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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll be honest, MMB has only a few Spanish-speaking students. For our PS3 class, the Spanish session has seemed to me to be exclusively Spanish. In my experience, many native Spanish speaking families are seeking out other DCPS options where there are more Spanish-speaking children, so it becomes a cycle. We'd love to attract more Spanish speaking kids!

We are not native speakers, so we supplement with Spanish speaking aftercare and other resources. Our child sings, counts, and does the alphabet in Spanish, and as you said, seems to understand most of what he hears when spoken to. We will continue to supplement as much as we can; fortunately, it is very easy to get extra Spanish help in this area.

I hope you consider Bethune; we have been very happy there and feel that it is a great program for the Spanish and other reasons.[/quote]

How long do you plan on staying at the school?  Will you try the lottery again next year for one of the other bilingual options in DC?

[b]The program change form the 50/50 model in  to just a daily class model beginnin g in 3rd grade.[/b]  [/quote]

That's because DC CAS testing starts in 3rd grade and about a 1/3 of the students are reading at grade level in English.[/quote]

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