First Walk in Madrid

Upon arrival at our hotel, we were told that only one room was available for us to ALL put our suitcases in and freshen up before we began touring.  It was chaos!

 

 

 

 After flying from approximately 5pm to 1am Chicago time, we arrived in Madrid and hit the ground running.  Our tour guide first took us for some Churros.

 

Note the tired faces!!!

Churros are typically served with a small cup of thick, hot chocolate to dip them in.

 

 

Sunny Days in Spain

 

 

 

 



Leaving for Spain!!!

Today Profe Finaldi, Mrs. Herron and 24 JCA International Student Ambassadors being the school's third trip to Spain as a part of a short-term exchange program.  We fly directly to Madrid from O'Hare.  Pictured holding their boarding passes: Emily Demick, '15, Adriana Trizna, '15 and Sam DeBenedetti, '15.

Video Planning

 

Students in period 6, Spanish IV Honors, took some time at the end of class to brainstorm ideas for their upcoming end-of-year-project.  This class liked the idea of doing a class video, as they had done in past years.

 



Spanish Club Shoe Drive

The Spanish Club is sponsoring a shoe drive to benefit the Joliet Spanish Community Center.

Donations of any type of shoes in new or like new condition are being accepted through Friday, Mar. 27. Students can bring their shoe donations to Mrs. Finaldi’s room #227 before school or parents can bring them to the Main Office between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.  
For each accepted pair, the donor will be given a raffle ticket for a chance to win a prize.
Start spring cleaning with your shoe closet and donate to a great cause!
For more information or questions, contact Mrs. Finaldi, Spanish Club Moderator, at 85.741.0500, ext. 408
or lfinaldi@jca-online.org.
- See more at: http://www.jca-online.org/2015/03/shoe-drive-sponsored-by-the-spanish-club/#sthash.MGuqPLWB.XAe2bDZ1.dpuf

Shoe Drive a Huge Success!

 

The Spanish Club collected and delivered (see below, via Casey Corless and his van, Clifford) just under 300 pairs of new or gently used shoes to

 the Joliet Spanish Community Center for their Shoe Drive. 

 

 

 

The van was completely filled from top to bottom with "zapatos!"

Spanish Club Yearbook 2015

The Spanish Club Executive Board, plus Profe Finaldi's step-daughter, Diana, got together to take their yearbook picture.

Movie Club Yearbook Picture

 Movie Club Members posed for their first ever yearbook picture.

In this one, they are all thumbs up, or thumbs down!

 

 

 

 

National Spanish Honor Society Induction Ceremony 2015

http://www.theherald-news.com/2015/03/17/joliet-catholic-academy-honors-students-inducted-into-foreign-language-honor-societies/araufdm/

Joliet Catholic Academy honors students inducted into foreign language honor societies

Published: Sunday, April 19, 2015 5:30 a.m. CDT

Joliet Catholic Academy recently held a ceremony to honor students who were inducted into one of the school’s three foreign language national honor societies. Angels and Hilltoppers completing four years of their respective foreign language were also recognized.

The following students were inducted into the French National Honor Society: Itati Acosta, Aleander Khater, Erica Martinez, Alysa Sandoval and Shelbi Voss.

The following students were inducted into the Latin National Honor Society: Claire Allgood, Katelyn Dombrowski and Michael O’Brien.

The following students were inducted into the Spanish National Honor Society: Joseph Ambrozich, Alexander Analytis, Colleen Andrae, Max Babich, Robert Babich, Hanna Bergeson, Madeline Blotnik, Margaret Capalbo, McKenna Carlson, Zachary Corcoran, Lauren Crudo, Alexander Demos, Cade Earl, Emma Ehrsam, Joshua Elias, Jennifer Filotto, Meaghan Fischer, Bailey Garland, Audrey Greder, Eva Greder, Ryan Gulden, Adrian Guzman, Samuel Gutierrez, Adrian Guzman, Thomas Kennedy, Bryce Kurtz, Matthew LaViola, Joshua Lemke, Bryan Lozano, Christopher Mueller, John Naal, Madilyn Peters, Alivia Phelps, Shannon Quinn, Patrick Roth, Nicholas Sandora, Samuel Seneker, Trevor Shelby, Christopher Sherman, Samantha Smith, Reilly Jo Swanson, Kelly Testin, Michael Tillmann, Hayden Wagner, Julia Weis, Sydnie Weis, Grace Whalen, Kyle Wiborg and Alyssa Zadel.

Students recognized for completing four years of their respective foreign language include French: Matthew Dubiel, Margaret Huspek, Adam Wahl, and Jack Warning; Latin: Kaci Courtright, Emily Gorski, and Natalie Nemanich; Spanish: Anthony Allen, Joseph Alvarez, Robert Babich, Margaret Bannon, Kayla Bennett, Maxwell Brzostowski, Jessica Callofello, Joseph Chignoli, Matthew Chignoli, Samantha DeBenedetti, Emily Demick, Michael Dow, Daniel Ehrsam, Marguerite Ernst, Keegan Fornoff, Joseph Frescura, Colleen Fritz, Colette Gallo, Dominic Gallo, Trent Gancarczyk, Francesca Gingoyon-Embry, Aron Goeken, Madeline Grimm, Ryan Gulden, Molly Gunning, Diego Guzman, Josie Henderson, Dalton Jones, Thomas Kennedy, Chase Krumviede, Mallory Krzysciak, Jacey Lambert, Ryan Lees, Brian Lozano, Lauren Lukasik, Amber McFarland, Renee McTee, Alexandra Mihalakakos, Anne Mihelich, Laura Nalepka, Megan Paolucci, Katherine Payne, Michael Quiram, Oscar Reyna, Andrew Scordo, Taylor Shetina, Taylar Testin, Adriana Trizna, Lukas Troha, Monica Underwood, Emma Valek, Lauren Vanisko, Amber Vassall and Allison Weis.

                            New inductee, Lauren Crudo & Profe Finaldi               President Juan Diaz & Profe Finaldi

                                              Lauren Crudo, Profe Finaldi & Sidney Weiss

Student Presentations

 

 

Spanish V Honors students presented their slideshows while the rest of the class took notes.

Students chose topics from the curriculum to study and present to their classmates.