Core Values

ISSTA will be recognized as the nation’s leading international, multilingual, university-preparatory American school — a premier incubator of academic excellence, groundbreaking research, and state-of-the-art innovation. We are fully committed to preparing every student for outstanding success in higher education and a rapidly changing global society.

• A positive and safe learning environment will foster respect for self as well as for others.

• Students can acquire academic and interpersonal skills required to become lifelong learners and problem solvers.

• The learning/development process is extended and enhanced by involvement in athletics, community service, and the arts.

• Students should accept increasing responsibility for their actions and decisions as they progress through school.

• Students understand, develop, and demonstrate the values associated with moral and ethical conduct in order to contribute as a member of a democratic society.

• Digital responsibility connecting one another as  global citizens through ethical technology.