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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some or maybe all MCPS high schools offer a class Spanish for Spanish speakers (SfSs) which has students that may speak Spanish at home or hear it from others at home but do not know much reading and writing in Spanish.

The SfSs students, if they get into a Spa ish immersion program for K-5, do they start with Spanish 1 in middle school? Or do they need to test into Spanish 2 or even try for Spanish 3 in 6th grade? Will the K-5 Spanish immersion prepare students for something other than Level 1 Spanish in 6th? We do speak and children do too some not fluent though. We want them to be able to keep it up when they begin school and think an immersion program could help them stay or become more bilingual.[/quote]

Silver Spring International and Westland Middle School have spanish immersion classes. They are a lot harder than normal spanish 1,2 and 3. If your goal is to make your child speak more spanish you should try to get them into one of these middle schools. Spanish 1,2 and 3 is very easy and not for someone who has experience with spanish. Skipping spanish 1 would not be effective as you won’t get 3 full years. Spanish for Spanish Speakers is more for kids who  speak Spanish at home fluently. The class is more focused on grammar and proper Spanish.[/quote]
So, since there’s no HS immersion, what do immersion kids usually take to continue Spanish in high school?
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Usually they will take either Spanish 4 or 5. Spanish 5 for more advanced kids and Spanish 4 for kids who aren’t ready. After Spanish 4 then 5, AP Spanish Language and Culture and then if they want AP Spanish Literature and Culture. DD took Spanish 4 last year and said it was basically a continuation of her Spanish classes in Middle School. She said it was easy for her but some struggled as they only started learning Spanish in middle school or even high school. She was a Freshman in a class with Sophomores, Juniors and even Seniors.[/quote]
Thanks so much! Spanish 4 sounds like a good entry point to make sure anything that was missed gets covered, and to move up from there. [/quote]

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