CIS Giving & Annual Fund

Please consider the multi-year pledge option!
Does your employer match gifts? (See list below, or call us to check.)
CHECK THIS YEAR'S RESULTS TO DATE
Thank you to this year's "Early Donors". We enjoyed seeing you at the thank-you event hosted by Sean & Molly Lynch.
Annual Fund Impact

Since 2009, the CIS Annual Fund has been the cornerstone of all CIS giving.
All CIS families are asked to support the Annual Fund every year.
Every student benefits in myriad ways.
4 Key Areas

Initiatives Taking Place in 2018-19
Coming up....
Mar 17-30: Estevao Marques
Jan 14-19: Taiyuan Puppet Theatre
In progress/Completed
Y11: Novelist Lailine Paull (Nov 12)Rec, Y1, Y2: Author-in-Residence Matthew Cooper (Nov 6-7)
Y3, Y6, Sec: Paper Cut Artist-in-Residence Beatrice Coron (Nov 6-16)
Pri & Sec: Digital Artist-in-Residence Cathy Hunt (Sept)
Teacher Training:
- Kerry Grady: Responsive Classroom (Oct)
- Professor Chang Ji-Mei: Pri, Sec & HZ Chinese (Oct-Nov)
- Cathy Hunt: Digital Artist (Sept)
Examples by Year Level
Whole-School/Many Year Levels

- All Years: 2017 Sports Field Resurfacing
- All Years: Positive Education & Well-Being
- Rec, Y1, 2 & 3: 2015 Renovation of Reception Classrooms
- All Primary (plus Y7-10): Technology in Primary
- Y11, 12, 13: Initial 3-Year Roll-Out of 1:1 Laptops
Primary School Examples
- All Primary: Renovation of 4 Playgrounds
- Reception: Classroom Renovations*
- Year 1: Music Educator Estevao Marques
- Year 2: Stop Motion Expert Cathy Hunt
- Year 3: Mathematician Dr. Pickle*
- Year 4: Taiyuan Puppet Theatre, Illustrator Yu Liqiong*
- Year 5: Writing Specialist Wang Wenhua, Authors Lin Zhezhang* & Ying Chan Compestine*
- Year 6: New Lockers (c.Dec 2018), Writing Specialist Wang Wenhua, Garage Band Expert Dr. Lee Cheng*
Secondary School Examples
- All Secondary, plus Y6: New Lockers
- Year 7: Taiyuan Puppet Theatre, Chinese Instruments Taster*
- Year 8: Author Kenneth Oppel, Chinese- & English-learning Enhancements*
- Year 9: Painter Jiang Yu* & Dance/Music Educator John Jacobson*
- Year 10HZ: Beyond consultant Aaron Eden, Drama Studio fit-out*
- Year 10: Writer Jason Reynolds, Taiyuan Puppet Theatre*
- Year 11: Poet Zohab Khan, Writer Jason Reynolds, Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming*
- Year 12: Journalist Ian Johnson, Poet Zohab Khan, Playwright Haresh Sharma*
- Year 13: Journalist Ian Johnson, Poet Omar Musa* & Beijing Tech Camp*
Please note that many initiatives have benefitted multiple year groups. * indicates an initiative prior to 2017-18.
Initiatives by Key Area
1. Learning & Teaching Excellence
Summer Faculty Fellowships
- Teachers participated in 27 Fellowships in Summer 2018
On Campus Teacher Training
- Chinese: Chang Ji Mei
- Responsive Classroom: Kerry O’Grady
Teaching Fellows
- for Secondary Chinese, Math and English
- some become full teachers (e.g., Carolyn Lui, Alyssa Luo, etc.)
Fellows-in-Residence
- All Pri: Zhang Baba, storyteller
- All Pri: Estevao Marques, music educator
- Y1-2: Cathy Hunt, digital artist (video)
- Y3 & 6 & Secondary: Taiyuan Puppet Theatre, shadow theatre techniques
- Y4 & 5: Wang Wenhua, writing specialist
- Y4-12: Beatrice Coron, paper cutting artist (video)
- Most year levels, plus individual sessions: Catherine Kautsky, pianist/music educator
2. Student Life
WELL-BEING & "POS ED"
- Ongoing work with Lea Waters and others
STUDENT DREAM FUND
- Free Clinic
- F1 in Schools
- HK Art Symposium
- Drop in the Ocean
- Second Strings*
- Support!HK*
- etc.
SPORTS ENHANCEMENT
- 2017 Sports Field Renovation
LIBRARY ENHANCEMENT
Visiting Authors:- Y12 & 13: Ian Johnson
- Y10 & 11: Zohab Khan
- Y9 & 10: Jason Reynolds
- Y7: Kenneth Oppel
3. Design for Innovative Learning
- Technology in Primary
- Initial 3-year launch of Secondary laptops (2010-2013)
- Ongoing ICT Enhancements
- Ergonomic Classroom Furniture & Fittings
4. Financial Aid
- Financial Aid Students (entering in Y8 or above)
- Financial Aid for Compulsory Trips
- Financial Aid for existing student families encountering difficulties
(availability highlighted in Board’s Annual Letter every year)
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Please note that donations are not accepted from prospective or applicant families.
Other Giving Opportunities
CIS families who would like to provide support beyond their Annual Fund donation, in order to give the school the greatest possible financial muscle to realise its long-range plans and ambitions for the benefit of students, are asked to contact Jennifer Wannenmacher in the Development Office, Tel 2512-5842, jwann@cis.edu.hk.
Also learn more about the Alumni Class Gift initiative.
Matching Gift Companies
Let us know if your employer is missing from this list!
- AllianceBernstein
- Bank of America
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
- BlackRock
- The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
- The Carlyle Group
- Fidelity
- Goldman Sachs
- LGT Bank
- Och-Ziff Capital Management
- Sanford C. Bernstein HK Ltd.
- TPG Growth Capital (Asia) Ltd.
- T. Rowe Price
- Wells Fargo
More Information
Development Office
Lolly Law
Annual Fund Manager
Room 432
Tel 2512-5882
AnnualFund@cis.edu.hk
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We strive for transparency, accountability and dialogue. Please be in touch with Development staff or the Advocate Team if you have questions.
Annual Fund Videos
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