November 16, 2015 Dear BIFS Parents, As we resume school this week, we join the international community worldwide in our support of the victims of the attacks in Paris and Beirut. As an international school community, we are deeply shaken as we have many families and friends that have walked these streets where these attacks occurred. We are very grateful that it appears that no families or extended families from BIFS community were directly affected. This event underscores the importance for us all to continue to cultivate cultural awareness and to strive to develop the concept of international mindedness and global citizenship that celebrates and promotes the dignity of our differences, empathy, peace and respect. Our faculty and administration are assisting and supporting our students with processing and reflecting on these horrible events. In closing, our thoughts go out to those who have lost their lives, been injured or traumatized by these events. Kind regards, Kevin Baker Head of School