Rockport — Ashwood Waldorf School has announced the hiring of Joanna Spinks as its new French teacher. She will be teaching French to grades one through eight, continuing a decades-long Ashwood tradition of immersing children of all ages in French language and culture from around the world.
Spinks, a fluent French speaker, has a Master of Arts in French Language and Literature and is certified to teach French and theater to grades K-12. She has directed a French arts and culture camp and worked as a French tutor for the New York City school system and as an assistant in a first grade French immersion program. Spinks has a great deal of translating experience, as well as performing arts experience. She is also part-time creative director at Oyster River Winegrowers in Warren and curator of a foreign film series at the Camden Opera House.