Amharic Public Charter

[Anonymous]

Probably just wishful thinking, but with so many Ethiopians in DC I am wondering if there is a public charter school that is Amharic immersion.

[Anonymous]

Most of the Ethiopians live in SS and NoVA, not DC.

[Anonymous]

well this is DCUM so i thought i would ask about Amharic public charter schools in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the Ethiopians live in SS and NoVA, not DC.

While there are plenty in SS, there many in DC as well.

[Anonymous]

Good question. There are certainly more Ethipoians than Chinese. Before anyone jumps on me with the economic benefit of Mandarin, I would point out Sela.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good question. There are certainly more Ethipoians than Chinese. Before anyone jumps on me with the economic benefit of Mandarin, I would point out Sela.

Sela came to my Ethiopian church, we applied and some other families did as well. Maybe we can convince them to introduce Amharic in after schooling program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good question. There are certainly more Ethipoians than Chinese. Before anyone jumps on me with the economic benefit of Mandarin, I would point out Sela.

Sela came to my Ethiopian church, we applied and some other families did as well. Maybe we can convince them to introduce Amharic in after schooling program.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good question. There are certainly more Ethipoians than Chinese. Before anyone jumps on me with the economic benefit of Mandarin, I would point out Sela.

Sela came to my Ethiopian church, we applied and some other families did as well. Maybe we can convince them to introduce Amharic in after schooling program.

+1

Many would not want an Amharic school, the students already are bilingual for the most part and are more interested in English. In Ethiopia even their teachers conduct lessons in English in high school. The Church and family take care of the language/culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good question. There are certainly more Ethipoians than Chinese. Before anyone jumps on me with the economic benefit of Mandarin, I would point out Sela.

Sela came to my Ethiopian church, we applied and some other families did as well. Maybe we can convince them to introduce Amharic in after schooling program.

+1

Many would not want an Amharic school, the students already are bilingual for the most part and are more interested in English. In Ethiopia even their teachers conduct lessons in English in high school. The Church and family take care of the language/culture.

Same can be said for Hebrew school.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, but the Hebrew school is for Non-Jews like the Mandarin school is for non-Chinese and so the Amharic school would be for non-Ethiopians. Like most charters except for the Spanish ones which have a large enough native speaking Hispanic population to support it, would assume an Amharic charter would be for the children in DC the majority of whom are AA.

[Anonymous]

We would love an Amharic immersion school in DC!

[Anonymous]

As somewhat of an aside (specifically to 12:52) I work with a gentleman who is fluent in Mandarin and spent the past few years in China. He told me he has several friends who have had difficulty finding jobs when they returned to the States, partially because there are more English speakers in China than in the US. (didn't say what industry)

I would think there would be a benefit to learning any language spoken on the continent of Africa (including French) because many countries have growing economies and by the time our children become adults there will be many jobs available at companies that conduct business there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As somewhat of an aside (specifically to 12:52) I work with a gentleman who is fluent in Mandarin and spent the past few years in China. He told me he has several friends who have had difficulty finding jobs when they returned to the States, partially because there are more English speakers in China than in the US. (didn't say what industry)

I would think there would be a benefit to learning any language spoken on the continent of Africa (including French) because many countries have growing economies and by the time our children become adults there will be many jobs available at companies that conduct business there.

We think alike. I initially wanted YY for my child, but realized that Chinese and Chinese-American kids can take those jobs alot easier in the future. We're opting for French immersion this coming school year for precisely this reason (emerging markets in Africa).

[Anonymous]

So Stokes? It's the only French immersion charter game in town or are there others?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As somewhat of an aside (specifically to 12:52) I work with a gentleman who is fluent in Mandarin and spent the past few years in China. He told me he has several friends who have had difficulty finding jobs when they returned to the States, partially because there are more English speakers in China than in the US. (didn't say what industry)

I would think there would be a benefit to learning any language spoken on the continent of Africa (including French) because many countries have growing economies and by the time our children become adults there will be many jobs available at companies that conduct business there.

We think alike. I initially wanted YY for my child, but realized that Chinese and Chinese-American kids can take those jobs alot easier in the future. We're opting for French immersion this coming school year for precisely this reason (emerging markets in Africa).

That's funny. I know of several companies just in my small circle who want Americans that they can send to China or Hong Kong or Singapore. Even where Cantonese is to be expected, they'd love to have Americans who speak Mandarin!