CAC High School Principal’s Notes
And so here we are at the end of an exceptionally busy semester. The school building has been noticeably quiet and empty today as nearly all students completed their exams yesterday and have no doubt enjoyed a well-earned relaxing day of unwinding today. For our Grade 12s, the final few weeks of university applications will keep them ticking along through the break and into January. However, hopefully everybody will find enough time and tranquility to relax during this holiday as well as precious time to reconnect as a family, here and beyond, in celebrating the festive season and new year.
Wishing all of you a wonderful and safe holiday and we look forward to welcoming you back, as well as all our HS teachers, to the new building on January 9, 2022.
Dates for your Diary
• 17 Dec: Winter Break Begins
• Sun 9 Jan: School resumes. Semester 2
• 13 Jan: Semester 1 report issued
• 25 Jan: Revolution Day Holiday (date is tentative pending government announcement)
• 26 Jan: Principal’s Coffee Morning, 9:30 a.m. (HS Meeting Room)- New HS Building Tours!
• 1 Feb: Grade 11 College Night 4-8 p.m.
Yours in partnership and learning,
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of Dec. 16, 2021
11th Grade College Night
Grade 11 Students and families, save the date! Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 will be 11th Grade College Night. More information will be provided when we come back in January!
Seniors
Seniors were provided their updated IB Predicted Score document today. These scores indicate a student’s current status in IB and can be used for upcoming college applications.
College Application Decisions: A kind reminder to please keep counselors informed of any decisions received with regards to college applications.
List of Upcoming University Visits
Updates on the HS Counseling Resources Website will pause over winter break. Counselors will resume updating this page again in January.
Claudia Bean, Kasey Semler, Cameron Simon
HS Counseling
General Announcements
Moving on from CAC before the winter break?
Please use the link below to let us know if you are withdrawing from CAC this semester so that we can prepare records in time for your departure. (please note that the final high school transcript which includes this semester’s grades will not be available until January 16th, 2022)
https://cacegypt.org/index.php/withdrawal-request
A few days before your departure, a withdrawal form that includes several signatures must also be completed in order to clear any outstanding obligations, and turned in to the Admission/Registrar’s Office to release records.
Registrar’s office
From the MS/HS Library
Use to Sora App to read where ever you go on Winter Break!
The Sora App gives you access to 390 magazines and thousands of e-book and audiobooks! These can be read on your phone, tablet, or computer anywhere you go. Anything you borrow on Sora will be automatically downloaded to your device and you can then read offline. Great for travelling!
To access these, download the Sora App on your device or go to soraapp.com and login with your CAC Single Sign-on account. Contact mennis@cacegypt.org if you need help navigating Sora.
Happy Reading!
Meghan Ennis
MHS Librarian
ISAA Update/CAC Athletics
At the December 3, 2021 ISAA meeting, after checking on the status of all member schools, it was determined to cancel the ISAA tournaments set for March 18 and 19, 2022. Participation in invitational international tournaments on March 18 and 19, 2022, will be reconsidered in January 2022.
There will be a meeting on February 4, 2022 to determine if the ISAA spring tournaments set for May 27 and 28, 2022, will remain as scheduled.
ISAA and all member schools look forward to returning to tournament play when international travel returns as a safe option for member school students.
Go ISAA.
Global Squad Basketball Camp
Global Squad Basketball camp opportunity for CAC students only. See the below flyer. Registration is open.
Athletics Office
The Maadi Basketball Association (MBA)
The MBA is a basketball league for children in the Maadi community. This year, due to Covid-19, the MBA will only be for CAC students. The MBA is open to children from age 5 through 16, and is played in our gyms and outside basketball court. The season runs from Jan. 9 through March 2. Important MBA information is found on the registration form.
Register for the league at this link: Registration Link
*Important notice:
-We need parent volunteers to make the MBA successful. We need division coordinators, head coaches, asst. coaches, and team parents. If a parent volunteers to coach (head coach) a team, one of their child’s fees will be waived.
For more information, contact the MBA Coordinator, Monte Davis at: mdavis@cacegypt.org.
Monte Davis
MBA Coordinator
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
Staying in Cairo during the Winter Break? How about volunteering?
Extra helping hands are needed to prepare & sort equipment in the Tech. department. No prior experience is required! Check the exact dates in this form to sign up or to let us know if you are interested to help on other days.
Service – Learning Office
Ms. Ereeny Gawdat
egergess@cacegypt.org
Ereeny Gawdat
Service Learning Coordinator