Dallas International School

"Dedicated intelligent and remarkable teachers, each of whim has a broad, open cultural view of the world. When you leave your child in the care of a school you need full confidence that the social and emotional environment is warm, safe, and well structured. This school provides that. The languages and academic excellence are almost a given. Yes, he reads in three languages. Yes, he understands the historical relevance of ancient civilizations. Yes, he writes code in Scratch. All good private schools do this. But the joy my child shows in the morning heading to school, and the babble of exciting new ideas and conversations with interesting friends when I pick him up- the hugs from the teacher and tears at the end of the school year- these are the stories that show the great values of this school. In spite of the high academic ranking there is a strong focus on the whole child and careful limits on homework quantity. Time for living. Well judged. (Btw- I see a false report or two here. A supposed teacher writes of focus on star tests? There is no Star testing in this school. It’s an IB school. I think it’s a fake review!)"

Family

4 years ago

"This school is great. There’s several false comments on here purporting to have actual knowledge of the school. I.e., someone who used to work there and said the school had STARR testing...someone saying they do Facebook Live at work. DIS doesn’t do the STARR test. I’d like to see this alleged live video. Where’s the link?I’m not sure who is trying to start this negative campaign for the school, but this is a great school and my family (kids and my wife) love this school.I just came back from a trip to Montreal with the 3rd graders, and it was amazing to see how well these kids were progressing with their French.Amazing school with teachers that care."

Andrew

4 years ago

"I find it really sad that there are so many bad reviews because of superficial problems. I have attended this school since first grade and will be in 12th grade next year. So i felt I had to write this in order to give an honest and real review. I am from an all American family and through this school I have learned to speak French fluently and not just fluently like I could get by, no fluently in the sense that I know little expressions and can differentiate slight accent differences. Not saying I'm absolutely flawless but DIS has gone above and beyond what my parents had originally hoped for. In second grade I went to Quebec on a class trip. How many schools do that? In fifth we went to Paris. In tenth I went to Florence to study art. To try to compare this school with any other American school is a joke. DIS is in a different ball park. And sure we may have a quirky way of doing things. But do most kindergarteners learn to write cursive or to speak 4 different languages? I think not. We do things differently and if people misunderstand this, it's their loss. I don't have to show you the statistics of who gets in to what colleges when they graduate from our school. You can look that up. What I care more about the world knowing in regards to my school is how much I have been supported by it. People are genuinely kind and if they aren't the administration is quick to take action. Looking back, they have prevented, on so many occasions, a potential for bullying or exclusion. I have grown with my class as a family and I love them. The teachers even when I haven't liked them have been excellent at their jobs. I couldn't ask for more. (Sorry for the agression but I take the bad ratings rather personally because this school is my family.) Sure we may be a bit disprganized to put it lightly, but I wouldn't trade my experience for any amount of organisation. Organisation only matters so much as compared to the level of my education. I just find it aweful that people would discount DIS over first impressions, miscommunications and superficial problems."

Anna

5 years ago