Parent Essay critical of DCI

[Anonymous]

Well Adios then.

And what was the name of that full language immersion , 90% high performing , publicly funded , small class size, IB, individualized attention school in MoCo again??? I’ll wait....


Actually MCPS offer one way and two way immersion programs in Spanish, French, and Chinese elementary immersion programs at seven schools. See here: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/admissions/immersion.aspx

You can check the demographics and class sizes of all MCPS schools per quarter. See here: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/enrollment/

Stop perpetuating false narratives, many class sizes are small in MCPS, though not all. Just like DCPS/DC Charters. DC charters and DCPS refuse to provide families with enough data to make informed decisions.

At the high school level there are offerings in Latin, Mandarin, French, Spanish and German, just depends on the student populace and whats popular amongst the kids and adequately trained staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well Adios then.

And what was the name of that full language immersion , 90% high performing , publicly funded , small class size, IB, individualized attention school in MoCo again??? I’ll wait....


Actually MCPS offer one way and two way immersion programs in Spanish, French, and Chinese elementary immersion programs at seven schools. See here: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/admissions/immersion.aspx

You can check the demographics and class sizes of all MCPS schools per quarter. See here: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/enrollment/

Stop perpetuating false narratives, many class sizes are small in MCPS, though not all. Just like DCPS/DC Charters. DC charters and DCPS refuse to provide families with enough data to make informed decisions.

At the high school level there are offerings in Latin, Mandarin, French, Spanish and German, just depends on the student populace and whats popular amongst the kids and adequately trained staff.

PP, Did you even READ the link you provided. I did.

Immersion is only available at the ELEMENTARY level. One MoCo school (Hoover) at the Middle School level. And that program is not full immersion.

Carry on.

But good luck on that Move to MoCo...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:... lmgtfy...

There are none. Zero. No full language immersion public middle schools in MoCo. Students that were in immersion Elementary school matriculate to 1 of four middle schools that offer a one period Mandarin 2a class.

And by the way here’s a list of all the Mandarin immersion programs (full and partial) in publicly funded schools in the United States.

https://miparentscouncil.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/mip-list-2019-07-19-web.xlsx

You’re welcome.

This.

“ rsion Program

CHINESE IMMERSION PROGRAM - MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL

Program Description

Students may continue the Chinese immersion experience at Hoover Middle School's Chinese Immersion Program. Students coming from elementary Chinese immersion programs will continue in a one-period language course before transitioning to the regular MCPS Chinese 2 course in Grade 7.”

Here’s the link:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/hooverms/

But I call troll on the pp stating that a MoCo county has an immersion Chinese program even comparable to DCI...

...because a parent considering a move solely based on mandarin offerings would have read the fine print about middle school.

[Anonymous]

And here are the breadcrumbs for that link:

Special Programs ? Middle School Programs ? Chinese Immersion Program

BTW, non-matriculates from MCPS elementary programs are put on a waiting list for the single class track offering ... it’s not an automatic enrollment program placement solely because a kid is zoned for Hoover.

Carry on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:... lmgtfy...

There are none. Zero. No full language immersion public middle schools in MoCo. Students that were in immersion Elementary school matriculate to 1 of four middle schools that offer a one period Mandarin 2a class.

And by the way here’s a list of all the Mandarin immersion programs (full and partial) in publicly funded schools in the United States.

https://miparentscouncil.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/mip-list-2019-07-19-web.xlsx

You’re welcome.

This.

“ rsion Program

CHINESE IMMERSION PROGRAM - MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL

Program Description

Students may continue the Chinese immersion experience at Hoover Middle School's Chinese Immersion Program. Students coming from elementary Chinese immersion programs will continue in a one-period language course before transitioning to the regular MCPS Chinese 2 course in Grade 7.”

Here’s the link:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/hooverms/

But I call troll on the pp stating that a MoCo county has an immersion Chinese program even comparable to DCI...

...because a parent considering a move solely based on mandarin offerings would have read the fine print about middle school.

No idea what you're talking about but DCI Chinese offerings obviously can't compete with MoCo advanced Chinese. This is true at Herbert Hoover MS (partial immersion) and in advanced MS and HS Chinese classes at various public schools in the Rockville/Bethesda area. MoCo has thousands of native speakers of Chinese in public schools and DCI has none. Most of the MoCo native speakers attend weekend heritage language schools from a young age up through MS. Enough said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:... lmgtfy...

There are none. Zero. No full language immersion public middle schools in MoCo. Students that were in immersion Elementary school matriculate to 1 of four middle schools that offer a one period Mandarin 2a class.

And by the way here’s a list of all the Mandarin immersion programs (full and partial) in publicly funded schools in the United States.

https://miparentscouncil.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/mip-list-2019-07-19-web.xlsx

You’re welcome.

This.

“ rsion Program

CHINESE IMMERSION PROGRAM - MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL

Program Description

Students may continue the Chinese immersion experience at Hoover Middle School's Chinese Immersion Program. Students coming from elementary Chinese immersion programs will continue in a one-period language course before transitioning to the regular MCPS Chinese 2 course in Grade 7.”

Here’s the link:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/hooverms/

But I call troll on the pp stating that a MoCo county has an immersion Chinese program even comparable to DCI...

...because a parent considering a move solely based on mandarin offerings would have read the fine print about middle school.

No idea what you're talking about but DCI Chinese offerings obviously can't compete with MoCo advanced Chinese. This is true at Herbert Hoover MS (partial immersion) and in advanced MS and HS Chinese classes at various public schools in the Rockville/Bethesda area. MoCo has thousands of native speakers of Chinese in public schools and DCI has none. Most of the MoCo native speakers attend weekend heritage language schools from a young age up through MS. Enough said.

Well, of course. Chinese people speak better Chinese than non-Chinese people. Thanks for that insight.

What PP was saying is that MoCo doesn't offer an IB/ language program at middle school and above that's available to all residents. DCI doesn't compare directly to MoCo in any way. Also, there are lots of issues with non-Chinese people not feeling welcome in Chinese programs in Moco, but that's for another thread.

[Anonymous]

It would be so nice once in a while to hear from a DCI parent of a student who is studying Spanish or French.

[Anonymous]

Parent of kid studying French here. What do you want to know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent of kid studying French here. What do you want to know?

Are you as disgruntled as the Chinese parent seeking more native speakers and some honors or tracked classes beyond math and language? Do you think your child is being challenged (also what grade)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

PP, have made the generalization that DCI is a low performing , low SES school; that is statistically just not accurate. One has to consider the entire percentage of students who qualify for special populations. Over 80% of the student body does not classify within any special population designation. Many students in special populations also qualify in multiple categories ((A student could be at risk - new term for low SES, and LEP, and Special Education and their results count multiple times in the statistics).

At-risk students are " based on TANF, SNAP, CFSA, homeless status, or one year older than the expected age for their grade and in high school". It does NOT include students with IEPs.

https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/Accountability%20System%20Meeting%2C%20July%2012%2C%202017.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent of kid studying French here. What do you want to know?

Are you as disgruntled as the Chinese parent seeking more native speakers and some honors or tracked classes beyond math and language? Do you think your child is being challenged (also what grade)?

I am not as disgruntled as the Chinese parent. My kid is in MS. I don't think she is being challenged in English, which is her strongest subject. She struggles a bit in math so no complaint there. I do wish there was some kind of accelerated English class or a way for kids to take English 7 as 6th graders or English 8 as 7th graders like they can for math. Science also seems to be on the easier side but she likes it.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what college admissions are for DCI?

[Anonymous]

Not about to share with you, shitstirrer! If you really wanted to know, you’d have started a new thread instead of this shady move.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what college admissions are for DCI?

Just graduated their first class last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGFORp42ayc

At about 54:26 in, there is a presentation about the achievements and college choices of the class, highlighted at commencement.

The annual report should be published soon.

[Anonymous]

Thank you!