Really sounds like people who love to trash DCI are just trying to make people feel bad for no reason.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

You sound disconnected from reality. I'm not a WIS parent, but I know several WIS families. It's the best school in the DC Metro area for families interested in language immersion. Which private schools in this area graduate students with iB diplomas (including the bilingual IB diploma) with consistently higher scores? I'll wait. If you think WIS isn't anything to brag about, then DCI families should be downright ashamed. DCI will never produce students like WIS. Since it's free, so no one really expects much.

This is how little you know about WIS. It is not the best immersion school in the area at all. There are far better options, you just don't know of them because you have not done the research! Laughable. By the way if you do decide to look for better immersion schools they definitely exist- the German school, Rochabeau, that Spanish immersion school in Potomac, etc. Those are better options even if they don't offer the IB Diploma (they offer other things). As a bonus, they are way less litigious than WIS.

Anyway, WIS is a good school for sure, but it is not the best school nor the best immersion school in the DC area whatsoever. It's fine, but I do not think it is worth duplicating in DCI at all.

Although I chose a public Spanish immersion school for my children (located somewhere in the DMV), I toured practically every Spanish immersion school (public and private) in the DC metro area. There are many parents whose children attend/have attended the Deutsche Schule and Lycee Rochambeau who would disagree that those are the best immersion schools in the area (you can read their complaints by doing a search on DCUM). I don't have first hand knowledge about those schools because I have zero interest in German or French. However, if a WIS student wants to pick up French or German as a third language, they can learn it via private tutorial at school. Unfortunately, that's not an option at Deutsche Schule or Lycee Rochambeau. I do know a lot about the Spanish immersion schools in this area; and I know for a fact that DCI will never be superior to WIS (except for cost). However, you get what you pay for, right?

Why on earth would you get a private tutor to learn German at the overpriced WIS? Are you serious? The German school is both excellent and the students speak fantastic German. At WIS you would not need a private tutor for French, because they have a French track. Have you even been there? Also it's extremely expensive, the upper grades are seperate from the lower school, and parents have lots and lots and lots of complaints as well. I think in your haste to trash DCI (why? Why are you making people who can't afford private feel bad?) you didn't google enough. Listen I really did the research and i don't think WIS is all that great. It's just known, so people compare it to the public option for some bizarre reason. Can you give it a rest? DCI sounds amazing and there is no need for any comparisons. Also not sure what your problem is but it sounds like you're trying to make people feel bad about not paying the overpriced WIS tuition.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

You sound disconnected from reality. I'm not a WIS parent, but I know several WIS families. It's the best school in the DC Metro area for families interested in language immersion. Which private schools in this area graduate students with iB diplomas (including the bilingual IB diploma) with consistently higher scores? I'll wait. If you think WIS isn't anything to brag about, then DCI families should be downright ashamed. DCI will never produce students like WIS. Since it's free, so no one really expects much.

This is how little you know about WIS. It is not the best immersion school in the area at all. There are far better options, you just don't know of them because you have not done the research! Laughable. By the way if you do decide to look for better immersion schools they definitely exist- the German school, Rochabeau, that Spanish immersion school in Potomac, etc. Those are better options even if they don't offer the IB Diploma (they offer other things). As a bonus, they are way less litigious than WIS.

Anyway, WIS is a good school for sure, but it is not the best school nor the best immersion school in the DC area whatsoever. It's fine, but I do not think it is worth duplicating in DCI at all.

Although I chose a public Spanish immersion school for my children (located somewhere in the DMV), I toured practically every Spanish immersion school (public and private) in the DC metro area. There are many parents whose children attend/have attended the Deutsche Schule and Lycee Rochambeau who would disagree that those are the best immersion schools in the area (you can read their complaints by doing a search on DCUM). I don't have first hand knowledge about those schools because I have zero interest in German or French. However, if a WIS student wants to pick up French or German as a third language, they can learn it via private tutorial at school. Unfortunately, that's not an option at Deutsche Schule or Lycee Rochambeau. I do know a lot about the Spanish immersion schools in this area; and I know for a fact that DCI will never be superior to WIS (except for cost). However, you get what you pay for, right?

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

You sound disconnected from reality. I'm not a WIS parent, but I know several WIS families. It's the best school in the DC Metro area for families interested in language immersion. Which private schools in this area graduate students with iB diplomas (including the bilingual IB diploma) with consistently higher scores? I'll wait. If you think WIS isn't anything to brag about, then DCI families should be downright ashamed. DCI will never produce students like WIS. Since it's free, so no one really expects much.

This is how little you know about WIS. It is not the best immersion school in the area at all. There are far better options, you just don't know of them because you have not done the research! Laughable. By the way if you do decide to look for better immersion schools they definitely exist- the German school, Rochabeau, that Spanish immersion school in Potomac, etc. Those are better options even if they don't offer the IB Diploma (they offer other things). As a bonus, they are way less litigious than WIS.

Anyway, WIS is a good school for sure, but it is not the best school nor the best immersion school in the DC area whatsoever. It's fine, but I do not think it is worth duplicating in DCI at all.

What's the name of that school? Thanks

Escuela Argentina de Washington. Pretty much any DCI feeder is better.

Um, that's a Saturday school--not a substitute for an immersion school. It's also not better than sending your child to WIS.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

You sound disconnected from reality. I'm not a WIS parent, but I know several WIS families. It's the best school in the DC Metro area for families interested in language immersion. Which private schools in this area graduate students with iB diplomas (including the bilingual IB diploma) with consistently higher scores? I'll wait. If you think WIS isn't anything to brag about, then DCI families should be downright ashamed. DCI will never produce students like WIS. Since it's free, so no one really expects much.

This is how little you know about WIS. It is not the best immersion school in the area at all. There are far better options, you just don't know of them because you have not done the research! Laughable. By the way if you do decide to look for better immersion schools they definitely exist- the German school, Rochabeau, that Spanish immersion school in Potomac, etc. Those are better options even if they don't offer the IB Diploma (they offer other things). As a bonus, they are way less litigious than WIS.

Anyway, WIS is a good school for sure, but it is not the best school nor the best immersion school in the DC area whatsoever. It's fine, but I do not think it is worth duplicating in DCI at all.

What's the name of that school? Thanks

Escuela Argentina de Washington. Pretty much any DCI feeder is better.

This is a Saturday school btw. The other schools mentioned above are also Saturday schools and full time schools.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

You sound disconnected from reality. I'm not a WIS parent, but I know several WIS families. It's the best school in the DC Metro area for families interested in language immersion. Which private schools in this area graduate students with iB diplomas (including the bilingual IB diploma) with consistently higher scores? I'll wait. If you think WIS isn't anything to brag about, then DCI families should be downright ashamed. DCI will never produce students like WIS. Since it's free, so no one really expects much.

This is how little you know about WIS. It is not the best immersion school in the area at all. There are far better options, you just don't know of them because you have not done the research! Laughable. By the way if you do decide to look for better immersion schools they definitely exist- the German school, Rochabeau, that Spanish immersion school in Potomac, etc. Those are better options even if they don't offer the IB Diploma (they offer other things). As a bonus, they are way less litigious than WIS.

Anyway, WIS is a good school for sure, but it is not the best school nor the best immersion school in the DC area whatsoever. It's fine, but I do not think it is worth duplicating in DCI at all.

What's the name of that school? Thanks

Escuela Argentina de Washington. Pretty much any DCI feeder is better.

Anonymous wrote:Curious that private school moms are trolling this board.

Not invited to a party and feeling snarky?

I don't think that there are any private school parents posting on this thread. You should re-read.

Curious that private school moms are trolling this board.

Not invited to a party and feeling snarky?

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

You sound disconnected from reality. I'm not a WIS parent, but I know several WIS families. It's the best school in the DC Metro area for families interested in language immersion. Which private schools in this area graduate students with iB diplomas (including the bilingual IB diploma) with consistently higher scores? I'll wait. If you think WIS isn't anything to brag about, then DCI families should be downright ashamed. DCI will never produce students like WIS. Since it's free, so no one really expects much.

This is how little you know about WIS. It is not the best immersion school in the area at all. There are far better options, you just don't know of them because you have not done the research! Laughable. By the way if you do decide to look for better immersion schools they definitely exist- the German school, Rochabeau, that Spanish immersion school in Potomac, etc. Those are better options even if they don't offer the IB Diploma (they offer other things). As a bonus, they are way less litigious than WIS.

Anyway, WIS is a good school for sure, but it is not the best school nor the best immersion school in the DC area whatsoever. It's fine, but I do not think it is worth duplicating in DCI at all.

What's the name of that school? Thanks

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

I think you meant to say "public school." Considering what WIS offers, it actually appears to be the better deal.

Considering what DCI offers, free knockoff sums it up accurately.