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Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship

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Overview

Logo for the Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship, featuring a stylized globe with South America highlighted in red.

At the Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship, students take immersion Spanish classes during all four years of high school. In addition, students take at least one year of another world language and have the opportunity to travel and study abroad. Students gain a respect for the diversity of languages, backgrounds and values. Insight into the structure of the English language is expanded. Students also acquire an understanding of the close connection between language and culture and the nature of language. They develop creative expressions and logical thinking and are able to communicate and exchange ideas and information. Further, students are empowered with the sense of an international community.

The Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship opened for the 1993-94 school year and was referred to as the Foreign Language Immersion Center at J. R. Tucker High School. We are proud to continue this tradition beyond our second decade. We offer high school students an opportunity to prepare themselves to thrive in a society that is rapidly becoming global in nature.

By taking advantage of the opportunities we provide, students can develop a very high level of proficiency in Spanish, which is a language of major importance in the world today. The course sequence starts in the ninth grade, and participants normally have already had one year of study in the language they choose to pursue. Exceptions can be made for highly motivated and talented students.

Goals and Objectives

  • Develop a near-native proficiency in Spanish.
  • Promote awareness, acceptance, and understanding of cultural differences.
  • Reinforce knowledge in other school subjects through cross-curricular activities.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the nature of languages through comparisons of Spanish to English
  • Use Spanish at school and beyond by taking advantage of volunteer opportunities and the study-abroad program.
  • Show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using Spanish for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

    • Attend a two-week summer jump start program to make a smoother transition into high school.
    • Learn to think logically in Spanish by being completely immersed in 2 or more classes per day.
    • Take SOL, AP and other classes required for graduation in our program.
    • Enjoy smaller classes and a family atmosphere.
    • Listen to native guest speakers.
    • Take College level courses to have credits for the future
    • Graduate with a special diploma.
    • Earn the Seal of Bi-Literacy from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
    • Go to college prepared for advanced courses.
    • Step into higher education, U.S. military or workforce as a bilingual young adult.

    • Improves entrance test scores on SAT, ACT, MCAT and LSAT exams.
    • Catches the eye of anyone reading your application.
    • Enhances opportunities working in any field (e.g., government, business, law, medicine, technology, education and the military).

    • Interesting, hands-on activities.
    • Guest speakers.
    • Field trips, summer study abroad.
    • Local and global service opportunities.
    • Cultural events.