Personal
Casa Italiana Language School Promoting Body
Personal
Interim Director
Federica Petracci
Our activities
Supplementary Italian courses
For native speakers
The supplementary Italian language and culture courses organized by the institution are aimed at native speakers who live, temporarily or permanently, in this country.
They are based on the Italian ministerial program, cover the compulsory school curriculum in Italy and take place from September to June for a total of 60 hours.
Italian in the local school system
For American kids
In close collaboration with the Embassy's School Office and with the aim of bringing more and more students to take the AP Italian exam, the institution promotes and supports the inclusion of new Italian language courses in the curricula ;school children from local elementary, middle and high schools.
It also offers consultancy, materials and training to teachers of courses already included and financed by schools.
AP Italian exam
Olmo Library
Music school
Events
Our Logo
The choice of the logo of Casa Italiana Language School, which has become the only managing body in the consular district of Washington DC since January 1st 2013, it is not casual or simply linked to a graphic choice.
It represents, summarized, the winning drawing of the competition announced in the school year. 2010/2011 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.
Students from American elementary, middle and high schools in the consular district of Washington where the Italian language is taught participated in the competition. The winning drawing was then awarded during a celebration at the Embassy, printed on a T-shirt and distributed to all Italian students who number around 4,000 in the Washington area.
By adopting this logo we also wanted to express a tribute of recognition and gratitude to Cesarina Horing, promoter of the competition, and Maria Wilmeth who have given so much in terms of dedication to the promotion and diffusion of Italian culture in our area.
