CAC High School Principal’s Notes
It’s hard to believe that we have only been back from the Eid break for five days! It has been a very busy week for everyone.
Our Grade 12 IB students continued with their exams this week with a few of them now having completed all their exams. There’s still a week to go for others with the French, Spanish and Chemistry exams remaining. Next Friday, these students, along with many of their peers will be celebrating the end of IB exams at Prom!
Also next week, we are looking forward to the High School Recognition Night event where we celebrate the academic achievements of many of our students. If your child received an email about the event they are the recipient of an award and we look forward to welcoming them and you on Monday at 6:30 p.m. This is the first time since 2019 that the event has been held face-to-face.
There’s plenty of time for everyone to make that final push towards success. We have four weeks of school left with the final day of the year for students being June 8. Semester 2 reports cards will be sent home soon after that along with Honor Roll recognition for those with a GPA scores of 3.4 or higher. Grade 11 IB students will also receive their current IB scores at that time. (Please note that these are NOT predicted IB grades. I will send home more information about this to that cohort soon). Finally, don’t forget that end of year exams will run from May 30 for Grade 12 and begin on June 1 for Grades 9-11.
Dates for your Diary
• 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
• May 30 & 31: G12 Exams (non-IB)
• June 1 – 6: Grade 9-11 Exams
• June 3: Graduation
• June 8: last day of school
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of May 12, 2022
Grade 11
UK Personal Statement session: Tuesday, May 17th at lunchtime (location TBD), counselors will offer a session on how to write a UK Personal Statement. In addition, students will be setting up their UCAS Hub Accounts.
Additional resources available for Grade 11 students and families. Students and families exploring US, UK, or Canadian universities, you may find the following videos and resources:
• Applying to Canada
• Introduction to American Universities
• The University Process for Parents
• The University Search for UK Universities
• Financial Aid 101 for US Universities
ACT at CAC
Registration for the June 11 offering is now full. Students may still register at other locations in Cairo by going to act.org. Fall testing dates will be announced upon confirmation.
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 Athletics
Track and Field Twilight Invitational Link.
Athletics Office
From the Aquatics
Age Group Swim Meet and Swim-A-Thon.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x4NFYbvkPHYLcEUx3e24VGWJ7nbA-b0_xhekvaprvBY/edit
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!
Hope the holiday was enjoyable and relaxing.
We already started the Arabic sessions on Monday, May 9 (3:20-4:20), we meet in MS215 (MS Building, second floor, room 215).
Schedule:
1) May 9th: Greetings and introduction. (First potential conversation in Arabic) “if you missed this session, I’d provide you with the materials and audio”
2) May 16th: Small Talks (work, family, travels, etc)
3) May 23rd: Functional phrases (asking for directions, details, help, etc)
4) May 30th: Introduction to decoding
5) June 6th: Cultural flavors (acknowledging the Arabic Cuisine)
Please, feel free to email me if you have any questions or concerns melbably@cacegypt.org.
Looking forward to seeing you next week,
Mohamed ElBably & Engy Rabie
*** 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.
Ticket Sales Sign-up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4DAEA829A2FF2-international2
Performances Sign-up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4DAEA829A2FF2-cacinternational
We look forward to welcoming all of our wonderful families to the International Festival.
