My daughter has a late sept birthday, but got into RCFES immersion program.
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Anonymous
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Hi,
We have our kindergarten roundup next week and am nervous as we will lose the spot if she doesn't pass. Unlike a large percentage, I really would like for my daughter to learn Spanish and would hate to lose the spot. Does anyone know of a situation similar? |
Anonymous
| The rest of the parents do not want their children to learn Spanish? |
Anonymous
| If you just mean Kindergarten orientation, they don't evaluate kids for early admissions there.. |
Anonymous
| Actually they do test for early entrance to K at the orientations now. Our neighbor was evaluated at our local elementary school's event last week. |
Anonymous
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At our school (not this one) they do they EEK (early entrance to Kindergarten) evaluation at K orientation.
That seems like a stretch to send a EEK kid to an immersion program. I would never do that to my kid, but to each their own! |
Anonymous
| I didn't even know that children were eligible for the lottery if they were past the age cut-off and hadn't been accepted EEK. |
Anonymous
| I'm the OP. We are American citizens, but we spent the first 3.5 yrs in South America, so everyone knows Spanish. I personally haven't bought into the "redshirting" theory, but to each their own. I'm really looking for someone who's been in my position, not for people to judge my decision. Every child is different and no one knows mine. |
Anonymous
| OP again, I meant everyone in my household can speak Spanish, rather than "knows Spanish." My daughter can't read or write it yet though. |
Anonymous
| Well that makes more sense then. Good luck to your daughter on the EEK test. I think it varies by school but at ours they expect the kids to be at end of K level to pass. I assume that means reading at around level 6 and writing decently (in english of course, since this is not immersion). |
Anonymous
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It's not "red-shirting" to enter your daughter at the normal time.
Is she: mature for her age, average or taller physically,are her fine and gross motor skills advanced? Does she feel most comfortable playing with children who are slightly older? Is she academically ahead of schedule? Think ahead to middle school. This is from someone who had a family member pushed ahead, and it didn't work out well in the long run. |
Anonymous
| Good luck with the early entrance exam. A late September birthday should be no big deal for a girl entering Kindergarten (I would say differently for boys). See how the exam goes then decide from there. If MCPS thinks she will do well in K then she'll be fine in immersion, especially if she already has some Spanish speaking background. It's the same curriculum as the regular K program -- only in Spanish. |
Anonymous
| I thought Spanish speakers were not supposed to apply to the immersion programs? I would worry she will be very bored as the class learns basic vocabulary "Hello" the alphabet, etc |
Anonymous
PP, I assume that OP is a better judge of whether OP's child is ready for kindergarten than you are. |
Anonymous
| I just wanted to say good luck! It sounds like the program will be a great fit for your daughter & family, I hope it all works out for you this year. |
Anonymous
They can't exclude a population based on language, and there are many past and present Spanish (or whatever language) parents whose children speak the language, but want them to learn literacy as well. Past first grade, any open spots would be taken up by native/fluent-ish speakers anyway. |