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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wondering how the first week is going, OP?[/quote]

Thanks for asking!  It is going OK.  I didn't realize since he had no French experience it would only be one French class.  I thought it was 25%-50% immersion.  So it is really just regular middle school with French I.[/quote]

He should get more classes in French next year, after he has had a year of French. [b] There are arts & music classes taught in the immersion language and a culture/history class as well. [/b] At least that is the way it is in the Spanish track. [/quote]

In theory, OP. The arts and music classes and culture/history tend to include a certain amount of English at DCI, particularly for Chinese and French, because so many kids can't speak or understand well enough to cope with classes taught entirely in the immersion language.  This is true not just in the MS but in the HS. If DCI would just push summer immersion study, raise the funds to help send kids to immersion camps and stop doling out good grades to kids who can barely speak the target languages, things would start to improve.
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DCI tries very hard to raise money. Remember, many of their students are socio-economically disadvantaged. Why don't you put your money where your big mouth is? [/quote]

Problem is, what DCI doesn't do is prioritize helping low SES academic high fliers access immersion opportunities. We were one of the DCI families that sent a kid to Concordia Language Villages in MN this summer ($5,000). We know that the giant 4-week camp our kid attended for high school credit included a good many low SES students on scholarships from their schools and jurisdictions around the country. None of them were from DCI or any other DC public school. Meanwhile, MoCo sent a dozen poor students aiming for good grades on AP Higher Level IBD language and AP language to the camp. I know this because I spoke to the adult chaperones with the MoCo group.[/quote]

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