Welcome to Lynn Public Schools 6-12
World Languages Department
We are passionate about exploring world languages and cultures. When students engage in our World Languages curriculum, they not only enhance their language proficiency but also gain valuable cultural insights. The department subscribes to a proficiency-based approach to teach language and culture, focusing on the four domains: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Our language courses foster communication and self-expression in the target language through thematic units relevant to students' daily lives and interests.
Students entering the 9th grade in Lynn Public Schools will have taken a Spanish placement test in the 8th grade to determine their placement for high school. Students who have tested will be placed into appropriately challenging courses according to their language proficiency level.
Thus, 9th graders' course entry level will be determined by the placement test and students should elect and plan to continue a program in World Languages for as long of a sequence as possible. It is recommended that students follow a sequential program of at least three years, preferably four.
Most of the language courses are offered as both a moderately paced college-preparatory class and as an intensively paced honors class. As seniors, students are encouraged to take the Seal of Biliteracy test to demonstrate their language skills. Qualifying scores will offer students college credits in some universities and proof of their level of language to put on their resumes for any career.