Letter from the Board of Governors

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ear AISG community, I am very pleased to present to you the 2020-2021 Annual Report for AISG.

As you read this report, I hope you will be able to take the facts and information and view them in totality with all the activities, challenges, and successes that have taken place this year. Viewing them with this lens makes this year’s work and accomplishments even more impressive.

Emerging from the heights of the cOVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves in a very strong and stable position compared to other international schools in china, in the region, and around the world. Under the leadership of Mr. Kevin Baker and with assistance from our community members, my board colleagues and I were able to achieve the following major developments:

• We facilitated the entry of nearly all our administrative staff and faculty which allowed us to resume full in-person learning. • We concluded Phase One of the Master

Facilities Plan and are looking to complete

Phase Two by the end of 2021 calendar year. • We completed the school’s strategic framework, a collaborative process that involved voices from the entire AISG community, in order to provide a path forward to sustain and strengthen AISG. • We diversified and stabilized the school’s financial position with access to lines of credit as well as loan financing. • We laid the framework to expand our development and donation activities and will finalize investment and donation

policies to facilitate such activities in the future. • We expanded the number of community activities to strengthen our identity and esprit de corps.

As we have endured the latest round of cOVID-19 developments and challenges, I would like to stress again the importance for all of us to continue working together to be dynamic, compassionate, and connected. We all have a role to play to promote the welfare and development of our children and others. We should all be committed to care for others and to promote inclusivity, respect, and dignity. Let us be mindful in our words and action to promote safe, respectful, and productive two-way dialogue.

Along with Mr. Kevin Baker, my board colleagues and I are eager to develop and execute strategy, policy, and activities to ensure that AISG continues to improve upon what it provides to all our stakeholders. Most importantly, we appreciate the support from all of you: families, students, pTA, faculty, staff and the corporate and diplomatic communities. We are grateful for all of your contributions, energy, and assistance.

Mr. Thomas Jung Board Chairman

B O a RD O f G Ove RNOR s

Thomas Jung – Chair, Jane Wang – Vice Chair, Eric Hansen – Treasurer, Tess Cai – Secretary, Frederic Barbier – Member, Carmen Wu – Member, Rick Adams – Member