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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone weight in on how well a white kid will fit in who learned spanish as a second language in a public immersion?  My kid is shy but we want to conintue with spanish for middle and high school and are considering applying.   [/quote]

Your kid will fit in perfectly fine. They will need a strong foundation of Spanish so coming from an immersion school will be good and should prove to be a seamless transition. They do have "beginning" Spanish and French classes in the middle and upper school, but I believe kids fare better if they've had a good exposure to the language.

As for the community, it is friendly and open. The administrations for both middle and upper are very good, particularly the middle school as I believe they really "get" middle school aged kids quite well. Definitely visit the school and consider applying.

Good luck![/quote]

I agree with this - I especially love the new (two years now) head of school.  My kids are lifers at WIS (we're a mixed international/US born family) and they have a lot of friends who have come to WIS at various years from DC public schools.  The school tries to maintain 1/3 both parents international, 1/3 mixed like us, and 1/3 pure US families.

So much misinformation on threads about WIS that I don't even bother.....[/quote]

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