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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have the option to send our rising kindergardener to Claremont in the fall.  I am having trouble finding honest opinions on Claremont from parents with students enrolled there. Any thoughts from parents with kids in the school would be much appreciated. [/quote]

Can't speak to Claremont exactly, but at Jamestown I was surprised to find my kids in Spanish three times a week. So, while not immersion, they're getting a lof ot exposure to a second language from a very young age (1st and 3rd). I don't think I started languages growing up until 7th grade...

I don't know whether other Arlington schools do this or not. I suspect they do... This exposure-short-of-immersion follows the model of many European schools, so I'm pretty happy with it and don't feel like my kids need immersion to learn a language.

I only with the language being taught was Mandarin  or Arabic and not Spanish.[/quote]

A number of the Arlington elementary schools are now including Spanish as part of their instruction, but they have been ramping up slowly and got delayed a bit due to budget cuts. But I'd say half or almost half now offer FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary School) which offers Spanish 3x a week and eliminates the Wednesday early release.  For now it is only Spanish, which frankly I think makes most sense since it is a highly useful language and an easier starter language.[/quote]

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