Meet The Teacher

Sally Barnes has been teaching French and Spanish at PVC since September 2005. She received her BA in French and Spanish from Middlebury College in Vermont and her MAT from Manhattanville College. She is certified in both French and Spanish for grades 1 -12.

Sally worked in the travel industry for 17 years, using her French and Spanish in numerous sales positions for companies such as SNCF (French National Railroads), Club Mediteranee and Occidental Hotels (based in Madrid). She started out teaching Spanish at CET part time and after finishing graduate school came to PVC. She feels strongly that learning a second language is critical to acquiring 21st century skills and becoming a better global citizen. She and her family live in Croton.

Sally served as 2021 President of the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT). NYSAFLT is an organization which promotes the importance of learning a World Language throughout NY State. Sally participated in the Hudson Valley World Language Standards Review Committee which helped shape the 2021 revised World Language Standards. She has also helped write curriculum with other world language educators from NYS based on these revised standards.

This year she is the Curriculum Coordinator for the PVC World Language Department.

Name: Sally Barnes

Grade/Subject: French Grades 6,7,8

Room #: 401

E-Mail Address: Sally.Barnes@chufsd.org

Telephone Number: 914-271-2191, ext. 1725