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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS doesn't withhold language. If language is important to you then choose a school that prioritizes language or as other posters have said, supplement. [b]No school can be all things to all people. [/b]If you want a school to teach your child languages in 5th then pick a school that teaches languages in 5th. If that's not BASIS then pick another school. If you absolutely want BASIS and want languages, then supplement languages. Why is this so hard.[/quote]

I know why it is so hard, they went the study languages route rather than the rigorous academics when in school.[/quote]

This is the regressive posture that keeps most Americans monolingual. To somebody from another part of the world, studying a language seriously from the upper elementary grades is as routine as studying math. 
Educators around the world follow the science behind learning languages young, since it's much easier to teach a child to speak a language than an older teen or an adult.  Viewing middle school language learning as a liability in college admissions wouldn't make sense elsewhere.  What BASIS does is let the 5th grade immersion graduates' language skills slide, only to endeavor to teach them languages from scratch from 8th grade, without providing anything like appropriate challenge.  The result is that 5s on AP language exams aren't nearly as common as they could be at BASIS DC.

What BASIS DC parents don't know is that some of the BASIS Arizona campuses allow modern languages to be learned in middle school, including at the advanced level, but on a voluntary basis.  They also offer serious instrumental music programs.  BASIS Scottsdale certainly does.  BASIS DC is hardly the jewel in the BASIS crown, for several reasons.  The building isn't among the worst and the franchise, admins and parents aren't raising money for enrichment as they do elsewhere, and the school's leadership has changed repeatedly (what is it now, 8 Heads of School in 10 years?).  Parent contributions in DC go only to top up teachers' salaries.
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If you want language immersion in DC, you should look elsewhere.[/quote]

No kids at Basis but why not demand better with the school with languages especially since other sites offer it?  Improve the overall curriculum instead the status quo[/quote]

No other public school in DC has the equivalent academics.

You want your kid to be a polyglot, send them to boarding school in Switzerland.[/quote]

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