INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PENINSULA Go back
151 LAURA LN
PALO ALTO, CA 94303
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Phone: 650-251-8500
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating:
  • Educational Climate: Average
  • Technology Measure: Medium
  • Type: Private
  • Grades: Pre-kindergarten - 8th Grade
  • District:
  • Students/Teacher: NOT REPORTED
  • Students/Grade: 55.9
  • Number Students: 559
  • Number Teachers: NOT REPORTED
  • Number Classrooms: 20
  • Expense/Pupil:
  • Poverty Level: NOT REPORTED
  • Number Computers: 137
  • Number PCs: 0
  • Number Macs: 137
  • Principal: Mr Philippe Dietz
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
  • MAGNET SCHOOL
School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (41 ratings)
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    School Reviews (34 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-05-22
    "Our kids just attended a reunion and they spent the entire time talking about how much they hated the school. They called themselves "survivors" and spent 4 hours recounting how awful the experience was. It was almost like therapy and this is 3 years out! Our middle child wandered into the conversation and his comment was "Yeah, ISTP, I don't have any good memories of the place. It was just all pain." They did learn some Mandarin, but I ask myself if it was worth loosing your love of learning? I also always wondered why the teachers rarely enrolled their own children in the school. Flip side is the families are wonderful."
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    Posted 2012-02-20
    "I still believe what children learn at this school are great. However, my experiences at Cowper campus were lots of shocking surprises. When we just started, I met parents who had already been at school told me "Why did you chose here? We are thinking to leave this school.." It seems people do leave and the number of students in higher grades are very small. From my own experience at Cowper I think they should consider to improve in administrative area. It was shocking to me that my child came back home from school with some food and drinks, sometimes ate/drunk something already at school, which I never want my child to eat/drink. They have snack list, but they give students food/drinks not listed and not informed to parents in advance. When children get sick, they let such children sit at the end of the corridor facing to the entrance door where everyone is passing by. Once I saw a child who looked like almost vomiting was sitting there with a trash bin placed in front of him. They do not have a proper room to treat such sick or injured children. When my child got injured, they did not treat properly either and I was very sad. They didn't apologize for whatever happened either."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-08-26
    "Our child is in the French program in the middle school section, taking Chinese for the first time as a third language. The middle school Chinese teacher is absolutely phenomenal. My child comes back home happy, eager to communicate in what little Chinese he knows of, and is excited even about doing homework. Which brings me to my point: this school is doing an amazing job in cultivating not only linguistic competency--bilingualim, trilingualism and what not--but also the love of learning. I see my child enjoying everyday and every moment in school. What more can I ask for as a parent?"
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-06-22
    "ERB scores are an important measure of achievement, comparable to the STAR testing in public schools. Despite the fact that kids are learning everything in two languages here, ISTP still has scores ABOVE the average in Math and English for urban private schools (the higher level of ERB test scores). Language tests also score higher than at other private schools for both French and Mandarin testing. A win-win situation given that the children receive excellent character development and global citizenship examples from their teachers."
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    Posted 2011-04-18
    "We have found the school lacking in many aspects. Our daughter has been in the Chinese program for past 4 years. Greatest weakness of the school is the administration and it's lack of insight. They drive away the good teachers by burning them out, leaving weak teachers to stay long term. There is little disciplinary action against troubled kids, so they terrorize the class unabated. The early preschool years are fine at Cowper campus, but instruction degrades rapidly from 1st grade on at Cohn campus. English instruction is especially weak, as is science. Math is fair. Mandarin instruction is fair. The parents who tend to like the school do not know Mandarin, so they are unaware of the level of instruction. There is very little exploratory learning, but plenty of rote. You will see that most native speakers leave the school since the Mandarin and English are not up to their standards. Ask to see how the students fair on the standardized tests (ERB and separate Mandarin test) You will find the administration will give excuse after excuse for the level of performance. There are other options for Mandarin instruction such as weekend school, tutoring, afterschool programs"
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