If my  home buying clients have children, I usually hear from them that "a good school is the most important factor in deciding where to buy a home."  One of the reasons my mother and I traded homes with my daughter, son-in-law and grandson was so that my grandson would be able to attend the John Stanford International School.  This is a wonderful school and teachers are clamoring to teach there.   It is a dual-language immersion school.  It averages 19 students per classroom teacher and is very diverse.

This following are some things I found on their website:

John Stanford International School is an award-winning Seattle public elementary school (K-5) in the Wallingford neighborhood. We are the only Seattle public school to offer a dual-language immersion program to all students. We offer:

• Spanish, since the 2000-2001 school year. The first Spanish immersion class entered the JSIS program as first graders and graduated in 2005.
• Japanese, since the 2001-2002 school year. The first Japanese immersion class will graduate in 2007.
• Why Spanish and Japanese? These languages were chosen based on a survey of 5,000 parents and 1,200 business leaders.
• We're located just west of the University of Washington in the newly renovated Latona School building, featuring modern classrooms, high-speed Internet connections, a library with books in many languages and interior design elements reflecting a world culture.
• We are also one of the district's Bilingual Orientation Centers (BOC), serving English Language Learners (ELL) students who are new to the United States.

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	<!-- <td valign="top"><img src="images/mlk_small1.jpg" alt="" width="80" height="66" border="0"> </td> --> Principal Karen Kodama will be leaving John Stanford International at the end of this school year. She will be helping to create more international schools for the Seattle School district. Therefore we are searching for a new principal. If you are interested in applying, please go to the district website jobline. Please also let us know so we can send you specific information about this position. The contact person at JSIS is Chris Nielsen: 252-6080 or cnielsen@seattleschools.org Principal Candidate Info Principal Characteristics

If you are interested in a great school in the Seattle area, I suggest you think about Wallingford and the John Stanford International School. 

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