Water for ALL
CIS Social Action Project
May 16th-May 23rd
Message from Mrs. Goforth and her students:
During the 3rd nine weeks, my classes read Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk to Water. Park’s book is based on the lives of Salva and Nya, both from Southern Sudan. The reader travels with Salva as he is forced to flee his village and search for clean water, food, and safety and Nya as she walks carrying a jerrycan 6 miles roundtrip twice daily to access clean water for her family. Following the reading of this text, my students were inspired to make a difference, finding it unfair that there are so many children who have limited access to water and are unable to attend school in order to fulfill their responsibility of obtaining water for their families.
Students also engaged in research of Salva Dut’s nonprofit organization, Water for Sudan. They wrote argumentative essays to persuade readers that all of humanity deserves easy and equal access to clean water and created a proposal to CIS administration to begin conversations about a social action project. Their belief is CIS students could benefit from being involved in raising money to help purchase a well for children in need of clean drinking water. Starting May 16th through May 23rd, students at CIS will have an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children in Southern Sudan where water is not a luxury...WATER is LIFE.
Your child can help make a difference in the lives of children in Southern Sudan. Beginning May 16th and ending May 23rd, students may bring in coins or bills to place in a container located in their homeroom class. The winning 5th grade class and the winning 6th grade class will be announced on the morning of May 24th. They will receive a treat during field day. If you would like to learn more about Water for South Sudan, please check out https://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/.
Thank you for supporting this project.
Free Academic Assistance
Monday’s & Wednesday’s
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m
*Students must be signed up in order to stay. Students will not be able to stay if the form has not been completed. The form will close at 4:00 pm the day before the session.
Session Sign-Up Links are found here and on the CIS webpage under the Need to Know section.
MAY IMPORTANT DATES
May 1-3
- Spring Book Fair continues
- Teacher Appreciation Week continues
May 1
- Principal's Day
- Run Hard
- Pokemon (final meeting)
May 3
- School Lunch Hero Day
- Interims Go Home
- Chapin Spirit Day
May 6
- Run Hard
- Builders Club
- Garden Club
- Board Meeting
May 7
- SC Ready ELA Day 1
May 8
- SC Ready ELA Day 2
- Run Hard
- Student Council Board Meeting
May 9
- Chorus Concert @ Chapin Pres. Church
May 10
- Chapin Gear Day
- Last Day for Book Checkout from CIS Library
May 11
- Run Hard Race Day
May 13
- Builders Club
May 14
- SC Ready Math
May 15
- SC Ready Science (6th Grade Only)
May 16
- Band Concert
May 17
- Chapin Spirit Wear
May 20
- Builders Club (final meeting)
- Garden Club (final meeting)
May 22
- SIC Meeting
May 24
- Field Day
May 24
- All Library Books Are Due
