Our FLES (Foreign Language Early
Start) program began in fall 2007. Each week,
kindergarteners receive 20 minutes of instruction
and 1st and 2nd graders receive 30 minutes of
instruction. In each succeeding year, another grade
will be added until all children, K-5, are receiving
Spanish instruction. Through music, art, movement
and conversation, students will begin to explore the
Spanish language and Spanish speaking cultures. The
FLES program will be push-in with ties to the
content of each grade level.
Ms. Camilo-Arroyo
was born in Nagua, the Dominican Republic. She moved
to Manhattan at the age of 10 and then attended
schools in NYC, ultimately graduating from DeWitt
Clinton HS in the Bronx. She began her college
education at Hunter College and finished at
Excelsior College. She spent 6 years in the New York
State Army National Guard rising to the rank of
First Lieutenant. Before coming to Guilderland she
taught Spanish in the elementary school at Saint
Augustines in Lansingburg and then spent two years
at the International Charter School in Schenectady.
She lives in Rotterdam and has three boys. She
travels to the Dominican Republic and Cost Rica
often to visit family.
Rebecca Frank (Guilderland, Lynnwood, and Pine Bush) Email
Ms. Frank
Ms. Frank was born in Houston,
Texas but moved to Delmar when she was a niña. She
graduated from Bethlehem Central High School and
then attended Georgetown University, where she
received her BS in Comparative Studies, U.S. and
Latin America, at the School of Foreign Service. She
received her MA in teaching Spanish from the School
of Education at Union Graduate College. Before
coming to Guilderland, she taught at the middle and
high school levels in Saratoga and Niskayuna.
Teaching Spanish to little ones has always been her
dream. Rebecca studied abroad in Tacares, Costa
Rica, and Sevilla, España, and taught English for
two months in Chillán, Chile. She hopes to travel to
the Dominican Republic with Ms. Camilo-Arroyo. She
currently resides in Valatie, New York.
Albert Martino (Foreign Language Supervisor, Guilderland
Central School District)
Email Mr. Martino
We welcome you to reinforce and enrich FLES
instruction with your child at home. Some activities
we suggest include reading books in Spanish,
listening to music in Spanish and visiting Spanish
language learning Web sites. Here are a few
suggestions to help you get started:
This
page
is
maintained
according
to
Guilderland
Central
School
District
web
publishing
guidelines
by
FLES teachers,
Mrs. Camilo-Arroyo and
Ms. Rebecca Frank
on
behalf
of
the
Guilderland
Central
School
District.
Welcome
to the Foreign Language Early Start
(FLES) home page!
