Washington International School in Taichung (WIST)
Taiping District, Taichung City, Taiwan · Est. 2004
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- Established
- 2004
- Curriculum
- AP and AP Capstone, IB Diploma courses (Grades 9-12)
About this school
Washington International School in Taichung (WIST) is the international programme of Washington High School, a private school in Taiping District, Taichung, established in 1999 that serves more than 2,000 students across junior and senior high. The school launched an Overseas Preparatory Studies Program in 2004 for students aiming at foreign universities, and renamed it Washington International School in Taichung in 2021.
WIST promotes a dual-track AP and IB curriculum for Grades 9 to 12. Students can take Advanced Placement courses across the arts, English, maths and computer science, sciences and social sciences, plus AP Seminar and AP Research, or IB courses in Groups 1-5 together with the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and CAS. Requirements include four years of English language arts, three years each of maths, science and social studies, and two years of a foreign language. The school runs an AP and SAT centre and college counselling, and offers immersive English with a second foreign language.
