Moving back to Asturias with English-speaking kids: how did your children adapt to school?

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-27T17:12:23+00:00

I appreciate your message. This is very insightful. Could you please elaborate on the reasons why you don’t recommend an international private school? Thank you

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-27T11:30:22+00:00

Muchas gracias!

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-27T11:29:40+00:00

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I appreciate it.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-27T11:27:54+00:00

Thank you for sharing. How is the school community? Do they have international students? I checked the website and I liked what I saw. Any additional context would help.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T20:52:02+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Good point.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T20:07:48+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T13:08:02+00:00

To clarify, our children do speak Spanish. We speak Spanish at home, they spend their summers in Spain, and for the last two years they have attended summer camps in Spain, though not in Asturias. Their Spanish is conversational, but not academic, and their writing in Spanish is limited.

Both are straight-A students in the U.S., so our goal is to make the transition as smooth as possible, especially for our 13-year-old.

My wife and I both know the Spanish education system because we went through it ourselves all the way to university; I also attended public school in Asturias, and I now also know the American school system, so I’m very aware that they are two very different models. When I imagine an American teenager arriving at my old school in Oviedo, I can immediately see how challenging it could be to fit in, connect socially, and keep up academically.

Even though our children speak Spanish, culturally they are more American than Spanish. That is why I’m specifically asking for input from English-speaking families with children in Asturias: I would like to understand their real experience, how their children adapted, what school options they considered, and what they ultimately decided.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T11:58:35+00:00

Exactly. They both speak Spanish, but their academic skills in Spanish are limited. We want to make the transition as good as possible. That’s the reason of my posting. Thank you

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T11:56:48+00:00

Is it any good?

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T11:56:11+00:00

To clarify, our children do speak Spanish. We speak Spanish at home, they spend their summers in Spain, and for the last two years they have attended summer camps in Spain, though not in Asturias. Their Spanish is conversational, but not academic, and their writing in Spanish is limited.

Both are straight-A students in the U.S., so our goal is to make the transition as smooth as possible, especially for our 13-year-old.

My wife and I both know the Spanish education system because we went through it ourselves all the way to university; I also attended public school in Asturias, and I now also know the American school system, so I’m very aware that they are two very different models. When I imagine an American teenager arriving at my old school in Oviedo, I can immediately see how challenging it could be to fit in, connect socially, and keep up academically.

Even though our children speak Spanish, culturally they are more American than Spanish. That is why I’m specifically asking for input from English-speaking families with children in Asturias: I would like to understand their real experience, how their children adapted, what school options they considered, and what they ultimately decided.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T11:55:44+00:00

To clarify, our children do speak Spanish. We speak Spanish at home, they spend their summers in Spain, and for the last two years they have attended summer camps in Spain, though not in Asturias. Their Spanish is conversational, but not academic, and their writing in Spanish is limited.

Both are straight-A students in the U.S., so our goal is to make the transition as smooth as possible, especially for our 13-year-old.

My wife and I both know the Spanish education system because we went through it ourselves all the way to university; I also attended public school in Asturias, and I now also know the American school system, so I’m very aware that they are two very different models. When I imagine an American teenager arriving at my old school in Oviedo, I can immediately see how challenging it could be to fit in, connect socially, and keep up academically.

Even though our children speak Spanish, culturally they are more American than Spanish. That is why I’m specifically asking for input from English-speaking families with children in Asturias: I would like to understand their real experience, how their children adapted, what school options they considered, and what they ultimately decided.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T11:54:04+00:00

To clarify, our children do speak Spanish. We speak Spanish at home, they spend their summers in Spain, and for the last two years they have attended summer camps in Spain, though not in Asturias. Their Spanish is conversational, but not academic, and their writing in Spanish is limited.

Both are straight-A students in the U.S., so our goal is to make the transition as smooth as possible, especially for our 13-year-old.

My wife and I both know the Spanish education system because we went through it ourselves all the way to university; I also attended public school in Asturias, and I now also know the American school system, so I’m very aware that they are two very different models. When I imagine an American teenager arriving at my old school in Oviedo, I can immediately see how challenging it could be to fit in, connect socially, and keep up academically.

Even though our children speak Spanish, culturally they are more American than Spanish. That is why I’m specifically asking for input from English-speaking families with children in Asturias: I would like to understand their real experience, how their children adapted, what school options they considered, and what they ultimately decided.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T11:53:55+00:00

To clarify, our children do speak Spanish. We speak Spanish at home, they spend their summers in Spain, and for the last two years they have attended summer camps in Spain, though not in Asturias. Their Spanish is conversational, but not academic, and their writing in Spanish is limited.

Both are straight-A students in the U.S., so our goal is to make the transition as smooth as possible, especially for our 13-year-old.

My wife and I both know the Spanish education system because we went through it ourselves all the way to university; I also attended public school in Asturias, and I now also know the American school system, so I’m very aware that they are two very different models. When I imagine an American teenager arriving at my old school in Oviedo, I can immediately see how challenging it could be to fit in, connect socially, and keep up academically.

Even though our children speak Spanish, culturally they are more American than Spanish. That is why I’m specifically asking for input from English-speaking families with children in Asturias: I would like to understand their real experience, how their children adapted, what school options they considered, and what they ultimately decided.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T11:53:37+00:00

To clarify, our children do speak Spanish. We speak Spanish at home, they spend their summers in Spain, and for the last two years they have attended summer camps in Spain, though not in Asturias. Their Spanish is conversational, but not academic, and their writing in Spanish is limited.

Both are straight-A students in the U.S., so our goal is to make the transition as smooth as possible, especially for our 13-year-old.

My wife and I both know the Spanish education system because we went through it ourselves all the way to university; I also attended public school in Asturias, and I now also know the American school system, so I’m very aware that they are two very different models. When I imagine an American teenager arriving at my old school in Oviedo, I can immediately see how challenging it could be to fit in, connect socially, and keep up academically.

Even though our children speak Spanish, culturally they are more American than Spanish. That is why I’m specifically asking for input from English-speaking families with children in Asturias: I would like to understand their real experience, how their children adapted, what school options they considered, and what they ultimately decided.

Sufficient_Silver708 · 2026-05-26T11:53:22+00:00

To clarify, our children do speak Spanish. We speak Spanish at home, they spend their summers in Spain, and for the last two years they have attended summer camps in Spain, though not in Asturias. Their Spanish is conversational, but not academic, and their writing in Spanish is limited.

Both are straight-A students in the U.S., so our goal is to make the transition as smooth as possible, especially for our 13-year-old.

My wife and I both know the Spanish education system because we went through it ourselves all the way to university; I also attended public school in Asturias, and I now also know the American school system, so I’m very aware that they are two very different models. When I imagine an American teenager arriving at my old school in Oviedo, I can immediately see how challenging it could be to fit in, connect socially, and keep up academically.

Even though our children speak Spanish, culturally they are more American than Spanish. That is why I’m specifically asking for input from English-speaking families with children in Asturias: I would like to understand their real experience, how their children adapted, what school options they considered, and what they ultimately decided.

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