Wooden chess set on a table outdoors. The table has a burgandy table cloth. Two hands sit on the edge of the table near the wooden chess pieces.

Who We Are

SRFACS Chess logo using the SRFCAS wolf as a chess piece and the team name Les Loupes
Close up of trophy with the words "First Place - Secondary Echecs AEFE UNSS Boston 2025

Santa Rosa French-American Charter School (SRFACS) is a public French dual immersion school in Santa Rosa, California. SRFACS is part of the AEFE (Agency for French Education Abroad) and one of over 60 AEFE partner schools (including public charter and private schools) in North America.

The SRFACS Chess Team began in 2021, sending teams to compete regionally the last three years. In November 2025 SRFACS sent an elementary (3rd-5th) and a middle school (6th-8th) team to the AEFE North American chess tournament where the students played other teams as well as a chess grandmaster.

In 2025 the middle school team placed first in the competition, as the elementary team had done the year before in 2024. The SRFACS team has been invited to a tournament, hosted by the French Chess Federation, in France in June 2026.

Summer 2025 the SRFACS elementary team was one of only 26 elementary teams worldwide invited to play in France! After 3 days of competition, our students (grade 3 to grade 5) finished 5th overall!

Listen to our interview on KOWS March 6th at the 25:44 mark

Three people wearing headphones with microphones in front of them. Radio host Laura Goodman interviewing two of the SRFACS chess team

Help us send the SRFACS Team to their tournament this summer and in future years!

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Golden chess trophy with the words "First Place - Secondary Echecs AEFE UNSS Boston 2025