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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were in your same position, and our daughter is now in her second year at Basis.  I have not regretted it for a minute. She is absolutely thriving, and every day tells me how happy she is. She no longer studies Spanish so we try to do a couple trips a year to keep it up.  But Latin is by far her favorite subject, math second.  Although there aren’t a ton of extracurriculars, she actually does one almost every day between cross country and the somewhat hapless but still amusing drama activities.  We have tons of friends at DCI, and it is very clear this was the right decision for us.  Then again, this is not the school for everyone.  But if your kid loves it, they love it.  And, they can get a great education, even if not concentrated in the language that they studied (in our case to the detriment of every other subject) for so many years.[/quote]

NP also concerned about lack of willingness to support advanced langauge study at ms level at Basis. Native speakers of French w/a 4t grader in DCPS EotP.  We asked at Basis our kid could study advanced French at some point in ms and were told no b/c of scheduling hassles. We remain committed to French and will not apply. Our child probably qualifies for GT services in MD or VA so not confident that DCI would challenge her. Poster above doesn't sound like native speaker of Spanish or parent committed to bilingual ed prje ct.  Not great education at BASIS by standards of committed bilingual families, regardless of language, just so-so. Burbs looking greener.[/quote]

I’m not sure why you would respond to my responsive post with non-responsive information.  If you wanted to ask me questions, the polite thing to do is to do so.  No, I’m not a native Spanish speaker, but I was very committed.  I have a degree in Spanish Literature, I spoke only Spanish to my child when a baby, I sent my child to a bilingual school for seven years, and I make sure she spends two weeks a year in a Spanish speaking country.  I’m not sure if that is a demonstrated level of commitment that is good enough for you.  But you are right, I have chosen to send my child to a middle school that does not have advanced Spanish education.  And I feel absolutely wonderful about the decision. [/quote]

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