CAC High School Principal’s Notes
It was wonderful to see parents on campus on Monday for the face-to-face conferences. And, although I could not see you, I also know that many parents were online on Tuesday for more conferencing with teachers. We hope that the experience of the conferences was successful for you. In order for us to know if we are doing a good job of meeting your needs and expectations, please take a few moments to complete this survey about the conferences. Your feedback will help us grow and improve in this area next time.
This week, Halloween festivities have been in the air and we have enjoyed seeing the younger students in our community all dressed up in costumes. Next week it is the turn of the high school students as our PTO and Student Council are collaborating to host a Halloween Fest costume competition on Sunday. Also this week, we were proud to see our Grade 9 Stuco members promoting breast cancer awareness and support for the Baheya Foundation, a charity hospital for women with breast cancer, through fundraising and encouraging the community to wear pink for the day. Well done to them!
Please mark your diaries with the upcoming PTO open meeting on Sunday and the next Principal’s Coffee which is happening on November 10. See below for some more important events coming up in the next month or so.
Dates for your Diary
• Skyward Gradebook Open: Today, 4:00 p.m.
• PTO Open Meeting: Sunday 31 October, 5:00 p.m. (via Zoom)
• Grade 11 IB Information Meeting: Monday 1 November, 6:30 p.m. (Theatre)
• NESA Parents as Partners Series: Neutral Spaces: Tips and Tools for Avoiding Power Struggles With Joy Marchese. See here for details
• Principal’s Coffee: Wednesday 10 November, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
• U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday: Thursday 25 November (No School)
• Early Release Day: Monday 29 November. 11:30 dismissal
• End of Semester Exams: 12-15 December
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of Oct. 28, 2021
Seniors: Seniors are able to drop in for help with college applications during some of their flex and lunch periods! Counselors are available for questions, feedback on essays, and provide a quiet space to work on applications. See the dates, times, and locations on this this poster.
Lynn University: Lynn University, located in Boca Raton, Florida, will be ON campus next Tuesday, November 2 during lunch (11:05-11:55). Students are encouraged to stop by their booth near the library to say hello!
The American University in Cairo – Nov 4th, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
During the HS Lunch hour, members of the admission team from AUC will be visiting CAC. More details about this visit will be sent out early next week.
List of Upcoming University Visits
The counselors receive quite a few invitations to attend online events that universities are hosting. We don’t announce all of these, but we keep track of them on the HS Counseling Resources website. Explore this page to see the dozens of upcoming events you could attend from universities around the world.
Claudia Bean, Kasey Semler, Cameron Simon
HS Counseling
General Announcements
DANCE COACH POSITION:
CAC Athletics is seeking an experienced dance coach to support a high school team of grade 9-12 students during the winter sports season at CAC, from November 17, 2021, through March 12, 2022. Practices sessions are held 4-5 times per week in the afternoons. If possible, the team will travel to a competition in March 2022. This is a stipend position. Please contact Scott Fitzgerald, Activities and Athletic Director, if interested, sfitzgerald@cacegypt.org.
Activities & Athletics Office
From the Library
Read Books Online with the Sora App, our digital library open 24/7
All CAC patrons with a CAC google account can access our online collection of books. Read on your computer by going to soraapp.com or download the Sora App on your phone. Here are more detailed instructions on how to access Sora (note that Kindle books are not available to us in Egypt because of digital rights management). If there is a book you would like to request for Sora, please email Ms. Ennis (mennis@cacegypt.org)
o When you are asked for a Follett account, use your CAC single sign-on
Free Subscription to the New York Times
CAC patrons with a CAC Gmail account can access our school subscription to the NY Times online. Follow these detailed instructions here. Subscriptions must be renewed every year.
Parent Hours for the MHS Library
Parents are welcome in the MHS library just before and just after school to come check out books Sunday-Thursday. If you would like to spend more time in the library, please visit us on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. Thank you.
Meghan Ennis
MHS Librarian
CAC PTO Monthly Meeting – Sunday, October 31 @ 5:00 p.m. (via Zoom)
PTO Zoom Link – Monthly Meeting
Topic: PTO Monthly Meeting
Time: 5pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84779716980?pwd=c3JoWE1yQ2w1em5uS1pKbDhxNGRvUT09
Meeting ID: 847 7971 6980
Passcode: 168709
PTO Cookbook
Thank you to all the members of the CAC community who have submitted favorite recipes for the PTO cookbook. With the help of an awesome team of HS language liaisons, we sent invitations to submit recipes in 8 languages to parents, students, administration, faculty & staff, GSS, security and alumni, and have collected almost 40 so far! Our goal is 50. Please, help us meet our goal and submit your family favorite recipe using this form. We also welcome artwork and photos of CAC from students in all divisions to include in the cookbook and make it truly special. Please email images to cacptodei@cacegypt.org. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, 10/31. Thank you, PTO DEI Committee
AIM Survey
CAC have engaged with the National Association of Independent Schools to use their Assessment of Inclusivity and Multi-culturalism to gauge and improve the inclusiveness of our school community for all members.
A component of that process is an anonymous survey, designed and tested by the NAIS, and administered by their organization to ensure security, anonymity, and confidentiality of the information that each respondent shares.
We are asking you to take 15-20 minutes out of your busy schedule to complete this survey by Tuesday, November 2, 2021. You can access the survey by clicking on one of the following links:
1. English Survey
2. Arabic Survey
Below are a few other things to keep in mind as you progress through the survey:
1. The survey can be completed on a laptop, desktop, tablet or smartphone device.
2. You must complete all of the required questions in order to advance through the evaluation. Required questions are marked with a red asterisk.
3. As you move from page to page in the evaluation, please use the Back and Next buttons at the bottom of each survey page.
4. The system will record your response as you advance through the questions. You can leave the survey at any time, and return later to resume your response. Simply click Save and Resume Later.
The system will generate a URL for you to use in returning to the point where you left off and continuing your entry. You can choose to copy that URL and save it, or to have the system e-mail the URL to you.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this very important assignment.
Sincerely,
DEI Design Team