Family School Alliance (FSA)
The Family School Alliance includes all CAIS parents and guardians of students and is focused on supporting the school’s mission, values and programs through volunteer service, community building and events.
All parents and guardians of students as well as all faculty and staff are automatically members of the CAIS FSA and are invited to attend general meetings. CAIS faculty members—represented by the early childhood, lower and middle school directors—have an important voice and are encouraged to attend.
Events
FSA organizes a variety of events and activities which draw our community together socially, including:
- Mid-Autumn Moon Festival/Back to School Potluck
- Fall and Spring Family Camping Weekends
- Holiday Faire
- CAIS’s participation in the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade
- End of Year Potluck
Meetings
FSA meets monthly during the school year, at the Oak campus, from 8:15 a.m.—9:15 a.m. The dates are included on the FSA view of the CAIS School Calendar. Please join us!
FSA LEADERSHIP 2020-2021
FSA Chair
Connie Chieng
Vice Chair
Melanyann Garvin
Treasurer
Grace Ramos Wong
Secretary
Ben Wen
FSA LIAISONS 2020-2021
Parents are welcome to email fsa@cais.org at any time. In addition, FSA has a network of parent grade liaisons who volunteer to facilitate communication between their grade and the FSA leadership.
Many thanks to the 2020-2021 grade liaisons:
- 8th Grade - Rong Pan
- 7th Grade - Jean Yuan
- 6th Grade - Christine Wan
- 5th Grade - Helene Kocher
- 4th Grade - Jane Choi
- 3rd Grade - Karine Serra
- 2nd Grade - Wynne Kwee
- 1st Grade - Cathy Lin
- Kindergarten - Daniel Risman-Jones
- Preschool - Charlie O’Leary
Event Chairs
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival |
Josephine Chan & Erik Tai |
Fall & Spring Camping |
May Ng |
Holiday Faire |
Rachel Chen (+ Janice Ong, Cathy Lin & Denyse Clancy for Gingerbread Houses) |
Teacher & Staff Appreciation, Winter |
Matthew Lombard, Cindy Chang |
CNY Parade |
Lucy Almers |
Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week, Spring |
Jaime Hersh, Matthew Lombard |
End of Year Potluck |
Matthew Lombard |
Room Parent Coordinators |
Helene Kocher & Eleanor Chen |
Lost & Found |
Jaime Hersh & Alice Naranjo |
CAIS Spirit Wear Boutique |
Pauline Ang |
Community Service: |
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SCHOOL FOODIES
SchoolFoodies is the hot lunch provider for ECD and Lower School and an option for Middle School. Use the following school codes to register.
Preschool: CAISECD
ECD (K-1st): CAISFSA
Lower School (2nd-4th): CAISFSA
Lower School (5th): CAIS5
Middle School (6-8): CAISMID
See the ECD and Lower School Division pages on PowerSchool for helpful instructions on how to order.
SUPPORT FSA
AmazonSmile
Help raise money for CAIS FSA while you shop on Amazon.com. Bookmark smile.amazon.com*. On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you are prompted to select an organization, search for and select “Chinese American International School” and you’re set! Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to CAIS.
* Here are instructions for how to use AmazonSmile via the Amazon Mobile App: AmazonSmile Mobile App Instructions @ Amazon.com.
Sports Basement
Shoppers must enroll in the Basementeers Program in person to receive 10% off purchases and ensure that 10% of profits go to the FSA. CAIS FSA is listed in the Sports Basement program as “CAIS Chinese American.”
ActivityHero
Book after school and weekend activities, and the FSA will receive a percentage of your purchase.