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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child recently took the test for Bancroft and was asked in Spanish, "What have you been doing over the summer", which he responded in Spanish of course. Completed a Math worksheet in Spanish and read 2 pages out of a Spanish book.

These are fairly simple task that should be able to be completed by anyone with knowledge of the language.

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I know this threads a couple months old but this made me lol. You think it's fairly simple for a 4 yo to "read 2 pages?"

My comment is that I believe even if Oyster thinks your child speaks Spanish fluently, and has a Latino parent, they want kids who only speak Spanish and have two Latino parents because the issue with kids is they slide into English as they get older. One of the best ways to motivate kids in a language is to surround them with PEERS who speak it. They are doing their best to maintain a half population that is ONLY speaking Spanish with parents and extended family. And in fact, I believe they may be the only DCPS or charter school that has been able to do this and part of why they are successful. Except for Bruce Monroe and possible Powell (because they are in mostly Latino neighborhoods and also not "highly regarded" so not full of non Latinos. [/quote]

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