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(huì)（Parent Teacher Association, 縮寫(xiě)為PTA），即由家長(zhǎng)、學(xué)校職員及社區(qū)成員所組成的協(xié)會(huì)。PTA主要有以下兩個(gè)主要職能：首先是促進(jìn)社會(huì)融合和互動(dòng)，其次是通過(guò)項(xiàng)目籌集資金和與兒童慈善機(jī)構(gòu)一起工作來(lái)支持學(xué)校履行社會(huì)責(zé)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(xué)部門(mén)校長(zhǎng)，Jeanne女士與德育處主任Kata女士一同出席了該會(huì)議。她們向在座家長(zhǎng)介紹了數(shù)項(xiàng)PTA參與方式，可以作為一名志愿者參加協(xié)會(huì)舉辦的活動(dòng)、作為一個(gè)班級(jí)的聯(lián)絡(luò)人、或是一個(gè)協(xié)調(diào)委員會(huì)的成員。這完全取決于家長(zhǎng)們的興趣、才能以及他們能為此付出的時(shí)間和精力，諸如加入PTA指導(dǎo)委員會(huì)/參與社會(huì)活動(dòng)，成為班級(jí)聯(lián)絡(luò)人/家長(zhǎng)大師/家長(zhǎng)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(guó)際學(xué)校曾成功舉辦過(guò)數(shù)次慈善活動(dòng)，今年也將繼續(xù)這項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)。我們真誠(chéng)希望能一如既往地獲得家長(zhǎng)們的支持。此外，許多家長(zhǎng)擅長(zhǎng)廚藝，熱愛(ài)旅行。對(duì)此，家長(zhǎng)社團(tuán)將會(huì)向西湖國(guó)際學(xué)校社群征集私房食譜與旅途故事，我們將制作學(xué)校自己的食譜集以及旅行手冊(cè)，售出資金將用于慈善活動(dòng)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(jié)構(gòu)及組織意在創(chuàng)造參與及奉獻(xiàn)的機(jī)會(huì)，而非增加家長(zhǎng)負(fù)擔(dān)、讓大家感到費(fèi)力辛苦。參與越多，所能達(dá)成的快樂(lè)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！