*Drum roll….*

President – Nhi Le
Elementary Vice President – Kelly Opot
Middle School Vice President – Felicia Ziegler
Secretary – Libby Bergman
Treasurer – Jose Gonzalez
Parliamentarian – Derek Sirmans
Historian – Nissa Simpson
Festival Chair – Amanda Chambers
Corporate Fundraising Chair – Lisa Barrow
Community Fundraising Chair – NO CANDIDATE (Will run election at the beginning of the school year).
Shared Decision Committee Member – Wendy Chung

The individuals elected will take office on July 1, 2019. Their term will be until June 30, 2020.

Wishing the 2019-2020 PTO Board all the success!

Please join us for a night of fun in sharing a meal with our current and new parents at

PTO’s Spring Family Night 
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019  from  5-7 pm

You will have a choice between chicken & beef fajitas with rice and beans for $7 per plate. Water will be provided for free.
To reserve your meal, please go to

https://squareup.com/store/mandarin-chinese-language-immersion-magnet-school-pto/

Featuring:
* Student Performances
* Clubs demo
* Uniform sale

Tentative:
There will also be an HISD FOOD Services Taste Test that will have Asian Style recipes that are inspired by Principal Chang and our MIMS program in efforts to incorporate healthy Asian style recipes to our student’s lunch menu.

We look forward to a fun MIMS Family night out!

MIMS PTO

Chat with Chang: Chinese CBE 101

-CBE1 and CBE2 are offered to our current 6^th and 7^th graders who are in the advanced immersion group (discouraged for beginning immersion students)

-Passing Score: 80

-High school credit courses that can be earned at MIMS are: Chinese 1, Chinese 2, Chinese 3, and Chinese 4

-High school credits earned in middle school will NOT be included in the GPA calculation in high schools.

-Our Chinese 1 course is harder than the Chinese 1 course offered in high schools.

-Students have the option to take a non-high school credit course, Mandarin Reading, after passing CBE.

-Descriptions of each 1) components of CBE and samples for 2) CBE1-Test Sample, and 3) CBE2-Test Sample.

If your child is interested in taking CBE, please submit the registration form by 4/11/19 4:30pm to the school.  CBE Registration form 6th and 7th Grade

Procedures

1. Please follow the directions of traffic flow and be courteous when the lanes merge.
2. Pedestrian traffic is heavy from 8:15 AM to 8:45 AM and from 3:40 PM to 4:10 PM. Please drive slowly
and be ready to stop for pedestrians.
3. Drop-off
a. Please drop off your child only at designated area:
i. Park by the curbside in front of the school, or
ii. Park in the Parent/Visitor Parking area.
b. Please do not park in the middle of traffic flow to drop off your child.
4. Pick-up
a. Please form a line at the curbside in front of the school and have your placard ready.
b. Please move your vehicle forward and fill the empty space before picking up your child.
c. If your child requires additional assistance to buckle-up, please plan to park in the Parent/Visitor Parking area and pick up your child at the cafeteria door.
5. The parking lot next to our building is designated for teacher parking between 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
6. If the parking lot is full, please utilize street parking around campus and respect the city regulation.

Important Hours

1. School opens from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The front office is temporarily closed from 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
for dismissal. There will be no access to the building before 8:00 AM or after 5:00 PM.
2. Student hour is from 8:30 AM to 3:50 PM. Students need to arrive classrooms by 8:35 AM before tardy is
marked. Late pick-up fee applies after 4:10 PM.
3. CIASP parent pick-up from 4:15 PM to 6:30 PM at the front of the school. Enrichment only pick-up at the
side of the building from 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM.
4. All club sponsors sign in at the front desk (after 4:15 PM) or in the cafeteria (from 3:40 PM to 4:10 PM).
Club students are dismissed at the cafeteria door with sponsors. Club visitors need to sign in before 5:00
PM or contact club sponsors if it is after 5:00 PM.

DropOff & PickUp Map