NEWS
2025
1st Place Winner: Caspian Pruner Friel (2025 - Coloring Contest)
"Concurso Colorido" (Coloring Contest) organized by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
Caspian, the son of two biologists, shares his parents’ love for wildlife—especially birds! When preparing for the coloring contest, he was eager to learn about wildlife from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries. He explored online resources, flipped through bird guides, browsed photos from his parents’ past trips, and immersed himself in wildlife documentaries and selected species he thought were interesting!
Here is a photo of Caspian out enjoying nature!
Read more about this exciting contest here: https://nationalspanishexam.org/awards/k8contest/
2nd Place Winner: Marianna Medrano Becerra (2025 - Coloring Contest)
"Concurso Colorido" (Coloring Contest) organized by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
"Mis Raíces, Mi herencia"
Marianna wanted to include her roots by incorporating both sides of her heritage. Her mom was born in Colombia and her dad was born in Mexico. Marianna drew pictures of what she loves from each county that have been taught to her and took part of her identity as an American-Mexican-Colombian girl.
Read more about this exciting contest here: https://nationalspanishexam.org/awards/k8contest/
June 23-27, 2025
PCTS Teacher Joins Innovative AI Training at Rising Leaders Academy
Panama City Trilingual School is proud to announce that one of our teachers recently participated in the “Engaging Elementary Students Using AI-Powered Storytelling” professional learning course. This cutting-edge training, hosted at Rising Leaders Academy—an InSPIREd school—brings together Coastal Northwest Florida educators to explore how artificial intelligence can transform elementary education.
The course is offered for free through InSPIRE at FSU and funded by Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., underscoring a commitment to innovating learning across our region.
Read more about this exciting initiative here: FSU Learning Systems Institute News.
#InnovatingLearning #InSPIRE #PCTS
January 2023
Chinese New Year Festival 2023
2022
Chinese New Year Festival 2022
November 17, 2021
Press release:
Panama City Trilingual School (PCTS) would like to announce our partnership with Troy University effective November 17.
PCTS is the only school of its kind in the panhandle of Florida. It offers a curriculum which immerses children in both the Mandarin Chinese language and culture as well as the Spanish language and culture. The goal of the partnership is to develop Chinese language teaching and learning programs in our school as well as to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship between young people of both China and the United States. The partnership will also help the school by sponsoring teaching and learning of the Chinese language and culture. This will be done through assistance with curriculum and educational trips to China. Future possibilities with the program may include dual enrollment and scholarships through Troy University.
The partnership between PCTS and Troy University will help our school obtain the goal of our students becoming truly "trilingual."
October 15, 2021
WMBB News 13 coverage of our Hispanic Heritage Month Showcase
https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/panama-city-trilingual-school-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month-3/
February 12, 2021
WMBB News 13 video coverage of our Chinese New Year Celebration. Also see the article here https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-news/bay-county/panama-citys-trilingual-school-celebrates-chinese-new-year/
December 18, 2020
WMBB News 13 coverage of the PCTS Christmas Concert
October 14, 2020
WMBB News 13 coverage of Panama City Trilingual School’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
February 2, 2020
The Panama City News Herald’s full article about our school.
https://www.newsherald.com/lifestyle/20200129/teaching-in-tongues
Abigail Fehnrich, 6, points to Mandarin symbols on a wall to construct a complete sentence as she reads them aloud.
January 15, 2020
A preview from The Panama City News Herald’s visit to our school this January, 2020. The full print article will be in the News Herald on Feb.2, 2020.
The News Herald also released a podcast from their visit to Panama City Trilingual School to accompany the full story that will be in print on Feb. 2, 2020.
