World Language
Supervisor K-12 World Language
Annamaria Bellino
(908) 709-3496
Grade 5 World Language Selection Process:
If you have any questions and/or would like additional information on a particular language before your child makes a decision, please do not hesitate to contact Annamaria Bellino via email. Once you feel that a decision can be made, please follow these steps:
On your 5th grade child's district issued device, please have your child log into their Cranford Schools Google account and access the link for their current grade 5 school:
Grade 5 World Language Selection Forms: (links below)
Please complete this process by Friday, February 29, 2024 or a language will be selected for your child based on scheduling needs. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
Our students live in a multilingual society; the ability to communicate effectively in more than one language and an understanding of other languages and cultures are vital to the success of our students.
In the Cranford Public Schools World Languages program, students are supported in their second language learning beginning in elementary school where they start to understand the similarities and fundamental differences between the English and Spanish accent, pronunciation and language. By grade six, students select a full-time program where they may continue in their Spanish study or pursue French, German, Japanese or Latin.
Throughout their World Language experience in middle school, students increasingly reach higher levels of communicative proficiency to prepare for continued study in the Cranford High School World Languages program. Students engage in activities that promote their interpretive reading and listening, presentational writing and speaking and interpersonal communication skills in a second language through content rooted in the Advanced Placement (AP) Themes (Beauty and Aesthetics, Science and Technology, Personal and Public Identities, Families and Communities, Global Challenges. and Contemporary Life).
At the high school, novice levels through advanced levels of instruction are offered in five languages: French, German, Japanese, Latin and Spanish. Customarily, students proceed through the levels in sequential order; non-sequential progression may be considered on an individual basis via administration of a placement test.
Students are encouraged to continue in their language study throughout their high school career and are also invited to begin studying a second World Language to further develop their cultural understanding and enhance their linguistic abilities. Students who demonstrate proficiency in a second language in addition to English, may qualify for the Global Seal of Biliteracy and/or the New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy. By achieving the Seal of Biliteracy, students demonstrate that they are able to speak, read, comprehend and write in two or more languages at a high level of proficiency. This honor is awarded during senior year to those who meet New Jersey State testing requirements.
World Languages Department Staff:
Elementary (Grades 1-5):
Brookside Place School Spanish:
Ms. Robin Bramwell
Bloomingdale Avenue School Spanish / Orange Avenue School Spanish:
Ms. Antonella Johari
Walnut Avenue School Spanish/ Livingston Avenue School Spanish:
Ms. Alejandra Davila
Brookside Place School Spanish/ Hillside Avenue School Spanish:
Ms. Amy Imhof
Middle School:
Hillside Avenue School:
Hillside Avenue School French grades 6,7,8:
Ms. Rosemarie Alagia
Hillside Avenue School German grades 6,7,8:
Mr. Brian Elliott
Hillside Avenue School Japanese grades 6,7,8:
Ms. Catherine Fisco
Hillside Avenue School Latin grades 6,7,8:
Ms. Kristen Falkenheim
Hillside Avenue School Spanish grades 6,7:
Mr. Jason Quiceno-Sierra
Hillside Avenue School Spanish grades 7,8:
Ms. Meghan Rabasca
Orange Avenue School:
Orange Avenue School French grades 6,7,8:
Ms. Rosemarie Alagia
Hillside Avenue School German grades 6,7,8 and
Orange Avenue School German grades 6,7:
Mr. Brian Elliott
Orange Avenue School German grade 8:
Ms. Denice Schmidt
Orange Avenue School Japanese grades 6,7,8:
Ms. Catherine Fisco
Orange Avenue School Latin grades 6,7,8:
Ms. Kristen Falkenheim
Orange Avenue School Spanish grade 6:
Ms. Magaly Rodriguez
Orange Avenue School Spanish grade 7:
Ms. Liliam Sanabia
Orange Avenue School Spanish grade 8:
Ms. Katherine Reggio
Cranford High School:
French:
Mr. Sean Whipple
German:
Ms. Denice Schmidt
Japanese:
Ms. Kristin Wingate
Latin:
Ms. Aileen McGuire
Spanish:
Ms. Mary Burton
Ms. Christina Corlett
Ms. Daniella Goodarz
Ms. JoAnn Palumbo
Ms. Yasmin Torres