The International School of Tucson (IST), located in the University area of Tucson, offers an internationally-based and internationally-grounded bilingual programme of instruction in Chinese / English, French / English, German / English and Spanish / English. The School's philosophy and pedagogical approaches encourage students to investigate topics without being restricted by traditional compartmentalisation or methods of instruction, and thus allow the learner to develop global understanding.

IST accepts students at the beginning of the semester in which they turn three, if they are potty-trained; most students enter in August although mid-semester entries are also possible. Our Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten classes offer full-immersion Chinese, French, German and Spanish. Our dual-immersion Junior School (Elementary) offers French, German and Spanish with other languages possible; all Junior School students also take English.

The International School of Tucson (“IST”) offers an internationally-based and internationally-grounded bilingual programme of instruction in Chinese / English, French / English, German / English and Spanish / English. Children aged 3 – 6 enter our Pre-School full-immersion programme, while children aged 5 – 9 enter our Junior School dual-immersion programme. For more information on IST’s programmes, please click on the “Curriculum” tab above.

In this “About Us” section, you will find information on who we are at IST. Just click on the links from the drop-down menu at the top of this page to learn more. The "News" page tells you about the most recent events, and contains links to our newsletters while the "Website Update" tells you what has been changed on this site since you last visited and gives you a quick link to those changes. “What Parents Say” is just that. The Special Programme pages tell you all about our special programmes, and the Campus page shows you our campus and contains news of changes and developments. The Employment page contains details of current and anticipated vacancies at our School and the Faculty page introduces our staff members. Finally, the Membership page lets you know which organisations we support.