The board officially approved our feeder pattern and I am honestly still processing the fact that we moved as fast as we did. It really just goes to show how much happens when we all press for the same thing at the same time despite the confusing logistics of the …
December 24, 2015
Final supporters
Dear MIP Community,
ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE INFORMATION - If you'd like to hear the presentation given by representatives from Carl Hankey and CVHS from last week's CUSD School Board Meeting, click on the link below. Their presentation starts approximately 21 minutes into the recording.
LINK TO 12/9 CUSD BOARD MEETING AUDIO RECORDING
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12/14/15 UPDATE - Please click on the link below to view this morning's Parent Meeting regarding the proposed feeder pattern for the Mandarin Immersion Program:
LINK TO 12/14 PARENT MEETING VIDEO
If you weren't able to attend, please watch the video from the meeting which includes information on how this proposed feeder pattern came to be as well as information about Carl Hankey Middle School and their International Baccalaureate program. If this feeder pattern is something a majority of the parents in the program support, we plan to forward that information to District and School Board officials tomorrow. If you are in support of the proposed feeder pattern that includes Carl Hankey Middle School and Capistrano Valley High School, please show your support by clicking on the link below no later than Monday, December 14th at midnight:
I'm in Support of the Proposed Carl Hankey / CVHS Feeder Pattern
If you would like to voice your concern over the proposed sites or have any questions please email me at [email protected]. As we progress through the District’s site selection process, we want to make sure our MIP Community voice is heard, that all parties are informed, and that we use all the information and feedback at our disposal to help the District make the final decision that is best for the program.
As always, we appreciate your ongoing support and dedication to our program!
__________________________________________________________________________
Original Message sent 12/11/15:
FoMIP Executive Board PresidentAt the CUSD Board Meeting on Wednesday, December 9th the board discussed the new enrollment policy. During that discussion, two Trustees made a recommendation for a proposed Middle School / High School feeder pattern for our program:
Carl Hankey K-8 School
Capistrano Valley High School
Over the past several months the Friends of MIP Board has been monitoring recommendations from the district regarding our future school sites. We have provided the district with the criteria set forth in the parent survey and have had discussions with trustee members as well as administration from potential schools. The top three criteria for selection as determined by our November parent survey were: 1) Freeway Access 2) Ease of Drop-Off/Pick Up and 3) Availability of Advanced Programs such as IB (International Baccalaureate).
Carl Hankey Middle School is the only Middle School in southern Orange County to offer an IB program and is approximately 2 miles off the I-5 freeway at the Crown Valley exit. Carl Hankey is a K-8 program but many students transfer in via School of Choice at 6th grade to take advantage of the IB program there. While the “Middle School” experience there is different than other Middle Schools in the District due to the smaller size of the Middle School program at Carl Hankey, the opportunities of the IB program are something that no other Middle School in the District can offer. Their existing feeder pattern is to Capistrano Valley High School, which also offers an IB program. Capistrano Valley High School is located approximately half a mile off the I-5 freeway at the Avery exit.
At the beginning of the Board meeting, representatives from Carl Hankey and CVHS gave a very informative presentation about the International Baccalaureate programs at both schools. We also met with the principal of Carl Hankey, Dana Aguilera. She agreed that Carl Hankey would be a great school for our program to grow into. In keeping with the priorities for schools set by our parent community and after seeing their presentation and meeting with Principal Aguilera we are confident that the IB program would be an excellent environment in which our scholars could thrive and grow.
While adjustments would need to be made to accommodate more than one class in Mandarin (our goal is 2-3), the Carl Hankey website has the following description of their current Middle School IB program:
The middle school curriculum is framed through broad thematic categories. In this case, students take eight subject areas (two more than the district norm), which are taught through the “areas of interaction” (AOIs) of Community and Service, Health and Social Education, Environments, Human Ingenuity, and Approaches to Learning. The AOIs help to focus instruction and create connections between the subject content and the world. For instance, students might look at the Renaissance through the lens of human ingenuity or through the lens of environments, driving different inquiries and reflections into how learning and the real world are connected. Middle school students are required to take one period of Spanish (for MIP it would be substituted with Mandarin, plus additional periods of Mandarin as determined by the District) and PE every other week; 15 hours of fine arts instruction each year in addition to drama, instrumental music or music appreciation; and Design Technology, a problem-based class unique to IB that pushes students to apply the design cycle and develop solutions for problems encountered in their world. The traditional core subject areas of English (Language A) math, science, and social studies (humanities) round out the middle school curriculum.
If this proposed feeder pattern is what the majority of the families in the Mandarin Immersion Program at Bergeson want to have District officials consider seriously, we need to show them the level of our interest and support. If you are in support of the proposed feeder pattern that includes Carl Hankey Middle School and Capistrano Valley High School, please show your support by clicking on the link below no later than Monday, December 14th at midnight:
I'm in Support of the Proposed Carl Hankey / CVHS Feeder Pattern
If you would like to voice your concern over the proposed sites or have any questions please email me at [email protected]. As we progress through the District’s site selection process, we want to make sure our MIP Community voice is heard, that all parties are informed, and that we use all the information and feedback at our disposal to help the District make the final decision that is best for the program.
I apologize for the last minute notice and rushed timeframe for this, but our understanding is that we need to make our voices heard regarding this potential proposed Middle School/High School feeder pattern as soon as possible to ensure that it is taken into consideration in conjunction with other school site selection decisions for other programs that are being made in the very near future. For more information about the Middle School/High School site selection process to date as well as more information about the International Baccalaureate programs at Carl Hankey Middle School and Capistrano Valley High School, please attend our parent meeting scheduled for Monday, December 14th at 7:15am in P-29 (the portable on the back playground next to the Computer Lab). We know this is an early time, but because of the need for immediate action with the District and scheduled musical performances on campus we had limited options. For those who are not able to attend, this presentation will be made available via Periscope.
Reach out to people you know in the program and ask them to review this information and show their support as soon as possible. The more MIP community support we have to show the district the better bargaining power we’ll have to try and make this happen.
Thanks as always for your continued support and I’m so excited we’re on our way to making the Mandarin Immersion Program a K-12 program for our scholars.
Ami Barrett
FoMIP Executive Board President
Other Resources:
Carl Hankey K-8: https://chhawks.schoolloop.com/
Capo Valley High School: http://www.cvhs.com/
CVHS IB Program: http://cvhs.schoolloop.com/file/1222839231177/1187...
Updates
December 14, 2015
I really thought this might just fizzle out but seeing how people are actually engaging with the meeting footage makes me think we might actually have a shot at getting the board to listen. It is honestly kind of overwhelming to see the group pull together like this when I was worried no one would even care about the feeder pattern details.
Reached 100 supporters
December 14, 2015
56 Comments
The opportunity to work with the existing IB program is invaluable--can only benefit our children's world education and growth in Mandarin
I toured Carl Hankey last year during their open house and was very impressed with their integrated program. The principal was also previously assistant principal at Lobo so is very familiar with language immersion and would likely be a great advocate.
I am in favor of the Carl Hankey / Capo Valley Feeder program for the Mandarin Immersion Program. Those appear to both be great schools.
If students take 8 subject areas, how does the schedule of school work since the norm of middle school schedules is for 6 periods? We need to also make sure that the wording for school of choice with the district says something of exemption for MIP students before things are set as it seems that some students try to get into Carl Hankey at 6th grade.
At this time based on IB programs and string principal support at Hankey I'm in favor. I'd luke to make sure that our students have a full set of mandarin classes and are able to participate in the IB classes.
International Baccalaureate Program is a wonderful program.
I am in favor of the proposed locations for MIP middle school and high school.
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The board officially approved our feeder pattern and I am honestly still processing the fact that we moved as fast as we did. It really just goes to show how much happens when we all press for the same thing at the same time despite the confusing logistics of the …
December 24, 2015
Final supporters
Dear MIP Community,
ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE INFORMATION - If you'd like to hear the presentation given by representatives from Carl Hankey and CVHS from last week's CUSD School Board Meeting, click on the link below. Their presentation starts approximately 21 minutes into the recording.
LINK TO 12/9 CUSD BOARD MEETING AUDIO RECORDING
__________________________________________________________________________
12/14/15 UPDATE - Please click on the link below to view this morning's Parent Meeting regarding the proposed feeder pattern for the Mandarin Immersion Program:
LINK TO 12/14 PARENT MEETING VIDEO
If you weren't able to attend, please watch the video from the meeting which includes information on how this proposed feeder pattern came to be as well as information about Carl Hankey Middle School and their International Baccalaureate program. If this feeder pattern is something a majority of the parents in the program support, we plan to forward that information to District and School Board officials tomorrow. If you are in support of the proposed feeder pattern that includes Carl Hankey Middle School and Capistrano Valley High School, please show your support by clicking on the link below no later than Monday, December 14th at midnight:
I'm in Support of the Proposed Carl Hankey / CVHS Feeder Pattern
If you would like to voice your concern over the proposed sites or have any questions please email me at [email protected]. As we progress through the District’s site selection process, we want to make sure our MIP Community voice is heard, that all parties are informed, and that we use all the information and feedback at our disposal to help the District make the final decision that is best for the program.
As always, we appreciate your ongoing support and dedication to our program!
__________________________________________________________________________
Original Message sent 12/11/15:
FoMIP Executive Board PresidentAt the CUSD Board Meeting on Wednesday, December 9th the board discussed the new enrollment policy. During that discussion, two Trustees made a recommendation for a proposed Middle School / High School feeder pattern for our program:
Carl Hankey K-8 School
Capistrano Valley High School
Over the past several months the Friends of MIP Board has been monitoring recommendations from the district regarding our future school sites. We have provided the district with the criteria set forth in the parent survey and have had discussions with trustee members as well as administration from potential schools. The top three criteria for selection as determined by our November parent survey were: 1) Freeway Access 2) Ease of Drop-Off/Pick Up and 3) Availability of Advanced Programs such as IB (International Baccalaureate).
Carl Hankey Middle School is the only Middle School in southern Orange County to offer an IB program and is approximately 2 miles off the I-5 freeway at the Crown Valley exit. Carl Hankey is a K-8 program but many students transfer in via School of Choice at 6th grade to take advantage of the IB program there. While the “Middle School” experience there is different than other Middle Schools in the District due to the smaller size of the Middle School program at Carl Hankey, the opportunities of the IB program are something that no other Middle School in the District can offer. Their existing feeder pattern is to Capistrano Valley High School, which also offers an IB program. Capistrano Valley High School is located approximately half a mile off the I-5 freeway at the Avery exit.
At the beginning of the Board meeting, representatives from Carl Hankey and CVHS gave a very informative presentation about the International Baccalaureate programs at both schools. We also met with the principal of Carl Hankey, Dana Aguilera. She agreed that Carl Hankey would be a great school for our program to grow into. In keeping with the priorities for schools set by our parent community and after seeing their presentation and meeting with Principal Aguilera we are confident that the IB program would be an excellent environment in which our scholars could thrive and grow.
While adjustments would need to be made to accommodate more than one class in Mandarin (our goal is 2-3), the Carl Hankey website has the following description of their current Middle School IB program:
The middle school curriculum is framed through broad thematic categories. In this case, students take eight subject areas (two more than the district norm), which are taught through the “areas of interaction” (AOIs) of Community and Service, Health and Social Education, Environments, Human Ingenuity, and Approaches to Learning. The AOIs help to focus instruction and create connections between the subject content and the world. For instance, students might look at the Renaissance through the lens of human ingenuity or through the lens of environments, driving different inquiries and reflections into how learning and the real world are connected. Middle school students are required to take one period of Spanish (for MIP it would be substituted with Mandarin, plus additional periods of Mandarin as determined by the District) and PE every other week; 15 hours of fine arts instruction each year in addition to drama, instrumental music or music appreciation; and Design Technology, a problem-based class unique to IB that pushes students to apply the design cycle and develop solutions for problems encountered in their world. The traditional core subject areas of English (Language A) math, science, and social studies (humanities) round out the middle school curriculum.
If this proposed feeder pattern is what the majority of the families in the Mandarin Immersion Program at Bergeson want to have District officials consider seriously, we need to show them the level of our interest and support. If you are in support of the proposed feeder pattern that includes Carl Hankey Middle School and Capistrano Valley High School, please show your support by clicking on the link below no later than Monday, December 14th at midnight:
I'm in Support of the Proposed Carl Hankey / CVHS Feeder Pattern
If you would like to voice your concern over the proposed sites or have any questions please email me at [email protected]. As we progress through the District’s site selection process, we want to make sure our MIP Community voice is heard, that all parties are informed, and that we use all the information and feedback at our disposal to help the District make the final decision that is best for the program.
I apologize for the last minute notice and rushed timeframe for this, but our understanding is that we need to make our voices heard regarding this potential proposed Middle School/High School feeder pattern as soon as possible to ensure that it is taken into consideration in conjunction with other school site selection decisions for other programs that are being made in the very near future. For more information about the Middle School/High School site selection process to date as well as more information about the International Baccalaureate programs at Carl Hankey Middle School and Capistrano Valley High School, please attend our parent meeting scheduled for Monday, December 14th at 7:15am in P-29 (the portable on the back playground next to the Computer Lab). We know this is an early time, but because of the need for immediate action with the District and scheduled musical performances on campus we had limited options. For those who are not able to attend, this presentation will be made available via Periscope.
Reach out to people you know in the program and ask them to review this information and show their support as soon as possible. The more MIP community support we have to show the district the better bargaining power we’ll have to try and make this happen.
Thanks as always for your continued support and I’m so excited we’re on our way to making the Mandarin Immersion Program a K-12 program for our scholars.
Ami Barrett
FoMIP Executive Board President
Other Resources:
Carl Hankey K-8: https://chhawks.schoolloop.com/
Capo Valley High School: http://www.cvhs.com/
CVHS IB Program: http://cvhs.schoolloop.com/file/1222839231177/1187...
Updates
December 14, 2015
I really thought this might just fizzle out but seeing how people are actually engaging with the meeting footage makes me think we might actually have a shot at getting the board to listen. It is honestly kind of overwhelming to see the group pull together like this when I was worried no one would even care about the feeder pattern details.
Reached 100 supporters
December 14, 2015
56 Comments
Vicky - I was at the board meeting on Wed when they presented the IB program. It runs for 2 years 11 & 12th grades. It is an elective program that only requires previous language study and Algebra 2 by the end of their junior year. Students are required to take 2 higher level classes during the IB years which are AP classes (and 3 standard level classes). So IB students are required to do AP classes. Students can choose not to do IB, but can still take AP classes, or just take standard level classes. CVHS has a very high rate of graduation in their IB program for those that elect to enroll in it. Last year it was 95%. I hope that helps! I love CVHS because it has a lot of options for our kids and the freeway access is ideal coming from Capo Beach.
The opportunity to work with the existing IB program is invaluable--can only benefit our children's world education and growth in Mandarin
I toured Carl Hankey last year during their open house and was very impressed with their integrated program. The principal was also previously assistant principal at Lobo so is very familiar with language immersion and would likely be a great advocate.
I am in favor of the Carl Hankey / Capo Valley Feeder program for the Mandarin Immersion Program. Those appear to both be great schools.
If students take 8 subject areas, how does the schedule of school work since the norm of middle school schedules is for 6 periods? We need to also make sure that the wording for school of choice with the district says something of exemption for MIP students before things are set as it seems that some students try to get into Carl Hankey at 6th grade.
At this time based on IB programs and string principal support at Hankey I'm in favor. I'd luke to make sure that our students have a full set of mandarin classes and are able to participate in the IB classes.
International Baccalaureate Program is a wonderful program.
I am in favor of the proposed locations for MIP middle school and high school.
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Vicky - I was at the board meeting on Wed when they presented the IB program. It runs for 2 years 11 & 12th grades. It is an elective program that only requires previous language study and Algebra 2 by the end of their junior year. Students are required to take 2 higher level classes during the IB years which are AP classes (and 3 standard level classes). So IB students are required to do AP classes. Students can choose not to do IB, but can still take AP classes, or just take standard level classes. CVHS has a very high rate of graduation in their IB program for those that elect to enroll in it. Last year it was 95%. I hope that helps! I love CVHS because it has a lot of options for our kids and the freeway access is ideal coming from Capo Beach.