UPDATE
 
September 6, 2006

 

Prepared by

Deanna Duncan, Principal

Kelly Patchen, Assistant Principal

Dr. Richard Beall, Director

 

FIRST PTSO MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT

The CIS Parent-Teacher-Student Organization (PTSO) welcomes all our new and returning parents/guardians to the first meeting of the year, Thursday, September 7th at 6:30pm.

 

RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY ON WORLD PEACE DAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST

In schools and communities around the world, Thursday, September 21st will be celebrated as World Peace Day. Here at CIS the day will have special historic significance with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for our beautiful shade structure—and the creation of our entire campus—at 1:30pm.

 

We have been so busy the past two years that we never had a formal ceremony to mark our presence in this special setting. With the new canopy, funded by a grant from the American Dermatology Association, as an inspiration, we will honor the work of those who made our campus a reality.


It will be a short historic ceremony. We ask that all of our students wear their special occasion shirts and navy blue shorts/slacks/skirts that day. More details will follow in the next weeks.

 

SAVE THE DATE—

UNCC INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

Don’t miss this event with your family! If you value international experience—and that’s what CIS is all about—make plans to attend the UNC-C annual International Festival, Saturday, September 30th from 10am -6pm in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.

 

It is a kaleidoscope of multicultural colors, cuisine, and costumes. Every student receives his/her own passport to collect flag stickers from the dozens of international booths. We will encourage all our students to attend. Be sure to join them!  http://ifest.uncc.edu/

 

 

SPORTS SEASONS OPEN

Our girls volleyball team had its first match last week against St. Michael's.  They won the first game but lost the match. Their next competition is tonight!

 

The Comets coed soccer team opens its season Thursday night versus Metrolina. And the cross country team runs next Tuesday for the first time.

From the Desk of

Beth Thompson-Peace,

CIS Parent-Intern Coordinator

 

Thank you, Proctors- I would like to thank all of the volunteers that are helping proctor the 3rd Grade tests this week. We had an overwhelming response and appreciate your continued commitment to CIS.

 

Hot Lunch Volunteer Opportunity Available- Hot lunches began this week and we are still seeking hot lunch volunteers on Tuesday's - Friday's from 11:15am until 12:30pm. This opportunity involves monitoring the distribution of hot lunches from the cooler to students picking them up from the office. The hot lunch coolers are located in the Parent room of the Main Office. If you are available to volunteer, please contact Beth Thompson-Peace at 704-455-3847 ext 5543 or thompsonpeaceb@ciscomets.org.

 

PTSO Meeting- The first PTSO meeting of the 2006-2007 school year is this Thursday, September 7th at 6:30pm. We will meet on campus in the Technology Room behind the Main Office. Everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. Important information about Fund Raising, Parent Service Teams, Budget and more will be discussed at the meeting.

 

Grant Writing Service Team Meeting- All members of the Grant Writing Service Team are encouraged to attend our first meeting Thursday, September 7th immediately following the PTSO meeting. Want to join the Grant Writing Service Team or just find out more about the service team? Then, join us for the meeting. Everyone is welcome.

 

Coffee, Tea, Friendship Anyone?- Last Friday we began our weekly Friday morning coffee, tea and friendship at Jackson's Java on Hwy. 49 after drop off. A great time was had by all. If you missed it last Friday, please join us this week.

 

CARPOOL REMINDERS

* TIGHTEN UP: Pull as close as possible to the car in front of you.

 

* SPREAD OUT: Coming later in the afternoon, around 3:45-3:50 will reduce stacking lines.

 

CLARIFYING THE P.E. UNIFORM

We appreciate the cooperation and support of our families in purchasing P.E. uniforms from the school. The primary reason for this was to establish a common uniform among our students in their P.E. classes and throughout the school on those days. We are glad that we could arrange an economical source with good quality products. Special thanks goes to Charlotte Halperin (and family) for many, many hours of dedicated service to this program.

 

We want to clarify and update the P.E. uniform policy during this transition time:

1.       We will continue to permit the use of the original blue CIS logo t-shirt. You do NOT have to replace those shirts now, or after the first of the year.

 

2.       Where we had the most variation was in the shorts/sweatpants. Those need to be purchased from the school by January 1st, 2007. After that time, students not in correct uniform may lose credit.

 

3.       In the meantime, students can wear either last year’s P.E. uniform OR the normal school uniform (red, white, or blue polo shirt; blue or khaki shorts/slacks). Girls should NOT wear skirts on P.E. days.

 

4.       We will work with the PTSO to assist any CIS families for whom the purchase of the new P.E. uniforms is a financial hardship. Please communicate directly with Dr. Beall. This will be kept confidential.

 

Thank you for helping us maintain our school uniform policies. They reduce cost, improve convenience, and create a more coherent and equitable learning environment for our students and staff.

 

 

 

FINALLY! Special thanks to Austin Canvas and Awnings for the beautiful new classroom signs. We’ve wanted to cover the vestiges of the old signs for over a year, and are very grateful for this special donation by the Albertson family. They have also donated the new sign at the campus entrance. Thank you, from the entire CIS community!

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL OCCASION UNIFORM SHIRTS

Please remember that this fall’s school pictures will be October 12th. All students are expected to be in the “Special Occasions” uniform shirt that day: white polo with school logo.

 

You can order these shirts from the school. Orders received by the 10th of each month should be received by the beginning of the following month.

 

 

BIRTHDAY PARTY POLICY

In the same spirit as our uniform policy, we are establishing a new policy for celebrating birthdays in our K-6 classrooms. On the first school day of each month, we will celebrate the birthdays of ALL the students in the classroom born that month. Parents will be welcome to bring small nutritious snacks to class that day. We will work with our room parents to ensure that each month we have snacks to share.


This policy will enable all students to feel recognized and appreciated on their birthday, regardless of the family’s financial status. We will ask that the snacks are both small and nutritious, not complete meals like pizza. Again, we thank you for showing your respect for the diversity of our CIS community.

 

We also ask that deliveries not be made to the school for individual students, e.g., flowers, balloons, etc. Any deliveries will be held in the office until the end of the school day.