About Us

Suomik­oulu DC is part of the world­wide Suomi-koulu or­ga­ni­za­tion, which is working to pre­serve Finnish cul­ture and lan­guage among young people of Finnish origin. The Suomi-koulu or­ga­ni­za­tion’s work is sup­ported by the Finnish gov­ern­ment. Our pri­mary goal is to sup­port par­ents in their ef­forts to transfer Finnish lan­guage and her­itage to their chil­dren. We focus on teaching chil­dren to un­der­stand and speak Finnish. Reading and writing are taught when chil­dren are ready. Our school also of­fers chil­dren var­ious ex­pe­ri­ences re­lated to Finnish cul­ture, such as art and crafts. Feel free to contact us if you’re interested in learning more. Thank you for vis­iting!

P.S. We use English when com­mu­ni­cating ad­min­is­tra­tive mat­ters since we have some par­ents who are not fluent in Finnish. How­ever, at school we aim to use only Finnish with the chil­dren.

P.S. Osaamme suomea eri­no­mais­esti, vaikka netti­sivumme ovatkin englan­niksi. Englanti on koulumme vi­rallinen vi­estin­täkieli, jotta voimme palvella myös suomea taita­mat­tomia vanhempia. Koulu­tiloissa pyrimme käyttämään pelkästään suomen kieltä.

Suomikoulu DC, Inc. admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.