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Secondary Principal - Mrs. Grace Hale

University Counselor - Mr. Jeff Birdsong

Registrar - Mrs. Echo Zhang

Wellbeing Counselor - Mrs. Angela Guo

Athletic Director - Mr. Drew Smith

Odyssey Representatives - Ms. Hannah Tucker & Mr. Michaja Kullmann

CDIS STUDENT HANDBOOK 2024-2025

Your HS Student Council Representatives:

PRESIDENT: Stephen Cheung

VICE PRESIDENT: Huijae Choi

TREASURER: SooAh Lee

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Jungbin Park

SECRETARY: Justin Yap

STUCO advisor: Ms. Hannah Tucker

SCHEDULES & CALENDARS:

Click here to download the bell schedule.

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Click here to download the 24-25 academic calendar.

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Not sure what’s for lunch? Wondering where that picture from last week’s event is?

Click here for Panda Notes (Links to an external site.) and more from our official website. Follow our official CDIS page on WeChat for each week’s lunch menu and other news.

Do you have a song recommendation for the afternoon bells? Email it to Mrs. Hale!

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Uniform Reminder:

A visual reminder of what CDIS uniforms look like. You can order uniforms directly from K12 using the QR code found on the poster. Click on the poster to download.

High School Clubs & Athletics

After school reminders: High School students may stay on campus from 3:20-4:30pm in a club, sport, in the cafe lobby, in the library, or on the field (only if no other sport or club is using it). High School students may not be in any other space after school.

SCHOOL ORGANIZED CLUBS

National English Honors Society

Teachers: Mrs. Grace Hale & Mr. Jeff Birdsong

Student leaders: Justin Yap (president)

Meeting day/time: Wednesdays during lunch, after school tutoring & volunteering varies

Model United Nations

Teachers: Ms. Lorin McKnight & Mr. Jeff Birdsong

Meeting day/time: Wednesdays 3:25- 4:25

Location: MPR

HS Robotics

Teachers: Mrs. Jessica Shang & Mr. Timothy Samson

Meeting day/time: Monday & Wednesday 3:25-4:25, other days and times as needed for tournament preparation

Location: B302

HSK Club

Teachers: Ms. Shiny Cheng & Ms. Michelle Zeng

Meeting day/time: Wednesday 3:25-4:25

Location: E104 & E105

Girls in STEMM Club

Applications Open - See your email

Teachers: Mrs. Jessica Shang

Meeting day/time: varies

Location: varies

STUDENT-LED CLUBS

Cosmos

Student leaders: HuiJae Choi, Steven Zeng, Cecil Jang

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Chen

Meeting day/time: Friday lunch, E304

A Cup of Water (Outside-Focused Service Club)

Student leaders: Justin Yap

Teacher Advisor: Mrs. Guo

Meeting day/time: Monday lunch, C111

Projects: Christmas gifts for local children's hospital, Women's Day flowers for local community office,

Ahava (School-Focused Service Club)

Student leaders: SooAh Lee, Leo Kim, Justin Yap

Teacher Advisor: Mrs. Guo

Meeting day/time: C302

Projects: Lunch picture menu, AP evaluation survey for students, International Day booth

Math Club

Student leaders: Yeseung Shin & Jungbin Park

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Samson

Meeting day/time: Tuesday, Lunch, C403

Purpose: Math support for students who want extra help.

Nudge

Student leaders: Anna Zhang, Melissa Byeon & Julie Byeon

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Lee

Meeting day/time: Thursday lunchtime

Location: Conference room on the second floor of Building A

Projects: Help Blue Sheep sell products, create "impulse buying" experiement

Pulse

Student leaders: Esther Hale & Raham Lee

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Nelson

Meeting day/time: TBD

Purpose: Building sustainability projects for school. Focusing on environmentalism and sustainability.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Tutoring

Teacher: Mrs. Stephanie Li

Meeting day/time: varies by student

HS WINTER SPORTS

Basketball

October 28 – February 15

Boys' Basketball

Boys' Head Coach: Mr. Tim Samson

Boys' Assistant Coach: Mr. Bruce Zhao

Practice day/times: Monday 4:30-5:30 Thursday 3:25-4:25

Girls' Basketball

Girls' Head Coach: Mr. Cullen Burkett and Mr. Gary Xiao

Girls' Assistant Coach: Ms. Katrina Xu

Practice day/times: Wed. 4:30-5:30 Friday 3:25-4:25

Cross Country

September2-November 16

Cross Country

Head Coach: Mr. Drew Smith

Assistant Coach: Mr. Brett Wiechmann and Mrs. Alina Gates

Practice day/times: Mondays 3:25 - 4:25pm

Lunch reminders: HS students must go to the cafeteria at the beginning of lunch. HS students may then go to the cafe (just to order, not to eat) or the library. Students may only go outside the cafeteria once teachers have given permission.

Detentions: Every Wednesday from 3:20-4:30pm

English Corner: Every Wednesday during lunch

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