For continuing education students, a variety of options for foreign language classes are available, including online learning.

Smithfield and Windsor high schools will teach certain foreign language classes online next year ISLE OF WIGHT Michele Vandeveer of Smithfield has reservations about Smithfield and Windsor high schools asking students in upper level Spanish and Latin to learn online essentially "outsourcing" classroom instruction in the upcoming school year.

Middlebury College, a small Vermont college known for its rigorous foreign-language programs, is forming a venture with a commercial entity to develop online language programs for pre-college students. The college plans to invest $4 million for a 40 percent stake in what will become Middlebury Interactive Languages.

Students at Cynwyd Elementary School sing and play games - and learn French at the same time. But their class isn't typical, as many area grade schools are considering cutting foreign language classes.

Students in Madame Maria Wells' fifth-grade class at Cynwyd Elementary School were having great fun Thursday morning - while learning French at the same time.