Graduation credit may be granted for coursework taken at district-approved independent world language schools outside the regular school day (e.g., Saturday school) or school year (i.e., summer school), even if the school is not WASC accredited, provided that the student notifies the principal in advance (see Administrative Procedure 4770).

Click on the links below to see which independent world language schools have been approved to offer courses that can earn high school graduation credit, along with the corresponding district course names and numbers.

Arabic Hebrew Persian Telugu
Chinese Hindi Portuguese Ukrainian
Greek Italian Russian Vietnamese
French Japanese Spanish
IWLS Name Courses Offered District
Course
Numbers
District Course Titles
Arabic
Al-Rashid Arabic School
  7050 Eckstrom Ave.
  San Diego, CA 92111
  Principal: Naoual Salhi   Phone: (858) 278-7970 or (858) 201-8177
  naoual.salhi@gmail.com
  alrashidschool@icsd.org
  Former Principal: Saadah Saty
  saadahsaty@gmail.com
  (858) 531-7883
Arabic First Year 2075, 2076 Arabic 1-2 IWLS
Arabic Second Year 2077, 2078 Arabic 3-4 IWLS
Arabic Third Year 2079, 2080 Arabic 5-6 IWLS
Arabic Fourth Year 2081, 2082 Arabic 7-8 IWLS
Chinese
After School Learning Tree
  11525 Sorrento Valley Road
  San Diego, CA 92121
  Phone: (858) 603-2211
  Fax: (858) 412-8509
  http://www.yucailearningtree.com/
  Principal: Hong Yu
  Director: Jenny Huang
  yucailearningtree@yahoo.com
  Other phone: (858) 735-7883
Chinese 1-2 2151, 2152 Chinese 1-2 IWLS
Chinese 3-4 2153, 2154 Chinese 3-4 IWLS
Chinese 5-6 2155, 2156 Chinese 5-6 IWLS
Chinese 7-8 2157, 2158 Chinese 7-8 IWLS
All-Star Academy
  10706 Thornmint Road
  San Diego, CA 92197
  Phone: (858) 568-8696
  Dr. Yan Yang, Principal
  Grace All-star Academy
  cici@graceallstaracademy.com
  Yan Jian, Vice Principal
  yanjiang@graceallstaracademy.com
Chinese Credit 1 2151, 2152 Chinese 1-2 IWLS
Chinese Credit 2 2153, 2154 Chinese 3-4 IWLS
Chinese Credit 3 2155, 2156 Chinese 5-6 IWLS
Chinese Credit 4 2157, 2158 Chinese 7-8 IWLS
Chinese AP Language & Culture 2149, 2150 Chn L/C1-2AP IWLS
Chinese School of San Diego
  5075 Ruffin Rd, Suite A
  San Diego, CA 92123
  Phone: (858) 565-8008
  Fax: (858) 278-8899
  http://chineseschoolsd.com
  Principal: Cassandra Wong
  cassandrawongsd@gmail.com or
  cwong@chineseschoolsd.org
  ncwong99@yahoo.com

  Former Principal: Loi (Terry) Ngo
  terry92126@yahoo.com
  CC: shirleylam711@gmail.com
  terryngo@chineseschool.com
Teens Beginning 2151, 2152 Chinese 1-2 IWLS
Teens Intermediate 2153, 2154 Chinese 3-4 IWLS
Teens Advanced 2155, 2156 Chinese 5-6 IWLS
North County Chinese School
  9888 Carroll Centre Road, Suite 122
  San Diego, CA 92126 - (mailing address)
  Phone: (858) 800-1072

  New Principal: Mrs. Shirley Chu
  Former Principal: Dr. Ling Ling Huang
  nccsllhuang@gmail.com

Use these email addresses:
  principal@sdcca-nccs.org
  creditgroup@sdcca-nccs.org - Lily Yu

  Former;
  info@northcountychineseschool.org
  office@northcountychineseschool.org
  Site Location: Mesa Verde Middle School
  8375 Entreken Way
  San Diego, CA 92129
  and SDCCA Learning Center
Chinese 1-2 2151, 2152 Chinese 1-2 IWLS
Chinese 3-4 2153, 2154 Chinese 3-4 IWLS
Chinese 5-6 2155, 2156 Chinese 5-6 IWLS
Chinese 7-8 2157, 2158 Chinese 7-8 IWLS
AP Chinese 2149, 2150 Chn L/C1-2AP IWLS
San Diego Chinese Academy
  9490 Genesee Ave
  La Jolla, CA 92037 -or-
  P.O. Box 910093 / La Jolla Country Day
  San Diego, CA 92191-0093
  Phone: (858) 205-7322; (858) 536-7033
  www.sandiegochineseschool.com
  SDCA9999@gmail.com
  Principal: Amy Sun
  office.SDCA@gmail.com
Credit Class (CC) 1-2 2151, 2152 Chinese 1-2 IWLS
CC 3-4 2153, 2154 Chinese 3-4 IWLS
CC 5-6 2155, 2156 Chinese 5-6 IWLS
CC 7-8 2157, 2158 Chinese 7-8 IWLS
San Diego Hua Xia Chinese School
  P.O. Box 92838
  San Diego, CA 92192-8338
  Miramar College Campus or
  7929 Arjons Dr. St. H, San Diego CA 92126
  Phone: (858) 380-8864 or (858) 720-1110
  www.sdhxcs.org
  Principal: Yi Cai - yicai@sdhxcs.net
  info@sdhxcs.net - Preferred

  Previous Principal: Lorna Xing - lxing@sdhxcs.net
  PO Box 92838: (858) 720-1110
  info@sdhxcs.net
First Year Chinese 2151, 2152 Chinese 1-2 IWLS
Second Year Chinese 2153, 2154 Chinese 3-4 IWLS
Third Year Chinese 2155, 2156 Chinese 5-6 IWLS
Fourth Year Chinese 2157, 2158 Chinese 7-8 IWLS
Fifth Year Chinese 2159, 2160 Chinese 9-10 IWLS
AP Chinese Language and Culture 2149, 2150 Chn L/C1-2AP IWLS
French
Alliance Française San Diego
  6390 Greenwich Dr.
  San Diego, CA 92122

  www.afsandiego.org
  Phone: (619) 806-6719
  Director: Julie Ripoll
  Former Executive Director: Lindsay McNicol

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French 1 2671, 2672 French 1-2 IWLS
French 2 2673, 2674 French 3-4 IWLS
French 3 2675, 2676 French 5-6 IWLS
French 4 2677, 2678 French 7-8 IWLS
Greek
Greek School of Saints Constantine & Helen
  3459 Manchester Avenue
  Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007
  Phone: (760) 942-0920 or (760) 331-7955
  Director: Andreas Letsos
  Greekschool@stsconstantinehelen.com
  www.schgreekschool.com

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Greek Level 1 2121, 2122 Greek 1-2 IWLS
Greek Level 2 2123, 2124 Greek 3-4 IWLS
Greek Level 3 2125, 2126 Greek 5-6 IWLS
Greek Level 4 2514, 2515 Greek 7-8 IWLS
San Diego Greek Language School
  3655 Park Boulevard
  San Diego, CA 92103
  Phone: (619) 297-4165 or (925) 914-7460

  Director: Theocharis Papatrechas
  hpapatrechas@gmail.com   Former Director: Athena Georges
  athena.kotinopoulos@gmail.com

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First year 2121, 2122 Greek 1-2 IWLS
Second year 2123, 2124 Greek 3-4 IWLS
Third year 2125, 2126 Greek 5-6 IWLS
Hebrew
Language Bazaar
  5710 Meadows Del Mar Dr.
  San Diego , CA 92130
  Fax: (858) 720-1985
  Phone: (858) 735-3926 or (858) 720-1942
  Principal/Director: Dr. Alana Shuster
  Hebrew4all@aol.com
  Location: Beth Am School (Del Mar)
  5050 Del Mar Heights Rd
  San Diego, CA 92130
Level 1 2141, 2142 Hebrew 1-2 IWLS
Level 2 2143, 2144 Hebrew 3-4 IWLS
Level 3 2145, 2146 Hebrew 5-6 IWLS
Level 4 2147, 2148 Hebrew 7-8 IWLS
Mosad Shalom
  Temple Adat Shalom
  15905 Pomerado Rd.
  Poway, CA 92064
  Phone: (858) 451-1200
  adatshalom.com
  Director of Education: Denis Masur
  dmasur@adatshalom.com
  Previous Director: Susan K. Cohn
  (858) 451-8480
  scohn@adatshalom.com

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Hebrew Level 1 2141, 2142 Hebrew 1-2 IWLS
Hebrew Level 2 2143, 2144 Hebrew 3-4 IWLS
Hebrew Level 3 2145, 2146 Hebrew 5-6 IWLS
Hebrew Level 4 2147, 2148 Hebrew 7-8 IWLS
Torrey Language School
  4081 Tynebourne Circle
  San Diego, CA 92130
  Phone: (858) 395-6077
  Ms. Orit Brewer, Director
  oriaharel@yahoo.com

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1st Year Hebrew 2141, 2142 Hebrew 1-2 IWLS
2nd Year Hebrew 2143, 2144 Hebrew 3-4 IWLS
3rd Year Hebrew 2145, 2146 Hebrew 5-6 IWLS
4th Year Hebrew 2147, 2148 Hebrew 7-8 IWLS
Kavod Charter School
  6991 Balboa Ave
  San Diego, CA 92111
  Phone: (858) 432-3766
  Director: Ronit Ron-Yerushalmi
  http://kavodelementary.org

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Hebrew Year 1 2141, 2142 Hebrew 1-2 IWLS
Hebrew Year 2 2143, 2144 Hebrew 3-4 IWLS
Hebrew Year 3 2145, 2146 Hebrew 5-6 IWLS
Hindi
Hindi Language Program (HLP)
  16702 Summit Vista Dr
  San Diego, CA 92127
  hindilanguagepro@gmail.com
  Phone: (858) 229-5820

  Principal: Mudita Tiwary
  Assistant Principal: Janaki Singh
  JaakiHLP@gmail.com
  Phone: (858) 943-8651

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HLP Year 1 2681, 2682 Hindi 1-2 IWLS
HLP Year 2 2683, 2684 Hindi 3-4 IWLS
HLP Year 3 2685, 2686 Hindi 5-6 IWLS
Italian and Italian for Italian Speakers
Italian School of San Diego
  5062 Constitution RD
  San Diego, CA 92117
  Phone: (619) 800-0797
  https://www.italianschoolsd.com/
  Maura D'Andrea, Principal
  maura@italianschoolsd.com

  Andrea Zonca, Director of Certified Class Program,br />   info@italianschoolsd.com

  Class locations: Currently via Zoom
Italian 1-2 4801, 4802 Italian 1-2 IWLS
Italian 3-4 4803, 4804 Italian 3-4 IWLS
Italian 5-6 4805, 4806 Italian 5-6 IWLS
Italian for Italian Speakers 1-2 4811, 4812 Italian/Italian Spkrs 1-2 IWLS
Italian for Italian Speakers 3-4 4813, 4814 Italian/Italian Spkrs 3-4 IWLS
Italian for Italian Speakers 5-6 4815, 4816 Italian/Italian Spkrs 5-6 IWLS
Italian for Italian Speakers 7-8 4885, 4886 Italian/Italian Spkrs 7-8 IWLS
Japanese for Japanese Speakers
San Diego Nihongo Kyoiku Shinkokai Minato School
  9150 Chesapeake Dr. #170
  San Diego, CA 92123
  Phone: (858) 576-0434
  sdminato.org
  Principal: Kiyoshi Orita
  Assistant Principal: Yuko Kawakyu
  Madison High School Site
Japanese 1-2 for Japanese Speakers 2181, 2182 JP/JP SPK 1-2 IWLS
Japanese 3-4 for Japanese Speakers 2183, 2184 JP/JP SPK 3-4 IWLS
Japanese 5-6 for Japanese Speakers 2185, 2186 JP/JP SPK 5-6 IWLS
Japanese 7-8 for Japanese Speakers 2187, 2188 JP/JP SPK 7-8 IWLS
AP Japanese Language 2179, 2180 AP Japan L/C 1-2 IWLS
Persian
Iranian School of SD
  6790 Top Gun Street #7
  San Diego, CA 92121
  Phone: (858) 552-9355 or (619) 818-1180 or
  www.pccsd.org
  Principal: Ali Sadr
  sadr@pccsd.org or
  alisadrdiego@yahoo.com
  Classes at Mt. Carmel High School

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Persian 1-2 2191, 2192 Persian 1-2 IWLS
Persian 3-4 2193, 2194 Persian 3-4 IWLS
Portuguese
Portuguese Language Academy
  Portuguese Historic Center
  2831 Avenida de Portugal
  San Diego, CA 92106
  Phone: (619) 223-8893
  phcsd@gmail.com or
  Principal: Zeca Rodrigues
  zeci@aol.com
  phcsecretarysd@gmail.com or
  portugueselanguageacademy@gmail.com
  PHC Director: jeannieathey@gmail.com
  PHC President: Theresa Garces

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Portuguese 1-2 2231, 2232 Portuguese 1-2 IWLS
Portuguese 3-4 2233, 2234 Portuguese 3-4 IWLS
BISTROLanguages, Inc.
  6204 Agee St #132
  San Diego, CA 92122
  contact@bistrolanguages.com or
  Phone: (858) 683-3977

  Elena Yulaeva, Ph.D., Founder and Director
  Natalia Abramova, Program Director

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Portuguese Yr. 1 2231, 2232 Portuguese 1-2 IWLS
Portuguese Yr. 2 2233, 2234 Portuguese 3-4 IWLS
Portuguese Yr. 3 2238, 2238 Portuguese 5-6 IWLS
Portuguese Yr. 4 2559, 2558 Portuguese 7-8 IWLS
Russian
BistroLanguages, Inc./ SD Russian School
  3005 Governor Dr.
  San Diego, CA 92122
  Phones: (858) 779-4914 or (858) 775-8864
  Director – Dr. Elena Yulaeva
  eyulaeva@sdrussianschool.com -or-
  Program Director – Natalia Abramova
  nambramova@sdrussianschool.com

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Russian Year 1 2571, 2572 Russian 1-2 IWLS
Russian Year 2 2573, 2574 Russian 3-4 IWLS
Russian Year 3 2575, 2576 Russian 5-6 IWLS
Russian Year 4 2577, 2578 Russian 7-8 IWLS
Spanish
All-Star Academy
  10706 Thornmint Road
  San Diego, CA 92197
  Phone: (858) 568-8696
  Dr. Yan Yang, Principal
  Grace All-star Academy
  cici@graceallstaracademy.com
  Yan Jian, Vice Principal
  yanjiang@graceallstaracademy.com
Spanish Credit I 2631, 2632 Spanish 1-2 IWLS
Spanish Credit II 2633, 2634 Spanish 3-4 IWLS
Spanish Credit III 2635, 2636 Spanish 5-6 IWLS
AP Spanish Program 2637, 2638 Spanish 1-2 AP IWLS
Telugu
Silicon Andhra ManiBadi
  University of Silicon Andhra
  1521 California Circle
  Milpitas, CA 95035
  Phone: (734) 276-6610 or (510) 364-2493
  Ms. Sridevi Ganti - Vice President
  Sridevi.ganti@manabadi.siliconandhra.org
  www.manabadi.siliconandhra.org
 
Telugu 1-2 4851, 4852 Telugu 1-2 IWLS
Telugu 3-4 4853, 4854 Telugu 3-4 IWLS
Telugu 5-6 4855, 4856 Telugu 5-6 IWLS
Telugu 7-8 4857, 4858 Telugu 7-8 IWLS
Ukrainian
BistroLanguages, Inc./ SD Russian School
  3005 Governor Dr.
  San Diego, CA 92122
  Phones: (858) 779-4914 or (858) 775-8864
  Director – Dr. Elena Yulaeva
  eyulaeva@sdrussianschool.com -or-
  Program Director – Natalia Abramova
  nambramova@sdrussianschool.com

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Ukrainian Year 1 2590, 2591 Ukrainian 1-2 IWLS
Ukrainian Year 2 2592, 2593 Ukrainian 3-4 IWLS
Ukrainian Year 3 2594, 2595 Ukrainian 5-6 IWLS
Ukrainian Year 4 2596, 2597 Ukrainian 7-8 IWLS
Vietnamese
Tre Viet Vietnamese Language Ctr.
  5380 El Cajon Blvd.
  San Diego, CA 92115
  Phones: (619) 582-5378 or (619) 764-2935
     (619) 384-0676 or (619) 616-8681
  Principal: Toan Le
  toanle69@hotmail.com

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Vietnamese 1-2 2189, 2190 Vietnamese 1-2 IWLS
Vietnamese 3-4 2227, 2228 Vietnamese 3-4 IWLS
Vietnamese 5-6 2229, 2230 Vietnamese 5-6 IWLS