Spanish

Students at MSA are required to take Spanish and pass each year according to the flowchart. The purpose of this six-year program is to form a strong basis of the Spanish language. The learning includes grammar, vocabulary, writing, literature, conversation, and culture. Students will leave MSA with a strong background in Spanish to help them in their college studies. 

Students in 8th through 11th grade who are new to MSA and have not taken any Spanish courses will be placed into High School Spanish I. 

Students with previous Spanish experience coming to MSA will take a placement test to determine a starting level and follow the flow chart from there. This does not apply to incoming 6th graders who have had Spanish approximately once a week throughout elementary school but Spanish immersion students and native speakers will take the placement test. Students need to follow the flowchart based on the benchmarks at MSA. For example, this means they may have taken a class called “Spanish II” at another school that is not the equivalent of our Spanish II because we start Spanish in 6th grade and have different course names. This student may still be placed into MSA Spanish I based on the placement test.

Exceptions  

• • A 6th grade student who has gone through the immersion program may take a placement test and has the potential to start in Middle School Spanish IA, Middle School Spanish IB, or MSA Spanish II depending on their score. This student would follow an accelerated path until they exhaust the Spanish program at MSA.