Departments
Foreign Languages
Oakland Catholic is proud of its tradition of excellence in
foreign languages and the fact that we offer one of the most
extensive high school foreign language programs in Western
Pennsylvania. OC's curriculum offers a complete 4 or 5 year
sequence in Chinese, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish, with A.P.
classes currently available in all languages except Chinese.
Students are required by the state of Pennsylvania to complete two
years of study of the same language. Most colleges prefer to see a
3 or 4 year sequence of study in one language. Given that 98% of
our graduates continue their education at the college or university
level, the majority of OC students take a minimum of three years of
a foreign language. It is important to note that a significant
number of OC students pursue the study of more than one foreign
language simultaneously, as long as their schedule permits this
endeavor.
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Mrs. Mary Claire Kasunic
Department Chair
Mrs. Mary Claire Kasunic, chair of the Foreign Languages
Department, joined Oakland Catholic High School in 1992 and has
taught both French and Span...
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Meghan Friday
Miss Meghan Friday joined Oakland Catholic High School in 2010
as a Spanish teacher. Educated at the University of West Virginia,
she received a B.A. in English and later a dual M.A. in Spanish...
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Mrs. Cindy Lu Goodman
Cindy Lu Goodman holds a Master's (M. Ed.) degree in Education
in Math and Computer Science, and a Multimedia program certificate
from California University of PA. She is a native Mandarin Chin...
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Dr. Giovanni Puppo
Dr. Giovanni Puppo is a teacher of Italian at Oakland Catholic
High School since 1989, and at St. Paul Cathedral High School since
1976, as well as an instructor of Italian at Carnegie Mellon
U...
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Mrs. Isabelle Schetley
Mrs. Isabelle Schetley teaches French levels 1, 2, and 3, and
Latin I. Born and raised in France, she graduated from the "Ecole
Polytechnique Feminine" college (Paris), with a major in Computer...
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Ms. Melissa Teeters
Ms. Melissa Teeters has been a Spanish teacher at Oakland
Catholic since 2004. She received a B.A. from Mercyhurst College
with majors in Political Science, Spanish, and Education and a
Mas...
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Mr. Adam Kear
Mr. Adam Kear received his Bachelor of Arts
degree in Philosophy, Classical Languages, and Religion from the
University of Pittsburgh. During the summer of 2011 Mr. Kear
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