Spanish

St. Paul employs a full-time Spanish teacher for grades 6-8 with the intention that students will test into Spanish II upon entering high school as freshmen.  Students are required to take the first two years of Spanish I and have the option to take the final year in 8th grade. Approximately one-third of the 2019 graduating class took the Spanish placement exam for St. Francis DeSales High School, and 90 percent of these students tested into Spanish II or Spanish III as freshmen.

The Spanish teacher also coordinates the Spanish Club which seeks to give St. Paul students an opportunity to experience different cultural traditions of Latin American and Spanish countries.  For example, the Spanish Club hosted a Hispanic Heritage Month series of speakers for students in grades 7-8. The speakers, all of Hispanic heritage, were leaders of various professions in their local communities.