Considering a School Change?
Sometimes a child needs something different.
Maybe your student is doing fine on paper but does not feel truly connected. Maybe they need more challenge, more individual attention, or more opportunities to participate. Maybe your family is exploring public, virtual, homeschool, and private school options and trying to figure out what environment will help your child thrive.
At The Independent School, students learn in a small, in-person community where they are known personally, challenged academically, and encouraged to participate fully.
You do not have to know yet whether TIS is the right fit. Come see what school can feel like here.
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When the Current School Experience Is Not Quite Working
Families consider changing schools for all kinds of reasons.
Sometimes a student feels lost in a larger environment. Sometimes they are ready for a stronger academic challenge. Sometimes a family begins looking at virtual school because they want more individual attention or a different pace. And sometimes a child simply needs a fresh start in a community where it feels easier to connect.
There is no single right school for every student.
At TIS, we offer another option: a highly personal, college-preparatory education with the relationships, activities, friendships, and everyday experiences of being part of a school community.
What Feels Different at TIS?
Your Child Is Known
Being known is more than having someone remember your child's name.
Teachers get to know how students learn, where they are confident, when they need support, and when they are ready to be pushed further.
Smaller classes create more room for conversation, questions, feedback, and real relationships. Students have a harder time disappearing into the back of the room, and a much easier time finding their voice.
At TIS, students are known for who they are and challenged to become more.
Strong Academics With Real Support
TIS is a college-preparatory school, but strong academics here are not about piling on work for the sake of rigor.
Students learn to write clearly, research thoughtfully, ask good questions, defend their thinking, solve problems, and become increasingly independent learners.
As students grow, so do the opportunities. Middle and Upper School students have access to advanced coursework, AP and dual-credit opportunities, individualized college counseling, research, leadership, and experiences designed to prepare them for what comes after graduation.
The goal is not simply getting students through the next test.
It is preparing them to walk into the next classroom, challenge, college, or opportunity with confidence.
In Person. Connected. Part of Something.
For some families, virtual or blended learning offers exactly the flexibility their child needs.
For others, what is missing is the everyday human part of school.
At TIS, students learn alongside teachers and classmates every day. They have conversations in class. They eat lunch with friends. They join teams, perform on stage, make music, build projects, attend school traditions, lead clubs, and become part of a community.
For families looking for more individual attention without giving up the relationships and experiences of an in-person school, TIS offers a different path.
There Is Room to Participate
Students should have opportunities to discover what they are good at, and sometimes what they are good at surprises them.
At TIS, students are encouraged to try.
They can participate in athletics, arts, music, theater, clubs, service, student leadership, academic competitions, and school traditions. Our size means students often have the chance to do more than one thing instead of choosing one identity and staying in that lane.
A student can be an athlete and an artist. A musician and a researcher. A leader who is still learning how to lead.
School becomes a place to discover strengths, not just demonstrate the ones you already have.
Lower School
Strong academic foundations, curiosity, confidence, and teachers who know each child well.
Middle School
A four-year experience designed to build independence, organization, academic confidence, friendships, and a stronger sense of self.
Upper School
Rigorous academics, meaningful leadership, broad participation, individualized college guidance, and a community where students continue to be known.
Room to Keep Growing
Changing schools is not only about solving what is difficult right now. It is also about asking where your child can continue to grow.
Wondering Whether Private School Is Possible?
Do not assume TIS is financially out of reach before having the conversation.
Need-based financial aid is available to qualifying families, and our Admissions Team can help you understand tuition, financial aid, and the options available to your family.
Sometimes You Just Need to See It for Yourself
Choosing a new school is personal.
The best way to know whether TIS could be right for your child is to walk through the doors, see the classrooms, meet the people, and ask the questions that matter to your family.
Come see us. Tell us what you are looking for. Let us show you what school feels like here.
Finding Your Place at TIS
Come See TIS for Yourself
The Independent School
8317 E. Douglas Ave.
Wichita, Kansas 67207
316-686-0152