ITALIAN COURSES

FRENCH COURSES

SPANISH COURSES

Italian I

French I

Spanish I

Italian II / II Honors

French II / II Honors

Spanish II / II Honors

Italian III / III Honors

French III / III Honors

Spanish III /III Honors

Italian IV / IV Honors

French IV / IV Honors

Spanish IV / IV Honors

Italian V AP

French V AP

Spanish V AP

Societá Onoraria Italica

Société Honoraire de Français

Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica

Participate in various school activities and community service

• Monthly/Bi-weekly Meetings
• Halloween at the Hills
• Peer tutoring program
• Fundraisers for Honor Society & other organizations
• Cultural Trips to NYC (Opera)
• National Italian Exam
• Poster Contest in March
• Unity Dinner March or April
• Watch Italian Films
• World Language Week, March
• Performance competition in Montclair
• WL Induction Ceremony

Participate in various school activities and community service

• Monthly/Bi-weekly Meetings
• Halloween at the Hills
• Peer tutoring program
• Fundraisers for Honor Society & UNICEF
• Cultural Trips to Broadway
• Mardi Gras activities
• Teaching French at Littleton Elementary School
• National French Exam in March
• World Language Week in March
• Poster and Podcast Contest in March
• Unity Dinner, March or April
• WL Induction Ceremony

Participate in various school activities and community service

• Monthly/Bi-weekly Meetings
• Halloween at the Hills
• Peer tutoring program
• El Día de Los Muertos activities
• Fundraisers for Honor Society & other organizations
• National Spanish Exam, April
• Poster Contest in March
• Unity Dinner March or April
• Cinco de Mayo
• Cultural Trips
• World Language Week in March
• WL Induction Ceremony

Advisor Signora Morales vmorales@pthsd.k12.nj.us

Advisor Madame Gomez pgarategomez@pthsd.k12.nj.us

Advisor Señora Dores
edores@pthsd.k12.nj.us

Rhonda Pritchard - Spanish

Señora Rhonda Pritchard has been a Spanish teacher at Parsippany Hills since 2002. In addition to her teaching duties, she enjoys being the advisor of the Asian American Club. She grew up in the New Orleans area and earned her bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. A proud resident of the Garden State for over twenty years now, Sra. Brock-Pritchard enjoys spending time with her husband, her two children and her Westie, Peaches. Travel, domestic and international, is a big interest in her household.

Ellen Dores – Spanish and Italian

Mrs. Dores has taught Spanish and Italian in the Parsippany-Troy Hills district for 35 years at the high school, middle school and fifth grade levels. She has a B.A. in Spanish and Italian from Montclair State University and also a Master of Arts Degree in Spanish from Montclair State University. She lives with her husband and has two sons currently attending NJIT.

Pia Gárate-Gómez – French and Spanish

Mrs. Garate-Gomez is originally from Chile. She is starting her fourteenth year of teaching at PHHS. She previously taught in the Teaneck school district. She has an MAT from Fairleigh Dickinson University, with a concentration in ESL. She has a BA from State University of New York at Albany with a major in French Literature and Minor in German. As an undergraduate at SUNY-Albany, she also completed an intensive French Language Summer Program at Université Laval in Québec, Canada, and a French Civilization and Literature Semester Program at La Sorbonne in Paris, France. She also completed several Spanish Literature courses while at SUNY-Albany and obtained Spanish Language credits at New York University. Before teaching, Mrs. Garate-Gomez worked for nearly ten years in both the U.S., and Chile, mainly in import-export, electronics, and television. She is advisor of the French Honor Society and French Club at PHHS. She also enjoys music, traveling, and reading. She lives in Bergen County with her family.

Vita Morales – Italian and Spanish

Mrs. Morales has a BA in Italian Literature from Rutgers University, an MA in Theater and Film from Hunter College and an MS in education from Fordham University. She started teaching late in life after a long career as a legal proofreader and translator. She has written 17 plays some of which have been staged in New York City. She taught ESL and Spanish at Warren Hills Reg. High School for seven years and now teaches Italian at Parsippany Hills High School. She has taught Italian at CCM as an adjunct professor and every summer takes groups of high school students to Italy through the Overseas Council of Education (Cool-ed). In 1999, she moved to rural Warren County, New Jersey, from midtown Manhattan with her husband Guillermo and last of four children, Maximilian. Mrs. Morales is the advisor of the Italian Honor Society at PHHS.

Vicky Santana – Spanish

Señora Santana serves as Lead Teacher of the department and is in her third year at PHHS, where she is also the advisor of the Spanish Club. Señora Santana graduated from Montclair State University where she was president of the Spanish Honor Society. She graduated with a B.A. in Spanish Education. She is a member of ACTFL- The American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages and FLENJ- Foreign Language Educators of NJ. Señora Santana loves spending time with her husband, three children and her dog Lukey. She enjoys great food and traveling to new places.   

Parlons français, Hablemos español

Go on cultural trips
Speak the target language and enjoy cultural diversity
Assist the World Language Honor Societies with:
-Community service
-Fundraisers
-World Language Week (decorate cafeteria windows, hallways, and label places of the school in Italian, French, and Spanish).
-School Activities such as Halloween at the Hills and World Language Poster Contest in March.

* The Italian Club at PHHS is not a language club and is not part of the World Language Department. The World Language Department does have, however, The Italian Honor Society whose advisor is Mrs. Morales.

World Language Week takes place in March.  All three languages present to the school the importance of each language in the U.S. and the world.  Students of all three languages decorate the school, label places around the school, and offer special menus in the cafeteria.  Students of all three languages participate in a Trivia Contest and Poster Contest.  Prizes are given to 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners.  The winning poster is brought to the FLENJ Spring Conference to represent our school.

The World Language National Honor Societies of Parsippany Hills High School cordially invite parents and friends to the ceremony, which takes place during the third week of May.  New students will be inducted into the Honor Societies provided that they meet the criteria mentioned in the World Language Honor Societies section.   The inductees for each Society will recite their motto during the candle ceremony. In addition, we will present honor cords to our Seniors who have continued their language study maintaining high standards of these societies. 

These are the colors for the Societies’ Honor Cords:
-Italian:  Green, white, red
-French:  Blue, white, red
-Spanish:  Red and gold
* -Latin:  purple, gold, purple 
        * (Latin is no longer offered by the district)

AP Italian Language

AP French Language

AP Spanish Language

Exam given in May

Exam given in May

Exam given in May

Score 2008

Score 2008

Score 2008

5 – Two students
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

5 -
4 -
3 – Three students
2 -
1 -

5 – One student
4 – Five students
3 -
2 – One student
1 -

SAT II - Italian

SAT II - French

SAT II - Spanish

Purpose

To assess your reading ability in Italian
Anticipated Skills
Wide-ranging knowledge of the language
Recommended Preparation
Two to four years of Italian language study in high school, or the equivalent.

For more information, consult the AP College Board website.

Purpose

There are two French Subject Tests: French and French with Listening.  Both tests evaluate your reading ability in French. The French Test with Listening also measures your ability to understand spoken French, in addition to your reading ability.
Anticipated Skills
Wide-ranging knowledge of the language.
Recommended Prep
Three or four years of French language study in high school, or two years of strong preparation.

For more information, consult the AP College Board website.

Purpose

There are two Spanish Subject Tests: Spanish and Spanish with Listening. Both tests evaluate your reading ability in Spanish. The Spanish Test with Listening also measures your ability to understand spoken Spanish, in addition to your reading ability. Find out more about taking the listening tests.
Anticipated Skills     Wide-ranging knowledge of the language.
Recommended Prep
Three to four years of Spanish language study in high school (or two years of strong preparation), or the equivalent.

For more information, consult the AP College Board website.

Year

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

2008

1 Student ranked 10th

2007

1 Student ranked 5th

2006

1 Student ranked 6th

1 Student ranked 7th

1 Student ranked 8h

1 Student ranked 10th

1 Student ranked 8th

2005

2004

2 Students ranked 7th

1 Student ranked 9h

2003

1 Student ranked 7th

Year

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

2008

2 Students

5 Students

3 Students

2007

7 Students

3 Students

2006

 5 Students

 5 Students

9 Students

2005

2 Students

3 Students

6 Students

2004

2 Students

6 Students

 3 Students

2 Students

2003

2 Students

Year

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Year

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1