The Missoula International School is a nonprofit, independent school in Missoula, MT, offering a unique educational opportunity for Missoula families. We provide an engaging international curriculum taught primarily in Spanish for children between the ages of three and fourteen. Founded as a language immersion preschool in 1995 and housed in a private living room, we once served only a small group of preschoolers. We have since grown to serving 150 students in grades preschool through middle school focusing on international education in a Spanish language immersion environment. Twelve years ago we employed four part-time teachers. This year we have a faculty comprised of twenty-five full and part-time teachers bringing professional teaching experience and multicultural backgrounds to the program.

At MIS, our extraordinary faculty focuses on the educational development of each child. The MIS educational program is designed to be developmentally appropriate and academically rigorous at each grade level. All of the programs offered by MIS --preschool, primary grades and middle school--share a common goal: to inspire principled global citizens and lifelong learners. They also share small class sizes, highly skilled teachers and an educational setting that promotes human connectedness.

The heart of the Missoula International School is the collective vision that its teachers, staff, parents and students have for a better world. Each member of our school community participates in the delivery of our curriculum in a unique way, and we invite and encourage family participation at MIS.