World Languages
Every PhilaSD High School offers Spanish as a World Language!
FLEX / FLES (Elementary and Middle School) Programs for Spanish
AMY Northwest MS
Catharine ES
Cayuga ES
Edmonds ES
Greenberg ES
Greenfield ES
Heston ES
Hill-Freedman
Jenks Academy ES Shawmont ES
Masterman MS
Mayfair ES
Mifflin, Thomas ES
Munoz-Marin ES
Vare-Washington ES
Widener School
Wilson MS
Wright ES
Heritage Programs for Spanish
Arts Academy @ Rush
Edison HS
Furness HS
Kensington HS
Kensington Health
Lincoln HS
Northeast HS
AP Programs for Spanish
Academy @ Palumbo
Bodine HS
Central HS
Constitution HS
Kensington Health Sciences
Masterman HS
Northeast HS
IB Programs for Spanish
Bodine HS
Central HS
Girls’ HS
Hill-Freedman HS
Northeast HS
Washington HS
High Schools offering French as a World Language
Bartram HS
Ben Franklin HS
Bodine HS
Central HS
Franklin Learning Ctr
Lincoln HS
Masterman
Northeast HS
Parkway CC
South Phila HS
FLES/FLEX Programs for French
Hamilton ES
Masterman MS
AP Programs for French
Central HS
Masterman HS
IB Programs for French
Bodine HS
Central HS
High Schools offering Chinese as a World Language
Academy @ Palumbo
Carver Engineering
Central HS
Furness HS
Girls’ High
Lincoln HS
Northeast HS
AP Programs for Chinese
Academy at Palumbo
Carver Engineering
Central HS
Furness HS
Girls’ HS
Northeast HS
IB Programs for Chinese
Central HS
Girls’ HS
High Schools offering Latin as a World Language
Central HS
Girls’ HS
Lincoln HS
IB Programs for Latin
Central High School
High Schools Offering Italian as a World Language
Bodine HS
Central HS
Northeast HS
IB/AP Programs
Central HS
Northeast HS
Portuguese
Portuguese is offered at Bodine HS up to the IB level
American Sign Language (ASL)
American Sign Language is offered at Lincoln High School.
Lincoln HS is also home to an academy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Arabic
Arabic is offered at Motivation HS, up to level 4
Russian
Russian is offered at Washington HS up to the IB level
Spanish
Academy @ Palumbo
Bodine HS
Central HS
Constitution HS
Kensington Health Sciences
Masterman HS
Northeast HS
French
Bartram HS
Ben Franklin HS
Bodine HS
Central HS
Franklin Learning Ctr
Lincoln HS
Masterman
Northeast HS
Parkway CC
South Phila HS
Chinese
Academy @ Palumbo
Carver Engineering
Central HS
Furness HS
Girls’ HS
Northeast HS
Italian
Central HS
Northeast HS
The following schools offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, and Language Acquisition courses that support this curriculum. More information about IB Language can be found at:
https://ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/language-acquisition/
Bodine HS
Spanish
Portugese
Central HS
Spanish
French
Chinese
Latin
Italian
Girls’ HS
Spanish
Chinese
Hill Freedman HS
Spanish
Northeast HS
Spanish
Italian
Washington HS
Spanish
Russian
The course Spanish for Spanish Speakers is designed to offer a World Language option for students who have proficiency in Spanish from experience outside the classroom. This course is designed to meet the needs of learners in the school’s community and foster the acquisition of other dialects, variants, or registers of Spanish, cross-curricular academic skills in Spanish, and expanding the students’ domains of proficiency.
Arts Academy @ Rush
Edison HS
Furness HS
Kensington HS
Kensington Health
Lincoln HS
Northeast HS
Professional Development Opportunities
Links to World Language workshops, conferences, and PDs in the Philadelphia area.
World Language Standards – ACTFL
The ACTFL standards reflect the most updated and widely-used set of standards. The World-Readiness Standards are designed to articulate goals for Communication, Connections, Culture, Comparisons, and Communities.
PA Proposed WL Standards can be found here.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-do Statements
This provides a useful way for learners to articulate their proficiency level by focusing on what they can do!