President’s Communications

  January FLAVA President’s Message January 2, 2023 Greetings, FLAVA Members! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I hope you and your family enjoyed a wonderful holiday season filled with peace, love, and hope. It is my sincere hope that each of you took some time over the break to take care of...

FLAVA President's Message - December 2022   Greetings, FLAVA members! It is hard to believe that my first year as FLAVA President is almost over. This year has been such an exciting year for FLAVA as we partnered with SCOLT in the spring and then returned to Williamsburg...

FLAVA President's Message - October 2022 Greetings, FLAVA Members!   It was so wonderful to see so many of you at FLAVA 2022: Recharge, Reconnect, Reflect! I hope that you left the conference feeling reenergized and full of new ideas to share with colleagues and implement in your classes. A special...

FLAVA President's Message - September 2022   Greetings, FLAVA members! September is finally here and I am so ready for all things fall - hayrides, fall festivals, bonfires, pumpkins, football, and of course FLAVA!!! For those of you who are already back in the classroom, I hope that you...

Greetings, FLAVA Members! It’s hard to believe that summer break is winding down and soon we will be returning to school. I hope each of you has taken time to rest and recharge this summer and are ready to start the 2022 - 2023 school year...

Greetings, FLAVA members!   I hope each of you are enjoying your summer break! It was so good to see so many of you at the VDOE workshops with Leslie Grahn in Richmond this past week. If you were not able to attend, be on the lookout for more...

Greetings, FLAVA Members! Wow! The end of the school year is finally upon us! For those of you who have already started summer break, please take this time to relax and recharge. For those of you who are still teaching, hang in there and know that...

Greetings, FLAVA! I hope each of you are or will soon be enjoying your much deserved spring break! First off, I cannot thank each of you enough for all you did to support SCOLT 2022! The SCOLT Board of Directors was so impressed with FLAVA and all that we...

Greetings, FLAVA members! I hope you all are taking advantage of the beautiful spring weather! First off, I cannot thank each of you enough for all you did to advocate for World Languages. It’s because of each of you that we were able to defeat House Bill...

Hello, FLAVA. Before I exit stage right (never stage left), I wanted to share a few things with you. 1. How much I have enjoyed working with you and how much I appreciate that you have entrusted me to care for FLAVA as the organization’s president twice...