In addition to teaching mastery of the target language, the Foreign Language department promotes an appreciation and understanding of different cultural groups who speak the target language through the study of customs, cultural differences, folklore, foods, and history.

Come and learn to think, speak, listen and write in a new language!

The Holy Names High School English department guides students to develop skills in expository writing and literary analysis.
We seek to enable our students to enrich their lives with a variety of real choices for self-expression, to read, speak, and write their own language competently and effectively so that they may function as educated people in a society which values education.