Type Private Principal Vincent Bres Grades Preschool-8 Phone +1 503-292-7776 Mascot Eagles | Opened 1979 Head teacher Pam Dreisin Newspaper La Gazette Number of students 550 Founded 1979 | |
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Address 8500 NW Johnson St, Portland, OR 97229, USA Accreditation Northwest Association of Independent Schools Similar Catlin Gabel, French American School, Jesuit High School, Oregon Episcopal School, The Internatio School Profiles | ||
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.
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." 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. The school has received Audubon Society certification for "removal of invasive weeds and practicing wildlife stewardship," and a City Commissioner complimented its students for providing "sophisticated ideas and articulate comments" on the 2010 Portland Plan.