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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats on having to fantastic options! Personally, I'd go with Yu Ying because the option for a second chance is unlikely. With regard to the immersion point, the laymen on here simply don't understand the benefits of second language fluency. There's tons of science to back up the superior brains of bilinguals. Really, it's a two second Google search. Americans are way behind getting this, but elsewhere it's a given that people will be bi and possibly trilingual. Honestly, it's exasperating reading opinions on here that are based on absolutely nothing. I'm a science person and the science supports that bilingualism is a fantastic thing. So, I'd go with that if that was an option. We happen to be in at a HRCS for Spanish and count our lucky stars. That said, it is truly a commitment and nothing to shrug your shoulders too. It's gut-wrenching when families need to move and there isn't a Chinese option at the new school. They've spent years investing in Chinese, only to have to give it up because life happens and people have to move, etc... Spanish has that challenge as well, but easier. Also, we do a lot of enrichment, which isn't cheap. Also, aftercare is expensive as well. I've heard that Yu Ying parents feel the need to invest in tutoring, Au Pairs, etc... Again, not cheap. I can't say whether that's valid and that stuff is actually needed, but speaking from experience with Spanish, my child would not be as good without all of the extras. She's perfectly fluent to the amazement of the large Latin American community we know and it's because we're very strict with it. For me as a mom, I'm constantly evaluating whether it's all too much, but that's me. I want a healthy happy kid more than anything, so if the language piece gets out of hand, I'll be choosing happiness if a choice was ever needed to be made![/quote]

[b]Second language "fluency" from DC charter immersion without a native speaker in the home and a strong commitment to at least one adult in the home speaking only the target language to the children? Dream on.  We're native Mandarin speakers who haven't been impressed with the Chinese of YY kids without a Chinese-speaking adult in the home, and we often speak Chinese to upper grades YY kids who've been in the school since PreK4. [/b]

I'd go with Hearst. We go with a JKLM and speak Chinese at home and writing/reading lessons on weekends. The reality is that our kids are ahead of almost the entire YY crowd in English, Chinese, math,you name it. There's happiness for you.

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I speak English without having native speaker English speaking parents.  PP here whose kid is 3 grade levels ahead in English and Math.  DS is at grade level in Chinese at YY which admittedly isn't the same as a third grader in China.  We don't do tutors or any extra help and consider the Chinese he learns at YY a bonus.  If he did not go to YY, he would know zero Chinese afterall.  We visit China often and will be visiting China again this summer and are happy with the Chinese DS has learned at YY.
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