Tour FASPS!
Open the world to your child. Open your child to the world. Today!
Tour FASPS and discover the cognitive, social, cultural, economic, and health benefits of being bilingual. Tours last approximately one and a half hours. To sign up for a tour, please email Déborah Worrall, our Admissions Director, at Inquire@FASPS.org. Note: Students do not have to speak French when entering tiny youn pre-kindergarten (Tiny YPK, which begins at two years of age), young pre-kindergarten (YPK), pre-kindergarten (PK), or kindergarten (K), and French does not need to be spoken at home.
We look forward to meeting you and your child!
Upcoming Dates
- OCT 18: Teacher In-service Day (NO SCHOOL | Garderie Camp Available)
- OCT 21: Boarding School Educational Fair (non-FASPS Event)
- OCT 21-25: Fall Break (NO SCHOOL | Garderie Camp Available)
- OCT 28: Classes Resume
- OCT 30: FASPS Parent DEI Conversation, Led by Heather Clark, PhD (3:45-5:15pm)
- OCT 30: November Hot Lunch Registration Closes
- NOV 2: Saturday Science Class Section A (Grades 2-4) Begins (8:45-10:15am)
- NOV 5: Parent-Teacher Conferences (NO SCHOOL | Garderie Available Only During Your Conference Time)
- NOV 9: FASPS Lower School Open House (10am-12pm)
- NOV 27-29: Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL | No Garderie)
- DEC 15: FASPS Sibling Application Deadline
- JAN 21: FASPS Alumni Student & Parent Get-together in Paris, France
- Looking for Native French Speaker: A FASPS family is looking for a native French speaker to spend time with the kids during the weekends. Hours and dates flexible. Please call or text (206) 747-3022. Merci!
- Looking for a French Tutor for an adult (basic / intermediate level) once a week. Preferably on Saturdays; willing to travel. Please email dominika.heyduk@gmail.com.
- FASPS Family Seeking French- and English-speaking Nanny: FASPS family with one child seeking a French- and English-speaking nanny for 30–40 hours a week beginning in November. Please email jenhall.derm@gmail.com.
- Work for an Amazing Company in Paris: This is a sales support role that has a lot of detail administration. Must speak French fluently. Click Here
- French Cinema Now Film Festival (Sept. 26-Oct. 3): Click Here
- Mercer Island Sister City Association Showing French Films This School Year: November 22: "Seraphine" (Martin Prevost, 2008); February 28: "Le Concert" (Radu Mihãleanu, 2009); March 27: "Le Mystére Picasso" (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1956); Click Here for Details
- Mercer Island Preschool Association Toy Swap at Islander Middle School (Nov. 9): Click Here
- FASPS Will Host the Cinéclub Francophone, Nov. 19, 6-8pm: Le mystère Henri Pick will be shown. Email Sylvie@MadeinFrance-usa.org with questions.
- Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Festival at Columbia Tower Club (Nov. 22) (Tickets on Sale): Click Here
2018-2019 Yearbooks Are In
If you ordered a 2018-2019 yearbook, they have arrived and are available for pick-up at the Front Desk. Thank you.
Located on Mercer Island just east of Seattle, the French American School of Puget Sound is a private, bilingual school for children age 2.5 (young pre-Kindergarten) to grade 8. Students benefit from a rigorous academic program, arts and technology curriculum, social and emotional learning, and a wide selection of extracurricular activities.
