Education Watch Dog – Moriah Costa
“Snippets of French, Mandarin, English and Spanish can be heard throughout the classrooms and hallways of D.C. International Public Charter School. A group of middle schoolers speak in Spanish as they learn geography, while next door students practice their French. “At DCI we really think it’s important to learn a language and to be internationally (aware),” said Monona, a sixth grade student who is learning Chinese. Monona is an ambassador for the school and gives me a tour of the building as she explains how students are immersed in one of three different languages. The charter is the city’s first language immersion middle school and is a feeder school for students enrolled in five other language immersion charter schools in the city. The school opened this past fall with sixth and seventh grade students and will expand to serve sixth through twelfth grade students.”(more)