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World Languages

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

New Courses Planned for Chatham High School

Honors credits will give incentive to keep taking world language courses, principal said.

Chatham High School will begin offering honors credits to the majority of its level-four world language courses starting in the 2013-14 school year to encourage students to continue learning their respective languages, principal Darren Groh said. Groh, who gave a presentation on the high’s schools program of studies during Monday’s Board of Education of the School District of the Chathams meeting, said attaching honors credits to classes will increase students’ grade point averages and provide incentive to take the advanced placement course in their senior year. Groh explained that many students take level-four classes as juniors, having taken a world language during middle school and beginning freshman year at level two. Superintendent …

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