Testimonials

A Parent's Testimonial

by Sol and Paul

Gage eagerly began classes with La Escuela last fall. Within the first week he had learned the basics (colors, shapes, numbers, and nouns). He was quickly mastering the curriculum as well. Within the fi rst month, he began mixing up his languages. Unconsciously, he would speak some English mixed with Spanish. This told us that immersion was working. His brain was transmitting the languages fluently in one steady stream. Within 60 days, Gage was conversing with students and teachers in Spanish. Gage is more aware of the Spanish speaking community around him. He is reaching out to the Spanish speaking community in the parks, libraries, and our neighborhood. Gage is teaching his parents some Spanish too. He is speaking the language with the same fluent and rhythmic dialect of a native Spanish speaker. Gage, a blond-haired, blue-eyed boy, sounds just like a native speaker.

La Escuela has provided the prescription for success in Spanish Immersion and early childhood education. Native Spanish Speaking teachers, skilled in immersion teaching both for curriculum and language, provide the linguistics and creative mix of play and curriculum required to learn the language and academics. The teachers engage the children in song, dance, play, and academic work. Gage anxiously awaits each new day to learn more Spanish. La Escuela has been our best investment in Gage. This school has demonstrated our child has a capacity for learning that surpasses our imagination. What better gift can we give our child other than a love for learning, a love for a second language and an atmosphere of song, dance, play, fun, and academics that our child deserves?