Silicon Valley International School | |
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475 Pope St Silicon Valley Menlo Park , San Mateo County , CA 94024 USA | |
Coordinates | 37°27′41″N 122°09′26″W / 37.4614°N 122.1571°W |
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Former names | International School of the Peninsula (ISTP), Peninsula French-American School (PFAS), Alto International School (ALTO), German-American International School (GAIS) |
School type | Private Language Immersion |
Founded | 1978 (PFAS), 1988 (GAIS) |
Founder | Charlotte de Géry and Stephen Kispersky |
Status | Open |
Head of school | Barbara Greiner |
Grades | Preschool–12th Grade |
Age range | 3–18 |
Enrollment | 720 (2023) |
Language | English, French, German, Mandarin Chinese |
Campus | Cohn Campus (Kindergarten–5th Grades), Willows Campus (Preschool–Pre-Kindergarten & 6th-12th Grades) |
Accreditations | International Baccalaureate, California Association of Independent Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, French Ministry of National Education |
Website | siliconvalleyinternational |
Silicon Valley International School, colloquially INTL, (pronounced "international"),[1] is a private grade day school located in Silicon Valley, with two campuses in Palo Alto (formerly International School of the Peninsula, ISTP) and Menlo Park (formerly Alto International School).
Silicon Valley International School teaches in English, Mandarin Chinese, French, and German. INTL is an International Baccalaureate World School, and teaches the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the IB Diploma Programme (DP).
The Willows Campus houses the INTL’s Early Years Program (Preschool and Pre-K) as well as the school’s Upper School (6th-12th) which includes the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP).
In addition to its language immersion programs, INTL offers an Upper School Language Acquisition (USLA) program. USLA provides an intensive language learning environment that cultivates international leadership skills while gaining the ability to quickly become proficient in a second language (Chinese, French, German, or Spanish).