DC International School Enrollment Information

[laurengames]

Dear Families -

District of Columbia International School will be accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year starting on December 14th through My School DC. Applications will be open for students in grades 6 through 9. To learn more, please join us in the DCI Ballroom at 6:00pm on:

-October 21
-November 18
-December 9
-January 12
-February 1
-March 8
-April 6

The cornerstones of the DCI Education include:
-International Baccalaureate for all. The IB is a world-renowned curriculum that provides high quality, inquiry-led education.
-Fluency in a second language. Students choose to study either Chinese, Spanish or French for the duration of their time at DCI.
-1:1 technology to provide personalized learning beyond a traditional school day/year. Every DCI student receives a Chromebook that allows them to explore learning opportunities at their own pace and on their own time.

DCI inspires inquiring, engaged, knowledgeable and caring secondary students who are multi-lingual, culturally competent and committed to proactively creating a socially just and sustainable world.

Our incubator location is at 3220 16th Street NW, Washington DC. Our permanent location will be Delano Hall at 16th and Aspen on the Walter Reed campus.

Please join us at an information session or visit online at dcinternationalschool.org to learn more.


Sincerely,

Lauren Games

[Anonymous]

When will the permanent location open?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When will the permanent location open?

Not for a few more years.

[Anonymous]

Do they have an English only track?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they have an English only track?

No - but you don't need to have studied a language before to start there at 6th grade.

[Anonymous]

Can the students who already have one immersion language start another? I.e. Chinese and Spanish or vice versa?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can the students who already have one immersion language start another? I.e. Chinese and Spanish or vice versa?

See their FAQ (halfway down the page) http://dcinternationalschool.org/academics/faq/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When will the permanent location open?

Not for a few more years.

It slays me that people like you post wrong information. What's your agenda?
Folks, go to an info session. Get it straight from the horse's mouth instead of a horse's ass.

[Anonymous]

PP, if you know the answer, could you please post it?

[Anonymous]

"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

You think they would want to not piggyback on the prestige of an area private school?
So I guess you don't like my idea of the Deauviour Charter School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

You are obviously extremely easily confused. Yes, they are both international schools. But, they don't sound the same at all, and they are both usually referred to by their initials - WIS and DCI - which are very different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

You are obviously extremely easily confused. Yes, they are both international schools. But, they don't sound the same at all, and they are both usually referred to by their initials - WIS and DCI - which are very different.

If you visit both schools, as I have, you will know that they are VERY different schools. One is a well established, truly international private school (with a student body that reflects that fact), and the other is an public international school based largely on its IB program. Oh, and one has a FARMS rate of over 50%, while the other costs over $37,000 per year with no discernible poverty. The differences are real and obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they have an English only track?

No - but you don't need to have studied a language before to start there at 6th grade.

Can someone explain how this works? Isn't DCI supposed to be immersion? How in the world can a kid get caught up in a language in 6th grade when they have never had it before (assuming its not their language spoken at home). Especially for a language like Mandarin.