Trimester Publication: SEPT-DEC-MAR (JUNE BONUS)

PARENT NEWSLETTEREugene International High SchoolJune 2019

Mission Statement: As global citizens at Eugene

International High School, we aspire to value diversity, ambiguity, and

discovery––and to act with responsi-bility, integrity, and compassion.

Check out the EUGENE IHS WEBSITE for information about Eugene IHS, teacher websites and contact info, important calendar dates, and announcements:

www.ihs.4j.lane.edu

Upcoming Dates - 2019/20 school year: Sept 3 - 9th Grade Orientation Day Sept 4 - Classes Begin for all - A DAYSept 10 - Eugene IHS Site Council Mtg, South Eugene, Rm 538, 4:15pmSept 23 - Welcome to Eugene IHS Parent Night, Ed Center Auditorium*, 7:00pm (for all interested Eugene IHS Parents)Sept 27 - Eugene IHS Opening Assembly, South Eugene AuditoriumOct 1 - IB Junior Parent Information Night, Ed Center Auditorium*, 7:00pm (mainly for parents of juniors)Oct 8 - Eugene IHS Site Council Mtg, South Eugene, Rm 538, 4:15pmOct 10 - NO SCHOOL - Mid-Trimester Grading/Professional DevelopmentOct 11 - NO SCHOOL - Statewide Inservice DayOct 15 - IB Fees and Registrations Due

Note: Information will come from host schools regarding schedules for registration day and the

first day of classes. Please consult your high school and district calendars for other important events.

*The Ed Center Auditorium is located at 200 N. Monroe Technical Advisors

Needed!

Do you have an expertise in one or several areas of study? Are you willing to spend time mentoring a high school junior on their research and compilation of their senior paper? Please call one of our Eugene IHS offices and lend your support to a Eugene IHS junior who is just beginning the research process!

CAS Requirements to think about over the summer for Seniors (Class of 2020) and Juniors (Class of 2021)

CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) is a fundamental aspect of the Eugene IHS experience. It is designed to involve students in new roles, get them involved in their local community, and explore ways in which current activities can become true learning experiences. The emphasis is on learning by doing real tasks that have tangible outcomes and then reflecting on those experiences.

Seniors - Class of 2020 should be continuing to work on their 150 CAS hours, which includes a minimum of 15 CAS hours per trimester, and a CAS group project by the end of senior year. Their completed CAS hours and CAS group project work will be due by the end of April 2020. In addition, they should have started working on the IB Extended Essay (senior paper) which will be due during trimester 1 of their senior year. Guidelines and deadlines are in their seminar packets.

Juniors - Class of 2021 must complete 15 hours of service for first trimester of junior year to fulfill state graduation requirements, and then complete a minimum of 15 CAS hours each trimester, with a total of 150 CAS hours by April of the senior year as well as a CAS group project involving elements of CAS. Students can start earning hours after July 1st of the summer between sophomore and junior year, and can do their CAS group project any time after that as well. Students should use the CAS Hours Verification Form to keep track of hours and get supervisor signatures for CAS hours they complete. This form can be found under CAS info on our website. Students were presented with this information in classes at the end of this school year and were given a copy of the CAS Handbook with guidelines and information.

For more information please refer to the CAS Handbook available online on the Eugene IHS website at www.ihs.4j.lane.edu. Summer is a great time to take advantage of earning some of those hours.

Recording Your CAS Requirements

Eugene IHS uses an online docu-mentation system to track student progress toward CAS. Students will be introduced to the online system at the beginning of junior year and given their login information so they can enter any hours they earned over the summer. Seniors already have their login and should be familiar with entering their hours into the system.

EUGENE IHS OFFICES: Eugene IHS @ Churchill

1850 Bailey Hill Road Eugene, OR 97405

541-790-5225

Eugene IHS @ Sheldon 2455 Willakenzie Road

Eugene, OR 97401 541-790-6636

Eugene IHS @ South 400 East 19th Ave.

Eugene, OR 97401 541-790-8030

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To IB Candidates, Teachers, and Parents:

Congratulations to all IB course and diploma candidates in the class of 2019! The three weeks of testing in May were hectic and intense, but you handled the pressure with grace and composure. I hope this summer affords all of you a well-deserved opportunity for rest and rejuvenation.

We were pleased to recognize all our IB diploma candidates at this year’s Farewell Assembly. We presented all our IB diploma candidates with special IB stoles to wear at graduation to commemorate all of their hard work and achievements.

These were the 63 students who successfully completed all of the extensive requirements of the IB diploma program. We also presented two special awards for excellence to two of our diploma candidates. Serena Orsinger received the Outstanding IB CAS award and Vivian Ngo received the award for Outstanding IB Diploma Candidate. Congratulations to all our IB students!

Thank you, IB teachers!! A huge thank you to the teachers who prepared our students to test in literature, history, economics, math studies, biology, physics, French, Spanish, and Japanese. I’d like to acknowledge these teachers for all the extra effort they have taken during the year to assign and score the internal assessments and offer review sessions to help students prepare for the tests.

Special thanks also to: Angie Barley, Anahíd Bertrand, Lisa Albrich, Courtney Dearinger, Jenny Hehnke, Kreg Hulings. Brian Kuzma, Emily Rousseau, Natalie Rush, Steve Smith, and Kyle Yamada who helped proctor exams. And to administrators, guest teachers and retirees who brought a wealth of experience to the exams they invigilated: Marilyn Curtis, Jess Land, Michele Renee, Heather Stein, and Melodee Sweet. Thank you all!! Thank you, parent volunteers!! Administering all the IB exams requires the help of a small army of people. Thank you, Kathy Ruggles, for your work in recruiting parent volunteers!

IB requires that we have a teacher to proctor exams and enough volunteers that we have a ratio of one adult per 25 students. We could not have staffed the tests without the support and

dedication of our parent volunteers. A grateful thank you to: Margaret Beals, David Bockoven, Jan Burch, Allison Camp, Kam Chan, Patricia Frank, Stephanie Guest, Maryam Jahangiri, Jen Lambert, Andy McNamara, Steve Newcomb, Bev Parish, Judith Raiskin, Francoise Rowe-Pendleton, Christine Sampley, Nicole Schmidt, Shannon Tom, Connie Van Flandern, Jenni Van Wyk, Heather Vick, Eric Wold, and Lisa Wolverton! Many of you brought the expertise of prior exam experience, several of you volunteered for multiple exams, and some of you helped out despite no longer having a student in Eugene IHS. Deep thanks to all of you!

Thank you, Melanie Namkoong!! Melanie’s expertise and wisdom helped to assure that our IB year started off smoothly with counseling and registration. Melanie then jumped right in and helped organize the exams and prepared international mailings for all our internal assessments and IB exams. She made reminder calls to volunteers, e-mailed students each night with test reminders, and remained a pillar of calmness and serenity throughout the entire IB test season.

Thank you, Harvest Community Church, Emerald Bible Fellowship, and Sheldon High School!! They opened their doors to us for testing and provided our students with quality exam environments. Their attention to all of the details, such as heat, appropriate seating, and their respect for our need for quiet surroundings, was thoughtful. We are most grateful!

To Parents of Incoming Juniors and Seniors:

1. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! IB Parent Information Night will be on October 1, 2019 at 7:00 PM, in the Ed Center Auditorium. This is geared towards parents of juniors, but everyone is welcome.2. IB Parent Handbooks will be handed out at the IB Parent Information Night and will also be available after that night at any of the Eugene IHS offices and on our website.3. Class counseling sessions are offered in your student’s Eugene IHS classes at the end of sophomore year, the beginning of junior year, and the beginning of senior year. We will also provide individual counseling for interested juniors starting the first week in October. 4. Our Eugene IHS/IB website that can be accessed at www.ihs.4j.lane.edu.

The International Baccalaureate is becoming more widely known among university communities and across the country. IB scores are being accepted for college credit by an increasing number of universities. Now nearly every North American university has a credit policy regarding IB and increasingly gives weight to IB in determining admissions. We hope that your student will seriously consider participa-tion in IB as we enter into the new school year. It is a decision that should, ultimately, be made by the student, but advice and encouragement from a parent is always helpful. We hope to see you this fall.

IB Diploma Candidates 2019

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2018-2019 Eugene IHS Senior AwardsOutstanding Eugene IHS Students

Renaissance Awards

Outstanding Theory of Knowledge

Outstanding History

Outstanding Literature and Writing

Outstanding Social Conscience

Outstanding Senior Paper

Outstanding Character

French Immersion Graduates

Outstanding French Immersion Student Awards

Spanish Immersion Graduates

Outstanding Spanish Immersion Student Awards

Zachary BentzMadison CelesteTiffany Huang

Lynn NashawiJacob Vergara PerezAdam Zawierucha

Martha Brasted-MakiClare Bretschneider

Hailey BrinkTerrapin JewettMaya Kaperick

Kendrick LeeGabrielle LehnertZena Nicole Rico

Karlie Roberts

Sarah CampGideon Dean

Audrey GrossbergJaden LambertRye OommenSarah Parsons

Sasha PowersEmmy Sanchez-Rutledge

Zoe WhittingtonJacob WoodThuja Wood

Nour AboelezAnnie Allyn-HalageanDesireé Angeles-YoungZane Globus-O’Harra

Peter LechmanAnnabelle Peoples

Kyle PhillipsGiosanna Prochot

Andrew TodahlOwen TorrenceRiley Vannatta

Griffin Zerr

Harold BarnettMeredith Bolls

Camille CrosswellKamaya DevilleIndia GerhardtLily Gregory

Thomas GrigsbyAnnette Huie

Leah JamersonRaina Okonogi-Neth

Torrence Parsons

Katherine AleyJemima Andrade

Tanner AustinDevin Bahr

Audrey Kennedy

Katherine LanganCarly Nelson

Benjamin PhelpsJoshua Phelps

Kira Stone

Eli Ablow MeaselleGabriel CarnevaleJonathan ChristonMarcus Jackson

Glenda Merino-Reyes

John MozanJessica MustainYulia Nakagome

Abigail SchnapperSagarika Sharma

Isabel AckerJubal Bernstein

Mosi Bravo-KambonMadeline Cottrell

Matea FrancisAndrew Hall

Savanna KyserMadalyn LeoneKameron Owen

Max RitzowGrace Ross

Madissyn Smith

Chloe Fedorov Grace Petrina

Peyton Ritchie Miles Sain

Outstanding IB Diploma CandidateVivian Ngo

Outstanding IB CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service)Serena Orsinger

Eli Ablow MeaselleOlivia Andrew

Jason BerrymanKelsey BrownChloe FedorovMatea Francis

Zane Globus-O’HarraZachary Goldstein

Tiffany HuangEmilio Huter

Sophia JohnsonHaroon Khan

Jonah KimLuke MacArthurNathaniel MasonEmmanuelle MoneyangSerena OrsingerTorrence ParsonsGrace PetrinaMax RitzowEmmy Sanchez-RutledgeHayley SmithKatherine Soule

Jacob EddyThomas Grigsby

Audrey GrossbergTaylor Korth

Katherine LanganCaleb McKenzieMorgan McNair

Carly NelsonPeyton Ritchie

Karlie RobertsCalvin RoomeLauren RyggMiles SainAbigail SchnapperMilo StewartAvery TemplemanLuis TortGriffin Zerr

To order the EUGENE IHS GRADUATION PICTURE call Lifetouch Customer Service Hotline: 541-746-1110

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2018-2019 International Baccalaureate CandidatesInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Candidates

International Baccalaureate Higher Level Course Candidates

Eli Ablow MeaselleNour Aboelez

Annie Allyn-HalageanHarold BarnettLily BaughmanAanika Beller

Jubal BernsteinMartha Brasted-Maki

Haven BurleySarah Camp

Gabriel CarnevaleMadison Celeste

Jonathan ChristonLuke Cornwell-Arquitt

Robert Cornwell-ArquittChase Dean

Anzo DeGiulioJacob Eddy

Chloe FedorovNaomi FriedmanIndia Gerhardt

Zane Globus-O’HarraJeffrey GombartTiffany HuangEmilio Huter

Marcus JacksonLeah JamersonTerrapin JewettMaya Kaperick

Audrey KennedyHaroon Khan

Jonah KimSavanna KyserJaden Lambert

Katherine LanganKendrick Lee

Caleb McKenzieJohn Mozan

Yulia NakagomeLynn NashawiCarly NelsonVivian Ngo

Raina Okonogi-NethSerena OrsingerTorrence Parsons

Grace PetrinaBenjamin Phelps

Joshua PhelpsKyle Phillips

Giosanna ProchotZena Nicole Rico

Karlie RobertsCalvin Roome

Abigail SchnapperGarrett SeidmanSagarika SharmaKatherine SouleOwen Torrence

Luis TortRiley Vannatta

Zoe WhittingtonJulien Zapata-Minchow

Adam Zawierucha

Isabel AckerKatherine AleyIsaac Andreason

Desireé Angeles-YoungTanner AustinDevin Bahr

Sydney BellonZachary Bentz

Jason BerrymanMeredith Bolls

Clare BretschneiderHailey Brink

Kelsey BrownCaitlin Connelly

Camille CrosswellEmma Dallegge

Loïc FauquembergueFatou Faye

Liam FennertyMatea Francis

Laura FullertonMaxwell Garger

Zachary GoldsteinThomas Grigsby

Audrey GrossbergAnna HougardySophie Hubbard

Annette HuieSophia Johnson

Taylor KorthPeter LechmanMadalyn LeoneLuke MacArthurNathaniel MasonHana Matsuno

Morgan McNairGlenda Merino-ReyesSavannah Miller-Berg

Jessica MustainTrevor Nyce

Rye OommenSarah Parsons

Annabelle PeoplesElizabeth Phillips

Raine PiowatySasha PowersAriel RaananGrace Ross

Lauren RyggMiles Sain

Emmy Sanchez-RutledgeSara SheahanHayley Smith

Alexander SongKira Stone

Analise ThomasAndrew Todahl

Jacob Vergara PerezJacob Wood

Advice from students written on the IHS Advice Wall at the Eugene IHS Celebration last year: • If you are having rough times outside of school, talk to your teachers! They will understand. • Make friends with your teachers. • Don’t wait on your IA’s. • Communicate with your teachers! They are very understanding and want to help you! • Make the best of it. • Travel on all of the trips offered! • Ask questions. • Don’t be afraid to talk to your teachers! They really do care! • Think about your EE early! • Make friends; they can be your greatest asset. • Use your resources! There are a lot of them out there – identify them and use them.

• Don’t forget to live a little! • Don’t try to learn all the material the day before the IB test and don’t read the whole econ. book before the econ. test! Instead, take notes throughout the year and read those before the test!! • Always put your mental and physical health first! • Put yourself out there. Talk to teachers and friends and give yourself the down time you need. • Turn in your IA’s on time! • Do your work the moment you get it. Future you will thank you. • Don’t procrastinate. • Use your creativity. • Be kind. • The best is yet to come!

A good way to prepare over the summer for the next school year is

to read! It doesn’t matter what, just read! There is no specific summer

reading list for Eugene IHS.

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TRAVEL AND EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIESThese trips and exchange opportunities are organized and offered by private individuals, groups,

businesses, or non-profits. They are not sponsored by Eugene IHS or the 4J School District. For more information email the contact listed.

If you are interested in other study abroad organizations see the list of those

who participated in our past International Study Abroad Fair on our

website at: www.ihs.4j.lane.edu,

under “Staff Contacts and Links” then “Staff Web Pages and Links”.

Coast Rica Youth ExchangeEnroll by March 20 to receive $200 early enrollment!

Don’t miss out this summer! Join the youth of Costa Rica for a truly global local experience. Hosted by our high school, visiting students enjoy living daily life as a local high school student. Come celebrate our summer of friendship - in the arts, music, dance, sports, and outdoor adventure. We provide full supervision and Spanish tutoring from beginner to advanced. Relax, have fun and go beyond tourism. Engage life as a true local in the beautiful green hills of small town Costa Rica. The Costa Rica Youth Exchange provides an authentic home town family experience in beautiful Tilarán, Costa Rica. We make global, very local, by opening our schools to visiting students. Fun and dynamic, students enjoy the wholesome experience of living in a traditional Costa Rican village.

For more information contact:Ilba Prego: nica@tds.net or visitwww.highschoolspanish.org or call: 1.888.674.0408

Host an Italian StudentYour child is invited to Italy and

we sponsor the flight!

Join the Ergon cross cultural exchange program! As a family you will have the enriching and fun experience of hosting a 16-17 year-old Italian student for either half or all of the the 2019-2020 school year. The Italian family will in turn host your child for a fully paid summer vacation. Ergon sponsors the flight!

We specialize in a rigorous selection process and carefully match students with host families. Students are fully insured and arrive with pocket money for all expenses.

We have local host families from many previous years who are happy to share their experiences with you.

Spaces fill quickly, so if you are interested in hosting please get in touch now. To learn more please email our Eugenecoordinator, Kim O’Brien, at kobrien334@comcast.netand visit our website at www.ergon-se.org.

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TRAVEL AND EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIESThese trips and exchange opportunities are organized and offered by private individuals, groups,

businesses, or non-profits. They are not sponsored by Eugene IHS or the 4J School District. For more information email the contact listed.

Host a French College Intern!

Charlemagne Elementary is looking for families to host college-aged French-speaking interns. Bring the world to your home! Practice your language skills! Support your school community!

Hosting an intern not only helps young visitors to the United States feel more integrated into our city and schools, it also provides an invaluable opportunity for cultural exchange for your students and whole family. If you think you might be interested in hosting, please email: charlemagneinternprogram@gmail.com to inquire and/or to get a Host Family Information Form.

Hosting Opportunity

Borderless Friends Forever is looking for families interested in hosting exchange students for the 2019-2020 school year! Our students arrive from all over the world with a wide variety of interests. We also provide services for the YES/FLEX programs which reach out to struggling nations, for example Bangladesh, Cambodia, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and more!

For more information please call Cynthia Burgeson, Regional Director, Borderless Friends Forever at (541) 704-0937 or email: cburgeson@borderlessfriends.org.

Suzanne Jarvis Eugene IHS Learning Support Specialist

E-mail: jarvis@4j.lane.edu

Suzanne Jarvis is our Learning Support Specialist. She is available on a rotating schedule at each campus to assist students with Eugene IHS assignments. Her main priority is to help students who need additional support with reading and writing strategies. However, she can work with all Eugene IHS students and she is especially helpful with organizational strategies. Please contact her if you would like her to work with your student.

PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO EUGENE IHS THROUGH EEF!

Eugene Education Foundation’s Board of Directors approved Eugene International High School’s grant proposal for $3500 for creating classroom libraries to support a program called Book Love. Book Love is a program designed to develop passion and stamina in adolescent readers by giving them access to quality, high interest books and time every day in class for silent reading. The program has been so successful and students have shown such commitment to and progress in their reading that we want to make Book Love a required component of every 9th grade course in Eugene IHS.

This grant support is in addition to donor-earmarked gifts for Eugene International High School received through EEF. Your financial support can help us continue to provide the kind of education we have been dedicated to for over 34 years. We are experiencing increasing difficulties in keeping up the rich curriculum that makes Eugene International High School such a successful global learning experience. We have several funding needs at this time that include, but are not limited to: updated projectors for daily classroom use, classroom chairs, student computers, and other daily essentials. Your donation to Eugene IHS would help us fulfill our needs and replenish our funds for the future. If you have not already made a gift this year, would you consider doing so now? Make your check payable to “Eugene IHS/EEF” and mail it to Eugene Education Foundation, P.O. Box 1015, Eugene, Oregon 97440. You can also contribute by credit card or monthly bank transfers. For more information go to https://eeflane.org or call 541-790-7744. Donors will be appropriately acknowledged and all gifts are tax deductible.

OTHER WAYS TO DONATE TO EUGENE IHS:

Oregon Community Foundation IHS Alumni Fund: http://oregoncf.org. Once there you can click on “For Donors” to find out the different ways you can give back to Eugene International High School, then contact the Oregon Commu-nity Foundation at: (541)431-7099.

Eugene IHS Offices: You can always donate directly to any Eugene IHS Office.

We appreciate your commitment to helping Eugene International High School continue to provide rich global learning experiences

for students in our community.