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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... lmgtfy...

There are none. Zero. No full language immersion public middle schools in MoCo. Students that were in immersion Elementary school matriculate to 1 of four middle schools that offer a one period Mandarin 2a class.

And by the way here’s a list of all the Mandarin immersion programs (full and partial) in publicly funded schools in the United States.

https://miparentscouncil.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/mip-list-2019-07-19-web.xlsx

You’re welcome.

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This.

“ rsion Program

CHINESE IMMERSION PROGRAM - MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL

Program Description

Students may continue the Chinese immersion experience at Hoover Middle School's Chinese Immersion Program. Students coming from elementary Chinese immersion programs will continue in a one-period language course before transitioning to the regular MCPS Chinese 2 course in Grade 7.”

Here’s the link:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/hooverms/

But I call troll on the pp stating that a MoCo county has an immersion Chinese program even comparable to DCI...

...because a parent considering a move solely based on mandarin offerings would have read the fine print about middle school.

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No idea what you're talking about but DCI Chinese offerings obviously can't compete with MoCo advanced Chinese.  This is true at Herbert Hoover MS (partial immersion) and in advanced MS and HS Chinese classes at various public schools in the Rockville/Bethesda area.  MoCo has thousands of native speakers of Chinese in public schools and DCI has none.  Most of the MoCo native speakers attend weekend heritage language schools from a young age up through MS.  Enough said. [/quote]

Well, of course. Chinese people speak better Chinese than non-Chinese people. Thanks for that insight.

What PP was saying is that MoCo doesn't offer an IB/ language program at middle school and above that's available to all residents. DCI doesn't compare directly to MoCo in any way. Also, there are lots of issues with non-Chinese people not feeling welcome in Chinese programs in Moco, but that's for another thread.[/quote]

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