What makes us different?
We’re an entire school designed with the gifted learner in mind.
From the moment you walk into MIS, you will probably notice that our school feels different than most any school you know.
And that’s entirely on purpose.
We designed our school specifically for gifted students who need challenging, authentic, and creative work to stay academically engaged. Our approach values collaborative problem solving, critical thinking, and co-learning among students and between student and teacher over memorization and “top-down” approaches.
Our small class sizes (of 12 max!) create an environment where everyone is challenged and supported, every day. And this happens all in a space where students feel the joy inherent in discovery, in deciphering complexity, in stepping outside their comfort zone, in creating original works, and in learning itself.
Our international component—global languages beginning in kindergarten, domestic travel beginning in third grade, and international travel beginning in fifth—stretches gifted learners in profound ways and keeps them engaged in boundary-crossing, perspective-widening pursuits.
Often times, the gifted learner moves too quickly at a more traditional school, and, in waiting for the rest of the class, shows signs of boredom which can be misinterpreted or fed with just more and more work. So we created MIS as a haven for the gifted learner, and unite each day around the promise that no one—no child, no teacher, no parent, no staff member—should wait to learn. Which is precisely why learning at MIS is so kinetic, so contagious, and so woven into our lives not just while at school, but forevermore.
And that’s entirely on purpose.
We designed our school specifically for gifted students who need challenging, authentic, and creative work to stay academically engaged. Our approach values collaborative problem solving, critical thinking, and co-learning among students and between student and teacher over memorization and “top-down” approaches.
Our small class sizes (of 12 max!) create an environment where everyone is challenged and supported, every day. And this happens all in a space where students feel the joy inherent in discovery, in deciphering complexity, in stepping outside their comfort zone, in creating original works, and in learning itself.
Our international component—global languages beginning in kindergarten, domestic travel beginning in third grade, and international travel beginning in fifth—stretches gifted learners in profound ways and keeps them engaged in boundary-crossing, perspective-widening pursuits.
Often times, the gifted learner moves too quickly at a more traditional school, and, in waiting for the rest of the class, shows signs of boredom which can be misinterpreted or fed with just more and more work. So we created MIS as a haven for the gifted learner, and unite each day around the promise that no one—no child, no teacher, no parent, no staff member—should wait to learn. Which is precisely why learning at MIS is so kinetic, so contagious, and so woven into our lives not just while at school, but forevermore.
