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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are also making a hard choice between sticking around for DCI or departing for Basis.  I’d be curious to hear your thought process if you don’t mind sharing, PP.  Also, do you plan to maintain the foreign language outside of Basis?  I don’t mean to derail this thread.  I have concerns about potentially preparing for Basis coming out of an immersion school where most of the academic challenge derived from the foreign language component.[/quote]

This has also been a concern of mine.  At this point, I thought about continuing with professional tutoring once a week for conversational Spanish, maintaining reading at home in Spanish and possibly participating in immersion experiences in the summer.    I know this cannot replace being in an immersion environment at all, but it can hopefully keep my child engaged in the language.

I agree with you that the language component of the immersion program was by far the strongest component at my child's school.[/quote]

As a non-DCI, non language parent, I do think that if language is paramount to you, you should try to speak to other parents who have moved to Basis from immersion schools and who are in later middlle school or high school. For all intents and purposes, foreign language instruction won't start until 8th grade for your student.

You need to be informed about how much they will lose or how much you will have to supplement to keep your kids' sills up and if you can live with that, because you'd hate to regret the choice.[/quote]

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