
WELCOME TO
Washington
International
School
Washington International School (WIS) is an all-gender independent school with a challenging international curriculum and rich language program from preschool through grade 12.
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WHAT IS AN
INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL?

OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAM IS INTERNATIONALLY-FOCUSED AND INCORPORATES RESOURCES, CURRICULUM DESIGN, AND PEDAGOGY DEVELOPED BY RENOWNED EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE AND PROJECT ZERO, A RESEARCH GROUP BASED IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, LANGUAGE LEARNING IS A CORNERSTONE OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM, BEGINNING WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH IMMERSION IN THE EARLY YEARS. THE MAJORITY OF WIS STUDENTS ARE BILITERATE AND BILINGUAL BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE.

LEARNING LANGUAGES
ALSO SHAPES
PERCEPTIONS

DID YOU KNOW MULTILINGUALISM SHARPENS SOCIAL AWARENESS?

INDIVIDUALS WHO STUDY MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE ALSO DEVELOP SKILLS IN PLANNING AND FOCUSING.

SPEAKING MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN MANY WAYS.

WIS STUDENTS ACQUIRE
MANY
LANGUAGES OF
LEARNING

WIS STUDENTS ACQUIRE
MANY
LANGUAGES OF
LEARNING

WIS STUDENTS ACQUIRE
MANY
LANGUAGES OF
LEARNING

WIS STUDENTS ACQUIRE
MANY
LANGUAGES OF
LEARNING

OUR MISSION IS TO BE
AN EXEMPLARY
LEARNING
COMMUNITY

WIS STUDENTS ARE
READY FOR THE
WORLD TO COME

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