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I am Mr. Hinks, your child’s world language teacher. I have been teaching at MMS since 2015 and I am proud to call it my home! Before my time at MMS I taught eight years of bilingual kindergarten which was much different from the high school Spanish honors program I originally taught. As you can guess I am a fluent Spanish speaker and lived in Costa Rica for a short period of time to help grow and shape my Spanish language skills. As for my extracurricular duties I am a yearbook sponsor with Ms. Regul and comic book club sponsor with Mr. Riordan. I love to travel and experience new cultures and places. I am also an animal lover with two dogs at home and am happily married.

My exploratory class is broken up into five separate terms spanning seven weeks each, in which each grade learns about the different aspects of language learning including foreign language and culture.

  • Our sixth grade students we will be exploring world languages including American sign language, Latin, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Japanese.

  • Our seventh grade students will be learning simple Spanish phrases and communications along with vocabulary building activities. Students will also be learning history and culture of Spanish-speaking countries.

  • Our eighth grade students will continue learning Spanish phrases, vocabulary, grammar, and how to conjugate verbs in sentences. Students will also learn the history and culture of many South American Spanish-speaking countries.

I am always more than happy to connect with parents and families over the phone, through email, in person, whichever is easiest for you please let me know. Remember that you are your child’s greatest teacher, so let’s work together to make sure that your child has the greatest possible experience in world languages!

On the following pages you will find electronic copies of our class work based on each week. These are Google Documents and Google Slides. All class materials and documents can be found on our Google classroom to which your child has access. If you would like to join our google classroom to help your child keep up on their assignments please email me and I will add you as a guardian to our Google classroom.

Sincerely,

John Hinks, M.Ed., MS

World Languages Teacher

McHenry Middle School

Assistant Track Coach, Yearbook & Comic Book Club Advisor