CAC High School Principal’s Notes
Thank you for reading this week’s edition of Highro-Glyphics.
It was another busy week in the High School. Our Varsity Girls and Boys both won their Flood the Field games convincingly versus NCBIS. Faculty and Staff participated in workshops focusing on positive education. The annual Peace Day Assembly featured a great multilingual skit from our National Honor Society students, as well wonderful performances from the mixed choir and slam poets. Tomorrow is the annual Degla Dash in the Wadi.
Here are some important events coming up:
Spirit Week
Every year things get a bit crazy in the High School as students enjoy Spirit Week. Grade levels compete to show their class spirit through dress-up days, silly (and sometimes serious) contests, clothing donation drives, and the always entertaining class skits. We finish the week with all four classes coming together for food and fun on “Mr. Bailey’s Lawn” at the end of the school day on Thursday.
Dress up Days:
Sunday: PJ Day
Monday: Attack of the Clones
Tuesday: Pop Culture Day
Wednesday: Fashion Disaster Day
Thursday: Class Theme Day
Skyward Gradebook
The gradebook section of Family Access on Skyward allows students and parents to view student progress each fortnight, including today at 4pm till Sunday at 8am. Teachers are available to speak to students face-to-face about progress and academic performance. Below are the dates the Skyward gradebook will be open for the rest of the semester:
Sept. 19
Oct. 3
Oct. 17
Nov. 7
Nov. 21
Dec. 5
High School Photos
High school student photos for the Yearbook will take place on Sunday and Monday, September 29-30. Grade 9 students will be accompanied by teachers during their study hall periods to the MS Auditorium. Grades 10-11 who are on flex will sign in for flex in the MS Auditorium to have their pictures taken. Make up times for photos will also be during breaks and lunch. The photographer will be available only on those dates, so students should make sure to have their photos taken. Envelopes for package orders will be available with the photographer and at the HS Office. All package orders should be delivered directly to the photographer.
WWW
Week Without Walls is just around the corner, starting October 4! Please make sure your high schooler pays close attention to the morning announcements as well as communications from their teacher trip leaders. Email Ms. McCall with questions.
Open Call for StoryFest Participants
On December 10-12, CAC will inaugurate StoryFest, a celebration of storytelling and stories in all their myriad forms. Our community will welcome professional storytellers, authors, photographers, musicians, and more to share a variety of performances and workshops with students, parents, faculty, staff, and alumni over three afternoons.
Recognizing that our community is full of diversity and talent, StoryFest invites you to participate in a number of ways beyond simply attending the event:
● Perform or lead a workshop in any mode of storytelling you can imagine (music, spoken-word, drama, visual, etc.), in whatever language you speak.
● Read a story or poem at the StorySLAM or PoetrySLAM events.
● Participate in the Flash Fiction contest.
● Record a reminiscence about CAC in the sound booth. Stories are being collected for CAC’s upcoming 75th anniversary!
We aspire for this event to involve a diversity of voices, reflecting our community’s internationalism. If you are interested in any of the above, please contact Noah Balazs at http://nbalazs@cacegypt.org.
First Semester Final Exams – Travel Plans Near Christmas
Semester 1 final exams begin on December 15 and continue to December 18. Please do not make travel plans that depart before final exams are finished.
Jerry Duggan Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Freshmen
Parents of Freshmen, this week in Freshman Seminar, counselors discussed the significance of the high school GPA, strategies for effective study, and thresholds for the Honor Roll, National Honor Society, and eligibility. We also talked about strategies for email management. If you or your students have any further questions about these topics please let us know. The first progress report of this school year will be issued on October 20th.
Seniors
IB Scores
Full-IB seniors will have the second round of predicted scores available after Sept. 23rd. Seniors are requested to make a 15 minute appointment with their counselor to go over how they will be used in their college applications.
College Meetings
Seniors are meeting with their counselors individually as follow up to senior college night. This meeting with the student and counselor should occur by Oct. 1st
Senior College Application Bootcamp was well attended this week Monday during lunch the focus was on The Common Application. The next Bootcamp will focus on UK personal statement to be held Sept.23rd at lunch in MS 116 with assistance from the admissions representative from Northumbria University.
Standardized Testing Dates for 2019-2020 School Year
SAT:
7 December 2019 (Registration deadline is 8 November 2019)
14 March 2020 (Registration deadline is 14 February 2020)
2 May 2020 (Registration deadline is 3 April 2020)
ACT:
12 October 2019 (Registration deadline is 20 September 2019)
14 December 2019 (Registration deadline is 22 November 2019)
8 February 2020 (Registration deadline is 17 January 2020)
4 April 2020 (Registration deadline is 13 March 2020)
13 June 2020 (Registration deadline is 22 May 2020)
Claudia Bean, Stephanie Barker, Cameron Simon
HS Counseling
General Announcements
Digital access to the New York Times now available at CAC
The MHS library has subscribed to the NY Times website for you! You will need to activate a group pass while you are on campus. Once you have done that, you’ll be able to access the NY Times from any device and any location.
Here’s how to activate: – you must be on campus to activate
1. Go to nytimes.com/grouppass
2. Sign up by clicking on the Google button
3. Choose your CAC email account
4. Follow the prompts
5. When you see the “Start your access” screen you are ready to access from any device and any location, on or off campus.
Josianne Fitzgerald
MHS & Head Librarian