Spanish Immersion / Bilingual / Majority Native Spanish Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the Latino kids in my child's class speak English in the hallways and playground, not Spanish.

+1. Same at our mostly Latino school.

+1

[Anonymous]

The issue is that English is the known language here, and why speak spanish when they are taught in English? And know spanish very well? Us non spanish speaking families at least for us, would love for spanish to be spoken in the hallways etc. which will benefit our children. At the same time the natives are learning English and what better way to learn than to speak it on a daily basis. I'm almost certain only spanish is spoken in the home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue is that English is the known language here, and why speak spanish when they are taught in English? And know spanish very well? Us non spanish speaking families at least for us, would love for spanish to be spoken in the hallways etc. which will benefit our children. At the same time the natives are learning English and what better way to learn than to speak it on a daily basis. I'm almost certain only spanish is spoken in the home.

The adults speak Spanish at home. The kids answer back in English. Very common in immigrant families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue is that English is the known language here, and why speak spanish when they are taught in English? And know spanish very well? Us non spanish speaking families at least for us, would love for spanish to be spoken in the hallways etc. which will benefit our children. At the same time the natives are learning English and what better way to learn than to speak it on a daily basis. I'm almost certain only spanish is spoken in the home.

The adults speak Spanish at home. The kids answer back in English. Very common in immigrant families.

Not if the parents don't speak English

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue is that English is the known language here, and why speak spanish when they are taught in English? And know spanish very well? Us non spanish speaking families at least for us, would love for spanish to be spoken in the hallways etc. which will benefit our children. At the same time the natives are learning English and what better way to learn than to speak it on a daily basis. I'm almost certain only spanish is spoken in the home.

The adults speak Spanish at home. The kids answer back in English. Very common in immigrant families.

Not if the parents don't speak English

Most can understand better than they speak. Same for the kids who understand Spanish better than they can speak it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Also, in one of the other posts, I heard about HD Cooke, which is not technically immersion or bilingual, but apparently has a 70% native Spanish speaking population, so the PK classes all have native Spanish-speaking aides. Are there other schools in DCPS that have a similar set-up, e.g. a sort of bilingual-lite option for people who can't Wait List into a true immersion/bilingual program? My son went to a Spanish speaking daycare and had Spanish speaking nanny, so would love to try and keep that going if possible through his preschool.

Back to OP's original question, are there any other schools like HD Cooke, which aren't technically immersion/bilingual but do have such a high percentage of native spanish speakers that there is spanish instruction or are spanish aides in the school and it therefore might be easier for PS3 child to keep up spanish? Anybody know?

No, my kid went to an immersion PS and then to Cooke. They were bilingual when they got there, and have now lost their Spanish completely.

[Anonymous]

so go to the new Roosevelt!!