PTC events and reminders 1

PLC and Cambridge Award 2

Annual Science Fair 3

Charity Day Gala 4

Field trips Fun 5

Annual Sports Day 6

Making the differences and holidays around the world

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Inside the issue

REMINDER:

Our students come from

all over the world, a

mixture of over 30 na-

tions and bringing with

them their incredible

cultures and stories

that contribute to our

global-minded school.

With families coming

from as near as Thai-

land, Malaysia, UK, Ja-

pan, Indonesia, Guinea,

India, and as far as USA,

Syria, Sudan, and Cana-

da, the cultural back-

drop to CIS’s learning is

truly international!

Happy New Year to all! After a couple of short, busy and quick months, the Crescent Eclipse has decided to combine the newsletter issues of No-vember, December and January in to one giant fun read. On behalf of all our staff members and stu-dents, the Crescent Eclipse would like to officially welcome everyone back to Term 2 of our 2016-2017 school year! Our engines are revving with many events having occurred on and off campus. As many of you may know, our House Teams have been revived with a new crest and individual mas-cots inspired by our School Mascot the Stallion! When students join CIS, they will join a house team and

compete within that house for the remainder of their time at CIS! This gives stu-dent more freedom to be imaginative when it comes to choreography in cheers, dances ,chants and poster decorations. We hope that you will enjoy this com-bined issue with many fun stories and adventurous activities.

Busy Winter!

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Parent-Teacher Conference

On behalf of the leadership team and our faculty mem-bers, CIS would like to say thank you to all the parents who took the time off their busy schedule to attend the parent teacher conferences (PTCs). Our school appreci-ates having strong bonds with our parent community. In order for students to be disciplined and excel aca-demically, parent involve-

ment is proven to be the ultimate support for each child. After the final term report cards, we met for the first time in term 2 on Janu-ary 27th, 2017. Parents may have noticed that CIS has a new online appointment booking system which saves us paper, time, and confu-sion. Parents are able to se-lect from a pull down list their needed time and the

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January 31st, 2017

CIS Mission Statement Crescent International School is committed to academic excellence and the empowerment

of principled global citizens and critical thinkers. Grounded in a strong cultural identity,

CIS celebrates diversity to inspire personal growth and happiness, as well as a love of

learning that leads to positive action in an increasingly connected world.

IMPORTANT DATES:

FEB 6th-10h – MAP testing Y1-Y7,

EAL3

Feb 18th-19th—Quran Competition

FEB 20-21st - MAP Testing Y8 -Y11

Feb 23-26th—Mid-term Long Weekend

Feb 27th—Teacher’s Professional

Development, no school

March TBA—Social Studies Fair

and Secondary Science Fair

teachers whom they would like to meet with during PTC. We hope to see all parents at the next PTC!

Crescent is steadily fo-cused on improving all areas within our school to build a stronger community for our teaching family, parent communications and student involvement. Since Mr. J.C. was ap-pointed Deputy at CIS he was eager to explain to our educators at CIS what Professional Learning Communities were all about; a group of educators that meets regularly, shares expertise, works collaboratively to improve teaching

skills and the academic performance of their students. Here at CIS, we believe the best strategy for improving schools and districts is developing the collec-tive capacity of educa-tors to function as members of a profes-sional learning commu-nity. In other words, when teachers grow and evolve as instructors and facilitators of learning, our students will grow and evolve in the way they learn as well. PLC meetings happen every Friday morning, so while

Congratulations!

Profession Learning Communities

percentage marks or

grades. The learner with

the highest overall

standard mark in the

world or the country will

receive the award for

that particular subject.

‘Best Across’ awards are

calculated based on

learners achieving the

highest cumulative total

standard marks over a

range of subjects. Con-

gratulations again Farial!

CIS would like to con-

gratulate Farial Azmain,

for receiving a certificate

as top IGCSE results in

Thailand in English as a

Second Language. You

have made your family

and CIS very proud! How

are Outstanding Cam-

bridge Learner Awards

calculated you ask?

Cambridge awards are

based on overall stand-

ard marks rather than

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students are in assembly with the Head, all faculty members will find their assigned PLC group. Each PLC group will fo-cus on a specific topic; based on teacher, stu-dent, and school-wide priorities. Teachers focus on one topic per semes-ter. The current topics we are tackling at CIS are: Differentiation, Stu-dent Engagement, and “All about Teachers.” In the next issue we will discuss the three big ideas of Professional Learning Community. .”

“Schools can only be as good as the people within them” - Dufour and Marzano

Above: Specialty classes

Below: Primary PTC

Above: Secondary PTC

PTC Photos!

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On November 7TH, 2016, CIS

student athletes above the

age of 15 went off campus

for a volleyball tournament.

The tournament was

conducted at NIVA

International School from 8

am to 3 pm. The following

student athletes participated

fiercely: Jake Sano, Amina

Koita, Mariam Drame,

Koultimi Dabo, Rachadaporn

yoyo, Arofah, Hafah Zia,

Djaka diane, Nur ain, Dania

Tariq, Khadia, Dusu Dabo.

Altogether, there were six

schools in the competition.

Unfortunately, CIS didn’t

make it to the top three but

all the players put in their

best effort. Thanks to our

head coach Coach Mark for

bringing the players out and

having different activities for

the athletes. A Special

thanks to Ms. Edna for

training the players very well

in terms of the rules and

regulations. And also, thank

you to all the players for your

hard work. Go Stallions!

Yoyo, Student Editor in Chief

The first annual CIS Science Fair was held at Crescent International School on Friday

December 2nd. Students of all ages participated in the event. The Science depart-

ment worked extremely hard putting together great, interactive showcases in various

classrooms in the building of year 4-6. Each classroom was separated by years. Stu-

dents were split into groups within their own science classes. Each group stood by

their projects and exhibit, explaining what they have researched and how their pro-

jects worked. Everyone could see the complexity of these projects which got more and

more creative as we climb the years. Many students chose hands-on projects such as

water pump bridges, holographic projections, bubble soap chemistry, volcanic erup-

tions, etc. Students took time in their science lessons in the previous week putting

their knowledge together and coming up with a design for their presentation. The stu-

dents wished that the science fair lasted longer. When it was not their class to pre-

sent, each year was able to take turns touring all the different rooms with many types

of cool gadgets and ideas. The younger students from years 1-3 enthusiastically en-

joyed when the older students explained how their projects came together before let-

ting the younger learners have an attempt. A special thanks to Mrs. Sapna for over-

seeing this year’s Science Fair, communicating with our leadership team and science

teachers. It was a great Friday and we learned a lot. Looking forward to next year’s!

CIS Black & White Charity Gala took place Saturday Dec 3rd from 9am-2pm. This year our charity had a theme for the first time and we had custom designed tickets. This was a mandatory school day. Each student (or family at CIS) was able to pur-chase a family pack of tickets for 250 baht, as a base donation to support the Charity Event, even if they could not attend. CIS had two charity recipients for this event and they are the King’s Foundation, The Chaipattana Foundation. The second one is the Local Girls’ Orphanage in Samut Prakan Province. Students demonstrated either their Science Fair or Business Projects and their teachers gave them a presentation score. Students and faculty members worked long hours during and after school designing booths, games, exhibits, and raffle draws. Some of the things our event goers en-joyed were the following: 1. King’s Gallery; as a memorial to the Thai King, CIS put together a King’s gal-

lery . The gallery consisted of his important work in his time and quotes which many Thais live by.

2. Food stalls and lunch catering; many parents were asked to help donate canned foods to the school which were then cooked and turned to snacks by our parent volunteers and were sold back for charity donations.

3. Student art gallery and silent auction; we asked parents to bid for student’s beautiful artwork from this school year. All proceeds (over 10,000baht) went to charity!

4. Raffle draws; raffle tickets were sold at the entrance for various prizes for our guests to try and win. Many parents helped out by donating raffle items for the draw

We were glad to see all your smiling faces after all the hard work and effort that our students and teachers have put in to this event. At the end of the day, we were able to raise over 100,000 baht in donations. Crescent appreciates all our parents involve-ment and we thank you to all of our CIS families, this event wouldn't have been a success without your great support.

Charity Day Gala

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Field Trips 16’-17’

Students in Years 1,2 and 5 had a blast at KidZania. While learning about different occupations, students were able to role play their fa-

vorite careers.

Year 6 students had a great experience at the overnight camping

trips in Don Kai Dee Benjarong Village.

EAL and Y3 students had their excursion day at the Dusit Zoo. Stu-dents have been studying physical geography and biomes. They en-

joyed an adventurous day.

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Crescent International

School began second

term with our most be-

loved event; Annual

Sports Day. This year’s

Sports Day lasted for two

days and there were many

categories of events full of

tough competitions. On

Wednesday, Jan 18th

, the

events were held on CIS

campus, where all the

members from each team

showed their talent in

competitive matches such

as basketball, volleyball,

table tennis and futsal. In

the afternoon, the cheer-

ing competition was the

main event. The four

teams: Green Hippogriffs,

Blue Water Horses, Yellow

Pegasus, and Red Uni-

corns finally got the

chance to perform their

routines to accumulate

points for their houses.

Although every team at-

tempted, there could be

only be one winner. The

3rd

runner-up in cheer

went to the yellow team

which was led by Arif and

Yassen, followed by the 2nd

runner-up, the red team

led by Adam and Sale-

mata. The 1st runner- up

went to the blue team led

by Baba and Yasmin. Last

but not least, the winner of

the cheer competition

went to the green team

led by Habibah and Tariq.

The day ended with happi-

ness and joy from every

members of the team. On

Thursday, January 19th

, CIS

students and faculty mem-

bers went off campus to

one of the biggest stadium

in Bangkok, the Thephad-

sadin stadium, which was

located near MBK. The

second day of the annual

sports event started with a

performance by the cheer

champion, The Green

house. This was followed

by all the track and field

events began with 50m

race for primary year1-2

followed by year3-5 100m

race . Year 6-11 was divid-

ed into six games: 200m

(boys), 200m (girls), 400m

(girls) 400m (boys), and

4x100m relay mix. Primary

also participated in the

long jump. During lunch

time, students were given

free ice creams which

were sponsored by the

parents. For this year’s

Sports Day, second runner

up the yellow house. First

runner up went to blue

house and the victory

went to the green house

once again. Each team

received a trophy and

medals. Special prices

were given to the most

valuable players (MVP).

These certificates were

given to Mahamadou and

Khadia for years 2-7, Ab-

dul Salam and Yoyo for

years 8-11. CIS would like

to give special shout outs

to Mr. Mark, Mr. Andy, all

the teacher’s efforts, and

parents who came to sup-

port, making this an in-

credible two-day eupho-

ria!

-Yoyo

Sports Day

Holidays around the world!

December 25th – Christmas—The original meaning of Christmas is a special church service, or mass, to celebrate the birth of Christ. The story of the Nativity, or the events sur-rounding the birth of Jesus, are particularly important in religious celebrations of Christmas. These include the importance of candles and decorations made from evergreen bushes and tree, symbolizing everlasting light and life. In Roman times, a mid-winter festival was held. This was a relaxing time with a lot of parties and merry making. It was also common to give other people small gifts, such as dolls for children and candles for adults. This festival culmi-nated with the celebration of the winter solstice, which fell on December 25 in the Roman calendar.

December 26th—Kwanzaa — is derived from the phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means “first fruits” in Swahili. Each family celebrates Kwanzaa in its own way, often include songs and dances, African drums, storytelling, poetry reading, and a large traditional meal. On each of the seven nights, the family gathers and a child lights one of the candles on the Kinara (candleholder), then one of the seven principles is discussed. Kwanzaa also has seven

basic symbols which represent values and concepts reflective of African culture. An African feast, called a Karamu, is held on December 31.

January 28th —Chinese New Year—Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal trans-lation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese New Year’s Day itself, the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calendar. Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the “Lunar New Year”.

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Since the new tradition of "Making the Difference" at CIS was introduced, many teachers

have felt appreciative that we are often being recognized for the hard work and energy

which are put into our school and students. At the end of each month, each and every

teacher is able to nominate colleagues to receive the "Making the Difference" award, which

acknowledges members of our faculty for taking their passion the extra mile. In these past

three months of November, December and January, we’ve had numerous amount of teach-

ers who have been helpful, kind and putting in the extra hours to ensure our students re-

ceive the best education possible. The recipients of the awards are:

November 2016 (Top left)

Pictured: Mr. Kyle & Mr. J.C. with Mr. Ameer (English & Social Studies), Mr. Andy (Swimming),

Ms. Edna (Social Studies)

December 2016 (middle left)

Pictured: Mr. Kyle & Mr. J.C. with Ms. Nantipha (Thai L.), Ms. Andrei (EAL2), and Ms. Fatima

(Islamic, Arabic)

January 2017 (Bottom left)

Pictured: Mr. Kyle & Mr JC with Coach Mark (Physical Education), and Mr. Ryan (Science/

Social Studies), Not pictured- Mr. Jerry (Secondary ICT).

Awesome job, everyone! Congratulations! We are proud to have such dedicated educators

working at CIS!

Making the Difference Award

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Editor: Mr. Ameer Chawla