Le Novità - Kenosha and Racine
"Graduation" at Nash Elementary Italian After-School Program
Nash Elementary School in Kenosha concluded its Children's After School Italian Program. This program provided students with an introduction to the Italian Language and the Culture of Italy. The Italian Language Instructors included Pellegrina (Rina) Pingone-Debartolo - primary (K-2) instructor; and
Ralph Annina and Tina Bonofiglio - intermediate (3-5) instructors. Dominic Savaglio and Maria Patrizzi, student volunteers from Bradford High School's Service Learning Project, also assisted with the program.View some photos from the "graduating" class.
Holy Rosary Children’s Italian Classes in Kenosha
NEW! Italian classes will be held on Saturday mornings from 10 am to 11 am. The first class begins Saturday March 20th and goes to May 15th. This program is intended to provide students with an introduction to the Italian Language and the Culture of Italy. The Italian Language Instructors are Tina Bonofiglio, St. Therese-Mount Carmel Elementary School, Joanna Stenson, St. Joseph's Catholic Schools and Ralph Annina, Bradford High School. This program is open to all elementary school students attending Elementary Schools in Kenosha.Summer Italian Opera Program in Kenosha
Kenosha Middle and High School students will be preparing the opera, "La Cenerentola" by Gioachino Rossini. This opera has two acts. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, and it is based on the fairy tale, Cinderella. Rossini composed "La Cenerentola" when he was 25 years old, following the success of "The Barber of Seville" the year before. "La Cenerentola," which he completed in a period of three weeks, is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles. [summary from Wikipedia (exit WisItalia)]Auditions are March 27 and 29, 2010. The Kenosha summer program starts June 15, 2010, and ends with the 1-hour performances on July 23 and 24, 2010. This opera will be performed in Italian. The objectives of this summer program are to teach and coach students to learn "Italian for Opera" and work with students throughout the preparation and perfomances. The libretto will be reviewed, as well as the various songs translated by the students for them to better appreciate the opera. Artistic Director Kathryn Peperkorn and Italian Teacher, Ralph Annina will be coordinating this program, in conjunction with the Opera ala Carte, SouthEast Wisconsin Performing Arts (SWEPA). View the SWEPA website at http://sewpa.org/ (exit WisItalia) for details.
Kenosha Directory
Schools and Italian Language Programs
Elementary Schools
Name: Mt. Carmel-St. Therese Elementary School
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: 2020 91st Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143
Telephone: 262 694-8080
Fax: N/A
Website: www.mtcarmel-sttherese-school.org
Principal: Elliot Kramsky ekramsky@tds.net
Italian Teacher: Tina Bonofiglio tmbono@att.net
Courses Offered: Italian for K-6 grades
Middle Schools
Name: St. Joseph Interparish Junior High School
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: 2401 69th St., Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143
Telephone: 262 654-8651
Fax: N/A
Website: www.kenoshastjoseph.com
President: Robert Freund rfreund@kenoshastjoseph.com
Principal: Edward Kovochich ekovochich@kenoshastjoseph.com
Department Chair: Jessica Ramirez jramirez@kenoshastjoseph.com
Italian Teacher: Joanna Stenson jstenson@kenoshastjoseph.com
Courses Offered: Italian 8
High Schools
Name: Bradford High School
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: 3700 Washington Road Kenosha, Wisconsin 53144
Telephone: 262 653-6200
Fax: 262 653-5948
Website: bradford.kusd.edu
Principal: Sue Savaglio-Jarvis ssavagli@kusd.edu
Department Chair: Mary Carlsen mcarlsen@kusd.edu
Italian Teacher: Ralph Annina rannina@wi.ri.com or rannina@kusd.edu
Courses Offered: Introductory Italian 101 and 102, Intermediate Italian 201 and 202
Name: Saint Joseph High School
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: 2401 69th St., Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143
Telephone: 262 654-8651
Fax: N/A
Website: www.kenoshastjoseph.com
President: Robert Freund rfreund@kenoshastjoseph.com
Principal: Edward Kovochich ekovochich@kenoshastjoseph.com
Department Chair: Jessica Ramirez jramirez@kenoshastjoseph.com
Italian Teacher: Joanna Stenson jstenson@kenoshastjoseph.com
Courses Offered: Italian 1 and Italian 2
Name: Tremper High School
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: 8560 26th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53143
Telephone: 262 942-2200
Website: tremper.kusd.edu
Principal: Kenith Dopke kdopke@kusd.edu
Department Chairs: Grace Dary gdary@kusd.edu and Mary Towers mtowers@kusd.edu
Italian Teacher: Pellegrina (Rina) Pignone-De Bartolo mycupoft@gmail.com or ppignone@kusd.edu
Courses Offered: Introductory Italian 101 and 102, Intermediate Italian 201 and 202, Advanced Italian 301 and 302
Universities
Name: University of Wisconsin - Parkside (credit classes)
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: 900 Wood Road, P.O. Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000
Telephone: 262 595-2188
Fax: 262 595-2530
Instuctor’s Website: uwp.edu/~iaquinta/
Instructor: Mary Ann Iaquinta 262 595-2728, mary.iaquinta@uwp.edu
Courses Offered: ITAL 103, ITAL 104; ITAL 203, ITAL 204
(Spring 2010 course schedule, page 39 - pdf)
Children Italian Language Programs
Name: Children's After School Italian Program
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: Nash Elementary School, 6801 99th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53142
Telephone: 262 359-3500
Fax: 262 359-3550
Principal: Martin J. Pitts mpitts@kusd.edu
Coordinators: Ralph Annina rannina@wi.ri.com and Pellegrina (Rina) Pignone-De Bartolo mycupoft@gmail.com or ppignone@kusd.edu
Italian Language Instructor:
Pellegrina (Rina) Pingone-Debartolo - primary (K-2) instructor
Italian Language Instructors:
Ralph Annina - intermediate (3-5) instructor
Tina Bonofiglio tmbono@att.net - intermediate (3-5) instructor
NEW - Name: Holy Rosary Children’s Saturday Italian Classes
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: Holy Rosary Elementary School, 4400 22nd Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140
Telephone: 262 652-2771
Contact: Sister Lucille Puntillo
Italian Language Instructor: Ralph Annina (Bradford High School) rannina@wi.ri.com
Italian Language Instructor: Tina Bonofiglio (Mt. Carmel-St. Therese Elementary School) tmbono@att.net
Italian Language Instructor: Joanna Stenson (St. Joseph's Catholic Schools) jstenson@kenoshastjoseph.com
Runs for 7 weeks on Saturday mornings from March 20th to May 15th from 10:00 - 11:00 am. Registration form (pdf). This program is open to all elementary school students attending Elementary Schools in Kenosha.
Name: Italian Language Enrichment Program
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: Bullen Middle School, 2804 39th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53144
Telephone: 262 597-4460
Principal: Kim Fischer
Assistant Principal: Mr. Brian Geiger
Italian Language Instructor: Ralph Annina (Bradford High School) rannina@wi.ri.com
Runs for 10 weeks on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:10 – 5:10 pm, starting September 22, 2009
Adult Italian Language Programs
Name: Advanced Italian Studies
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: Equinox,5901 6th Ave, Kenosha – 2nd floor
Email: italiano@curzio.com
Coordinator/Instructor: Curzio Caravati
Courses Offered: Advanced Italian Studies
Thursdays at 6:45 to 8:15 for about 30 weeks per year. Cost is $20 per night.
Currently the group is reading a book and discussing the content in Italian. Once they finish with this book, the students will pick the next book.
Name: Google Group Listserv
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Email: italiano-kenosha@googlegroups.com
Purpose: Join this google group if you would like to keep up with Italian happenings in Kenosha by signing up at groups.google.com/group/italiano-kenosha/subscribe?note=1. Email Curzio, if you have trouble signing-in.
Name: University of Wisconsin - Parkside Adult Education Italian Mini Courses (non-credit courses)
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Address: 900 Wood Road, P.O. Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000
Website: www.uwp.edu/departments/minicourses/brochures.pdf
Instructor: Ralph (Raffaele) Annina rannina@wi.ri.com
Courses Offered for Winter/Spring 2010: Italian 1 and
Contemporary Italian Film non-credit courses (http://www.uwp.edu/departments/minicourses/brochures.pdf (pdf))
Name: Annina Language Workshops
State: Wisconsin
City: Kenosha
Email: Ralph (Raffaele) Annina rannina@execpc.com
Business Card (pdf - design by Nathan Godding)
Website: Annina Language Workshops
Coordinator/Instructor: Ralph (Raffaele) Annina
Courses Offered: Private and semi-private group lessons. Lessons can be customized depending on your circumstances. The Raffaele Method® combines intensive language immersion with an audio-visual methodology.
Updated March 9, 2010
