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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a Claremont alum now in middle school.  We loved the school - but there are various issues.  First, a child starting to learn Spanish from scratch at Claremont will not be all that fluent at the end of 5th grade.  They expect them to be at high-beginning/low-intermediate level on an assessment tool that they use.  Their comprehension will be very good.  The amount of Spanish a child learns there also depends on what families do/don't do outside of school.  There are lots of resources in the area (including Spanish-language kids theater) that can make a big difference in proficiency.

The math/science curriculum is the same one used throughout APS but, especially in science, it's dependent on the teacher -- our DC had one very good science teacher and a couple of mediocre ones along the way.

No regrets about Claremont -- we miss it actually! -- but as much as we love it, it, like any school, has its issues.

Good luck![/quote]

Did you continue with immersion in  MS?  Just wondering.  We are at Key and only in K but I know MS will be here before I know it.  [/quote]

Parent of a Key alum here - most of my son's friends did continue w/immersion in MS at Gunston, then some continued in HS at Wakefield and others went to their home high schools, W-L or Yorktown.  My son went to H-B -- if he hadn't gotten in, he would have continued with immersion at Gunston -- and they have a "Spanish for Fluent Speakers" starting in 6th grade that is mostly made up of Key and Claremont kids.  So that's taking one class instead of half-day immersion, but it's a higher level class that recognizes these kids have had years of Spanish already.  Then in high school they can move to Spanish 4 or 5, and can take AP Spanish in 10th, or start a new language if they prefer.

He's less fluent than his friends who continued in immersion, but still fairly proficient.  I feel like the language starting at an early age was still a great boost, even though he didn't continue in full immersion.[/quote]

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