Being “Petite”: Three Students Enrolled in French V
This year, French V was added to our foreign language program but did not have enough students to fill a whole classroom. In fact, only three students are currently enrolled in French V.
Madame Wilson is the french teacher at OHS and was glad to hear that she could teach a French V class. However, figuring out how to incorporate French V was extremely tricky due to the low enrollment rates. French III and French IV also have low enrollment rates, so those classes were combined from the start. The administration decided to merge the French V with one of the French II classes.
Combining two different level classes can have both a good and bad effect on the students. Some students think that they are not given the attention they need but many have positive views.
“It improves your leadership abilities because you can help the underclassmen with what they need,” Allison Frisella (11) said.
Madame Wilson believes that putting French II and French V together can benefit the french two students.
“It is good for the French II students to hear me communicate and use the language with the students in [French] V,” Madame Wilson said.
![Julian Jackson (10) work with his father to make custom sweatshirts. “I really want to make it [bigger] because right now we make the hoodies in his basement and I eventually do want to make it a lot bigger. I want to get an actual store or an actual place outside the house and start selling them outside to other people who don't know who we are because we mostly sell them to family and friends and stuff like that…” Jackson said. “But I eventually want to get it to people who don't know who we are…” They started the business a few years ago.](https://myohsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_3386-534x600.jpeg)
