FAIS Magazine 2015

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CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE

01 New Faces at FAIS.............................................................................................................02 Show & Tell: Year in Review........................................................................................04 Above and Beyond: FAIS Enriches Outside of the Classroom.............................05 Looking to the Future: An Interview with Our Board President.........................08 Annual Giving 2014-15....................................................................................................11 Special Events 2014-15...................................................................................................16 Alumni Profile: Louis Wheatley......................................................................................18 Alumni Updates & College Choices.............................................................................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 Cover credit: Greg Darling Graphic design: Penelope Babst & JJ Robinson On the cover: Sixth grader Rhianna Farah kayaking on Cape Meares Lake for Summerfest’s From Hood to Coast camp.

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BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Dear FAIS Family and Friends,

“Watching our campus

evolve and change to better reflect our mission is very rewarding.”

As we enter our 36th year as a school, our campus continues to change and evolve in subtle—and not-so-subtle—ways. This fall we will have a newly remodeled campus kitchen, which provides an invaluable learning space for our students and teachers, our after-school cooking classes, ACE and Arts Weeks workshops, summer camps (and, of course, snack preparation for all students each and every day). Our heartfelt thanks to all the donors to this year’s Special Appeal at the Gala Auction, who helped make this kitchen remodel possible through their generosity.

Our “new” Center for the Arts is now an established, flourishing heart of our campus—it’s hard to imagine how we managed without it!

Also new is a beautiful wooden sign marking the main entrance of our campus, and three beautiful and striking kinetic sculptures, donated by generous anonymous donors this summer and strategically placed around campus. Watching our campus evolve and change to better reflect our school mission is very rewarding.

In this fall’s FAIS Magazine, you’ll read about our assorted extracurricular programs, which have been developed over the years to augment the educational program we offer at FAIS. You’ll also hear from Ursula Garcia, Chair of the Board of Trustees, about some exciting new changes ahead which will help advance our school vision and support our mission. The time is coming when we will need to expand our campus with new buildings that continue to support our program and robust enrollment.

Of course, as we approach any undertaking of this scale, it is essential that our community of parents, alumni parents, grandparents, alumni, and friends continue their longstanding tradition of support. FAIS is fortunate to have a strong history of fundraising success, starting with the campaign to build our current main campus in 1998, to the 2008 campaign to renovate the Rose Préau and add classrooms to Satellite 4, and our most recent fundraising effort, to establish the Center for the Arts.

Over the coming months and year you will be hearing more about these exciting plans. I am honored to have the opportunity to lead the School during this next phase of campus growth, and to work closely with members of our community who continue to demonstrate such a strong commitment to the future of FAIS. Sincerely,

Pam Dreisin, Head of School

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NEW STAFF 2015

NEW FACES AT FAIS David Billeaud, new 4th grade teacher in the Lower School, comes to FAIS via ten years of teaching in France, two years at Lycée franco-japonais de Tokyo, and most recently, four years at the International School of Boston. David received both history and teaching degrees in La Rochelle, where he was born.

David and his wife, Camille Rueff, who is also joining us in the Lower School as a 2nd grade teacher, have a daughter, Jeanne, at FAIS in kindergarten.

Half Finnish and half Iraqi, Laura

Birshan comes to FAIS as the extracurricular programs assistant

with an interesting blend of background and experience. After graduating from the University of Santa Barbara City College with a degree in English (while also studying culinary arts), Laura worked in development at the college level, for an international language school, and for a preschool. Most recently, Laura was head chef at Cyril’s at Clay Pigeon Winery. She is excited to make a full circle and be working in an educational setting again.

Kelly Chen will be teaching Mandarin Chinese at Gilkey International Middle School. Kelly was born and raised in Taiwan, and obtained her master’s degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Salisbury University. She taught Chinese at the university level for two years and also holds a certificate in teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages.

Christine Heiler will teach 6th and 8th grade English and 7th grade social studies, after having joined the community as a substitute this past year. Originally from Chicago, Christine holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Illinois Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in teaching and learning from DePaul University. She has been teaching for over 20 years, in schools in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C., with 15 years of experience in middle school English and social studies.

Tiffanie Herrmann will be joining the Middle School to teach 6th grade math (French track), and 6th and 7th grade Art of Geometry. Tiffanie is from Montpellier, in southern France, where she received her certification to teach mathematics. She also holds a teaching certification from Ontario, Canada where she taught at an International Baccalaureate school. Since moving to Portland in 2010, Tiffanie taught at Portland French School and Northwest Academy before joining FAIS.

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Paola Iturralde hails from La Paz, Bolivia, and speaks Spanish, German, English, and French.

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studied industrial design in Mexico, and has worked for several years as a designer and professor. Paola will be teaching Spanish in the Middle School. She and husband Vincent Brès, Lower School Division Head, have two sons at FAIS, Daniel in 4th grade and Antoine in kindergarten.

Véronique Pain, new 1st grade teacher at FAIS, has taught in France, at a French immersion program in Louisiana, and most recently in the Seattle area, for seven years each at French International School of Washington and French American School of Puget Sound. She received her teaching credentials in Poitiers, France. Veronique’s daughter, Elisa, is in the 4th grade at FAIS.

After teaching abroad for the past five years in international schools in Brazil and Turkey, Tawny

Pinz

has joined the FAIS faculty as a Lower School English teacher. Tawny is originally from Portland, Oregon, and received her bachelor’s degree from Portland State University and her master’s degree in teaching from Concordia University.

Joining FAIS as a new 2nd grade teacher is Camille Rueff, who most recently taught at the International School of Boston and has also taught in various settings in France for the past twelve years. Camille hails from Toulouse and enjoys playing rugby in her spare time. She and her husband, David Billeaud, also a new teacher in the Lower School, have two daughters, including Jeanne, who is in kindergarten at FAIS.

Laure Seugé, who likes to be known as “Nurse Laurie,” is a pediatric nephrologist by training, having completed medical school in Paris and residency and fellowship in Strasbourg, in eastern France. Laure joined FAIS as its nurse after spending the past two years volunteering at OHSU in pediatric nephrology (which she will continue to do for one afternoon a week). Laure and her family moved to Portland two years ago, and two of her three children are enrolled at FAIS: Augustine, in 2nd grade, and Basile, in 1st grade.

Candice Smith joins the FAIS community as its director of development following a year residing in Bordeaux, France and five years in Brisbane, Australia, where she was working as the advancement director at The Women’s College within the University of Queensland. Originally from Oregon, Candice worked in fundraising for several Portland-area colleges and universities, including Reed and Lewis & Clark, before moving abroad.

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2014-2015 YEAR IN REVIEW

SHOW & TELL Eighth Grade Adventures Abroad Each spring, most of the graduating 8th graders have the opportunity to spend two weeks abroad in the country of the language they’ve tackled for the past three years. This year’s trips to Austria, Belgium and France, Spain, Costa Rica, and China were a highlight and culmination of hours of language study and practice, as our students navigated new cities and experiences while speaking their second (and sometimes third or fourth, with students who’ve gone through the PS-8th program) language.

Upon their return to the U.S. and FAIS, each 8th grader completes a scrapbook featuring the people and places they’ve seen, the food they’ve eaten, and how the trip enhanced their view of the world.

Pictured at left, students on the trip to Spain pose on the steps of the Santa María del Naranco church, a long-standing tradition.

Budding Scientists Tackle First Lower School Science Tournament Some of our younger students were tasked with scientific questions during their first annual science tournament during May, held for five days during recess time. Sixty-nine 3rd through 5th graders were placed in groups, mixed by age, and presented with a science challenge. Points were awarded for completion of the challenge within the time allotted, and collaboration among the team members. The challenges were novel and various, including “Brain Saver,” where they were to invent a helmet that will protect a raw egg when dropped from ten feet onto a concrete sidewalk; “Bright Idea,” for which they built a hands-free reading light; and “Bridges,” where they built a cantilever, then joined together with another group to build a bridge with two cantilevers. In the end, the “A” team had the highest score, with team members Sutton Warmkessel (5th); Natalie Bernhard (4th); and Sloane Warmkessel (3rd), pictured here with science teacher Molly Hamill.

Fête de La Musique Welcomes Portland Luminaries The School community celebrated its third annual Fête de la Musique this spring, and some well-known Portland musicians (who also happen to be FAIS parents) were featured among the performances. Michael Allen Harrison, renowned songwriter and pianist, thrilled several small audiences with his music, and even played side-by-side at the piano with a few students. The day ended with a lively performance in the gym by Pink Martini, with FAIS parent China Forbes and Thomas Lauderdale (pictured at left), who performed several French songs resulting in audience participation from teachers and students.

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ABOVE AND BEYOND: FAIS Enriches Outside of the Classroom

Brimming with enthusiasm, FAIS 8th grader Delaney Armstrong

FAIS Extracurricular Programs—ACE and Arts Week, during October

describes her experiences with Summerfest, FAIS’ extracurricular

and February, PM Classes, FAIS+ (for in-service days), Summer Camp

summer program for middle school students. “It’s a break from

and Summerfest, Gilkey Athletics—round out the FAIS curriculum and

academics that’s still … academic!” she says. “There are always

give Lower and Middle School students a chance to stretch, relax, have

opportunities to try new things, even things you might be afraid to

fun, and explore new things. Classes are led by FAIS teachers, which

do.”

shares and showcases their talents, and outside instructors selected for their expertise; this also strengthens FAIS’ relationships with the

Delaney recalls her terror at the prospect of white-water rafting for

Portland community. Our rich program gives students an alternative

the first time, but after deciding to do a trip with Mrs. McCandless

(and complement) to FASCA, which is more similar to traditional

during June, she says, “It really built my confidence.” While floating

after-school childcare in nature.

down the river, she and her classmates noticed the sedimentary erosion along the banks of the Deschutes River, which they’d learned

Director of Extracurricular Programs Jonathan Mascaut is enthusiastic

about in science class the previous year. “We saw it firsthand, and it

about the possibilities. “I love being able to create classes and

really helped us understand it in a more concrete way.” continued on next page

As an avid athlete who participates on the Gilkey volleyball team, Delaney also speaks highly of the Gilkey Athletics program. “Coach Ron (Thomas) teaches us that fitness is not just fun and a way to spend your time, it’s a lifestyle; you have to stick to it!”

This adaptation of the FAIS logo (above) was featured on the 2015 Summer Camp T-shirts, and was created by FAIS extracurricular aide and artist Evan Bartholomew.

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ABOVE AND BEYOND

opportunities that are exciting for kids. We are balancing the strong

boys A team, which had an amazing run from start to finish and was

level of academics at FAIS with the new, the unusual, even the

ultimately crowned the 2015 MCL Basketball Champions. The gym will

unknown, sometimes. It’s a great way to broaden our students’ school

soon herald this accomplishment with a banner, and a trophy has been

experience.”

added to the FAIS collection.

A confirmed athlete might try chess, a computer whiz could dabble

Among the best features of FAIS Extracurricular Programs is its

in jewelry design or volleyball, and in all areas of the program there

breadth of offerings. Max Garcia, also in the 8th grade, says he loves

are unusual offerings that students might be hard-pressed to find

participating “in everything!”

elsewhere. Our PM Classes, summer programs, FAIS+, and Arts/ACE Weeks offer our Lower and Middle School students unconventional

“FAIS really provides me with options outside my classes, year-round,

choices like Comic Book Creator, Japanese Cuisine, and Farm to Table:

that reflect all sides of my personality.” The Summerfest class Art Your

Organic Gardening and Sustainable Agriculture.

Way let him pick the medium through which to release his creative spirit (he chose spray paint). Appealing to Max’s athletic side, Gilkey

Most notable in Gilkey Athletics this season was the success of our

Athletics gives him the opportunity to do soccer in the autumn and

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track and field in the spring. Max also is a budding chef, and thrived in

“Some of my closest friends are straight-on sports or straight-on art, and

the Farm to Table camp last summer.

because of the extra programs at FAIS I’ve seen them become more openminded and open to new experiences. Branching out like this, I think,

“We went to different farms all over Portland, and came back to the

helps us all figure out what our interests are, and who we are.”

School and cooked dinner for our families,” he enthuses. “My favorite part was going to the crêperie of Gabrielle Esbeck [FAIS parent]; it was

For more information about FAIS Extracurricular Programs, including

an incredible experience to see what the behind-the-scenes work at a

current offerings, visit www.faispdx.org.

restaurant was like.”

Sometimes students try new things that they never knew existed because of the extracurricular programs at FAIS—Delaney remembers

One of the features of FAIS Extracurricular Programs is the diversity of offerings. Here (top

experimenting with batik and glazed tile, two media she says she had

from left), young actors in a Summer Camp weekend showcase; Gilkey 5th-6th basketball

never before considered.

players; practicing equestrian skills; communing with barnacles during Summerfest From Hood to Coast (bottom row from left) vintage photography flair; after-school yoga class; spray painting for Summerfest’s Art Your Way; Edible Art during Arts Week.

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A CONVERSATION WITH

URSULA GARCIA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR

Q. Why is this a good time for the School to think about new buildings?

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Our school is in good shape! Healthy enrollment and good

financial discipline has put FAIS in a strong position with regard to reserves and our balance sheet allows for a degree of internally funded capital expenditures. We have made enormous progress over the last five years, by building on the fantastic efforts and contributions of the family members, staff, faculty and some generous donors who are now a part of our community. And, there is a clear demand and need for us to begin to upgrade and replace our buildings now, before many of the modular buildings begin to require costly and unproductive repairs.

Q. What preliminary steps has the Board taken to move forward on a possible capital project?

Q. What is the role of the FAIS Board of Trustees?

A. Our school Board has two key responsibilities: the first is to ensure sound long-term management of the School’s financial resources; in essence, to make sure the budget is balanced, and will continue to be balanced through a variety of potential future scenarios. The Board also sets the School’s long-term strategic plan in support of FAIS’ mission and vision. These dual roles help to ensure that the School’s programs, facilities, and capabilities serve the best interests of the FAIS community today, and long into the future.

Q. What is the current Board focused on at this time?

A.

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Last year, the Board engaged the Portland architectural

firm BOORA to help map out a strong framework for a longterm site plan for FAIS. We have an incredible richness in our 15 acres, but lots of unknowns. On what parts of our land can we build? How do slope, environmental easements, and traffic regulations restrict our use of the land? Would it make sense to try to acquire adjacent land? What do we really need most?

BOORA has an excellent reputation in the Portland community, and has worked with several other schools and educational institutions on similar projects. They spent a long time gaining an understanding of the current workings of our community by asking important questions such as: How do our children live and learn at school? Where and how do parents engage with

As part of its strategic responsibility, the Board of Trust-

facilities? What do the teachers have to work with, and what

ees at FAIS routinely reviews the School’s campus and facilities

do they need? How does traffic flow at different times of the

and how they are meeting the needs of our students. Anyone

day?

visiting the School can see that many of our buildings are modular. They have served us well but they were not designed

The BOORA team observed our campus and met a number

for permanent, long-term use and must eventually be replaced.

of times with several constituency groups to understand our

The Board is now working to extend and formalize earlier work

needs and priorities. They used this information, along with

conducted by prior committees, Boards, administrations, and

clear guidance from the Board regarding our likely financial

faculty to formalize a plan of action to begin to replace the

capabilities, to scope out several options for the renewal and

modular buildings.

improvement of our facilities. As this plan was developed,

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the Board and our Site Committee (made up of Trustees and

Q. So what’s ahead for the Board and the FAIS

other school parents) reviewed options and debated trade-offs.

Community?

The result was a framework for potential long-term building options, intended to be implemented gradually, and flexible

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enough to fine-tune decisions as we go.

agenda over the next months will be two critical goals: mapping

We want to start moving forward! At the top of the Board’s

out the first steps and timing to begin implementing this plan,

Q. What are the goals of our new Site Plan?

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and second, to begin to plan for a major capital campaign to support the work. You will see progress over the next year that

To maintain the intimate feel of the campus and promote

will enable us to finalize decisions about our first new building

its natural beauty; to reduce cars in areas where children cir-

work, and identify timing to start breaking ground. There is a

culate; to establish the School’s land and building capacity

lot of work to do, and we—like you—are impatient to get going.

needs; to develop the facilities to improve effectiveness of

You can be assured that with the support of the community and

teaching, learning, and operations; to create a timeline for

the ongoing commitment of the school staff and the Board, our

updating the campus that allows continuous operations and

campus will match the robust and dynamic community that we

minimizes interim maintenance; to address variables related to

call FAIS. Our school will look and function much better in the

permit, budget, and land acquisition; and to advance the long-

years to come, and provide an even greater experience and edu-

term goal of eliminating the modular buildings.

cation for our students.

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FAIS has a welcoming new sign at the entrance to its campus, given to the School by a generous anonymous donor.

2014-15 ANNUAL GIVING

ANNUAL GIVING GALA SPONSORS

Over the past year, the FAIS community once again upheld its commitment to our school and its mission, helping to ensure that the FAIS student experience

Alliance Française

continues to be extraordinary.

Aurora Mills Architectural Salvage Columbia Oral Surgery

During the 2014-15 school year, our community of volunteers, made up of

Dr. Yaillen Orthodontics

parents, grandparents, students, alumni, and friends of the School, raised

EyeHealth Northwest FAIS Families at Intel

nearly $500,000 for French American International School, and contributed

FAIS Families at Nike

over 8,000 volunteer hours! We have to thank our Board of Trustees, led by

FAIS Board of Trustees Northwest Heights Dental

Board Chair Ursula Garcia, our Annual Fund co-chairs John Ostrowski and Kim

Pacific Continental Bank

Patterson, and our Annual Gala chairs Bonnie Stewart and Grayson Dempsey

Pediatric Dental Group

for their leadership and service.

Providence Health Plans Rebound Orthopedics

Merci beaucoup! ¡Gracias! Danke schön! Xie xie! Thank you!

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CERCLE DE PLATINE ($2,000 and more) John Liu & Mary Sauvé Jonathan Lo & Claire Mak Janis Locenieks & Ilva Metlane Quimby Lombardozzi Tom & Anne-Marie Luckett JoAnn Lupton Yuming Ma & Jinmei Liao Mark MacDonald & Tina Jayaweera Maison Eclectique Suman Mallick Olivier Maquelin & Regine Priso Kim & Susan Marcus Mario and Alma Pastega Family Foundation Scott & Kathryn Marsal Adil & Elizabeth Marsamane Anna-Gaëlle Marshall & Seth Byrnes Toby & Leah Martin Stéphanie Martin-Sewall & Aaron Sewall

Anonymous Andrea Angell James Armstrong & Susan Bates Norm Auzins & Bonnie Stewart Jash Banik & Bibiche Geuskens Antony & Amelia Barton Bradford & Angela Black Mark & Roxanne Boschert Matthew Donegan Yianni Doulis & Jessica Helgerson Trevor & Carolyn Edwards Dan Friedman & Amy Duryea Zan & Lexi Galton

Dave Gurney & Dorine Szij Christopher & Kimberly Hasle Doug & Diane Haughton John & Laura Hunter Sarah Inskeep Sean & Gretchen Keys Shane & June Kim Harold Kim & Nancy Lin Daniel Kingsbury & Jennifer Aponte Eric & Laurel Koppelman Arun Kuchela & Hanny Tan Larry Lewis & Kelly Post-Lewis Michael & Maryellen McCulloch

Christian & Persida Myers Alexander Nicoloff & Lesley Otto John Ostrowski & Kim Patterson Fabrice Paillet & Hui-Ning Fung Alfonso Pereira & Danielle Love Pierre & Sarena Regazzoni Pat & Randi Reiten Ken Rhodes & Nancy Baker Sean & Gina Riley Tom & Megan Shipley Tyler & Joel Silver

David & Ursula Garcia David & Natalie Grunkemeier

Steve & Lisa McLain Ashok Modha & Stephanie Fernandes

Cristian & Marga Vallejos Brian Wieser & Amy Edwards

Prashanth Vallabhanath & Evelyn Curioso

Mattel Children’s Foundation John Mayer Brent & Maureen Mays Philippe & Wendy Mazaud Minda McCandless

CERCLE D’OR ($1,000 and more)

Michael & Maryellen McCulloch Grant McFarland & Elaine La Joie

Boris Agapiev & Vasja Jordanova

Jeffrey Johnson & Mihwa Hong

Fawwad & Lubna Qureshi

Adam & Claudia Batz

Hannah C. Jones

Dan Root & Julie Kim

Kevin Billingsley

Richard & Cindy Jones

Firas & Hanane Salhi

Jason & Rebecca McMillan

James Brayton & Deborah Marr

Jonathan & Meri Kemp

Eric Samuels & Christine Chang

Emilie & Jace McNeil

David Brown & Andrea Corradini

Gerrit Koepping & Elisabeth Zeller

Uday Savagaonkar & Dhanashri Kelkar

Justin & Angela Merritt

Zachary Brown & Alice Nodelman

Charles & Cheryl Kozloff

Craig Sayers & Andrea Silano Sayers

Alison Miller

Armando & Jocelyn Camara

Jack & Kristin Lampka

Carsten & Nicole Schemel

Kelly Miller & Polly Bisquera

Rubin & Priti Chandran

Marc Le Gras & Carmen Armenti

Gabe Schiminovich & Mary O'Connor

Ashok Modha & Stephanie Fernandes

Larry & Catherine Chow

Kent & Nancy Lee

Martin Schwartz & Marcia Freed

Sharla Moffett

Scott Clendenning & Eun Jung Cha

Chuck & Carlene Lenard

John Shipley

Dave & Beth Clifton

Jonathan Lo & Claire Mak

Richard Sohn & Alexandra Lee

Jeff & Tristin Conner

Mark MacDonald & Tina Jayaweera

Matt & Laura St. John

Daryl & Ashley DeLong

Toby & Leah Martin

Matthew & Jeanette Swafford

Bob & Pam Dreisin

Grant McFarland & Elaine La Joie

Lawrence & Mai Teherani-Ami

Todd & Jessica Munn

Gustavo Espinosa & Victoria Mueller

Steven & Linda McGeady

Louis & Andrea Vintro

Eloise Murashige

Espinosa

Michael & Heather Moore

Robert Warmkessel & Lea Trefsgar

Jerry & Brenda Murphy

Brian Fin & Jennifer Balentine

Todd & Jessica Munn

Wael & Kim Wehbe

Joel & Cheryl Murray

Mark Garzotto & Anne Myrthue

Vu & Lee Nguyen

Edward & Katrina Wheeler

Christian & Persida Myers

Ross Hagglund & Wendy Wilhelm

Chris & Lynn O'Donnell

Rita Wouhaybi & Sarah Vincent

Myler Family Foundation

Geoffrey & Lauren Hausheer

Steven Pike & Allison Sneider

Satyen & Vijay Yadav

Kaveh Nasri & Sepideh Kazemi

Christopher & Aysegul Jezewski

Scott & Carey Portzline

David & Marie Young

Steven & Linda McGeady Margo McGehee-Kelly Steve & Lisa McLain

Aurore M. Molerus Michael & Heather Moore Morgan Stanley Matching Gifts Program Corey Morris & David Rexford James & Luminita Mosley

Pamela Neferkara Mireille Nett Vu & Lee Nguyen Alexander Nicoloff & Lesley Otto David Niederman & Amanda Michener

ENDOWMENT DONORS

Northwest Heights Dental Adrian Nunez & Nazanin Mansouri John Ochwat & Carmen Kendall Chris & Lynn O’Donnell Oregon Community Foundation John Ostrowski & Kim Patterson Manuel & Christina Otero

Anonymous Daryl & Ashley DeLong Trevor & Carolyn Edwards John & Laura Hunter

Sarah Inskeep Shane & June Kim Mattel Children’s Foundation Mario and Alma Pastega Family Foundation

Ken Rhodes & Nancy Baker Sidney & Diane Rosenheim Greg & Joann Taylor

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2014-2015 ANNUAL GIVING

Pacific Continental Bank

Fawwad & Lubna Qureshi

Carsten & Nicole Schemel

Synopsis Employee Philanthropic Programs

Lisa Pacioretty

Judith Rafferty

Karen Schieferstein

Jessica Talisman

Fabrice Paillet & Hui-Ning Fung

Matthew & Tiesha Rask

Gabe Schiminovich & Mary O’Connor

Arnault Tanguy & Carole Le Pihive

Nathalie Paravicini

Rebound Orthopedics

Ted & Clarissa Schuh

Target

Anton Pardini & Christiane Millinger

Pierre & Sarena Regazzoni

Schwab Charitable Fund

Greg & Joann Taylor

Jean-Claude & Maarja Paris

Derek & Stacey Reiber

Adrien & Laure Seugé

John Taylor & Amy Wilde-Taylor

Barry & Gina Parshall

Matthew & Jennifer Reineck

Roland & Christiane Seydel

Lawrence & Mai Teherani-Ami

Kennedy & Roxanne Payne

Steve & Nancy Renwick

Larry Shapiro

Tektronix Foundation

Martin Pechanec & Kamila Vagnerova

Christina Reynolds

Scott & Tatyana Shaw

Christina K. Tempelaar-Lietz

Pediatric Dental Group

Ken Rhodes & Nancy Baker

Katherine Shea

Johannes & Katharine Tempelaar-Lietz

Tanja Pejovic

Sean & Gina Riley

Vandy Sherbin

The ODS Companies

Alfonso Pereira & Danielle Love

Jessica Ring

Tom & Megan Shipley

Kevin & Bing Theobald

Marcus & Kyle Perez

Marc & Lea Rivers

John Shipley

Bradley Thies & Marie-Christine Fieni-Thies

Kristina Perry

Genna Robertson-Hall

Yuriy & Tatiana Shusterman

Timothy & Kathy Thigpen

Jeff & Yeva Perry

Olivier & Laura Rochelois

Tyler & Joel Silver

Heidi & Bryan Thistle

Chad & Kim Pfefer

Dan Root & Julie Kim

Daniel & Elysa Simone

Scott Thomson & Ana Sacramento

Matt & Lisa Phillips

Sidney & Diane Rosenheim

Kathleen Simpson

Ernest & Regina Tipton

Steven Pike & Allison Sneider

Marion Rosier

Ted & Nancy Sims

Gregory Tomczyk & Isabella Li

Jan & Kay Pinkava

Dennis Roy & Holly Smithwick

Siva & Sudha Sivakumar

John & Helen Townes

Diana & Enoch Platas

Dany & Darine Sadakah

Carl & Stephanie Smith

Victor & Evelyne Tumanoff

William & Ann Pleau

Long & Ariane Saechao

Richard Sohn & Alexandra Lee

Richard & Hilary Uhlig

Oliver & Natalia Poida

Firas & Hanane Salhi

Neil Soiffer & Carolyn Smith

John Um & Jennifer Kim

Scott & Carey Portzline

Eric Samuels & Christine Chang

Ilseok Son & Kyungah Lee

United Way

Nigel Powell & June Fernandez

Bryant Santos & Amy Bruner

Susan Sotka

Gregory & Junel Unrein

Walter Pratt

Keene & Patricia Satchwell

Matt & Laura St. John

Scott & Adrienne Vahlsing

Sebastian & Sarah Prevost

Uday Savagaonkar & Dhanashri Kelkar

Adam & Michele Starr

Prashanth Vallabhanath & Evelyn Curioso

Arthur & Lori Prichard

Hank Sawtelle & Kacy Kozloff

Gil & Larissa Stoffels

Cristian & Marga Vallejos

Amy Prince

Craig Sayers & Andrea Silano Sayers

Cédric Strapart & Nadine Zaouk-Strapart

Rod & Ann Van Allen

Rupert & Paula Prince

Andrea Scasso

Matthew & Jeanette Swafford

Johan van de Groenendaal & Lillian Sun

Providence Health Plans

David & Ashley Schaaf

Richard Swanson & Ann Cassin

DJ & Jopie van Hameren Louis & Andrea Vintro Remco & Andrea Vloon

SPECIAL APPEAL - KITCHEN REMODEL

Tolis Voutsas & Florence Perillat-Voutsas Sengul Vurgun Elliot Wahba & Karen Douek

Clinton Ambrose & Cecilia Reinig

Naji Hamdan & Amy Bauman

Alexander Nicoloff & Lesley Otto

Andrea Angell

Maureen Harkin

Chris & Lynn O’Donnell

James Armstrong & Susan Bates

Christopher & Kim Hasle

John Ostrowski & Kim Patterson

Norm Auzins & Bonnie Stewart

Doug & Diane Haughton

Fabrice Paillet & Hui-Ning Fung

Jash Banik & Bibiche Geuskens

Geoffrey & Lauren Hausheer

Tanja Pejovic

Ron Barbosa & Susan Rowell

Wayne & Michelle Hodges

Alfonso Pereira & Danielle Love

Kristen Weber

Antony & Amelia Barton

Philip & Tracey Hodgson

Scott & Carey Portzline

Wael & Kim Wehbe

Josh & Caroline Bergström

John & Laura Hunter

Rupert & Paula Prince

Claudia Werner & Manuel Resendiz

Mark & Roxanne Boschert

Tim Jacobson & Emily Costa

Fawwad & Lubna Qureshi

Charlene Wesler

Andy & Helen Boucher

Derek Jensen & Julie Gulla

Derek & Stacey Reiber

Andrew & Jasmine Westmeyer

Zachary Brown & Alice Nodelman

Sean & Gretchen Keys

Firas & Hanane Salhi

Tim & Danielle Wheeler

Dave Chen & Jill Price

Shane & June Kim

Eric Samuels & Christine Chang

Dave & Beth Clifton

Daniel Kingsbury & Jennifer Aponte

Gabe Schiminovich & Mary O’Connor

Jeff & Tristin Conner

Gerrit Koepping & Elisabeth Zeller

Scott & Tatyana Shaw

Jack & Grayson Dempsey

Eric & Laurel Koppelman

John Shipley

Laura Donegan

Charles & Cheryl Kozloff

Tom & Megan Shipley

Matthew Donegan

Maria Kozo

Siva & Sudha Sivakumar

Brian Wieser & Amy Edwards

Bob & Pam Dreisin

Larry Lewis & Kelly Post-Lewis

Matt & Laura St. John

Brett & Raney Williams

Eugene Esaki & Suzanne Hilton-Esaki

Janis Locenieks & Ilva Metlane

Adam & Michele Starr

Richard Wilson & Christina Henry de Tessan

Dan Friedman & Amy Duryea

Grant McFarland & Elaine La Joie

Matthew & Jeanette Swafford

Charles Winstead & Kunjan Raval

David & Ursula Garcia

Steve & Lisa McLain

John & Helen Townes

Rita Wouhaybi & Sarah Vincent

Mark Garzotto & Anne Myrthue

Ashok Modha & Stephanie Fernandes

Prashanth Vallabhanath & Evelyn Curioso

Satyen & Vijay Yadav

David & Natalie Grunkemeier

Pamela Neferkara

Johan van de Groenendaal & Lillian Sun

Geoff Gullo & Natacha Yonezuka

Vu & Lee Nguyen

Gregory & Laura Waliczek Mark Walker & Anne Badgley Craig & Jane Walz Robert Warmkessel & Lea Trefsgar Mike & Louise Watkins

Edward & Katrina Wheeler Leslie Wheeler Wheeler Foundation Derrik & Julie Whitcraft Jeff & Patty Whittington Tien & Jim Whyte

David & Marie Young Kenya Zappa Peter & Tracie Zenti Yanzhuo Zhou & Yibing Shu

We gratefully acknowledge all donors who contributed to the French American International School from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. Contributors whose gifts were received after June 30, 2015 will be acknowledged in next year’s Annual Report. Every effort has been made to ensure that this report is accurate and complete. We apologize if we have omitted or misspelled your name. Please report any corrections to the Development Department at (503) 292-7776 x330.

Kuan Zhou & Jingjing Hu Craig & Debby Zimmerman

2014-2015 ANNUAL GIVING

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FAIS FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 2014-15 OPERATING INCOME Tuition and Fees……………………………………...............…..$9,392,811 Fundraising Income…………………………………................….$511,327 Other Income…………………………………………................…..$130,589 TOTAL INCOME…………………….…………………...............$10,034,727

OPERATING EXPENSES Compensation………………………...………………..............…$6,377,141 Non-Compensation Expenses……...…………...............….$1,299,575 Student Financial Aid…………………..……….............……….$237,804 Debt Service…………………………………...…………............….$412,369 TOTAL EXPENSES……………………………...….............……..$8,326,889

OPERATING INCOME

SUMMARY OF FUNDRAISING AND GIFTS

Tuition and Fees

Annual Fund Campaign………………………...…..........………$200,175

Fundraising Income

*Annual Gala………………………………………….........…….…..$188,974 Other Income

Other Fundraising…………………………………...........………….$56,278 Gala Special Appeal…………………………………...........…...….$65,900 TOTAL FUNDRAISING INCOME……………………...........……$511,327

FAIS ENDOWMENT FAIS General Fund……………………………………......………..$107,894 JF Genay Financial Aid Fund…………………………..…......….$56,848 Patricia C. Inskeep Library Fund………………………...........$103,380 TOTAL ENDOWMENT……………………………………..............$268,122

HOW WE COMPARE National Association of Independent Schools 2014-15 Statistics INDICATORS PROFILE

ALL NAIS DAY SCHOOLS

FAIS

526

562

Average Enrollment Percentage of Students on Financial Aid

21

10

Average Financial Aid Grant

$11,250

$4,086

Average Tuition Grades 1-3

$19,508 $15,925

Average Tuition Grades 5-8

$21,894 $17,130

OPERATING EXPENSES

Average Endowment Per Student

$14,413

$478

Compensation

Average Annual Giving Per Student

$1,182

$353

Percentage Parent Participation Annual Giving

72

64

Percentage Trustee Participation Annual Giving

100

100

Average Square Footage per Student

226

138

$21,196

14,817

Total Average Expenses per Student *Revenue recognition deferred to 2015-16 school year.

Non-Compensation Student Financial Aid Debt Services

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2014-2015 SPECIAL EVENTS

FAIS HAPPENINGS La Fête du Vin Each autumn, as the leaves (and rain) are beginning to fall on the FAIS campus, the School hosts its first community event of the school year, la Fête du Vin. This past fall, parent co-chairs Kim Hasle and Shannon Conley welcomed more than 200 current and former FAIS parents, faculty, and friends to the Atrium at Montgomery Park during November. The guests danced under twinkling garlands of lights and paper lanterns to Latin music by Pilon d’Azucar, sampled gourmet hors d’oeuvres, and tasted wines from Bergström, Cameron, Domaine Drouhin, Patton Valley, Petit Monde, and Scott Paul. Many thanks to our guest vintners and distributors, who donated 30 to 50 percent of their wine sales to support programs at FAIS, and to our guests, who supported this event so generously.

From left: FAIS parents John and Amy Wilde-Taylor, 3rd grade teacher Jennifer Reineck, and FAIS parents Corey Morris and David Rexford.

Holiday Market As the days get colder and anticipation of a new year begins, FAIS took time out last December to invite its own and the wider Portland community to celebrate at the 2014 Holiday Market.

Sponsored by the Alliance Française and attended by more than 1,100 shoppers, the Market featured entertainment by students, parents, and faculty, setting the mood as shoppers perused highend crafts, gifts, jewelry, clothing, and more; a portion of the vendor proceeds was donated back to the School. Merci beaucoup to our Holiday Market Co-Chairs, Ashley Schaaf and Amy WildeTaylor; Mireille Jeukens, our entertainment chair; and the entire Holiday Market committee for their time and talent they dedicated to this event.

Angela Tipton, class of 2015, was among the student vendors at our 2014 Holiday Market.

Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day As our students and teachers headed into the final stretch of the academic school year this past spring, some of our students’ most important family members and friends visited the FAIS campus during May, for the 17th Annual Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day. Two hundred guests were welcomed by Head of School Pam Dreisin for brunch and musical entertainment from kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th grade students. Post-brunch, as is tradition, classrooms in all corners of the campus were open for visits, creating treasured memories for both the students and their guests. Many thanks to our teachers, parents, students, and staff volunteers for their help and support of this memorable event.

Lola McAndrew joins grandson Thomas Huff and classmate Elsa Lane in a laugh.

2014-2015 SPECIAL EVENTS

Le Cirque Stiltwalkers and contortionists, a ring toss (over wine bottles), black-and-white bunting, gold circus animals, and floating balloon bouquets all contributed to the spirited atmosphere at FAIS’ 27th Annual Gala, Le Cirque, led by parent cochairs Bonnie Stewart and Grayson Dempsey.

Guests flooded into downtown Portland’s Sentinel Hotel and bid competitively over class baskets and high-end silent auction items, fueled by savory hors d’oeuvres and Champagne.

Paddles were then raised high while guests enjoyed gourmet offerings from Jake’s Catering and wines from FAIS family winery Bergström and distributor Petit Monde. This year’s Gala raised more than $255,000 to support the FAIS operating budget, including nearly $70,000 from the Special Appeal paddle raise to renovate our campus kitchen. After the live auction, the guests with stamina danced the night away to the music of DJ Onlychild at the Post-Gala Celebration. Thank you to our Mistress of Ceremonies, Serena Zilliacus, Stokes Auctioneer Brad Caldwell, the entire Gala Committee, and all of the Gala volunteers, donors, sponsors, and advertisers. Many thanks, also, to our major sponsors the FAIS Board of Trustees, EyeHealth Northwest, and Pediatric Dental Group. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Le Cirque Gala co-chairs Bonnie Stewart and Grayson Dempsey, with Head of School Pam Dreisin

Gala guests Stephanie Fernandes and Ashok Modha

Contortionists thrilled the crowd at Le Cirque, this spring’s Gala Auction.

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ALUMNI PROFILE:

LOUIS WHEATLEY Name: Louis Wheatley Years attended FAIS: 1997-2006 College: Dartmouth College* Job Title: Editorial Contributor

Age: 22 High School: Lincoln High School College Majors: History and Romance Languages Employer: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

*Graduated magna cum laude, with high honors in history. Received 2015 Chase Peace Prize, awarded for the best thesis at Dartmouth College in any discipline treating the subject of war, peace, and conflict resolution.

How did your FAIS education prepare you for Dartmouth and beyond?

If critical thinking is the bedrock of liberal arts education, then I think my years at FAIS indelibly shaped my intellectual growth and curiosity. To study even basic elementary concepts through a non-American lens empowered me with a wider, more three-dimensional worldview. Along with my upbringing in a Czech-American home, this kind of education normalized the idea that different perspectives work better in concert than in opposition.

Looking back, I also think attending FAIS sparked a gut instinct to question any status quo. In first or second grade, I came home one day with a revelation, stunned to have discovered that kids and teachers at other schools spoke English in class, as opposed to French. Over the years, I recognized that attending immersion school was a huge privilege, offering me experiences that other kids in my neighborhood couldn’t easily access. It taught me to think twice about anything labeled as “normal” or “the way it’s always been,” including in my own life. It’s a gut instinct that has served me well. And a lot of credit goes to my great teachers for trusting us to tackle difficult issues at a young age. I remember broaching how colonialism had brought the French language to West Africa and Southeast Asia (in second grade), or debating whether the Catholic Church was prepared to elect a pope from a community of color (seventh grade). Interacting with the world beyond our own horizons was a formative lesson in critical thinking and empathy.

Did your FAIS education have an influence on your career choice or your field of study? If so, how?

Perhaps it’s cliché, but FAIS erased the borders that otherwise might have held back some of my most pivotal life experiences thus far. To write my senior thesis, I insisted on getting out of the library and traveling as far as Argentina to directly interview the activists I was studying. When charting the path for my first year after college, I embraced a rare chance with the UN to live and work abroad in Budapest. In no small part thanks to FAIS, I’ve been able to take these opportunities quite literally as far as I possibly could.

Are there skills you learned while at FAIS that you have applied to your career?

I remember being coached to find beauty in precision. Under the surface of every assignment, whether it was reciting poems par coeur or casting angles with a compass, my teachers gave a lesson in paying close attention to detail without requiring perfection. It’s a value and a skill that I carried with me through college and now into my career, knowing it has made me a more thorough researcher and a more meticulous writer. In the same vein, I probably owe a great deal to the French language itself. Francophones value their language more than any other people I’ve come across. Take, for example, that the humanities formed the core of my early education, or that French comedy sets itself a step above the rest with its hallmark acrobatic wordplay. French has always inspired me to approach language as a creative tool. It’s a trait I can’t imagine developing through a different language, although it has absolutely influenced the way I express myself in any language. And I can’t be the only FAIS alum who indulges in reading about the latest study lauding the cognitive benefits of multilingualism. It’s self-gratifying to be sure, but I think most of us would agree that we’ve gained a great deal more than just linguistic fluency.

How many languages do you speak, and what are they?

I speak five languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, and English.

What do you envision for your career for the next five years? The next ten years?

This year of editorial work for the UN, which focused on international development in the post-Soviet region, has inspired me to pursue a career in writing and journalism. I hope to start off doing investigative work in the U.S., perhaps graduating someday to international reporting. There’s nowhere I’d rather be than neck deep in a story, connecting dots that aren’t plainly linked and picking up insights that change how we understand our society.

Among my many personal projects, I am perhaps most excited to continue growing Mission: Citizen, a Portland-based non-profit organization that I co-founded with a cohort that included FAIS alumna Emilie Segura. Through Mission: Citizen, passionate high school students are helping immigrants across the Portland metro area prepare thoroughly and thoughtfully for the U.S. naturalization exam. The work is incredibly rewarding, and working side by side with a classmate and friend from my days in Maternelle has made it that much better.

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Louis Wheatley ’06 poses by an urban mural in Brooklyn, NY.

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Stephen Lockwood ('01) graduated in 2008 from St Mark's School, and attended the Faculty of Arts at McGill University, graduating in 2008. He received a master's degree in public health from the OHSU/PSU program in 2011, graduated this past May with an MD from McGill Faculty of Medicine, and is now enrolled in a combined anatomical and clinical residency program at Harvard, Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Estelle Berger (‘07) is currently entering her senior year at Brown University, where she is majoring in urban studies.

Alyssa Renck (’07) recently graduated from Parsons The New School for Design with a BFA in fashion design. She also finished up a summer internship at Altuzarra, culminating with the SS16 fashion show during New York Fashion Week in September. She has one more semester to finish up her BA in culture and media studies from Eugene Lang The New School for Liberal Arts. She is currently interning for NBC Universal for Saturday Night Live’s costume department.

Alexander Tomlinson (‘07) graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in biochemistry, and is now working in a research lab at the Casey Eye Institute at OHSU. During his gap year before applying to medical school, he’s planning to spend his time traveling and continuing to play ultimate frisbee.

Makenna Huck (‘08) is attending the University of Oregon and will graduate in June of 2016. She is currently interning for a local advertising and marketing agency in downtown Eugene, and she is the assistant firm director of an on-campus public relations firm called Allen Hall Public Relations. Makenna is also very involved in her sorority, running all of their social media accounts. Makenna hopes to continue working in the field of public relations and communications for an agency or corporation after graduating next spring.

Madeleine Knox (‘08) is a junior at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY studying industrial design. She took a gap year prior to Pratt and traveled through Europe with the WWOOF program (WorldWide Opportunities on Organic Farms). Madeleine is also still actively pursuing aerial performance arts which she started in the FAIS gym, working with Pendulum Aerial Arts.

Warren Piehl ('08) recently graduated magna cum laude from Portland State University with a B.S. in speech and hearing sciences and a minor in psychology. He was recently accepted into University of Washington's doctor of audiology program and is continuing his studies in Seattle this fall. Warren plans to pursue a dual AuD/PhD degree, focusing on balance science and disorders.

Shayan Joobbani (‘10) is a second year student at Portland State University, studying civil engineering. He shares that he spent a lot of time outdoors this past spring and summer, including a fishing trip to Utah.

He is also a volunteer responder for Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue.

Cory Martinez (‘10) is back at home in Portland since completing training last spring as a combat engineer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.

He now reports to the local base once a month for drill and is enrolled at Portland Community College.

Natalie Berger (‘11) graduated from OES in June and is taking a gap year before starting at Kenyon College next year, where she will spend her first fall at the Aegean Center for Fine Arts.

Elizabeth Fosler-Jones ('11) continues to work with the program she founded three years ago, Yo Ghana, which links local children with pen pals in Africa. The program has already connected over a thousand children from across the world. Elizabeth is planning to take a gap year after graduating from Central Catholic this past spring, and is traveling in Ghana this fall.

Kieran McTague (’11) graduated from Lincoln this June, and is attending the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio this fall. He plans to major in international relations and French, with a minor in Spanish. He also will be joining the varsity tennis team, as a freshman. Kieran has traveled to Europe every summer, visiting many countries, spending most of his time in France for tennis training and competing on clay courts. This past fall and spring he passed the DALF C1 and C2 exams.

Kylee Huck (‘11) graduated from Sunset High School, and is currently attending the University of Oregon, studying human physiology.

Laura Miles (‘11) graduated from Cleveland High School, where she continued with her studies in Mandarin and worked as a student mentor and tutor in French. Laura is taking a gap year, spending much of it in Antigua, Guatemala, where she'll be volunteering in an animal clinic/shelter and studying Spanish. Laura spent this past summer taking a year's worth of Spanish at PCC to prepare for her trip, and reports that she will soon decide where to attend college.

Devon Thompson (‘11) made a royal visit to the FAIS campus, visiting 1st and 2nd grades in her official role as the 2015 Rose Festival Princess from St. Mary's Academy. She spent time reading with the students, and shared what it is like to be an important part of one of Portland's longest-standing traditions, the Rose Festival Court, now celebrating over a century of crowning Rose Festival Queens. Devon is attending Emory University.

Luisa Valentini (‘11) reports that she just completed her IB diploma and graduated from the German European School in Singapore. This past summer she and her family moved to Hamburg, Germany, and Luisa recently moved again, to Norwich, UK to attend the University of East Anglia, where she will study medicine. Luisa says that “Gilkey most certainly played an important part to getting me to where I am at now.”

Julia Espinosa (‘14) spent the summer road-tripping with her mother to San Jose, CA, for the 2015 Summer Nationals in fencing. Julia competed in five women’s foil events, and ended up in third place in the Division 3 event, earning her "C" rating in foil.

For the past two years, Raimy Hamdan (’14) has been volunteering for Abby’s Closet, a Portland organization that supplies formal dresses for high school girls to wear to their proms at no cost. She now serves on their student board. Raimy is a sophomore at Oregon Episcopal School.

Anya Bennett (’14) competed in the Junior Olympics in water polo this past summer, in Orange County, CA. Her team, THills Water Polo Club, is ranked 1st in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii and 41st in the United States, overall. Anya is a sophomore at Lincoln High School.

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