CAROLINA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
9545 POPLAR TENT ROAD, CONCORD, NC 28027 www.ciscomets.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CAROLINA INTERNALTIONAL SCHOOL ("CIS") STRIVES TO DEVELOP CARING AND COMPASSIONATE STUDENTS AND CITIZENS WHO EMBODY THOSE CHARACTER TRAITS MOST RESPECTED IN EVERY CULTURE. HENCE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AT CIS IS IMMERSED IN EVERY INTERACTION AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE AS A CONTINUAL SCHOOL-WIDE PROCESS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A SERVICE-LEARNING COMPONENT AND ACTIVELY INVOLVES PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE VALUES THAT FORM THE CORE OF DAILY RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERACTIONS AT CIS ARE RESPECT, RESPONXIBILITY, SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES.

A CHARTER SCHOOL WHOSE MISSION IS TO NURTURE STUDENTS' NATURAL CURIOSITY AND JOY OF LEARNING WHILE STUDENTS ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH A CHALLENGING, INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERNATIONAL CURRICULUM. THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF HELP TO CREATE A STIMULATING LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT DEVELOPS CRITICAL AND COMPASSIONATE THINKERS, CONFIDENT AND OPEN-MINDED COMMUNICATORS, AND RESOURCEFUL AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND LEADERS OF THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES.

NORTH CAROLINA RELEASES PERFORMANCE GRADES FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. THE MEASURES, CALLED SCHOOL PERFORMANCE GRADES, ARE REQUIRED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GIVE EVERY SCHOOL A LETTER GRADE FROM A TO F AND ARE BASED ENTIRELY ON STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES. CAROLINA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL RECEIVED A GRADE OF 68 WHICH IS AT THE HIGH END OF A C FOR THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR. BUT THE GRADE ONLY TELLS PART OF THE STORY. THEIR GROWTH SCORE WAS 90% WHICH AWARDED THE SCHOOL WITH THE MEASUREMENT DESCRIPTION OF "EXCEEDING GROWTH." OUR ENROLLMENT, THOUGH NOT QUITE AS HIGH AS LAST YEAR, REMAINS SOLID. WE CONTINUE TO FISCALLY OPERATE IN THE BLACK, LAST YEAR ADDING ABOUT $425,000 TO OUR OPERATING FUNDS AND ANTICIPATING THAT THIS YEAR WE WILL FINISH IN THE BLACK ABOUT $60,000+. INDEED, WE HAVE OPERATED IN THE BLACK EVERY YEAR OF OUR EXISTENCE. AS WE MOVE TOWARDS CONCLUSION THE 2ND SEMESTER OF THE 16TH YEAR OF EXISTENCE OF CIS, OUR SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BE STRONG IN MANY KEY RESPECTS. ACADEMICALLY, WE CONTINUE TO SEE MANY SUCCESSES. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR 5 OF OUR TEACHERS RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR SUCCESS THEIR STUDENTS ACHIEVED ON END-OF-COURSE, END-OF-GRADE TESTS. OUR PRINCIPAL ALSO RECEIVED STATE RECOGNITION FOR THE SCHOLL'S OUTSTANDING GROWTH MEASURE. ALSO, WE HAVE ADDED A PART-TIME READING TUTOR TO OUR STAFF TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF STUDENTS AS NEEDED IN THIS VITAL ACADEMIC AREA. WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH IN OUR VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WITH STUDENT INVOLVEMENT STRONG AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE HIGH IN BOTH. AS BUT ONE EXAMPLE, A NUMBER OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS TEAMS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THIER ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM, A STATEMENT OF EMPHASIS WE PLACE ON THE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AND NOT JUST THE ATHLETE PER SE. WE CONTINUE TO SEE STUDENTS LIVING OUT OUR CORE VALUES IN EXEMPLARY WAYS, AND BEING RECOGNIZED FOR SUCH IN VARIED WAYS. WE PREPARE TO GRADUATE OUR 5TH EVER 12TH GRADE CLASS THIS COMING MAY. MOST EXCITEDLY, WE SECURED FUNDING AND HAVE BEGUN CONSTRUCTION ON A 10 CLASSROOM/4 OFFICE SPACE ADDITION TO OUR SCHOOL, AN ADDITION WHICH WILL BE COMPLETE THIS SUMMER, AND THUS BE READY FOR FULL USE THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. SIMILARLY, WE WILL ALSO BE RENOVATING OUR GYM THIS SUMMER, CONVERTING IT FROM TEMPORARY CLASSROOM USE TO A FULLY FUNCTIONING GYM, AGAIN READY FOR USE IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

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