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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This thread is super helpful. Thank you.

Has anyone had their student opt out of continuing in APS immersion, but who chose to continue learning Spanish through outside courses or summer programs? I don't know what my student will choose, but I was hopeful that it would feel like more than a binary choice when the time comes.[/quote]

[quote]I had two kids go through Key and Gunston. We were really happy with the Immersion Program at Key, but never expected to send our kids on to Gunston (we live near Science Focus). But most of their friends were going to stick with Immersion, and they seemed to be doing well with it, so we sent them to Gunston, which turned out to be a good choice. Their Spanish writing skills really blossomed there, and their speaking ability also improved. When it came to HS, our older one went on to Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax, because that was a good academic fit, and the younger one went to W-L for the IB program, as we live close to W-L and most of his close friends (who were from the Immersion program) were also going there.[/quote]

These were my kids.  My older son took Spanish at TJHSST through 11th grade, when he ran out of classes to take (they didn't offer AP Spanish Lit his senior year).  He spent an hour a day watching Spanish TV on Netflix his senior year to try to keep up (and expand) his Spanish.  He definitely learned some new vocabulary!  My younger son took Spanish for Fluent Speakers in 9th grade, AP Spanish in 10th, and IB Spanish HL in 11th and 12th.  But neither did formal courses outside of school.[/quote]

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