Tracey Suits

Review of The magellan international sch...

We are very happy with our son's education at Mage...

We are very happy with our son's education at Magellan. When it was founded four years ago, it was the first and only Spanish immersion school in Austin. They pledged to educate our kids with an international awareness and the ability to speak, read, and write both Spanish and English with fluency. We took a chance on this new school with some skepticism about immersion and some concern about sending our son to a school that had no past performance, no recommendations from others, and no word of mouth to help us make our decision -- but the founders were so passionate and well-prepared for the challenge, we enrolled him, and have never regretted it. They kept their promise. In second grade, my son is able to perform at grade level (or above) in every subject in both languages. No one at home speaks Spanish, so all the Spanish he knows came from Magellan.

He also understands the world does not simply consist of what he sees around him every day. There is a world economy, and we have interdependent relationships with other countries and cultures. Magellan kids have the worldview and the awareness and tolerance of other cultures that is vital to understanding the world around them.

If only Magellan had been there for my 14 year-old!