School Life

The Washington International School upholds the best traditions of intellectual and academic endeavor with a classic liberal arts program, stressing well-rounded people. We equip students with the tools to master rigorous academic challenges and our international focus provides them with lessons on global citizenship and individual integrity. Our students thrive in a lively mix of cultures, traditions and ideas and that mix is the backbone of the School’s strength. Appreciation of all forms of diversity is the key. As individuals, WIS students are all-rounders—athletes who perform in the school musical, artists who excel as scientists, calculus students who read Cervantes in the original language.

Where do we come from?

We always talk about the fact that the WIS community is made up of people from almost 100 countries. A little research into our database yields the following list of 99 countries from which faculty, parents, and students have come to live in Washington, DC.