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[quote=Anonymous]As usual, a thread that has evolved into vehement YY bashing.  I am a YY parent and am very, very happy. Is the school perfect? Of course not - what school is?  Has my DC thrived?  A resounding yes.  I don't think many (any?) YY parents would be against more Chinese-speaking kids at the school.  Many would even say that they should get preference.  As has already been established, charter schools prevent preference.  I'm not aware if YY even has a chance at getting an exception.  I also want to say that while of course it would be preferable to have as many Chinese native speakers as possible, I've been quite impressed by how well the kids have done.  My DC is in pre-K and I noticed a huge shift in the last few months of the year.  The children were speaking all Chinese in class, and some quite a lot. I have to say that it was a marked change from the first part of the year when I heard hardly any Chinese in class.  My friend is a native speaker, recently returned from a few years in China, and spoke to my DC and she said that her tones were great and that she sounded like a little Chinese pre-schooler.  I'm sure she was being overly positive (:-)) but the fact is that it is pretty incredible how much these 4-5 year olds learned in a year.  They came in not knowing one word of Chinese in most cases (there are a few heritage speakers in the class) and now they can communicate.  And not at the expense of learning - I've been pleased by her progress in math, other concepts, etc.  I am a big fan of the IB PYP curriculum as well.

I'm quite astonished by some wrong facts that I've seen in this thread - one person mentioned a YY "policy" of not hiring teachers from other immersion schools.  This is wrong. I know at least one teacher (and I have really only gotten to know the ones in my kid's call) who came from another immersion school in Baltimore.  Also, I don't quite understand the comments about feeling unwelcome.  I only really got to know the parents in my kid's class and as in most things in life, much comes from what you put into it.  I never felt unwelcome at all.  I didn't make as much of an effort as I should have in getting involved so didn't get to know as many parents as I would like.  But to a fault the parents and administrators have been welcoming.

I sometimes feel the thread comments are talking about an entirely different school.  And once again I am not saying that this is perfect and nothing can be improved.  But it is a good school with welcoming parents and administrators in my opinion.[/quote]

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