NEWSFLASH The Weekly Newsletter of Cebu International School Friday, May 29, 2015 MISSION STATEMENT The mission of CIS is to recognize and nurture potential, and empower all members of its community to have a positive impact on our changing world. Together we are Responsible, Respectful, Prepared. Cebu International School Pit-os, Cebu City Tel no. (6332) 261-0CIS or 261-0247 Fax no. (6332) 261-0247 ext 217 Connecting ALL Departments www.cis.edu.ph CONTENTS Board of Trustees’ News Dear CIS Community, As our Superintendent Tony Harduar once said, "This school year, 2014-15 has been a relatively quiet year for us all, as compared to what we went through in the last two previous school years. Quiet is good." Board of Trustees’ News Superintendent’s News Middle/High School News Elementary School News IBDP & College News Athletics & Activities Director’s News Other News > Parent Teacher Association(PTA) News > Middle/High School Exam Schedule UPCOMING EVENTS 29 May (Friday) > Graduation Day, Radisson Blu 30 - 31 May (Saturday - Sunday) > Kick 4 Kathmandu Soccer Tournament 3 June (Wednesday) > End of Year Assembly > Grade 5 and 8 Moving-Up Ceremony - CIS Dragon’s Dome ROTATION DAYS 1 June (Monday) - Day C 2 June (Tuesday) - Day D 3 June (Wednesday) End of year Assembly The quiet time actually gave us the opportunity to do what we love doing most - building a better school for the kids by improving our school standards, services and facilities. We've been recruiting new expat teachers to compliment our existing teaching talents and subsequently bringing up our expatto-local teaching staff ratio to 1:1 from 1:2 a couple of years ago. Last summer we did some school building improvements to complete the repair works on the damages we sustained during the earthquake and typhoon Yolanda in 2013. As you may have noticed, we've already started construction work on more building improvements for this summer break. If everything goes according to plan, we should open the new school year with a larger and better consolidated library, a parents' lounge, better and bigger pre-school and elementary school classrooms, an expanded art room, separate toilet facilities for adults on the ground floor of the main building and, hopefully, a nice outdoor deck extending our canteen out to the soccer field. Providing a safe and conducive learning environment for both our students and school staff is very important to us. This is why we've invested in better security CCTV systems all around the campus to upgrade our old and outdated ones. We are in the process of reviewing all our security protocols as well. Recently, we've engaged the services of SGV (a renowned audit firm) to assist us in by: Mr. Charlie Liu, Board Chair reviewing, upgrading and documenting all our financial and business processes in our school's business operations. This will ensure better transparency, control and governance regardless of changes in personalities on the School Board and/or Administrative Leadership. My father has taught and constantly reminded me, "To always give over 100% to whatever tasks we've accepted or committed to do and to just let the results speak for themselves. Never to take myself or people for granted, and to be always thankful, especially to those who helped you in your journey." On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I'd just like to thank you, all the wonderful men and women in the CIS community for the great things you've done for our school this year. We are so blessed to have such a fantastic, talented and dedicated teaching and school staff at CIS. They are our true super heroes. Educators have a gift to inspire hope, ignite creativity and instill the love and culture for learning. Please continue the good work that you do. We are likewise blessed to have such a great leadership team spearheaded by our superintendent and together with his school principals and heads of departments. You all have been the rock and the light to our CIS community. We are also lucky to have such an engaged parent community, led by the very hardworking and dedicated PTA Board officers. Your selfless actions and support have been a great inspiration to everyone. Often times in our lives, we encounter setbacks and discouragements. As a result, our inner fire sometimes fades. But just as quickly as it wanes, it suddenly bursts into flames once again when we encounter special people who embolden us to forge on. I am especially referring to the wonderful students of CIS whose lives and growth has been the single greatest motivator for us. Thank you for never Continued on page 2 CIS Newsflash Page 2 of 11 Board of Trustees’ News from page1 failing to rekindle our inner spirits. On a personal note, this has been an extra special school year for me. I have had the privilege to witness how my eldest son, Kyle, grew from a toddler to a fine young gentleman who will finally be graduating high school this school year. I am very proud of what he has accomplished and extremely grateful to CIS for helping him shape the man he has become today. Seeing Kyle so happy, motivated and challenged in school and about life itself ever since he entered CIS four years ago has made us realize that moving him here was the best decision that Susan and I have made. For this alone, we are eternally grateful to CIS! Here's wishing you all a great and relaxing summer break and I'm looking forward to seeing you all again in August! Superintendent’s News End of Year Procedures Parents, as you know we have made some changes in the end of year procedures. Please note: Graduation is this afternoon, Friday, May 29, at the Radisson Blu Hotel. The Moving-up Ceremony for Grades 5 and 8 is on June 3 at 11:00 am in the Dragon’s Dome. Students in Grades 3-11 will attend this ceremony. Except for PS, which will be dismissed at the normal time, Grades K-11 students will be dismissed at 12:15 pm. Parents are welcome to pick up their K Grade 2 children early. by: Mr. Tony Harduar, Superintendent 2. Kevin Hale (US) Grade 5 Saigon South International School, Vietnam 3. Emilia Ricardo (Colombia) Spanish Colegio Britanico - British School Of Cartagena, Colombia 4. Sara Reicke (US) Band/ General Music South Middle School, USA 5. Joe Murphy (Canadian) Learning Needs Coordinator Concordian International School, Thailand School Offices Closed June 25 and 26 6. Please note that the school offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, June 25 and 26 to allow time for some professional development for our staff. The offices will reopen on June 29. Patrick Klocek (US) Business/Social Studies Oberoi International School, India 7. Daniel Keller (US) Psycholgy/ Social Studies Math and Science Academy, USA 8. Jessica Holloway (US) English Escuela Americana de Pachuca, Mexico 9. Daniel Monfre (US) Math Ronald Reagan IB High School, USA Art Works, Projects, Lockers Please remind your children to take their art works and projects home so they may enjoy them. Unfortunately, if they are left at school we will have to dispose of them. Also during the summer break, all lockers will be cleared out and cleaned, so please remind students not to leave any items in their lockers. Thank you! Welcome New Faculty Last week we said goodbye to our departing faculty and staff who were moving on from CIS. Below are the names of the new hires we will welcome in midJuly for the 2015-2016 school year. They come to us with a variety of experiences from all over the world. We look forward to their arrival in July and to working with them next year. 1. Madeline Lynch (US) Grade 1 American School of Yaoundé, Cameroon Thank You for a Great School Year Another school year has ended and it is time to say goodbye for the summer break. It has been an exciting year of learning and growing. There are many wonderful success stories from Pre-school to Grade 12. Parents, thank you for sharing your children with us. We know we are fortunate to work with them. Thank you also for all you did this year in support of the school. We couldn’t have done it without you and, for that, we are truly grateful! To those of you who will be departing Cebu and moving on to other locations in the world, I wish you the very best and trust that CIS offered your children an excellent education during their time with us. For those of you returning to CIS for the coming school year, I wish you a very pleasant vacation. I look forward to seeing you and your children back at school on Tuesday, August 4. I know next year will be another active and exciting school year. Last Newsflash for SY2014-2015 10. Steffany Hermias (Philippines) PE/Filipino University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines 11. Mario Arana (Guatemala) Spanish American International School of Bucharest, Romania 12. Cynthia Sicilia (US) Elementary School Principal Ferndale School District USA This will be the last newsflash this school year. If you have questions, please call the office. First Day of School for 2015-2016 The first day of school for SY 2015-2016 is Tuesday, August 4. Please see the CIS Master Calendar on our website for more details. CIS Newsflash Page 3 of 11 Middle & High School News Wow! It’s my last Newsflash! It seems like just yesterday that I was starting at CIS, full of anticipation and excitement. It has been an amazing four years filled with challenges, successes and wonderful memories. Cebu and CIS will always hold a special place in my heart and I will miss it dearly. Most of all, I will miss working with the incredible students. They are the best! They are the heart and soul of the school and make every day I come to work worthwhile. I have been truly blessed to have been a part of such a warm and supportive community and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for everything you’ve done to make my time here so wonderful. It is hard to leave something so special but I will take with me the very best of memories and the knowledge that I have many lifetime friends here. My best wishes to you all but above all, THANK YOU! We also have several colleagues who are moving on to new challenges and adventures. I would like to thank them all Elementary School News by: Mr. Neil Walton, MHS Principal for their contributions to CIS and wish them well for the future. With this transition, we are also excited to be welcoming some new and equally talented teachers to our school next year. It will be another exciting year and I know that CIS will continue to flourish! However, before we finish we still have several important End-of-Year Activities to look forward to. This evening is our Graduation ceremony for 2015 where we will honor our current class of High School graduates. The programme begins at 5:00 pm in the Santa Maria Ballroom at the Radisson Blu hotel. I hope to see you there to celebrate the achievements of our college-bound Grade 12 students and give them a great send-off. On campus, we are still running our endof-semester exams and make-up activities on Monday, 1st and Tuesday, 2nd of June. Then we have our last school day on Wednesday, 3rd of June when we will begin the day with our Final Awards Then, of course don’t forget our grand finale to this school year, the Grade 5 & 8 Moving-Up Ceremony here at the Dragon’s Dome at 11:00 am on Wednesday. I look forward to seeing you there for this special culminating event of the year, where we honor our students moving from Elementary School to Middle School and from Middle School to High School. So, it’s goodbye for now. I wish you a pleasant weekend and a wonderful future! I hope our paths will cross again. MHS Exam Schedules on pages 9 - 11 by: Mr. Ted Mockrish, ES Principal Congratulations on another wonderful year of learning! This is my last newsflash of the year, and my final one as elementary principal. While I am excited for the new challenges of the Middle and High School, these last three years with all of the elementary students, faculty and parents has been the most wonderful experience for me as an educator! I have said this before and will say it again…we have the nicest, best students in the world! Thank you for all of your support, feedback and guidance over the last three years. classroom, thinking about what is needed to make a community function smoothly. During this process the students developed building units made of boxes and paper rolls to construct sturdy walls and roofing. There was an incredible amount of problem solving, math, engineering, civil planning and collaboration involved in creating the village, the puppet show and the unit as a whole. Look for their efforts on the latest Learning Story on our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CebuInternat ionalSchool?fref=ts It is amazing to see our students working hard right to the last day of school. It’s as if the children don’t know summer break is coming and it is business as usual in classrooms. Earlier this week, our Kinders put together a puppet show on friendship and asked for donations from audience members to support earthquake victims in Nepal. After hearing about how many people lost their homes in Nepal, the Kinders really wanted to help. On Thursday, our Pre School 4s installed ecology signs at the Mactan Shrine, after learning about how pollution affects sea creatures. Our Grade 2s just finished amazing published books that they delivered this morning to a group of children in Bacayan. The class went down this morning, read their books aloud and handed over the books they made from scratch, from writing, to publishing to professional printing and binding! This is part of an ongoing project of supporting literacy in the neighborhood, in which our students continue to participate. Inspired by the Kinder Puppet Show, the Grade 2s are performing the stories from their books at school on Monday morning with a suggested donation going to They are completing their unit on the transdisciplinary theme of, Where We are in Place and Time, specifically studying how people build homes according to their needs and abilities. Starting with investigations into the past and constructions of caves and tents, the Kinders then worked together to plan, design and build a Kinder Village in their Assembly, which should be both entertaining and a wonderful opportunity to honor some of the special efforts of our students over the course of this year. earthquake victims in Nepal! Well done Pre School 4 and Grade 2s for all of your efforts. Our Grade 5s are preparing for their Moving Up Ceremony on Wednesday at 11 am in the Dragon’s Dome, but they are not too busy to continue their learning straight through next week. On Monday, they will hold a final performance in their classroom related to their unit, Where We are in Place and Time, by presenting a living museum on their investigations into ancient civilizations. We are so proud of all the work and collaboration our Grade 5s have demonstrated over the course of this year. They have elevated our service work in the Elementary School through their continued, compassionate efforts. Well done! Finally, I would like to thank each and every teacher who has made this year possible. I would especially like to highlight those teachers that will move on from the CIS Community after this year ends. Thank you for everything you have done for us Claire Navarro (Grade 3), Monique Donahue (Grade 4), Stephanie Burress (Grade 5), Marcie Dunham (EAL), Maria Menendez (WL-Spanish), Marijyl Valendez (Music), and Akina Fuentes (Teaching Assistant). We wish you all well in your new adventures! Continued on page 4 CISNewsflash Newsflash CIS Page Page4 3ofof118 Elementary School News from page 3 Of course I would be remiss if I did not thank Mr. Neil Walton for his years of service to CIS. I could not imagine the last three years at CIS without this compassionate, thoughtful, humorous, intelligent man guiding our Middle/High School faculty and students. Thank you for everything you have done for our students and our school. God’s Speed! Thank you all again for a fantastic year of learning! Have an amazing summer with friends and family. See you all in August! IBDP & COLLEGE News by: Ms. Jenny Basa, IBDP Coordinator/Dean of Student Services University Acceptances as of 29 May 2015 Continued on page 5 CIS Newsflash Page 5 of 11 IBDP & College News from page 4 University Acceptances as of 29 May 2015 Continued on page 6 CIS Newsflash Page 6 of 11 IBDP & College News from page 5 University Acceptances as of 29 May 2015 CIS Newsflash Athletics and Activities Director’s News Page 7 of 11 by: Mr. Ace Pierra, Athletics & Activities Director Register at CIS cashier on or before June 5, 2015. Continued on page 8 CIS Newsflash Page 8 of 11 Athletics and Activities Director’s News from page 7 The schedule for ISAC next year will be: 1st Season Southville International School and Colleges, Las Piñas Volleyball Boys and Volleyball Girls October 7 - 11, 2015 2nd Season British School Manila- BGC, Taguig City Boys Soccer and Girls Basketball January 20 - 24, 2016 3rd Season Brent International School Subic- Subic Boys Basketball and Girls Soccer March 16 - 20, 2016 Other News Parent Teacher Association (PTA) News by: Mrs.Neeru Bhadwal, PTA Secretary SY2015-16 As we near the end of the 2014-15 academic year, I would like to thank each one of you for your interest and generosity in supporting the PTA. We had a busy and a successful year that enabled us to contribute meaningfully towards our school and our community. We would like to bid adieu to the outgoing MHS Principal Mr. Neil Walton. His contributions have made this school a better place. Best wishes to Mr. Ted Mockrish as he now takes up the responsibilities of MH School. PTA welcomes Ms. Cynthia Sicilia as the new ES Principal. Her vast experience will definitely benefit CIS. Soon, the school website will have a PTA tab with web-pages outlining all the PTA related information in detail. This would enable us to keep you informed about our social events, fund-raising efforts and other activities. It will be a wonderful tool to keep us better connected!! We are also trying to reach out to new parents by putting together a guidebook for them. It will contain information - tips to help them learn more about the school routines and what’s available in the city. Your input will be of great help here. Therefore, we have put a survey online to collect your comments. Please contribute to the guidebook by sharing any information you think would help new parents to get started in the school and the city. The link is given below: https://goo.gl/vlmrrN Looking forward to your responses. Continued on page 9 CIS Newsflash Page 9 of 11 Middle/High School Department 2nd SEMESTER EXAMINATION AND FINAL WEEK SCHEDULE May 28 - June 1, 2015 INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Report to assigned HR/exam rooms before 7:30am. 2. Remain in the room until the exam period is completed 3. All school rules apply 4. Students are not required to attend school during a session if they do not have an exam scheduled 5. Length of exams by grade level: Gr. 6 – 1.0 hr Gr. 7 & 8 – 1.5 hrs Gr. 9 to 11 – 2.0 hrs 6. Students are to hand in relevant text books to Homeroom teachers at beginning of each exam. (Students are in the classroom for the entire 2 hr. block and are expected to quietly review for the next exams during non-exam time.) NOTE: Semester summative assessments in specialist subjects (Music, PE, Art, I.T., etc.) may be given during regular class time during the week of May 23rd – 25th, 2015 THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015 -- School Starts – 7:30am, Dismissal – 12:15pm, Buses Leave -12:30pm 7:30 -7:40 Homeroom/Proctors 7:45 – 9:45 Break 9:45-10:15 10:15 – 12:15 6 - Mr. Burgos & Ms. Alguno Science World Languages 7A - Ms. Roble & Ms. Fussell English World Languages 7B – Ms. Hardy & Ms. Cuyno English World Languages 8A – Dr. Josol & Mr. Vega Soc. Studies English 8B – Ms. Sheffield, Ms. Laplana & Ms. Wiemann Soc. Studies English 9A – Ms. Castro & Ms. Kubicka Math Social Studies 9B –Ms. Medalla & Mr. Lawrence Math Social Studies 10A - Mr. Deitchmeister & Mr. Harris Math Science 10B - Ms. Chang & Mr. Tebbutt Math Science Biology/Chemistry English 11 - Mr. Donahue & Ms. Woodhouse STUDY AFTERNOON AT HOME FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 -- School Starts – 7:30am, Dismissal – 12:15pm, Buses Leave -12:30pm 7:30 -7:40 Homeroom/Proctors 7:45 – 9:45 Break 9:45-10:15 10:15 – 12:15 6 - Mr. Burgos & Ms. Alguno Math Social Studies 7A - Ms. Roble & Ms. Fussell Science Math 7B – Ms. Hardy & Ms. Cuyno Science Math 8A – Dr. Josol & Mr. Vega Science World Languages 8B – Ms. Sheffield, Ms. Laplana & Ms. Wiemann Science World Languages Continued on page 10 CIS Newsflash Page 10 of 11 FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 -- School Starts – 7:30am, Dismissal – 12:15pm, Buses Leave -12:30pm 7:30 -7:40 Homeroom/Proctors 7:45 – 9:45 Break 9:45-10:15 10:15 – 12:15 9A – Ms. Castro & Ms. Kubicka English World Languages 9B –Ms. Medalla & Mr. Lawrence English World Languages 10A - Mr. Deitchmeister & Mr. Harris English Psychology/Business 10B - Ms. Chang & Mr. Tebbutt English Psychology/Business Business Math 11 - Mr. Donahue & Ms. Woodhouse STUDY AFTERNOON AT HOME MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2015 -- School Starts – 7:30am, Dismissal – 12:15pm, Buses Leave -12:30pm 7:30 -7:40 Homeroom/Proctors 7:45 – 9:45 Break 9:45-10:15 10:15 – 12:15 6 - Mr. Burgos & Ms. Alguno English Make-ups or dismissal 7A - Ms. Roble & Ms. Fussell Social Studies Make-ups or dismissal 7B – Ms. Hardy & Ms. Cuyno Social Studies Make-ups or dismissal 8A – Dr. Josol & Mr. Vega Math Make-ups or dismissal 8B – Ms. Sheffield, Ms. Laplana & Ms. Wiemann Math Make-ups or dismissal 9A – Ms. Castro & Ms. Kubicka Science Make-ups or dismissal 9B –Ms. Medalla & Mr. Lawrence Science Make-ups or dismissal 10A - Mr. Deitchmeister & Mr. Harris World Languages Make-ups or dismissal 10B - Ms. Chang & Mr. Tebbutt World Languages Make-Ups or Dismissal 11 - Mr. Donahue & Ms. Woodhouse World Languages Psychology/History Grade 8 students will have a Moving-Up Ceremony rehearsal at 10:00-12:00am followed by class parties. STUDENTS MAY COMPLETE THEIR CLEARANCES IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE LEAVING CAMPUS TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2015 -- School Starts – 7:30am, Dismissal – 12:15pm, Buses Leave -12:30pm All Grades (except grade 12) 8:00 – 10:00 10:30 – 12:30 Make-up exams or summative assignments Make-up exams or summative assignments Attendance only required if taking a make-up exam or assignment Grade 8 students will have a Moving-Up Ceremony rehearsal at 8:00-10:00 am. Continued on page 11 12 of 11 12 Page 11 CIS Newsflash ALL STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THEIR CLEARANCES BEFORE 1:00pm, TUESDAY, JUNE 2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015 7:30 – 8:00am Homeroom 8:00 – 9:15am (Approx.) Awards/Final Assembly Dragons’ Dome 9:15 – 10:45am Class parties (this is also time for Gr 5 and 8 students to get ready for Moving-Up) Homeroom Classes 11:00 – 12:15pm Moving-Up Ceremony Dragons’ Dome 12:15pm Dismissal BUSES LEAVE AT 12:30pm
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