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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

Sec (all years): Scientist-in-Residence Pauline Charman (March/April 2019)
Pri (all years): Musician-in-Residence (17-30 Mar 2019)
Y11, 12, 13: Playwright-in-Residence Alice Tuan (March 2019)
Y7, 8, 9: Taiyuan Puppet Theatre (Jan 2019)
Rec, Y2, 3, 4, 5: Taiyuan Puppet Theatre (Jan 2019)
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 Primary (plus Y7-10): Technology in Primary
• Y11, 12, 13: Initial 3-Year Roll-Out of 1:1 Laptops

Primary School Examples

• 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

• 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

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