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Since 2009, the Annual Fund has been the cornerstone of all CIS giving.

All CIS families are asked to support every year.

CHECK THIS YEAR'S RESULTS TO DATE
 

Thank you to our "Early Donors".  We'll see you at the Early Donor thank-you event on Oct. 25.

Annual Fund IMPACT

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4 Key Areas

New Initiatives in 2019-20

• Start-Up Weekend
• Notable Authors Programme
• Summer Faculty Research Lab

Other 2019-20 Highlights

Parents: Please attend the Taiyuan performance at the Thursday Arts Lunchbox on Feb 20, Drama Studio!
 

• Nov 11-29 - Rob Sketcherman, iPad Artist & Urban Sketcher-in-Residence for Secondary
• Nov 19-20 - Matt Smith, Cartoonist-in-Residence
• Jan 13-17 & Feb 17-21 - Taiyuan Puppet Theatre, Artists in-Residence for Y2, Y5 & Secondary
• Mar 7-8 - CIS x Ideas Hackathon for Secondary
• May 11-15 - Hao Xi Tuan | 好戲團 Artists-in-Residence for Rec, Y1, Y3 & Y4

SELECTED 2018-19 Initiatives 

Sec (all years): Scientist-in-Residence Pauline Charman (Mar/Apr)
Pri (all years): Musician-in-Residence Estevao Marques  (Mar)
Y11, 12, 13: Playwright-in-Residence Alice Tuan (Mar)
Y11: Novelist Lailine Paull (Nov )
Rec, Y1, Y2: Author-in-Residence Matthew Cooper (Nov)
Y3, Y6, Sec: Paper Cut Artist-in-Residence Beatrice Coron (Nov)
Pri, Sec & Teachers: Digital Artist-in-Residence Cathy Hunt (Sept)

Teacher Training:

• Kerry Grady: Responsive Classroom (Oct)
• Professor Chang Ji-Mei: Pri, Sec & HZ Chinese (Oct-Nov)

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 levels as of 2018-19

• 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 levels as of 2018-19

• 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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