Welcome to the English Department.
Tina Tamweber, Coordinator

The Arlington High School English program is rooted in the humanities. Through different genres of writing, students will explore experiences unique to themselves and common to all people of all times. Students must be able to use texts to understand the complexity, significance and implications of the universal themes and conflicts in the world today as they have been played out through recorded history. Students need to develop a cultural literacy that fits them into the history of humanity. An English education also celebrates life and the beauty and utility of language used to communicate the connection of senses to thoughts. An English education represents freedom; it is the key to self-actualization and character development enhanced by a tolerance for diversity. The Arlington High School English program will guide students through the wisdom and beauty recorded forever in the texts of the world in a way that will prepare them to be recorders for future generations.