Foreign Language
Mary Beth Tietgens
Spanish 1 & 2
I am married with two grown children and 3 grandchildren. I am originally from Long Island, New York and moved to Maine when I got married. There, we raised our three children. Due to my husband's love of fishing and boating, he and I moved to North Carolina a few years ago. We have also lived in Abu Dhabi for several years due to his job. I have been teaching since 2008, however, I have been in education as a substitute and then a Team Teaching Assistant since 2000.
Wendy Westover
French 1 & 2
Wendy Westover is a French teacher with three decades of experience. She graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in French Education. Mrs. Westover is a member of the standard-setting committee for the French Praxis. She studied in Senegal as part of a Fulbright-Hays Group Project for French teachers. As a 2021 UNC Center for European Studies EUnited Teaching Fellow, she traveled to Belgium and Luxembourg to learn more about the European Union. Mrs. Westover is a University of North Carolina WorldView Teacher-Student Initiative 2025 teaching fellow in Global Studies. Mrs. Westover loves introducing her students to other cultures and helping them to become productive global citizens. She teaches French 1-IV at West Craven High School in Vanceboro, NC and is the Global Arts Department Chair as well as a member of the School Improvement Team and School Leadership Team.