THE SELLWOOD BEE- PAMPLIN MEDIA- April 03, 2020
Mary Poppins alights at Sellwood's St. Agatha School
THE SELLWOOD BEE- PAMPLIN MEDIA- December 22nd 2019
St. Agatha Catholic School entrepreneurs reveal 'Business Plans'
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CATHOLIC SENTINEL - December 16th, 2019
Do you hear what I hear?
St. Agatha students’ vocals are on nationally released Christmas single
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CATHOLIC SENTINEL - June 13th 2019
St. Agatha students go 360 degrees globally
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CATHOLIC SENTINEL - January 18, 2019
St. Agatha brings Christmas cheer to disadvantaged youths
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CATHOLIC SENTINEL- January 11th, 2019
A priest and a dad co-teach a St. Agatha religion class
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THE ARLINGTON CATHOLIC HERALD - August 24th 2016
Mother-son principals have zeal for Catholic education
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K-8 SPANISH

At St. Agatha Catholic School, the Kindergarten through Eighth grade classes participate in Spanish class. Kindergarten through 5th grade have Spanish class once a week while the Middle School (6th through 8th grade) have Spanish twice a week. Spanish class is highly interactive and listening to Spanish as much as possible is highly encouraged outside of the classroom and at home

Overall Student Goals
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Learn to appreciate Spanish as a world language and as a powerful second language spoken in the US.
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Focus on reading, listening, speaking and writing as the four main components of Spanish language acquisition
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Use technology to communicate and collaborate with multiple audiences both locally and globally
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Look to incorporate their burgeoning language skills outside of the classroom, and understand why it is important to continue to practice the language even outside of the classroom
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Work on grammar structures and vocabulary acquisition
Kindergarten through Eighth grade Students Will Learn
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Useful thematic vocabulary linked to their lives making the transition from English to the target language as relevant as possible for the students.
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To understand English/Spanish cognates and to use them as a building block to developing greater understanding of the language
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To see language and culture as linked
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To identify ways to use their language skills to help the greater community in line with our school's Catholic values and SLEs

How to practice Spanish during the summer.
Watch movies you have already seen, but in Spanish with English subtitles. Try to identify the words.
Set aside five minutes a day to write at least one sentence.
Listen to a podcast in Spanish
TEACHER: Claudia Andrade & Monica Gutierrez
K-8 SPANISH