CAC High School Principal’s Notes
It was a hot and steamy week here on campus. That, coupled with many of our community fasting during this period, has made it a quieter week. After the excitement of learning outside during WWW, teachers have used this week to refocus students’ attention on the core learning required to complete the curriculum as we approach the end of the year. For our Grade 12 IB students, exams are looming (April 28) and for all HS students, the next few weeks are critical as they approach the final end-of semester exams and assessments in May.
Please help at home by encouraging your child to lead a happy, healthy life that includes a balance between academic work, physical activity, social time and relaxing. Healthy sleep and eating habits are also more important than ever as the workload increases and stress levels may also rise.
Parents as Partners – Principal’s Coffee
It was wonderful to host more than 40 HS parents at this week’s Principal’s Coffee morning here in the HS Building. Parents worked together to talk around the topic of assessment and grading, looking at the concepts through the lens of student wellbeing. The slides used for this event can be viewed here.
Covid Mitigation
There have been no new cases of Covid reports in the High School in the last week. As announced last week, mask wearing protocols have shifted to being optional for all. Those who feel more comfortable wearing masks indoors are encouraged to do so. Please note that masks are still required for all on all school transportation, regardless of vaccination status.
Week Without Walls Feedback
Please take a few moments to complete the WWW parent / student survey this weekend. Your feedback will be very helpful to our planning team, as we consider what worked this year, and what we can improve upon next year. Please complete one form for each child. Thank you!
Dates for your Diary
• Wed 13 April: Spring Arts Festival (on campus, evening)
• Sun 17 April: Western Easter Holiday (no school)
• Sun 24 & Mon 25: Eastern Easter and Sinai Liberation Day (no school)
• April 21: Last day of classes for IB Seniors.
• April 28: IB exams start
• May 1: Labor Day holiday (no school)
• May 2-5: Eid Holiday (no school)
• May 20: Prom
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of April 7, 2022
Grade 11
A reminder to please have your student schedule the individual university planning meeting that should take place before April 21, 2022. Those who were unable to attend the University Kick Off, you may find the recording of the session on the Home Page of our CAC HS Counseling Resources Webpage.
Additional resources available for Grade 11 students and families. Students and families exploring US or UK universities, please explore the below links where you will find the following videos and resources:
• The University Process for Parents
• The University Search for UK Universities
• Financial Aid 101 for US Universities
CAC is now an ACT Test Center
CAC is pleased to announce that our campus is now an ACT Test Center. Registration for the June 11 offering is available.
For students who wish to register to take the ACT at CAC, please go to this site.
• Sign up for an account and then navigate to the International Test site page. Our center is listed under our test center number: 866070, location Maadi.
• Sign up for the Non Writing Option (there are only 5 universities in the US who require ACT writing)
• CAC is an open test site and capacity is limited. If your student plans to take the test, please book your seat ASAP before the spaces are filled.
Please talk with your counselor if you have any questions about registering for the ACT. You may also refer to the CAC Counseling Resources page under the ACT section for more information.
University Events, Summer Programs, and Scholarships
Highlighted Virtual Event: U Toronto Experience Engineering Information Session. April 12, 3pm Cairo Time. “Join U of T Engineering Recruitment staff for this special online presentation designed for international Grade 9 & 10 students. The first 30 minutes of the event will be an overview of our Engineering programs, opportunities, academic requirements, and community.” Register here.
As the semester progresses, we will continue to update the HS Counseling Resources Website with upcoming virtual or in person events, in addition to summer programs and scholarships as we receive word of them.
Claudia Bean, Kasey Semler, Cameron Simon
HS Counseling
General Announcements
Moving on from CAC at the end of the year?
We are in the process of finalizing plans for the next school year. If you already know that you will be moving on from CAC at the end of this year it would be much appreciated if you could let us know at this time. You can use the link below as a withdrawal notification.
https://cacegypt.org/index.php/withdrawal-request
Thank you very much for your help.
Registrar’s office
Board Elections
*Make your voice heard* by voting in the CAC Board of Trustees elections from April 6-14! Ballots are sent electronically. Please take some time to read the following Board information and statements from our candidates found below:
Nelly Bertrand
Nada El Sawy
Hassan Khalifa
Amal Kotb Soliman
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dyyo5orqOUzY0a5MZVaAI-871stgeM51/view?usp=drivesdk
PTO
From The Swimming & Aquatics
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cj7LQ7xvyPNcyjBu-KwiGzInKruZhc1SujteZ66H2zA/edit?usp=sharing
Aquatics Office
Attention CAC Community!
As a part of the community outreach strategic plans, CAC is establishing a language exchange initiative. This year we will offer Arabic classes and we aim to offer more languages and training next year.
Are you interested in learning Arabic? Please consider supporting the CAC Language Initiative by participating in the trial opening!
We will hold 5 trial classes starting on May 8th. Each class is an hour long and will be from 3:30 to 4:30 at CAC.
Interested? email melbably@cacegypt.org to book your seat, and get further details.
We look forward to seeing you.
Mohamed El Bably
Arabic Teacher
RECORDING & FEEDBACK: NESA Parents as Partners Webinar 7
Thank you for joining us for the NESA Parents as Partners Series Spring Semester: Webinar 7, “Supporting Your Child’s Learning Through Effective Guidance” with
Garfield Gini-Newman.
The webinar recording from the April 5, 2022 session is now available on the Parents as Partners Info Hub.
If you have not already, we ask that you take a few minutes to share your thoughts on the webinar.
IMPORTANT: Daylight savings time has begun Europe. The new GMT+3 time zone will affect your meeting start time if you are in a country which does not also observe daylight savings. Please visit this link to view your local start time.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE NEXT AND FINAL SESSION ON APRIL 19!
April 19, 2022 | 4:00-5:00pm (GMT+3)
Reflecting on the Journey
Presented by Ellen Mahoney
CEO, SEA CHANGE MENTORING & THE CIRCULUS INSTITUTE
Reflect on the work we have done this school year around the inner work required of the adults in young people’s lives. How have we strengthened our mindsets and social emotional competencies? What insights can we glean from learning alongside our youth? Share with each other and provide social support around your insights this year and the next steps you can take in your Adult Social Emotional Learning journey.
PLEASE NOTE
To join this session, you don’t need to re-register. You may use the same link you used previously. Or, you may register again to receive a new email/link.
RE-REGISTER – ONLY IF YOU NEED A NEW LINK
From the Library
The Free Little Library is back with a new look and some new books! It is now featuring a new sign made by our Design Technology students, Youssef Omar, Marwan El Nadi and Adam Shahkaram.
Meghan Ennis
MHS Librarian
CAC Spring Music Festival
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
17:30 – 20:30
(This is a closed campus event)
Featuring all MS/HS performance groups, music you can dance and sing along with, festival
lawn seating, optional IFTAR dinner, and a party in the HS field! Feel free to bring a blanket and
your own picnic dinner to snack on. Tickets available for purchase at lunch or in the MS & HS
respective offices.
(Tickets must be purchased in advance)
Tickets: Adults (150le) – MS/HS Students (50le) – ES students (Free) – Food (100le)
Festival Schedule
17:30 – 18:15 Beginning Band & Orchestra CAC Theater (Theater ticket required)
18:20 – 19:00 IFTAR dinner in the HS field (Meal 100le- vegetarian option available)
19:00 – 20:30 MS/HS Singers & Bands Outdoor Concert (Outdoor Concert HS Field)
Get tickets while they LAST! ……. It is going to be a BLAST!
Ian McCuaig