Foreign Language Department
 
French Department Italian Department Spanish Department
Staff

 

  
     

The Foreign Language Department at Tappan Zee High School
comprises the modern languages of French, Italian and Spanish.  Our goal is to prepare students to communicate with others in the multicultural / multilingual society in which we live.  By studying and learning another language, students acquire a greater understanding of other cultures and ways of thinking, as well as greater insight into their own culture.  The ability to express oneself in another language and to reach out to others, is a valuable skill for effective communication which students carry beyond the classroom and into the global workplace.  Beyond the Regents’ level, students may opt to enroll for Advanced French I and II , for college credit , Italian IV (college credit) and Italian V (college credit), or Spanish IV, Spanish V (college credit), Survey of Spanish Literature (college credit) or AP Spanish Literature.

Foreign Language Program
Ms. Tricia Castelli, Team Leader

The Foreign Language Program at TZHS is a four/five year program open to all students of any grade level.  Students who are fluent and native to a foreign language may be placed into the course level most appropriate to their linguistic ability upon recommendation of the instructor.  The foreign languages offered at TZHS are French, Italian, and Spanish.  The basic objectives of instruction in these languages are:

  1. An acquisition of the language skills in the use of the foreign language as a tool in communication:
     

  2. An understanding and appreciation of the foreign culture in terms of geographical, historical, political, and cultural features, including the values, customs, and mores of the people living in the foreign culture, their heritage and their unique contributions to western civilization.
     

    1. to understand the foreign language when spoken by a native at normal tempo and on a topic within the student's range of experience.
       

    2. to speak the foreign language on topics within the student's range of experience with sufficient clarity to be understood by a native.
       

    3. to read with direct comprehension material in the foreign language within the student's range of experience,
       

    4. to write in the language on topics within the student's range of experience.

       

  3. The development of positive attitudes toward the foreign language and culture while drawing comparisons with our own.

The prerequisite for all foreign language courses is successful completion of the previous level. Advanced and advanced placement programs also require a teacher recommendation and completion of the Regents sequence through level III.
 

Foreign Language Staff

French

Ms. Mary Anne Root
 Position:  French Teacher
Phone:  680-1600  ext.  7737
e-mail:  mroot@socsd.org
Office hours: Tuesday: 2:30 – 3:15pm / Friday: 2:30 – 3:15pm
Advisor:  French Club       

Italian

Ms. Tricia Castelli – Team Leader
Position: Italian Teacher
Phone: 680-1600 ext. 7786
Email: pcastelli@socsd.org
Office Hours: Tuesday/Friday: 2:30 - 3:15pm
Co–Advisor : Italian Club and Italian Honor Society

Ms. Christina Crowe
Position:  Italian Teacher
Phone:  680-1600 ext. 7285
Email:  ccrowe@socsd.org
Office Hours:  Tuesday: 2:30 - 3:15pm

Ms. Maria Stillo
Position: Italian Teacher
Phone: 680-1600 ext. 7831
email:  mstillo@socsd.org
Office hours: Tuesday: 2:30 - 3:15 / Thursday: 2:30 - 3:15
 Co-Advisor: Italian Club and Italian Honor Society

Spanish

Ms. Claudia Arietta
Position:  Spanish Teacher
Phone:     680-1600  ext.  7777
E-mail:     carietta@socsd.org
Office hours:  Tuesday: 2:30 – 3:15pm / Wednesdays:     2:30 – 3:15pm
Advisor:  Foreign Language Journals

Mr. Peter Burgos
 Position:  Spanish Teacher
Phone:  680-1600  ext.  7732
E-mail:  pburgos@socsd.org
Office hours:  Wednesday: 2:30 – 3:15pm / Friday: 2:30 – 3:15pm
Co-Advisor:  Spanish Honor Society

Ms. Elise Moloney
 Position:  Spanish Teacher
Phone:  680-1600  ext.  7757
e-mail:  emoloney@socsd.org
Office hours:  Tuesday: 2:30 – 3:15pm / Wednesday: 2:30 – 3:15pm
Advisor: Spanish Club
Co Advisor: Spanish Honor Society

Ms. Suzanne Moskowitz
 Position:  Spanish Teacher
Phone:  680-1600  ext.  7753
e-mail:  smoskowitz@socsd.org
Office hours: Tuesday: 2:30 – 3:00pm / Fridays:  2:30 - 3:30pm

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