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[quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]Yu Ying parent here.

We love the school. No Chinese at home. No extra support. [/b]That was never the idea for us, as I think that nobody will ever learn a language by just going to an immersion school. But being at Yu Ying gives the kids the opportunity to develop an ear for Chinese (tonal language -- completely different from Spanish!). If they want to really learn it later, they will have an easier time and will be able to speak it like a native. Plus a second (or third or fourth) language is good for brain development.

Also: don't ask on DCUM for advice on enrolling. You don't know their agenda when they answer. A  lot of people saying "Don't" could be on the waiting list waiting for a spot to become available.. 
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+1.  Same.  Our kid does fine in Mandarin without supports and we feel any "holes" will be filled by a year or two abroad in China when DS is older and not in elementary school.

YY is a great school with a close, nurturing community.  We love it too and all the parents and kids we know in an upper grade love it also.  Most of DS's classmates have been there since prek4, fun to see these kids grow up together![/quote]

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