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Spanish is popular language

April 2, 2014

Good Work! William Ajay is getting his notebook out so that he get his work done. He also was being prepared and had his Spanish notebook out. Photo by Jacob Hord

Good Work! William Ajay is getting his notebook out so that he get his work done. He also was being prepared and had his Spanish notebook out. Photo by Jacob Hord

The most popular language in the school!

Spanish is a world-wide language that is used every single day in every country in the world. Besides English, Spanish, is the most used language. Also, Spanish is number one language that students choose to take their ninth grade year. Kylie Knauff is the teacher for this foreign language and this is her first year of teaching here at AAJHS. Let’s take a look at some students taking this popular language.

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TYLER S. • Apr 3, 2014 at 4:59 pm

I love Spanish! Mostly because I actually get Spanish. (Besides Emily Castillo)

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