Dear Parents and Community Members:
Welcome to the World Language Department at Westwood Regional High School.
At Westwood High School, students can build upon their knowledge of French with Mr. Jeffrey Welfel or Mrs. Catherine Meringolo, Spanish with Mr. Miguel Thomas, Mrs. Jennifer Lifrieri, Mrs. Karen Reich, Mrs. Nicole Sigona, or Mrs. Penni Winters. In addition, students may opt to learn Italian with Mrs. Christina Radici or Ms. Adriana Durso. Four levels of French, Italian, and Spanish are offered at the high school along with an honors track. In addition, students may enroll in the AP French, AP Spanish, and AP Italian Language and Cultures courses.
World Language instructors at the high school incorporate best practice in their content area by evaluating their students’ progress with Integrated Performance Assessments or IPAs. In a traditional IPA, the teacher selects a unit based theme and the students are assessed across the interpretive mode (reading and/or listening), interpersonal mode (speaking and listening), and presentational mode (speaking and/or writing).
The French, Italian, and Spanish Honor Societies are extracurricular academic organizations for students to further engage in the learning of World Languages.
All members of the World Language Department are committed to professional development and are encouraged to join professional organizations (FLENJ-Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey and ACTFL-American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language).
K-12 Supervisor of Humanities