World Language

Supervisor K-12 World Language
Annamaria Bellino

(908) 709-3496

 

Our students live in a multilingual society; the ability to communicate effectively in more than one language and an understanding of other languages and cultures are vital to the success of our students.

 

In the Cranford Public Schools World Languages program, students are supported in their second language learning beginning in  elementary school where they start to understand the similarities and fundamental differences between the English and Spanish accent, pronunciation and language. By grade six, students select a full-time program where they may continue in their Spanish study or pursue French, German, or Japanese.

 

Throughout their World Language experience in middle school, students increasingly reach higher levels of communicative proficiency to prepare for continued study in the Cranford High School World Languages program. Students engage in activities that promote their interpretive reading and listening, presentational writing and speaking and interpersonal communication skills in a second language through content rooted in the Advanced Placement (AP) Themes (Beauty and Aesthetics, Science and Technology, Personal and Public Identities, Families and Communities, Global Challenges. and Contemporary Life). 

 

At the high school, novice levels through advanced levels of instruction are offered in four languages: French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. Customarily, students proceed through the levels in sequential order; non-sequential progression may be considered on an individual basis via administration of a placement test.

 

Students are encouraged to continue in their language study throughout their high school career and are also invited to begin studying a second World Language to further develop their cultural understanding and  enhance their linguistic abilities. Students who demonstrate proficiency in a second language in addition to English, may qualify for the Global Seal of Biliteracy and/or the New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy. By achieving the Seal of Biliteracy, students demonstrate that they are able to speak, read, comprehend and write in two or more languages at a high level of proficiency. This honor is awarded during senior year to those who meet New Jersey State testing requirements.

 

World Languages Department Staff:

Elementary (Grades 1-5):

Brookside Place School Spanish:

Ms. Robin Bramwell

Bloomingdale Avenue School Spanish / Orange Avenue School Spanish:

Ms. Antonella Johari 

Walnut Avenue School Spanish/ Livingston Avenue School Spanish:

Ms. Alejandra Davila

Brookside Place School Spanish/ Hillside Avenue School Spanish:

Ms. Amy Imhof 

 

Middle School:

Hillside Avenue School:

Hillside Avenue School French grades 6,7,8:

Ms. Rosemarie Alagia

Hillside Avenue School German grades 6,7,8:

Mr. Brian Elliott

Hillside Avenue School Japanese grades 6,7,8:

Ms. Catherine Fisco

Hillside Avenue School Spanish grades 6,7:

Mr. Jason Quiceno-Sierra

Hillside Avenue School Spanish grades 7,8:

Ms. Meghan Rabasca

 

Orange Avenue School:

Orange Avenue School French grades 6,7,8:

Ms. Rosemarie Alagia

Hillside Avenue School German grades 6,7,8 and

Orange Avenue School German grades 6,7:

Mr. Brian Elliott

Orange Avenue School German grade 8:

Ms. Denice Schmidt

Orange Avenue School Japanese grades 6,7,8:

Ms. Catherine Fisco

Orange Avenue School Spanish grade 6:

Ms. Magaly Rodriguez

Orange Avenue School Spanish grade 7:

Ms. Liliam Sanabia

Orange Avenue School Spanish grade 8:

Ms. Katherine Reggio

 

Cranford High School:

 French:

Mr. Sean Whipple

 German:

Ms. Denice Schmidt

Japanese:

Ms. Kristin Wingate

Spanish:

Ms. Mary Burton

Ms. Christina Corlett

Ms. Daniella Goodarz

Ms. JoAnn Palumbo

Ms. Yasmin Torres