANGUAGES PROGRAM NORTH SHORE SCHOOLS

2. 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

3. 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 2014-2015 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

4. 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 2013-2014. 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

5. 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 2013-2014 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

6. 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 2013-2014 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