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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an Orange Hunt parent (German Immersion). We just got a letter for a parent/child trip for next summer.  It's $1,500 per person not counting airfare for 12 days (which for my trip last year to germany was about $1500 in the back of the plane!).  You are expected to send one parent.

They are kinda vague about how much of the trip is in german. I know when you gather a bunch of kids from the immersion program, they will speak english when parents are not around!  And everyone under 45 in germany speaks english.

I'm iffy at $3,000 a kid.  I'm only leaning towards it because we've got friends in Germany and I could tack on a visit and the dollar/euro conversion should still be good next year.  (however, I would still rather have new carpet or some non-stained furniture)

Our parents run an immersion camp in the summer to work on thier language skills.  I know how much those kids "goof" off, I wouldn't send kids internationally, especially at 5th grade (rising 6th grader).  You can work on language skills without the risk of international travel.[/quote]

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