World Languages Department
Mission Statement:
“Our mission, as Ignatian Educators, is to provide our students with a new lens, through which they will be able to experience and appreciate the diverse languages and cultures of the world, past and present.”
Enduring Understandings:
Open to Growth:
By graduation the World Languages Student will understand…
- the distinctive viewpoints that can only be experienced through world languages and their cultures.
- and accept the challenge of acquiring another language.
- and appreciate the connection between other Languages and the English Language.
- that language mastery is a life-long objective.
- the enjoyment of learning language.
Religious:
By graduation the World languages Student will understand…
- that we can praise and worship God in other languages.
- the influence of Latin and Spanish on the development of the Catholic Church.
Loving:
By graduation the World Languages Student will understand…
- that learning other languages connects one to the world community.
- and value the richness of other cultures of the world.
- and respect the dignity of the World’s peoples.
Intellectually Competent:
By graduation the World Languages Student will…
- have a more thorough understanding of the function of grammar and vocabulary in language.
- acquire the ability to accurately translate from one language to another.
- appreciate the history, mythology, and literature of classical and modern cultures.
- will acquire the organization and discipline necessary for learning another language.
- understand the role of technology in language acquisition.
Committed to Doing Justice:
By graduation the World Languages Student will…
- recognize his/her responsibility as a member of the world community.
- experience the role of the foreigner.
- accept that one’s language is not the right way but simply another way to experience the world.
- realize the empowerment that language acquisition provides in future vocation and living the Gospel.
World Languages Faculty
ANDY SCHMIDBAUER ’88
Department Chair
Mr. Schmidbauer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College, with a double-major in Spanish and History, and earned his Masters in Education from Arizona State University. He has also studied at the Marquette University Study Center at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. He has been a member of the Brophy faculty since 1994. Mr. Schmidbauer has taught Spanish I, Honors Spanish II, and Spanish III. He is an assistant cross country and volleyball coach. He co-moderates one of the yearly service trips to Mexico. Mr. Schmidbauer is a member of the Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
Classroom: Keating 20
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6339
Email: aschmidbauer@brophyprep.org
CHRIS CALDERON, S.J.
Mr. Christopher Calderón, S.J. is originally from Los Angeles, CA, where he attended a Jesuit high school called Loyola. He then earned a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from the Jesuit University of San Francisco. Upon graduation, he entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), with whom he would return to graduate school at Loyola University Chicago. Once he completed his Master of Arts in Applied Philosophy in 2011, he joined the Brophy community as a faculty member teaching Spanish.
Classroom: Keating 25
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6305
Email: ccalderon@brophyprep.org
MELISSA CAMPANA
Mrs. Campana earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Arizona. She has also studied at the Universidad de Alcalá in Spain, where her love of Spanish, travel, and Premier League football truly blossomed. She is a native of central Phoenix, and joined the Brophy faculty in 2011.
Classroom: Keating 24
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6441
Email: mcampana@brophyprep.org
RICHARD CORDOVA
Sr. Córdova is a native of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from the Universidad Católica Boliviana in La Paz, Bolivia. Sr. Córdova completed the Teacher Advancement Program through the Milken Foundation. He joined the Brophy faculty in 2011 to teach Spanish II and Conversational Spanish. Sr. Córdova is a member of AZLA and AATSP.
Classroom: Keating 26
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6336
Email: rcordova@brophyprep.org
LLOYD DAGGETT
Mr. Daggett earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John’s College and a Licentiate of Theology from Gregorian University in Rome. He has been a member of the Brophy faculty since 1992. Mr. Daggett teaches Latin I, Latin III. He is moderator of Mock Trial.
Classroom: Keating 25
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6320
Email: ldaggett@brophyprep.org
MARIA DOMÍNGUEZ
Sra. Domínguez earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, where she is originally from. After moving to the United States, she earned a Master of Arts Degree in Spanish from Arizona State University. She joined the Brophy faculty team in 2009 to teach in the World Languages Department and she is co-moderator of the Spanish Honor Society.
Classroom: Keating 21
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6317
Email: mdominguez@brophyprep.org
HOLLIE HAYCOCK
Ms. Haycock was born and raised in the Phoenix area. She left Arizona to attend college in California, earning her BA in Classical Studies from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA, and her MA in Classical Studies with an emphasis in Latin from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has spent the past 9 years in Santa Barbara teaching Latin and Greek at Laguna Blanca School. In addition to teaching Latin, she will be moderating the Latin Club.
Classroom: Brophy 102
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6378
Email: hhaycock@brophyprep.org
JOSE MENDOZA ’88
Mr. Mendoza earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arizona State University. Presently, he is pursuing a Master of Arts degree in counseling from Northern Arizona University. He has been a member of the Brophy faculty since 1994. Mr. Mendoza teaches Advanced Placement Spanish IV (Language) and serves as Director of Guidance Counseling. Additionally, he is Head Coach for the Freshman Baseball team.
Office: Romley Hall Counseling Center
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6334
Email: jmendoza@brophyprep.org
CHRIS RAMSEY
Mr. Ramsey is a native of Calexico, CA. He earned his B.A. in Spanish and Sociology from the University of San Diego, where he was a 4-year letter winner with USD Football. He has a Masters in Secondary Education from Providence College through the PACT program, Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers. He has taught Spanish and coached football and track at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, MA, prior to coming to Brophy. He is a co-moderator of the Argentina Immersion Trip with Señora Steffens. He enjoys sports and fitness, foreign films/languages, travel, diverse cuisines, and family.
Classroom: Keating 25
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6284
Email: cramsey@brophyprep.org
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CATHARINE STEFFENS
Catharine Steffens earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish from the University of Southern California. She has also completed a post-baccalaureate program at California State University, Long Beach in education with a specialization in Chicano Studies. She holds an Arizona State Teaching Certificate for grades K-12 with a Spanish Bilingual endorsement. In 2007 she received a Masters degree in Spanish from Arizona State University. Catharine began teaching in the early 80’s and has taught in California, Arizona and Madrid, Spain where she lived for four years after graduating from college. Catharine teaches Spanish III at Brophy and is the moderator for Spanish Honor Society.
Classroom: K22
Tel: 602-264-5291 x6383
Email: csteffens@brophyprep.org
