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[quote=Anonymous]Question from a new poster, about immersion: If an ES student is in an immersion program, what happens when that student moves on to MS? Is there generally any option for the kid to be placed in some MS immersion program in that language, even if it means moving to a school that's not the base MS? What about HS options for continuing the language? I'm not being snarky, I really don't know what happens in FCPS after a kid finishes ES immersion programs if there is not a clear track of that same language offered in the kid's MS and ES.

OP, I raise that question because if my kid were in immersion but there were no opportunity ahead to continue the language in MS and possibly HS, I would figure a lot of the language would be lost unless I were able to find private language lessons for years to come. That would be something I'd weigh in the choice and I'd probably opt for AAP since that has a track through ES and MS, and there are advanced programs taken by choice in HS (AP/IB/honors). I say this with regret, as I studied Japanese in college and loved it. But with that or any language being provided at the ES level, I'm not sure what happens after ES if there are no or limited options for continuing that specific language, unless you yourself commit to having your child continue it privately.

Of course, studying one language can help kids adapt well to other languages later as well and can develop their brains for sure, so maybe the sheer exercise of doing immersion is helpful overall academically.[/quote]

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