French American International School (Portland, Oregon)
The French American International School (École Internationale Franco-Américaine) is a French and English language private school in Portland, Oregon, United States.
The school has an annual operating budget of over $7 million. Approximately 92 percent of operating revenue is generated by tuition, with other operations and fundraising activities accounting for the remaining 8 percent.
A partner school, the German American School, is located in Portland, and serves grades K-5. Its graduates may elect to attend middle school at FAIS, in order to receive German-language instruction in language arts and social studies.[3]
Community participation is emphasized at the French American International School. In 2012, three high school women who learned French at FAIS assisted with a World War II translation project about "a B-17 crash in the Alps near the French-Italian border."[4] A cookbook by the Families and Friends of The French American International School, Livre de Cuisine : A Compendium of World Recipes, has been favorably reviewed for its use of local food and focus on bringing young people into the kitchen to cook.[5] The school has received Audubon Society certification for "removal of invasive weeds and practicing wildlife stewardship,"[6] and a City Commissioner complimented its students for providing "sophisticated ideas and articulate comments" on the 2010 Portland Plan.[7]
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- Santa Rosa French-American Charter School
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- École Française Internationale de Vancouver
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