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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to the weekend class, OP, you can also find after school language immersion and tutoring, and then remember that Deal is an IB school so language is every day for all three years and only the target language is spoken in class from day 1 and the French students can go to Paris for Spring Break in 8th grade.[/quote]

I think what Deal offers is great, but it depends on whether OP wants French language exposure only, vs. native fluency.

"In a paper last year  on which he was a co-author, based on an English grammar test taken by some 670,000 people, he found that — even for children — learning a language takes much longer than I’d thought. [b]Children need seven or eight years of intensive immersion to speak like a native. These years must start by about age 10, to fit them all in by age 17 or 18, when there’s a sharp drop in the rate of learning. [/b](He’s not sure whether this drop is caused by changes in the brain or in circumstances)."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/opinion/contributors/learning-french-in-middle-age.html?fbclid=IwAR2xjq8xQQ_6jMufs3Vq8QW5ah-jIoMNcjrWE5xQbJFC00ZFHgQbXQnGTtE

The immersion schools are for families who want their kids to speak their heritage language like a native, or close to it, by starting early in an immersion environment.  Granted, most families don't require this level of fluency for their kids, and a few kids will be able to develop fluency later without this level of intensity.  No right or wrong answer here, just what works for each family depending on their priorities.  
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