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BPC hosts annual Language Appreciation Day March 23

These high school Spanish students are competing for the prize of best overall school in the LAD07 competition. This year’s first place winner is Claxton High, who beat out last year’s winner, Montgomery County High School, which placed second.

By Kelley M. Arnold

Director of News and Public Information

High school Spanish students were taught how to Salsa dance during one of BPC’s Language Appreciation Day (LAD07) activities March 23, held on the Mount Vernon campus. (Photos by Hayley M. Boisseau)

Brewton-Parker College’s Modern Languages Department held its fourth annual Language Appreciation Day (LAD07) March 23 with more than 300 high school Spanish students from six surrounding Georgia schools attending the learning and competitive event.

According to organizer and BPC Spanish professor, James P. Bell Jr., the all-day event was a “success.”

The students competed in teams based on their schools in areas such as reading comprehension and verb conjugation. The winners of this year’s LAD07 are as follows: Claxton High, first; Montgomery County High School, second; and Tattnall County, third.

BPC students from the college’s LASO, or Latin American Student Organization, helped facilitate the competition and activities. Bell thanks every participant for supporting the annual appreciation day.

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