FAIS Magazine Fall 2016

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CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE

01 New Faces at FAIS.............................................................................................................02 Understanding the Middle School Brain..................................................................04 Our Own Olympic Family...............................................................................................06 Annual Giving 2015-16..................................................................................................08 FAIS Volunteers Make Us Great!...................................................................................14 Alumni Profile: Braden Miller.........................................................................................16 One Letter at a Time.........................................................................................................18 Alumni Updates.................................................................................................................20 From the Head of School................................................................................................

THE FRENCH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CULTIVATES INTELLECT AND CHARACTER THROUGH RIGOROUS MULTILINGUAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES APPRECIATION OF DIVERSE CULTURES AND EXPERIENCES. Head of School: Pam Dreisin Address: 8500 NW Johnson Street, Portland, OR 97229 Telephone: 503-292-7776 | Fax: 503-292-7444 Email: fais@faispdx.org | www.faispdx.org Editor: Helen Townes Photography credit: Laszlo Bencze, Grant Sainsbury, Mark Shearman Graphic design: Penelope Babst

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LETTER FROM THE HEAD Dear FAIS Family and Friends,

"A special approach is required if educators want to successfully reach and teach the middle school mind."

How many of us remember our middle school years? For most of us, the memories are at best foggy, or worse, downright unpleasant. The middle school years are characterized by emotional, physical, and academic highs and lows.

Brain research over the past two decades has revealed that children aged 11 to 15 are undergoing huge changes—and asynchronous development with one another—and that means a special approach is required if educators want to successfully reach and teach the middle school mind.

Our Gilkey faculty has developed a very deliberate approach to meet this challenge, and in this issue of the FAIS Magazine you’ll read more about how they have successfully created a thoughtful, caring environment that supports this fragile time. Far from ignoring the quirks of this age group, we strive to embrace and celebrate them, and our students leave Gilkey more assured, selfpossessed, and well-prepared for their high school years and beyond.

Also in this issue you’ll read about what it’s like to be family members of an Olympic athlete. FAIS students Rhianna, Aisha, and Amani returned this fall after watching their dad run in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races in the Rio Olympics, adding two golds to his medal collection.

I know you’ll also find it gratifying to read about the non-profit, Yo Ghana!, that alumna Elizabeth Fosler-Jones '11 founded, yet another example of how so many of our alumni continue to seek out international connections.

I am especially touched by this issue’s Alumni Profile, which features the memories and words of Braden Miller ‘07. Braden’s father Doug was an extremely energetic and devoted volunteer for FAIS, before his untimely passing from cancer in 2012. I know that Braden’s extraordinary accomplishments—and his goals in the field of medicine, specifically in cancer research—since graduating from FAIS would make Doug very proud, as they do us.

Sincerely,

Pam Dreisin, Head of School

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NEW STAFF 2016

NEW FACES AT FAIS Camille Crampsey joins FAIS as a new kindergarten teacher. Camille grew up in Normandy and studied French literature and French as a foreign language at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, in Paris.

She also studied abroad for her master’s at the University College of Dublin, in Ireland. Camille has taught French language and culture in primary schools, high schools, universities, and at the Alliance Française in London and Manchester (UK) and in Slovakia. She has been working for the Education Nationale in Paris as a primary school teacher for the past eight years. In her spare time Camille enjoys music, movie theaters, art exhibits, food, cycling, and hiking.

KaDo Gorman

joins the FAIS community as the parent and alumni relations manager for the development office. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA where she earned a BA in English literature with a minor in Native American studies. After many years in Los Angeles, KaDo moved back to Portland to be closer to family where she and her husband are currently busy raising their two children; their son Everett is in the preschool at FAIS. KaDo has been active with several non-profits in many roles, and looks forward to getting to know the FAIS community.

Melanie Hindman is joining FAIS as a part-time music teacher in the Lower School, after previously working for the School as an extracurricular aide. Melanie was born in Bordeaux, France, to a French mother and an American father who met in Mauritania in West Africa, where they lived until they moved to Oregon when Melanie was 4 years old. She received her undergraduate degree from Western Washington University with a dual degree in art and French, and earned her master’s in French language and literature from Portland State University. Melanie taught French at Portland State University and the Alliance Française to both adults and children. Her hobbies include painting, music, cooking, gardening, and traveling.

Tina McDermott has recently joined FAIS as a part-time art teacher for Gilkey International Middle School. Tina studied art education at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and became passionate about exploring creative thinking as a method of critical problem solving. Tina has worked in schools as a teaching artist with the Right Brain Initiative, creating arts integrative residencies for students in Portland and surrounding areas. Tina is very excited to connect with students through the art-making process and get to know the FAIS community!

Annie Petterson, a native of Kansas, is excited to join the FAIS team as the English teacher for prekindergarten and 1st grade. Annie has worked in the field of education since 2005, performing a diverse number of roles in schools in Seattle, San Diego, and both western and eastern Kansas.

She has worked in several Spanish immersion schools including an elementary school in Madrid, Spain. Annie has a BA in psychology from the University of Kansas and a master’s in education from the University of San Diego. Annie is looking forward to getting to know the FAIS community and expanding her high school French!

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Joining as a new kindergarten teacher is Aurélien Petiteau, who is from Angers, France, and first started teaching in 2005. His experience ranges from teaching lower school students to being the head of a small school in France. He and his wife, new 2nd grade teacher Claire, have two young daughters, Elia, 4 (in kindergarten at FAIS), and Lise, 2. Aurélien enjoys martial arts (judo, karate, and boxing), running and biking, as well as reading.

Claire Petiteau has joined FAIS as a new 2nd grade teacher. She hails from Angers, France, close to the Loire Valley, where she studied teaching French as a foreign language as well as English. In 2002 she completed her master’s studies at Portland University and since then has been teaching at the Maternelle level. Claire has also taught at the university level, working with students completing their own master’s degrees in Maternelle teaching. Claire and her husband Aurélien (who also joins FAIS, as a kindergarten teacher) are the parents of Lise, 2, and Elia, 4, who is in kindergarten at FAIS. In her spare time, she enjoys running, reading, and gathering with friends.

After working as a substitute teacher at all levels of FAIS over the past two years, Lauren Sinclair is excited to be joining Gilkey International Middle School as a permanent member of our community. Lauren will be teaching math and science, subjects she enjoyed teaching in her last role as a 7th and 8th grade teacher at Corbett Charter School. Lauren's love for science and applied mathematics is rooted in the mountains of the North Cascades, where she did her master's research on glaciated landscapes in partnership with PSU and the National Park Service. Lauren comes to us from a French background; her mother is French, and most of her family still lives in Provence.

Also joining the School is Lindsay Warner as advancement services coordinator for the development office. Lindsay received her finance degree from Portland State University in 2008 and most recently worked as a buyer for a mind, body, and spirit company. Born and raised in Missoula, MT, Lindsay studied elementary education and French at the University of Montana, and participated in several study abroad programs in France. She met her husband in Marseille, France and they now have a son Hollan, 6, and a daughter Vienna, 3.

Gloria Widdows is originally from Temuco, Chile, and joins FAIS as a Spanish teacher for Gilkey International Middle School. Gloria graduated with a teaching degree from the Pontifical Catholic University, and taught for seven years in Chile. She later moved to Portland and has taught Spanish for twelve years at The International School. Gloria enjoys time with her family, which includes her husband Tom, her son Elijah, who is a 7th grader at Gilkey, and her son Joshua, 10.

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UNDERSTANDING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN

The average middle school student is a walking paradox: she can talk intelligently about global warming, but her backpack opens to reveal a welter of crumpled papers and overflowing folders; he may be passionately anti-war but loses his temper with his study partner. Students this age desperately want to be independent, yet lose things, forget to turn in assignments, and get distracted walking to their next class.

So what’s the best way to educate students during this unique stage, and how does Gilkey rise to the occasion?

Over the past fifteen years, brain science has made leaps and bounds in understanding the quirks specific to children aged 11 to 15. New technology like functional magnetic resonance imaging has allowed researchers to explore the structure and chemistry of the adolescent brain. Contrary to prevailing wisdom, it’s now known that the brain is only about 80 percent developed in adolescents, with the frontal lobe (responsible for reasoning, planning, and judgment) the last to fully develop and connect. According to Frances E. Jensen, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, “It’s a paradoxical time of development. These are people with very sharp brains, but they’re not quite sure what to do with them.”

In a 2015 article for the National Association of Independent Schools, teacher and administrator Joseph Ball emphasizes the importance of teaching students how the brain works, encouraging them to embrace a “growth mindset” and take ownership of their learning, and the importance of sleep, good nutrition, and exercise during this period of great change.

During 2015, Gilkey division head Emmanuelle Burk and a team of teachers attended the Learning and the Brain Conference in San Francisco, which focused on how brain research can enhance classroom practices. They learned more about the three types of memory: short term, working, and long term, and how to engage students to maximize each of these areas.

“Ultimately, adolescents need to find meaning in what they are learning,” says Burk. “This is the only way they can understand the big ideas, and connect their knowledge to what is relevant and meaningful to them or their lives. They need to learn to be learners.”

At FAIS, middle school teachers and administrators work to provide a curriculum and supporting programs that are tailored to and support this unique stage. Each subject of study, whether English or social studies, is developed around guiding questions and lines of inquiry that encourage students to connect their learning to the world they live in. Through classwork, projects, group work, and electives, students are given many opportunities to develop their leadership and creativity skills, to take intellectual risks, and to communicate and reflect. With everything from health classes delivered by the middle school counselor, to the annual class trips (Outdoor School, Seattle, and an exchange trip to the country of their chosen language at Gilkey), to

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community service and extracurricular activities, teachers are mindful of the idiosyncrasies of the age group.

“Students of this age also grow at extremely different degrees, not just physically, but mentally also,” points out Gilkey math teacher Julie Duffield. “As a group they process ideas at different rates, and teachers need to help to guide them from concrete thinking to abstract thinking. Also, in all of the academic subjects we are looking for patterns and being able to connect ideas.”

And yes, sometimes middle school students struggle. Ines Schreiner, Gilkey’s student support coordinator, says that students this age are more likely to say they forgot their homework or didn’t have time to do it, than to admit they

didn’t understand what they were supposed to do. What teachers at Gilkey try to do when a student is falling behind is to provide accommodations, help them establish routines, increase feedback, and teach time management skills.

The growth that occurs within the three years of middle school never ceases to amaze parents, teachers, and perhaps even the kids themselves, but the good news about this complicated stage in life is that it only lasts a few years.

“When you are a middle school teacher, you experience on a daily basis how emotions and the environment affect students and their learning,” marvels Mme. Burk. “But you also experience the wonders that challenging their brains can yield!”

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OUR OWN

OLYMPIC FAMILY

Photography credit: Grant Sainsbury (for Hello! magazine)

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here’s only one current parent at French American International School who has his own trademark victory pose, a wax figure in Madame Tussaud’s in London, and the title as Britain’s greatest athlete of all time. When most FAIS parents are helping with math or driving to soccer, this dad is often training at his highaltitude bases in Kenya and Ethiopia, or in the French Pyrenees, or occasionally closer to home, in Arizona or Utah.

Mo Farah, a distance runner for Great Britain and a member of the Nike Oregon Project led by trainer Alberto Salazar, competed and won gold medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter Olympic championships in Rio, defending his earlier medals at the 2012 London Olympics in the same events. His wife Tania and daughter and FAIS student Rhianna (6th) were in the Rio grandstand cheering him on.

Twin daughters Aisha and Amani (in FAIS’ prekindergarten class this fall) and their 10-month-old brother, Hussein, remained at home with their nanny in Portland, all hoping for gold. Despite a fall in the early minutes of the 10,000 meter, Mo was able to rally and win, and was again victorious in the 5,000 meter five days later.

Mo’s triumph on the track at the Rio Olympics was nearly as dramatic as his and Tania’s family story, which reads like a Hollywood film. After living for his first eight years of life in Mogadishu, Somolia, surviving terrible conditions, Mo was sent to London to grow up with extended family.

He had a twin brother who was too ill to travel; they weren’t reunited until 12 years later. Mo and Tania met as teenagers in the same small school in London, where they were in the running club together. Mo’s potential was obvious even then, although he wasn’t the school’s star runner.

“It was clear that he was very talented, but I don’t think any of us thought he’d go as far as he did,” admits Tania.

“That he would be the best in the country? But Mo works harder than anyone I know.” The family is Muslim, and their involvement in their faith is central to Mo’s success on the track, and to their lives as a family.

When Mo is at home with his family, in between training stints, this FAIS father is a very hands-on dad with his young family. “Mo gets the girls dressed, does their hair (and he’s really good at it!), and drops them at school before going off to train with his group at Nike,” notes Tania.

Choosing FAIS was easy, she says. “I was conscious of the School because we live nearby, and I often drove by the campus. I decided that it was the right place for Rhianna,

Photography credit: Mark Shearman

and then for Aisha and Amani, because of the language instruction and the smaller classes,” says Tania. She says that their experience has been so positive that now she knows they would have sent them to FAIS regardless of the convenient location.

And at the end of a long week of chauffeuring kids, making lunches, and supervising homework, is there time (and energy) for Date Night? Yes, Tania says when Mo is in town they will occasionally have a night out on the town, dropping in at Portland City Grille or the Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chao while the kids stay with a babysitter. Moving to Portland from London in 2011 helped make their family life, at least in public, more bearable. “We live a pretty normal life here in Portland, whereas in London it was literally impossible to go out in public,” Tania says.

There is light at the end of the tunnel for the Farah family, of course, as Mo’s career as a gold-medal athlete evolves. He is contemplating retirement after the World Track Championships in 2017 (but hasn’t ruled out running the marathon in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020). He’s just published an illustrated children’s book, Ready Steady Mo!, and he is committed to continue supporting organizations like Save the Children and UNICEF. It’s even rumored that he will be knighted by the British “honours committee” before the end of 2016, after which he will be known as “Sir Mo.” When asked how she has coped over the years, managing a household, finances, and the demands of four young children during Mo’s long training absences, Tania responds without hesitation: “He’s making history. That’s what sustains us. There are days when I want to lose it, but it’s all worth it in the end.”

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ANNUAL GIVING “HOW IMPORTANT IS MY GENEROSITY?” In 1979, FAIS had no facilities, two teachers, and five students.

In 2016, our campus is located on 15 acres, surrounded by woods and wetlands, and features a Center for the Arts, library and multicultural center, cutting-edge science and computer labs, two gymnasiums, a music center, two art studios, a large commons area, a nature trail and outdoor classrooms, a playground with covered play structures, and a covered play area for outdoor sports.

This happened only because PEOPLE VOLUNTEERED AND RAISED MONEY to grow and improve the School.

Our School would not be thriving today without that generosity of time and treasure.

This past year was no different. The FAIS community once again upheld its commitment to our School and its mission, by giving generously and spending well over 8,000 hours volunteering for the School. This ongoing support is essential to maintain the health of our School, and ensures that the FAIS student experience continues to be extraordinary.

During the 2015-16 school year, our community of volunteers, made up of parents, grandparents, students, alumni, and friends of the School, raised over $500,000 for French American International School! We have to thank our Board of Trustees, led by Board Chair Ursula Garcia, our Annual Fund co-chairs Bonnie Stewart and Norm Auzins, and our Annual Gala chairs Grayson Dempsey and Kristin Wellenstein Kilshaw for their extraordinary leadership and service.

Merci beaucoup! ¡Gracias! Danke schön! Xièxie! Thank you!

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LEADERSHIP DONORS ($2,000 and more) Anonymous James Armstrong & Susan Bates Norm Auzins & Bonnie Stewart Antony & Amelia Barton Adam & Claudia Batz Benevity Jonathan Bloomfield & Lori Townzen Rich & Maya Broadfoot Armando & Jocelyn Camara Daryl & Ashley DeLong Jack & Grayson Dempsey Daniel & Erin Dhruva Dick's Auto Group Matthew Donegan Yianni Doulis & Jessica Helgerson Trevor & Carolyn Edwards EyeHealth Northwest Mohamed & Tania Farah Zan & Lexi Galton David & Natalie Grunkemeier Dave Gurney & Dorine Szij Naji Hamdan & Amy Bauman Christopher & Kim Hasle

Doug & Diane Haughton Philip & Tracey Hodgson John & Laura Hunter Sean & Gretchen Keys Shane & June Kim Harold Kim & Nancy Lin Daniel Kingsbury & Jennifer Aponte Eric & Laurel Koppelman Arun Kuchela & Hanny Tan LAM Research Employee Gift Match Program Larry Lewis & Kelly Post-Lewis Mattel Children's Foundation Ashok Modha & Stephanie Fernandes Cedric & Angela Mollet Myler Family Foundation Pamela Neferkara John & RenĂŠe Orlando John Ostrowski & Kimberly Patterson Fabrice Paillet & Hui-Ning Fung Alfonso Pereira & Danielle Love Steven Pike & Allison Sneider Kevin Putnam & Delia Grenville Fawwad & Lubna Qureshi

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Thomas Huff & Stephanie McAndrew Andrew Hunter & Tracy Wood IBM Corporation Scott & Randi Inukai Yves & Keesha Jean-Baptiste Christopher & Aysegul Jezewski Jeffrey Johnson & Mihwa Hong Hannah C. Jones Richard & Cindy Jones Jeremy Jordan & Patricia Shaffner Jordan Timothy Liem & Sandra Antonovic Mario and Alma Pastega Family Foundation Grant McFarland & Elaine La Joie Steven & Linda McGeady Ethan & Elizabeth Meyer Michael & Heather Moore Todd & Jessica Munn Thomas & Regan Nelson

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SPECIAL APPEAL DONORS Hugo & Jennifer Cordova Pamela M. Crutchfield Mohamud Daya & Yoko Nakamura Sebastian & Nathalie Debrun-Sittler Ludovic & Héloïse Ducos-Declercq Daryl & Ashley DeLong Arash & Nadia Delshad Michael & Isabelle DeMarte Jack & Grayson Dempsey Jim Denman & Tamara Still Michel Deschodt Daniel & Erin Dhruva Timothy Dickey & Lisa Keenan Dick's Auto Group Albert & Jing DiPiero Laura Donegan Matthew Donegan Yianni Doulis & Jessica Helgerson Tom & Nancy Doulis Bob & Pam Dreisin Arnaud & Claire Du Peloux Gary & Julie Duffield Craig Eastman & Terri Gotcher Trevor & Carolyn Edwards Thomas Ellsworth & Liuying Shen Empirical Inc. Gustavo Espinosa & Victoria Mueller Espinosa Brian & Aicha Evans EyeHealth Northwest Andrew & Debbie Fahey Mohamed & Tania Farah Fidelity Charitable Giving Fund Brian Fin & Jennifer Balentine Brian & Kathy Fleener Bertrand & Henrike Fleuret Mark & Jennifer Forsyth Yoann Foucher & Laurence Juthy Ed Frank & Eustacia Su Dan Friedman & Amy Duryea Jack & Sharon Friedman Will & Diana Fundak John & Käthlin Gabaldon Reka & Ferenc Gabor Frank & Lee Anne Gabor Zan & Lexi Galton David & Ursula Garcia Vasilios & Rebecca Garyfallou Mark Garzotto & Anne Myrthue Richard & Juliana Gellman Cristiana Gilman Keith Gilman Girl Scouts Troop 40113 Shoreh Goebel Barbara Gravlin Christopher Greiveldinger & Leela Rao Frank & Teri Grimmer David & Natalie Grunkemeier Peter & Kathy Guilfoyle Geoff Gullo & Natacha Yonezuka Dave Gurney & Dorine Szij John & Lynn Gutbezahl Michael & Michelle Halle Frank & Anna Halpin Naji Hamdan & Amy Bauman Molly Hamill & Clive Kienle Michael & Marietta Harrison Christopher & Kim Hasle Doug & Diane Haughton Geoffrey & Lauren Hausheer Tom & Priscilla Hibbard Brian & Jesentha Hintzman Wayne & Michelle Hodges Philip & Tracey Hodgson Lawrence & Jennifer Hoffman Leo & Molly Hopman Ryan & Yuko Hopman

James Armstrong & Susan Bates Norm Auzins & Bonnie Stewart Jash Banik & Bibiche Geuskens Nicolas & Constance Barthes Antony & Amelia Barton Matthew & Michelle Birchard Zachary Brown & Alice Nodelman Todd & Megen Brundage Peter & Stephanie Chang Dave & Beth Clifton Hugo & Jennifer Cordova Sebastian & Nathalie Debrun-Sittler Daniel & Erin Dhruva Matthew Donegan Dan Friedman & Amy Duryea David & Ursula Garcia Philip & Tracey Hodgson Dave & Jenn Hrabal Thomas Huff & Stephanie McAndrew John & Laura Hunter Scott & Randi Inukai Sean & Gretchen Keys Harold Kim & Nancy Lin Shane & June Kim Steve & Laurie Lesnard Larry Lewis & Kelly Post-Lewis Ethan & Elizabeth Meyer Ashok Modha & Stephanie Fernandes Vu & Lee Nguyen Jason Nims & Maria Bezaitis Kevin & Jennifer O'Brien Chris & Lynn O'Donnell Fabrice Paillet & Hui-Ning Fung Alfonso Pereira & Danielle Love John & Britt-Marie Phaneuf Pierre & Sarena Regazzoni Derek & Stacey Reiber Susan E. Rowell Eric Samuels & Christine Chang Scott & Tatyana Shaw Lincoln Sheranian & Jason McEllrath John Shipley Silver Family Foundation Daniel & Elysa Simone Mike Solly Matthew & Jeanette Swafford Lawrence & Mai Teherani-Ami John & Helen Townes John Um & Jennifer Kim Scott & Adrienne Vahlsing Johan van de Groenendaal & Lillian Sun Louis & Andrea Vintro Robert Warmkessel & Lea Trefsgar Andrew Kilshaw & Kristin Wellenstein Kilshaw Thomas & Gloria Widdows Brett & Raney Williams

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Mario and Alma Pastega Family Foundation Scott & Kathryn Marsal Adil Marsamane Elizabeth Marsamane Anna-Gaëlle Marshall & Seth Byrnes Aaron & Jennifer Martindale Chris Martinez & Kevan Anderson Stéphanie Martin-Sewall & Aaron Sewall Mattel Children's Foundation John Mayer Brent & Maureen Mays Wendy M. Mazaud Minda McCandless Michael & Maryellen McCulloch Bob & Sally McEllrath Grant McFarland & Elaine La Joie Steven & Linda McGeady Margo McGehee-Kelly Justin & Angela Merritt Ethan & Elizabeth Meyer Kelly Miller & Polly Bisquera Ashok Modha & Stephanie Fernandes Sharla Moffett Javid Mohtasham & Arezu Movahed Cedric & Angela Mollet Michael & Heather Moore Jim & Joan Moore Morgan Stanley Matching Gifts Program Corey Morris & David Rexford Todd & Jessica Munn Conrad Murashige Jerry & Brenda Murphy Myler Family Foundation Pamela Neferkara Matthew Neglia & Michael Brill Thomas & Regan Nelson Mireille Nett New Systems Laundry Vu & Lee Nguyen David Niederman & Amanda Michener Jason Nims & Maria Bezaitis Northwest Control Company Adrian Nunez & Nazanin Mansouri Kevin & Jennifer O'Brien John Ochwat & Carmen Kendall Chris & Lynn O'Donnell John & Renée Orlando Justin Ortiz & Darcy Cruikshank John Ostrowski & Kimberly Patterson Fabrice Paillet & Hui-Ning Fung Anton Pardini & Christiane Millinger John Parry & Andrea Hibbard Barry & Gina Parshall Kennedy & Roxanne Payne Martin Pechanec & Kamila Vagnerova Pediatric Dental Group Tanja Pejovic Alfonso Pereira & Danielle Love Marcus & Kyle Perez John & Britt-Marie Phaneuf Allan Pike Steven Pike & Allison Sneider Diana & Enoch Platas William & Ann Pleau Portland Dwell Sebastian & Sarah Prevost Rupert & Paula Prince Joel Puleo Kevin Putnam & Delia Grenville Fawwad & Lubna Qureshi Marc & Michelle Reeves Pierre & Sarena Regazzoni Derek & Stacey Reiber Pat & Randi Reiten Clint Rexford & Courtney Lakin Marc Riera & Kristen White Sean & Gina Riley

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Johan van de Groenendaal & Lillian Sun DJ & Jopie van Hameren Louis & Andrea Vintro Remco & Andrea Vloon Tolis Voutsas & Florence Perillat-Voutsas Eric Wallace & Kristina Wallace Knight Carol Wallace Craig & Jane Walz Robert Warmkessel & Lea Trefsgar Darold & Mary Ellen Wax Ted & Reva Weesner Wael & Kim Wehbe Andrew Kilshaw & Kristin Wellenstein Kilshaw James & Susan Wentzien Claudia Werner Tim & Danielle Wheeler Edward & Katrina Wheeler Leslie Wheeler Wheeler Foundation Jeff & Patty Whittington Thomas & Gloria Widdows Brian Wieser & Amy Edwards Paul & Michelle Willenberg Brett & Raney Williams Richard Wilson & Christina Henry de Tessan Satyen & Vijay Yadav Sami Yehia & Hassnaa Moustafa Tessa E. Yondorf David & Marie Young Chungcheng Yuan & Xin Tu Kenya S. Zappa Peter & Tracie Zenti Yanzhuo Zhou & Yibing Shu Kuan Zhou & Jingjing Hu Toban & Carmen Zolman

ENDOWMENT DONORS Anonymous Norm Auzins & Bonnie Stewart Antony & Amelia Barton Jack & Grayson Dempsey Jim Denman & Tamara Still Albert & Jing DiPiero Trevor & Carolyn Edwards Christopher & Kim Hasle John & Laura Hunter Harold Kim & Nancy Lin Shane & June Kim Mattel Children's Foundation Mario and Alma Pastega Family Foundation Ashok Modha & Stephanie Fernandes Pamela Neferkara Thomas & Regan Nelson John & Renée Orlando John Ostrowski & Kimberly Patterson Allan & Marney Pike Steven Pike & Allison Sneider Sidney & Diane Rosenheim Gabe Schiminovich & Mary O'Connor Tom & Megan Shipley Michael & Candice Smith Adam & Michele Starr Greg & Joann Taylor John & Helen Townes Edward & Katrina Wheeler

2015-16 ANNUAL GIVING

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FAIS FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 2015-16 OPERATING EXPENSES

OPERATING INCOME

Compensation…………………........……...…….......…………..............…$6,718,142

Tuition and Fees……………………………………...............…..$9,604,002

Non-Compensation Expenses...............……...………….................….$1,463,837

Fundraising Income…………………………………................….$554,646

Student Financial Aid...............………………….....……….............……….$241,241

Other Income…………………………………………................…..$151,354

Debt Service………………..……...............……………...…………............….$412,369

TOTAL INCOME…………………….…………………...............$10,310,002

TOTAL EXPENSES................…………………….....…......….............……..$8,835,589

Compensation

Tuition and Fees

Non-Compensation Expenses

Fundraising Income

Debt Service

Other Income

Student Financial Aid

HOW WE COMPARE

SUMMARY OF FUNDRAISING AND GIFTS

National Association of Independent Schools

Annual Fund Campaign………………………...…..........………$224,825

2015-16 Statistics

*Annual Gala………………………………………….........…….…..$203,450

INDICATORS PROFILE

NAIS DAY SCHOOLS*

Enrollment

FAIS

Other Fundraising…………………………………...........………….$31,452 Gala Special Appeal…………………………………...........…...….$94,919

440

557

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Average Financial Aid Grant

$12,848

$4,232

Tuition Grades 1-3

$18,019

$16,323

Tuition Grades 5-8

$19,904

$17,601

Endowment Per Student

$10,885

$567

$1,137

$404

JF Genay Financial Aid Fund…………………………..…......….$86,728

Percentage Parent Participation Annual Giving

67

64

Patricia C. Inskeep Library Fund………………………...........$108,312

Percentage Trustee Participation Annual Giving

100

100

TOTAL ENDOWMENT……………………………………..............$315,886

$19,254

$15,862

Percentage of Students on Financial Aid

Annual Giving Per Student

Expenses per Student

*NAIS data represents the median of all reporting schools' averages in each category.

TOTAL FUNDRAISING INCOME……………………...........……$554,646 *Revenue recognition deferred to 2016-17 school year.

FAIS ENDOWMENT FAIS General Fund……………………………………......………..$120,846

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FAIS VOLUNTEERS Winston Churchill once said: “You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.”

Our volunteers, whether they are FAIS parents, grandparents, or friends of the School, make a conscious decision to shape and uplift the life of our community and school every time they lead a committee, plan an event, coordinate a Gala art project, or clean up after a school dance.

We want to extend a special thanks to our volunteer leaders who went above and beyond their requisite twenty hours to enhance the School’s efforts. The Board of Trustees, under the leadership of Ursula Garcia, contributed innumerable

hours to help govern and sustain the School, with the special task of working with architects to begin to plan a possible new middle school building.

The Parent Liaison Committee was chaired by parent Stephanie Fernandes, and provided a monthly opportunity for parents to hear news of the School from division and department heads.

This past year, our Annual Fund reached a new high under the leadership of parents Normund Auzins and Bonnie Stewart and the support of our Annual Fund class representatives. La Fête du Vin provided a lovely opportunity for our community

Grayson Dempsey and Kristin Wellenstein Kilshaw

Margo Litwin and Lubna Qureshi

Stephanie Fernandes

Bonnie Stewart and Norm Auzins

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MAKE US GREAT! to gather together, sip wine, and enjoy music, all planned by Fête chair Kim Hasle.

Parents Grayson Dempsey and Kristin Wellenstein Kilshaw co-chaired the School’s biggest party of the year, the Gala Auction, which this year raised a record $203,450 for the School’s operating budget. The class art projects and class baskets, both led by volunteers working with students in the classroom and organizing with fellow parents, were highlights of the Gala and brought in many generous donations.

Supporting our admissions efforts was our New Family Welcoming Group, co-chaired by parents Christine Chang and Gretchen Keys, and our Parent Ambassador Network, led by parents Margo Litwin and Lubna Qureshi.

ANNUAL FUND Norm Auzins & Bonnie Stewart

LA FÊTE DU VIN Kim Hasle

ANNUAL GALA Grayson Dempsey Kristin Wellenstein Kilshaw

LOST AND FOUND Anna Halpin

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ursula Garcia Lisanne Butterfield Grayson Dempsey Matt Donegan Zan Galton June Kim Matt Litwin Kim Marcus Pamela Neferkara Kim Patterson Scott Shaw Megan Shipley Matt Swafford Bob Warmkessel CLASS BASKETS Amy Wilde-Taylor CLASS PROJECTS Dani Love Amy Bauman

Kim Hasle and Pam Dreisin

NEW FAMILY WELCOMING GROUP Christine Chang Gretchen Keys PARENT AMBASSADOR NETWORK Margo Litwin Lubna Qureshi PLC CHAIR Stephanie Fernandes

Ursula Garcia

RUN FOR THE ARTS Leslie Johnson Anna-Gaëlle Marshall Marga Vallejos SCRIP Seth & Nicole Chamberlin STAFF APPRECIATION EVENTS Lena Braun YEARBOOK Mark Boschert Christine Chang and Gretchen Keys

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ALUMNI PROFILE

BRADEN MILLER

17 Name: Braden Miller

College: Yale University

Age: 23

College Acceptances: Yale University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Vanderbilt

Years attended FAIS: 1998-2007 High School: Sunset High School, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program

Employer: Medical research internship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

In what ways did your experience at FAIS prepare you for what you’re doing today?

thing he wanted was for this news to consume me and to interfere with my education. I listened. He was less worried about himself and cared most about the impact this would have on his family in his wake. My dad’s attitude at the end of his life is what gave me my strength; I learned that our ultimate freedom is our ability to control our responses—our temperament—and thus our decisions. In turn, the world responds to you.

I want to convey to patients that through support, goal-oriented planning, and (most importantly) the right attitude, anyone can overcome great adversity. I chose to study cancer because I have seen first-hand that treatment options are inadequate (especially for patients with rare cancers like my father’s), and I have also seen that cancer biology is booming right now, which gives me hope and resolve.

In retrospect, I think the best decision my parents made for me was to enroll me in the French American International School. I give credit to FAIS for instilling a solid foundation in education, setting me up for a life of learning. The School’s culture was as demanding as it was encouraging. I remember in middle school after a lunch period my close friends and I—which was the whole class—acted as if we were still on recess. La maîtresse, who stood at the white board, wielding her ruler, expectantly awaited our attention. As soon as we acknowledged our inconsiderate behavior, the class fell silent. She paused. She demanded we exit the classroom, return to address her properly and try again. These lessons in respect cultivated the self-discipline and focus that would prepare me well for high school at Sunset and beyond. In class, reading and writing in French and Spanish was challenging, forcing me to think horizontally for alternate ways of expressing the same sentiment when I would forget important vocabulary. Moreover, the foreign exchange trips, the diversity of my class and faculty, and a multicultural curriculum all garnered a cultural competency important for living a full life, but also for a career in the medical profession.

How many languages do you speak, and how have you put them to use?

I speak three languages: French, Spanish, and English. I was well prepared to continue language classes at Sunset in fulfillment of the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma program requirements. I was that freshman in a Spanish class of upperclassmen—I’m sure other FAIS alumni know the feeling. I exhausted the Spanish courses available before senior year and took the highest French course—IB French. At Yale, I took an upper-level French seminar and, even then, was among upperclassmen. While learning foreign languages is one of the best exercises for the brain, I find it most meaningful when used to connect with others who cannot speak English. Two years ago, I volunteered at a free clinic for the underserved and was able to translate in Spanish for patients, which really helped facilitate the patient-physician bond.

I understand your father had cancer: How old old were you when he was diagnosed? And when he passed away?

Yes, my dad, Doug Miller, had a rare form of pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed my sophomore summer of high school in 2009. After a courageous fight, he passed away in March of 2012 during my first spring semester at Yale.

How much has that experience influenced your educational direction and your decision to pursue cancer research?

When my dad sat me down to reveal his diagnosis, he told me the last

What do you envision for the next five years of your life, career-wise? The next ten years?

I am applying to medical schools to be matriculated in the Fall of 2017.

During my application year, I will be living in Los Angeles doing clinical research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center under the mentorship of a liver and pancreas surgeon. My focus is the management of the same rare form of pancreatic cancer that my father had. I will be reviewing the medical literature and publishing papers based on patient outcome data in hopes of informing surgical decision making and expanding the patient population eligible for curative surgery. My long-term planning has me working at a hospital after completing a residency program in surgical oncology or perhaps something completely unrelated to cancer. I plan to enter medical school with an open-mind.

Is there anything else about your FAIS experience that you would like to share?

Aside from the multicultural focus, what separates FAIS from other schools is the level of engagement the teachers brought to the School each and every day. Across the board, FAIS teachers saw their role as being more than just an instructor. I remember feeling secure being taken care of by teachers and amazing aides who genuinely cared about our well-being in and out of the classroom. Small class sizes allowed the class to form close relationships with our teachers. That type of tightknit, supportive environment is key to any successful education. I have maintained friendships formed at FAIS and we often reflect on the shared memories we hold so dear.

What do you think your father would think today, if he saw what you were doing and where you are headed?

I know that he would be proud, and I think he would be able to rest a little easier knowing I had found a calling in medicine. He would be sure to remind me to leave the hospital from time to time to embrace the world’s flowers and to plant some bulbs for the future.

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ONE LETTER AT A TIME:

FAIS ALUMNA HELPS CONNECT STUDENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE In an age when handwritten letters are nearly obsolete, having mostly surrendered to email, Facebook, and Twitter soundbites, FAIS alumna Elizabeth Fosler-Jones and Yo Ghana!, the organization she co-founded over five years ago, are using letter writing to forge bonds between American and Ghanaian students.

It all started after Elizabeth graduated from Gilkey, began high school at Central Catholic, and was introduced to Dr. David Peterson Del Mar, an associate history professor at Portland State University and the parent of one of her classmates at Central.

“David had visited Ghana and wanted to organize a group of students from Oregon and Washington to write letters to kids there,” Elizabeth remembers. “He asked if I would be interested in collaborating with him. I thought it would be a cool experience, so I got a group of my friends together

and we wrote letters to a school called Purity Preparatory School, near Accra, the capital of Ghana. It turned out to be quite fun to do, so from there, we organized more and more schools and students to join the program and write letters.”

Yo Ghana! became a 501(c)(3) in 2013, and today they have nine board members, six of whom have PhD’s. Elizabeth is the secretary of the organization, and David connects the schools, facilitating the letter writing. Yo Ghana! has developed and continues to evolve, with its main focus the cross-cultural building of relationships through its letterwriting program. Now the organization also offers a grant program for the schools they work with in Ghana, many of which are rural and don’t have basic necessities. They work with seven of the ten regions in Ghana, and hope to expand that reach and also someday organize student exchanges between the U.S. and Ghana. This past summer

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they held their first conference in Ghana for teachers and administrators there.

Elizabeth says that the letter writing is not just fun (who doesn’t understand the joy of receiving a letter in the mailbox?), but also has debunked lots of stereotypes both Ghanaian and American students have had about one another, fostering a stronger sense of cross-cultural understanding.

“One young woman in Ghana noted that she’s learned that she’s not 'less than' students in the U.S.,” remembers Elizabeth. “Another middle school student from Springfield, Oregon, who has been through some difficult events in her life, including abuse, has said that the letter writing has helped her move on from her own difficulties.”

After a gap year spent working with Yo Ghana!, traveling several times to the country, Elizabeth is now attending Bowdoin College in Maine this fall, but will continue as the organization’s secretary and running its media channels.

“I’ve been so fortunate to be able to learn and grow with Yo Ghana! over the past five years,” says Elizabeth. “I’m constantly in awe of the dedicated, passionate, and talented people we work with, and am very thankful for the relationships I’ve formed with our teachers, students, and volunteers.”

To learn more about Yo Ghana!, or to volunteer or make a donation, email yoghana.org@gmail.com or visit their website at www.yoghana.org.

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Addy Burr '03 and Ansen Burr '08

William Leo '11

Addenbrooke (Addy) Burr '03 is currently living in Washington, D.C. and works for a real estate finance company in their marketing group.

Her passions outside work are photography and yoga, the latter for which she is a certified instructor. She joined her sister Ansen last spring for a week of travel in Eastern Europe.

Ansen Burr ’08 spent this past year near Chamonix, France teaching English to elementary students as part of the TAPIF program. While there she enjoyed hiking, climbing, and skiing, and was able to travel to Morocco, Greece, the UK and Iceland. She is currently enrolled in the MD/PhD program at University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon, for which she received full funding and a stipend from NIH through the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP).

Kyle Schiller ’09 is a junior at Carleton College. He recently earned the Chang-Lan Fellowship, which promotes cultural understanding between the United States and China through personal or academic explorations in China or China-related projects conducted in Asia.

Maddie Miller ’10 is a junior at the University of Oregon. She is studying business and is very involved with her campus sorority.

William Leo ’11 is a sophomore at Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C.

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Gilkey Class of 2012

Simone Herzberg '12

Sara O'Donnell '12

Jillian Hunter '15

Simone Herzberg ‘12 is a junior pre-medical student at Seattle Pacific University majoring in physiology, with a triple minor in French, math, and physics. She is also on the soccer team. Simone was named freshman of the year by the biology department, and is currently working on an article relating the incidence of ACL injury to menstrual cycle phase. She just spent the summer in Paris studying French at the Sorbonne.

Sara O’Donnell ’12 is attending Oregon State University on an academic scholarship; her language placement exams fulfilled all the requirements for her undergraduate bachelor of arts program. Sara also finished high school as a member of the National Honor Society, the French Honor Society, and the Spanish Honor Society.

John Ped ’12 received kudos in addition to his high school diploma upon his graduation from OES. John was awarded the French department award, the philosophy and religion award, the student body award, and The Susan Elizabeth McClave Award. He will attend MIT after a post-graduate gap year spent traveling and sailing.

Jillian Hunter ‘15 has returned to Portland after spending her ninth grade school year at Colegio Campoverde in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

She is currently a sophomore at OES and can be found on their volleyball court this fall.

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