CAC High School Principal’s Notes
Student Artwork
Another busy week on campus! It was great to see so many parents attending conferences on Monday and Tuesday last week. We also saw some parents signing up for additional conference appointments outside of the two windows of time. This is an indication of the high demand in the parent community for wanting to engage with teachers in meaningful dialogue to support learning. As I mentioned last week, we will be looking at ways to increase access for parents in our next round of conferences in March.
We rounded out the week with a Halloween celebration this evening. While this was primarily a middle and elementary school event, many of our high school students signed up to volunteer to help out with games and running a spooky house for the younger students to enjoy. Next week, we look forward to seeing the high school students all dressed up for the Halloween Red Carpet event at lunchtime on the 31st.
Wonderful parent volunteers decorating the HS Building
Halloween Decorations
After all the events and general excitement of the last few weeks, we are looking forward to putting our heads down and focusing on learning as we approach the end of the semester. Semester one exams will be upon us quickly (starting December 11), and your child should be working productively at home to support their in-class learning by reviewing and revising course material along the way. In your child’s CAC planner, there are several pages at the front devoted to effective study skills based on what we know about learning and cognitive science research into this area. If you have not reviewed these pages, it would be well worth doing so, as the strategies suggested there are sometimes counterintuitive to students but are known to effectively support studying for tests and exams. You may also find those resources here. Please note that the semester exams are required coursework components and their completion counts towards course credit and final grades for all students. As such, all students are required to be present in school for the full week before the winter break holiday and travel should not be planned until after December 15.
Thank you to those parents who completed the mathematics survey which was shared last week. There will be a further opportunity to learn about our math program and the curriculum review work currently underway at next week’s parent coffee morning, taking place on Wednesday at 9:15 am. I hope you will be able to join us for that.
WWW Update
Many thanks for completing the WWW pre-registration form this week. The WWW team will compile the requests by student, assign each student a number, and using a random number generator, will select students for registration based on the generated sequence. Students are placed in their highest priority WWW selection based on availability. Please remember that WWW experiences are made up of students from all grade levels, which means that for most WWW experiences, only 3-6 spaces are available per grade level.
The Verification form will be sent out next week (via email) as the final part of the process. Once students have been placed in WWW experiences, we ask parents to quickly sign and return the verification form, along with a USD 1000 down payment (for international trips) and a copy of a valid passport, acknowledging the WWW selection and agreeing to the payment specifications. Those who do not wish to enroll in their assigned WWW experience may decline the assignment, forfeit their place on the trip, and elect to participate in an on-campus experience. Wait lists for all experiences will be generated after the verification process is complete, and students who were not able to complete the registration process have an opportunity to sign up. Please contact Ms. McCall with any questions.
Runners at the Dash
Mr. Goetz starting the Degla Dash
Dates for your Diary
• Mon 31 Oct: Grade 11 IB information evening for parents 6:30 p.m.
• Wed 2 Nov: Parent Coffee Morning 9:15 a.m. (HS Meeting Room)
• Mon 14 Nov: Grade 10 IB information evening for parents 6:30 p.m.
• Thu 24 Nov: US Thanksgiving holiday (no school)
• Sun 11 Dec – Thu 14 Dec – Semester One Exams – Please do not make travel plans that depart before final exams are finished.
• 16 Dec – 7 Jan – Winter Break. School resumes Jan 8.
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of October 27, 2022
University Fair Reflection
Parents, thank you to those of you who attended our large University Fair last Thursday. We are always looking for ways to improve, and would like to ask you for some feedback. If you wouldn’t mind filling out this feedback form, we would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
Upcoming University Visits and Events
Sunday Oct. 30th (new date!) Rollins College 11:15-11:55
Tables outside High School Lunch time visit
Tuesday, November 1st Carleton University
Concordia University
Dalhousie University
York University 11:15-11:55
Tables outside High School Canadian Mini Fair- lunch time visit
Virtual University Event:
Virtually Orange: The Online Dutch University Fair
Sunday, October 30 at 1pm. Register here.
Great opportunity to learn more about schools in the Netherlands.
Seniors
Document Request Forms: Seniors submitting applications must be sure to submit a Document Request Form (DRF) to the counseling office. This form ensures we know exactly what documents are needed to send to each of the different institutions being applied to. Please be aware of looming deadlines such as the November 1 EA/ED.
Application Drop-In Seniors are able to drop in for help with their college applications! A counselor will be in the following locations on these days and times for college application help. Students are encouraged to stop by if they have a question, want feedback on an essay, or want a quiet space to work on their application. (details here).
ACT at CAC:
Students may register for the 22-23 test dates at CAC.
Please go here to find out more.
Claudia Bean, Jody Stiles, Kasey Semler
HS Counseling
General Announcements
HS Library
The Library is open After School and Saturdays!
The library is open until 4pm on Sunday/Monday/Wednesday and 10am – 2pm on most Saturdays! Stop by to check out books or get some work done.
Meghan Ennis
Library
From The Aquatics
Swim Team Invitational Fall 2022
Aquatics Office
CAC Soccer World Cup 2022
This is the link for the registration form:
Roberto Perez & Jorge Villafuerte
PTO Open Meeting
Join our open meeting this month on zoom! Our very own Head of School, Dr. Jared Harris will give an update on the Strategic Plan, annual school-wide goals, and results of the community survey highlighting strengths and areas of need.
PTO Monthly Meeting
Time: Oct 30, 2022 05:00 PM Cairo
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85369804268?pwd=b2c4c3RndjVkVnJhU3BaY083WGZtdz09
Meeting ID: 853 6980 4268
Passcode: 693589
CAC PTO