Penobscot School

Celebrating foreign languages and cultures for over 30 years

Penobscot Language School is a non-profit center that provides language and cultural learning to the local and global communities. Our three-prong approach comprehensively addresses the importance of understanding and participating in cultural diversity and includes: 1) weekly language classes 2) tutorials in several languages for all ages and all levels, 3) French cooking and conversation and a rich variety of cultural events. From its founding to the present, the school has served more than 6,350 Maine residents in foreign language courses and through cultural events as well as over 540 English Immersion students from more than forty countries.  Entering its 33rd year in 2019, Penobscot Language School continues to launch innovative programming and welcomes everyone to participate.

What Our Students Are Saying

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Over the years the wonderful international network generated by the Penobscot School has totally captured me. My classmates and I go to class together, have lunch together once a week, and have a delicious potluck dinner once a month in the kitchen at the school. I now have had about 12 teachers from Italy. Many are good friends whom I visit and with whom I correspond. I would never have these beautiful friends and the ability to enjoy the wonderfully written Italian novels and short stories if it weren’t for Penobscot School.

Bob Foreign Language Classes: Italian

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