Da Vinci International School (DVIS) is a nondenominational, international preschool and elementary school that offers French and Spanish immersion programs for children aged 18 months until 5th Grade.  DVIS is a bilingual preschool and trilingual elementary school that is fully accredited by the French Ministry of Education.  We are located on the Blue Heron Nature Preserve in Buckhead, a natural haven within the city of Atlanta. Our home provides an idyllic environment for your learner to explore, investigate and experience nature.  

Our school takes its name from the great Leonardo da Vinci, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, painter, sculptor, inventor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer. Da Vinci International School embraces the da Vinci within each child and focuses on developing 21st-century skills and a love for the process of learning.  

We give our teachers full flexibility to develop curricula and routines that allow our learners to develop long-life learning practices. We recognize that students learn in different ways. Equipped with both an emotional and cognitive vocabulary, our little Da Vinci’s are well on their way to creating positive learning practices that will carry them through life.

It is ideal to start the Da Vinci program from an early age so that your learners are in a fully immersive environment in either French or Spanish. We have had the successful introduction of non-speakers at the 4K level, however, parents must allow for a transitional period where extra attention is given to the learner and the learner may have to enroll in additional language support classes.

At the 4K level, the students begin English instruction at 25%, and that increases to 45% at 5K and beyond. During 3rd grade, the learners will have an opportunity to learn a third language. The Da Vinci student will also be progressing in literacy, science, math, art, and music at the developmental milestones set by the French Ministry of Education. French is spoken with the French teachers, English with the English teachers, and Spanish with the Spanish teachers. We have experienced positive results from this method. Our children have the ability to switch between languages effortlessly, which is the result of our effective language-immersion process.