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CSI/MCGOWN DRAGONS

First Annual CSI/McCown Basketball Golf Outing

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Latourette Golf Course

101Richmond Hill Road

Staten Island, New York 10306

1:00 PM Shotgun Start

18 Holes of Golf with Cart

Scorecards

Buckets of Balls for Driving Range

Closest to the Pin Contest

Longest Drive Contest

Day concludes with an all you can eat BBQ!

Raffles & Prizes!

$125.00 per person

$50 sponsor a hole

$40 BBQ only

Contact Ray Palma @ 646-824-4195

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Thanks for supporting our athletic program!

Earth Science Practical Today!

IMPORTANT REMINDER!

All students scheduled to take the August Regents Examination in Earth Science must report to school today to take the practical portion of the exam. If you do not take the practical, you may not take the written exam. This is a New York State Examination and there will not be a make-up. If you do not take the exam in August, you will not be able to take it again until January.

Reminder to all rising sophomores: you must pass at least five (5) Regents examinations with a score of 65 or higher to graduate. One of those exams must be in an area of science.

Good luck to all students who are taking the practical today and who are taking Regents examinations this week! Remember, for studying on your own, www.regentsprep.org is a great tool! Study buddies, peer tutors, and doing practice exams will also help you be successful. We wish you all great success and know that with some hard work you will be successful!

CSI High School Institutes International Journalism Blog

Journalists for our school's award winning newspaper, The International Insider, have been writing all summer. They have communicated about ideas from creating a new multi-media section of our paper and what it should contain, to what Walter Cronkite meant to the journalism community and the public, to how to decide what is "front page" news, as well as how the downward spiraling economy and increasing online availability of major newspapers and other news sources is affecting print media. See what they have to say at: http://journalism2009-2010.blogspot.com/. You can also check out back issues of The International Insider on our school website: http://www.csihighschool.org/extracurricular. Happy reading! Let us know what you think!

Help Us Get Started with AP English Language & Composition

Senior Staff

The

International

Insider

Please click on the link:

http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=297082&verify=1637043071&more=true to learn how you can help our students build their writing skills and earn college credit.

Read Ms. Kaplan's proposal!

I teach in a New York City public school. My students are selected for our school based on a lottery, and all classes are heterogeneously mixed. Furthermore, my journalism class is a bridge class of students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. Our newspaper, which we publish 6-8 times a year, is international in that our articles have a global focus, students collaborate with students in other countries to write articles together, and we have a network of schools from around the globe with students who report for our newspaper.

In my bridge journalism class, I have students who are interested in sitting for the AP Language and Composition exam in May of 2010. I have the curriculum available for the students, but we do not have funds for the necessary books that are required. My students have scored in the 95th and 96th percentile on the New York State English Regent exam in the last two years; thus, they are quite capable of taking the AP Language and Composition exam, and should be challenged to do so. In order to succeed, they need the necessary textbooks and literature.
Adding the the AP Language and Composition course to the journalism curriculum will provide the challenge many of my high achieving students need and, since much of the AP curriculum will be infused into the class, all the journalism students will benefit from the lessons on critical reading and writing. My hope is that over time, more students will elect to take on the AP component of the journalism course. Further, students taking the AP course will have the benefit of earning college credit while in high school. Finally, the lessons on critical reading and writing will enhance our news reporting and lead to the further improvement of our newspaper.
Your help in acquiring the needed literature for the AP Language and Composition exam will make it possible for my students to succeed in becoming skilled readers and writers as well as help them begin reaching their college goals. Likewise, you will be an integral part of allowing our newspaper to expand, as the literature will provide challenging reading and writing activities.

Click here to help support this project: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=297082&verify=1637043071&more=true

We greatly appreciate your supporting our learning community!!!!

CSI High School Inaugarates Dragon Dance Team

TRADITIONAL CHINESE DRAGON DANCE

PERFORMED BY CSIHSIS DRAGON DANCE TEAM

After hours of training with a professional Dragon Dance Teacher, at our Year of the Ox Celebration of Chinese Language and Culture, members of the newly formed CSI High School Dragon Dance Team wowed the audience with their performance of this traditional Chinese Dance. They did the same again at our first graduation, where they began what we hope will be an annual graduation tradition especially since the Dragon is our school mascot.

Go Dragons!

August 2009 Regents Exam Schedule

CSI High School will be offering the following Regents Examinations:

Wednesday, August 12
12:15 pm
Regents Examination in Global History & Geography
Regents Examination in United States History & Government

Thursday, August 13
8:15 am
Integrated Algebra
Geometry

12:15 pm
Living Environment
Earth Science (Note: Students scheduled for Earth Science must take the Practical Portion of the exam on August 10th at their appointed time).

Please note that these exams are New York State exams and are given only the dates and times listed above. If you miss the exam you will not be able to retake the exam until the next adminstration in January, 2010.

We encourage all students taking exam to participate in the review sessions being offered at our school this week and to study independently using classnotes, Regents Review books, and www.regentsprep.org

Please make sure that on the day of your exam you arrive to school on time, prepared with pens, pencils, and highlighters having had a good night's sleep and eaten a good breakfast.

Photos from Freshmen Summer Academy

Check out the learning and the fun our incoming freshman had at our first ever three week Freshman Summer Academy. New friendships were created! Parents met staff, faculty and other parents and our freshman had a great time while learning about one another, our school, and the world.


Learning about each other!

Drumming Circles Build

Communication!

Learning about other cultures and team building!

Creating cake sculptures to represent our Graduate Profile!

"This summer academy was so much fun ! I don't want to leave this summer program. Thank you CSI for picking me to be in your high school; I can't wait till school starts!"

Looking forward to the new tradition this class will create;

Freshman Spirit Day!

Hope you'll join us in October!