Anonymous wrote:15;39, they do assessments in Chinese. I think they developed the CIRCLE assessment. They also use the SOPA and others. So teachers and parents know where the kids stand. Maybe they meant the DC CAS is not in Chinese?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Another parent, I just want to speak to the question about whether everyone who enrolls their child should assume they'll have to pay for a Mandarin tutor at some point. We have a child who just started DCI this year, and we never ever used a tutor, and our child's Mandarin (according to both YY teachers last year and outside Chinese friends and acquaintances we have) is excellent. Tones and all. I do think different kids take to it at different rates, but we only know a few families who actually got a tutor at some point. Most did not, and it's worth asking the Admins what their official answer is to "What % of parents use tutors/outside Mandarin classes for their kids", but just from discussion with our fellow families, most do not use tutors.
You need to ask about reading and writing in Chinese. That's what most people use tutors for not speaking. Just bc the kid can speak well with perfect tones does not mean their reading and writing in Chinese are as good.
Anonymous wrote:Another parent, I just want to speak to the question about whether everyone who enrolls their child should assume they'll have to pay for a Mandarin tutor at some point. We have a child who just started DCI this year, and we never ever used a tutor, and our child's Mandarin (according to both YY teachers last year and outside Chinese friends and acquaintances we have) is excellent. Tones and all. I do think different kids take to it at different rates, but we only know a few families who actually got a tutor at some point. Most did not, and it's worth asking the Admins what their official answer is to "What % of parents use tutors/outside Mandarin classes for their kids", but just from discussion with our fellow families, most do not use tutors.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What's the math curriculum at YY?
There is no specific curriculum.
Huh? Not a schoolwide math curriculum like everyday math, Singapore math, envision math??
Anonymous wrote:K parent. So far we love the school. We don't have a Chinese tutor yet, but my child is doing very well in Mandarin so far and likes it a lot. I actually thought the math was kind of advanced, LOL, since they are already adding and subtracting in K, but I'm not a teacher! The YY parents get a lot of grief here on DCUM for being mean, but we have experienced the polar opposite. Parents are very friendly and interesting people, and we have made some wonderful friends already. We feel incredibly lucky to be at YY and plan to go the distance at DCI.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What's the math curriculum at YY?
There is no specific curriculum.
Anonymous wrote:What's the math curriculum at YY?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP here: I assume that what I am talking about with my DD is a product of the first few classes going through and them working out the bugs. If any third or fourth grade parents have different experiences it would be nice to get that perspective to add to mine. I don't want it to come out as a lopsided story if that's not the case!
Fourth grade parent here. It isn't just math that's a problem, but the language arts component for fourth grade is lacking when compared to what's required under common core. If DC does not get into Latin for next year, We are looking to send DC to private for middle school, and test-in for HS. We will attempt to keep up his Mandarin though the Hope School.