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NEWS FROM CIS: Welcome back information and upcoming events.
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CORRALES
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
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Dear CIS Family,
This week begins our Winter MAP testing. Please see the calendar for when your child's class is scheduled to test. Miss Patti will be accepting bulk items for snack to be distributed to testing students. Please bring fruit, veggie and other healthy snacks!
Thank you to Ms. Wimmer, Ms. Roberts, Ms. Romero, Ms. Banks for organizing Survivor Night for our MYP students last Friday. Thank you for your selfless dedication to our students. 12 hours!! Wow!!! Above and Beyond!!
And kudos to these students for maintaining great student behavior over the past quarter and earning this fun night!
 Dr. Elsy Diaz Head of School |
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Club News (Clubs brought to you by the CIS PTA)
--The CIS PTA will be meeting this Thursday at 530pm!
Payment for all fee-based clubs must be made directly to the instructors, with checks made out to the individuals or the organizations they represent. CIS staff does not handle checks or cash for these groups. Thank you for your understanding.
FENCING
Would you be interested in a Friday Fencing club? Please contact Tara at tprewitt@gmail.com if your child would be interested. This is for students in grades 3 and above.
CIS GLEE CLUB Do you love to sing? Would you like to join a Glee Club at CIS?
Sign up with Ms. Tara & we will keep you posted!
*There will be a fee for the club's teacher.
CORRALES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB PRODUCTION
This spring, the CIS Drama Club will present "Stone Soup" by Kate Murphy Sanchez. The play will be presented at the Albuquerque Little Theatre on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. Rehearsals will be on Wednesdays from 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. and Friday afternoons from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. January 16 - March 13. All rehearsals will be held at CIS in the kindergarten classroom, except for the rehearsals on Saturday, March 14 (2:30 - 4:30 p.m.) and Tuesday, March 17 (5:30 - 7 p.m.) which will be at ALT.
We will be auditioning for parts on Wednesday, January 14th from 12:30 - 2 p.m. at CIS in the kindergarten classroom. Auditions are open to all K - 5 students. If cast in the play, the fee to participate will be $125.00. Sibling discount will be available. Checks may be made out to ALT, or we will accept credit card payments. Fees are due no later then Friday January 23rd. Please send completed registration form with your child to the audition on January 14th. Questions, please contact Kathryn Morales via email at kathryn@abqlt.org
GUITAR CLUB WITH CHELSEA TOLEDO The new session of guitar club (grades 2 and up) begins this Wednesday! Cost is only $50 for a 6 week session (checks should be made out to Chelsea Toledo). Contact tprewitt@gmail.com if you are interested.
PYP TAEKWONDO
Blackman Taekwondo After School Club at CIS resumes--the new session begins 1/14! The fee for the 14 week class is $100.58 for new enrollees (and a Blackman tshirt and belt) or $89.88 for returning students. Email tprewitt@gmail.com to receive the flyer application or find one at Ms. Patti's desk.
Hula hoop/Jump rope club no longer meets. Hot Lunch for January
Click here for the January Hot Lunch menu. It is very important that you pay for meals as you order them. MYP Mentorship The Pay-It-Forward Mentorship groups will be collecting care package donations for the homeless until Friday, January 9th! Please bring in ziplock bags with toiletry items.
While 2015-2016 School Year seems distant, the Lottery for Enrollment in CIS is quickly approaching. We would like to know if you plan to enroll your child or children at CIS for the 2015-2016 School Year.
As you know, Corrales International School observes preference for any sibling. We want to make sure that these spaces are reserved and not offered as Lottery Openings. Please take the time to complete this form and advise us of your enrollment status for the 2015-2016 School Year no later than January 24, 2015
Please fill out the Intention to Return Form online and reserve your child's spot at CIS! Click here.
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Invitation to MYP Parents
Dear MYP Parents,
Have you ever wondered what your child does all day at school? When you ask, do you get generic one word responses like "nothing" or "stuff"?
Well the CIS MYP staff would like to invite you to come see how your child spends his/her day. By visiting your child's classes, you will get to know what International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IB MYP) teaching and learning is all about, how CIS MYP students behave, and what the academic and behavioral expectations are for our students.
This time investment in our classrooms will count toward the required 3 hours of volunteer time for parents!
You are welcome to stay for just a class or follow your son or daughter through all of their 6 class periods. If this school visit interests you, please e-mail Mr. Ripp at rippj@corralesis.org to set up a time and date. We're looking forward to seeing you.
Sincerely,
Mr. Ripp
Individuals & Societies Teacher
MYP Coordinator
Corrales International School
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Students are not allowed to possess cell phones and/or other electronic devices during school hours. With permission from Dr. Diaz, students can check their devices into the front desk in the morning and retrieve them after school. Cell phones and electronic devices will be confiscated and returned only to the student's parent/guardians. Students repeatedly violating this school policy will serve Wednesday, 7:00 a.m. detention.
We believe that we have plenty of phones (one per classroom) that students may ask permission to use. If there are extenuating circumstances and you think your student needs to have a cell phone, please contact Dr. Diaz (344-9733 or diaz@corralesis.org).
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--The CIS PTA will be meeting this Thursday at 530pm!
GC Meeting
--The CIS Governing Council will meet Wednesday at 5pm at CIS. See the agenda here
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IB LEARNER PROFILE  |
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Communicators understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others.
You can help your child at home to learn this profile by:
- Encouraging your child to stay in touch with relatives and friends who live in other countries by writing letters, using the phone or sending email.
- Encouraging your child to explain his/her answers to you orally or by drawing a picture.
- Working with your child to improve his/her listening skills.
- Being a good listener is an important part of communicating with others.
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We began our 2014-15 school year in this beautiful new building! Now that we have settled in we need to continue our work as a school community to purchase this building. As families of CIS, we are all members of our CIS Foundation and it is by working together as a community that we will achieve this goal. TO PURCHASE OUR BUILDING.
To Recap:
Our school budget nor the CIS Foundation budget have enough funds to provide a down payment to purchase this new builidng. Therefore our CIS Governing Council signed a Lease with an Option to Buy agreement. This agreement offers us the opportunity to purchase the building within a four year period. Within the next four years we need to come up with approximately $700,000 to secure purchase of this building. Until then, we will lease the building for approximately $30,000 per month. So it is definitely to our benefit to purchase the building as soon as possible since our payments on the loan will be less than lease payments.
As a charter school we are required to be in a publicly owned building by our next renewal year, 2017. If we do not achieve this, CIS may cease to exist. THIS BUILDING helps us fulfill the CIS mission, with space to continue to grow inquiry and global understanding in our community's children!
We can do this!
Some of the $700,000 will be raised through the use of SB9 CapitalOutlay Funds designated for our school from the state. Approximately$200,000 in the next four years will be generated for our school. Add to this amount a donation from our current owner of this building of approximately $75,000 towards the purchase of the building. Therefore as a school community we need to work with the CIS Foundation to raise approximately $425,000 in four years. This translates to a fundraising goal of $107,000 per year.
This is how you can help raise $107,000 per year to purchase this building:1.Make a tax-deductible donation to the CIS Foundation Tax ID#: 03-2177700-00-4a. This can be done directly by making a donation to the CIS Foundation.
b. Through your employment other direct method through United Way.
2. Solicit donations from businesses or family members all of which are tax-deductible CIS Foundation Tax ID#: 03-2177700-00-4. Please contact diaz@corralesis.org if you would like a letter to donors!
3. Purchase a brick or two to commemorate your family, student, or loved one. Bricks will be used to build a CIS Journey wall and pathway. BrickRUs site https://www.bricksrus.com/order/cis/index.php4. Target REDcard Take Charge of Education Program, with a Target REDcard, you can go to their site https://www.secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/home and register your card. A percentage of all sales will go to CIS. Our school membership code is 148643.
While this may sound like a large amount to raise, monthly or yearly gifts from friends and family can help us reach our goal.
Take a look at the following chart and see how the donations can add up.
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Potential Amount Per Year
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Donors
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Donation per month (rounded to nearest cent)
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Donation per year
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Yrs
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Donation Amount
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$ 1,000.00
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20
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$ 83.33
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$20,000.00
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4
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$ 80,000.00
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$ 500.00
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20
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$ 41.67
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$10,000.00
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4
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$ 40,000.00
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$ 300.00
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30
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$ 25.00
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$ 9,000.00
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4
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$ 36,000.00
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$ 250.00
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40
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$ 20.83
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$10,000.00
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4
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$ 40,000.00
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$ 100.00
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50
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$ 8.33
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$ 5,000.00
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4
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$ 20,000.00
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$ 50.00
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100
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$ 4.17
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$ 5,000.00
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4
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$ 20,000.00
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$ 25.00
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200
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$ 2.10
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$ 5,000.00
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4
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$ 20,000.00
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TOTALS
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460
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$64,000.00
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$256,000.00
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Many of you have stated how proud you are of our work. Our extensive waiting list attest to your confidence in us in educating your children. Please help us continue our momentum and meeting our fundraising goal of $700,000 to purchase this beautiful facility for our students.
Some great examples set by members of our community are to ask friends and family to write a check or BUY A BRICK for CIS in lieu of a birthday present, donate to the Corrales International School Foundation through the United Way as soon as possible, or ask businesses that you have a connection with to donate to our amazing school. Our CIS FOUNDATION is lead by parents just like you who need your help and suggestions. Please consider attending a CIS Foundation Meeting or email one of these fabulous parents. Anna Prewitt John Perea Raj Shethia George Bachand Carl Grending John McCall CIS is in existence and will continue to be in existence because of the hard work and generosity of parents and staff working together. This is an exciting time for our school as we take the next natural step in owning our own building. We hope that we can continue to count your support! Respectfully, Dr. Elsy Diaz Head of School Corrales International School |
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Corrales International School | 505-344-9733 |
View the CIS calendar of upcoming events at our school website!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, January 12
MAPS testing (k, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Tuesday, January 13
MAPS testing (k, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
9:00am
tours by appt only
Thursday, January 15
MAPS testing (1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Friday, January 16
MAPS testing (1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Tuesday, January 20
MAPS testing (2, 3, 4, 5)
9:00am
tours by appt only
5:30pm
PTA Parent Workshop The Whole-Brain Child
Wednesday, January 21
MAPS testing (4, 5 and make ups)
Thursday, January 22
MAPS testing (2, 3, 4, and make ups)
5:30pm
Information Night for Prospective Families
Friday, January 23
MAPS testing (2, 3, and make ups)
Tuesday, January 27
9:00am
tours by appt only
Thursday, January 29
5:30pm
Information Night Prospective Families
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