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College of Staten Island High School For International Studies (CSIHSIS) is a New York City public high school that incorporates an internationally themed curriculum as well as preparing students for the 21st Century. CSIHSIS originally opened as a Region 7 public high school in 2005 on the College of Staten Island campus and moved to a new building in September 2009 located in New Springville, Staten Island. It was founded through a partnership with The College of Staten Island and Asia Society, with financial support by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ($100,000 a year for the first four years〔() Young, Deborah, "High school to get view of the world The school is currently located at the Jerome Parker Campus, 100 Essex Drive, Staten Island in a beautiful, new state-of-the-art educational facility. International Studies program at CSI to begin in the fall and will stress global awareness", article in ''The Statan Island Advance'' as reprinted at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Web site, article date: May 9, 2005, accessed June 23, 2007〕). The school is currently operating at full capacity〔(http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/31/R047/default.htm )〕 and recently graduated its first class of 93 seniors. Students were accepted to colleges throughout the country including University of Chicago, Northeastern, Iona, SUNY Stonybrook, Brown, CUNY Hunter, CUNY Baruch, McCauley Honors College at College of Staten Island, Brooklyn College, SUNY Geneseo, Life University School of Chiropractic, Howard, Penn State, and Indiana University.〔(http://sites.google.com/site/csihsis/college-acceptance )〕 The school is meant to be a small school under the "small-schools model" the Bloomberg administration has implemented elsewhere in New York City,〔() Levy, Julia, "Mayor Reaches Out To Staten Island, Targeting Schools", article in ''The Sun'' of New York City, January 26, 2005, accessed June 23, 2007〕 and it had about 200 students in the 2006–2007 academic year.〔 The school uses the college's faculty in arts and sciences, as well as in education, its library, language laboratory, science and computer laboratories, arts spaces, and sports and recreation facility. It integrates a high-school academic course of study with internationally themed content.〔Through its unique partnership with College of Staten Island, CSI High School also provides students with opportunities to enroll in college courses at CSI and to earn college credit while in high school.() News release, Mayor Michael Bloomberg administration, January 25, 2005, accessed June 23, 2007〕 ==Facility== After CSIHSIS moved from its original location on the College of Staten Island campus, it moved into the Jerome Parker Campus on Staten Island.〔(http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/ribboncutting_ceremony_at_scho.html )〕 This new, state-of-the-art building was also shared with Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School, Marsh Avenue Expeditionary Learning School, and Hungerford School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「College of Staten Island High School for International Studies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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