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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the parent of two Claremont kids. Assuming they can pass the proficiency test and they are 2nd grade or up, I think you’ll be fine. Since you have to pass the test to get in, most of the time as spots open up in later grades, they don’t get filled. I’d check on the contents of the proficiency test — whether they need to know a lot of academic language (science and math vocabulary that they may not use in every day conversation, for example). I’m not sure if that’s part of it or not.

We really like Claremont although I also know people who really like key. If you plan to stick around thru middle school and high school, and would intend to stay in immersion, the Claremont neighborhoods are generally in better locations for Gunston and Wakefield. I understand more Key families drop out of immersion in middle school, in part because Gunston is so far away. [/quote]

Thanks - that is really helpful. I have been leaning towards Claremont - just because the housing I am looking at seems to be mostly there. I have asked about the proficiency test as it's true, they are not used to doing academic subjects in Spanish in recent years. Hopefully, I can get a little more information and we can prep a bit. They both read a good amount in Spanish, but we might need to focus some academically. [/quote]
 One PP here, I think you will be surprised. Our kid did not enter the immersion program when we returned from overseas, but kid did test out of two Spanish levels one after another in Freshman year after returning from small, competitive and high quality IB middle and elementary schools abroad. Surprisingly the high school non-native Spanish speakers at Freshman year are not as advanced as we assumed they would be. [/quote]

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