MHS to Hold World Language Open House

The World Languages Deptartment will welcome members of the community during the week of Dec. 12 to catch a brief glimpse of several language classes during a typical school day.

The department will also hold an official ribbon cutting for its new computer lab during that week to thank school district administrators, the education foundation, the Millburn High School PTO and others whose support made the lab possible.

Community members are encouraged to follow this link to select a day and a time to visit from the given options.

Visits will occur during select class periods and language sections, each day during the week.

During the open house, some of the World Languages students will meet parents in the high school's main lobby five minutes before the start of each tour. These students will serve as escorts throughout the visits, which will consist of observing three, four or five language courses within one 43-minute class period.

MHS offers instruction in five different world languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin Chinese and Latin.

The classes are taught at various levels of difficulty:

• Advanced Placement, for the highly motivated students whose goal is to master the language in preparation for the nationally administered AP exam in May. Workload is rigorous and expectations for language mastery in reading, writing, speaking, and listening are high. AP classes are modeled after third-year university seminars.
• Accelerated, for the motivated students looking to go beyond average instruction. With higher expectations and a fast-paced curriculum featuring more oral presentations, listening exercises, writing prompts and short-story reading, accelerated classes in this department are generally challenging.
• CPA (College Prep), for students looking to achieve a typical college-preparatory course in the respective language. CPA courses have high academic demand.
• CPB (College Prep), for interested students seeking more general-interest education in the respective language. CPB courses have academic demands less than those of CPA courses.

In addition to general language classes, the MHS World Language Department offers special interest classes such as AP Spanish Literature, French Film, Spanish Business and French Business.

For cancellations or questions, please email Department Chair Abigail Crespo at abigail.crespo@millburn.org