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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been reading threads on Key Immersion (APS) but it seems like there are going to be changes to the program so I’m not sure how much of what I’m reading matters.

1.  It looks like the school is going to change from 50/50 Spanish/English instruction in the lower grades to 80/20?  For current parents, do you think this change is a good thing?

2.  I’m also curious what the parent community is like and whether a family who only speaks English at home would feel left out.  Are most families whether native English speaking or native Spanish speaking bilingual?

3.  For middle and high school, it looks like the Immersion program moves to schools that have immersion students plus non-option school students.  How does this work?

I’m sorry if some of this has been discussed, I’m trying to figure out all the options at APS and I’m overwhelmed.[/quote]

I had two kids go through Key and Gunston (the middle school immersion program).  One is in college and one is a senior in HS now, so our experiences are a little dated at this point.

Don't have an opinion about question 1.  As someone upthread pointed out, this seems to be the current best practice, but I wouldn't know one way or the other.

Plenty of the parents of the English-speaking kids didn't speak much (or any) Spanish.  Really was not a problem.  Most, but not all, of the Spanish parents can speak decent or good English.

In middle school, the immersion kids had math, music, and PE with everyone else.  Their other classes were just with immersion kids.

Overall I think it was an excellent experience for both kids, and they were well prepared academically for HS and beyond.
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Thanks, I was curious if the immersion kids had any classes with the non-immersion kids once they reached the middle school level. Did your kids achieve native fluency or perhaps professional fluency (I’m not sure if I’m using the right words). To me it seems like immersion would be the second best way to learn a foreign language, second to having bilingual parents.  [/quote]

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