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We really believe in the immersion model, but the way this is all put into practice here is lacking. There are certainly some wonderful, dedicated staff and some wonderful students, but overall, I don’t think the Spanish has been worth it— at least for us (but we can support it somewhat at home, so ymmv on that). It’s a shame that APS offers no FLES in lower grades outside of immersion, even as an after school enrichment option. My advice if you do choose the school would be to watch carefully and be prepared to really advocate and support your child in and outside of the classroom. The school has a lot of really vocal fans, and we in retrospect were drawn in and didn’t ask enough questions beforehand. That’s on us. And as for the waitlist - yes, there seems to be a waitlist, but they also seem to substantially clear it before September, so not sure what that means.
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FLES was a disaster.  I danced a happy dance when that farce was cancelled.  And that’s after I had supported its implementation, not imagining they could possibly screw something like this up so badly.  Nothing but goof-off-time for the native speakers.  I’ve experienced elementary foreign language instruction done right, so this experience had me worried, hoping APS foreign language in the upper grades is nothing like FLES was.[/quote]

I agree that FLES was a disaster (My kids learned more in pre-school than in elementary). In our elementary our kids memorized spanish songs to sing at a recital; we learned that when our in laws came and after the recital asked our kids what words/phrases they knew in Spanish. They shrugged and said all they did was memorize the songs. They didn't even know what it was about.

That being said, it's horrible that some kids won't get ANY foreign language until 7th grade! (e.g. WMS does not offer to 6th graders).[/quote]

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