Our History

The International School of Monterey opened in the fall of 2001. In its first year of operation, ISM offered classes from kindergarten to fourth grade (K-4), adding a class each year thereafter. Now a K-8 school, ISM has thrived and rapidly built itself an admirable reputation, evidenced in the following accomplishments:

• The first public international school in the world

• Accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Council of International Schools

• Selection as a “model charter school” by the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Recipient of a charter schools dissemination grant, which requires the sharing of our successful model with other public schools

• Tens of thousands of volunteer hours performed by families, students, staff, and board members

• Waiting list larger than actual number of students enrolled

• Standardized test scores consistently among the highest in Monterey County
  

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