American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

President

Jessica Santiago New Berlin West High School jessica.santiago@nbexcellence.org

Past President

Kathy Varda JEDI Virtual School k.m.stenlund@gmail.com

President Elect

Bridget Geboy-Helfenstein Nathan Hale High School

Secretary

Alix Madden Pittsville School District maddeale@pittsville.k12.wi.us

Treasurer

Catalina Cabello Pacelli Catholic High School, Stevens Point ccabello@spacs.k12.wi.us

Webmaster

Josh LeGreve Green Lake School District joshlegreve@gmail.com

Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica

Nicole Thompson New Berlin High School nicole.thompson@nbexcelle nce.org

NSE Coordinator

Victoria Carter Onalaska High School carvi@onalaskaschools.com

Concurso Oral Coordinator

Barb Olsen Kettle Morraine High School barbara.olsen@kmlhs.org

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¡Saludos!!

AATSP-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!

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: Concurso Oral Representative (January 2023-December 2024) Webmaster (January 2023-December 2025) 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.

WAFLT Awards, Scholarships, and Grants: Details & Forms available @ waflt.org

WAFLT Distinguished Language Educator Award:

WAFLT's highest recognition, may be conferred annually on an individual of the language teaching profession who has demonstrated long-term achievement and service to WAFLT and to the profession locally, statewide, regionally, and/or nationally. Nomination Deadline: March 15

Anthony J. Gradisnik Award: May be conferred on an individual or group especially from outside the world language teaching profession who shares Mr. Gradisnik's enthusiasm and advocacy for language education in such areas as international education, early language learning, and creative initiatives in language education. Nomination Deadline: March 15

Frank M. Grittner New Teacher Award: May be conferred annually on an individual new to the language teaching profession with one to three years experience who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and leadership in the promotion of language learning and international understanding; has given service to school, community, and state organizations; and has shown commitment to regional and national organizations. Nomination Deadline: March 15

WAFLT Excellence in Language Study Award: May be conferred on students who have demonstrated great achievement and progress in language study and who exhibit great potential for further achievement in the language. Students currently enrolled in a world language course offered at their school. Elementary, middle school, high school, and post-secondary students are eligible. Nomination Deadline: March 15

WAFLT Honors in Language Study Award: May be conferred on students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in and commitment to their school’s language programs. Students currently enrolled in the most advanced world language course offered at their school; high school and post-secondary students are eligible. Deadline: March 15

WAFLT Future Language Teacher Award: May be conferred annually on students in teacher-training programs who have shown exceptional promise and potential to become outstanding world language educators. Students currently enrolled in a teacher-training program are eligible. Nomination Deadline: April 1 WAFLT Professional Service Award: May be presented annually to recent retirees who have served both the profession and their students in providing quality world language education. Recent retirees with a minimum of ten years’ experience as world language educators and who have been members of WAFLT a minimum of five years within the past ten years are eligible. Nomination Deadline: May 15

WAFLT Recognition of Merit: May be presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated excellence in teaching or who have made significant contributions to the language teaching profession. Nomination Deadline: February 15

WAFLT Student Travel Scholarship: Designed to help Wisconsin pre-collegiate world language students to participate in language and cultural immersion programs, this scholarship was established in 1999 to honor O. Lynn Bolton, a Spanish teacher in the West Allis-West Milwaukee school district. Nomination Deadline: December 1

WAFLT Scholarship for Professional Development:

Designed to help world language educators in Wisconsin improve their classroom teaching skills, this scholarship was established in 1995 to honor Professor Roma Hoff as she retired from the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The fund was expanded to honor Professor Constance Knop who retired from the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996, and again in 2005 to honor the memory of Professor Irène Kraemer who served in many capacities at Carthage College. Nomination Deadline: April 15

WAFLT Scholarship for Tomorrow’s Teachers: Designed to offer financial assistance to attend the WAFLT Fall Conference for up to 20 college-level students preparing to become language teachers. Deadline: September 25

WAFLT Special Projects Grants: Designed to support research efforts, exchange initiatives, special programs, and projects that clearly demonstrate an ability to benefit a broad constituency of world language educators and students in Wisconsin. Deadlines: April 15 and November 15

WAFLT Central States Extension Workshop Grant:

Designed to offer financial support for two WAFLT members to attend the Central States Extension Workshop each spring. Recipients of the grant are expected to work together to present a WAFLT Extension Workshop at the Fall Conference in Appleton. Deadline: December 15

Donna Clementi Award for Excellence in World Language

Programs: Recognizes one school and/or district that promotes language learning through quality programs.

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