Welcome To The Friday Flash

The Friday Flash is our weekly newsletter for our current FASPS families, students, faculty, and alumni. It includes school news, upcoming events, student highlights, community news, and more. Stay up-to-date with all the incredible things happening at FASPS with the Friday Flash.

List of 6 news stories.

  • FASPS Shines At French Fest

    At this year's Seattle's French Fest, our FASPS choir joined other French immersion schools at Choir Pacific Networking, performing a 20-minute set led by Hélène Ferret-Kaufman. Students in grades 2–5 also participated in a collaborative song with their music teachers.
     
    FASPS proudly took part in Concours PHOTODD, an AEFE/Pacific Networking initiative on sustainability, showcasing FASPS student work under Middle School Arts Coordinator Julie Archer.
     
    It was also a winning day for Board Chair Julien Hervet and L’Experience Paris, earning top honors for Best Baguette  and Best Croissant! A special thanks to our Director of Enrollment Management, Pénélope Souquet, for serving as a judge alongside renowned culinary experts.

  • Visit From the Consul General of France In San Francisco

    We were honored to welcome Florian Cardinaux, the Consul General of France in San Francisco, to FASPS! It’s always wonderful to stay connected with the French community across the United States, and we’re so grateful for the visit.
     
    In the photo from left to right: Léa Goigoux (Media Representative for Florian Cardinaux), Eric Thuau (FASPS Head of School), Ariane Ogier (Honorary Consul of France), Florian Cardinaux (Consul General of France), and Julien Hervet (FASPS Board Chair).

  • FASPS Hot Lunch Containers are now compostable!

    The Green Committee is delighted to announce that our hot lunch provider, Ordo, is now packing hot lunches in compostable containers! This is a big win in an ongoing effort to implement more eco-friendly practices at FASPS.  
     
    Thank you to the dedicated members of the Green Committee, the facilities department, and Cedar Grove for encouraging Ordo to make the switch. Hot lunch never tasted so good!

  • School Lunches and Snacks: Packing Eco-friendly

    In light of the Green Committee’s recent exciting news about switching from plastic to compostable hot lunch containers, here are tips on how to make home-packed school lunches more sustainable. 
     
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  • FASPS Cultural Fair - Saturday, May 31, 2025

    The Cultural Fair will be presented on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at Islander Middle School on Mercer Island.  Please note that this is a new date, due to issues with the venue for the date we had previously announced.  We hope that this new date will be even better for our families who present and attend, and we're looking forward to seeing you there!
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  • Donations Welcome To Tutu's Pantry

    Through generous in-kind donations from FASPS families and other donors, Tutu’s Pantry provides food staples to families at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in the Central District of Seattle. 
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Calendar

  • Apr
    4

    FPC Meeting

    Globe 312
  • Apr
    7

    Spring Break – No school, Garderie Camp available

  • Apr
    14

    Spring Break – No school, Garderie Camp available

  • Apr
    15

    Teacher & Teacher Assistant in-service – No school, no Garderie

  • Apr
    16

    Board meeting

    FASPS - MPR - MPR
  • Apr
    18

    FPC Coffee

    FASPS - MPR - MPR
  • Apr
    19

    Seattle - Capitol Hill Preschool Open House

  • Apr
    21

    MS MAP Testing

  • Apr
    24

    Seattle - Capitol Hill Mini Coffee

    Seattle - Capitol Hill Preschool Campus
  • Apr
    28

    Elementary MAP Testing, Cont'd

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FASPS

With two campuses, our main campus on Mercer Island and our new preschool campus in the vibrant Capitol Hill area of Seattle, the French American School of Puget Sound (FASPS) is a private, bilingual school for children age 18 months (tiny young pre-kindergarten) through grade 8. Students benefit from a rigorous academic program, arts and technology curriculum, social and emotional learning, and a wide selection of extracurricular activities.
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