FCPS language immersion, non-immersion language, and AAP

[Anonymous]

My child will be heading to kindergarten in FCPS in September - our local school is Timber Lane and we've applied to language immersion programs at two other schools.

Two questions:
1. If a child is in language immersion, can he/she not do AAP (if qualified/invited) later?
2. How is the NON-immersion language instruction at FSPC elementary schools - by middle school do they basically just know some vocab, or can they speak/read Spanish at least a little?

Many thanks for any responses!

[Anonymous]

If you do immersion, you cannot also do AAP magnet school (ie level IV), but you can still do level III at the immersion school. This makes sense since you can't be in two schools at once :-0

But, yes all FCPS kids get tested.

We turned down the level IV school for my DC to stay in immersion, and just did level III. As a 7th grader he was in two high school classes - Hnr Algebra and Language I. If he had left the immersion school he would have only been in Algebra. My DC ended up ahead of the level IV kids (and it kills some parents in my sub-division, who think I'm a freak for doing immersion, that my DS is "ahead" of their snowflakes. But, to each their own, I've got other kids who have their share of IEPs)

[Anonymous]

If you had grade-skipped, then your DC would be able to take even more high school classes. Poor kid, only taking 2 high school classes as a 7th grader.

[Anonymous]

if you are in immersion, you would have to choose to stay in immersion or go to AAP. There is no school that does both.

We chose to stay in immersion when our child got into AAP. We felt the immersion experience was better in the long run.

[Anonymous]

You can do immersion and the in-school AAP (pull out)
Immersion kids still get pull-out, which is technically AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can do immersion and the in-school AAP (pull out)
Immersion kids still get pull-out, which is technically AAP.

That's pretty much what 09:28 stated.

[Anonymous]

Which language immersion other than Bailey's in FFX County? Our local school is Timberlane too (which we are far from impressed with). Our son is also in a language immersion program currently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do immersion and the in-school AAP (pull out)
Immersion kids still get pull-out, which is technically AAP.

That's pretty much what 09:28 stated.

Level III is, at our school, far below what Level IV offers.

[Anonymous]

We're applying to Lake Anne, Kent Gardens next year - starts in 1st), and Bailey's.

What are you unimpressed with about Timber Lane? Did your child go there before switching to language immersion? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're applying to Lake Anne, Kent Gardens next year - starts in 1st), and Bailey's.

What are you unimpressed with about Timber Lane? Did your child go there before switching to language immersion? Thanks!

Have friends who send their kids now (mine is not old enough for K yet - his preschool is immersion and he's been there for 3 years) and don't like it at all. Not the teachers or the administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're applying to Lake Anne, Kent Gardens next year - starts in 1st), and Bailey's.

What are you unimpressed with about Timber Lane? Did your child go there before switching to language immersion? Thanks!

We're also applying to Lake Anne and Kent Gardens for next year. Are you inbounds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do immersion and the in-school AAP (pull out)
Immersion kids still get pull-out, which is technically AAP.

That's pretty much what 09:28 stated.

Level III is, at our school, far below what Level IV offers.

That's the case with all schools.