CAC High School Principal’s Notes
There was great excitement on campus this week as the construction fence around the newly refurbished HS building came down. Visitors to campus can now clearly see the building exterior and enjoy the views across the field. When the final legal processes are completed and the building is officially signed over to CAC, we will begin a phased move in plan. We will begin with Science and Design, and then other departments will follow soon after. It won’t be long until we will be able to offer some guided tours of this new learning space for our parent community!
Planning for our upcoming Week Without Walls trips (Feb 27-March 3) is well underway. Teacher teams have been formed and now detailed trip proposals are being compiled. We are designing the program to ensure a range of options for students and families to choose from that cater for all comfort levels and preferences. We are researching and investigating what options there are for international travel as well as trips and experiences within Egypt and here in Maadi. The return of WWW is an exciting development and CAC is one of the very few schools in the world currently able to contemplate running such experiences for students. Stay tuned for more updates and announcements very soon.
Thank you to our wonderful Booster Club volunteers who were here on campus (again!) to offer Halloween treats for our high school students after the Halloween Fest costume parade on Sunday. I hope you enjoy the photos from that fun-filled event.
This will be a busy weekend of sports at CAC (and beyond) with both a swim meet and a soccer tournament taking place on campus. Next week, it will be the turn of the volleyball teams with their final tournament happening. In addition to this, we are very excited that our cross country team is currently on a bus enroute to Gouna to compete in the Cross Country Tri-Factory event. This is the first overnight field trip experience to run since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. We wish all our CAC Eagles the best of luck in these events.
Dates for your Diary
• Principal’s Coffee: Wednesday 10 November, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (MS Hall)
• NESA Parents as Partners Series: WEBINAR 6: November 16, 2021. Writing the New Story of Wholeness, Integration and Inclusion. See here for details
• Fall Athletics Awards: Tuesday 23 November, 5:30 p.m. (Theater)
• Annual General Services Staff Appreciation Lunch: Tuesday 23 November
• Thanksgiving Holiday: Thursday 25 November (No School)
• Early Release Day: Monday 29 November. 11:30 dismissal
• End of Semester Exams: 12-15 December
Wishing you a peaceful and enjoyable weekend. Yours in partnership and learning,
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of Nov. 4, 2021
Upcoming University Visits:
Last week we welcomed both Lynn University (Florida) and American University Cairo (AUC) to our campus. Please note the following on-campus visit scheduled for next week:
EDHEC Business School in Nice, France – Nov 8th – 3:15-4:00 pm
EDHEC has one of the strongest business programs in Europe. An admission counselor will be visiting CAC after school on Monday, Nov 8th to share more about their programs, admission criteria, and the benefits of studying business in France. The event will be held in the Cairo Room in the MS/HS Library. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.
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.
Grade 9 Seminar: Counselors met with Grade 9 students this past week to discuss SMART goal updates, academic progress, and extracurricular involvement.
Claudia Bean, Kasey Semler, Cameron Simon
HS Counseling
General Announcements
Alumni Who?
Our alumni continue to make us proud all over the world. Learn a little about a different alumnus every week and what he/she has been up to since graduation by clicking here.
Engy Rabie
Alumni Relations & Stewardship
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 Aquatics
Age Group Swim Team /Fall Swim Meet.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14A4spK0GRWePb5GyM1eXfrjmI4dCOCnPGUBKs7FmjzM/edit
Aquatics Office
Service Action NEWS & Volunteering Opportunities!
COMING UP! – Tuesday, November 23rd, The Annual General Services Staff (GSS) Appreciation Lunch
check the information here LIVE document
Ereeny Gawdat
Service Learning Coordinator
Elementary after-school activities – Volunteers Needed
Elementary after-school activities are fun, optional activities scheduled from 3:15-4:00 on campus every weekday except for Tuesdays. Activities are offered to grades K-5.
We offer a range of choices to enable students to explore their talents and interests.
These activities develop useful life skills, such as responsibility, teamwork, communication, creative thinking, and self-confidence. We were really blessed to have our first ASA season this year.
Volunteer engagement would be much appreciated. Parents/Students who are interested in supporting the ASA program for the upcoming season, please contact me at mabdelfattah@cacegypt.org.
SESSION TWO TIMELINE
Sunday, November 7, 4:00 pm- Sign up begins
Wednesday, November 10, 8:00 Am – Sign up closed
Tuesday, November 16, 4:00 pm – Confirmed activities sent to parents
Week of Sunday, November 21 – First week of the Season
Week of Sunday, February 13 – Last week of the Season
Mahmoud Abdel Fattah
ES Activities Coordinator