Washington International School

[Anonymous]

It's not at WIS.

It's the charter school DC International School (DCI).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for insight from parents who chose WIS for their kids starting from elementary school.

We’re an American family looking at WIS for our kindergartener and eventually his brother.

What have you liked and not liked about the school? Are families mostly non-American? Is it a transient school of mostly diplomats/temporary residents?
If you could do it over, would you choose WIS or somewhere else?

The split between American and non American families is almost 50-50.

The population is not transient at all as most of the international families are not affiliated with the diplomatic core or temporary residents.

We would definitely choose WIS again.

In fact we chose WIS over one of the Big 3 because we didn’t want to deal with the typical DC prep school striver scene.

I call bullshit. Why did you apply to a Big 3 in the first place then?

Exactly. The fakest, meanest, most striver family from our NCRC class sent their kids there. “Luisana, can we have a play date please”

[Anonymous]

One of my uber wealthy friends sent her children to WIS + they've done quite well. Her family is " name on a building rich" + she could care less about "Big 3" or whatever. She is just very happy that her kids are tri-lingual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for insight from parents who chose WIS for their kids starting from elementary school.

We’re an American family looking at WIS for our kindergartener and eventually his brother.

What have you liked and not liked about the school? Are families mostly non-American? Is it a transient school of mostly diplomats/temporary residents?
If you could do it over, would you choose WIS or somewhere else?

IMHO not worth it education-wise it’s just ok except the language training, socially and prestige-wise deep bench not worth the investment. No sports. Small in high school. Just meh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US parent of 3 current WIS students (both primary & middle) here, and we are very happy! DD was academically quite advanced at an early age, so we started her at WIS primary to give her the added challenge of learning a new language, with the goal of keeping her engaged in school. DD has been very happy at WIS literally since day 1, so we enrolled her younger siblings as well. We now have 3 bilingual children whose friends come from all over the world. It's a lovely environment, both nurturing and challenging. Highly recommend!

Oh you’re not going to like the instant translate software then.

Hahaha

Fair point

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for insight from parents who chose WIS for their kids starting from elementary school.

We’re an American family looking at WIS for our kindergartener and eventually his brother.

What have you liked and not liked about the school? Are families mostly non-American? Is it a transient school of mostly diplomats/temporary residents?
If you could do it over, would you choose WIS or somewhere else?

STAY away from WIS.

+1

[Anonymous]

It seems like there's a lot of confusion on here about Washington International School (WIS - an excellent private school) versus DC International School (DCI - a charter school). They are two very, very different institutions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for insight from parents who chose WIS for their kids starting from elementary school.

We’re an American family looking at WIS for our kindergartener and eventually his brother.

What have you liked and not liked about the school? Are families mostly non-American? Is it a transient school of mostly diplomats/temporary residents?
If you could do it over, would you choose WIS or somewhere else?

IMHO not worth it education-wise it’s just ok except the language training, socially and prestige-wise deep bench not worth the investment. No sports. Small in high school. Just meh.

This poster must be confused about which school is being discussed. Just look up the WIS soccer teams online . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for insight from parents who chose WIS for their kids starting from elementary school.

We’re an American family looking at WIS for our kindergartener and eventually his brother.

What have you liked and not liked about the school? Are families mostly non-American? Is it a transient school of mostly diplomats/temporary residents?
If you could do it over, would you choose WIS or somewhere else?

STAY away from WIS.

[Anonymous]

The French side is more heavily IMF than Spanish. If one of the parents is IMF and not born in America, that family pays 25% of the tuition. In my child's upper elementary class that was between a third and half of the families. This is neither good nor bad—but I find it bizarre that it's so controversial when a quick googling of a class list can confirm it.

[Anonymous]

In our brave new world with nearly limitless information at our fingertips, I think what matters most is the ability to think clearly, adapt quickly, and create thoughtfully. I have several kids at WIS, and have been impressed by how effectively they have learned to present ideas and respond in real time, switching seamlessly between languages. And the fabulous newly-updated campus doesn't hurt either. Highly recommended! Ignore the crazed troll who seems to be confused, into the bargain, about which school this is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The French side is more heavily IMF than Spanish. If one of the parents is IMF and not born in America, that family pays 25% of the tuition. In my child's upper elementary class that was between a third and half of the families. This is neither good nor bad—but I find it bizarre that it's so controversial when a quick googling of a class list can confirm it.

The class list provides parents' employment?

[Anonymous]

Some of the posters here do not make sense and are confusing WIS with another school. Please stop. WIS is a terrific, highly rigorous school for top minds that can handle the most difficult high school diploma there is to obtain though the International Baccalaureate program. The soccer team is top notch and won the championship this year. The girls varsity volleyball team won the championship this year, there is cross country and top kids in tennis and basketball. So not confuse WIS with DC International . If you have questions go for a tour and see and ask those directly to the WIS administration. We have three children that have gone through WIS and it was worth the investment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our brave new world with nearly limitless information at our fingertips, I think what matters most is the ability to think clearly, adapt quickly, and create thoughtfully. I have several kids at WIS, and have been impressed by how effectively they have learned to present ideas and respond in real time, switching seamlessly between languages. And the fabulous newly-updated campus doesn't hurt either. Highly recommended! Ignore the crazed troll who seems to be confused, into the bargain, about which school this is.

+1,000%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the posters here do not make sense and are confusing WIS with another school. Please stop. WIS is a terrific, highly rigorous school for top minds that can handle the most difficult high school diploma there is to obtain though the International Baccalaureate program. The soccer team is top notch and won the championship this year. The girls varsity volleyball team won the championship this year, there is cross country and top kids in tennis and basketball. So not confuse WIS with DC International . If you have questions go for a tour and see and ask those directly to the WIS administration. We have three children that have gone through WIS and it was worth the investment.

Lol “top minds.” The elitism is unreal.

"Elitism" does not really seem to apply to a student body that is selected for its ability to handle the dual language IB program, and not at all for the connectedness of its parents.