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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp, you're ridiculous. Do you really think the kids coming from dcps have a foundation in any language? My kid was a product of Brent's weekly mandarin classes. She learned next to nothing in those years.  The quality of instruction was lacking, to say the least.  We're very happy that Basis requires Latin for two years, and they do a great job of it..[/quote]

Don't get why BASIS requires Latin.  What would be wrong with making Latin optional, while teaching Spanish, Chinese, maybe French to families who would prefer kids to learn those languages from 5th grade, particularly those who come in with serious background for whatever reasons?  Sure, kids aren't coming in from DCPS with strong language foundations en masse, now. But if a kid starts weekly Spanish in PreK3 (as at Brent this year) and continues through 5th grade, they're likely to learn a certain amount of Spanish, particularly if families supplement.

As in any school where Latin is required, learning Latin helps with English vocabulary and grammar, the instruction of which is pretty poor at DCPS in my opinion. DCPS is worried about literacy, period, in the average elementary school.

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