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Classes are listed below. For Winter and Spring 2023, some classes are in person and some are on Zoom. Please note location for each course below.


Spanish: Beginner, Part 1 - Evening
For students with little or no previous Spanish experience. Class covers basic vocabulary, pronunciation, elementary conversation, sentence structure, and basic grammar using the present and past tenses. Good background for travel to a Spanish speaking country. The course focuses on how to carry on simple conversations in Spanish, as spoken in Latin America. Please obtain the text, Easy Spanish Step-by-Step (McGraw-Hill, 1st or 2nd Edition by Barbara Bregstein). Instructor Robert Roehr lived in Spain for 5 years and has extensive experience teaching Spanish and ESL to adults. He has taught here in the past and we are happy to have him return. Makeup date, if needed, is 4/5.

Please call (203) 431-2812 or email ridgefieldcontinuingeducation@gmail.com for fall dates.


Spanish: Beginner, Part 2 - Evening
A continuation of Beginner, Part 1 (see above). Newcomers with equivalent experience are welcome. Class covers basic vocabulary, pronunciation, elementary conversation, sentence structure, and basic grammar using the present and past tenses. Good background for travel to a Spanish speaking country. The course focuses on how to carry on simple conversations in Spanish, as spoken in Latin America. Easy Spanish Step-by-Step (McGraw-Hill, 1st or 2nd Edition by Barbara Bregstein). Instructor Robert Roehr lived in Spain for 5 years and has extensive experience teaching Spanish and ESL to adults. He has taught here in the past and we are happy to have him return.

Please call (203) 431-2812 or email ridgefieldcontinuingeducation@gmail.com for fall dates.


Spanish: Intermediate, Part 3 - Evening
A continuation of Intermediate, Part 2. Newcomers with equivalent experience are welcome. Please obtain the text, Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish. We will continue to work on pronunciation and vocabulary, and will introduce new grammar concepts. Supplementary articles will be provided depending upon class readiness. Class discussions and conversations will be emphasized. Instructor Oscar Vargas is a native of Colombia, who has lived here since 1969. A graduate of NYU, he worked in international business for about 20 years, and has traveled extensively in Latin America and Spain. He then ran his own business. He has taught Spanish here for over 20 years.

Please call (203) 431-2812 or email ridgefieldcontinuingeducation@gmail.com for summer/fall dates.


Spanish: Advanced Conversation - Evening
A continuation from the class this past winter. Newcomers with equivalent experience are welcome. Class will be conducted mainly in Spanish and will include review of grammar concepts and vocabulary, reading and class discussion of current event and articles, and discussion of assigned movie. Please obtain the text, Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish as it will be used as a reference. Instructor Oscar Vargas is a native of Colombia, who has lived here since 1969. A graduate of NYU, he worked in international business for about 20 years, and has traveled extensively in Latin America and Spain. He then ran his own business. He has taught Spanish here for over 20 years.

Please call (203) 431-2812 or email ridgefieldcontinuingeducation@gmail.com for summer/fall dates.


Why Learn a Foreign Language? in Person? or Online with active Instruction and Participation?

Step away from a rote computer program and into live, active learning of a foreign language.

Absorb news as heard in another country.

Visit another country to see the sites, converse, eat, and enjoy the culture.

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Art History - Coming this Fall!


Diego Velazquez – The Painter’s Painter
As painter to the royal court of Spain, it was Velazquez’s role to create images of King Philip IV and his family and record major events of the era.  It was his talent to produce portraits of piercing realism and truth; it was his genius to do it through the seemingly effortless handling of sensuous paint.  An exploration of his life and masterful works is a delight for the eye and spirit. Instructor: Nancy Maxwell.

1 Session $ 29 (Ridgefield Sr./Disab. $ 25)
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Elizabeth Vigée LeBrun
To succeed as a female artist in the 18th century was astonishing; to do so in an age of violent political upheaval was almost miraculous.  With patience, diplomacy, and stunning talent, Elizabeth Vigée LeBrun not only established her position in the court of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, but went on to produce  portraits that read like a list of who’s who in European royalty.  Instructor: Nancy Maxwell.

1 Session $ 29 (Ridgefield Sr./Disab. $ 25)
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European History - Coming this Fall!


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