NY Family moving to Lecce- need school for 6 year old

annazld0956 New member

Member since 21 October 2022

annazld0956New member14 January 2023 12:30:30

Hi all,

Hoping we can get some help here from others. We are moving to Lecce from New York with our 6 year old daughter. We need to find a school for her that is hopefully bilingual.

If anyone is aware of any educational institutions we would be most grateful.

Thanks so much!

Anna

Modicasa Contributor

Member since 15 August 2020

ModicasaContributor15 January 2023 05:18:16

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Hi.聽 To be blunt, your expectations are out of line with reality.聽聽 Your child will be assigned to the local school and will learn Italian much much more quickly than you do.聽 it is unlikely they will even have a support teacher, given the current state of schools.聽聽Unless you have a NATO base on the doorstep there will be no English speaking schooling available.聽聽Children of incoming parents in my area usually can get by easily after a couple of months, within a year they are bilingual.聽聽Being English speaking will make your daughter incredibly popular in school with all the students, but probably not with the English teacher who will be aware of her own poor level of English.

annazld0956 New member

Member since 21 October 2022

annazld0956New member23 January 2023 01:12:37

@Modicasa great, thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. At this point it is more likely that we鈥檒l be in Lecce part time. My hope was to find an English community to leverage for winter/summer breaks.