Bienvenidos!

Hola padres! Welcome to another year of Spanish! My name is Andrea Hamilton and I will be the Kindergarten and First grade Spanish teacher as well as the Kindergarten and First grade P.E. teacher this year at Archway Trivium. I am so excited to be given the opportunity to share this beautiful language with your children not only once but twice daily through Spanish class as well as P.E. class. You might be wondering how that will work. It is my belief that language is learned when it is applied to the everyday. For these young scholars, that means practicing their numbers, letters, colors and discovering all the new things around them. Children also learn through movement. As we learn moves in P.E., they will also be learning what those moves and actions mean in Spanish. This learning through movement and action solidifies word meanings in their minds. It is my hope to be able to conduct most of P.E. in Spanish after a few weeks. 

I will be partnering closely with Mr. David Brittain the new 2-5 grade Spanish teacher. It is our philosophy that Spanish will be taught through immersion, integration and initiation. Not only will the Spanish curriculum closely follow what your scholar is learning in their main classroom, but I hope to be in the classroom throughout the week reinforcing the Spanish vocabulary taught and also working with the lead and assistant teachers to see how they can integrate Spanish on their own throughout the day. We are very excited for this integrated approach and hope that it will be a successful way to foster a love for the Spanish language to your children. Please feel free to email me anytime at ahamilton@archwaytrivium.org 

Adios, 
Sra. Hamilton