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Vera B. Gellar Humour Award
This award is given to the student at CIS who, in the opinion of the faculty, most exemplifies the character
and personality of Vera B. Gellar, first and foremost, an ever-ready with and sense of humour, a spirited love
of life, and kindness and generosity to others, particularly towards young people.
Community, Action and Service Award
This award is given to the student that has shown the utmost dedication to CAS. He or she has been involved
in all 3 areas of CAS: Creativity, Action and Service, and personifies the spirit of CAS through their
commitment and service to others.
Student Council Most Spirited Award
This award is given to the student who has shown school most school spirit during the school year. The
award is voted on by students, as organized by the Student Council.
Leonard Euler Award for Mathematics
This award goes to the student who has shown the greatest peculiarity of thinking that sets him or her at an
advantage when solving abstract mathematical problems.
Jon Arup Danish Scholarship
This award is given to the student who has studied Danish to a high standard at CIS and has demonstrated a
keen interest in and commitment to the learning of the Danish language.
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
English as an Additional Language (EAL)
CIS uses English as its language of instruction. CIS offers English language support at different levels for
students whose first language is other than English, in order that they may participate fully in all aspects of
school life. The EAL Program provides instruction in the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
The program focuses on developing and consolidating students’ effective use of receptive and expressive
vocabulary skills, reading, decoding and comprehension skills, grammar and written language skills.
Students are identified for EAL through the Admissions process and through testing.
To be accepted into the Senior School, a student must be able to access the Academic English content of
our courses. While EAL support is available, and course modification may be possible, Academic English
demands are still high. Enquiries regarding our EAL Program should be directed to Karen Watts, Director of
Student Support Services.
Learning Support
The Director of Student Support Services, in collaboration with the Principal and Learning Support
Coordinators, directs the support programming for students with learning disabilities and other special
needs. This work is done in consultation with the parents, teachers, counselor and other support staff, such
as the speech pathologist, occupational therapist and nurse.
The Learning Support Program for any particular student may focus on one or more of the following:
remediation of basic skills, support with approaches to learning and study skills, the development of coping
strategies for organizational weakness, support for projects and other long term assignments, and the
demystifying of learning disabilities. Students have regular contact with their Learning Support teachers.
This contact may be support in regular classes, in small pullout groups or one-on-one, or a combination of
all three. In addition, Learning Support teachers provide classroom teachers with suggested strategies for
support and differentiation in the classroom. The School supports the inclusive model as much as possible,
but a combination of in-class and pullout support often represents the least restrictive environment (LRE)
for the student.
CIS Senior School Parent/Student Handbook
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