Anonymous wrote:The high school math is integrated, but I don't know if it is ability tracked or if you just eventually reach the course and then take it.

Anonymous wrote:BASIS kids are only tracked in math until 8th, which I think is unfortunate, but they all take a math placement test at the start of the year or in the spring once they have officially enrolled. And yes, the sequence is clear.

What I would like to know is for the most advanced 8th graders in math at DCI, what would be the class for 9th grade (assuming it has a name that is more recognizable) - Algebra II, pre-calculus, trig, whatever - doesn't matter but I would like to know. And I thought Spanish 3 was either AP Spanish or the year before AP Spanish universally - and they do have 8th graders taking AP Spanish at Oyster. So after Spanish 3 (if that is what you are placed in upon admission in 6th grade and appears to be the highest placement level), where do you go next?

BASIS parent here whose kids get slammed immediately and early to acclimate them when they enter in 5th grade. The higher grades start more slowly because the kids already know school is serious business. I kind of like that method - setting the tone (albeit it can be a bit scary) for ten year olds and then starting to be more playful and relaxed later in the year, and at the start of the upper years like 8th and 9th grade when all the kids know what the deal is............

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Anonymous wrote:At DCI, there are multiple language levels for each language, and students may be in any level in grades 6-8 (for instance, a 6th grader may be in Spanish 3, and an 8th grader may be in Spanish 1). Some students are accelerated a year in math, and there is high-school level Integrated Math I for eighth graders who are accelerated. (DCI follows an integrated math high school pathway, not Algebra/Geometry/Algebra II.) All students in the grade level are in the same English class, and there is differentiation (some different books, etc.) within the class, as well as reading support classes for those who need.

Thank you--now we're getting somewhere. So, if a 6th grader takes Spanish 3, what level of Spanish will that same student take through the end of 12th grade? What is the highest level of Spanish offered at DCI? What does the math sequence look like for an 8th grader who takes Integrated Math I? What is the highest level of math offered at DCI? What level of Spanish and math does the typical DCI 6th grader take?

I find the labeling of courses at DCI tend to obscure (unintentional or not) what is actually being covered in each course. It doesn't help that DCI really doesn't explain it's curriculum on its website (unlike BASIS).

Anonymous wrote:At DCI, there are multiple language levels for each language, and students may be in any level in grades 6-8 (for instance, a 6th grader may be in Spanish 3, and an 8th grader may be in Spanish 1). Some students are accelerated a year in math, and there is high-school level Integrated Math I for eighth graders who are accelerated. (DCI follows an integrated math high school pathway, not Algebra/Geometry/Algebra II.) All students in the grade level are in the same English class, and there is differentiation (some different books, etc.) within the class, as well as reading support classes for those who need.

Anonymous wrote:At DCI, there are multiple language levels for each language, and students may be in any level in grades 6-8 (for instance, a 6th grader may be in Spanish 3, and an 8th grader may be in Spanish 1). Some students are accelerated a year in math, and there is high-school level Integrated Math I for eighth graders who are accelerated. (DCI follows an integrated math high school pathway, not Algebra/Geometry/Algebra II.) All students in the grade level are in the same English class, and there is differentiation (some different books, etc.) within the class, as well as reading support classes for those who need.

Anonymous wrote:Once again, does DCI differentiate in math, reading and languages? Is Algebra I offered in 8th grade?

Anonymous wrote:At DCI, there are multiple language levels for each language, and students may be in any level in grades 6-8 (for instance, a 6th grader may be in Spanish 3, and an 8th grader may be in Spanish 1). Some students are accelerated a year in math, and there is high-school level Integrated Math I for eighth graders who are accelerated. (DCI follows an integrated math high school pathway, not Algebra/Geometry/Algebra II.) All students in the grade level are in the same English class, and there is differentiation (some different books, etc.) within the class, as well as reading support classes for those who need.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again: I'm trying to get some perspective from parents from other feeder schools. It's not like we have any way to communicate to one another other than DCUM.

If you want to be a convincing troll, don't post stupid stuff like this.

Anonymous wrote:OP again: I'm trying to get some perspective from parents from other feeder schools. It's not like we have any way to communicate to one another other than DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:How much of the immersion language does the students get on a typical day if they are coming from a feeder?

2-3 classes in 6th grade. 3 seems to be when a specials teacher is fluent in their language (e.g. the PE teacher conducts class in Mandarin for the children who came from YY; drama is in Spanish for the kids who came from a spanish immersion feeder.)