CISL Newsletter
February 2023
"Intercultural dialogue is the best guarantee of a more peaceful, just and sustainable world." -Robert Alan Silverstein
Dear CISL Students, Parents, & Guardians!
As we head into February I want to say how proud and honored I am to work with the incredible students and families in the CISL program.
This past week our incredible CISL boosters and CISL student leaders helped us host our CISL 2nd semester meeting (pictures at the bottom of the newsletter)! Our theme was Paris in the Spring to celebrate the fact that some of our amazing Hylton CISL students will be visiting France as a part of our French exchange over Spring Break. Even though our French sister school's plans changed and they can't visit us until the fall of 2023, they will be joining us for our incredible Homecoming Week and Taste of CISL events, and I know we will give them the warmest of CISL welcomes when they arrive.
At these events we had French food, listened to French music, took care of some CISL course advising, talked about all of the incredible events coming up this spring, before working in teams to build replicas of the Eiffel Tower and painting using pointillism techniques. We hope this event was both informative and fun for all of our amazing CISL students.
We have so many amazing things going on this spring including several major CISL events including the CISL Conference and I-Night (or International Night)! We hope to see you, all of our amazing CISL students, and their families at these events.
If students missed the CISL events we held this week during school please see the bottom of this newsletter for copies of all of the handouts we gave out. Please let me know at terencce@pwcs.edu if you have questions.
Thanks everyone!
Mrs. T.
Upcoming February & March CISL Events!
February 6th- CISL Pie an Exec in the Face Fundraiser begins during all lunch shifts
February 7th- TIPSS for Seniors- earn up to 5 points
February 8th- TIPSS for Seniors- earn up to 5 points
February 13th- CISL Booster Meeting 7:00 pm in the Hylton Library
February 16th- 6th CISL General Meeting at 2:30 in the Enclosed
February 22nd – Spring CISL Book Club Meeting #1- Earn 5 CISL points
March 1st- Hylton Night of the Arts- Volunteer and earn up to 5 points
March 2nd- CISL Student Leadership Committee meeting
March 10th- Volunteer at Penn Elementary School’s Multicultural Night (email morganjm@pwcs.edu) earn up to 7 points 5:30-8:30 pm
March 13th- CISL Boosters Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Hylton Library
March 14th- TIPSS for Seniors- earn up to 5 points
March 15th- Spring CISL Book Club Meeting #2- Earn 5 CISL points
March 15th- TIPSS for Seniors- earn up to 5 points
March 16th- 7th CISL General Meeting at 2:30 pm in the enclosed- 1 point for attending +1 point for reflecting
March 18th- CISL Conference 8:30-3:00 pm earn up to 20 CISL points
March 19th- Dervish Performance at Hylton worth up to 5 points for attending and reflecting (up to 2 free tickets)
Pie an CISL Exec & or a Teacher in the Face
Will your class win! Compete against the other classes to see which CISL officers and teachers will get pied in the face at the pep rally on Friday February 10th.
Purchase tickets every day next week during all lunch shifts!
The class that has the most tickets at the end of the week will have their CISL class officers pied in the face along with certain teachers!
The more tickets you buy the more chances that your name will be drawn to be the individual who pies an exec or a teacher in the face.
TIPSS (Today in International Politics Speaker Series) for Seniors in AP COGO
Links to register for the zooms for each month can be found for the buttons below. There are opportunities: February 7th & 8th, March 14th & 15th, and April 4th and 5th.
Each night is worth 3 CISL points just for attending and an additional two points for reflecting. So seniors if you attend both nights you can earn between 6-10 CISL points for each month or 18-30 points over the next three months!
CISL Spring Book Club!
Join us for the Spring CISL Book Club! This semester's text will take us to a Nigerian village with the book Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree! CISL students join us at either 7:00 a.m. or at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday February 22nd in the library for the first meeting of the Spring CISL Book Club. Earn up to 5 points for participating in a discussion on the 22nd of part 1 of the book!
Please register using the link below to let us and our amazing Hylton Librarians know that you want to join us for this event so that they can get you a copy of the book.
Thank you to the CISL Boosters for helping provide a copy of the book for every CISL student that wants to participate in the Book Club!
February CISL General Meeting
Hylton Night at the Arts!
Volunteers Needed at Penn Elementary
Penn Elementary School, located off Hoadley Rd, is hosting it’s annual Multicultural Night on
Friday, March 10, 2023.
Penn Elementary needs volunteers to help during the event. Volunteer times are 5:30-8:30 pm. Duties include helping set up, serving food during the food tasting, clean up.
This is a great way to share your CISL expertise, help in the community while earning up to 5 CISL points too! If you are interested in this opportunity please contact Joanne Morgan at Penn Elementary School at morganjm@pwcs.edu as soon as possible.
CISL Conference- March 18th at Hylton High School
Take a musical journey along Ireland’s rugged and wild coastline with traditional Irish music icons, Dervish. For more than 30 years, the sextet from the Emerald Isle has reigned as one of the leading names in traditional Irish music. The internationally-acclaimed ensemble includes some of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians. From music festivals to an impromptu performance at the Great Wall of China, Dervish thrills crowds across the continents with its passion, lyricism, and high energy. Recent recipients of the BBC Folk Lifetime Achievement Award, The Guardian says, “Dervish are simply brilliant. . . They carry Irish history with them.” Don’t miss “the most compelling, most soulful Irish traditional folk band playing today” (The News Journal).
Get up to two free tickets for your CISL Student & Family by using code: 22FHFURRPW when you purchase your tickets!
Additional CISL Events in 2nd Semester
April 4th- TIPSS for Seniors- earn up to 5 points
April 5th- TIPSS for Seniors- earn up to 5 points
April 6th- CISL Student Leadership Committee meeting
April 17th- CISL Booster Meeting at a restaurant TBD at 7:00 p.m.
April 19th- I-Night- large points opportunity more info coming soon!
April 20th – 8th CISL General Meeting at 2:30 pm in the enclosed- 1 point for attending +1 point for reflecting
May 4th- CISL Student Leadership Committee meeting in room E-128 at 2:30 p.m.
May 18th- 9th CISL General Meeting at 2:30 pm in the enclosed- 1 point for attending +1 point for reflecting
June 1st- CISL Student Leadership Committee meeting in room E-128 at 2:30 p.m.
June- CISL Banquet
Handouts from the CISL 2nd Semester Meeting
Pictures from our Amazing 2nd Semester CISL Events!
Center for International Studies & Languages (CISL) at C. D. Hylton Senior High School
Email: terencce@pwcs.edu
Website: https://hyltonhs.pwcs.edu/specialty_programs/cisl_program/index
Location: 14051 Spriggs Road, Dale City, VA, USA
Phone: (703)580-4000
Twitter: @HyltonCISL