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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I like that Adams offers Chinese in MS to students that don't need extra support in English or Spanish. DC is excited learning Chinese with Ms. Li and discusses Chinese phonetics with child of friends that goes to posh GDS. [/quote]

Chinese is good, but the Spanish needs to be improved. After 10 years of immersion (Pre K - 8) we should expect better results in terms of literacy. A stronger Spanish curriculum that has a capstone AP course in 8th grade would do a lot to improve academics and retention at the school. Many more families would stay if their child is earning college credit at Adams.

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You expect a 7th or 8th grader to earn credit for college courses?  Are you serious?!?  What schools offer that option?

Btw, I am an IB Oyster parent, and I know many parents who have kids that are/were Oyster lifers (PK/K through 8th).  Several of these kids, including those with two monolingual (English only) parents, have near-native fluency and they are biliterate at grade level.  However, those parents and kids worked their backsides off to get that result (i.e., private tutors, Spanish class on Saturday, full immersion summer camps (domestic and abroad), Spanish speaking babysitters, etc).  Unlike you, they never expected Oyster to do all the work.  I wish that more parents understood that without a ton of outside time, money and commitment (to say nothing of blood, sweat and tears), your child will not leave any immersion school with near-native bilingual fluency and biliteracy (if the target language is not spoken at home).  It would be nice if the schools did ALL of the work, but why waste your time day dreaming?[/quote]

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