Spanish 6 to be discontinued next year

AP Spanish 6, or Spanish Language and Literature, will no longer be offered starting next year.

According to World Language Department Chair and Spanish teacher Arnaldo Rodriguex, three students are currently enrolled in the class, and only two signed up for next year. The class has been taught by Rodriguex in the same sixth period as AP Spanish 5.

“[The course] has been [taught] as an independent studies class supervised by me, and I am stepping down from that responsibility,” said Rodriguex, who also administers the Spanish 4H and AP Spanish 5 classes.

Only students who are a year ahead in the “course ladder” for the language reach the Spanish 6 class; most students finish at AP Spanish 5 or Spanish 4 Honors.

As a result, the few students who are “a year ahead” will not have a Spanish language class to take at the school during their senior year.

“I feel like it’s not a big change since not many students plan on sticking with the language [up to level 6],” said freshman Andreah Salazar, who is currently in Spanish 3 and will not be taking a language course her senior year. “Of course, only students with a genuine interest in the language would have wanted to move up that high, so those who fit that description could [find] other alternatives.”

Sophomore Nidhi Jain, enrolled in Spanish 4H this year, won’t be able to take a Spanish course in her senior year, as West Valley offers no class.

“It might be a lot more time consuming and it’s an inconvenience that it’s not here at SHS,” Jain said. “For me personally, it’s really unfortunate because I was looking forward to a class with such a small [number] of people.”