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The PK-12 Modern and Classical Languages Department is fully committed to developing the students' understanding of and active engagement in foreign and classical languages, cultures and literatures in an environment attentive to both curricular articulation from division to division and to developmental and learning style needs. Our program is designed in view of preparing students to become productive and committecitizens of the global world.
Learn more about our approach to language in the Lower School.
Read about the professional development, cultural immersion and travels of the Blake Modern and Classical Languages faculty
To learn more, please e-mail MCL PreK-12 Department Chair Roberto Lazo
Lower School MCL Program Team Natsuko Dieterle - Japanese, 2 and 3 grades Laura Sbarra-Anderson - French K and 1 grade Andrea Sepulveda - Spanish 4 and 5 grades
Middle School Lynn Baete - Spanish Shelly Pomonis - Spanish Alita Shenk - Latin Courtney Shaw - Latin Séverine Stevens - French Christy Wagner - Latin Shannon Young - Mandarin Chinese
Upper School Michèle Cassavante - French Silvana Dessi-Olive - French Jon Dicus - Spanish Jennifer Duronio - Spanish Alicen Foresman - Latin Shirley Johnson, Mandarin Chinese Gina Housman Nieder - Spanish JJ Kahle - Spanish Roberto Lazo, Spanish (PK-12 Chair) Nancy Rodman - French Robynne Runyon - Spanish Alita Shenk - Latin Ju-Chang Wang - Mandarin Chinese
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