IMPORTANT

Devices are required for a student's first day of school - this is compulsory. In grades 7 to 12, students must bring their own MacBook with at least macOS High Sierra installed, to school every day. MacBook software required for Secondary School students will be programme or subject specific. It will either be provided by CIS, downloaded as needed, or requested to be purchased at a later date.

In secondary school, MacBooks, and a range of digital resources, are used in ways that help students personalise, enhance and transform their learning, building essential digital literacy skills, promoting creativity and innovation, and demonstrate content mastery. Students are not allowed to play any games or use chat and social media platforms on their MacBook on campus. If there is an educational purpose to use such, the teacher will inform the parents with a clear outline of the educational context and achievable learning outcomes.

Order your 13-inch MacBook Pro or Macbook Air early to ensure you have it before the new school year starts.

Highly recommended configuration

• 13-inch screen MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with the most recent operating system

• 256GB of SSD storage capacity

• Minimum of 8GB (or more) memory

• Protective Case

• Insurance or AppleCare+

• Apple ID

Vision

The heart of the CIS vision statement is to provide students with "extraordinary learning opportunities", promoting creativity and innovation. We have an integrated STEAM approach, have multiple MakerSpaces, and recently opened up a professional recording studio and film cyclorama in the Secondary School. In order for students to explore these unique learning spaces and get them exposed to industry standards, we need devices that are capable of stretching the limits.

Apple products have many built-in applications that promote creativity and allow students the chance to easily display their learning in a variety of ways. These applications include iMovie, Keynote, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers, Quicktime Player, Preview, iBooks, iTunes, Photo Booth, Maps, Notes, Photos, Safari, AirDrop, Swift Playgrounds, AirPlay, and Voice Memos. These tools are versatile being used across all grade levels and all subjects. While we do use Google web-based products for collaboration at CIS, our learning activities require dynamic media tools as well.

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