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Corrales International School
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This Week
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CIS Family,
Are you looking for a way to become more knowledgeable about the inner workings at CIS? The School Advisory Committee meets once per month and is looking for a kindergarten parent representative!
The SAC is an advisory body comprised of parent representatives for each CIS grade, PYP and MYP teacher representatives and the Head of School. The members work together to better our school through active discussion and problem-solving to recommend policy solutions to issues relevant to the students, parents and staff at CIS.
Please contact SAC Chairwoman, Robin Yoder if you are interested! (robinyoder@aol.com)
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The Learner Profile for the Month of September is:
Knowledgeable
Knowledgeable students develop and use conceptual understandings, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines.
Students engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
Activities for parents
- Encourage your child to read books at home that correspond to the topics being covered in school.
- Ask your child about what they are learning in school and engage them in conversations about it:
"Why do you think that is an important thing to know about?"
"Can you think of anything happening in the world today that might be similar to that aspect of History?"
- Encourage your child to become familiar with current events and to read the newspaper and watch the news when appropriate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqMZ1uXOZ80
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Our new-to-the-US Chinese Instructor, Amy Liu, is getting an apartment but needs many things to make her apartment a home!
If you can help out with donations of a sofa or a dresser that would be amazing! Please email Tara at tprewitt@gmail.com if you can help!
Thank you to the Casalduc family, the Bachand family, the Cremeens/Prewitt family, the Taylor family and the Fiedler family for donations already received!
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Curriculum Night Tuesday September 23rd
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Come talk to your child's teachers and see what has been going on in the classroom for the first unit of the school year.
Tuesday, September 23
HOLA OPEN HOUSE
Curriculum Night
PYP schedule: We will have two consecutive sessions to allow parents flexibility to visit more than one classroom presentation during the evening.
5:30-6:00pm first session
6:00-6:30pm second session
MYP Schedule: There will be a general MYP meeting to discuss ManageBac and Panther Pride Cards from 5:30pm - 6:00pm. Following the general meeting, each teacher will offer two identical consecutive sessions to allow parents the flexibility to visit different classroom sessions.
6:00-6:30 first classroom session
6:30-7:00 second classroom session
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Club News
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Girls Basketball Practice: Tuesdays/Thursdays 6:00-7:00pm; limited space still available (Grades 7-10; Grades 5 & 6 welcome to practice)
Boys Basketball Practice: Tuesdays 3:30-5:00pm Wednesday 1:00pm-2:15pm (limited space still available; Grades 7-10; Grades 5 & 6 welcome to practice)
Dia de Los Muertos/Marigold Parade Art Club This club will met on Wednesdays starting this Wednesday from 1-2pm to prepare for our float in the Marigold Parade. Youth On the Move Leadership Club will start on Wednesday, with alternating meetings for PYP and MYP students. Yearbook Club Would you like to help our students, experienced with our software program, to create an important book of memories? Contact Tara if you would like to help! Math Club Our sponsor for previous years is unable to sponsor this club this year. Contact Tara if you can sponsor this club! Fencing Club Due to an injury, our Fencing Club Instructor, Toby will not be able to start this club until the winter session. Please look for more information regarding this club in December. |
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THANK YOU
GRACIAS
谢谢
CORRALES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU TO MAESTRA GABY AND HER WONDERFUL KINDERGARTEN PROBLEM SOLVERS FOR BURYING THE IRRIGATION TUBING THAT HAD BEEN PULLED UP IN OUR PLAY AREA.
THANK YOU TO CIS GRANDPARENT MARY CARR FOR COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK ORGANIZING THE CIS LIBRARY!
YOU ARE ALL WHAT MAKES CIS AMAZING!
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School Supply Fee
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If you have not yet paid the school supply fee, please make sure to do so ASAP. Please fill out the form to acknowledge that your payment is coming!
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September Lunch Menu
Please click here to fill out your order form online. All payments must be made onsite at CIS to NaMa Catering.
FREE/REDUCED LUNCH FORM
All CIS students, regardless of interest in receiving free or reduced lunch at CIS are asked to fill out the very short form found here.
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International Day 2014!
International Day (November 8) is a huge celebration at CIS and each class from the beginning of school until the Big Day in November will work on creating their classroom museums! This year the museums will be:
- Kinder--Mexico
- 1st--Italy
- 2nd--Vietnam
- 3rd--South Korea
- 4th--Peru
- 5th--Scotland
- MYP--Honduras
If your family has any connection to any of these countries or cultures, please contact Tara at armijot@corralesis.org. Teachers would appreciate guest speaker and/or lent artifacts for our museums.
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Upcoming Events
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Monday, September 22
MAPS testing begins
Tuesday, September 23
HOLA OPEN HOUSE
Curriculum Night
Wednesday, October 8
Family Balloon Day
Thursday, October 9
5:30pm
CIS Foundation Meeting
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Contact Us
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Dr. Elsy Fierro Diaz, Head of School
diaz@corralesis.org
Corrales International School 505-344-9733 corralesis.org Find us on Facebook!  |
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Balloon Fiesta and Traffic News
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Balloon Fiesta is coming!
This means hot air balloon excitement and traffic jams for us. For the week of Oct 6 through 9 school will begin at 9 am to allow families extra time to get to school. For our MYP students this change in schedule will mean no mentoring class to offset the late start. Staff will be available at 7:30 am to accommodate those that can make it and need to drop students off at that time.
On Wednesday, Oct 8 we will have a Family Day with the facility open early to allow families to come see balloons from our building and have refreshments. This day will be a Balloon Themed day, with families invited to stay and see what they can learn in the classrooms about the science of ballooning, the history of ballooning, etc.
Please note that due to continued construction
- Paseo del Norte Blvd. (NM State Road 423) - One lane of eastbound Paseo del Norte will merge into southbound I-25 without any signals. Two lanes in each direction (east and west) will be open.
We will include updates with information about how traffic flow around CIS will be effected by construction as it becomes available.
To sign up to receive updates via email or text, please visit
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Permaculture Night at Rio Grande Community Farm Thursday, October 23 @ 6:00pm In communities today, 15.1 million children take care of themselves after the school day ends. Afterschool programs keep kids safe, help working families and inspire learning. Join us, along with 7,500+ after school programs nationwide, in celebrating our after school programs. We are heading to the farm to explore the 8-acre Fractal Maize Maze and pick out pumpkins! This is a great opportunity to have fun with your school community, pick out this season's pumpkins, and have an evening adventure exploring through the corn maze. Adults & Teachers are FREE! TICKETS for Students include: Admission to the event; a pumpkin; snack & drink for students and their accompanying adults at Group Check-in; and a Family/Friends Picture at Group Check-in; plus all the other fun farm activities at the event!
Here is the link to register: Permaculture Night 2014
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