Evelyn Vargas
Spanish Teacher and Modern & Classical Language Department Chair

Faculty/Staff September 9, 2013 Modern & Classical Languages

Evelyn Vargas is Modern & Classical Languages Department Chair and Spanish teacher at St. Francis Catholic High School. She began her career teaching at the Developmental Training Center in Bloomington, Indiana. She later moved to California and joined St. Francis where she has taught all levels of Spanish since 1981. She has served as Department Chair since 1996.

Education:

B.A. Occupational Therapy, Escuela de Terapia Ocupacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1969
M.S. School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana, 1976.

First year working at St. Francis: 1981

International Night

St. Francis Catholic High School is thrilled to invite you to our 33rd annual International Night. For over 30 years, teachers and students from the St. Francis Catholic High School language department have hosted “International Night” as a way to promote inclusivity and connect with our community. Join us as our language students and cultural clubs perform a variety of acts from cultures around the world. All are welcome!

Southern Italy – Summer 2018

The Modern and Classical Language Department is sponsoring a Summer Trip to Southern Italy in June of 2018.

This educational trip will provide travelers with a cultural, artistic and linguistic immersion when visiting Rome and traveling throughout Sicily with overnights stays in the cities of Taormina, Syracuse, Agrigento and Palermo. The travel route includes visiting sites and monuments of Classical Rome, a day visit to Vatican City, which will include a Papal Audience. In Sicily, we will enjoy spending time in the Greek Amphitheater near Taormina and ascending to Mount Etna. Other highlights of this trip include visits to the cathedral of Piazza Armerina, the Valley of the Temples, the Palatine Chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo. Also, visits to monuments and sites in Selinunte, Monreale, Cefalu, Segesta, Erice and more.

If you have questions, please contact:

Sra. Evelyn Vargas: evargas@stfrancishs.org

Signora RM Bertini: rbertini@stfrancishs.org

Modern & Classical Languages

Studying a second language provides the cognitive and intellectual preparation necessary to succeed in the academic and social environment the St. Francis graduate will encounter. Learning a second language allows her to gain an understanding of languages other than English, as well as of the peoples who communicate in French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish and their cultural products.

Faculty members teaching in the Modern and Classical Languages Department are native speakers and/or have lived extensively in countries where the language is spoken. Although the graduation requirement for St. Francis is two years, most students complete 3 or 4 years of one language and may take more than one language concurrently.

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French Program

French 1
French 2
French 3
Honors French 3
AP French Language and Culture

Italian Program

Italian 1
Italian 2
Italian 3
AP Italian Language & Culture

Spanish Program

Spanish 1
Spanish 2
Spanish 3
Honors Spanish 3
Spanish 4
AP Spanish Language and Culture

Latin Program

Latin 2
Latin 3
AP Latin

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