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Find out how you can see an ISTP education in action through one of our in-depth tours, learn more about our variable tuition program, and get information about our admissions process.
ISTP's rigorous bilingual program is delivered through structured, inquiry-based methods that nurtures a deep love of learning. We use French and Chinese language and culture as a tool to help students develop superior critical thinking abilities and mental flexibility associated with being bilingual.
An ISTP education has a rich, multi-layered curriculum. We cultivate our students' creativity, critical thinking, physical health, emotional wellbeing, and cultural literacy through various subjects, activities, and experiences.
The bonds and connections our alumni have established during their time at ISTP stay with them throughout their lives. Our alumni express a deep love and appreciation for their bilingual education and the close friendships they built here at school. We provide tools, information, networking opportunities, and much more for our graduates and past students and families.
ISTP is an independent, co-educational, non-sectarian bilingual immersion day school with two Preschool – 5th grade programs (French Immersion and Mandarin Chinese Immersion) and an international middle school.
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Enrichment
After School enrichment programs offered.
History
Established in 1979
Grades
Preschool through 8th
Location
Two age-appropriate Palo Alto campuses with convenient access to HWY 101.
Inside ISTP
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560+
Students
400+
Families
90
Full-Time Faculty Members
1:1
Laptop and iPad Programs
50
Shared MacBooks in 1st-5th grades
104
Shared iPads in Preschool-2nd grade and Media Hub.
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17 Students
Average Class Size
18%
Students receive financial assistance
30+
Nationalities
6
Cultural immersion exchange trips (France, China, Costa Rica)
90%
Students accepted into their first choice of high schools
Languages
Teachers are native-speakers of target language
Graduates from ISTP attend top regional high schools, in addition to the best universities in the country and across the globe. In the past three years, we have had alumni continue their education at the following institutions, among many others.