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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the Pyle orientation, it seemed that they were discouraging foreign language in 6th grade.  They made the reading option seem very attractive and reminded parents that language is a high school course and the grade with remain on the high school transcript (not necessarily great for 6th graders who are acclimating to middle school).  We will opt for reading over language and our DS is a very advanced reader.  It was not presented as a course for those needing "extra help."[/quote]

This was our sense too, when we attended for our now 7th grader.  Interestingly, when we went for our now 9th grader, they were definitely recommending that students take the language class in 6th grade so they could get a start on getting their language credits out of the way--that was back in the days when they were pushing the accelerated math as well.  For our older child, I didn't care what anyone recommended.  I was horrified by the idea of a 6th grade class grade going onto a high school transcript.  I had imagined Pyle would be a much more overwhelming experience for her (based on nothing really--she'd been an excellent student in elementary school), and wanted to give her a chance to acclimate without too much pressure as PP described it.

In the end, they both did advanced reading in 6th and the A language class in 7th (French A for one, Spanish A for the other).  Knowing what I do now, I have no doubt that both kids could have handled a language A/B class just fine in 6th grade, and they both thought advanced reading was boring.  We don't have regrets though, in part because we think language classes are really important and like the idea of them getting a very good foundation and not rushing through the classes.  Most of our friends did the A/B option in either 6th or 7th grade, but we recommended that our kids choose the A option since most of their other courses are advanced and they have some serious extracurriculars that require large time committments.  We left the decision to them, and it has worked out very well so far.  
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