Embrace
the World

Inspiring cultural intelligence,
curiosity and kindness

About the School

Now more than ever, we need to teach our children, tomorrow’s global leaders, how to approach challenging issues with empathy and compassion. Welcome to the International School of Portland. For over thirty years, we’ve offered full language and cultural immersion in a warm, loving environment that encourages curiosity and kindness.

Language and Cultural Immersion

International School of Portland provides an engaging and rigorous academic program, taught primarily through a second language – Japanese, Chinese, or Spanish.
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Early Childhood

Our amazing Early Childhood teachers have bachelor’s degrees, are native speakers and have many years experience working with young children.
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Elementary Education (Grades 1-5)

Elementary students are engaged and build critical thinking and problem solving through the International Baccalaureate program…
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International Baccalaureate

ISP has been an authorized IB World School since March 2010. It was the first school in the Pacific Northwest.
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Tours & Open Houses

Visit our classrooms and see what an immersion education looks like in action. We provide several open houses during the year.
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Capstone Study Abroad

5th grade students utilize their language and cultural skills with a trip to China, Japan or Mexico. Students live with host families.
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The Owl Newsletter

August 23, 2023

The Owl 8/23/2023

New Faculty Introductions! Below are just some of our new staff who will be joining us this year! We will introduce more before Tuesday! NOTE: You will be hearing from your child's homeroom teacher by the end of this week! Maru Bolanos Spanish 1st Grade From Mexico BA in Liberal Studies, Minor in Spanish from Portland State University BS in Geography from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City Spanish as a Second Language Teacher Certificate from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico ...

August 20, 2023

The Owl 8/20/23

New Faculty Introductions! Below are just some of our new staff who will be joining us this year! We will introduce more this week and next. NOTE: You will be hearing from your child's homeroom teacher by the end of this week! Kylie Chen Chinese Kindergarten Master’s in Education from Northwest Christian University in Eugene, OR BA in Japanese from the University of Oregon Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and English Teaching since 2013 I am extremely honored and happy to join the ...

August 11, 2023

The Owl 8/11/23

Global Kids Extended-Day Enrollment Begins This Tuesday! Enrollment for Global Kids will open nest Tuesday August 15th, at 12:00 pm! Global Kids offers extended-day options for PreK through 5th grade students and Alternative Days (no school days). Global Kids will begin the first day of school, August 29th, and will be open on regular school days from dismissal to 5:30pm, Monday through Friday, and offers a 2:30 start time on Wednesdays for our Early Release Days. NEW THIS YEAR! Two field-trip Alternative Days ...