Language Immersion Elementary Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Marie Reed?

Not possible for OOB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are OOB the DCPS immersion’s are all hard or impossible to get into for English-dominant children. I think Tyler is the one exception.

But most wouldn’t call it the “best.”

But with the lottery your chance is as good as anyone’s at one of the immersion charters.

Disagree- Tyler is impossible to get in if you're OOB, even if Spanish dominant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are OOB the DCPS immersion’s are all hard or impossible to get into for English-dominant children. I think Tyler is the one exception.

But most wouldn’t call it the “best.”

But with the lottery your chance is as good as anyone’s at one of the immersion charters.

Disagree- Tyler is impossible to get in if you're OOB, even if Spanish dominant.

I'm not even wasting my time listing any dc public immersion schools because I'm oob for all of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are OOB the DCPS immersion’s are all hard or impossible to get into for English-dominant children. I think Tyler is the one exception.

But most wouldn’t call it the “best.”

But with the lottery your chance is as good as anyone’s at one of the immersion charters.

Disagree- Tyler is impossible to get in if you're OOB, even if Spanish dominant.

Yes the wait list is very long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are OOB the DCPS immersion’s are all hard or impossible to get into for English-dominant children. I think Tyler is the one exception.

But most wouldn’t call it the “best.”

But with the lottery your chance is as good as anyone’s at one of the immersion charters.

Disagree- Tyler is impossible to get in if you're OOB, even if Spanish dominant.

I'm not even wasting my time listing any dc public immersion schools because I'm oob for all of them.

You should for sure list Bruce Monroe, Powell. Actually go ahead and list any which do sometimes take an OOB English dominant. It’s a lottery, there are always winners.

[OJH]

"Best" may be irrelevant, statistically, if your priority is a specific language...

Don't waste lottery choices on a school with 0% chance of admission. If you pick one with less than 1% chance, just KNOW that you must make it your first choice for any hope at all

I'm struggling a LOT with this, since my son already speaks multiple languages.

Elsie Stokes new East End campus is an amazing opportunity since first year programs have no sibling preference taking all the spots.

ALSO... there are one or two excellent NON LOTTERY preschools with free immersion pk3/pk4 immersion as well! Selection process is mysterious, but very much worth a try, especially if you dont plan to live in DC longterm or can afford private elementary school or moving to high performing public elementary school boundary later.

[Anonymous]

OJH wrote:"Best" may be irrelevant, statistically, if your priority is a specific language...

Don't waste lottery choices on a school with 0% chance of admission. If you pick one with less than 1% chance, just KNOW that you must make it your first choice for any hope at all

I'm struggling a LOT with this, since my son already speaks multiple languages.

Elsie Stokes new East End campus is an amazing opportunity since first year programs have no sibling preference taking all the spots.

ALSO... there are one or two excellent NON LOTTERY preschools with free immersion pk3/pk4 immersion as well! Selection process is mysterious, but very much worth a try, especially if you dont plan to live in DC longterm or can afford private elementary school or moving to high performing public elementary school boundary later.

PP you do not understand the way the DC lottery works. Pls stop giving bad advice. Listing a school first doesn’t improve your chances of getting on.

Everyone gets a master number. If that number is #1 you will get into the school you list first. If your number is dead last you won’t get into anything for preschool, except perhaps your IB DCPS.

You are right about Stokes being a good choice this year because new kids to Stokes will have a shot at spaces that are usually all taken by siblings of already enrolled kids.

[Anonymous]

+1. OP does not understand the lottery.

Sibling preference will still play a role at Stokes East End bc PK3s will have admitted siblings in K and vice versa. PK4s could have siblings but it's less likely.

[Anonymous]

If you are looking for pre K immersion and not trying to secure a spot for future grades Communikids in Tenlytown started a new free Spanish immersion
prek and prek4 program this year funded by the Office of the Superintendsnt. There was still a wait list but of 20 kids versus hundreds. That said, won’t solve your problem for the elementary years past pre-K 4.

[OJH]

Anonymous wrote:

OJH wrote:"Best" may be irrelevant, statistically, if your priority is a specific language...

Don't waste lottery choices on a school with 0% chance of admission. If you pick one with less than 1% chance, just KNOW that you must make it your first choice for any hope at all

I'm struggling a LOT with this, since my son already speaks multiple languages.

Elsie Stokes new East End campus is an amazing opportunity since first year programs have no sibling preference taking all the spots.

ALSO... there are one or two excellent NON LOTTERY preschools with free immersion pk3/pk4 immersion as well! Selection process is mysterious, but very much worth a try, especially if you dont plan to live in DC longterm or can afford private elementary school or moving to high performing public elementary school boundary later.

PP you do not understand the way the DC lottery works. Pls stop giving bad advice. Listing a school first doesn’t improve your chances of getting on.

Everyone gets a master number. If that number is #1 you will get into the school you list first. If your number is dead last you won’t get into anything for preschool, except perhaps your IB DCPS.

You are right about Stokes being a good choice this year because new kids to Stokes will have a shot at spaces that are usually all taken by siblings of already enrolled kids.

Master number is most important, of course. Order matters a lot, since to my knowledge each master # gets pulled once at a time in order, not over and over again until their highest choice receives an open slot... for example, #1's #1 choice is high demand, and out of boundary, they would be first on the waitlist after ALL legal preferences that ordered the school first.

Please correct me if I'm wrong! It doesnt make sense that the same child would be highest on multiple waitlists. (If they applied to a bunch of high demand schools where they have no legal preference category)

[Anonymous]

OJH wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

OJH wrote:"Best" may be irrelevant, statistically, if your priority is a specific language...

Don't waste lottery choices on a school with 0% chance of admission. If you pick one with less than 1% chance, just KNOW that you must make it your first choice for any hope at all

I'm struggling a LOT with this, since my son already speaks multiple languages.

Elsie Stokes new East End campus is an amazing opportunity since first year programs have no sibling preference taking all the spots.

ALSO... there are one or two excellent NON LOTTERY preschools with free immersion pk3/pk4 immersion as well! Selection process is mysterious, but very much worth a try, especially if you dont plan to live in DC longterm or can afford private elementary school or moving to high performing public elementary school boundary later.

PP you do not understand the way the DC lottery works. Pls stop giving bad advice. Listing a school first doesn’t improve your chances of getting on.

Everyone gets a master number. If that number is #1 you will get into the school you list first. If your number is dead last you won’t get into anything for preschool, except perhaps your IB DCPS.

You are right about Stokes being a good choice this year because new kids to Stokes will have a shot at spaces that are usually all taken by siblings of already enrolled kids.

Master number is most important, of course. Order matters a lot, since to my knowledge each master # gets pulled once at a time in order, not over and over again until their highest choice receives an open slot... for example, #1's #1 choice is high demand, and out of boundary, they would be first on the waitlist after ALL legal preferences that ordered the school first.

Please correct me if I'm wrong! It doesnt make sense that the same child would be highest on multiple waitlists. (If they applied to a bunch of high demand schools where they have no legal preference category)

No. That is NOT how it works. Watch the MSDC video.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

OJH wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

OJH wrote:"Best" may be irrelevant, statistically, if your priority is a specific language...

Don't waste lottery choices on a school with 0% chance of admission. If you pick one with less than 1% chance, just KNOW that you must make it your first choice for any hope at all

I'm struggling a LOT with this, since my son already speaks multiple languages.

Elsie Stokes new East End campus is an amazing opportunity since first year programs have no sibling preference taking all the spots.

ALSO... there are one or two excellent NON LOTTERY preschools with free immersion pk3/pk4 immersion as well! Selection process is mysterious, but very much worth a try, especially if you dont plan to live in DC longterm or can afford private elementary school or moving to high performing public elementary school boundary later.

PP you do not understand the way the DC lottery works. Pls stop giving bad advice. Listing a school first doesn’t improve your chances of getting on.

Everyone gets a master number. If that number is #1 you will get into the school you list first. If your number is dead last you won’t get into anything for preschool, except perhaps your IB DCPS.

You are right about Stokes being a good choice this year because new kids to Stokes will have a shot at spaces that are usually all taken by siblings of already enrolled kids.

Master number is most important, of course. Order matters a lot, since to my knowledge each master # gets pulled once at a time in order, not over and over again until their highest choice receives an open slot... for example, #1's #1 choice is high demand, and out of boundary, they would be first on the waitlist after ALL legal preferences that ordered the school first.

Please correct me if I'm wrong! It doesnt make sense that the same child would be highest on multiple waitlists. (If they applied to a bunch of high demand schools where they have no legal preference category)

No. That is NOT how it works. Watch the MSDC video.

Actually that's exactly how it works, if you have a good master you're high on multiple waitlists (unless you got your first choice). Yes watch the video.