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Dear Parents:
Happy New Year. As the co-chair of the Governing Council, I am writing to remind you that New Mexico's legislature will be meeting for 30 days beginning Tuesday, January 17. Fortunately, the state's economic picture is brighter, which means there should be additional money available to fund public schools next school year. In fact, the legislature has announced that $89.2 million more in funds have been budgeted for public schools. If passed, this could mean as much as a 3.2 percent increase in funding for CIS next school year. The Governor has also weighed in on the budget for schools. Hers shows $97.2 million in new money would be targeted to support schools.
The CIS Governing Council is relieved that public schools probably will not have to suffer through another round of budget cuts. Despite the good news, we wanted you to know that CIS is not yet out of the woods. This is because there is always the threat that the legislature will eliminate or drastically cut funding in an area that directly impacts charter schools, such as the funding virtually all charters receive for being considered a small school. If this were to happen, CIS would be devastated.
We will be monitoring the legislature for potentially bad bills and will make every effort to get the word to parents so you can take action. Legislators want to hear what their constituents think about such issues as the need for charter schools as well as their views on specific bills. Phone calls and e-mails from constituents make a difference as even a handful can and do influence a legislator.
If you don't already know, we hope you will take the time to find out the name and contact information for your local representative. To obtain the information, simply go to: http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/ and then click on Members and Find Your Legislator.
CIS has made tremendous progress in just three and half years. The CIS Governing Council is grateful to you, your kids, and the faculty and staff for making CIS's success possible. We have no doubt that the school's future remains bright not only in 2012 but for many, many years to come.
Jennifer A. Salisbury, CIS co-chair |
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PARENT MEETINGS ABOUT SPANISH IN THE PYP
Dr. Diaz and the PYP staff are holding grade level meetings for parents to discuss our current spanish language instruction policy and proposed changes for next year. Families are strongly encouraged to attend and ask questions and give your input.
GRADE LEVEL PARENT MEETINGS: SPANISH INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM - 4th GRADE JANUARY 5TH AT 5:00 P.M.
- 2nd GRADE JANUARY 9TH AT 5:00 P.M.
- 3rd GRADE JANUARY 19TH AT 5:00 P.M.
- 1st GRADE JANUARY 24TH AT 5:00 P.M.
- KINDER JANUARY 31ST AT 5:00 P.M.
- 5th GRADE FEBRUARY 2ND AT 5:00 P.M.
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Reserving your child's seat...
If you have not yet let us know whether you are returning for the 2012-2013 school year, it is imperative that you contact Linda Payne, our registrar, ASAP. A space can only be held for your child if you contact Linda. Failure to do reserve your child's space will result in that seat being entered into the lottery on February 1, 2011. In that case, your child will not be able to attend CIS next year.
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Hot Lunch
If you will be ordering hot lunch, please turn in your calendar order form (one per child) and your payment ASAP! Please do not send your child with payment for meals served on the same day. Prior notice is required.
Checks are to be made payable to Aaron's Sandwich Time. Meals are $3.00 for salad bar, hot main dish and milk or water. Box salads with egg and/or chicken are available for the same price. If you would like to purchase a salad bar only option the cost is $2.00 per day. Please include your child's name, grade and the amount of payment included on each child's order form. Thank you!
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Club News
Journalism Club will resume meeting on January 18th.
Drama Club
The new Albuquerque Little Theater drama session began this Friday. There is still room available if your child would like to join. The CIS Drama Club Spring Production Group will meet on Tuesdays and Fridays from 3-4:30pm, January 6 - March 10th, 2012. All rehearsals will be held at CIS except for rehearsal on Saturday, March 3 (9am -12pm) and Friday March 9 (4pm-6pm), which will be at Albuquerque Little Theatre. Auditions for the bi-lingual play "Heroes: Robin Hood Retold" by local play write Kate Murphy, with translations by Warren Wilgus, will be held during the first meetings of the group. Production will be held on Saturday March 10 at ALT (call at 9am, show at 10:30am). The registration fee for this program is $125.00. Checks can be made out to ALT, and credit card payments will be accepted. Fees need to be paid by first week of class, or 1/2 paid at first class and 1/2 paid by February 3rd class. For families, first child pays full fee, additional siblings will receive a $25.00 discount. Contact Tara to discuss financial aid options.
Instructors: Warren Asa Wilgus and Kathryn Morales of Albuquerque Little Theatre
Architecture with Legos Club
The new session will begin on Monday, January 9, 2012 from 3:15 pm until 4:30 pm. If your child was on the wait list for this club, you should have already been contacted by club sponsor Brian Wiley. Contact Brian Wiley at b_nwiley@yahoo.com to see if spaces are available.
Taekwondo with Blackman Taekwondo Academy The new 10 week sessions will begin Tuesday (k-2) and Thursday (3-10). If your child attended session 1, the fee is $60. If your child would like to attend session 2 without having attended session 1, the fee is $60 plus a $50 reg and uniform fee.
Suzuki Violin
Parent Maria Pumilia has located an suzuki violin instructor for CIS! Look for more information on this new fee-based club next week.
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SAC Agenda
 3821 Singer Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM
School Advisory Committee
Wednesday, January 11 2012
5:00 pm
Agenda:
A. Meeting called to order
B. Roll Call
C. Action Proposed--Adoption of agenda for January 11, 2012 meeting
D. Action Proposed--Adoption of meeting minutes from December 14, 2011
E. Public Comment: This is an opportunity for Parents, Guardians, and members of the
Public to address the committee with comments or issues. Any item presented may be
noticed on a future agenda.
F. SAC Member Comment: This is an opportunity for any member of the SAC to comment.
G. Director's Report
H. Discussion/Action Item: Reauthorization Committee
I. Discussion/Action Item: Traffic
J. Discussion Items: Lottery/SAC Participation?
K. Other Business
L. Adjournment
The next meeting of the School Advisory Council will be on February 8 , 2012 at 5:00 pm and
will take place in the Teacher's Lounge at Corrales International School, 3821 Singer Blvd. NE,
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KUDOS
Congratulations to CIS students and families! We collected 10 giant bags and 8 boxes FULL of clothes, shoes, toiletry items, toys, games, stuffed animals, and food that will be donated to The Barrett House and Albuquerque Rescue Mission next week. Great job! Thank you CIS families! --Jennifer Martyn
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PTA
Happy New Year! Did you make a resolution to get organized and de-clutter? Did you know that you can do this while helping CIS? Although the Annual CIS Garage Sale is months away, we will begin taking donations NOW! Maggie Mathisen has graciously offered to store items (until she runs out of space!) for the sale that will be held in May. You can contact her at 898-7853 or myself, Tammy Spatz, at tamspatz@gmail.com or 303-587-2039. For last year's sale, we only had 10-15 families donate items for the sale. I know that we can get a great deal more participation by taking your donations off your hands when you are ready! We will also plan some pick-up days at the school in the near future--watch for details. The garage sale requires two main ingredients: DONATIONS and VOLUNTEERS! I would like to begin forming a committee now to work on pricing, advertising, set-up and other tasks. This is a really big job for 1 or 2 people but actually pretty fun as a group and a great way to get to know other CIS families. We have 2 tentative locations for the sale this year but we are open to suggestions. Also, tell your friends and family--some of our best donations have been from outside CIS! If you have any questions, please contact me.
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Upcoming Events
Monday, January 9 at 5:00pm
2nd Grade Parent Meeting @ CIS
Tuesday, January 10 at 6:00pm PTA meeting at CIS
Wednesday, January 11 at 5:00pm
SAC meeting
Friday, January 13
Chinese New Year Celebration
Monday, January 16 MLK Day
Tuesday, January 17
Family Science Night @ CIS!
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CIS MAP TEST SCHEDULE
In case you are wondering when Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) testing for your child will occur, here is the most current schedule.
| | Tuesday 1/17 | Wed. 1/18 | Thurs 1/19 | Friday 1/20 | | 8:30-9:30 | K- math part 1 | K- math part 2 | NO TESTING | K read part 1 | | 9:45-10:45 | 1st- math part 1 | 1st-math part 2 | | 1st read part 1 | | 10:45-12:00 | 3rd math | 3rd read | | 3rd lang | | 12:15-1:45 | 7th sci | X | | 9/10th lang | | 1:45-3:15 | | | | make ups |
| | Mon 1/23 | Tues 1/24 | Wed 1/25 | Thurs 1/26 | Fri 1/27 | | 8:30-9:30 | K read 2 | 2nd math | 2nd read | 2nd lang | 8:00 - 9:40 8th lang | | 9:45-10:45 | 1st read 2 | 4th read | 4th lang | 9:45-11:00 7th read | 9:45 - 11:15 7th math | | 10:45-12:00 | 4th math | 5th math | 9/10th science | 11:00-12:30 5th read | 12:15-1:45 6th science | | 12:15-1:45 | 7th lang | 8th sci | X | 9/10th math | | | 1:45 -3:00 | make ups | make ups | | | |
| | Mon 1/30 | Tues 1/31 | Wed 2/1 | | 8:00 - 9:40 | 9/10th read | 8:30-9:45 5th lang | X | | 9:45 - 11:15 | 8th math | 8th read | 6th lang | | 12:15-1:45 | 6th read | 6th math | |
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