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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Future DCI parent here! If the haters are coming out the school must be good! So excited for it and the kids! See you soon when my kid starts. He's in a Spanish immersion feeder now, but is fluent in French, so I'm hoping he can take some courses in French to get a context away from home. No where else in the country would this be even a remote possibility.[/quote]

Silver Spring International, and Washington International are both schools that have both French and Spanish immersions options at the middle school level, and are in this metro area.  I'm sure there are many such schools around the country.

I think DCI is a great thing, and I hope it succeeds but it's not that rare of a model. [/quote]

I didn't realize they combined five other charter schools.[/quote]

NP, I also didn't realize those other 2 schools expect every student who goes K-12 to graduate fluent in 2 languages (English and first immersion language) PLUS proficient in a 3rd language.

It's true, there is a lot of hype around DCI that may be a bit over-excited, but PP saying "it's not that rare a model", please enlighten us where 5 bilingual charters representing 3 immersion languages collaborated to form an IB, language and "world citizen"-focused middle and high school where K-12 kids are expected to learn 3 languages?  If it's not rare, name even 2 (even 1!) other similar models in the US.[/quote]

Students are not expected to learn a third language at DCI. The third language is an elective. [/quote]

For students feeding from an immersion school, I went to two DCI info sessions where they said they "expect" students to take on a 3rd language and graduate proficient.  What's your source for it only bring an option and not an expectation?[/quote]

A kid already enrolled. [/quote]

From a feeder school or a new admit?[/quote]

YY, but honestly, I hope my child chooses French or Spanish as an elective. [/quote]

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