Nuestra Misión
The mission of the Spanish Department at Gateway is to provide all students with the foundations to become bilingual, biliterate and knowledgeable about Spanish-speaking cultures.
PRIDE AND GROWTH MINDSET
We strive for all students to develop pride in learning the language, and in particular, for our heritage students to embrace their cultural heritage and identity as Spanish speakers. Students will explore their attitudes toward learning and develop a growth mindset toward language studies.
LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND CULTURE
We strive for all students to achieve literacy and proficiency in interpersonal speaking skills and the ability to code-switch for different purposes and audiences. Students will become culturally knowledgeable about and competent in Spanish-speaking contexts. Students will learn how to think metacognitively about language and develop their critical thinking skills.
LANGUAGE SKILLS ARE LIFE SKILLS
We will inspire our students to become lifelong language learners so that they may be 21st Century-ready and use their skills in their future professional and personal lives. Most importantly, we want to arm our students with cultural sensitivity and a global perspective so they may use their language skills to create change where it most matters to them.