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Giving Thanks

11/19/2017

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6th Grader, Nathaniel Craun

Nathaniel Craun participated in the Selling Bee Young Entrepreneur Program that visited Campus International several weeks ago. He worked very hard to come up with an idea, write and rehearse an elevator pitch, and then directing + starring in his video [in front of his locker at the gorgeous new school] editing it to under 45 seconds. He even designed a logo, and created a prototype of his “Book Buddy” straps for organizing school books + supplies.

 775 entries were submitted from all over the Northeast Ohio region, and he is one of 40 finalists!!

There are 20 in his grade category [5th-8th] and 20 in the lower grades category [K-4th] which will be further reduced to 5 winners from each category. There is a popular vote winner [one from each age group] but Nathaniel is hoping to be one of the judge selections [only 4 from each grade category].

Click on the link below to see Nathaniel's elevator pitch and how he's representing our school!

Keep your fingers crossed for the final results!!
Popular voting ends on Sunday, November 19th,
and all winners are announced on Tuesday the 21st.


Nathaniel's Selling Bee video
All of the 40 finalist videos can be viewed by clicking the link below:
Selling Bee Videos
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Congrats to our PYP K-2 October Ambassadors who came to school Ready to Learn by being Reflective!

Gia Diamantis (Dottore)
Sitara Gudipati (Hubeny)
Adonis Hood (Fergie)
Zahara Abdul-Wasi (Snyder)
Layla Robinson (Fairman)
Ava Moses (Meaker)
Henry Bergman (Wightman)
Dawson Banks (Mori)
Aaron Williams (Hill)
Davis Pohl (Morris)
Sheneia Wilson (Chambers)
Parker Kukla (Humphrey)  

Kindergarten is Thankful for...
Thanksgiving, Traditions, and Shaker Lakes Field Trip

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Thankful Trees
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Cleveland Police 

On Friday, November 17th, Cleveland Police officers installed a Little Library on our playground! We are so excited to have books to read outside and to provide books for those in need. 

Thank you!
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Our new Media Specialist
Ms. Snyder

Who is Allison Snyder?

Librarian for the past 23 years (school, public, corporate and volunteer)
Native Clevelander (Cleveland Heights)
Twin (eldest) but youngest of five kids
JCU and KSU graduate (M.Ed. and M.L.S.)
Adoptive Parent
Pianist
Reader
Writer (currently blabbing on https://independenthinking.wordpress.com/)
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4th Grade is Thankful for Amazing Learning Experiences

Tower City, "Wonder" Movie
and 
Voices of Immigration presentations

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5th Grade is Thankful for...
Dancing Classrooms

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We are Thankful for...
Students who take ACTION

K-2 is taking action by collecting pajamas for the Scholastic Book Clubs Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive, to benefit !children living in group homes, shelters, and within our district who are in need. Each classroom to collect a minimum of 10 pajamas, earns a PJ party!
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Students who care about the environment and conduct their own investigations.

This week, students collected and counted styrofoam trays in the cafe to see how much waste we make in a day with trays. 

628 trays were used for breakfast and lunch along with 27+ garbage bags in one day!
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Bosco bags to hold bread sticks is a big waste too!
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This student is thinking of ways to reuse the lunch box that vegan lunches are served in.
Did you know, it's cool to respect the environment! 
We are thankful for students who take time to do this in all areas of our school!
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Working on Community Projects in MYP

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Matt is creating a spreadsheet to make sure he can meet all the goals he has set for his project.
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Jayla is planning to raise awareness about gender stereotypes.
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Joy from Lasa Animal Sanctuary spoke to MYP students interested  in animal rights and welfare. She reminded them to find what they are passionate about and to live their life pursuing that.
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Georgia is planning a photography project to support the sanctuary.

We are thankful for our high school and the families who attended meetings to learn more about

​Campus International High School!

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Click the link below to learn more about our Upper Campus
Campus International High School

Students who live the Learner Profile outside of school

While on the way to school, Ahmad and Ahniya noticed an abandoned dog in the middle of the road. They asked their parents if they could rescue the dog. Their parents agreed to take the dog to the animal clinic and to post signs, hoping someone would claim the lost dog. So far, no one has responded to their posters...but they are enjoying giving their rescued pup lots of love!
​What a great reason to be late to school!
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We are thankful for community workers who take time out of their day to visit with us!

Councilman, Basheer Jones paid us a surprise visit and recited one of his poems during MYP lunch! He encouraged us to be proud of who we are! 

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Students took time this week to express their gratitude!

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We are thankful for you, our wonderful parents and staff who support everything we do at Campus International School! 
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Reflecting and Learning

11/11/2017

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We celebrated Reflective Ambassadors at our MYP (6-8) Morning Meeting.
What it means to be Reflective...

 They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and experience. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development. IB students have developed an ability to reflect on their learning and to articulate how they learnt.
​They have learned that critical reflection is an important academic and life skill.
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Congrats to our MYP October Ambassadors who came to school Ready to Learn by being Reflective!
 

Shane Maxey 
(Grimes)
Kynadi Wilcox (Arens)
John Williams (Weber)
Luanna Traben (Thomas)
Jolie Gerstenberger (Taylor)
Devin Connor-Robinson (Dudik)
Ethan Sears (Orbash)
Charles Pohl (Mishaga)
Nathaniel Craun (Perry)
 

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What a treat it was to hear from our CIS Jazz Band!
CIS Music Website
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Units of Inquiry
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Kindergarten is tuning into their new unit, How We Express Ourselves. Students are observing and reflecting on items placed in their Exploration Stations to try and figure out what their new central idea will be about (provocation).

What do you think it will be about? 
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Kindergarten students are learning how to say their colors in Mandarin.
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Kindergartners enjoyed exploring the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes.

Click the button below to learn more.

Shaker Lakes
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First Graders working on reading in small groups with Ms. Peoples.
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In first grade's unit, How We Organize Ourselves, they worked on building communities together. They had to reflect on their design, write about it, and explain to the class. 
Central Idea: A Community is shaped by its members.
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Second grader's in Miss Gaines' PE class learned the importance of proper hand washing through an investigation with germs and water. They used pepper to represent  germs and noticed the effects of germs with just water added vs what happens when you add soap to the water with germs.
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Third graders going home with their bag of slime they made in the science lab with Mrs. Hochman. 

Unit of Inquiry
: How the World Works
Central Idea: Matter and energy exist in different forms and interact in various ways.
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Third graders celebrating Kaylani's birthday in the Teaching Kitchen. 
Fruit Kabobs and cocount/banana squares!

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4th Grade reflecting on their unit of inquiry while on a trip to a Naturalization Ceremony.

Unit of Inquiry: Where We Are in Place and Time
Central Idea: Migration may be a response to human. circumstances.

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4th grade reflecting while working on math word problems.
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5th grade reflecting as they unpacked their new unit central idea.

Theme: Where We are in Place and Time
Central Idea: Global civilizations from the past shape modern life.


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5th graders from Ms. Glickman's class playing a game together at lunch.
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Reflecting and applying what they learned about Sumerian City-States in 6th grade Individuals and Societies, to create a Real Estate Advertisement.
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Reflecting on, The Dreamer in 6th grade Language Arts
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Researching the Salem Witch Trials in 8th grade, Individuals and Society
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Enjoying an evening out at the Great Lakes Theater to see, A Midsummer's Night Dream with students from Ms. Thomas' Language Arts class.
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Enjoying Shakespeare songs at Trinity Cathedral for the Brown Bag Concerts on Wednesdays.

Click the button below to learn more about these concerts.
Brown Bag Concerts
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6th Graders reflecting on Veteran's Day with a visit from U.S. Army Sgt. O'Connor.


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4th graders connecting art in Mrs. Silberberg's class to their unit of inquiry, Where We are in Place and Time by painting pictures of of themselves achieving their dreams of the future.

They wrote reflection pieces that connected their future achievements to their present lives.
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Celebrating our October Caring Ambassadors with Smoothies on the Stage!
Thank you, Mr. Bearden for taking time out of your day to make these for us!

We will celebrate our Reflective Ambassadors at the end of November!
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We ended the week celebrating Mr. Levy for being awarded, Excellence in Teaching!

Click the button to learn more about this year's recipients.

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Excellence in Teaching
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A Wonderful Week of Reading and Sharing!

11/4/2017

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This week we celebrated Book Character Day and made time for reading in new places and with friends. Many classrooms partnered up with other classes to read. Some read on the playground, in the lunchroom,  in the pods, in the atrium, during specials, and on the bus. It was a fun week of reading for pleasure!! 
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Class Pictures
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Mrs. Snyder's Kindergarten
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Miss Fergie's Kindergarten
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Mrs. Hawley's 4th Grade
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Mrs. Hawley's 4th grade is reading Esperanza Rising, so she dressed up as Esperanza for Book Character Day!! It's so much fun to see teachers dressed up!
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Mrs. Grzelak's 4th Grade
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5th Grade
Around the school on Book Character Day.

At CIS, we dress up as book characters on Oct. 31st. It's a great way to have fun with costumes and to recommend a great book.

See if you can figure out who these characters are.

Staff Members Enjoyed Book Character Day Too!
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Ms. Beers and Mrs. Bechtel were creative and curious as Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist
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Dr. Abate as Kino, from the book, The Pearl
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Kindergarten Teachers made everyone want to be in Kindergarten again! 
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Ms. Outrich matched a few students as Matilda!
The Starr Family has participated in Book Character Day for 6 years! We were sad to hear this will be their last year participating as a family.
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Which was your favorite?


​Many students completed book reports to go with their costume
Finding new places to read for pleasure
2nd graders wrote their own books and shared with friends.
MYP (6-8) didn't dress up, but they sure did read...and in many different places!
6th Grade Reads Everywhere!
Dr. Glass reading with her cat at home
We even had guest readers this week!
Thank you to Sheriyah's mom in Mrs. Hill's grade 2 classroom and Cleveland Police Officers for coming in to read!
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Grade 2 boys have a book club going!
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Thank you to all who helped make our week of celebrating books so much fun!!
If you weren't able to join us this year, mark your calendar for next year. We'll do it again on Oct. 31st! 
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    Welcome to my Campus International School blog.  Campus International is an International Baccalaureate School on the campus of Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.  

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