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End of Year Annual Report 2016 - 2017
End of YearAnnual Report2016 - 2017
Dear ASFM Community,
The 2016-2017 school year has once again been a strong year full of innovative teaching and learning, balanced opportunities for growth in academics, the arts and athletics, inclusive and diverse initiatives, and a solid foundation of values-based education. The ASFM community continues to support our vision that states that we believe in open minds, caring hearts and global leadership as essentials of healthy and successful lives.
The purpose of this End of the Year, Annual Report is to highlight the actions, activities, initiatives, and programs that have taken place this year as a result of year two of our strategic improvement plan.
As the Superintendent of ASFM, I am proud of all that we have accom-plished and I thank you for your ongoing support and commitment.
In learning,
Dr. Michael W. AdamsSuperintendent
Table of Contents
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SECTION B.
SECTION C.
Innovative Quality of Teaching and LearningBalance of Academics, Athletics and the ArtsDiversity and InclusionValues
Athletics
ASFM School Board Annual ReportEdge of Excellence Report
Identify, develop and transition to a liberating, student-centered, authentic curriculum that encourages curiosity, and independent personalized learning.
Innovative Quality of Teaching and Learning
Key Accomplishments
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B
ASuccessfully recruited and hired Mr. John Hickey, our new Head of Inno-vation and Learning and created an all-school Office of Innovation and Learning.
Curriculum alignment of Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science.
Redesign of a variety of learning spaces.
ASFM Professional development re-sulting in almost 1000 hours of training.
Professional Learning Community work on: E-Portfolios, Blended Learning, Dig-ital Citizenship, and Inspiring Spaces.
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SECTION A.
MSHS Accomplishments
ELEM AccomplishmentsKPI Measurements:
New Teachers: % of teachers at ASFM Hired as HPs (High Performers) according to the Dimensions Interview Protocol.
% of Units demonstrating innovative quality teaching / instructional / learning practices.(Blended Learning, 21st Century competen-cies, PBL, Experiential, etc)
Hours of in house professional develop-ment provided to all staff to stay current with researched best practices.
*Key Performance Indicator
97%2016 - 2017
2015 - 201677%
2016 - 2017 2015 - 2016
2015 - 2016
0%72%100%
4. The Tech Integration team has piloted a boy’s and a girl’s Coding Club.
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Teachers have improved their craft of analyzing assessments to determine instructional needs and select re-search-based instructional strategies to meet these needs.
54% of instructional units were deliv-ered in a cross-curricular structure.
Problem-based learning continued to be a focus.
Increase of one full time staff member in the Instructional Coaching staff.
HS Grading Reform: research-based discussions concerning healthy grading practices.
Innovations in Course Design and Assessment practices.
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A “culture of coaching” emerged among faculty through peer coaching initiatives.Standards adopted in Physical Education, Fine Arts, Business/Technology, and Social Studies departments.
Thirty-four students enrolled in 20 differ-ent courses through Global Online Acad-emy and Johns Hopkins university-level courses, e.g. Multivariable Calculus, Bioethics, Genocide and Human Rights, Prisons and the Criminal Law.
2016 - 2017
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AASFM continues to demonstrate the highest performance in academic achievement at all grade levels as measured by reputed national and inter-national norm-referenced tests. The academic achievement of our students is significantly enhanced by the renewed emphasis on excellence in the arts and athletics. Both areas show increases in opportunities and student participation in 2016-17, including notable national and international competition recognition and awards.
The visibility of our students in regional, national, and international compe-titions, conferences, and showcase events in arts, academics, and athletics has reached an ever wider audience and our students’ reputations, as well as that of ASFM, continue to shine.
Balance of Academics, Athletics and the Arts
Align N-12 curriculum sequence to ensure rigor and balance in all academic areas while building a flexible schedule to honor student choice and need.
Key Accomplishments
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ELEM Accomplishments
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First Elementary School Music Sym-posium showcasing the talents of all students who practiced instruments and were part of choirs.
Increase of one full time staff mem-ber in Music Department.
Instrumental program for grades 1-5:
Extra-curricular arts expanded to include lunchtime ukulele, after school electric/acoustic guitar.
Eagle Academy courses that include cooking, chess, robotics, fine arts, choir, mindfulness and origami.
Continued success with Destination Imagination. Three winning teams from ASFM. Two representing the school at global finals.
Expansion of Open Mind Zone to include grade 5 students along with 3rd and 4th.
Elementary musical, Seussical, included over 40 performers and stagehands.
ASFM Ballet program continues to attract many students. This year we had 140 from Pre-Kinder to Grade 6.
New ballet space constructed in grade 2 hallway. We now have three in total.
keyboarding
ukulele
violin
bucket drums
Continued success with Destination Imagination. Three winning teams from ASFM. Two representing the school at global finals.
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MSHS Accomplishments
Math Math Math MathLanguage Language Language LanguageReading Reading Reading Reading150
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250MexicoTri-Association ASFM
MAP results for ELEM
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students
exams
AP courses
Additional staff members were added for MS Visual Arts and MS Spanish allowing for further focus in these two areas.
Introduced authentic MS extra-curricular per-formance opportunity via the MS Musical Play “Aladdin” (43 students).
Hosted Monterrey Choir Festival and BandFest, Esperanza Azteca (choir and orchestra).
Enhanced community and national visibility of ASFM arts programs via ASOMEX, SembrArte, Latin American Forum of HACIA, SE competitions.
A Business and Finance math strand was intro-duced with G10 Algebra for Business (36 stu-dents) launched in 2016-17 and G11 Math for Finance (46 students) on schedule for 2017-18.
International student learning experiences in 2016-17 included: G6 NASA HoustonG8 Washington DCMS Leadership Chicago G9-12 NYC Performing ArtsMUN Singapore and Panama HS Nepal Service Trek
Advanced Placement participation in Grades 9-12 has set another record:
2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade
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Although the primary purpose of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is to cre-ate a personalized assessment experience by adapting to each student’s learning lev-el and by measuring student progress and growth over time, the annual assessments also help us benchmark our averages with other schools from around the region.
Math Math Math MathScience Science Science *Science
*Science MAP test not given in 9th
Language Language Language LanguageReading Reading Reading Reading200
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MAP results for MSHS
Five MS students participated in Odyssey Angels Project as part of Odyssey of the Mind and were selected as the 2017 Odyssey Angels Project win-ners, which represents the first time a team from ASFM is winning this award and first ever team winning the award in Mexico.
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First ever prestigious national and international Student Awards for visual arts:
National Geographic: photography
Scholastic Art Awards: 6 students:drawing, painting, photography, sculpture
5 MS students participated in external athletic competitions at the state, national, and inter-national level with a modified course schedule to allow them to have extra practice time.
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade
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University acceptance data shows how our Seniors are able to continue developing their individual potential in top universities from around the world.
97.5%
62.7%
26.1%
4.3%
2.5%
1.8%
Mexico
USA
Canada
Europe
Asia
2.5%
Attending 4-year colleges in the fall
Gap term, appren-ticeship, or work
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TEC de Monterrey
UDEM
University of Notre Dame
Savannah College of Art & Design
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
University of British Columbia
Brown University
University of Colorado at Boulder
Georgetown University
Loyola University Chicago
University of Southern California
Stanford University
Universities with at least 2 ASFM students matriculating in the fall:
# of HS diploma options
SEP Mexican BachilleratoUS Diploma- STEMUS Diploma - Arts and Humanities
# of student opportunities for participation in athletics
# of Content Areas with fully aligned, N-12 scope and sequences.
# of student opportunities for participation in arts
2016 - 2017 2015 - 2016
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82
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KPI Measurements:*Key Performance Indicator
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Develop awareness making sure that the subject of diversity and inclusion permeates different aspects of the school culture, climate, and everyday life.
Diversity and Inclusion
*Inclusion and Diversity Awareness Campaign
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It’s me. It’s you.It’s the right thing to do.
PERIOD.
Increase of one full time staff member as the N-12 Support Services Coordinator:Ms. Laurie Behan
Population, services and required infrastructure for inclusion
Student Support programs and services to support all students
Inclusion and Diversity Awareness Campaign
Revision of Current Student Support De-partment (SSD) Practices and Procedures to ensure consistency, efficiency and use of research-based best practices
*RTI: Response to interventionTransform SSD and Wellbeing department into Learning Meetings twice monthly.
Training of the entire Support Services Team in the RTI Problem Solving Model.
Training of the entire Support Services Team in Executive Functions in aid of implementing the RTI Problem Solving Model.
Training for Administrators and Key Teachers at both campuses in the RTI Problem Solving Model.
Alignment of At-Risk Reviews at both campuses.
Professional Learning in evidence-based practice through the NASP (National Association of School Psychologists) convention in San Antonio.
Asomex Inclusion Conference participation. Asomex Anti-bullying Policy participation.
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Adopting the *RTI tiered framework of intervention addressing the needs of ALL students.
Elimination of the Resource Model as a means of helping struggling students.International Inclusion Digital Badge was established. Addition of Inclusion content in SUNY Masters Program.
Changing Nursery admission practice to include up to 3 potentially high needs students per generation.
Changing admission practice to allow students with a diversity of needs to be considered for admission at any grade.
Changing mindset and practice to allow students who would formerly have been counseled out to stay and profit from an accommodated or modified curriculum.
Provision of Inclusion Assistants at both ELEM and MSHS to support learners with diverse needs.
Use of CogAt to identify students requiring enrichment and extension at both campuses.
Purchase of a school-wide social/emotional screening tool to help identify early problems with anxiety, depression, mood disorders and other mental health issues.
Addition of an inclusion focus in the teacher proficiency rubric.
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Inclusion message in SOAR Magazine.
Parents For Inclusion focus group met on six occasions.
Inclusion message in the Weekly Eagle.
Support Services Website
Creation of “Reading Really IS Rocket Science” T-shirts.
Inclusion Spirit Days - How we are different / How we are the same.
Increase in professional dialogue re-garding inclusive practices at PLC’s, Grade Team Meetings, Data Meet-ings, Departmental Meetings and Student Success Team Meetings.
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Multicultural Cluband International
Fair involvingmore studentsand becoming
one of most activeMSHS clubs.
MSHS Accomplishments
ELEM Accomplishments
1. Effective deployment of two, full time Early Years Learning Specialist Teachers (LST)
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Training of all elementary school LSTs in Reading Interventions.
Training of all elementary LSTs in Small Group Instruction (SGI) in Reading.
Training of all elementary LSTs in data collection and analysis using common tools for data-based decision mak-ing regarding intervention.
Initial training of all elementary Homeroom Teachers in Read-ing Intervention.
To identify, intervene and promote learning read-iness skills such as attention, focus and interest.
Training of all elementary homeroom teachers in SGI in Reading.
Elimination of psychoeducational testing as the gateway to additional support.
Training through the Early Years Leadership Team to the Nursery and Pre-Kinder Teachers receiving students with diverse needs.
Modification of Optimal Match program to serve two different populations.
Providing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) training to teachers, educational assistants and inclusion assistants to better sup-port students with diverse needs.
Community partnership with Taller de Expresion y Desarrollo Infantil (TEDI) to support admission of students with diverse needs.
Training of all MSHS LST’s in Reading Diagnostics.
Adoption of Moby Max and Compass Learning as Diagnostic and Intervention Tools for SES.
Training of Admin and Key Teachers in the RTI Problem Solving model.
Passion Project Course for enrichment and extension.
Accelerated Math opportunities for enrichment and extension.
BAM Boys Advocacy and Mentorship Group.
The Healthy Body Community Student Group.
Integrity Council Professional Learning community was established.
Legwork to create an alternative graduation pathway with SEP.
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2016 - 2017 2016 - 2017
2015 - 2016 2015 - 2016
# of students who withdraw for academic reasons from ASFM
# of students supported with IEP (Individual Education Plan)
# of students receiving supplemental support (Tier 2)
2016 - 2017 2015 - 2016
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KPI Measurements:*Key Performance Indicator
7.5%2.9%
8.2%4.1%
% international students entering Nursery
% international students at ASFM
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Develop and deliver a N-12 comprehensive, aligned values program (character education) that supports all children in their integral development in and out of school.
Values
Key Accomplishments
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ASuccessful implementation of the Eagle Parent University (EPU). Gabriela Maiz, the founding EPU Coordinator, spearheaded all events in this strategic area. Keep reading for more details regarding EPU. Expansion and evolution of Values Committee for Strategic Planning in-cluding teachers in preschool, elementary, middle and high school levels. This Professional Learning Communities focused on the holistic growth of children across N-12.
Expansion of the Psychology department with the hiring of an additional full time Educational Psychologist in MSHS.
Development of student and staff drug program from the Drug Task Force and a Drug Abuse Prevention Policy for students and staff.
Introduction of the Responsive Classroom model and training principles in the Elementary School.
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Key Events
Athletics and Values assemblies at Elementary
Middle School Ribbon of Recognition
TEDx Youth Conference
Alan B. Wallace Conferences for MSHS students - “Benefits of a Bal-anced Mind” and “The Importance of Emotional Intelligence”
Body Image Project
Development and support of Red Papaz in Mexico
Eagle of the Month ceremonies
Efren Martinez’s Conferences on Drug and Alcohol Prevention for MSHS students
Extension activities from HS Char-acter Education classes, including Niños en Accion recognition
NHS Sister School project
HOPE events across Nursery to Grade 5
Eagle of the Month ceremonies Miles for Smiles race (record-breaking event 2017)
Green Team monthly activities
Road to Safety for HS students and Addicted 2 Life for MS students Cinema Park Movies
Specialized school weeks dedicated to values
Student Led Inclusivity Project
Techo Builds and Fundraisers
Monthly values recognition cere-monies for Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2
Values wristbands given out monthly
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Subcommittees and Specialized events related to the Values Committee
Responsive Classroom
Values Committee for Nursery - 12thDrug Task Force
A specific monthly value is promot-ed through activities, visible mes-sages, bracelets, bulletin boards and formally recognizing students in a ceremony.
The Responsive Classroom is an evidence-based methodology that focuses on the strong link between between academic success and social-emotional learning.
Formed to create a scope and se-quence that spans Nursery to Grade 12 and includes values education, character programs, life skills, dispositions, cross-curricular skills, and social and emotional learning opportunities in a strategic manner.
A Task Force was created to review, create and propose a Drug Pre-vention Program for ASFM with a focus on prevention, support and intervention. Starting August 2017, random testing will be implemented for HS students and all ASFM staff.
Character Education Committee at the Elementary School
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% of families who attend specific, pre-identified school events
# of Character Education Special events programs for students and families
% of families who rate each event as positive and helpful on the Exit Survey following each Special values related event
2016 - 2017 2015 - 2016
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KPI Measurements:*Key Performance Indicator
Social Emotional Development
“What is Happening to My Child?”
by Tere Gonzalez
“The Intentional Family”
by Maricarmen del Bosque
“Parenting Middle Schoolers”
by Tere Gonzalez
“Ser Más Padres” by Elsie Cornejo
“The Parenting Shift”
by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
“Let’s Talk About Divorce”
by Tere Gonzalez
Movie Night by EPU
Building Community Staff Team
Building Community Through
Cooking by EPU Building
Community Parent Team
“In Pursuit of Excellence”
by Dr. B. Alan Wallace
New Families Posada by Student
Ambassadors, PTA, and EPU New
Families Team
New Families Get Together by EPU
New Families Team
ASFM Marketplace - by EPU
Building Community Staff Team
“Experiencias de vida de mujeres
líderes: Fomentando el liderazgo
en familia” by Dr. Humberto Alanis
Book Club “The Price of Privilege”
by Gaby Maiz
Online Book Club “Best Friends,
Worst Enemies” by Misty Moore
Book Discussion “The Conscious
Parent” by Gaby Maiz
Book Discussion “The Awakened
Family” by Gaby Maiz
“Kit Red PaPaz Angel Protector”
Alcohol Prevention Workshop by
Lili Gonzalez, Lucero Espino, Paty
Barragan, and Gaby Maiz
“Body Image Project for Parents”
by Eva Lamadrid, Tere Gonzalez,
Estela Manrique, and Lili Gonzalez
“La Alimentación SI Influye en
la Conducta y Aprendizaje”
by Paty Leal
“Road to Safety” and “Addicted
to Life” by Cinema Park
“Fostering Healthy Minds” by
Ingenium
Two Conferences on drug and
alcohol prevention at home by
Dr. Efren Martinez
“For a Safe and Fun Summer”
Intensive First Aid Certified
Course by Cruz Roja Mexicana
Google Apps training by Doug
Frankish and Diana Saldaña
Haiku Training for New Families by
Doug Frankish and Diana Saldaña
Google Apps Training for PTA
volunteer moms by Doug Frankish
and Diana Saldaña
Participation in “Live Curious.
Go Beyond”
“Tweens in the Internet” by
Rebecca Garza Bueron
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Eagle Parent University
Under the coordination of Gaby Maiz, the ASFM Eagle Parent University (EPU) opened its doors to our community to sup-port parents’ lifelong learning in the following strands:
Reading Workshop “Cien Años de Soledad” by Julia Quiñonez & Fabiola Lamelas
1 2Wellness and Health Intellectual Growth and Development
3Student Learning in the 21st Century
4 5 6Parenting Awareness Digital Citizenship
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Athletics DepartmentThe Athletic Department successfully collaborated with other ASFM programs and community events such as:
CDE
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AValue of the Month Assemblies for all student-athletes with the Elementary Principal and the Values Committee
PTA Welcome Back Party
Alumni Score for a Cure Annual Soccer Tournament
Color Blast Run for the 6th grade generation
Green Team Urban Garden seeding and the Sustainable Development session for 5th grade student-athletes
Eagle Champions Basketball Tournament for parents and alumni
ASOMEX Juv C Basketball Tournament with the participation of 8 schools and 85 student-athletes
Juvenil A and B NFL Tochito (Flag Football) State Championship
“Estatal Promocional” Track and Field Competition with Secretaria de Educación
ASOMEX Track and Field tournament for all grade levels with over 100 ASFM partic-ipants and nearly 500 total participants in semester one and SEP Track and Field tour-nament in semester two
ASFM hosted the ASOMEX Juv C Basketball Tournament with the
participation of 8 schools and 85 student-athletes
The Athletic Department successfully hosted community events such as the:
858schools student-athletes
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SECTION B.
Fitness and Weight Training for grades 9th-12th.
High school boys volleyball team, which competed in the ASOMEX Juv. C Volleyball tournament and won the Sportsmanship Award.
“Elite” soccer teams consisting of the best eligible players from grades 10-12 as a way to offer more competitive athletics for high school students.
Flag Football (“NFL Tochito”) practices on Fridays.
New athletic opportunities for students included:
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Go Eagles!
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#wins
#medals
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total #of wins1016total #of losses705
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total #of wins
total #of losses
TRACK & FIELDstudents from
4th - 12th grade
ASOMEX stats
First time in ASOMEX history
in any sport
# sportmanship awards @ ASOMEX # 1st places
basketball
soccer
volleyball
ASFM: School with the most 1st place trophies and sportmanship awards
#of medals
sportmanshipawards
sportmanshipawards
1st placetrophies
1st placetrophies
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63SILVER
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ASFM School BoardDear ASFM parents, students and staff, In my first year as the ASFM School Board President and as an ASFM High School parent, it has been my honor to work alongside Dr. Mi-chael Adams, the other School Board members, and the Associate Board members to ensure school quality, community engagement, and overall strategic improvement. For the School Board, this school year has focused on the continued execution of our strategic plan, governance, the development of the Edge of Excellence campaign, and on our overall, financial balance. The School Board and the School Administration are taking import-ant steps to ensure that all students be provided with a top quality education and a clear path to their dreams and potential. We are eager to continue working with all of our stakeholders to ensure that everyone’s needs are met and ensure that ASFM continues to improve in terms of its reputation as one of the best international schools of the world. We are positive that together, we will be able to reach and surpass this goal. The following executive ASFM School Board report comes from the work of our four standing board committees. Sincerely,
Ing. Carl GrobienSchool Board President
Executive CommitteeBoard President - Carl Grobien
Board Vice President - Rodrigo Lobo
Treasurer - Juan Morales
Secretary - Marcela de la Garza Evia
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SECTION C.
Operation Projected Results
Endowment Results Capital Expenditures
Financial Committee Goals of the Committee BackgroundThe Financial Investment Committee met on seven occasions during the past school year to carry out its responsibilities and as a result present the fol-lowing executive summary.
American School Foundation of Monterrey, A.C. (ASFM) is an international school authorized by the Mexican government to operate as a non-for-prof-it organization. Among other benefits this allows ASFM to receive donations and provide tax deduct-ible receipts. This also gives the school tax exempt status. This, plus the fact that no dividends or re-turns are paid to investors and shareholders, allows ASFM to reinvest all resulting funds and therefore deliver a top quality educational program.
Based on the expected results and restricted funds cash flow, 27.1 Million pesos are pro-jected to be invested in capital expenditures during the summer of 2017.
Information Technology IT
Salaries & Benefits
Books
Maintenance
Depreciation
IT
Insurance
Public Services
Other Expenses
Technology Integration
Facilities1 to 1 programs
The school’s endowment fund for the four quarters before March 31st has grown according to the endowment policy benchmarks obtaining above inflationary returns.
The projected operational revenue for school year 2016 – 17 finished slightly under budget. This amount is MXP $8.0 million short of the budgeted target mainly because of a lower new student admission for the following school year due to lack of space and a slightly lower enrollment for the current year.
Total expenses are projected to be 6.3% lower than budgeted. This is primarily because of an adjustment on depreciation requested by our accounting auditors KPMG. Nevertheless, Insurance, Maintenance, Public services and Miscellaneous expenses are also expected to be below budget while Academic Materials and IT are expected to be on budget. Salaries & Benefits which represent 72% of expenses is projected to end up 1.9% above budget. This is mainly the result of a previous school year adjustment on payroll derived from a change of accounting criteria requested by our external auditors. Financial income is projected to be above budget mainly because of the increase of interest rates.
Total cash flow available for investments is expected to be 2.8% below budget, although sufficient for the required capex for this summer.
Committee Chair - Juan Morales
Committee Members - Dionisio Garza, Ignacio Mijares, Eric Gustafson, Carl Grobien, Michael Adams, Luis Carlos Reyes
Treasurer - Juan Morales
Secretary - Marcela de la Garza Evia
Ensures congruence between the monthly financial reports and the budget.
Analyzes and proposes to the board the yearly operational budget and the capital projects.
Guarantees endowment fund compliance according with the ASFM investment policy statement.
CAPEX
OPEX
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Auditing Committee
Compensation Committee
Goals of the Committee
Goals of the Committee
Committee Chair - Ruben Fernández
Committee Members - Alfonso Garza, Jorge Cárdenas, Marcela de la Garza Evia, Carl Grobien, Michael Adams
Committee Chair - Rafael Martinez
Committee Members - Patty Garza, Alfredo Carrillo, Carl Grobien, Michael Adams
Ensures compliance with all our legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements.
Guarantees effective and on-time audits.
Reports to the Board all audit findings.
Detects and analyzes opportunities for continu-ous improvement in all school business processes.
Ensures that policies are aligned to the ASFM strategy, philosophy and guidelines.
Ensures that the organizational design is in line with the strategic intent of the ASFM.
Changes to policy governing base pay, incentives, benefit architecture and headcount, should be noted by the Board Compensation Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.
The Compensation Committee met on five occa-sions during the past school year to carry out its responsibilities and as a result presents the follow-ing executive summary.
Over the last two years the Committee has been sup-porting the ASFM strategic vision of developing AAA students through top quality teaching and innovation. To achieve that, attracting and retaining quality teachers and administration has been a key focus of the School’s administration. The Committee has supported the administration to provide them with policies, structures, and resources to achieve this goal.
After several years of planning, strategizing, meeting with stakeholders, creating a teacher-made proficiency rubric, and analyzing research and best practices re-garding compensation and teacher evaluation systems, ASFM has implemented a banded, mission-based salary, compensation and benefits program to be used with all full time teachers and educational personnel.
The processes of Payroll, General Accounting and Accounts Receivable have been completed as of April 30. The Fixed Assets process will be completed by July 15th.
With the support of External Auditors, the Commit-tee makes sure that the Administration has estab-lished the general guidelines of internal control, as well as the processes necessary for their application and compliance. Those responsible for the adminis-tration and management of the ASFM have present-ed action plans corresponding to the observations derived from the external audits that the Committee recognizes as appropriate and satisfactory.
In addition, the annual review of the Financial State-ments was carried out by External Auditors and was approved for the fiscal year that ended on December 31, 2016. The Committee reports that this review was also favorable and in compliance with the Mexi-can Financial Reporting Standards.
This new system is impacting the entire community in a very positive manner, and by giving much of the earning power and control over to each and every teacher, ASFM will continue to attract and retain the very best educators.
The Committee has also used benchmarking strate-gies to compare our structures and policies to other top quality schools from around the world. Today the salary and benefits represent 72% of the ASFM op-erational expenses which is in line with other bench-marked, top quality schools.
The Compensation Committee and the entire ASFM School Board have been very supportive of this ongoing project, as they know that a quality school depends on a quality staff.
The Auditing Committee met on three occasions during the past school year to carry out its re-sponsibilities and as a result presents the follow-ing executive summary.
The Committee developed a work plan for the past school year which included four important processes. These identified processes seek to ensure that the ASFM administration complies satisfactorily with the policies and procedures and performs their duties to the highest ethical standards.
The work plan involved the auditing of the following processes:
PayrollGeneral AccountingAccounts ReceivableFixed Assets
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Nominations and Governance Committee
Goals of the Committee
Committee Chair - Eduardo León
Committee Members - Miguel Bichara, Patty Garza, Rodrigo Lobo, Carl Grobien Michael Adams
Recommends to the board policies and processes designed to provide for effective and efficient gover-nance, including but not limited to policies for:
o Election and reelection of board members.
o Board orientation, training and evaluation.
o Succession planning for the board chair and other board officers.
Reviews and recommends a position description de-tailing responsibilities of and expectations for board members and the board officers.
Recommends nominees for election and reelection to the board. To facilitate this responsibility, the committee will:
o Conduct a “gap analysis” to identify succession planning/recruitment needs.
The Nominations and Governance Com-mittee met on seven occasions during the past school year to carry out its responsi-bilities and as a result presents the follow-ing executive summary.
During the last School Calendar year, the Committee supported the implementation of an updated Board Policy Manual as well as a Statement of Commitment and Responsi-bilities for Board members. The Committee also developed and put in place an annual Board member self-evaluation system and overall board evaluation process to ensure effective school governance.
Additionally, the Committee oversaw the process for the identification and proposal of a new slate of candidates to the Board of Founders. It is worth mentioning that for the first time in recent history, the Board of Directors invited all parents of the ASFM community to submit their candidacies to fill the open board seats. This process resulted in a very positive response from the school community with more than fifty parents showing enthusiasm and sending in letters of interest.
o Develop and regularly update a list of potential board members regardless of whether a current vacancy exists.
o Ensures a process for vetting the fitness of pro-spective nominees.
Nominates board officers for election by the full board.
Reviews the corporate bylaws annually and recom-mends any needed changes to the full board.
Advises management on plans for board develop-ment, including new member orientation and training of board members.
Ensures the board’s self-assessment and improve-ment process every year.
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Edge of ExcellenceReport
The very first ASFM Edge of Excellence campaign held in October and November of 2016 was a huge success and we thank all those families who participated for their generous support of the school. We hope to see our participation rate increase next year as we see our students enjoying the wonderful, innovative projects that will be ready to use in August.
In addition to the operational revenue mentioned in the Financial Investment Committee section of this report, $11.2 Million pesos were obtained from this year’s campaign. These funds will be invested as planned in five innovative projects mentioned on the following page.
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Edge of ExcellenceReport
Participation Rate
Areas where projects will be created
Total # of Families 290
23%Total grade level participation
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The ASFM students thank the following families and contributors from the 2016 campaign:
Abaroa De Zamacona
Abimerhi Bichara
Adams Rico
Adrián Esper González
Almaguer Monges
Ancira Leal
Andonie Gracia
Arce Rodríguez
Arguirópulos González
Arias Pastor
Arratia Guerra
Assad Fernández
Assad Treviño
Astaburuaga Marino
Asuaje Colomer
Backhoff De La Garza Evia
Balmori Tumoine
Barrera Lozano
Becerra Clariond
Belden Reyes
Belknap Cantú
Benavides Benítez
Benítez Hernández
Bichara Benavides
Bichara Garza-Lagüera
Bueno Ontiveros
Cadena Kukutschka
Cagnasso Flores
Calvi Zambrano
Campos Chavarría
Campuzano Gutiérrez
Canales Adame
Canales Carrilles
Canales Lozano
Canales Matthai
Canales Rousseau
Canales Stelzer
Canales Vela
Canales Villarreal
Cantú Garza
Cantú Gracia
Cantú Pérez-Maldonado
Cantú Soto
Carmona Zapata
CEMEX
Chavez Lozano
Choi
Cienfuegos Todd
Clariond Cerecer
Clariond Garza
Coronado García
Cortez González-Arce
Cortina López
Cruz Escamilla
Cueva Garza
Cueva Navarro
Cueva Tapia
Dávalos Sandoval
Dávila González
De Armas Pérez
De La Garza Beltrán
De La Garza Evia Castillo
De La Garza Galán
De La Garza Zambrano
De La Peña Valdez
De Lascurain Zambrano
De León Salinas
De Los Santos Menéndez
De Los Santos Schwartz
Del Bosque García
Derby Elizondo
Díaz Cavazos
Doehner Sada
Elizondo Escalante
Elizondo Rodríguez
Elosúa Cantú
Escamilla Sada
FEMSA
Fernández Miñarro
Fernández Yarte
Ferraz Gnone
Fiehn Martínez
Galán Gutiérrez
Galán Madero
García Ortiz
García Arranz
García Elizondo
García Fernández
García Paraskevas
Garza Bustindui
Garza Cadena
Garza Canales
Garza De León
Garza García
Garza Mouret
Garza Olivares
Garza Paez
Garza Ruiz
Garza T. Elizondo
González Delgado
González Fernández
González Fritze
González García
González Garza
González Garza
González Garza
González Hauser
González Lázaro
González Livas
González Martínez
González Nájera
González Negri
González Quiroga
González Scott
González Zaied
Gossler Martínez
Gracia Mancillas
Grobien Escamilla
Grupo PROTEXA
Guerra De La Garza
Guerra Elizondo
Guerra Saldaña
Gustafson Saldaña
Gutiérrez De La Garza
Gutiérrez Elizondo
Gutiérrez Elizondo
Gutiérrez Ferrell
Gutiérrez Junco
Gutiérrez Rodríguez
Gutiérrez Valdez
Gutiérrez Villarreal
Guzmán Cantú
Guzmán Grajeda
Guzmán Martínez
Guzmán Plancarte
Hadjopulos Welsh
Hasson Valdés-Sada
Hernández Cantú
Hernández Cárdenas
Hernández Derbez
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Hernández Quintanilla
Herrera Castillo
Herrera Farias
Hickey Mesa
Hinojosa Flores
Hinojosa Tome
Horowitz Rossi
Husemann Grajeda
Jiménez Ferrigno
José Amorim
Kim
Kniestedt Gama
Lafontaine
Lagüera Argüello
Landeros Sirgo
Lankenau González
Laura González Casas
Leal Doris
Leal Lozano
León Dueñes
Lobeira Medellín
Lobo de la Garza
Loranca Ojea
Loria Quirós
Lozano Hernández
Lugo Canales
Maiz Anastas
Maiz Villarreal
Maldonado Quintanilla
Maldonado Treviño
Marcos Lobo
Marin Osman
Mariana y Alfredo Carrillo Obregón
Marino Aguilar
Marino Livas
Martínez Alvarado
Martínez Doehner
Martínez Guzmán
Martínez López
Martínez Rivero
Martínez Sánchez
Martínez Treviño
Mayer Alverde
Medina González
Meier Mestre
Menchaca Welsh
Mercado Beltrán
Meyer Garza
Mijares Santibáñez
Milmo Llanos
Milmo Macias
Misrachi Marcuschamer
Montemayor Cantú
Montemayor Flores
Montemayor Fontes
Montemayor Olaiz
Morales De Los Santos
Morales Garza
Morales González
Morales Junco
Morales Martínez
Morales Palau
Moreno Barrenechea
Moreno Corripio
Mota Guerra
Murillo Vargas
Nájera Salas
Ochoa Galván
Odriozola Elizondo
Odriozola Ulloa
Ordaz Romo
Ordoñez Brunell
Orozco Cavazos
Orozco González
Ortiz Lozano
Padilla Guajardo
Paez Lozano
Pérez-Maldonado Garza
Pérez Pompermayer
Plancarte Gracia
Pozas Guerra
Préstamo Elizondo
PROEZA
Putz García
Quintero García
Quiroga Briseño
Ramones Henning
Ramos Zambrano
Razón Villarreal
Reyes González
Rivadeneyra Stageberg
Rivero Camarena
Rivero Torres
Rivero Treviño
Rocha Aviña
Rodríguez Bichara
Rousseau García
Ruiz Cano
Ruiz De Hoyos
Sada Aubert
Sada Mesta
Safa Siller
Saide Bremer
Salas Azcúnaga
Salas Rosales
Salazar Orozco
Saldaña Clariond
San José Recio
Schwartz Gutiérrez
Schwarz Sandoval
Sergio Cadena Espinosa
Silveyra Santos
Sree Manoj
TOPAZ Fundación
Torres Villarreal
Treviño Garza Lagüera
Treviño Marino
Treviño Salazar
Turner Régules
Valderrama Sotomayor
Vallina Mellado
Valverde Ramírez
Velarde Caballero
Villamar Quintanilla
Villanueva Berchelmann
Villanueva Markowski
Villanueva Valdez
Villarreal Carrera
Villarreal Elizondo
Villarreal Elizondo
Villarreal García
Villarreal Hinojosa
Villarreal Peterson
Villegas Healy
Wolberg Franco
Zambrano Lozano
Zambrano Maiz
Zambrano Treviño
Zamudio López
Zazueta Moyeda
Zorrilla Jasso
Total amount gifted this year MXP $11.2 Million
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