Hinsdale South World Languages

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Congratulations to our 2026 national language exam medalists! Special congrats to Madeline W. for medaling in Spanish and French, to Rishi J. for earning 1st place in the Chicago AATSP chapter, and to Vassanth for earning 4th place nationally in Le Grand Concours!
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[Hinsdale South World Languages @HSHSWL]

Congratulations to our 2026 national language exam medalists! Special congrats to Madeline W. for medaling in Spanish and French, to Rishi J. for earning 1st place in the Chicago AATSP chapter, and to Vassanth for earning 4th place nationally in Le Grand Concours! @HinsdaIeSouth

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At South, learning a new language is a team sport, and the French 1/1H teamwork was magnifique. Check out our French 1/1H linguists in action! @HinsdaIeSouth @HinsdaleD86

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Alumna Jerusalem R. presented to Spanish 5 Honors about her experience volunteering for 3 months this spring in Sinaloa, Mexico. Taking Spanish from the classroom to make in a difference in our global community! @HinsdaIeSouth @HinsdaleD86

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Spanish 2 Honors students interpreted memes and comics in order to see grammar in context and understand humor in another language. @HinsdaleD86 @HinsdaIeSouth

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Sra. Alejandro likes to "kick it old school" with a whiteboard competition. Who will come out victorious? @HinsdaleD86 @HinsdaIeSouth

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French and Spanish classes said "Au revoir" and "Hasta luego" to their @ReachtheWorldco travelers Dalencie in Paris and Ana in Peru. It's amazing for our students to be able to talk with people live across the world in this virtual exchange! @HinsdaIeSouth @HinsdaleD86

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Pending BOE approval, students enrolled in Spanish 3 or higher next school year are invited to attend!! @EFtours

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French 2/2H quizlet relay game for the win! And our amazing Hinsdale South French Hornets represent our program in Le Grand Concours - competing for State and National Recognition in the National French Contest! @HinsdaleD86 @HSHS_Activities

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Span. 2 Hon. students are learning how to tell a story as they navigate past tenses. They watch a movie (with no subtitles!) and complete activities with the plotline that require them to summarize info and retell the story. @HinsdaIeSouth @HinsdaleD86

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Several of our WL teachers attended the @cslang4all conference Friday to maintain high-quality language instruction and support their continued talent and innovation in our program. Our own Sra. Lombard also presented a session on Saturday! #CSC26 @HinsdaleD86

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French Club crêpe making workshop recap - French Club members and friends tested their cooking and crêpe flipping skills! @HinsdaleD86

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Sra. Piccoli's Spanish 2 class has enjoyed working with Miss Cotts for the last few weeks as she wraps up student teaching our Hornets. @HinsdaleSouthHS @HinsdaleD86

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Spanish 1 students working together collaboratively, decoding Spanish text using new vocabulary and sentence structures in order to figure out who robbed the bank! @HinsdaleSouthHS @HinsdaleD86

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French 1/1H students playing "C'est qui?" (Guess Who?) with famous French people and comic strip characters @HinsdaleSouthHS @HinsdaleD86

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Congratulations to our twice-award-winning Spanish teacher Sra. Piccoli: the Chicago AATSP Award for Professional Distinction and ISBE Those Who Excel's Award of Meritorious Service. Our Spanish students are truly taught by the best in the field! @HinsdaleSouthHS @HinsdaleD86

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ASL 2 students went to the ASL Student Conference at Columbia College on Friday. 4 even volunteered to go up on stage during one of the workshops! @HinsdaleSouthHS @HinsdaleD86

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Students in Latin 1 learn about innovations in the Roman army by making a miles Romanus. @HinsdaleD86 @HinsdaleSouthHS

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Students in Latin 2 Honors learned about ancient luxury good trade by making perfume from ingredients that would have been imported from the Middle East. @HinsdaleSouthHS @HinsdaleD86