Avenues Parents Association 

General Committee (GC) Meetings Minutes 

Date: May 27, 2022 

Time: 14:00 ~ 15:30 

Venue: Room 300, A12 Building 

Meeting called to Order: 

The meeting was called to order at 14:00 by the President and agenda presented. 

Roll Call of Officers and Members 

• Officers Present: 

• Qing RUAN, President 

• Adair ZHOU, Secretary 
• Xiaozhen YAO, Treasury 

• Members Present: 

• Donald McMillan, General Committee Member 

• Qiong YI, General Committee Member 
• Yan FANG, General Committee Member 
• Gumohuan WANG, General Committee Member (Online) 

Campus Team In Attendance: 

• Ted Faunce, Head of School 
• Richard Pratt, Incoming Head of School 
• Matt Scott, Head of Secondary Division  
• Angela Xu, Head of Kindergarten and Primary Division 
• Angela Tung, New Head of Kindergarten 

• Qing Meyerson, Director of Administration and Operations 
• Kiki Xiang, Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management 
• Joanne Jiang, Director of Communications 

Recorded by: 

Adair ZHOU, Secretary of APA 

DISCUSSION ITEMS 

Approval of Last Meeting Minutes 

• Minutes of the April meeting was approved unanimously. 

Reading Week 

• To host a Parent Growth Workshop and invite external experts on education for keynote speech 

Community Appreciation Event 

• Alcohol will only be served after the performance of students 
• Gift will be presented to the school’s security team 

A19 Building Progress 

• A19 Building meets the highest standard within Avenues’ global campuses so far. 
• Air Quality Inspection: progress update will be shared in the Head of School Newsletter on May 27. 
• Tours of the building can be arranged before drop-in days. 

2022 ~ 2023 School Calendar 

• Winter break & New Year’s Day holiday: one week off 
• Chinese New Year holiday: three weeks off 
• Spring break: one week off 
• Last instructional day: June 30 

Students Placement in the new School Year 

• Kindergarten 

• Criteria: gender, birthday, friendship, class dynamics, stage of growth. 
• Nursery and above: all students will be mixed. 

• Teachers generally don’t teach the same class in the new school year. 
• Placement notification to be sent in August. 
• Due to cut-off date, there will be one K+ class. Open for students who have completed kindergarten and whose birthday is September and October. 

• Primary Division 

• Students will be mixed with considerations on birthday and grade. 

• New students will be mixed with returning students. 
• Teaches will be mixed. 
• # of classes 

• 1st Grade: 4 
• 2nd Grade: 3 

• 3rd Grade: 2 
• 4th Grade: 2 
• 5th Grade: 1 

• Junior Secondary Program 

• There will be language supplementary program to be held with personalized support given to students in needs. 

• # of classes: 2 classes for each grade. 

• Upper Grade Program 

• # of classes: 1 class for each grade. 

CLOSING ITEMS 

• Closing remarks were made by the President and Officers. 
• Next meeting will be held on June 17. 

No further business being had, the meeting was adjourned.