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[quote=Anonymous]WIS parent here.

In terms of answering questions for prospective parents, the primary school is generally a welcoming place. The parents help out where and when they can, with most families having two working parents. Children from the entire class and/or section (french or spanish) are invited to parties throughout most of the primary school years. I'm not aware of students taking state tests as the curriculum does not seem to lend itself to that (ie they don't take PARCC, for example.)

Primary school is not a pressure-cooker but the philosophy of the school is that by 8th grade the students should have learned and developed the organizational, executive-functioning, and time-management skills so that they can manage the rigor of the IB program largely by themselves and have the confidence to ask for help if/when they need it. The school puts systems in place several years in advance to try to help the students gradually develop those skills, which I appreciate.

Based on what other WIS parents have told me, intensity and potential stress grows in middle school and high school can be a pressure cooker as the IB in two languages is intense. Summer reading in two languages and graded assignments based on those readings start the summer between 5th and 6th grades and continue to expand throughout their time at WIS.

WIS is an international school in DC and they, like most independent schools, hired a Director of DEI for the upcoming school year. I therefore do expect how the school discusses issues such as race, class, and gender to be bolstered, which is a net positive for the school IMO. Here's a link related to how the international school focuses on DEI: https://www.wis.edu/about/mission/enriched-by-differences

I am also including a link to the Justice by Design Initiative WIS and six other schools (title i and parochial schools included) spearheaded in 2019 with Harvard University: http://www.agencybydesign.org/node/466

Hopefully this information is helpful.[/quote]

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