This week a number of visitors came to speak to students about studying foreign languages. Wednesday Yoko Eshita, a teacher for the Globalize DC language program Japanese Plus came to speak to students.  She also watched first year classes in French, Chinese, and Arabic to learn about our language program. The same day Jennifer Chen and Damilola Akinyele from the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program provided an info session in Mr. Porcelli’s room for students interested in applying for the summer IYLEP or DYLEP digital program this summer. Mr. Porcelli has participated in the program, as did 2016 graduate Niara Tarleton-Allen. On Thursday, Ya Hui, a Taiwanese Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant at Catholic University visited Chinese classes to answer questions about Taiwan. Foreign language department chair and Chinese teacher Ms. Stouder has been mentoring Ms. Eshita, and has collaborated with a number of language educators from around the world to bring language to our doorstep.