Foreign Languages
Pat W. Castelli-Foreign Languages
BA, Providence College
MA (Spanish), University of Rhode Island
Other Graduate Work at Catholic University of America
Mr. Castelli came to Prout in 1997 after teaching for 30 years at Cranston High School West, the last seven of those years he spent as Foreign Language department head. Mr. Castelli is a member of the RI Foreign Language Association and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening and reading.
Jennifer Trevisiol - Italian
BS, Business w/ Concentration in Italian, University of Rhode Island
Teacher Certification Program, University of Rhode Island
Mrs. Trevisiol comes to The Prout School from the University of Rhode Island where she taught Italian for four years. Prior to teaching at the University of Rhode Island, Mrs. Trevisiol lived in Italy for eleven years where she worked as an interpreter and translator for the Officine Meccaniche Rino Berardi S.p.A. in Brescia. Mrs. Trevisiol is a member of the Rhode Island Foreign Language Association and is pursuing a Master’s of Education at URI. She is also a member of Rhode Island Teachers of Italian and the American Association of Teachers of Italian.
Joanne Welsh - French
BA, Secondary Education w/ Concentration in French, University of Rhode Island
Joanne Welsh has studied abroad at the L’Alliance Francaise in Paris, France and attended a summer program at the Colegio de Espana in Salamanca, Spain. Her teaching career began at North Kingstown High School as a French teacher in 1980. In 1982, Joanne left teaching to pursue a career as a stockbroker. While a successful broker, she used her skills as a teacher to train others to become brokers as well. In 1989, Joanne left the professional world to become a mother of three children, Caitlyn, Kellie and Jackson. She rejoined the teaching profession in 2002, teaching French and Spanish at Grafton Middle School in Grafton, Massachusetts. After spending a year at the Narragansett Pier School and at Prout, Joanne joins the staff of The Prout School full time for the 2006-07 school year to teach foreign language.
Josefa Guzmán Dougal - Spanish
BS, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
BA, Spanish and American Studies
MA, Spanish literature
Ms. Dougal has been teaching Spanish at URI for the past five years. In her spare time she enjoys fishing, reading about the ocean, and travel.