Well, that is the plan to have FLES in all schools. They just need the money. After seeing how little time the children have for recess and core subjects, you might end up preferring they keep foreign language after school instead.

Thanks for the info, I got FLES mixed up with FLEX. I do wish that foreign language was a special at all schools though rather than just the schools that have FLES.

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Anonymous wrote:We have Mandarin FLES at our school. I think it's twice a week.

what school? 2x 30-min a wk?

Shrevewood. It's twice a week. I think 30 minutes per session, but it could be 45.

Anonymous wrote:We have Mandarin FLES at our school. I think it's twice a week.

what school? 2x 30-min a wk?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Music (Chorus once a week, Classroom music twice a week, band once a week)
Art (Once a week)
History (Every day. Not a special)
Science (Every day. Not a special)
PE (Twice a week)
Recess (Four Days a week. No Mondays)
Language (Spanish Twice a week.)

4x/wk for music?!

Yes, but only because she is in Chorus and Band.

We have Mandarin FLES at our school. I think it's twice a week.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the program is called FLES.

But this is after school isn't it? And only at certain schools?

FLES is during the school day and taught by FCPS teachers. We have it at our school - not sure how useful it is.

FLES is during school and FLEX is after school (and expensive). There's also something called Global Languages (or something like that) at some schools that they are piloting. New program, no idea if it will stick, but it's also after school but free. FLES is a push in instructional until - 30 minutes twice a week where a teacher comes into the class and teaches the language as opposed to immersion where they teach the core subjects in the languages. The difference is between 1 hour a week and about 10 hours a week of instruction in the language.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the program is called FLES.

But this is after school isn't it? And only at certain schools?

FLES is during the school day and taught by FCPS teachers. We have it at our school - not sure how useful it is.

Forgot library, 1x/wk

FCPS

School #1, 1st grade
Music, Art, Computers 1x/wk
PE 2x/wk
Daily recess except for Mondays
Afterschool activities: Language (before), chess club (after), lego robotics (after), student council for the big kids. There are more but these are the only ones I know oof for 1st graders

School #2, 5th grade
Art every other week
Strings or Band, Spanish 1x/week-regular daytime class, no extra fee.
Music, PE 2x/week
Daily recess except for Mondays
Extracurriculars: robotics, Science Olympiad, Oddessey of the Mind, lego clubs, drama, musical theatre/dance, girls on the run, spring musical, fencing, video game programming, fencing, student council, some sort of literary club/arts magazine group. I am more aware of the activities here since my kid at this school is older. There are a few more extracurriculars than I have listed.

First grade:

Recess twice a day
Art 1x/week
Music 2x/week
PE 3x/week
Library 1x/week
Spanish 2x/week

Anonymous wrote:Music (Chorus once a week, Classroom music twice a week, band once a week)
Art (Once a week)
History (Every day. Not a special)
Science (Every day. Not a special)
PE (Twice a week)
Recess (Four Days a week. No Mondays)
Language (Spanish Twice a week.)

4x/wk for music?!

Music (Chorus once a week, Classroom music twice a week, band once a week)
Art (Once a week)
History (Every day. Not a special)
Science (Every day. Not a special)
PE (Twice a week)
Recess (Four Days a week. No Mondays)
Language (Spanish Twice a week.)

Nope - FCPS school with FLES during the day.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the program is called FLES.

But this is after school isn't it? And only at certain schools?