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mybilingualchildirvine.weebly.com is circulating an online petition for Spanish immersion in Irvine elementary schools. The vision is to start with Spanish and to soon add other languages (Mandarin and Korean are likely, depending on parental demand). If you are interested, please sign the...

How old are your kids? I recently started a thread about Spanish immersion. It would be nice to add at least Chinese and Korean a year or two later, since those seem to be in-demand languages for parents in Irvine.

Thank you, Meggie! I just reached out to him for insight and set up a meeting.

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Hi, Bones, Could you please message me via Facebook with your email address, the start years of your kiddos in kindergarten and your local elementary school? I would love to add you to the list. In addition to my child starting kindergarten in 2014-2015, I have a two year old. I agree there is...

It is true that having a few native Spanish speakers in a class is helpful, but it is not necessary. School districts around the country run successful dual immersion programs, often without a large base of native speakers. Here's an interesting article in Education News on the cognitive...

I am starting a grassroots group of parents interested in Spanish dual language education in the Irvine Unified School District at the elementary level. More information is available at:https://www.facebook.com/mybilingualchildirvine If you are interested or know of interested parents, you may...