Experience with Bethesda Reggio

[Anonymous]

Current parent here! The kids go outside 2x a day, which we really like. Agree with the previous parent that given COVID protocols, we are not too sure how well these are followed once kids are inside. Although, we are aware that socially distancing 2 year-olds is hard. I do wish they would install air purifiers to help circulate the air inside though. I find the administrators helpful and responsive, but wish we were able to have a more direct relationship with the teachers who are the ones who spend the bulk of the day with the kids.

In terms of updates, we receive the weekly lesson plan from the teacher, which is really nice and allows us to reinforce the themes that they are learning at home. They send a monthly newsletter with pictures, and sometimes we get pictures on the app of activities they did, although this is ad hoc. Overall we are pretty happy and find that the location, price and quality of the school is very good.

[Anonymous]

Bump - would welcome any other thoughts - considering sending our DC here.

[Anonymous]

Trying to make a decision about whether or not to enroll our child in Bethesda Reggio. Our main question is: do kids learn to speak Spanish there if they are not speaking Spanish at home? What about other learning - pre-literacy (alphabet), social-emotional learning? Would love to hear from caregivers with kids there now or recently. Was your child happy there?

[Anonymous]

Late reply, but could be helpful for someone else perhaps.our DD graduated from the school in 2022, and currently is in K in MCPS. She was ready for the K. With no Spanish at home- she does understand the language but doesn’t use it that much as we wish. It’s not the school issue though. Alphabet, numbers up to 20 and some other basic stuff was introduced. All the directions were done in Spanish during school day, but kids mostly spoke English among themselves, although there were quit few kids of Spanish origin.