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World Languages and Cultures

As an eighth grader, Berwick Academy language students begin the second half of the Beginning/Level I curriculum. Like in seventh grade, there is a major review of concepts from the previous year in order to accommodate new students to Berwick Academy. These concepts are continually reinforced throughout the eighth grade year.
Beyond the fundamentals of learning a language, teachers find innovative ways to blend diversity, culture, art, creativity, travel, media literacy, history, and project-based learning into the curriculum. Returning students begin the year at a Novice Mid-High proficiency level on the ACTFL scale. By the end of the eighth grade year, students are consistently performing at Novice High in all four skill areas and are developmentally ready to move into the Intermediate level upon entering the Upper School.

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Berwick Academy

31 Academy Street
South Berwick, Maine 03908

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Main Office | 207.384.2164
Berwick Academy, situated on an 80-acre campus just over one hour north of Boston, serves 520 students, Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 and Postgraduates. Berwick students are from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and several countries. Deeply committed to its mission of promoting virtue and useful knowledge, Berwick Academy empowers students to be creative and bold. Berwick strives to graduate alumni who shape their own learning, take risks, ask thoughtful questions, and come to understand and celebrate their authentic selves.

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