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sharktooth
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Soulpatch and Skipjack - you guys are great.
These are the same issues my wife and I are dealing with in regards to our 2 year old.
At first it sounds crazy bringing our 2 year old to Baja (to most people here in the US)...but the more we meditate on it, the better it sounds.
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BFS
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There are two schools in Todos Santos that you might consider contacting.
Escuela del Pacifico and the Montessori.
Both are excellent and its hard to beat their learning environments for young children. Beautiful desert countryside with palm trees and flowers all
around and birds flying around the schoolyards. The teachers (Mexican and expats of various nationalities) are excellent and the kids are incredibly
well adapted. I see kids of all nationalities having a blast together around town, the beach and at festivals throughout the year.
If you need contact info let me know and I will forward that.
Suerte!
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Gypsy Jan
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Le Lycée Francais
Hi Sharktooth,
Check out Le Lycée Francais. They have been in the business of educating the children of the upper classes for a very long time (for example, Maddox
Jolie-Pitt is a student).
They have a school in Tijuana (the location is not identified for obvious reasons) and I am guessing that they have location(s) in Baja Sur.
Here is link to the website for the Los Angeles school so you can get a sense of how they operate and their approach to learning.
If your children are enrolled, they can attend classes at any of the many locations around the world.
http://www.lyceela.org/le_lycee/index.aspx
[Edited on 8-2-2010 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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irenemm
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I moved to Vicente Guerrero, Baja when our children were just 3, 5, and 7. They did not speak Spanish nor did I. I enrolled them in a Catholic school
here and have never looked back. My children are fluent in Spanish and English.
My granddaughter just left to the States to finish here Senior year of High school. All she needs is US Government and 3 elective classes. as most of
what she has done so far in High school is at the level of junior college.
I am glad we raised our kids here in the Schools we used.
This was a very small town when we came here so only 2 schools and no high school then. Now 4 high schools in the valley and a University too.
Got for it. You can always go back it is easy but harder when they are older to come here and learn the language. My rule was English only in the
house because they would get Spanish at school.
Good Luck
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Skipjack Joe
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Sharktooth,
I wouldn't go for it until I had the following stats from any school you are consdering.
1. Their scores of the California STAR tests given every year. http://star.cde.ca.gov/ How does it measure up to the stateside schools?
2. A list of the Advanced Placement classes that are being offered in high school and accepted by all accredited US universities.
3. Stats of graduating students who go on to major american universities (e.g. UC system, UofOregon, etc.).
4. Stats (if available) of how many proceded to graduate school.
5. Stats (if available) of the breakdown of professions past students later acquired.
This will do for starters.
You want cold facts about education. Not promises of caring, loving teachers; healthy school environment; friendly classmates; or your son's ability
to speak Spanish fluently.
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mtgoat666
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predicated on the assumption that those of us that wish to raise our children in Mexico have the desire for them to continue with higher education in
the US.
For us that isn't a concern. Personally I would rather my kids go to an art institute of be musicians or anything creative or the Marine Institute in
La Paz or have my landlord take them under his wing and get them involved with oceanography in Mexico.
Plenty of people from many different cultures are very successful without taking that path. It is a big frickin' world out there with so many
rewarding life journeys and so many paths to success outside the parameters of the accepted paradigm.....if they choose, at some point, to take a
traditional path that will be their prerogative and I will support them in any way I can.
I guess how you define success is really the driver in this.
Says the sleep deprived, vocational minded one.....again.
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well, sounds like you got the path planned for your little tots. What if they want to be scientists or engineers? They may be better off going to
good university in US.
If they are US citizens and plan to someday work in US, then they need degree from acredited US college...
soulpatch, you probably got benefits from going to US university, so don't be hasty to handicap your kids from doing same.
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gnukid
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A combination of homeschool, outreach, and focused classes in areas of interest seem to produce the best results. Though you must be willing to buy or
borrow the books, assign them and review together I gather--public/private schools can't compete with focused homeschool education-bit time must be
made for socializing and being a kid too. Seems like cutting out video games and bad tv helps exponentially. OF course if it goes well, you will be
paying for science projects and patent applications early on-probably a custom race car and a home built space ship too!
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Eli
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Really, really everybody's version of reality expounded in this discussion is o.k. by me, just reflects personal experiences which is unique to each
of us as are each of the stars in the universe.
Still, I just keep thinking about all the Professional People I know here in Mexico who were educated here and how they would feel about the points
of view expressed concerning the quality of their education. I think maybe they would be a little offended.
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