SWARTHOUT AND BARNARD IMMERSED IN LANGUAGE PROGRAM

Kelley Swarthout, Spanish teacher at Long Trail School is currently directing the Spanish program at the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy at Green Mountain College in Poultney. Swarthout, who has a PhD in Latin American Literature, spent the past 10 years teaching Spanish language, culture, and literature at Middlebury College, Colgate University, and currently teaches at Long Trail.

LTS Junior Isabelle Barnard is attending the rigorous language immersion program that combines decades of languages expertise from Middlebury College and Monterey Institute of International Studies.  Placed in the highest level of the program (Level 6), Isabelle has been taking a combined language/literature AP prep course and doing a variety of interesting electives, from folkloric dance to literature.

Students in this program are required to make a commitment to exclusively speak, write, and read their studied language for the entire summer session. Long Trail applauds their year-round commitment to World Languages!