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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since this post asks about languages at CMI, and I am a CMI parent, I will tell you that Spanish is 2x week and Chinese is 2 week for elementary kids.  I have seen less progression in Spanish then I had hoped for in 2 years, and more progression in Chinese than I would have imagined.   There is one full-time teacher for each language, with each teacher being a native speaker (Spanish from Spain and Chinese from China).  The Chinese program has received an Asia Society grant.  The Spanish program is offered at the beginning level with no viable plan/resources at this point to offer differentiated level instruction to  more advanced and Spanish-fluent (Latino) students.  The language philosophy for middle school is still up for debate, but the plan is to continue with both languages in the same fashion unless parents and students become more vocal in insisting that there be a choice or concentration in one language or another.

School administration will not be dissuaded from their goal of offering exposure, not fluency or immersion, so don't go to CMI expecting anything different.

As an earlier poster pointed out, IB High School programs require two language exposure, and the goal of the middle school language program at CMI will be to groom students for IB High School program.

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IB Programs require two language exposure ONE BEING NATIVE LANGUAGE.
Just want to clarify.
English dominant (HL) and Spanish/Mandarin/French/etc (SL) satisfies this requirement.

This is the first time I've heard the goal of CMI is to send children on to IB high school.   What's the leap from IPC to IB?  What are the differentiators?[/quote]

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