B. Unique
Accomplishments
I
n May 2010, the school hosted
the 21st Century Learning
Symposium sponsored by the by
the DC Association of Chartered
Recognition
Public Schools and the Middle
he Carlos Rosario commu- States Association.
nity is particularly proud of
n May 2010, the school hostits significant accomplishments
ed a cooking demonstration
during the 2009-2010 school
called “Teaching with the CIA”
year:
presented by the Culinary Instihief Executive Officer & tute of America (CIA) through a
Founder Sonia Gutierrez partnership with the Restaurant
received two awards this past Association Metropolitan Washington Education Foundation.
year:
This cooking demonstration
1. Certificate
of
Special conducted by three world-reCongressional Recognition nowned master chefs from CIA
presented by Congresswomen highlighted cuisine and cooking techniques from around the
Eleanor Holmes Norton
world.
2. Executive Leaders Radio
n March 2010, the school
Award presented by Potomac
hosted international English
Companies.
T
I
C
I
as Foreign Language educators
attending
a
Georgetown
University program sponsored
by the U.S. State Department.
These educators visited the
Carlos Rosario School to learn
best practices for teaching
English as a Second Language to
adults.
T
he
school
successfully
entered into a partnership
with ProActive School Inc.,
for the development of a
new comprehensive student
information system. Carlos
Rosario staff members are
currently testing the system and
expect to fully implement it in
August 2010. This new system
will streamline our registration
process, bring a number of legacy
systems under one platform and
ultimately improve our ability to
CIA visit
I
n April 2010, the Adult ESL
Video Project sponsored by
the New American Horizons
Foundation came to the Carlos
Rosario School to film a writing
lesson in Sheryl Sherwin’s ESL
5 class. Sherwin’s video will be
used to train ESL teachers across
the United States and around
the world. Sherwin was one of
only eight teachers nationwide
selected for filming.
T
he school received the “Gold
Star Award” in recognition
of 100% compliance by the DC
Public Charter School Board.
Scholarship Recipient
Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, Annual Report 2009-2010