On Wednesday, September 6th, FLIS held a special meeting with parents, in which we encouraged parents to get involved with the school.  All parents and staff are automatically members of the PTA when they join the school community.

 

　　家委會（Parent Teacher Association, 縮寫為PTA），即由家長、學校職員及社區成員所組成的協會。PTA主要有以下兩個主要職能：首先是促進社會融合和互動，其次是通過項目籌集資金和與兒童慈善機構一起工作來支持學校履行社會責任。

　　The Parent Teacher Association (aka PTA) is made up of parents, school staff and community members. The association has two primary functions: firstly to promote social integration and interaction, and secondly to support the school in fulfilling its social responsibilities by raising money for projects and working alongside children’s charities.

 

　　作為幼兒園及小學部門校長，Jeanne女士與德育處主任Kata女士一同出席了該會議。她們向在座家長介紹了數項PTA參與方式，可以作為一名志愿者參加協會舉辦的活動、作為一個班級的聯絡人、或是一個協調委員會的成員。這完全取決于家長們的興趣、才能以及他們能為此付出的時間和精力，諸如加入PTA指導委員會/參與社會活動，成為班級聯絡人/家長大師/家長代表，等等。

　　As Principal of ECE and Primary school, Ms. Jeanne Sobo attended the meeting with Ms Kata Wu, the Director of Character Education department. They introduced a number of ways in which parents can involve themselves in the PTA. It really depends on their interests, skills and their ability to give time to the association, like joining the PTA steering committee/social events, being room parents/parents ambassadors/parents representatives.

　　此前福州西湖國際學校曾成功舉辦過數次慈善活動，今年也將繼續這項傳統。我們真誠希望能一如既往地獲得家長們的支持。此外，許多家長擅長廚藝，熱愛旅行。對此，家長社團將會向西湖國際學校社群征集私房食譜與旅途故事，我們將制作學校自己的食譜集以及旅行手冊，售出資金將用于慈善活動及救援工作。

　　Since FLIS has already held some successful charity events, this year we're willing to carry on the tradition.  We sincerely hope parents can continue to offer their wonderful support.  Many parents are good at cooking & baking and some are true travel enthusiasts. The FLIS Cookbook & The FLIS Travel Book also await your contributions! We can sell the books to fundraise for parent directed projects such as school improvements or charity & relief efforts.

　　PTA的結構及組織意在創造參與及奉獻的機會，而非增加家長負擔、讓大家感到費力辛苦。參與越多，所能達成的快樂與成就也越多。

　　我們期待您的參與！

　　The structure and organization is designed to create opportunities to be involved and to contribute. It is not intended that parents’ involvement should in any way be arduous, the more people we have involved, the more we can achieve and enjoy together!

　　We look forward to your participation！