EARTH DAY PREPARATIONS

Volunteers! We’ll have many stations around campus for Earth Day activities and we still need a few more parent volunteers to assist. Spend a morning or afternoon in this beautiful weather helping our students learn more about their environment.

Recycled Items Needed: bread bags, plastic bags, tubing, dried herbs, and bottle tops (all types).

Blenders/Food Processors. Would you like to donate your old or used blender or food processor for the paper-making station at Earth Day? Don’t want it back? Great! We’d love to keep it for future Earth Days and paper-making in classes.

PROCTORS NEEDED FOR EOG’S!

When we administer the End-of-Grade (EOG) exams on May 23-25, we will need approximately 24 proctors to sit in as observers of the exam process. We rely on parent volunteers for this important function. If you are available on any of the mornings of those days, please contact Cathy Hayes in the office. Proctor training will begin each day at 9am. The tests last from 9:30-Noon. Thanks for your help!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

v CIS Ladies Night Out, Tuesday, April 11^th at 6:30pm at the Mexicasa Restaurant in Harrisburg.

v CIS Family Picnic on Sunday, April 30^th at 4:30pm.

For info: Cathie Price (645-7038), Janet Bryant (789-9665)

v 1^st Annual CIS International Festival, Saturday, May 13^th, 9am-1pm, Rocky River Elementary School, featuring many cultural displays and international performers, fashion show, and cuisine.

vYear-End Gala, Saturday, June 10^th, 7-9pm, Belk Theatre at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. We will conclude our school year at the premier performance venue in the Charlotte region. Join us for the celebration of our school year and a vision of the bright future of CIS.

PARENT-INTERN COORDINATOR

In the next few weeks we will begin interviews to fill a new position at CIS for 2006-7, the Parent-Intern Coordinator. The CIS Parent-Intern Coordinator (PIC) will have two overlapping areas of responsibility: coordinating volunteer parent activities and student internships. This will be a full-time position that requires excellent people skills, strong initiative and independent work ability, and consistently high quality public interaction as a frequent representative of the school. If you are interesting in applying for the position, please send a resume and cover letter to Dr. Beall.

NO PARKING IN FIRE LANE

The gravel road that encircles our campus was required for emergency vehicle access in case of a fire. Please do not block this road by parking there. Remember: safety first.

SPRING PICTURES HOME TODAY

The deadline for returning spring pictures—either an order with payment or the pictures (if not ordering)—is Wednesday, April 12^th.

The 5^th Grade visited Bank of America Stadium this week.

Our fabulous Green Team has taken the lead in campus recycling: McKenzie Smith, Ashley Bowman, Hans Honer, Kelly Leroy, Jacob Thrower, Alexis Shaw, and teacher Judy Nelms.

CIS LADIES NIGHT OUT TONIGHT

CIS Ladies Night Out—TONIGHT!—Tuesday, April 11^th at 6:30pm at the Mexicasa Restaurant in Harrisburg. The restaurant is located in the School House Commons shopping center next to Lowes Foods on Highway 49.

WINTER DANCE PICTURES
Pictures from this year’s Winter Dance will be delivered to campus next week. Packets will be given to homeroom teachers for distribution. Thanks for supporting the Drama Committee!

Ms. O’Connell and Will Robinson enjoy a laugh during Eddie’s presentation of his business of the future.

CIS FAMILY PICNIC

Our first CIS Family Picnic of the year is on Sunday, April 30^th at 4:30pm at Dorton Park in Concord. Come and enjoy the spring weather with other CIS families. There will be lots of fun games and great food. We will have grilled hamburger plates, hotdog plates, and wonderful desserts (a pre-order form will be included in the next Tuesday folder). OR bring your own picnic. Volunteers are needed and appreciated for the following: making desserts, set-up and decorating, helping with games, and clean-up. For more information or to volunteer, please call Janet Bryant (789-9665) or Cathie Price (645-7038).

5^th Grade performers recall moments and memories from the Civil Rights movement.

TERM 5 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program theme this term was “How We Organize Ourselves.” Our 3^rd and 5^th Grade classes took very different approaches, but both produced wonderful projects to demonstrate this theme.

The 3^rd Graders created their own businesses as examples of how we organize ourselves, inspired by their Junior Achievement curriculum.

The 5^th Graders focused on their study of the Civil Rights movement in US History as another type of social organization. Students scripted and performed a very moving presentation that touched the hearts of everyone in the audience, highlighted by Javier Mata’s recitation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Congratulations to 5^th Grade teacher Ms. Roca and her students.