John Stanford International School

John Stanford International School is an elementary school located in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. It serves grades K-5 in the Seattle School District and offers a dual-immersion program in Japanese and Spanish that is available to all students. Formerly known as Latona School, the school is named for the late John Stanford, superintendent of the Seattle School District, who died on 28 November 1998. The historic school building (1906) is a designated City of Seattle Landmark.ProgramsThe school is one of Seattle Public School's Bilingual Orientation Centers, serving English Language Learners who are new to the country. Students graduating from this school move to a similar program at Hamilton International Middle School. In 1999 the University of Washington identified the John Stanford International School as one of the UW's five K-12 initiatives, which involves the university providing links between faculty, staff, and students from both institutions.The school strives to raise responsible and caring global citizens by teaching respect and appreciation of the environment and responsible use of the earth's resources. The school’s student environmental stewardship leadership team or "Green Team," encourages walking or carpooling to school and initiated a composting program for the school’s cafeteria.