Lower School

The Journey Begins

  • The journey begins for our youngest students by their parents choosing which language track to put them in. 
  • Since its inception, ISI has offered immersion programs in either French or Spanish. 
  • Students in pre-school and lower-elementary school receive their education almost exclusively in either Spanish or French, in an immersion model delivered by Spanish and French native speakers who are trained teachers.
  • In the pre-school (Grades 3-year-old, Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten) French and Spanish programs there is no formal English teaching, although the students have many opportunities in the school setting to speak English. 
  • In Grades 1, 2, and 3 all classes receive an hour a day of formal English instruction
  • In Grades 4 and 5, the French and Spanish immersion classes change so that classes in English make up around 50% of the student class time each week.
  • Since its inception in 2009, the Mandarin Chinese kindergarten class is taught for half of the week in Mandarin and the other half in English. 
  • This program has been recognized as a Confucius Classroom under the auspices of the Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, and in the 2010-11 school year we will expand to offer a Mandarin immersion class for 3-year-olds, a combined Pre-K and K Mandarin and English class, as well as a Grade 1 Mandarin and English class. 
  • In future years we will continue to expand Mandarin throughout the elementary grades.
  • Our Lower School (elementary) students are supported by counselors, a part-time nurse, learning-support specialists, second language support teachers, and specialist Physical Education, Art and Music teachers. 
  • Students have access to computer labs at both campuses, and to libraries with age appropriate collections in all of the school’s languages. 
  • This private elementary school in Indianapolis is led by a principal with the support of an assistant principal at each campus.

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02.02.2012

Spring and Summer Soccer Camps

Registration is now open for West Ham United International Academy Player ID Camp in April and the 2nd Annual ISI-West Ham United Soccer Camp in June.