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[quote=Anonymous]If you drop out of immersion, you will be in a different class. Immersion is only half day at Potomac. Kids do math and science in Chinese and reading, social studies and specials in English.  They may make a few new friends if they are not in immersion. Kids stay with their class for half the day.

There are usually 2 Chinese classes in each grade with about 25 kids in each class.  Teacher teaches one class in the morning and the other class in the afternoon.  There is one teacher for each grade.

What they learn is very basic. It’s about 60% Chinese but some also do not speak the language at home. It’s also done through repetition and songs. Don’t worry if you do not speak any Chinese. My kids did not and they did fine.

There is only one immersion program in each school. There is no French or Spanish at Potomac. Only Chinese.

It’s a nice program. They have a fun Chinese new year celebration and do dinner and a program with singing and some dancing. It’s done well but keep your expectations very low. They will learn a lot more of the language in MS.  By HS, the sad part is most non native speakers drop. Very few non native speakers earn the bilingual award. Most that take AP and score 4s and 5s are mostly native speakers. [/quote]

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