Olas Spanish Immersion School

My daughter has moved on to preschool so I feel like I can write an honest review. Honestly, sending her to Olas is likely the best parenting decision I’ve made and the best money I’ve invested in my child so far. She loved going to Olas and we saw results! What more can you ask for? These ladies know what they’re doing. They know how to teach young children and they also know how to take care of them and make them feel special. When we went through a period of difficult drop-​offs, they contacted me to help find a solution. The entire operation is efficient, but the experience feels personal. My daughter will continue with Spanish immersion and she has quite a nice head start. The only reason we left is because I need a full-​time preschool to accommodate my job. I highly recommend this school.

We love Olas! I am not exactly sure how they do it but they are so efficient in teaching Spanish in a short amount of time. I love all the songs in Spanish my daughter comes home singing. The ratios of children to teacher are very low so that is a huge plus!

Olas has high expectations, teaches through engaging activities, and has powerful results. My two children, ages 5 and 10, both enjoyed practicing and improving their Spanish with Mara and the other teachers. They both also learned and maintained Spanish through Olas, it was definitely time and money WELL spent. The school was also flexible and accommodating with our schedules. Highly recommend.

Our daughter has been attending Olas Spanish School for about a year. Mara Vidal’s classes are a lot of fun and a very effective way of teaching Spanish. Mara engages the kids in all sorts of activities, songs, and games. Her teaching style is very energetic and friendly, while maintaining a strict policy of only Spanish in the class. Kids find themselves speaking and writing Spanish before they know it!
Mara is a rare teacher with a lot of passion and energy. The kids in her class adore her; our daughter looks forward to the two afternoon Spanish classes. We are fortunate that friends of ours referred us to Mara. Try out this class if you’d like your child to learn Spanish in a sweet and fun way.

We love Olas! Our daughter started at Olas when she was two and a half– she is three now and has learned so much Spanish! I am very impressed. Plus, she loves it. She is always so excited to see Miss Mara and Miss Andrea – the singing and games that they introduce the kids to in class really seem to keep the kids interested! Plus, the classes are small so the kids get lots of one on one time.

Small class size, great personal connection between child and teacher, Montessori style approach to learning, flexible scheduling, and I haven’t even yet mentioned that it is a Spanish Immersion school too! All these features combined has made it an obvious choice for us.
I am a stay at home mom to a very bright but shy and introverted three year old girl. As a bilingual mom with Spanish as a second language, I have always spoken to my daughter in both English and Spanish. However, towards the end of her second year, she was refusing to speak Spanish and no longer wanted me to read or speak to her in Spanish. In April, soon after my daughter turned three, we met with Ms. Mara, Director and Owner of Olas Spanish Immersion School. She made my daughter feel very comfortable and formed an immediate bond. The small class size, the numerous activities, and the two hour class slot was perfect for my daughter. Soon, she began speaking Spanish again with more confidence and with enjoyment. She looks forward to going to class to see Ms. Mara and the other teachers and she has a sense of pride knowing that she and I and others can converse in more than one language.
The other advantage to Olas Spanish Immersion School is that it also works closely with a Chinese language program housed in the same building. They transfer children from one program to the other during the day seamlessly as if it were all under the same program.