Dear CIS Families:  

Fabulous parents!

We are in the homestretch of the school year and we appreciate that you all are still engaged and realize that parent involvement not only improves our school but it models for your children that we are not yet done and there is still work to do!

Please sign up to bring testing snacks for our students.  All students deserve to go into testing with the benefit of brain-boosting snacks!  Just click on this link to sign up to bring nutritious snacks:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E48A9AD28AA8-brain 

This Saturday, May 11th at 930 am is the CIS Foundation Kids' Triathalon benefiting both CIS and the MS Society.  Please sign your child up, and/or sign yourself up to help out with this fantastic event.  See the flyer posted below for details on how to sign up to participate!  Sign up here to help!

The CIS FOUNDATION Spring Silent Auction and Theater Night is fast approaching.  If you have yet to bring in your contributions to the class basket, please do that as soon as you can.  Also, visit the Foundation website  www.cisfoundation.com to purchase your tickets. Don't wait till the last minute, tickets must be purchased now.  This event will be a night of fun, with a fabulous play at the Albuquerque Little Theater and many wonderful items available for auction all to benefit our kids! Please see CIS Foundation Newsletter below for more information on other great events.

On May 14th at 330pm and 530 pm we will have our 5th Grade parent meeting to discuss our MYP program at CIS.  This is a very important meeting all parents of current CIS 5th graders should attend.

On May 22nd, our 5th grade Exhibition will showcase the hard work and growth of our PYP students.  Please come by and let them know what you think!

Please note that both Wednesday, May 15 and Wednesday May 22 are extended day schedules while Friday, May 17 and Friday, May 24 are both early release.

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Dr. Elsy Diaz

Head of School

In our journey towards MYP IB authorization, some modifications in our school schedule are planned for next school year. The educational approach in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program is one that goes beyond the traditional school subjects. MYP requires not only an in-depth study of each subject with an emphasis on how the subjects are interrelated. The eight MYP academic subjects include: mathematics, arts, language A (English), language B (foreign language), social studies, technology, physical education, and sciences.

• Scheduling subjects in groups in order to afford the opportunity for MYP teachers to plan and implement interdisciplinary lessons. For example, Mathematics and Science; Language Arts and Social Studies are scheduled together to provide increased opportunities for teachers to team teach and collaborate.  
• Students will also be scheduled into an Enrichment Class to address student specific learning needs. This will be a time for students to receive SPED, Gifted Services, work on a project, or an area of need with a teachers.   It is expected that this will provide much needed time to address specific learning needs.  This is additional resource for our students in addition to after school tutoring.
• Instead of 90 minute class periods students will receive 45 minutes of instruction on most days except on Wednesdays.
• Students are scheduled to receive instruction in Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Chinese 4 days per week. Spanish and Technology /Design are scheduled for 5 days a week.
• Wednesdays has been scheduled in such a way as to provide additional time for teachers teaching the core subjects Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts to plan and collaborate. These core teachers have the primary responsibility of:
  • Aligning the IBO subject Aims and Objectives with the New Mexico Common Core Standards.
  • Developing interdisciplinary units with another core subject and include Music, Art, Spanish, Chinese, or technology
  • Guiding and leading MYP teachers in developing an MYP Language Policy and Assessment Policy

Next school year, will also include some curricular changes to align our course of study with Dual Credit courses offered at CNM (Central New Mexico Community College) for students in grades 10th, 11th, and 12th.   Dual Credit courses provide New Mexico students opportunities to get high school credit and college credit. Please click on the following link to review CNM's Dual Credit parent presentation. DUAL CREDIT ENROLLMENT

Along with these curricular and scheduling changes, we will also be interviewing for experienced personnel with subject and IB MYP expertise. Parents interested in participating in these interviews are encouraged to email Dr. Diaz at diaz@corralesis.org for details.

MUSIC NEWS FROM MS. CLARKE

MAPs Testing Schedule

Click for the Spring MAP Schedule!

Megan Walsh, CIS PTA President, has set up this sign up so you can help your child's class succeed by providing healthy, brain boosting snacks for MAPS testing starting next week! CIS parents please sign up and share! 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E48A9AD28AA8-brain

May 11, 2013

Rio Rancho Aquatic Center

745 Loma Colorado Dr. NE

The Kinds-Only triathlon is New Mexico's only triathlon event dedicated for children ages 13 years and younger. Kids will participate in a traditional swim-bike-run course with varying distances based on age and ability level. For more information contact the race director, Joe Marino at joerunBikeSwim@gmail.com

Sign up NOW at www.kidsonlytri.com.  Let's boost our numbers on this event as soon as possible to help encourage sponsorship by community businesses!

CIS FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER 2013