Cobb County ESOL and Foreign Language Division
Dr. Greg Ewing, Supervisor
The purpose of the Cobb County School District's foreign language program is to encourage the appreciation of cultural values; to enable students to learn to communicate in another language; and to prepare them to successfully enter and compete in an increasingly global society.
The Office of Foreign Language Instruction does not endorse the study of any one particular language; both modern and classical languages are considered to be important cornerstones of any academic curriculum. Each local school has the authority to limit the number of students enrolled in a particular language, due to teacher allotments and budgetary constraints. Every effort will be made to place students in their first or second choice of foreign language study.
Listed below are the schools and languages each school currently offers:
*ALLATOONA High School
French
- Sandy Duvall
Latin
- Jennifer Jerger
Spanish
- Marisa Chahda (Chair)
- Stephanie Gutting
- Pamela Ruffner
- Yadira Thomas
*CAMPBELL High School
French
- Svetoslava Dimova (Chair)
- Bonnie Methvin
- Deborah Rushton
Japanese
- John Moale
Spanish
- Patricia Aguilar
- Aida Flores-Ortega
- Samantha Reeves
- Melyn Roberson
*HARRISON High School
French
- Cathy Butts
- Tracey Weir
Latin
- Rebecca Hwangbo
- Stewart Tarvin
Spanish
- Elsa Brown
- Marie Bruner
- Megan Gay
- Kristin King (Chair)
- Maureen Valdes-Gamble
*HILLGROVE High School
French
- Susan Fernie
Latin
- Betty Lister
- Suzana Soban
Spanish
- Sarah Bowers
- Brentia Caldwell
- Michele Gorenstein
- Patience Pebbles
- Andrea Radford (Chair)
*KELL High School
French
- Melinda Cotton
German
- Timo Snider (Chair)
Latin
- Scott Stephens
Spanish
- Patricia Duchon
- Jennifer Summey
- Kathryn Virnich
*KENNESAW MOUNTAIN High School
French
- Robin Kinley
Latin
- Amy Venn
Spanish
- Virginia Guilfoyle
- Lissette Newmark
- Roberto Rivera
American Sign Language
- Erin Hamilton
- Julie Shakleford
Chair
* Cynthia Arnett
*LASSITER High School
French
- Lynne McLaughlin
- Holly Safir
German
- Richmond Mays
Spanish
- Julie Allen
- Tina Bauman
- Nancy Hotle
- Jasmine Nye
- Freya Plower
- Michael Raburn (Chair)
- Arlene Veloce
- Emma Wright
French
- Sophie Kimble
German
- Marie Hedrick
Spanish
- Aaren Erwin
- Susan Hoyland
- Rosemary Lopez
- Marni Riley
Chair
* Kimberly Owen
*NORTH COBB High School
Arabic
- Sylvia Ayoub
Chinese
- Lulu Qi
French
- Susan Pugh
German
- Gabriele Sedlacek
Japanese
- Shizuki Yamamoto
Latin
- Tony Browning (Chair)
Portuguese
- Tatiana Watson
Spanish
- Milagros Cochran
- Brenda Garcia
- Ileana Padron
- Jackelim Rodriguez
- Alejandro Romero
*OSBORNE High SCHOOL
Spanish
- Sandra Soto
- Rabecca Prendes
- Claudia Amaya
- Dr. Susana Grass (Chair)
French
- Antoinette McGarey
- Andrea Gwynn
*PEBBLEBROOK High School
French
- Betsy Ellingsen (Chair)
- Amanda Richardson-Verser
- Pierre Joseph
Spanish
- Sofia Edwards-Early
- Ana Pino
- Paul Chance
- Lauren Cole
*POPE High School
French
- Jennifer Wojtczak
- Rebecca Hauseman (Chair)
German
- Jennifer Young
- Rebecca Hauseman
Spanish
- Rose Mary White
- Luisa Munar
- Maria Vera-Tancredi
- Terri Ognibene
- Adriana Gonzalez
*SOUTH COBB High School
French
- Eva Becerra
Latin
- Jo Ann Nalley
Spanish
- John Prince
- Loesje White
- Doug Snyder (Chair)
- Carmen Mendez
- Eva Becerra
*SPRAYBERRY High School
Arabic
- Sylvia Ayoub
Chinese
- Rong (Rona) She
French
- Lynn Gouacide
German
- Peter Schultz
Portuguese
- Tatiana Watson
Spanish
- Joel Bergstedt
- Eva Bundy
- Sonia Gallego
- Dee Malmo
- Rosa Santaiti (Chair)
- Lorraine Tansey
*WALTON High School
Chinese
- Ron Li
French
- Karen Romano
- Holly Fitchette
Latin
- Alan Farnsworth
Spanish
- Hester Vasconcelos
- Karen Webb
- Elena Cox
- Michelle Payne
- Angeles Hatfield
- Mary Crittenden
- Marina Garcia
- Donald Murdock
- Christina Diaz
- Amy Vitala (Chair)
- Suzanne Schott
- Carlos Barrera
- Olympia Diaz
*WHEELER High School
French
- Meggan Muller (Chair)
- Kodjovi Modenou
Latin
- Cameron Ward
Portuguese
- Giselle Gonçalves
Spanish
- Gayle Thomas
- Patricia Vasquez
- Lorna Fair-Tham
- Salomon Corella
- Courtney Cardona
Middle School Foreign Languages Offered:
*AWTREY Middle School
Latin
- William Browning
Spanish
- Allyson Sicard
*BARBER Middle School
Spanish
- Amanda Spitz
*CAMPBELL Middle School
French
- Brett Edeker
- Germaine Kaboré
- Katy Lucas
- Monique Cable
- Chantale Dansereau
- Jennifer Ouanzin
*COOPER Middle School
Spanish
- Kellie Jimenez
*DANIELL Middle School
French
- Lynn Gouacide
Spanish
- Teresa Medal
*DICKERSON Middle School
Spanish
- Anna Thompson
- Karen Kister
French
- Linda Reinecke
*DODGEN Middle School
French
- Marlo Gonyea
Spanish
- Johana Keever
- Ana Trenbeath
*DURHAM Middle School
Spanish
- Kimberly Fugate
*EAST COBB Middle School
Spanish
- Alain Rodriguez
*FLOYD Middle School
Spanish
- Claire Ragsdale
*GARRETT Middle School
Spanish
- Delores Kolen
*GRIFFIN Middle School
Spanish
- Meredith Higgins
*HIGHTOWER TRAIL Middle School
French
- Ken Blankenship
Spanish
- Megan Harris
- Tarrel Jerry
*LINDLEY Middle School 7th & 8th
Spanish
- Daphne Hernandez
*LOST MOUNTAIN Middle School
Spanish
- Maria Downs
- Luisa Penetra
*LOVINGGOOD Middle School
Spanish
- Erendira Torres
*MABRY Middle School
French
- Eve Israel
German
- Rich Mays
Spanish
- Cassandra Pennisi
*McCLESKEY Middle School
Spanish
- ColleyAnn Flynt
*McCLURE Middle School
French
- Susan Grimes
Spanish
- Kristal Goelz
*PALMER Middle School
Spanish
- Anita Minguela
*PINE MOUNTAIN Middle School
Spanish
- Ann Sherman
*SIMPSON Middle School
Spanish
- Kimberly Dickerson
- Urbano Venero
*SMITHA Middle School
Spanish
- Jorge Gonzalez
*TAPP Middle School
Spanish
- Lissette Claudio
Chinese
- TBA
