Washington International School
| Washington International School | |
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| Location | |
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Washington, DC USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Independent |
| Established | 1966 |
| Head of school | Clayton Lewis |
| Faculty | 90 full-time, 14 part-time |
| Enrollment | 920 day |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.2:1 |
| Campus |
Primary School 3100 Macomb Street NW Washington DC 20008 |
| Mascot | Red Devils |
| Website | www.wis.edu |
Primary School
1690 36th Street NW
Washington DC 20007
Washington International School (also known as Washington International or simply WIS; Spanish: Colegio Internacional de Washington; French: École Internationale de Washington) is a coeducational international school for day students in grades preschool through 12. The school is located in northwest Washington, DC.
Established in 1966, WIS was the first school in the Washington area to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
The school has two campuses: the primary school (grades PK-5) in Georgetown, and the upper school (grades 6-12) in Cleveland Park. The upper school’s campus is located on the grounds of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Tregaron (estate).
The Washington International School's high school was ranked as the 73rd most challenging high school in the country and the 1st most challenging high school in the Washington, DC area by the Washington Post's "Ranking America's most challenging high schools" article in 2016. Popular school ranking website Niche listed it as the 8th best private high school in the DC area.
Washington International School (WIS) was founded in 1966 to serve the international community in the DC area. During the post-World War II era, many international schools were founded by a particular community or nationality and were "international" in the sense that students from other nationalities were accepted. From the very beginning, founder Dorothy Goodman envisioned that the school would educate children to become global citizens and the early curriculum reflected her vision. Children were taught several different languages and about world cultures, literature and history. In 1969, with assistance from the Ford Foundation, WIS expanded its campus with the purchase of the former Wendell Phillips School, which had closed a number of years before.
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