February 24, 1997

Middlebury College Announces 1997 Vermont Teacher

Fellowships

Middlebury College has named three 1997 Vermont Teacher

Fellowship recipients. The teachers will attend this year’s Language

School session and receive full remission of tuition, room and

board. They will reside on campus throughout the session, participate

fully in the life of their school, and abide by the language pledge

to speak only the language of study. All three are teaching or

preparing to teach the language of the school to which they have

applied, and have received endorsement from their school principals.

Receiving a fellowship to the Arabic School is Michelle

Forman of Salisbury, Vermont. Ms. Forman teaches social sciences

at Middlebury Union High School. She was instrumental in the

Addison Central Supervisory Union’s articulation of the K-12 social

studies curriculum, and her expertise in the area of world history

provided scholarship and direction to the work of the committee.

She has incorporated her knowledge of Arabic into her instruction

and plans to offer Arabic at Middlebury Union High School, giving

her the opportunity to integrate language, history, and culture

into teaching. Ms. Forman holds a B.A. in history from Brandeis

and an M.Ed. from the University of Vermont. She has also taken

classes in Arabic at the Ohio State University and the University

of Vermont.

Receiving a fellowship to the Spanish School is Jennifer

Ann Gifford, of Colchester, Vermont, who teaches Spanish and French

at Williston Central School. Ms. Gifford is in her second year

of teaching French and Spanish at Williston, where student participation

in the foreign language program has increased for the past two

years. During her tenure, she and her colleagues have offered

students many opportunities to learn foreign languages through

regular classroom activities plus hands-on multicultural experiences,

including projects that involve research, presentations, and whole

classroom celebrations. Williston first offered Spanish as a

foreign language in 1995, and Ms. Gifford was asked to develop

a new curriculum for the program. Ms. Gifford attended the Middlebury

Spanish School in 1996. She is a graduate of SUNY-Plattsburgh,

where she received a B.S. degree.

Receiving a fellowship to the Spanish School is Kristi

Wilson Lupo, of Queensbury, New York, a teacher of Spanish and

English at Rutland High School. Rutland City Public Schools are

in the second year of extensive curriculum development and student

assessment. Ms. Lupo has been an active participant in meetings

associated with curriculum and instruction, and she will be helping

the school district develop a K-12 foreign language curriculum

for the next century. She has taught at Rutland City High School

for three years, and hopes to earn an M.A. in Spanish. She holds

an A.A. from Adirondack Community College, a B.A. from SUNY-Albany,

and an M.A. in English education from SUNY-Albany.

For 1998 fellowship information, contact Professor

Roberto Veguéz, Director of the Language Schools, Middlebury

College, Middlebury, VT 05753. Ph: 802-443-5685; e-mail: Karnes@flannet.middlebury.edu.