Silicon Valley International School | |
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151 Laura Lane Silicon Valley , , 94303-3221 | |
Coordinates | 37°27′07″N 122°07′31″W / 37.4520295°N 122.1252189°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 language, Mandarin Chinese, French language and German language. INTL is an International Baccalaureate World School, and teaches the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP).
The French AEFE designates this school as a French international school, as the École internationale de la Péninsule.[2] The German program is recognized as a German Sprachdiplom Schule (DSD) offering the Deutsches Sprachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz for its students.