Spanish World School experiences for daycare?
Posted by gman1023@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 13 comments
Looking for a daycare and would love our child to learn Spanish. does anyone have their kid at one of these locations? Any reviews, good or bad? As far as activities / play / teachers.
Weekly-Ad9551@reddit
We joined the infant program and still at the school. Can’t say enough good things about their teachers and activities. The projects they complete are very creative and it goes beyond the immersive aspect.
We were at another daycare in uptown while waiting for the semester to start, and it’s night and day difference for care.
We wrote a college like admission paper and were extremely happy to get in. Neither my spouse or I are Spanish speakers although one of us is from Hispanic descent.
Hope this helps and good luck!
willed11@reddit
Paid the application/waitlist fee for 4 years and they never ended up having an opening. I'm pretty sure the only way to get in is to lie and day that you already speak spanish in your home (heavily) on the application. You'll also need to know several families that attend that can get a recommendation for you. Two of my neighbors have kids there and that's how they got in. Good luck.
I will say that we sent our kids to the Community School at Park Cities by SMU. Reasonable rates... all day care (most holidays too)... summer they are open... and they had a staff member that taught Spanish to the kids. Obviously not as robust as Spanish World, but we LOVED to school/teachers/directors. Close enough to the Skillman location if that's where you're looking. We are in Lakewood and it was an easy drive down Mockingbird to get to the school.
gooseisland410@reddit
That I’m aware of, they don’t have any families that have both parents of Hispanic decent (which I think is somehow intentional).
I don’t think speaking Spanish at home will give you an edge but as you mentioned knowing existing families at the school, being open to their other location (and transferring), and constantly bothering them to see where you are at on their list will give you an edge.
psychlion2123@reddit
huh?
gman1023@reddit (OP)
Thanks! we went to the info tour last week and they mentioned it's probably like 3% acceptance rate for infant 1 class (but higher for other classes).
willed11@reddit
If you end up scheduling a tour or calling the Community School at Park Cities (https://www.community-school.org/)... Melanie is the Director and Ms. Adi is the assistant/office manager. They are both great. They should be able to get you into the school. We had both kids there from infant through Pre-K and seriously, could not have been happier.
sms86@reddit
I’ve heard very good things about SWS but last I checked the waitlist was insane and several years long.
gman1023@reddit (OP)
Seems like the should open up another school!
Additional-Sky-7436@reddit
It's insanely difficult to open a child care facility in Texas.
glacierfanclub@reddit
My daughter attended for two years when she was really young and we loved it. Only reason we left is they only go up to fifth grade and wanted to school that went to eighth
glacierfanclub@reddit
As someone else mentioned if you aren’t already on the waiting list there is no chance that you’re gonna get in immediately
gman1023@reddit (OP)
we went to the info tour (which i recommend) and they said something like 100+ applications for 5 openings in infant 1 class. :/
other infant classes prob had more openings, as well as toddlers classes have more availability. basically they said be flexible. my friend got in by first doing part-time and then getting to full-time.
GTFOTDW@reddit
I don’t know about them but my kid went to one of the Spanish Schoolhouses and it was pretty great. It does Spanish immersion and sets them up well for Kindergarten.