Spanish Immersion School in Washington

[redoredo123]

I'm in Spanish immersion and it's really hard in all my English classes the lowest I ever get is a B+ but in Spanish I get D and F I think that if I was not in it I could so alot better

[jasperluver22]

I am currently in S I and it's so hard and i really wanna leave! :P Spanish is hard!

[rynocl]

God bless her, but the woman at the beginning has a horrible accent in Spanish. "kinder y premer gradooo vayan al gamnasio. grasis."

[gramo83]

@rynocl

The woman at the beginning was the principal a few years ago. The teachers all speak fluent and clear Spanish. My daughter is 24 and went through this program from kinder to 12th grade. I feel so blessed to have had this program in y district for 23 years. My son is now in the program. He is 10 y-o. You should learn more about the program before criticizing it.

[bzarraga0417]

My children(2nd & 11th grade) have been in a Spanish Two-Way Immersion program in Lake Forest/Laguna Hills since kindergarten. My oldest son's Science courses in Junior High were taught completly in Spanish and his History courses in Spanish. As a Junior he is in AP Calculus and AP Physics. Learning to be bi-literate is only another feather in his cap. This is not an immigration issue. It is opening our eyes to the global market and giving American children the skills to compete worldwide.

[gazeegers]

ya i guess so but now im going into tillicum middles school (7th grade) and we have 2 1 credit clases,theres one teacher who NO ONE likes...not even the parents! ASK ME IF THERES ANY Qs ABOUT SI! im in njhs too!!!!

[gazeegers]

oh and i waz also in mr.capetillo he was our science teacher but we all hated him now he's a principal somewhere but i know his son tomas and now there's a new principal

[gazeegers]

HEY !!!! I WENT 2 DIS SCHOOL

[JMM74]

I'm glad I stumbled onto this! My son is in the Bremerton Spanish Immersion kindergarten. It is fabulous! I cannot imagine a better educational experience for him. I'm sad to say we're moving this summer (Navy) and he won't be able to continue. I wish there was an immersion program where we're moving!

[rayvivaray]

wow this is amamzing, the kids speak great spanish.

[gazeegers]

thank you very much i've studied spanish at PDS 4 7 years! but now im alnoust fluent

[julioanibalvet]

That Elementary School is awesome, I was there an assistant teacher thanks to the Amity Institute, I won't forget that experience, it helped me a lot to build up my English skills even though I assist talking in Spanish every day with the kids. And not all the people must learn a second language but in this school there will be a lot in the future!!!

[edwingamboa]

It is not the children's fault that the circunstances are not the best to learn a new language. We are living on a global world, where everything is conected. Learnign a new language is just an advantage!!! I know that English is the international language in the world, but does not make it the best and only language.

[MrMemories]

Oh brother....there's the beginning of the end. Preparing American kids to cater to people who refuse to learn the English language. At least these kids will know when they are being talked about, like so many native Spanish-speakers do.

[edwingamboa]

Most of the people in Europe speak at least three languages. US dont even have a good 2nd language program. We are living a new era. You should start thinking about the benefits of having a second language. Have you ever thought that maybe is not that people do not want to learn the language? That maybe is that they are not living in the right circumstances to learn because they either work all day in jobs that pay nothing and everybody else speaks Spanish? Please, do not blame the children

[MrMemories]

You have a point, but as an ESL teacher, I see that the Spanish-speaking population is highly catered too in their language, and they love it! In fact, many demand or assume that you will cater to them in Spanish. What they don't realize is that it's hurting them from advancing in the job force.

[MrMemories]

Also, other non-Spanish speaking races that come here and learn English do fairly well, but when you have Spanish-speaking people that have been here for over 10 years and still don't speak the language, well that's just plain ignorance. (contn'd)

[MrMemories]

If this school is teaching Spanish as a second language, that's fine, but if it's teaching nothing but Spanish, then that's not. The Pledge of Allegiance should be recited in English and English only! It doesn't exist in Spanish. As far as I can see in this video, Spanish is the only language being taught. I don't blame the kids, but I do blame the parents that send their children there.