Tuesday, March 26, 2013
New World Language program to be implemented at Auten Road Intermediate School.
Pupils at Auten Road Intermediate School will have their choice of what foreign language they want to study under the terms of a program approved by the board of education on Thursday. Enrique Pincay, the district’s supervisor of world languages/English as a second language, said the primary recommendation of a World Language Task Force was the introduction of a foreign language curriculum at the school for grades 5 and 6. The other recommendation was the start of a Chinese I class at the high school in September. Pincay said the earlier exposure to a foreign language will better prepare students for the “global marketplace” of the 21st century. The school district has Chinese and Spanish programs in grades K-4, which has been a success, …
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Spanish and Chinese classes started this year will be expanded in the next school year.
The introduction of Spanish and Mandarin Chinese into the school district’s elementary schools this fall has been “successful.” That was the message delivered to the school board on Monday by Enrique Pincay, the district’s supervisor of world languages and English as a second language. The introduction of the two languages into the K-4 curriculum will “prepare students for the 21st century,” Pincay said. To implement the curriculum, the district re-hired the three Spanish teachers who were laid off when the district faced a budget shortfall and three Chinese teachers, Pincay said. One of the strategies employed by the teachers, Picay said, is “100 percent immersion” in the language once class begins. Textbooks are only used as reference …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Parents applauded elementary World Language initiatives while questioning test score trends at the Community Partnership Network meeting Wednesday.
Parents met the idea of Spanish and Chinese in elementary schools with positive comments, but questioned the district's performance on standardized test during Wednesday's Community Partnership Network meeting. The test data, which was pulled from scores from 2004 through 2010, was part of an independent analysis Schiff conducted since his arrival in January and part of his Building on Excellence strategic plan designed to "redefine priorities for the district," Schiff said at Wednesday night's Community Partnership Network meeting in the Auten Road Intermediate School Cafetorium. When viewed in the broader context of test results on a state and national level, Hillsborough was included among other high performing districts in New Jersey…
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Hillsborough's elementary schools students will learn Spanish and Mandarin Chinese under the reinstated program.
After renewing its World Language program in township elementary schools, the district hopes to have students learning Spanish and Mandarin Chinese in the 2012 school year. The program, slated to launch in Sept. 2012, will require the district to hire six teachers and develop curriculum for the program. The district would hire three Spanish teachers and three Mandarin Chinese teachers, and students would receive half a year of Spanish instruction and half a year of Chinese, according to Enrique Pincay, the district’s World Language supervisor. Curriculum writing for the program would occur during the summer, according to Assistant Superintendent Lisa Antunes. In addition, the teachers hired would be on the lowest rung of the district’s …
Fran
9:44 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013
Well, if you want to limit it to just three languages, then Chinese is a must for one of those three----anyone in business knows that China is where it's leading to these days, so knowing the language is going to become a great asset when job hunting someday!! more ›