International School of Monterey

Initial Designation: 2025

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School Details

  • Principal: Jessica Allen
  • District: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
  • County: Monterey
  • Community: Urban

Characteristics

  • Academic Excellence - Instructional strategies include a variety of challenging and engaging activities
  • Developmental Responsiveness - Meaningful parent involvement
  • Organizational Structures and Processes - Plan for school improvement that is organized, communicated, and acted upon
  • Social Equity - Differentiated instructional approaches so all students have opportunities to comprehend and master standards

Description

International School of Monterey serves grades 6 through 8 with the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, where students learn through concept based units of inquiry that connect English language arts, mathematics, science, and humanities. Teachers plan interdisciplinary projects so students practice research, writing, and problem solving across subjects while using global contexts such as identities and relationships, fairness and development, and scientific and technical innovation to frame big questions. Spanish is a core part of the program, alongside the arts and physical education, so students grow as communicators and creators as well as strong scholars. Social emotional learning and student services support goal setting, collaboration, and belonging, and schoolwide enrichment adds chances to go deeper in areas of interest. It is a caring community that celebrates curiosity and steady progress.
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