CAC High School Principal’s Notes
The teacher Dunk Tank last week!
Students meet the new Athletics and Activities Director
Ms McCall and Mr Simon working on next year’s schedule
IB Physics students prepare for the exam
IB Exam time
StuCo bake sale
We enjoyed a short, three-day week which saw the start of this year’s IB exams for our Grade 12 IB cohort today. The season kicked off with the HL and SL Physics exams and will continue through the next weeks (unfortunately, the IB does not take our holiday into account!). We wish our IB students the very best of luck with these important exams. For our non-IB Grade 12 students, classes continue until May 29 and final exams will take place on May 30 & 31.
Next week, CAC is closed in recognition of the Labor Day holiday and, of course, Eid el Fitr. Classes will resume on Sunday, 8 May. We look forward to welcoming everybody back for the final four and a half weeks of learning remaining this school year. Let’s work together to make sure all our students make the most of these important final weeks by attending all their classes, completing the final assessments and ensuring they are fully prepared for their end of year exams on May 30 to June 6.
I wish all those who will be celebrating next week: Eid Mubarak!
Dates for your Diary
• May 1: Labor Day holiday (no school)
• May 2-5: Eid Holiday (no school)
• May 8: Classes resume after the holiday. Day D
• May 14: Strings Performance 3:00 p.m. Theater
• May 16: High School Recognition Night 6:30 p.m. By invitation only.
• May 20: Prom (For Grade 11 & 12, with invited Grade 10 guests only)
• May 27: PTO International Festival
• June 3: Graduation
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of April 28, 2022
Grades 9-11
Student Ambassador opportunities for 2022-23!
Student Ambassadors are an integral part of our school community, as they have the opportunity to represent CAC and serve as liaisons between the current school community, new students/families, and can help facilitate campus events. As a volunteer, students will be matched up with a new student, start to correspond with them over the summer to answer any questions, and be present with them at the orientation in August and beyond. If interested, students should refer to the email from Ms. Bean to learn about how to apply, and further info sessions will take place in May.
Grade 11
USA college essay session: Tuesday, May 10th at lunchtime in Mr. Burton’s classroom, counselors will run a session on how to write a USA style college essay. Students planning to apply to a US university next year should try to draft their essay over the summer. It is recommended students come to this session to learn some tips and advice on how to get started.
Thank you to the NHS!
Over the past few weeks, members of the NHS have volunteered their time during lunch to share a bit of their experience with college admissions, offering tips and tricks on the following topics:
• Portal Setup for U.S, Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland and UCAS
• Resume Building for Activities List
• Writing workshop for college essays
• Final Tips + Senior Panel
Immense thanks to these students for giving back to their fellow classmates in such a creative and amazing way.
Teacher Letters of Recommendation: The majority of students will be in need of an academic recommendation(s) for university applications. Class of 2023 students were emailed instructions and policies for requesting these letters of recommendation and are asked to start this process ASAP. Students should request letters of recommendation from teachers by May 11th, by following the instructions sent in the email. Students should contact their counselor if they have any questions or concerns.
Additional resources available for Grade 11 students and families. Students and families exploring US or UK universities, you may find the following videos and resources:
• Introduction to American Universities
• 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.
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
From The Swimming & Aquatics
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cj7LQ7xvyPNcyjBu-KwiGzInKruZhc1SujteZ66H2zA/edit?usp=sharing
Aquatics Office
The Used Book Sale is returning May 24-27th.
After a 2 year hiatus, the Used Book Sale is coming back! Books from the ES, MHS Libraries and parent donations will be up for sale in the MHS Library. If you have books at home that you would like to donate to the sale, please drop them off at the MHS Library. Proceeds from the sale will go to the library and educational charities.
It’s that time of year! Please return any overdue books!
All books are due back by the end of May. If you do not return your books or renew them for summer, your Skyward account will be frozen. Please check your email for Overdue notices.
Meghan Ennis
MHS Librarian
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? If so, 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 on campus.
Schedule:
1) Greetings and introduction. (First potential conversation in Arabic)
2) Small Talks (work, family, travels, etc)
3) Functional phrases (asking for directions, details, help, etc)
4) Introduction to decoding
5) Cultural flavors (acknowledging the Arabic Cuisine)
To book your spot or for further details please email melbably@cacegypt.org.
We look forward to seeing you.
Community Outreach Committee
*** INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL ***
Parents, teachers and students! Mark your calendars for this year’s International Festival!
CAC’s annual International Festival celebrates our community’s diverse cultural background by sharing a love we all have in common – food!
We are so excited to meet as a community this year after a two year break due to COVID! Please join us on May 27, 2022, from 3-8pm on the High School field for a great afternoon together. The event will include our international country booths sharing sample size foods to try, cultural performances and music, and our biggest crowd pleaser the raffle!
If you would like to represent and showcase your home country please register for a booth. As of today we have several countries committed to operating their booths These countries are: Korea, Germany, Italy, India, Bangladesh, Libya, Palestine, Egypt, Ukraine, Japan, Canada, Brazil, United States and the Philippines!
Please contact the International Festival coordinator at 99elesiewicz@cacegypt.org to register for a country booth or with any questions. We are also looking for volunteers to help out in other capacities at the International Festival.
We look forward to welcoming all of our wonderful families to the International Festival.
PTO