Curriculum
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The teaching of foreign languages provides a variety of benefits:
- Teaches listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture with emphasis on communication
- Exposes students to the beauty and richness of other languages and civilizations
- Strengthens cognitive thinking skills
- Supports the native language of the student and reinforces English grammar
The ultimate goal of an academic elementary program is to complete successfully
the level one high school curriculum. The high schools currently require a foreign
language placement test and/or written recommendation by the student's foreign
language teacher.
Diocese of Arlington Office of Catholic Schools
Foreign Language Curriculum Guidelines
St. Thomas Aquinas Regional School implemented a Spanish language program first through eighth grade in 2005-06 school year.
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