KND at Sligo Creek Elementary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I have enrolled my son in a private school
for KND but am looking for good school in the Bethesda/Rockville area. Any thoughts on Ashburton elementary school? So hard to get information unless you talk to the parents. I was particularly concerned about teasing related to speech. I feel my son will be ok in Clarity by next year but it will be great to enroll him in a school which discourages bullying in general so that he is at neither end of it. I don't want to teach him that joining the crowd and teasing other kids is ok.

You may want to start an Ashburton thread for more replies.

[Anonymous]

So far K is fine, we are a French family that did not get a spot in the French program. Warning: for what I have observed so far the FI people think they are beyond the academy. Facts: is not a merit program, is Canadian motivated, is not true immersion except the French language, which we have found in some write ups to be incorrect, grammatically. Think carefully about motivations for an immersion program, be sure is not just that you feel is superior, because you will be damaging your kid, that eventually will loose the language no matter what.

[Anonymous]

I've heard consistently bad things about the lack of organization at the school, particularly from parents who have had kids at other SS elementary schools and then a child in the immersion program there.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So far K is fine, we are a French family that did not get a spot in the French program. Warning: for what I have observed so far the FI people think they are beyond the academy. Facts: is not a merit program, is Canadian motivated, is not true immersion except the French language, which we have found in some write ups to be incorrect, grammatically. Think carefully about motivations for an immersion program, be sure is not just that you feel is superior, because you will be damaging your kid, that eventually will loose the language no matter what.

Your English isn't so correct, either. FYI I'm not even sure what you are trying to say, especially in your last few sentences.

In any case, regarding the bolded part: My kids went through French immersion in MoCo. They are all in their 20s, and all fluent in French (still). In their work, they use French. Many of their immersion friends likewise still use their French in their lives. One works for an NGO that does a lot of work in Africa; another works as a translator/interpreter; another lives and works in Paris as a teacher. Two (that I know of) have become certified translators in France.

So, have no fear that your children will eventually "loose" the language. They will not, if they keep it up - as is the case with any non-native language.