If you are an expatriate with school age children and are in the United States for a stint of a couple years and intend to return home, then an international school is a great option for you. No sense in sending your children to a regular American public school only to have them yanked from that culture a few years hence. Educate them according to the curricula and standards to which you are accustomed. They won't have to back track and fill in the material which they missed. International schools make a point of using curricula approved by the authorities in your home country. Obviously if your home country happens to be the United Kingdom, France or Germany, you are in luck.
International schools are concentrated in major urban areas as a rule. However, you will find schools in some rather unlikely places. It is always a good idea to ask your consulate or embassy for suggestions. Most are day schools. That works well for a young family.
- Atlanta International School
- Austin International School
- Awty International School
- British American School of Charlotte
- The British International School of New York
- British School of Boston
- British School of Chicago
- British School of Houston
- British School of Washington
- Chinese American International School
- Dallas International School
- French Immersion School of Washington
- French American School of Los Angeles
- French American School of New York
- German-American International School
- German-American School of Palo Alto
- German American School of Portland
- German School Washington, DC
- Henderson International School
- International School of Arizona
- International School of Boston
- International School of Indiana
- International School of Louisiana
- Koby International Academy
- Lycee International de Los Angeles
- Lycee Rochambeau, Washington, DC
- Lycee Francais de New-York
- Lycee Franco American International School
- Portland French School
- Seattle Area German American School
- United Nations International School
- United World College of the American West
- Washington International School
