Silicon Valley International School
Silicon Valley International School, colloquially INTL, (pronounced "international"), is a private grade day school located in Silicon Valley, with two campuses in Palo Alto (formerly International School of the Peninsula, ISTP) and Menlo Park (formerly Alto International School). Silicon Valley International School teaches in English language, Mandarin Chinese, French language and German language. INTL is an International Baccalaureate World School, and teaches the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP). The French AEFE designates this school as a French international school, as the École internationale de la Péninsule. History . Silicon Valley International School (INTL) was established in 2020 when the ISTP and the Alto International School (Alto) merged. ISTP was established in 1978, as the Peninsula French-American School (PFAS), and Alto was established ten years later in 1988 as the German-speaking Alto International School. In 1996, ISTP began teaching in Mandarin Chinese program and middle school program and changed its name to International School of The Peninsula. In September 2000, ISTP moved their elementary and middle school program into the Cohn Campus. In 2020, ISTP and Alto changed their names to Silicon Valley International School in preparation  for the merge, and in 2021, ISTP and Alto International School merged to become the unified Silicon Valley International School. Alto's campus became INTL's Willows Campus and ISTP's campus became INTL's Cohn Campus. Accomplishments. ISTP has been in the annual San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. The school has received awards in the Amateur Self-Built Float Category in previous years, winning either 1st or 2nd place. Based on the International Schools' Assessment (ISA) and the PISA test of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Alto students used to consistently outperform comparable  schools worldwide and in 2017 Alto's 9th Grade students had tested above the highest ranking schools systems in the world and scored in the top 10% worldwide. In addition, according to the Presidential Honor Roll of the American Association of Teachers of German, students of Alto International School ranked in 2017 and 2018 within the top 3 schools in California and within the top 10 schools nationwide. In 2016, ISTP won Palo Alto's 4th annual Mayor's Green Business Leader Award. In 2017, 2018, and 2019, the "Best of the Best" edition of the Bay Area Magazine, Alto  International School was awarded Gold and Silver medals for the best school in the following 6 categories: Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, International School and Language Immersion Program. In 2021, Alto and ISTP merged to become Silicon Valley International School and the Menlo Park Alto campus was renamed to the INTL Willows Campus, which now houses their preschool/pre-kindergarten and upper school (6th-12th). This newly merged school has yet to win any notable achievements because of its young age.