Home | WIS Home | WIS Alert Info WELCOME TO Washington International School ​60 Years of International-Mindedness. Learn More Here. WIS will operate on a 2 hour delay on Monday, February 23, 2026, due to winter weather. Adjusted start times apply for all divisions. Please travel carefully and check email for any changes or additional updates. WHAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL? OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAM IS INTERNATIONALLY-FOCUSED AND INCORPORATES RESOURCES, CURRICULUM DESIGN, AND PEDAGOGY DEVELOPED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB PYP & IBDP) AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S PROJECT ZERO. WIS IS LOCATED ON TWO BEAUTIFUL CAMPUSES IN WASHINGTON, DC. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR NEW 58,000 SQ. FT. SCIENCE, DESIGN, & COMMUNITY SPACE, LE CENTRE BROWN KEY TO DEVELOPING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, LANGUAGE LEARNING IS A CORNERSTONE OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM, BEGINNING WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH IMMERSION IN THE EARLY YEARS. MANDARIN BEGINS IN GRADE 6. THE MAJORITY OF WIS STUDENTS ARE BILITERATE AND BILINGUAL BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE. THE WIS IB BILINGUAL DIPLOMA RATE IS SUPERLATIVE — CLICK FOR COMPARATIVE DATA LEARNING LANGUAGES ALSO SHAPES PERCEPTIONS DID YOU KNOW MULTILINGUALISM SHARPENS SOCIAL AWARENESS? INDIVIDUALS WHO STUDY MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE ALSO DEVELOP SKILLS IN PLANNING AND FOCUSING. SPEAKING MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN MANY WAYS. WIS STUDENTS ACQUIRE MANY LANGUAGES OF LEARNING WIS STUDENTS ACQUIRE MANY LANGUAGES OF LEARNING WIS STUDENTS ACQUIRE MANY LANGUAGES OF LEARNING WIS STUDENTS ACQUIRE MANY LANGUAGES OF LEARNING INQUIRY IS A LANGUAGE EXPLORE SCIENCE IS A LANGUAGE EXPLORE MATH IS A LANGUAGE EXPLORE DESIGN IS A LANGUAGE EXPLORE OUR MISSION IS TO BE AN EXEMPLARY LEARNING COMMUNITY ENRICHED BY DIFFERENCES EXPLORE INFORMED THROUGH INQUIRY EXPLORE GLOBAL IN REACH EXPLORE WIS STUDENTS ARE READY FOR THE WORLD TO COME READY TO LEARN MORE? EXPLORE OUR SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL EXPLORE MIDDLE/UPPER SCHOOLS EXPLORE ATHLETICS EXPLORE EXPLORE STUDENT LIFE EXPLORE ADMISSIONS EXPLORE Search Our School