Cayman International School

P.O. Box 31364, Grand Cayman, KY1-1206

Phone: 345.945.4664 Fax: 345.945.4650 Email: cis@cayintschool.ky

CIS Headlines

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Upcoming Events Mar 13 IB Art Exhibition, 5:30- 7:00pm Camana Bay, space across from Bay Market Mar 14 Open Library, 9-11:30am Mar 14 IB Art Show, Noon– 3:00pm, Camana Bay in space across form Bay Market Mar 14 PTA Ladies Night, 7:30 pm, Whiskey Mist Mar 16 Tuition and re-enrollment due Mar 16-20 CIS Reading Week Mar 16 ES Assembly, 8:50am ARC—new date! Mar 16 Literacy Evening for EC, parents, Library, 5:30- 6:30pm Mar 16 Literacy Evening for ES parents, Library, 6:45- 7:45pm Mar 17, 18 Book Fair, 8:00am— 5:00pm, MPR Mar 17 Reading Fair, ARC, 2:15- 5:00pm Mar 18 MS Science Fair, 1:30- 4:30pm, ARC Mar 18 DCYP, 6:15pm Mar 19 Secondary Volleyball Game, CIS vs CCC, 3:45pm, ARC Mar 19 HS Scrabble Scrum, 4- 6:00pm, St..Ignatius Mar 20 Blue Iguana Jamboree Pep Rally, 1:30-2:20pm, ARC Mar 20-22 Blue Iguana Jamborree Mar 22-24 Grade 7 CCMI Trip, Group 1 Mar 23 After School Activities Session 3 begins

Click the calen-dar to view the CIS Calendar for more up-coming events.

Final Call / Plea for Host

Families

We are now in dire need for a few families to host players for the Blue Iguana Jamboree. We need fami-lies to host from Wednesday,

March 18 to Saturday, March 21 or from Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, March 22. If you are willing to host players, please contact Doug Murphy (doug.murphy@cayintschool.ky). In your e-mail to Mr. Doug, specify the number of players you can accommodate.

PLEASE HELP!

Literacy Evening for PreK4 and Elementary Parents

March 16th - CIS is very pleased to announce that literacy workshops for parents of children from PreK3 to Grade 5

will be held on Monday Evening, March 16th.

Early Childhood (PreK3 and PreK4) parents, we in-

vite you to the Library from 5:30 - 6:30 pm to learn

strategies for introducing your children to the exciting world of books and reading. A team of CIS teachers will introduce

you to strategies for helping children become motivated, confident readers. We will also provide some information

about our new Growing Readers Literacy program, an excit-

ing addition to our High Scope model.

Elementary parents, please join us in the Library from 6:45 - 7:45 to learn

about the strategies and structures our teachers use to help our students from Kinder-garten to Grade 5 learn to read fluently and comprehend deeply. You will also be intro-

duced to strategies you can use at home to encourage your child's love of -- and skill in -- all kinds of reading.

An Evite for this event has been sent to you by Miss Angie. If you did not receive your

Evite, please do call and let us know, so we can check that your name is on the appro-priate list. Many thanks, and happy reading!

RE-ENROLLMENT FOR 2015-16 IS DUE MONDAY, MARCH 16

Thank you to those who have submitted their forms online and provided deposits for next year. We appreciate your timeliness. To reserve your spot at CIS for the 2015-16 school year, please be sure to com-plete the online forms and provide your deposit by 4:30pm Monday, March 16, 2015.

CIS will begin to offer available seats to waitlisted students on March 17.

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CIS COMMUNITY NEWS

A belated congratulations to Ms. Jessica and Federico who were married on Febru-ary 16th 2015, at a friend’s beautiful house near ceme-tery beach. Many family and friends were here to help them celebrate!

CIS wishes you both a lifetime of a happiness together!

Emiley.johnson@cayintschool.ky

Artists are constantly inquiring about all kinds of things. Why did an artist choose to make a piece? How did they create it? What materi-als are best for implementing an idea? How can I best express a concept visually? Student artists at CIS ask these kinds of questions to inform their own work. They investigate artists, techniques, materials, styles, concepts, etc. to develop their own ideas and bring them to reality. Throughout their creative pro-cess inquiry underlines all they do, as demon-strated in the work of IB Visual Arts students on display at Camana Bay tonight and tomor-row afternoon.

Please come celebrate the hard work of this year’s IB Art candi-dates at their exhibition tonight, Friday, March 13, 5:30-7:00pm. The show will also be open on Saturday, March 14,

12:00-3:00. All are welcome!

Camping Out at the Library

Saturday, March 14th

9-11:30 AM

Please join us at the CIS library

for Saturday Open Library as we

kick off Cayman Islands Reading Week! We will

have read-alouds and activities surrounding our

theme of camping. You might also want to check

out some books. Looking forward to seeing you!

All students are welcome.

*Please make plans to stay with your child

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CIS COMMUNITY NEWS CON’T

Cayman Islands Reading Week—March 16th-20th

We are excited to celebrate reading at CIS. These are some of the activities that will be going on!

Monday March 16th 8:50-9:30 ES Assembly-kick off to reading week! 6:00-7:30 Library EC/ES parent series: Literacy *Students partaking in the reading fair should drop their boards and accessories off at the library during this day (make sure everything has a name and division!)

Tuesday March 17th 8:00-5:00 MPR Scholastic Book Fair for all (students will visit on a schedule) Dismissal-5:00 ARC Reading Fair- Please come check out these great boards and encourage students who are not partici-

pating to come down too (EC and ES students need to be supervised by a parent).

Wednesday March 18th 8:00-5:00 MPR Scholastic Book Fair for all (students will visit on a schedule)

Thursday March 19th Scrabble Scrum at St. Ignatius, we have one team of 11 year olds attending this interscholastic event! Please come cheer

these students on.

Saturday March 20th 1st place winners of the CIS Reading Fair present in an interscholastic Reading Fair at the Georgetown Public Library. Please

come support our students from 10:30-11:30!

Some things going on around campus: Lucky book! Hopefully you choose the lucky winner off the library shelf when you try a new book,

genre or author this week. Shelfies-come take a selfie with your favorite book and share good literature with friends! Sign up for a Cayman Islands Public Library Card at the CIS library. 1st grade Reader’s Theater presentation to parents DEAR (Drop Everything and Read)

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We are very excited to be hosting the CIS Scholastic

Book Fair on Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday,

March 18.

See attached flyer for more information.

SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

As part of the CIS strategic plan, Cay-man International School is establish-ing a School Advisory Committee that will be comprised of stakeholder rep-resentatives from each division of the school. It is our aim that development of this committee will enhance two-way communication and transparen-cy. More details will be forthcoming,

but if you are interested in serving on the School Advisory Committee, please contact Dr. Jer-emy at jeremy.moore@cayintschool.ky

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SECONDARY HEADLINES

Blue Iguana Basketball Jamboree – Welcome Bags

Parents and Supporters – we need donated items for Wel-come Bags presented to visiting coaches and players for the international basketball tournament. We are providing tournament t-shirts, but would like to include water bottles and other items that represent Cayman. Donations (snacks, waters, drinks, souvenirs, etc.) are welcomed. If you are willing to donate items for Welcome Bags, please contact Katie Kimbro (katie.kimbro@cayintschool.ky).

The CIS Chapter of the National Honor Society Inaugural Induction Ceremony

On Thursday March 12, CIS held the first ever CIS National Honor Society induction

ceremony where 14 of our highest achieving High School students became full NHS

members. The NHS is the United States’ premier organization established to recog-

nize outstanding high school students who are being recognized for scholarship,

leadership, service and character. The ceremony was held in the CIS ARC in front of

the CIS Secondary students, CIS faculty and the parents of the in-

ductees. CIS congratulates the new members of the NHS, Karl Erik

B.( Gr.10), Camila P. (Gr.10), Dani S. (Gr. 10), Thomas S. (Gr. 10),

Natalie F. (Gr. 11), Paula G. (Gr. 11), Hannah G. (Gr. 11), Josiah D.

(Gr. 12), Hannah E. (Gr. 12), Elizabeth G. (Gr. 12), Sebastian P. (Gr.

12), Blakely M. (Gr. 12), Jordan P. (Gr. 12), Sabrina S. (Gr. 12).

Blue Iguana Jamboree –

BBQ

Parents and Supporters – on Saturday, March 21, we will host a BBQ at the pool for

players and host students. If you are able to donate food items (chips, hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks, etc.), please contact Katie Kimbro (katie.kimbro@cayintschool.ky).

Dear Parents,

I recently came across some great short videos for teens to help them tackle some common issues. If your teen is struggling with some of these issues, these videos are

pretty great:

Stress Management Strategies: Ways to Unwind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fL-pn80s-c

Anger Management Techniques https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsVq5R_F6RA

5 Tips for Overcoming Fear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDjwfFmXwfE

How to Break Bad Habits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnFVFfAImEg

How to Sleep Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eLfn7Ewx_s

How to be More Confident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ciKK1afDQ

There are actually tons of these videos online and they are short, sweet, and actually pretty good. Enjoy! And have a great weekend, Ms. Katie

Secondary Counselor’s Corner

Ms. Katie

How to be a More Confident Public Speaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShavGuo0_E

How to Study For a Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPTh8OEBwEo

Ways to Stop Bullying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTuA_tlZDE

How to Manage your Time Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUk6LXRZMMk

Self Esteem Tips: Dealing with Body Image Issues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgqMqtnTJeE

Tips for Cyber Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrln8nyVBLU

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CIS on the Move

Two Destination Imagination Students had the opportunity to talk on the radio about their technical challenge and the upcoming STEM Conference. Rishi L. and Connor F. were interviewed by Sterling Dwayne Ebanks the host of Talk Today at Radio Cayman. The boys talked about the upcoming booth they will host with oth-er DI students during the Kid’s Family Day on Friday March 20 at UCCI. The stu-dents are planning to show what they made, and have some interactive activities for others to explore. The conference is expected to feel like a local “Science Cen-ter”. All CIS students are invited to see them there. For more information go to www.STEM.ky

Seen on Campus

PRINCESSES AND PIRATES, TEA

PARTIES AND SPORTS DAYS AND

CIS IDOL—

NEVER A DULL MOMENT AT CIS!

CIS Mission Statement: Cayman International School endeavors to provide each of our students the opportunity to achieve his/her academic and personal best within a U.S./International educational environment that encourages and in-spires leadership, character, and community service while embracing cultural diversity.

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With Monique L.

What is your background and heritage?

I was born in Grand Cayman, but my parents are British and French.

Which countries have you lived in?

I have only lived in Grand Cayman.

How long have you been living in the Cayman Islands?

I have lived in Grand Cayman for 17 Years.

How many years have you been at CIS?

I have been going to CIS for 10 years now.

Describe yourself (at least a few of your best and worst personality traits).

As a person, I think I am friendly and dependent, though I can get quite competitive and I am not a great morning person.

Other than school work and studying, what activities do you enjoy?

An activity outside of school I enjoy is playing soccer; I play for the school team and also for the Sunset Wom-en’s team, because I enjoy playing soccer, and have played for a while now.

If you could eat dinner with any 3 people (deceased or alive) who would they be?

If I could have dinner with any 3 people, I would pick, Ellen DeGeneres, Amy Poehler, and Miranda Sings. These are the funniest people I know of I think, so it would be a pretty hilarious dinner.

What is your favorite TV show and why?

My favorite TV show is ‘The Office’, I think this show is hilarious, and I’ve seen every episode multiple times, and still continue to watch them, and they never get old.

You’re about to walk the green mile, what do you have as your last meal?

If I were about to walk to green mile, my last meal would be a turkey sandwich on wheat bread from Subway with chocolate chip cookies. This is my favorite food and I am obsessed with Subway.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Why?

If I could have any superpower, I would choose to teleport, so I could go anywhere in the world whenever I wanted.

Favorite Quote: Keep It Simple – Unknown

Dear CIS Families,

We are very excited to be hosting the

CIS Scholastic Book Fair on Tuesday,

March 17th and Wednesday, March

18th. Parents, students, and friends of

CIS are invited to attend our book fair.

All proceeds will go to school libraries.

The book fair will take place in the MPR

building from 8:00 to 5:00 both days.

A variety of titles have been

selected for this year’s fair. The

book fair categories include:

Board Books

Picture Books for all Ages

Emergent Readers

Early Chapter Books

Grades 3-5 Chapter Books

Grades 6-9 Chapter Books

Graphic Novels

Young Adult

Non Fiction

Craft Books

IRISH I HAD

MORE TIME TO

READ! During school hours on Tuesday,

March 17, classes from Kindergarten

to Grade 8 will be invited to attend

the book fair with their teachers.

Students are welcome to bring mon-

ey to purchase their own books at

this time. Pre-school students are

encouraged to visit the Book Fair

with their parents. The cost of

most books ranges between $5 and

$10.

CIS Scholastic

Book Fair

Leprechauns Love to

Read!

Book Fair

Tues, March 17

Wed, March 18

8:00 am—5:00 pm