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American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese President Jessica Santiago New Berlin West High School jessica.santiago@nbexcellence.org
Secretary Alix Madden Pittsville School District maddeale@pittsville.k12.wi.us
Past President Kathy Varda JEDI Virtual School k.m.stenlund@gmail.com
Treasurer Catalina Cabello Pacelli Catholic High School, Stevens Point ccabello@spacs.k12.wi.us
President Elect Bridget Geboy-Helfenstein Nathan Hale High School
Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica Nicole Thompson New Berlin High School nicole.thompson@nbexcelle nce.org
Concurso Oral Coordinator Barb Olsen Kettle Morraine High School barbara.olsen@kmlhs.org
Join us on Facebook: NSE Coordinator tinyurl.com/AATSP-WITeach Victoria Carter ers Onalaska High School carvi@onalaskaschools.com
Webmaster Josh LeGreve Green Lake School District joshlegreve@gmail.com
¡Saludos!! ATSP-WI would like to introduce you to our new board members: We are excited to welcome Bridget Geboy-Helfenstein to our executive board as president-elect. Bridget teaches Spanish at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis. Thank you for your willingness to join our team. We’re lucky to have you!
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Thank you to Erin Nienas for her years of service to our team in her role most recently as past-president. A complete list of your 2022 AATSP-WI board members is above. Are you interested in becoming involved? Next fall we’ll be looking to fill the following positions: C Concurso Oral Representative (January 2023-December 2024) C Webmaster (January 2023-December 2025) C SSH Representative (January 2023-December 2024)
A glimpse into our events from this year: Fall 2021 WAFLT Conference This year due to COVID our attendance numbers were lower than a typical year for our AATSP-WI Networking session on Saturday morning at the virtual WAFLT, but it was still a great event. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented, and promoted this session. We had a great presentation by Catalina Cabello and Josefina Cabello. Please consider attending in the future. Concurso Oral We hosted the 2022 Concurso Oral virtually February 20-March 5, 2022. Please check out our website for the selections and more information. We hope you will consider offering this excellent opportunity for your students in the future. Many teachers hold a “regional-type” oral assessment/ audition beforehand to determine which students earn the privilege
of performing at the STATE level. We need judges in future years. Judging is a lot of fun! Did you know that AATSP-WI also rewards senior scholarships every year for Concurso Oral? Wisconsin and National Poster Contest AATSP-WI Poster Contest submissions were due to Bridget Geboy-Helfenstein, AATSP-WI President Elect and Poster Contest Coordinator by Friday, March 4, 2022. This year's theme was “Valorando nuestras raíces y construyendo nuestro futuro”/“Valorizando nossas raízes e construindo nosso futuro.” The contest was open to all students of AATSP members from grades K-12. There were several different categories for the competition: K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12 (hand-drawn), and 9-12 (digital). If you would like more information about the contest, please contact Bridget at gebob@wawmsd.org.
