Veronica Kurth

Lower School Spanish, French, German

Veronica Kurth has been at USJ for 12 years. She teaches Spanish and French for grades 3-5 and German as part of the fifth grade Passport program.  She has a doctorate in jurisprudence, an MBA, and a bachelors degree in Linguistic and Romanistic with an emphasis in French, Italian, and German. 

She is a member of the Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Association. As an educator, she has taught Spanish, French, and German at all levels. She also teaches at Lambuth.

In her classroom, she integrates language and culture with reading, geography, history, music, art, and other disciplines. Her classes begin with a conversation in the target language. She uses the Total Physical Response approach so students recognize and use basic commands and develop understanding of the new vocabulary. 

She enjoys traveling, learning about other cultures, meeting new people, and enjoying her husband and 4 children. Her two oldest children are in college, and her two youngest are USJ students.

She has lived in four different countries and each of her four children was born in one of those countries.  She has a dual nationality: Ecuadorian and American.

"USJ offers a challenging academic curriculum," Dr. Kurth says. "Teachers work together to create a nurturing environment."

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