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Mary Townsend, French Teacher, Kettering Fairmont High School French teacher Mary Townsend represented Kettering Fairmont High School at a dinner presentation sponsored by the French Embassy and the Consul Général of Chicago to discuss language immersion education. Madame Townsend joined … Continue reading →

Mary Townsend, French Teacher, Kettering Fairmont High School  Congratulations to Fairmont High School’s French Program, which has been awarded Exemplary with Honors status by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) for the eighth consecutive year. In conferring the … Continue reading →

HAPPY SPRING TO ALL OF YOU! Cheryl Johnson, OFLA President 2020-2021Instructional Technologist for the Dept. of Modern Languages, Denison University I would like to thank everyone who helped to make the 2021 OFLA Mini-Conference on April 23 and 24 a … Continue reading →

Lesley Chapman, OFLA Immediate Past PresidentFrench Teacher, Sycamore Community Schools If you are anything like me, you were not aware that there is a museum dedicated to the appreciation of the world’s languages, their beauty, and what makes them unique. … Continue reading →

Lucas Hoffman, OFLA Executive TreasurerFrench/Spanish Teacher, Sylvania High School There are many reasons to join a non-profit organization, be they to connect with other like-minded professionals, to support other colleagues, or to advance the profession.   During this past year, your … Continue reading →

The Faces Behind OFLA’s Newsletter Beth Hanlon, Executive Recorder and Editor of The CardinalSpanish Teacher, Oberlin High School OFLA’s newsletter, The Cardinal, is published in the fall, winter, and spring of each school year.  The issues of the newsletter would … Continue reading →

Milton Alan Turner, OFLA Editor for Electronic Media French Teacher, Saint Ignatius High School As language teachers, we often emphasize the forms of a language (sounds and structures or vocabulary and grammar) or the meaning of words. However, the context … Continue reading →

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BILL VANPATTEN: PART 1  Marianela Serrano, OFLA Professional Development ChairSpanish Teacher, Hathaway Brown School It is a wonderful and warm Monday here in Ohio, and I have the pleasure and honor to interview one of my … Continue reading →

Angela Gardner, OFLA Public Relations and Advocacy ChairSpanish Teacher, Ross High School The theme of our mini-conference this year was “Moving forward,” and it seems fitting in timing for our membership and organization. In order to move forward, we must … Continue reading →

Julia Thomas, OFLA Early Language ChairSpanish Teacher, Oberlin City Schools When I was in elementary school, I would ask my mom to let me use her iMac so that I could play JumpStart games that came on a CD-ROM. Twenty … Continue reading →