Four District of Columbia-based elementary charter schools – Latin Montessori Bilingual, Elsie Whitlow Stokes, Mundo Verde and Washington Yu Ying – offer rigorous educational programs that include foreign language immersion and curriculum based on the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme. Unfortunately, the schools’ graduates had no opportunity to continue their IB curriculum or language immersion programs in District of Columbia middle or high schools. Initially, each of the four charter elementary schools explored creating their own middle and high school programs to provide their students continued advanced learning opportunities. In a unique collaboration, the schools instead decided to join forces to create and jointly-run the District of Columbia International School (DCI), a middle/high school that will serve the children graduating from the four founding elementary schools. A grant from the SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration helped fund costs associated with launching DCI.
Grant Information
Grant Amount: $35,000
Year Granted: 2012
Grantee: District of Columbia International School
Location: DC - District Of Columbia
Grantee Website: District of Columbia International School