Highro Glyphics Newsletter Week of February 22, 2024

CAC High School Principal’s Notes

As I write this week’s edition of the Highro-glyphics, our swimming team is on their way to Greece to compete in the Athens Cup invitational swim meet. As always, they will be representing CAC excellently in this highly competitive event, and we look forward to updates throughout the weekend on how they are getting on. Another opportunity to shout, “Go Eagles!”

INJAZ students winning awards in Doha

Injaz Egypt, a member of Junior Achievement Worldwide—the world’s largest youth-serving NGO—ran its Company Program as a hands-on entrepreneurship experience for ambitious students in private schools across Egypt. The program culminated in a competition where teams competed for the coveted “Company of the Year Award.” This year, “Exten-Desk”, the team from CAC, won “Company of the Year” and secured a spot to represent Egypt and compete in the Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Week competition organized in Doha. We are very proud of our team of 12th graders who traveled this week to compete against students from 13 other countries from the MENA region.

Selling tickets for the HS Production of “The Giver”

Set building for “The Giver”

There are several important arts events to look forward to in the next two weeks. The high school production of “The Giver” will open its doors on February 28, and following that, the annual IB Art Exhibition will open on Sunday, March 3. On March 4, the Varsity Dance team will be presenting a Dance Festival. We encourage all our parent community to join these events in celebration of the hard work and creativity of our arts students. (See times and locations below.)

We are now into the final two weeks of learning for quarter three. If you can believe it, we will embark on the final quarter of the school year after spring break when we return to school on March 17. Students have been busy working through curriculum and assessments throughout this quarter. It is worth remembering, however, that this is a “progress check” report, not a formal school report. The quarter three grade does not appear on the student’s high school transcript. A progress report is an indication of how students are performing on work which has been completed so far. By the end of the semester, teachers will have completed the full assessment plan for each course and a more balanced and detailed picture will emerge of their achievement. If you have not done so already, now would be a good time to check in with your student to ask them how they feel things are going ahead of receiving the progress report soon after spring break.

HS Parent Coffee

It was wonderful to welcome many parents to the campus yesterday for this month’s High School Parent Coffee Morning. We addressed the topic of “Nurturing Well-being in High School Students.” I am attaching some of the resources that were shared in the session to this week’s newsletter. At CAC, we take the health and well-being of our students extremely seriously, and we understand that working in partnership with you as parents, we share the responsibility to keep our children happy and healthy as they progress through their learning journey. The teenage years of high school can be particularly challenging in many ways, and I hope that the materials attached here are useful to you as parents.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend ahead.

Parent Coffee Slides (Nurturing Well-being in High School Students)

Strategies for Parents (Handout)

NAHS Celebration of Internationalism interactive art work

Design and Engineering students building rockets

Making the final rocket checks before flight!

Dates for your Diary
• Feb 23 – Hope Run, Wadi Degla. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/vNzcXtmd2RqaSPWn8
• Wed 28 Feb – Fri 1 Mar – High School Production “The Giver” 6:00 p.m. Theatre (2:00 p.m. on Friday 1 March)
• Sun 3 Mar – IB Art Exhibition Opening (5:30 p.m. HS Art Gallery)
• Mon 4 Mar – Dance Festival (6:00 p.m.) Theatre
• Tue 5 Mar – Grade 10 PSAT (no G10 classes for periods 1&2)
• Fri 8 Mar – First day of Spring Break
• Sun 17 March – Return to school (F Day)
• Tue 19 March – Q3 Progress Report Issued

Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal

Counseling Department Announcements

Week of February 22, 2024

Grade 10 PSAT Announcement

Date: Tuesday, March 5, during A and B blocks
Format: Digital via the Bluebook App (students must download)
Devices: Students will use their own devices (no chromebooks allowed)
Rooms: MS Hall, HS Meeting Room and the Cairo Room – specific room assignments will be shared as the test date nears
Prep & Details: Please review with your child and check the links provided in Mr. Semler’s email.

Students MUST download Bluebook on their devices in order to test. Downloading instructions here.

Grade 9 and Grade 11

Course verification cards should be handed in by now.

Grade 11: Tuesday Sessions

The past two Tuesdays at lunch, counselors have offered up country specific sessions (US and Canada) surrounding the university search process. This upcoming Tuesday (Feb 27), there will be a session dedicated to exploring the university application process in the UK.

Upcoming University Visits:

• Sunday, March 3rd, 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Join us during lunch to explore diverse academic opportunities with representatives from:
• Budapest Business University, Hungary – Discover what the largest business training institution in Hungary has to offer.
• University of San Raffaele, Italy – Learn about pursuing medical studies in English in Milan.
• CESI Graduate School of Engineering, France – Explore engineering studies in French.

Education Fair in Cairo

• Saturday, March 2nd: Don’t miss the International Education Fair in Cairo. For more details, visit https://begin-expo.com/en/events/international-education-fair-cairo/

John Cook University, Australia

• Weekend of March 1-2: Shruti Srinivasan from John Cook University, Australia, will be available to meet with families in Maadi, Cairo. To schedule a meeting, please email shruti.srinivasan@jcu.edu.au.

Explore Global Summer Opportunities. Discover a wide range of summer programs worldwide in various subjects via our constantly updated list. Click here to access and regularly check for new additions.

ACT test information:

The registration for the remaining 23-24 test dates are as follows:

Saturday, April 13, 2024
Saturday June 8, 2024

Registration details here!

Claudia Bean, Jody Stiles, Kasey Semler
HS Counseling

General Announcements

The Hope Run is back!

Join us on February 23rd in Wadi Degla to run/walk/jog/sprint for a good cause.
Support the Health and Hope Oasis for children with cancer and their families.
Choose between 2K, 5K and 10K distances!

Hope Run Team

The Giver
This year’s HS production

February 28th and 29th @ 6.00
March 1st at 2pm.

Sometime in the future, an 11-year-old boy named Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect community in which there is little pain and little crime. People are polite. Everyone belongs to a supportive family. But this harmony comes at a price. There is also no choice, and real emotions are nonexistent. Life is dictated by strict rules and being different is shameful.
At the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas is given the highly honored Assignment of Receiver of Memory. The Receiver is the sole keeper of the community’s collective memory. Through his new role Jonas comes to learn pain, love, sacrifice and choice. The story is one of courage and discovery.

The talented HS Theatre ensemble have taken on this challenging and imaginative story for you to enjoy. Join us to witness the stage version of this well known work of YA fiction.

****Running time 90 minutes with a 15 minute interval****
****Please note- strobe lights, loud noises and references to violence and war are used during the show****
****Suitable for older MS and up****

Tickets on sale at the MS and HS offices, 300 EGP

Siobhan Buckman
HS Drama

IB Visual Arts Exhibition March 3rd 5:30 pm (Third Floor HS Building)

The IB Art Exhibition opening is coming up soon, so SAVE THE DATE for March 3rd at 5:30 pm, in the HS building, 3rd floor.

It is the event that everyone has been waiting for, an amazing opportunity to see what our HS students are producing in the visual arts studios as we will display pieces from Studio Art 1 and 2 and Digital Arts classes complementing the main IB Visual Arts show.

The HS String Ensemble will perform as well, making it a fun evening for everyone.

Please join us and participate in this great event. It will be memorable!

Isabel Torres
HS Visual Arts

Dance Festival March 4th 6:00 p.m. (Theater)
All CAC community invited (free entrance)

4:20pm and 5:30pm buses

Kindly be informed that the 4:20pm and the 5:30pm buses will not be operating effectively Sunday, Feb 18th till Thursday, Mar 14th due to the end of the after school activities session. The only buses that will be operating are the 3:20pm buses.
After school activities buses will resume on Sunday Mar 17th.

Mohamed ElGhalban
Motor Pool Manager

Gratitude for HS Volunteers

ES-CCA After-School Activities

“Thank you to our incredible high school volunteers for their outstanding dedication to the Co-Curricular Activities program. Your impact on the elementary students is truly remarkable!”

Your selflessness and dedication to making a positive difference in the lives of others are commendable. It is because of individuals like you that our community continues to thrive and grow stronger with each passing day. Your contributions to the Co-Curricular Activities program have not gone unnoticed, and we are incredibly grateful for all that you do.

Thank you once again for your extraordinary efforts and for being shining examples of leadership and service. Your impact is truly invaluable, and we look forward to seeing the continued success of our program with your continued support.

With sincere appreciation,

Mahmoud Abdel Fattah
ES Activities Coordinator

Booster Club News

Booster Club

From the PTO

PTO General Meeting

PTO will host an open meeting later this month and we’d love to see you there.

CAC PTO

The Ramadan Kora Drive: Feb. 15 – 29

The Egyptian Clothing Bank is organizing a football-related clothing drive in collaboration with Omar Marmoush, an Egyptian National Football Player and International Star. Together, we hope to collect football equipment to be donated to young football players across Egypt, in preparation for the upcoming Ramadan Football Tournaments. We’re collecting Football Boots, T-Shirts, Kits, and Socks – red donation boxes can be found around campus.

Donate today and empower aspiring footballers to realize their dreams.
Let’s make this Ramadan one to remember forever – let’s Pass It On!

For further information, please contact 25kshrimali@cacegypt.org.