Alto International School

Alto International School, a PreK–12 private school in Menlo Park, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, offers preparatory, multilingual, progressive education, which includes for younger students a German immersion preschool and elementary program.

Alto International School
Address
475, Pope St

Menlo Park
,
California
94024

United States
Coordinates37.4614°N 122.1571°W / 37.4614; -122.1571
Information
School typePrivate, independent
Established1988
Sister schoolStiftung Louisenlund, Germany
Head of schoolDrew Alexander
GradesPreK–12
Student to teacher ratio5.7 : 1
LanguageEnglish, German, Spanish, French
Colour(s)     Kelly Green
MascotDragon
AccreditationInternational Baccalaureate, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, DSD Schule (German accreditation), Round Square
Websitewww.altoschool.org
Alto International School
Location

As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School since 2007, Alto offers both the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) from Preschool through Grade 5, the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) from Grade 6 through Grade 10, and in 2018 received accreditation for the IB Diploma Programme (DP) in Grades 11 and 12.[1] The school also offers the Deutsches Sprachdiplom Stufe I and II, which entitles foreign students to apply for university entry in Germany.[2]

The school was founded in 1988 as the first German school on the US West Coast and changed its name from German-American International School (GAIS) to Alto International School in September 2016. As of 2016 it has 250 students.[3] In August 2018, Alto launched a partnership with Stiftung Louisenlund near Kiel, Germany, to develop joined student programs.[4] Since Summer 2019, Alto International School is part of the Round Square network of international schools.[5]

Academic Achievements

Based on the International Schools' Assessment (ISA) and the PISA test of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Alto students consistently outperform comparable schools worldwide and in 2017 Alto's 9th Grade students tested above the highest ranking schools systems in the world and scored in the top 10% worldwide.[6] In addition, according to the Presidential Honor Roll of the American Association of Teachers of German, students of Alto International School ranked in 2017 and 2018 within the top 3 schools in California and within the top 10 schools nationwide.[7]

Rewards

In 2017, 2018 and 2019 the "Best of the Best" edition of the Bay Area Magazine, Alto International School was awarded Gold and Silver Medals for the best school in the following 6 categories: Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, International School and Language Immersion Program.[8][9][10]

References
  1. "Press Release: Alto International School Receives Accreditation for the Prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma and Announces New Head of School". Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. Bradshaw, Kate. "Menlo Park school changes name and focus". www.almanacnews.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  3. "The German-American International School (GAIS) Announces Name Change to Alto International School and Launches IB High School in Menlo Park." Alto International School. Retrieved on January 24, 2017.
  4. School, Alto International. "Alto International School and Louisenlund School Partner to Foster German-American Student Exchanges". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  5. "List of Round Square schools in America".
  6. "Alto High School Students Outperform Highest-ranked School Systems" (PDF).
  7. "Presidential Honor Roll - American Association of Teachers of German". www.aatg.org. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  8. "Bay Area Parent - Best of the Best 2017, page 77 & 78".
  9. "Bay Area Parents - Best of the Best 2018, page 66 & 68".
  10. "Bay Area Parents - Best of the Best 2019, page 34 & 36". Bay Area Parents.


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