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What's New
March 3, 2006
CSI High School is a recipient of a grant in conjunction with the Noble Maritime Collection at Snug Harbor. The purpose of the program is to get young people to expand their horizons by increasing their appreciation of art and culture by appealing to youth's love for sports and briding it to the arts. Throgh this program, students have discussed commonalities between sports and art, photographed people playing a variety of sports, read about sports, looked at works of art about sports and are working with artists at the Noble Maritime Collection to make monoprints of people invovled in sports. They will also create poetry about their print and then will exhibit their work at the museum. Read about it in the Staten Island Advance. Click here.
February 28, 2006
The Staten Island Advance featured a story on CSI High School students' current service learning project. All student take part in community service projects. The story highlights the school's Community Service Day, where students worked throughout Staten Island and the Bronx on special projects. Excerpt: "At Project Hospitality, students learned about people with troubled identities, like the hungry and the homeless. The students sorted donated clothes, assembled place setting of plastic cutlery and bagged bread, among other tasks." Read the full article.
February 17, 2006
CSI High School is hosting a Bahraini student delegation for three weeks. Today, the students took part in a videoconference with Ambassador Almansoor, head of the Bahrain Mission to the UN, and Mr. Hasan, Cultural Attache at the Bahrain Embassy. This program is made possible by the iEARN Global Connections / BRIDGE Program. Learn more.
February 13, 2006
Read the latest edition of The International Insider, CSI High School's student publication created in partnership with students in other parts of the world. To download, please select your version: Windows or MAC. NOTE: printing requires tabloid-sized paper. Learn more about the school paper.
February 8, 2006
CSI High School and Nancy Kaplan and her students' iEARN international exchange project are featured in an article in Education Week, a leading educational periodical. Read the story.
January 30, 2006
CSI High School hosts a historic exchange visit from Bahrain—the first time that high school students have come on a US government-sponsored exchange visit. Read on.
January 15, 2006
Over 1,100 students applied for admission for next school year!
January 24, 2006
CSI High School students start an exchange with students in Shenzhen, China.
December 22, 2005
CSI HSIS publishes its first newspaper, The International Insider--a true international effort. Click here to download. (Four-page PDF document. 11 x 17" paper required for printing.)
December 8, 2005
Principal Aimee Horowitz shares CSI High School for International Studies' many accomplishments in three short months. Click here to read her remarks before the States Institute on International Education in Washington DC.
December 1, 2005
CSI HSIS students commemorate World AIDS Day by raising awareness of the global pandemic. Learn more.
October 2005
CSI HSIS journalism and book clubs partners with schools in Cairo and Saudi Arabia.
September 30, 2005
Parents and guardians: the PTA is developing bylaws in October. If you are interested in joining the bylaws committee, please see the Parents page of this website.
September 20, 2005
Did you catch Ms. Kaplan's literature students on NY1 TV writing essays?
September 9, 2005
From The New York Times | read full article
At the High School for International Studies, a new small school that opened yesterday on the campus of the College
of Staten Island, [New York City Schools Chancellor Joel] Klein was surprised to hear that several students would otherwise have attended Catholic
schools.
"We're taking everyone from private schools and returning them to public schools," he exclaimed. "That's because we
have great public schools."
September 8, 2005
First day of school! The College of Staten Island High School for International Studies opens its doors for the first time.
From The New York Sun | read full article
[New York City Schools Chancellor Joel] Klein seemed to really hit his stride at the College of Staten Island High School for International Studies, a
new small high school that has a partnership with the Asia Society. The school offers Japanese, Mandarin, and Spanish
language instruction...
Before leaving he offered up his email address, jklein@nycboe.net, and encouraged students to write him.
June 9, 2005
CSI International High School Students take on their first project: a multi-media, multi-disciplinary exploration of identity. Students, check out the Students page for important information about this project.
SAVE THE DATES!
June 15th Parent Meeting
College of Staten Island Buidling 1C at 7:30-9:30
June 20th Student Meeting
College of Staten Island Building 1C from 6:00-8:00
May 24, 2005
We are very pleased to introduce a talented, expert faculty. Please visit our teachers page to meet the exceptional educators for the 2005 - 06 school year.
May 9, 2005
We made the news again! Read about us in the Staten Island Advance.
EXCERPT:
High School to get View of the World by Deborah Young
... pupils at the College of Staten Island High School for International Studies will occupy the first floor
of a modern building, with views of college students holding books in their laps, sitting cross-legged on the
grass. The long-anticipated public school will become a reality in September, when the 108 students making up
the inaugural class report.
The principal, Aimee Horowitz, has been shaping an academic framework intended to inspire their
awareness about global interconnection.
"It's a little like being in a private school," said Ms. Horowitz. "Every teacher knows not only your name but
also your learning style and hobbies."
To read the full article, please visit SILive.com.
February 17, 2005
Do you want to attend CSI High School but missed the high school fairs and information sessions? It's not too late. You must contact the school leader and discuss the expectations and make an informed decision. Students and parents who have met the school leaders will have first admissions priority. Please contact Ms. Horowitz, at 212-327-9311 or ahorowitz@csihighschool.org.
February 2, 2005
Read the Staten Island Advance article on Mayor Bloomberg's support for small high schools, particularly Staten Island's CSI High School for International Studies. GO
January 25, 2005
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel I. Klein announce The College of State Island High School for International Studies will open in fall 2005. LEARN MORE
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