2018-19 Annual Report
Board of Trustees 2018-19
| Iain A. Whyte Board Chair |
Cécile Chalifour |
| Yvonne Alvardo Vice Chair (as of 02/2019) / Secretary (through 01/2019) |
Susan Jensen Debonne (through 05/2019) |
| Jean-Luc De Fanti Treasurer |
Marc Gareton (as of 12/2018) |
| Marionne Epalle Secretary (as of 02/2019) |
Sharyn Kerr |
| John D. Mickus Trustee Emeritus |
Susan Klaren-Hatzenbuhler (through 02/2019) |
| Adam M. Weisman, Ph.D. Trustee Emeritus |
Chantal Mariotti |
| Camille Rizko | |
| Irina Sardaryan (as of 12/2018) | |
| Françoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt |
Major Achievements in 2018-19
Largest graduating class in our 40-year history:
Outstanding French Baccalaureate and International Baccalaureate results with 82% passing with honors, two Felicitations du Jury and one Advanced Bilingual IB Diploma
83% accepted in Top 100 Global Universities with students matriculating to institutions such as the University of California- Berkeley (a total of eight students), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UCLA, McGill University, and many more
$3.4 million in college grants and scholarships awarded
Creation of our first ever endowment, The Endowment Fund for LILA thanks to our 40th anniversary Nuit Blanche gala
$98,000 raised for the Endowment and $37,000 raised for the iPad Replacement Program
More than 300 attendees helped celebrate this important milestone
Hosted LILA40, a school-wide celebratory community event, in October 2018 at our Burbank campus which welcomed 900+ people from the LILA community
Successful launch and implementation of the new five-year strategic plan
Academic Results
100% success on the baccalauréat, with an outstanding 81% mentions (honors) achieved, of which 44% were mention très bien, including two highly-coveted félicitations du jury
89% of students in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma program (our largest IB group to date) achieved the full diploma (the global rate is 77%)
67% of diplomates achieved the prestigious Bilingual Diploma, including one Advanced Bilingual Diploma, compared with only 24% globally, which is a true celebration of our bilingual mission
26 students have matriculated to Top 100 Global universities including MIT, UCLA, UC Berkeley (8 students!), NYU, USC, and McGill.
68% of the Class of 2019 has matriculated to universities in the USA, 19% to Canada and 8% to France, and 5% to the UK/Europe.
French Baccalauréat
- 100% Obtained the baccalauréat
International Baccalaureate Diploma
- 63% Bilingual Diploma
- 4% Advanced Bilingual Diploma
- 33% Diploma
Community at a Glance
for the 2018-19 school year
Financials & Financial Aid
Financials
Income
- 86% Tuition & Fees
- 10% Other Revenue*
- 4% Fundraising
*Other Revenue: Learning materials & student activities/camps
Expenses
- 69% Payroll & Benefits
- 15% Facilities / Capital Projects
- 10% Education & Auxiliary
- 5% Administrative
- 1% Fundraising
- 1% Contingency Reserves
Financial Aid
In 2018-19, we were able to provide $1,314,719 in School-funded financial aid. This is a 10% increase in financial aid awarded from the previous year.
2017-18: $1,217,140
2018-19: $1,344,719
Discipline
Community Highlights
Admissions
455 inquiries (LA campuses); 493 last year including OC
Applications all campuses: 307
New students: 182 on June 15 (208 today)
244 tours total
Since January 2015, parents of babies and toddlers have had the opportunity to begin opening those proverbial doors for their children. The International School of Los Angeles offers a bilingual French and English program for babies between the ages of 6 and 12 months at our Los Feliz campus and toddlers between the ages of 12 and 30 months old at our Los Feliz, Pasadena, and West Valley campuses.
The LILA Mini Club program teaches French to parents and children in a warm, loving, and supportive environment. Music and playtime activities help children in their language acquisition while parents, some of them learning alongside their children, are able to participate in discussions on their children’s development.
Total number of participants: 45
Total number of sessions: 128 sessions (over 32 weeks)
Events
316 total events hosted in 2018-19, an 11% increase over 2017-18
PA-hosted: 49%
School-hosted: 47%
Student-hosted: 4%
- PA Hosted
- School Hosted
- Student Hosted
Athletics
Burbank:
- 14 teams with 142 participants overall in HS and MS sports, comprising 114 different athletes (some playing multiple sports).
- High school: 36 in Basketball; 42in Volleyball; 39 in Soccer; 14 in Tennis; 10 in Running; 1 Swimmer
Los Feliz
- 5 teams, 62 participants overall, with most of them participating in 2 or more sports.
- 13 Boys Basketball; 10 Girls Basketball; 15 Soccer; 6 Volleyball; and, 18 Running
Pasadena
- 2 teams, 43 total participants comprising 34 different athletes, including:
- 31 Runners
- 12 Soccer
West Valley
- 1 team with 9 Soccer players
Highlights:
Although the HS soccer team eventually lost in the playoff finals, the team had a phenomenal season in the CIF International League finishing first in the league’s regular season (prior to the playoffs) and ahead of our primary rival, Le Lycée Français. The team continued strong, having a great winning streak in the playoffs all the way to the final held at LACC, where 200+ fans from both schools were present, then conceding to the winner by only one goal which happened in a dramatic last minute play in overtime.
Our elementary Los Feliz Soccer Team concluded the season as the champions, after being undefeated all season long in the Valley League.
Our elementary West Valley Soccer Team lost in the playoffs final.
We also started a girls Basketball Team in Los Feliz and a co-ed Soccer Team in Pasadena.
And finally we had our first official High School Tennis scrimmages against Waverly school and our first swimmer representing the school in CIF.
- 484 students participated in at least one activity per week
- 74 activities offered per week
- 1466 spots sold
Camps throughout the year:
- 287 students participated (October, February and April camps)
- Ecole du Soleil 2019: 165 participants (PS through 5th) & 515 registrations (full time, part time, single day over the 5 weeks)
- OC French Camp 2019: 58 participants (K through 6th) & 143 registrations (full time only over 6 weeks)
Annual Fund
2018-19 Volunteer Recognition Cocktail – Annual Fund Team celebrating a record fundraising year
As a part of the School’s overall operating budget, the community understood the importance of their commitment and supported at record levels helping us surpass our fundraising goal of $650,000. Indeed, in 2018-19, our Annual Fund effort raised $663,096 (an 8% increase over the previous year).
Los Angeles-area Campuses Parent Participation: 84%
Burbank Campus: 70%
Los Feliz Campus: 99%
Pasadena Campus: 97%
West Valley Campus: 70%
Orange County Campus: 45%
Nuit Blanche – 40th Anniversary Fundraising Gala
Nuit Blanche, LILA’s 40th Anniversary Fundraising Gala was held at Vibiana on April 6, 2019.
LILA launched its first-ever endowment (The Endowment Fund for LILA) thanks to the spectacular 40th anniversary benefit gala hosted on April 6, 2019 at the historic Vibiana in Downtown Los Angeles. The gala was attended by more than 300 people and featured performances from our high school choir, a rousing live auction, dancing, award-winning food from Redbird, and so much more.
As a result, the highly successful event enabled LILA to raise $98,000 for its first-ever endowment fund, The Endowment Fund for LILA. Also, thanks to a fun and competitive paddle raise session, guests gave $37,000 towards our school-wide iPad Replacement Project.
Nuit Blanche Gala Supporters
| Anderson Family |
| AXA Advisors |
| Bank of The West |
| Black Box |
| Compass- Henry & Yu-Ling Real Estate Team |
| Cruisers Restaurant |
| First Republic Bank |
| Garza Family |
| Grigorian Family |
| Heidi Merrick |
| Jacobson Insurance Agency Inc. |
| January Images |
| K5600 Lighting |
| Martirosyan Family |
| NAC Architecture |
| A.L.C. |
| Acqua Panna |
| AEG Presents |
| Aether |
| American Rag Cie |
| Anytime Fitness |
| CO Collections |
| Conde Nast |
| Demoiselles |
| Entube |
| Four Seasons Resort Maui |
| Girl Buy Girl |
| Goldenvoice |
| Heidi Merrick |
| Hudson Jeans |
| KILN Apparel |
| La Cuillere Gourmet |
| Lefebvre Family |
| Lena Wald |
| Lionel Renard Salon |
| Los Angeles Rams |
| Louis Vuitton |
| Mignonne Gavigan |
| National Geographic |
| O’Zells Soda Pop |
| Pam and Gela |
| Perrier |
| LeUyen Pham |
| Philip Lim |
| Planet Wine L.A. |
| Quo Active |
| Rene & Radka |
| Roseark |
| Rusnak Pasadena Porsche |
| San Pellgrino |
| Sienna Naturals Hair Products |
| Splendid/Missoni |
| Super 78 |
| John Taylor |
| Adriana Tesler |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden |
| The Reckless Unicorn |
| Vince |
| Elyse Walker |
| Ferida Argoub-Jardel |
| Caroline Bakar |
| Mark Barad & Pascale Faubert |
| Secil Baysal & Marie-Laure Goepfer |
| Brennan Family |
| David Campbell & Marisé Samitier |
| Adrien Colesberry & Caroline Pham |
| Cowan Family |
| Carolyn & Jean-Luc De Fanti |
| Del Rio Family |
| Kristina & Christopher Del Vecchio |
| Philippe Detzen |
| Devanneaux Family |
| Sixu Fang & Xiaoxia Li |
| Graham Ferrier & Kelly Colcleugh |
| Ruth & John Fleck |
| Jose & Elisa Garza |
| Christelle Gaspart |
| Thomas & Sandra Grande |
| Julian Jacobson |
| Jayasinha Family |
| Ingham Family |
| Amy Kehoe |
| Spencer Kelly |
| Albert Kirk |
| Louis Vuitton |
| Marcel Family |
| Chantal Mariotti |
| Merle Family |
| John Mickus |
| Russell Mohberg |
| Suren Oganesyan & Anna Gabrielian |
| Persichetti Family |
| Ropell Family |
| Sam Rosenfeld |
| Damon Russell & Nayiri Partamian |
| Taylor Family |
| Ruszkowski Family |
| Peter Schubin & Rachel Civen |
| Todd & Jean Sievers |
| Walbuck Family |
| Carrie & Iain Whyte |
| Wilding Cran Family |
| Todd Williamson |
| Marie & Austin Wright |
| Sali & Michael Zimbrich |
| Stefan Otto & Yvonne Alvardo |
| Anderson Family |
| The Brotman Foundation of California |
| Mia Cottet |
| Anne Underwood & Jorge Da Rosa |
| Amanda & Richard Duffy |
| Filin Family |
| Fox Family |
| The Incredible Lunch Ladies |
| KILN Apparel |
| Albert Kirk |
| Marcel Family |
| Chantal Mariotti |
| Heidi Merrick |
| Suren Oganesyan & Anna Gabrielian |
| Pangell Family |
| Suzanne Papaian |
| Paternot Family |
| Persichetti Family |
| Nancy Rizko |
| Ruszkowski Family |
| Olivier Goldschmidt & Françoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt |
| Werts Family |
| Sali & Michael Zimbrich |
LILA40 Anniversary Celebration
In honor of our 40th anniversary, LILA hosted a school-wide community event on October 20, 2018. The free event was attended by more than 900 members and friends of the LILA community. Guests enjoyed games, wine & beer, quiches and sandwiches, bounce houses, and more. It proved to be an event that brought our whole community together, setting the tone for the rest of the year.
LILA40 Celebration – LILA Co-founder Pierrette Gaspart with Lionel the LILA Lion
AJ Ramseyer ’14 Annual Memorial Alumni Game
AJ Memorial Game – Alumni with Coach Marilyn Dubón and the Ramseyer family
We once again honored AJ Ramseyer ’14, an alumnus and Lion we lost too soon. As a dedicated and integral part of the LILA high school basketball team, it has become an annual tradition to host the AJ Ramseyer ’14 Annual Memorial Alumni Game, which pits current student basketball players versus AJ’s fellow alumni and former teammates.
On May 24, 2019, the Lions played their third game in memory of AJ. More than a dozen alumni returned to play the game and cheer the players on. Additionally, approximately 50 spectators looked on as we celebrated AJ’s life and spirit.
A big merci to all of our volunteers
Burbank
Sabine d’Herbecourt
Shelle Higgins Gaucher
Alison Priestley
Taline Saad
Lisa Schulz
Los Feliz
Claire Broussard
Cristal Ricci
Karen Todd
Angelica Vale Padron
Pasadena
Miriam Jin
Brett Lund
Nayiri Partamian
Ann-Marie Rounkle
Orange County
Dimetria Jackson
Faye Karim
Yasaman Olivier
Monica Sargent
West Valley
Tamara Conniff
Emilie Fourcade
Cecile Gronfier
Claudia Kushner
Burbank
Pascale Bernardberoy
Andrea Bidart
Nadine Bonnet
Mia Cottet
Nicholas de Wolff
Sabine d’Herbécourt
Ann Levi
Sundra Oakley
Marion Paing
Chris Palmieri
Yekaterina Poloskhina
Alison Priestley
Taline Saad
Jackie Weinstein
Teresa Williams-Leon
Los Feliz
Ani Bagdasarian
Zoe Bannon
Dina Benadon
Nadine Bonnet
Shian Brisbois
Claire Broussard
Sarah Chen
Todd Diener
Josey Edwards
Jill Ettinger
Virginie Falcone
Joke Fincioen
Veronica Hoomani
Taji Huang
Minh Le
Fiona Loewi
Eden Miller
Sundra Oakley
Adam O’Byrne
Kelly Pangell
Patricia Perez
Caroline Pham
Sibel Roman
Kayla Rose
Lecia Rosenthal
Randall Scerbo
Kaylie Schiff
Sharon Scott
Bowie Sims
Laura Smolowe
Sabrina Somani
Krista Sutton
Alan Triger
Jeff Vespa Meyer
Katie Wech
Joséphine Wister Faure
Art Zog
Pasadena
Michele Abernathy
Suzanne Black
Ann Donahue
Anne Gifford Ewing
Richard Janeckzo
Nayiri Ketchedjian
Spencer Marstiller
Nayiri Partamian
Alma Quintana
Viktor Raskin
Jeanne Roué-Taylor
Luda Semenova
Julia Sushytska
Yolanda Trujillo
Laurence Viniane
Maria Ziegler
West Valley
Sihem Aiteche
Jennifer Atienza
Tamara Conniff
Jill Courtemanche
Emilie Fourcade
Susanna Gomez
Trisha Gum
Claudine Kushner
Sunida Parkin
Lynn Sharrott- York
Marina Tomazinis
LILA-Wide Chairs
Carolyn DeFanti
Marie-Laure Goepfer
Burbank
Stephen Salinger
Sali Zimbrich
Los Feliz
Shiloh Filin
Caroline Pham
Pasadena
Tom Greek
Brett Lund
West Valley
Ben & Teresa Rusiecki
Burbank
Alexandra Andricos
Alice Carr
Carolyn DeFanti
Pat Hadnagy
Justine Halliday
Delphine Hirsh
Peggi Jewell
Ann Levi
Christine Papazian
Gabrielle Pascoe
Gina Pitrello
Sundra Oakley
Vicki Simon
Jackie Weinstein
Salvator Xuereb
Los Feliz
Shian Brisbois
Michelle & Sandy Chila
Monet Corso
Pascale Faubert
Helen Hamber Rhys
Mark Hodson
Veronica Hoomani
Eden Miller
Alicia Moo-Pow
Melissa Nesic
Adam O’Byrne
Gabrielle Pascoe
Michael Shea
Cristal Ricci
Carrie Tayour
Livia Tortella
Paul Zografakis
Michelle Stockwell
Pasadena
Alexandra Andricos
Keri Bissette
Ann-Marie Rounkle
Maria Ziegler
West Valley
Irina Martirosyan-Sardaryan
Lynn Sharrott-York
Marina Tomazinis
Cliff York
Burbank
Zoe Bannon
Pascale Bernadberoy
Nadine Bonnet
Stefan Brankovic
Melinda Brownstone
Angela Campbell
Valerie Caritoux
Nathalie Chapple
Geraldine Domenghini
Dalia el Sharkawi
Sabine Farran
Jessalyn Gilsig
Justine Halliday
Lory Hansen
Alex Harvey
Peggi Jewell
Valerie Kossayan
Odile Ledoux-Tartaglia
Sundra Oakley
Chris Palmieri
Gabrielle Pascoe
Lisa Schulz
Jamie Vernhes
Carrie Whyte
Salvatore Xuereb
Anahide Yeremian
Los Feliz
Nora Abusita
Lisa Batstone
Kaly Behmard
Elle Bevan
Stacey Boucher
Mia Boylan
Nathalie Bruwer
Michael Burke
Stephanie Casaubon
Michelle Chila
Jenni Clark-Keyes
Sonia Costa
Jason Dabb
Todd Diener
Aryn Drakelee-Williams
Amanda Duffy
Nathalie Eason
Stephen Friend
Veronica Hoomani
Amy Kehoe
Alex Kerry
Jeff Meyer
Carla Moran
Cassandra Morrison
Olivier Mouroux
Melissa Nesic
Stefan Otto
Angelica Padron Vale
Gabrielle Pascoe
Remy Pearce
Patricia Perez
Melissa Pinto
Amy Poncher
Pia Radisich
Robia Rashid
Sandro Reinhardt
Carolina Reistetter
Eden Riegel
Sibel Roman
Kayla Rose
Katie Roth
Sharon Scott
Guillaume Serina
Iyari Soltero-Limon
Erica Swinkels
Jocelyn Towne
Yu-Ling Tse Tse
Mariana van Zeller
Pasadena
Janine Arai
Roxanne Aryafar-Constantinou
Audrey Bernard-Granger
Laurence de Crisnay
Andrea Denny-Brown
Miriam Elewy
Vivian Gray
Luc Harrington
Fabienne Meunissier
Francois Morissette
Ann-Marie Rounkle
Cassia Streb
Amelia Tang
Nijo Watanabe
Angela Wong
Orange County
Julisa Bravo (Bouzid)
Christele Demuro
Imane Dibiche (Elkoustaf)
Nathalie Garçon-Grunberg
Violetta Guerrero (Corcia)
Marion Kozar
Yasaman Olivier
Laurence Pegourie
Rachel Rifat (Dineen)
Dana Rothman
Sandy Rivera (Smith)
Paula Tobon (Akerman)
Tiffany Wilson (Maison)
West Valley
Carla Abboud
Tamara Conniff
Teal Davidson
Claudine Kushner
Irina Martirosyan-Sardaryan
Monica Nieto Piret
Marina Tomazinis
Delphine Varma
Anahide Yeremian
Jane Ropell – Gala Chair
Sarah Stephens – Auction & Giftbag
Simon Helberg & Sandy Chila – Cocktail Hour entertainment
Marie Wright – Dance performance
Nathalie Chapple – Photo Booths & Decor
Ming-Wei Fasquelle – iPad video
Todd Batstone – Endowment video
Thank you for another great year!
We have made every effort to properly recognize all of our generous donors and dedicated volunteers. If an error or omission has occurred, please accept our apologies and notify the advancement team at development@lilaschool.com.
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