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Rebecca Kline's Keynote Address Given at the Fall Conference 2002

Some 2003 Fall Conference Photos

The 2004 Poetry Recitation Contest Winners

The winners of the 2005 Poster Contest

Senator Dodd Honored at CT COLT 2005 Fall Conference

Student Impressions of Presenting a Workshop at the 2005 Fall Conference

Click here for a write-up of the 2005 Spring Conference and some pictures.

Highlights of the 2005 CT COLT Rhyme Celebration
Summary of the 2005 Rhyme Celebration
PowerPoint Presentation, 2005 Rhyme Celebration, Part I
PowerPoint Presentation, 2005 Rhyme Celebration, Part II

PowerPoint Presentation, 2005 Rhyme Celebration, Part III

The winners of the 2005 Poetry Recitation Contest

2006 CT COLT Poetry Recitation Contest
The winners of the 2006 Poetry Recitation Contest (PDF)

The winners of the 2006 Poetry Recitation Contest (MS Word)

Highlights of the 2006 CT COLT Rhyme Celebration
Summary of the 2006 Rhyme Celebration
Pictures of the 2006 Rhyme Celebration

Highlights of the 2007 CT COLT Rhyme Celebration
Mansfield Middle School - Friday - March 30, 2007
Please click here for photos of the 2007 Rhyme Celebration.
Summary of the 2007 Rhyme Celebration

Highlights of the 2008 CT COLT Rhyme Celebration
Marlborough Elementary School - Wednesday - March 19, 2008
Theme:  "We All Laugh in the Same Language" - (Inspired by Marla Lewis' song of the same name.)

Chairperson:  Christi Moraga - Marlborough Host:  Kristen Vrabie

For photos of the 2008 Rhyme Celebration, please click on the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/Trigalchristi/RhymeCelebration2008Laughter

Click on the link below to view videos of the 2007 and 2008 Rhyme Celebrations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2ZZZCsSh9s 

The Winners of the 2007 Poetry Recitation Contest.

2008 CT COLT Fall Conference

Theme:  Passport to Proficiency
Date:  October 27, 2008
Location: Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT

Conference Co-Chairs:
Vincenza McNulty -
vincenzajm@yahoo.com
Janet Picerno -
jarap@comcast.net

About Our Keynote Speaker: Martha G. Abbott
Passport to Proficiency: Keys to the Future!

Marty Abbott is currently the Director of Education for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Prior to this, Marty served in the Fairfax County Public Schools as a language teacher, Foreign Language Coordinator, and Director of High School Instruction. She has served on national committees to develop student standards, beginning teacher standards, and performance assessments in foreign languages. She was President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in 2003 and Chair of the Northeast Conference in 1999. Marty also was co-chair of the national public awareness campaign 2005: The Year of Languages. She holds her B.A. degree in Spanish with a minor in Latin from the University of Mary Washington and a Master’s Degree in Spanish Linguistics from Georgetown University.

 

Please click here to view the PowerPoint presentation used by Marty Abbott during her keynote address.
Click here to view pictures taken at the 2008 CT COLT Fall Conference
. You may view the pictures individually or as a slideshow.

2008 CT COLT Poster Contest
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE 2008 POSTER CONTEST!
(To view a larger picture of each poster, please click on each thumbnail)

The Grand Prize Winning Poster
by Julia Emiliani - Wethersfield High School

 

 

High School Division
by Jenny Duval - Suffield High School

 

 

Middle School Division
by Isabelle Pieper - Bedford Middle School

 

Elementary School Division (Grades 3-5)
by Samantha Lawrence - Roger Sherman Elementary School

 

 

2009 CT COLT Poster  Contest
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE 2009 POSTER CONTEST!
(To view a larger picture of each poster, please click on each thumbnail.)

Theme -
Languages:  A Passport to World Cultures
 

 

The Grand Prize Winning Poster
by
Emery Wallace - Mill Hill School - Southport, CT

 

 

High School Division
by Stevie Thompson - Coginchaug Regional High School - Durham, CT

 

Middle School Division
by
David Swigart - Newtown Middle School - Newtown, CT

 

Elementary School Division (Grades 3-5)
by Justine Hooks - The Foote School - New Haven, CT

 

Elementary School Division (Grades K-2)
by Sophie Caplan - Marlborough Elementary School - Marlborough, CT

 

The Winners of the 2009 CT COLT Poetry Recitation Contest (MS Word)
The Winners of the 2009 CT COLT Poetry Recitation Contest (PDF)
2009 Poetry Contest Rules and Procedures
Criteria for Judging and Rubrics for 2009

 

 

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