How does bilingual learning affect student culture at Silicon Valley International School?

At INTL, bilingual learning isn’t a side dish—it’s the main course, the sauce, and the dessert. Students don’t just memorize vocab lists; they think, create, and joke in multiple languages. This daily dance between languages builds something powerful: a deep respect for different cultures, a brain wired for flexible thinking, and friendships that transcend one way of speaking. Class discussions leap seamlessly from English to Mandarin, or French to German, often in the same breath. It creates a school culture that’s collaborative, empathetic, and a little bit magical. When multilingualism is the norm, students grow up not just knowing about the world, but truly living in it.