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United States, San Francisco
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The school offers a social-emotional learning program that develops empathetic listening, cooperative teamwork, and responsible behavior; counselors provide drop-in and brief counseling, and an in-class Social and Emotional Learning program supports student well-being.
The Learning Services team includes learning specialists who collaborate with students, teachers, and families to support learning; accommodations may include extended time on tests, extra breaks, a separate testing room, use of calculators, portable word processors or computers, peer tutoring, and assistive technology; referrals to outside evaluators and professionals are available when needed.
The International Track in High School serves non-French-speaking students and provides pathways toward the IB Diploma; more than half of students entering International High School do not speak French.
Counseling services include drop-in and brief individual counseling, crisis intervention, study-skills workshops, and liaison with outside mental health resources; there is an in-class Social and Emotional Learning program and in-class sex education and bullying-prevention efforts; school counseling is confidential with certain legal exceptions related to child protection.
Counseling services are confidential with exceptions required by law for child protection; there is an in-class bullying prevention program; a dedicated Student Support Team provides counseling and learning-support staff across levels to monitor and support student safety and well-being.
The International School of San Francisco operates as a dual-language institution in the center of the city, specializing in a bilingual French-English track from preschool through high school. Students at the Oak Campus, which primarily serves the high school, choose between the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma and the French Baccalaureate. The campus includes specialized facilities like the Arts Pavilion for music and film and the Mark Salkind Center for science and design. A standout feature is the Global Travel Program, where students in grades 9 through 11 participate in two-week international learning trips to destinations such as Senegal, Vietnam, and Ecuador. These trips are often part of reciprocal exchanges where students stay with local families to practice language skills in real-world settings. The school also integrates "makerspaces" and a dedicated design lab into its curriculum, allowing students to apply engineering and artistic concepts to physical projects.
