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FOSCO International School (FIS) celebrates its 20th Anniversary (1997 - 2017) and Year End Concert 2016 - 2017

On the morning of June 9, 2017, FOSCO International Kindergarten and Primary School ( FIS ), Service Company to Foreign Missions (FOSCO) – successfully held its 20th Anniversary  (1997 – 2017) and Year End Concert 2016-2017 at Nhà Hát Quân Đội (Army Theater).
FIS had the pleasure to welcome the honorable guests: Mr. Nguyễn Tương Minh – General Director, Ms. Huỳnh Thị Tuyết Nhung – Deputy General Director, Mr. Hồ Trọng Trí – Deputy General Director; Mr. Lương Thanh Điền – Executive Member of FOSCO Board of Members, and Heads of different Departments/Units under FOSCO. Besides, the school also had the privilege to welcome Mr. Geoffrey Klein – Former Director of Studies, some of the former staff, parents, teachers, staff and 160 students of FIS.
The ceremony took place in a jubilant, cozy, joyful ambiance with lively, creative, impressive performances of the teachers and students under the Theme “ If I Had My Way”. Breaking the ice was the spectacular drum performance by Judsen (Grade 3) and Kelvin (Grade 2). The school year left behind with many unforgettable memories which were shown in plenty of awesome artwork and crafts that the kids had created and these memories surely will remain in their hearts forever.
Founded in 1997, FIS has maintained good reputation and prestige of being able to deliver excellent schooling and childcare over many years. After graduating from FIS, many generations of students have moved on to study at other international schools or abroad and have achieved high distinctions in academics. We have successful students who are studying at the prestigious John Hopkins and  Harvard University. The school has received lots of precious love, high remarks and appreciation for the quality of teaching and studying from the parents and students.
Part of the Year End Concert was Graduation Ceremony for Prep classes who have just completed their Kindergarten level and Grade 5 their Primary Years, ready to move up to a new stage. The Grade 5 kids said goodbye to their teachers, classmates and school with mixed feelings of nostalgic, anxious and yet excited for the upcoming years.
The school was honored to listen to the sharing of Ms. Huỳnh Thị Tuyết Nhung- Deputy General Director, who is in charge of managing school activities. On this occasion, FIS also has the pleasure to receive the flowers and gift from FOSCO’s Board of General Directors as an appreciation of its effort and contribution over the past 20 years.
At the event, FIS was lucky to have Mr. Quách Tuấn Khanh (Parent of Quách Nguyên Phúc – Grade 5 and a leading presenter in Vietnam), to share friendly and practical messages to all parents and express his family’s deep gratitude to the school and its staff for the quality education, personality building, culture, skills, life values that the school had provided to his son over the past 5 years. These made the boy mature as becoming a young man. Their family has considered FIS as a second family of theirs.
The Year End Concert 2016 - 2017 ended the school year with lots of achievements due to the hard work of the teachers and students, and as a result of the School Management Team as well as the parents’ support and diligence in teaching and taking care of the students. The school and families are so glad to see the significant improvement of the kids during the year, not only in academics, but also in their maturity of skills and confidence. At the ceremony, the school gave out rewards to 20 best students, two from each class, who have achieved  highest scores in their Team House during the school year.
Closing the ceremony, Ms. Hà Thị Lệ Khanh – Principal of FIS expressed her thankfulness to FOSCO’s Management Board and the Parents for being always a companion, who trusted and stayed close with the school for many years . At the same time, the Principal also showed her appreciation to the teachers and all of the staff for their positive contribution to FIS’ development. She extended her best wishes to the teaching staff and the students for a fantastic summer and more success in their upcoming stages.
The school’s 20th Anniversary and Year End Concert 2016 - 2017 concluded with extraordinary success. It was a very meaningful celebration which marked 20 years of growth and development of FIS which they are all proud of.

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