World Languages


Mr. Raymond Raineri from Oakland Tech’s June graduating class of 1957 gave a casual presentation to the Italian-1 classes on January 16th, 2009. He shared historical points of interest about Tech and its neighborhood: the settlers and the work of Italian immigrants along with his personal Italian-American experience.

Please visit the ‘Photos and History‘ page to view and read about photos of Oakland Tech’s past.


The University of California, California State University and some other colleges require two successive years of one foreign language for entering freshman. University of California Letters and Science students are required to take a third year after entrance. The third-year requirement is waived if the student has taken three successive years of the same foreign language in high school.

It is strongly recommended that college-bound students complete their two or three years of foreign language in four or six successive semesters without interruption. High school foreign language textbooks are written for students reading at least at grade 7.

Here are the World Language course offered at Oakland Tech for 2008-09:

Spanish 1
Spanish 2
Spanish 3
Spanish 4 AP
Spanish 5 AP

Mandarin 1
Mandarin 2
Mandarin 3
Mandarin 4 AP

French 1
French 2
French 3

Italian 1
Italian 2

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