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District of Columbia International School
Delano Hall, the home of the District of Columbia International School
Address
1400 Main Dr NW Washington, D.C. 20012 United States
Coordinates	38°58′23″N 77°02′03″W / 38.9730°N 77.0342°W / 38.9730; -77.0342
Information
Type	Charter school
Established	2014 (10 years ago) (2014)
Head of school	Mary Shaffner
Faculty	Approximately 280
Grades	6-12
Enrollment	1,200
Average class size	27
Color(s)	Blue and white
Athletics conference	PCSAA and DCSAA
Mascot	Three-headed dragon (representing three language tracks)
Website	dcinternationalschool.org

District of Columbia International School (DCI) is a public charter school in Washington, DC. It offers an International Baccalaureate education to students in grades 6 to 12. Each student learns in a partial language immersion program in Spanish, French or Chinese.

It is overseen by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board.

History and campus

DCI was founded in 2014 to provide a secondary school with advanced foreign language classes to students from language immersion public charter elementary schools. While admission is lottery-based, Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School, Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School, Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, Mundo Verde Public Charter School, and DC Bilingual Public Charter School graduates are given preference in the lottery for 6th grade.

In 2017, the school moved into its permanent campus, the Delano Hall building of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The new building can accommodate up to 1,450 students.

Student body

DCI is a diverse school with no majority race, consisting of about 40% African-American, 40% Hispanic, and 15% Caucasian students in the 2018-19 school year. 8.3% are English language learners and 51.6% are economically disadvantaged.

Academic program

Students in grades 6-10 follow the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program and students in grades 11-12 can either study for the International Baccalaureate Diploma or International Baccalaureate Career-related Program. All students choose to focus on Chinese, French, or Spanish, and can pursue the IB Bilingual Diploma.

Results

In 2019, the DCI middle and high school were both rated Tier 1 by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board. The same year, 61% of DCI students achieved proficiency in the English Language Arts/Literacy section of the PARCC exam and 41% achieved proficiency in the math section.

References

1. Brown, Emma. "D.C. International loses $6 million building grant". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
2. Brown, Emma. "D.C. charter schools band together to form new high school with focus on foreign language". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
3. Perlmutter, Alexa (6 September 2017). "DC International charter school unveils new Walter Reed campus". Current Newspapers. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "District of Columbia International Charter School". Building Hope. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
5. "Agreement will enable Washington, D.C., charter school to move to Walter Reed campus". American School & University. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
6. "District of Columbia International High School (DCI) | District of Columbia Public Charter School Board". www.dcpcsb.org. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
7. "IB Mid-Atlantic - DC International School". www.ibmidatlantic.org. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
8. "DC International School". www.ibyb.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
9. "District of Columbia International High School | DC PCSB". dcpcsb.org. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
10. "District of Columbia International Middle School | DC PCSB". dcpcsb.org. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
11. "OSSE NGA Web Report". results.osse.dc.gov. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links

• Official website

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