Spring Street International School

Spring Street International School is a close-knit community dedicated to helping students from diverse backgrounds find their voice and passion to learn. We build problem-solvers, team-players, learners, and leaders through advanced academics and hands-on curriculum in a safe and beautiful setting. We believe in…

• Relationships: When students know that teachers care, students care what teachers know. Our teachers are mentors and guides, engaging students in academic inquiry and creating space to discover what ignites them.
• Individuals: Every child is unique and deserves a unique education. We teach students, not classes, and tailor courses of study, assignments, and skill development around the needs of each individual student.
• Creativity: Characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to make new connections, and to innovate solutions, creativity thrives in our unique environment. Our students develop their own opinions and critical thinking.
• Experience: Learning emerges from doing and experiencing. Our students are not stuck at a desk. They work in groups, they lead, they present, they go beyond the walls of a classroom.

In Middle School, the key goals are to promote a love of learning and good study habits. Spring Street is very much a family. Teachers and students know each other well, engendering respect, kindness, and understanding. While the setting and atmosphere are informal and comfortable, there is the expectation of attention and commitment to academics. Students and teachers form strong bonds of support that endure through their school years and beyond.

Students need challenge, support, and inspiration. In high school, we combine both rigor and support to create a program where students are recognized as individuals with a set of unique strengths and needs. Relationship lies at the heart of our educational philosophy. Our teachers foster meaningful connections with their students, and the trust built through relationships encourages curiosity and promotes intellectual risk-taking.

Class schedules are based not upon grade level but upon individual need. Typically, students take 5 academic classes and one elective each semester. As students approach their senior year, work outside of class increases, with a greater emphasis on self-directed study in preparation for transitioning to college. By graduation, students are prepared to write persuasively, think logically, create, analyze, synthesize, calculate, defend, and conduct research.