Current Mundo families - share your experience (with an eye for K)

[Anonymous]

Given all the challenges with expansion, what are current families' thoughts on the school. How is the administration? Family involvement? Does it feel like a community?

Trying to figure out where to rank on our list for K this year. TIA!

[Anonymous]

Any sense of how many families at current location will transfer to new location? I’m hoping to get a spot in first grade during the lottery at new location.

[Anonymous]

Caveat- the strongest grades at MV are PS3 and PK4 usually!

[Anonymous]

Caveat - Kindergarten and first have been equally strong for our family!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Caveat - Kindergarten and first have been equally strong for our family!

Is your child thriving? What's the parent community like? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

PP here, re: kindergarten and first being equally strong in our experience. Both my children are thriving. My oldest has been assessed at the upper end of reading and speaking levels for first grade, in both English and Spanish. Same with math which occurs in both languages. He loves going to school, has friends, and is enjoying the expeditionary learning model. Youngest is thriving in PK.

FYI, we primarily speak English at home (my husband speaks a non-Spanish second language). I'm not fluent in Spanish but can read it and can help him a bit. We've supported Spanish language acquisition by having him go to the MV summer camp for four weeks last summer for extra Spanish exposure. He has a few Spanish books at home (kids can pick paper books in Spanish each week that are tied to their reading level, to bring home starting in Kindergarten and MV also has a book fair), and very rarely he watches cartoons in Spanish.

Parent community - a good cohort of Spanish-speaking families (sometimes both parents, sometimes just one) which is helpful for language acquisition in the classroom, the PTA is very engaged and working on improving the outdoor space, and we've met some nice people there. There is definitely a push among PTA/parents to help the school continue to improve which is good - folks are committed. There is anxiety and worry about the expansion. We are choosing to ride it out and keep holding the school accountable for good edu at both locations.

[Anonymous]

How well is MV doing differentiation? In the class or outside?