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Ellberg showing the Spanish song of the day to her period six class. Photo by: Davin Dedman

Ventura High School’s language madness

Davin Dedman and Brody Daw April 2, 2023

French and Spanish classes add their own twist on March Madness The month of March is one that drives rooms 119 and 225 “mad.” March madness originally is classified as a bracket that pertains to...

(Top to bottom) Grace Ellberg, Olivier Cougard and Claudio Lonardo. Cougard is the VHS French teacher. Italian is taught by Lonardo. Ellberg is one of the Spanish teachers. Photos by: Sophia Denzler

Battle of the Languages

Sophia Denzler November 19, 2021

Spanish, French, Italian: a feature on the VHS foreign language department Spanish, French, Italian: a feature on the VHS foreign language department Students at VHS get to choose between Spanish,...

French Teacher, Sebastien DeClerck stands in front of his world map which he uses to educate his students on geography since it is no longer offered at Ventura High School. Photo by: Charlotte DOrsi

Monolingualism: the illiteracy of the 21st century

Charlotte D'Orsi September 23, 2019

In 2009, the United States Census Bureau reported that only 20 percent of Americans speak a second language besides English, that’s 61 million out of 305 million, so, in other words, not a lot of people....

 Period 6 Spanish students. 
Photo by: Lily Lara

Opinion: After one year, you shouldn’t be done

Liliana Lara and Hailey Cox September 23, 2017

VHS has four foreign languages available for students to take: Spanish, Italian, German and French. Students get the opportunity to learn about the important holidays and traditions of these different...

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