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[quote=Anonymous]There still is a focus on Spanish.  I can say that in pre-K and K, it is a Spanish class 3 times a week, taught immersion-style, and the children learn a lot, using song and exploration of culture as well.  One of the K teachers is bilingual, as are several other teachers at the school.  I am not sure about the competency levels of the older children in the school (I've seen them in Spanish class and they seem to be engaging in simple conversational Spanish), but the school is currently only to 4th grade - and I do not believe there are any bilingual children who are products of the school program exclusively at this point.  Each class year, they expand the Spanish curriculum, but it is not an immersion school.  If your goal is to have a child who is bilingual, I'm guessing there are better programs for that.  But I think the children will develop a solid foundation to really delve into Spanish on a more complex level in middle and high school.  And for now, I'm happy to see my Kindergartener using basic Spanish phrases, words, and sentences (especially since my child had no Spanish experience prior to this school year).  In K, they have reviewed basic feelings and emotions in Spanish, weather words, seasons, days of the week, months of the year, some animals and body parts, and they know the alphabet and the different sounds that the letters make in Spanish.  I am sure they have covered other units...but they escape me right now :).[/quote]

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