Corrales International School February 2015
Kids in Class CIS
CIS Family, 

We hope your family was able to get out and enjoy the amazing weather this weekend!  We have a lot of events coming up, so please get the details below!

Please make sure to add our Very Important IB Night for Parents to your calendar for Thursday 
February 19th!  This event, "Passport to IB" offers insight into International Mindedness, Concept -based Learning, Assessment, Design, and Action in IB. The CIS class that brings in the most parents will be awarded a prize!  

Parent/Teacher conferences are this week!  Please note that while MYP conferences are intended for all students, the PYP conference are offered on an as-needed basis. The teachers have identified the students that are in need of a conference and have emailed those parents directly. If you were not contacted but feel you need to request a conference, please email the teachers directly to set up a time.

Please note that Thursday 2/12 and Friday 2/13 of this week 
are half days due to parent/teacher conferences. School will end at 12:30pm for the PYP and at 12:45PM for the MYP students. On Thursday 2/13/15 MYP students will have periods 1, 2, and 3. On Friday, MYP students will have periods 4, 5, and 6.  Monday 2/16 there is no school in session in observance of President's Day.



Principled

Principled students act with integrity and honesty, and have a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities.

They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them.

Activities for parents

* Involve your child in deciding on the rules for a game or activity and then ensure that they stick to the ones that have been decided upon.

* Encourage your child to play games that involve teams. Discuss with your child the qualities of a team player. What sort of person would they want on their team?

* When your child wins a game insist that he or she is a well-mannered winner. They might thank their opponent or shake hands with them if it's appropriate.

* When playing a game, don't change the rules or let your child win. Being a gracious loser is just as important as being a good winner.
 
SCHOOL SUPPLY FEE

With the start of the new year, it is time to pay the second school supply fee!  The PYP fee is $30 per student and the MYP fee is $40 per student.  Please make checks payable to CIS.

If you paid the full year's fee in advance, please disregard this notice. 

Thank you!
CIS PTA sponsored CLUBS

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. 

PERMACULTURE CLUB
Saturday 2/21 10:00am-1:00pm Resume & Interview Skills Workshop for all high school students.

GLEE CLUB--STARTS MONDAY!
Miss Marisa Tapia and Miss Monty will be the instructors for Glee club.  We want to grow this club, so please encourage others to join us whenever you think it might be appropriate!  It will involve pop music, Broadway music and Spanish music!  Miss Marisa is a violinist, has vocal training, and has performed in Spanish operas!!  Ultimately, the kids will also drive the direction of this club with their musical interests and ambitions!  One thought is that it may become a show choir some day!  For now, it's just about having fun singing and learning to sing in a group!

Glee Club will meet on Mondays after school from 3:45 pm until 4:30 pm, starting on February 9th.  The club is scheduled at this time so that it can be open to all grades, K-12.  At this time, we think it will meet in the Multi-Purpose Room.  The fee will be $50.00 per child, for each 6 week session.  Miss Marisa will be coordinating everything from here on out.  You can email her directly with any questions at [email protected].  Checks should be made payable to Marisa Tapia as well, and are due on 2/9/15 at the first meeting.

LEGO PLAY SESSIONS
The next Lego Session will be held on Friday, February 27th  from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. Please email [email protected] to get your child signed up for this play session.  There is a cap of 20 students.


Dr. Elsy Fierro Diaz, Head of School
Corrales International School
[email protected]
corralesis.org
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