Shauna’s Notes on Italian
World Languages Faces Another Setback… We previously reported that regular Italian 4 classes at GL were not being offered due to low enrollment and that students who would have been in the class had the option to join a combined Honors Italian 4/AP Italian mega-class with about 28 students and no support. We are now hearing reports from Columbia Middle...
Berkeley Heights Public Schools Lacks a World Language Program in Chinese (or Asian) Studies
Where is the “inclusion” and “diversity”? – An Educator in the Community Shares A Second Article on our World Languages Program Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS) is the only surrounding district that does not have – nor considers – a Chinese/Asian World Language program for high school students. Following up on the first article where Columbia Middle School (CMS) students...
Expanding World Language Programs Nearby Leaves Berkeley Heights’ Students Behind
An Educator in the Community Offers Insight into Our World Languages Program At this moment, a seventh grade student taking World Language (Spanish, French, Italian) at Columbia Middle School (CMS) only receives half-year of instruction. Whereas for the remaining half of the school year, CMS students take another elective or in many cases, an unstructured study hall in a noisy...
Does The Middle Matter?
The Berkeley Heights Public School District Continues to Fail At Equity where it Matters For years now, Berkeley Heights Public Schools has had a language problem. That can be taken a couple ways – communication from our Superintendent is one-way and self-serving, and the Business Administrator orchestrates conversations to set up her own agenda – but in this case we’re...
BHPSNJ World Languages: Another Casualty
In what has been weeks of difficult news for parents, students and teachers, cuts in World Languages are sliding in under the radar… -Ekin Najarian Last week we learned of cuts to world languages at CMS and GL, and of course, low enrollment is being targeted as the culprit. Despite not having the numbers (because they weren’t provided), we’ll suspend...
Co-Teaching 2 different sections of Italian to 28 students IS acceptable…according to the district!
I received a response to my email regarding the unfavorable conditions being endured by 8th grade students (and single teacher) in Italian. You can read it in full below. Reasons provided why this practice IS reasonable and acceptable are: It’s been happening like this for over 23 years; It’s the only way to keep Italian (like French, or, it seems,...
The Berkeley Heights Public Schools French Controversy of 2022: A Written Record of Events
This article was originally published on Tapinto [https://bit.ly/38Hx25h] On Friday, April 8th, at 11:52 am (a few days before Spring Break), parents with children within the CMS French program received an email from their children’s French Teacher. The email informed parents that the trip planned for Quebec by CMS was in danger of being canceled and that the District was...
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