CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Farewell to my Campus International Family,

7/15/2018

Dear Campus International School Community, July 15, 2018

It is with a combination of sadness and excitement that I share with you the news that I have accepted the position as Principal at James A. Garfield School in Cleveland.

I want to thank each and every one of you for all of your support, and for entrusting me with your children for the past 6 years. I feel so fortunate to have been given the opportunity to be a part of the Campus International School Community, and will forever be an “Explorer of the World.”

Know that my dedication to CIS will continue as I transition to my new position. Although I am changing buildings, I will remain a committed member of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and an advocate for children.

Saying goodbye to our students is the hardest part of leaving. Please give them a hug and let them know they touched my heart and life, and I will cherish our memories forever.

I wish every family all the best and look forward to hearing the continued good news about the work being done amongst this dedicated staff and families. You are all amazing and are doing great things to make the world a better place.

“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
~Winnie the Pooh

With Love and Admiration,
Dora Bechtel

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End of School Year Fun + Best Wishes to Friends

6/2/2018

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We ended the school year with fun spirit days, MYP field day, grade 5 cardboard boat challenge, 8th grade promotion + dance, celebrating students chosen for being Risk-Takers, and our least favorite thing of the week...saying farewell to Dr. Abate! It was only a 4 day week, but we packed each day with lots of fun!

Thank you to all the parents and volunteers who made our first year in the new building a success. We had some bumps along the road...and some water:) But with each bump, our CIS community pulled together and we made it through with smiles on our faces. If you can't remember all that we did together, just look through all the blog posts! 38 posts were made this school year alone (158 hours). Every single posts is a beautiful reminder of what can be created when you KNOW~CARE-DO.

Thank you for supporting me this year in my new position. I wasn't sure how to exactly approach it, with being needed in many different ways. I woke up each day with one goal, to put students first and to keep smiling. It was nice being in the cafe each day (even when I was passing the garbage can and wiping tables), just chatting with students and finding out how school was going, was encouraging. Being out of the classroom, this was my way to connect daily and make sure that I was always...still, listening.

I hope this blog, the newsletter, and any instructional/data support I was able to provide this school year, helped you and your family. Consistent communication and strong relationships provide great home/school connections and make learning better.

I hope you and your family have a beautiful summer together. Maybe I'll see you at:

Wade Oval Wednesdays
Edgewater Live
The Cleveland Metroparks
Night Market
Or one of the many fun things happening in our city!

Click the button below to plan your summer of fun!!

Fun Things to do in CLE this summer

Fun things to do in Northeast Ohio

Dress for Success Day!

Thank you to Mrs. Rickard's Spirit Club for organizing our fun week. What a great way to pump students up to "Get to School"...even on the last days!

Mrs. Snyder's Kindergarten class LOVES to dress up!

Meet Tarron, I was his first, second, and third grade teacher. He knows how much I LOVE to tell people this along with how proud I am of him. Tarron always loved dressing up. I think some of our students would dress this way everyday if they could!

Decades Day!

Parents enjoyed decades day too!

K-3
Barnyard Moosical + Recorders Concert

Thank you to our music department for another year of wonderful musical performances!

Celebrating Risk-Taker Ambassadors

“We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.”

5th Grade Cardboard Box Challenge

MYP Field Day

Miss Thomas is such a great sport!

8th Grade Promotion

All the best to our 8th graders in high school!

Come back and visit us.

8th grader Charlie, wrote sweet words about his first grade teacher at CIS, Mrs. Fairman. Talk about a lump in your throat!! Thank you to the 8th graders who read their speeches for our last All School Meeting. It just what teachers + staff needed to hear after a year of hard work! We are making a difference in the lives of children everyday!

8th Grade Dance

Best Wishes to Dr. Abate in his Retirement

What will you create this summer?

How will you make the world a better place this summer?

Summer Action

Keep a journal of your summer action and start the school year by sharing with us. All students who turn in their summer action journal with at least 10 entry pages, will be invited to have smoothies and lunch on the stage.

Happy summer reading!
See you in August!

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These are Days You'll Remember

5/27/2018

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Congrats to the PYP Grades 3-5 Students who came to school ready to learn
by being Thinkers!

Name (Nominated by)

Aaron Anderson (Webb)
Steven Perez (Wells)
Emmanuella Awuyah (McCafferty)
Jaden Mitchner (McCarthy)
Eloise Peckman (Bubbett)
Jaelin Warren (Hawley)
Micah Schwab (Outrich)
Elliot Traben (Grzelak)
Sadie Koonce (Guardado)
Ta’Kyla Ezell (Guardado)
Emma Pope (Guardado)
Allana Bolden (Glickman)
Nick Mullin-Gray (Nasca)
Darah McClain (Kirby)

3rd grade recorders and 4th grade orchestra playing for Morning Meeting

5TH GRADE Dancing Classrooms
Received a Silver + Second Place!

BAND + ORCHESTRA

KINDERGARTEN

GROWING + BLOOMING

2ND GRADE
PICNIC AT CSU

5TH GRADE
EXHIBITION

Beliefs and Values Inspire Expression and Action

6th Grade Science took their class outdoors to learn about photosynthesis, cellular respiration and fermentation

8TH GRADE
WASHINGTON, D.C.

KINDERGARTEN-4TH GRADE
FIELD DAY

HUMANS2NATURE
POP-UP PLAYGROUND

Thank you to
5TH Grade Exhibition Group "Children's Play" + Dr. Kirby
for organizing this
ACTION!

Finished Product!

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Don't Count the Days, Make the Days Count!

5/19/2018

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Congrats to the PYP K-2 Students who came to school ready to learn by
being Thinkers!

Name (Nominated by)
Jaxson Morrow (Fergie)
Noa Karr (Dottore)
Samuel Cimperman (Snyder)
Xavier Perez (Hubeny)
Aiden Rodgers-Yorko (Fairman)
Paige Mims (Wightman)
Nya Caswell (Mori)
Meredith Richardson (Meaker)
Zoe Tyus (Morris)
Juliette Gutierrez (Hill)
Samara Harris (Chambers)
Torsten Juran (Humphrey)

Dressed for success!

From Mrs. Lewis:
The music department took 115 students, 27 chaperones, 3 teachers and a partridge in a pear tree to Cedar Point from Friday-Saturday. The musicians were very professional and put their best foot forward. We took home 7 trophies and one medal for individual excellence.

Here are the results:

5 - First place trophies
1 - Second place trophy
1 - Overall outstanding orchestra trophy
1 - Medal for outstanding individual soloist to our trombonist - Connor Burg, Grade 6

Mrs. Grays 4th graders set up their decals/stickers during Morning Meeting to sell to parents. Proceeds went to their chosen charity.

Mrs. Carter baked with all of her students this week! Lots of measuring with math and following directions going on the kitchen. I heard one student say, "I didn't know you needed math to bake cupcakes!"

We are so proud of Ellen Curry for winning the 2018 Ohio Missing Children's Day Poster Contest!!
She traveled to Columbus for the Attorney General's Awards Ceremony and lunch!
Way to go, Ellen!

Practicing for the spelling bee!

Maeve won 1st place for PYP
and
Nathanial won 1st place for MYP!

Congrats to all of our risk-takers who participated in the 6th Annual CIS Spellling Bee!

MYP Golden Ticket Lunch Dates

End of the Year Family Picnic at Edgewater Park

Rock your World with STEAM

Family Fun at Rock Hall and The Rite Aid Kids Run

As we near the end of the school year, we're making EACH DAY COUNT!

The next two weeks are full of fun! Don't miss a chance to make a great memory.
Get to school on time everyday...up until the last day of school, June 1st.

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Sharing What We've Learned with Others

5/12/2018

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MYP Morning Meeting

Morning meetings are a great way to start each week. Sharing what we're learning and encouraging each other to live the Learner Profile by sharing ACTION we're taking to make the world a better place.

Each week, we celebrate those who are demonstrating the IB attributes and attitudes. We also celebrate birthdays, sports, the arts, and highlight community partnerships.

(Click the button below to see the attributes)

Learner Profile Attributes

IB Attitudes
Appreciation
Appreciating the wonder and beauty of the world and its people.
Commitment
Being committed to their own learning, persevering and showing self- discipline and responsibility.
Confidence
Feeling confident in their ability as learners, having the courage to take risks, applying what they have learned and making appropriate decisions and choices.
Cooperation
Cooperating, collaborating, and leading or following as the situation demands.
Creativity
Being creative and imaginative in their thinking and in their approach to problems and dilemmas.
Curiosity
Being curious about the nature of learning, about the world, its people and cultures.
Empathy
Imagining themselves in another’s situation in order to understand his or her reasoning and emotions, so as to be open-minded and reflective about the perspectives of others.
Enthusiasm
Enjoying learning and willingly putting the effort into the process.
Independence
Thinking and acting independently, making their own judgments based on reasoned argument, and being able to defend their judgments.
Integrity
Being honest and demonstrating a considered sense of fairness.
Respect
Respecting themselves, others and the world around them.
Tolerance
Being sensitive about differences and diversity in the world and being responsive to the needs of others.

Ambassador Smoothies

We love our Vitamix!! We also LOVE Mr. Bearden for coming in each month to make smoothies to celebrate Ambassadors who are living The Learner Profile!

Random Acts of IB Attitudes

Kindergarten

Central Idea:

Sharing and problem-solving can meet needs and wants.

Kindergarten

Math Writing

Kindergarten Yoga

Grade 4

Central Idea:

Forms of leadership emerge to influence conflict and peace.

Grade 4 giving presentations that related to their leadership unit where students became experts on critical math terms and shared out their findings.

Grade 4 researched using SOLE on these questions:

How can I influence change in my community?
and
How does conflict lead to change?

Grade 4 shared what they learned on their trip to the State House in Columbus.

Grade 5
Getting Ready for Exhibition

Sharing Exhibition topics at Morning Meeting

Grade 5 Geometry: Real World application as students plan and design a mini city. More to come.

Mrs. Glickman's class finished their last read aloud, The War that Saved My LIfe
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Grade 6

Grades 7 & 8

Grade 8
Community Service Projects Celebration

Playhouse
Children's Theater Week

All grades K-8 walked over to see performances throughout the week!

Model UN

Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an extra-curricular activity in which students typically roleplay delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. This activity takes place at MUN conferences. At the end of most conferences, outstanding delegates in each committee are recognized and given an award certificate; the Best Delegate in each committee, however, receives a gavel. Thousands of middle school, high school, and college students across the country and around the world participate in Model United Nations, which involves substantial researching, public speaking, debating, and writing skills, as well as critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership abilities.

Prepping over the weekend for Model UN

Day of the Conference

Our Model UN Team won 5 awards!!

Action

Entrepreneurs
A few CIS students set up a lemonade stand at Open Streets CLE.
Profits went to Bike Cleveland.

5th Grade Exhibition group cleaning up trash around campus

4th graders will be selling stickers to support the Marine Conservation Institute during Monday Morning Meeting. They will also be showcasing their birdhouse made on the CMSD Fab Lab.

Welcoming our New CIS Families for Fall 2018-2019

Over 100 new students will join Campus International School this upcoming school year!

A big welcome to all of our new families for fall 2018-2019! We are so excited to have you join our CIS familiy!

We love sharing what we've learned with others!

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Appreciating Our Campus International Staff

5/6/2018

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Selfies in our Favorite Space at CIS

We spend a great deal of time at CIS, it's only natural that we would want it to feel like home, and like home...everyone has a favorite place that brings them joy, peace, and inspiration.

Can you tell which space each teacher has chosen?

We APPRECIATE Teachers who Coach

Soccer: Mr. Bubbett & Miss Chambers
Boys Basketball: Mr. Hicks & Mr. Mathis
Girls Basketball: Ms. Perry
Hi-Steppers: Mrs. Laughbaum
Boys Track: Mr. Dudik
Girls Track: Ms. Perry
Sailing: Dr. Abate

It takes Dedication and Passion to do this work.

At CIS, we Love what we Do!

Our Students and Parents ALWAYS show their APPRECIATION!

Our Parent Caring Organization spoiled us for the week!

Day 1

Day 2 & 3

Day 4 (my favorite day)

PCO really outdid it with this one!

(click the button below to find out more)

Trikeable Treats

Day 5
Staff "Happy Hour"

Thank you, Campus International Families for showing so much LOVE and APPRECIATION during
Teacher + Staff Appreciation Week...
and throughout the school year!

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Inspiring Expression and Action

4/29/2018

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Congrats to our PYP 3-5 Ambassadors who came to school
Ready to Learn by being
Knowledgeable!

Names (nominated by)

Zuri Williams (McCarthy)
Kayleigh Scheely (Wells)
Emily Chilcote (Webb)
Nicholas Garrett (McCafferty)
Quincy Boyd (Bubbett)
Standford Proffett (Outrich)
Kennedy Small (Grzelak)
Alex Jarmusch (Hawley)
Leanne Zheng (Hawley)
Edith Masuda (Glickman)
Luka Wolf (Kirby)
Sa’Riaya Mahone (Nasca)
Elijahh Ford-Beasley (Nasca)
Sadie Koonce (Guardado)
Christopher Perez (Guardado)

CIS Choir singing, "Don't Stop Believing," to wish our 3rd graders Good Luck on their OST Reading Test

Thank you to the students who took action by participating in the Dancing Classrooms Gala, this fundraising event helps support Dancing Classrooms so other schools in Northeast Ohio can also experience this program.
Next up is our Grand Finale at the Ohio Theater at Playhouse Square with our dance competitors. Please save the date: Sun. May 20th.

Celebrating Earth Day with fun stations designed by or MYP Science students under the direction of Ms. Orbash

4th Grade Mobile Fab Lab Visit

This project involved the students using the vinyl cutter to make decals for their service project. Before visiting with the Mobile Fab Lab, the children had to identify a community organization in need of help, then create a logo for print. The service projects were voted on by the staff and parents. Through this process, the children learned about vinyl cutting and what is negative space. In the next Fab Lab visit the 4th graders will continue cutting out of their decals and prepare to sell them.

5th Grade Exhibition
Central Idea:
Beliefs and values inspire expression and action

6th Grade DNA Day

Sixth graders worked with scientists from CWRU for DNA day. They extracted DNA from strawberries.

8th Grade Enjoying All City Musical, Bring it On!

ZERO WASTE CHALLENGE DAY

Thank you CIS parents and students for participating in the Zero Waste Challenge on Thursday, April 26th. We collected 90 + pounds of garbage produced during 4 lunch periods. That's less than half of what we typically produce during those lunch periods....but it's still a lot of trash! Let's make every day a Zero Waste Day, and continue to use reusable products to pack a healthy lunch!

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Celebrating Earth Day, EVERYDAY!

4/22/2018

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Students in grades K-2 enjoyed a great morning meeting hearing about the actions of others in our school. Students who were chosen as Knowledgeable Ambassadors in March were presented with their awards.

Matthew in 8th grade, shared his Community Project on Down Syndrome Awareness. We were very impressed with how well he presented and his ability to answer many of our questions. Matt also shared the timeline of his research and how much work went into his Community Project.

Mrs. Hawley's 4th grade class presented their action for the Waste Free Challenge Day on Thursday, April 26th (details below). We also celebrated April Birthdays. Natalie in Kindergarten and Zyen in grade 2 loved being able to dress up for their morning meeting.

Ideas for Waste Free Lunch Thursday, April 26th

Congrats to our K-2 Ambassadors who came to school
Ready to Learn by being Knowledgeable!

"We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance."

Names (nominated by)
Clifford Powell (Dottore)
Filip Jones (Fergie)
Jack Loutzenhiser (Hubeny)
Jackson Tan (Snyder)
Araya Robinson (Wightman)
Mariko Akita (Mori)
Reese Phillips (Meaker)
William Cline (Chambers)
Rhys Wellman (Hill)
Yamini Sridhar (Humphrey)
Steven Chandler (Morris)

An Inquiry into...
Sharing the Planet

KINDERGARTEN

KINDERGARTNERS RESEARCHING WITH SOLE...
WHAT IS FOG?

Research Skills

Formulating Questions
I can form questions.

Observing
I observe closely and learn from the world.

Planning
I think about where to find important information and create a plan.

Collecting Data
I collect data and think about the information.

Recording Data and Organizing Data
I describe and record observations by drawing, note taking, making charts, tallying, and writing statements.

Interpreting Data
I make connections between my questions, data, and my life.

Presenting Research Findings
I listen to others and share my thinking.

GRADE 4

GRADE 6

Grade 6 completed the NASA Design Challenge with Mr. Scruggs from OSU extension.

AN INQUIRY INTO...
HOW THE WORLD WORKS

GRADE 1

GRADE 2

CELEBRATIONS

CHESS CLUB

TRACK TEAM

BIRTHDAYS

Thank you to Cheyenne's dad in Ms. McCarthy's grade 3 class for stopping by to serve up a healthy snack to celebrate Cheyenne's birthday!

Rainbow Terrace Apartments
Update:

Thank you CIS for supporting the families at Rainbow Terrace Apartments.

CIS raised almost $800 in cash and gift card!

On March 26th, a fire erupted at the Rainbow Terrace Apartments displacing many families including over 30 children. CIS partnered with Lifelong Learning to help support the families.

You can also support through the Go Fund Me page listed below or directly to the organization.

https://www.gofundme.com/helprainbowfamilies

WE ARE WHAT WE DO!

Keep inquiring and finding ways to make Earth better!

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We Are Knowledgeable!

4/15/2018

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It's that time of the year, when we get to show ALL we've learned and celebrate our commitment to coming to school and putting forth effort each day. Although, testing is stressful on everyone...students, staff, and parents. It is important that students understand how to test and why we need to pause in our learning and take this time to "check-in" on how we are progressing as learners, teachers, and a school. We want our students to be able to compete with students all over the world, and to make sure we are on-track, we have to be able to show what we know. I was amazed to see some of my former students in 6th grade on their testing day, walking in with such confidence. Reflecting on how far they've come. It's not "cool" anymore for me to acknowledge this in front of them or their peers...but my heart was so full of joy.

Confidence is a much better predictor of students' achievement than any other non-cognitive measure. It acts in a way that overcomes everything!

Many PYP classrooms took time to wish students in grades 3-8, good luck! We enjoyed "Prep" Rallies in all testing grades, Learner Profile t-shirts that students had friends and staff members sign with positive messages, teachers wrote notes to students, parents donated snacks, and students took a pledge to have a great attitude and to put forth their best effort. As an incentive to those who keep their pledge, dress down tickets can be earned and each grade level chose an end of the year fun day/dance for May.

Good luck to all of our students as you show just how KNOWLEDGEABLE you are!
We all believe in you!

From Mrs. Snyder's Kindergarten Class

From Miss Fergie's Kindergarten Class

Congrats to our MYP Ambassadors who came to school
Ready to Learn by being Knowledgeable!

Names (nominated by)
Dazmin Massey (Taylor)
Laila Pierce (Mishaga)
Angelo Yurko (Dudik)
Kulthoom Sheheed (Arens)
Ella Williams (Weber)
Madeline Schmidt (Perry)
Alyksis Thomas (Thomas)
Nate Mullin-Gray (Orbash)
Yoshiah Brown (Kane)

MYP (6-8) is Ready to Show what they Know!

Grades 3-5 at their "Prep" Rally discussing what it means to be
CONFIDENT, COMMITTED, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE

Thank you to our grade 2 "Tech Team." Miss Chambers' students are so knowledgeable about computers. Each morning they set up laptops for the testing grades. There were able to set up 150 laptops in 15 minutes!

They earned Glow Sticks from 7th and 8th grade for their action!

CIS Boys Basketball Team played against Michael R. White this past week.

CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL: 41

MICHAEL R. WHITE: 21

Congrats to the boys on another win!
We are now 3-1 on the season with 3 games remaining.

Fun around school!

Grade 2 learning about Force and Motion

Students used marshmallow shooters to determine how much force is needed for a mini marshmallow compared to a big marshmallow.

Students learned that mass makes a difference.

Clay Day for 3rd Grade
in Art with Miss Cohen

Students in grade 4 enjoyed a visit by director/filmmaker Marvin Blunte while he was in town for the Cleveland International Film Festival for his movie, 6 Weeks to Mother's Day.

5th Grade General Music started "Tinikling"

Bottle Rockets in 6th Grade

7th and 8th grade around town....enjoying lunch on campus with Dr. Glass and taking in the movie, Black Panther with Miss Thomas.

Have a great week, showing how KNOWLEDGEABLE you are, and making the world a better place with KINDNESS!

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Going into Spring Break Celebrating Good Times!

3/23/2018

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What a great time of year for fun celebrations! We are so proud of our students for taking action with causes they believe in, committing to sports along with academics, and for coming to school ready to learn! Thank you to our dedicated staff members for great learning experiences, coaching, and for sharing their hobbies/interests/culture with students giving them many more reasons to GET TO SCHOOL!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful spring break and comes back ready to show their knowledge as we begin our Ohio State Testing for reading and math. As a former parent once told my class, "This is your opportunity to show what you know."
Explorers, you know a lot!!

See you back on April 3rd.
Happy spring!

Congrats to our PYP K-2 Ambassadors who came to school Ready to Learn by being
Open-Minded!

Names (nominated by)
Sofia Orellana (Dottore)
Caileigh Henighan (Fergie)
CJ Evans (Hubeny)
Sydney Harris (Snyder)
Tyler Hill (Wightman)
Shirley Barnett (Fairman)
Faith Garrison (Mori)
Ethan Alala (Meaker)
Skylar Taylor (Hill)
Shaki Webb (Morris)
Juliana Yurko (Humphrey)
Simone Miller (Chambers)

Thank you to Miss Fergie for teaching kindergartners how to Irish Dance in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

Congrats to our Hi-Steppers for winning 1st Place in the Hi-Steppers and Cheerleaders Competition.

Boys Middle School
Basketball Roster

Gary Hicks, Sr., Head Basketball Coach
Cameron Mathias, Assistant Basketball Coach

1. Marc Rodgers
2. Qwesi Ransom
3. Mitchell Bradford
4. Antonio Pope
5. Yoshia Brown
6. Cahle Scott
7. Ja’von Davis
8. Santonio Hill
9. Javen Jackson
10. David McClain
11. Michael Wachter
12. Robert Williams
13. Jelani Liddel
14. Jeremy Taylor
Greyson Hankins, Team Manager

On Thursday, March 22nd the Boys Basketball team played backed to back games. Their first game was against Charles Dickens School.

Score: Charles Dickens-27; Campus -26

Game 2 was against Iowa Maple School

Score: Campus -51; Iowa Maple-25

Make plans to cheer them on at their next game Tuesday, April 9th @Hannah Gibbons at 3:45pm

Our track team also has a meet on the same day @Collinwood beginning at 3:30.

Congrats to our PYP 3-5 Ambassadors who came to school Ready to Learn by being
Open-Minded!

Names (nominated by)
Cameron Liddell (McCafferty)
Sibila Salaam (Webb)
Madison Hunt (Wells)
Alana Garcia (McCarthy)
Grace Gustovic (Hawley)
Ava Tapajna (Bubbett)
Mayar Abdelhady (Outrich)
Sultan Alyamani (Grzelak)
Taylor Germany (Nasca)
Nakiyah Anderson-Hayes (Kirby)
Evan Mullin-Vanneste (Glickman)
Tay’Oun Prude (Glickman)
Ellen Curry (Guardado)

Congrats to Ellen Curry in Grade 5 for winning 1st place in the Amber Alert Advisory Committee’s 2018 Ohio Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest!

Ellen will travel to Columbus to be honored during the Attorney General’s May Conference. If Ellen wins at the State level, she will then travel to Washington, D.C to participate in the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Missing Children’s Day ceremony May 23rd.

Good Luck, Ellen!

4th graders shared their Women's History projects during their morning meeting.

Thank you to our Mandarin teachers for the Dumpling Parties!! The atrium smelled yummy all week!!

The book fair was a huge success! Everyone loved the BOGO sale. Kindergarteners loved walking up each day and making lists to show their parents.

I am so proud of this student! Zyen and his classmates are challenging each other to read books. Every day I walk in to find post it notes from students borrowing books from my shelf. That's what they're for!! I LOVE IT!!