CAC High School Principal’s Notes
Open air music concerts all week
You can tell the end of the year is approaching by the number of culminating celebratory events taking place at the high school recently.
This week, our music students have been hosting outdoor performances every lunchtime to entertain the crowd. We also had a fantastic concert on Monday evening, showcasing the combined talents of the choir, band, and strings ensemble. As always, the caliber of the work was fantastic; the student performances were of excellent quality and very enjoyable. Well done to the musicians, Mr McCuig and Mr. Alex for their hard work in preparing these performances.
Art students at the Empower Her art exhibition
Our students were lucky this week to be taken to the ‘Empower Her Art Forum’ Exhibition. This exhibition of international artwork presented them with a wonderful opportunity to meet artists, discuss their work, and learn more about how art can be used to promote positive images and messages to the wider community. A huge thank you to Ms Isabel Torres, who was involved in the exhibition as an artist and curator, and who empowered our students by taking them along for this experience.
Our student athletes are once again out on the road, representing CAC in international sports tournaments in Europe. The tennis, track & field, and golf teams are all competing in the spring ISAA tournament right now. As ever, we’re proud of their achievements so far and wish them the best of luck. Go Eagles!
Our newest grade level of students, grade 8, who will be next year’s grade 9, visited the high school this week for an information session hosted by teachers and counselors. In addition, current grade 9 students formed a panel of experts to whom the eighth graders could ask their questions. It’s always an exciting time when we welcome the newest cohort of students, and we look forward to working with them and getting to know them in August.
CAC Prom 2024 – Enchanted Garden
Another significant event signifying the close of the school year is, of course, prom. Students enjoyed dancing and celebrating together, reflecting on the year and looking ahead to their bright futures. Although the music was loud for older ears of the teacher chaperones, the students all had a fantastic time and were highly appreciative of the hard work by the student council and supervisors in providing this experience.
WWW Placements will be finalized in the next week. Students will receive their assignments by email; they will submit their verification forms to the HS Office. For students who are traveling internationally, students will also submit proof of deposit payment (USD 1000) and a copy of the traveling passport in addition to the verification form. Assignments will be made by Wednesday May 28; Forms and deposits will be due by June 2nd.
Students from African Hope school learn about laser cutting
Students from African Hope school practicing soccer with the Varsity boys
Students from African Hope school learn about magnets with IB science students
Upcoming
• 27 – 28 May – Senior Exams
• 29 May – Season 3 Athletics Awards
• 29 May – WWW Information Sessions, assembly schedule
• 29-30 May – Exam Review Days
• 31 May – Graduation at the Pyramids – by invitation
• 2 – 9 June – Grade 9-11 Exams, June 2024 Semester Exam Schedule
• 10 June – Last day of school for all HS students. There will be classes and assemblies. Attendance is expected. Early Dismissal
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of May 23, 2024
RAFT Leavers Lunch
This past Tuesday, we hosted the RAFT (Reconciliation, Affirmation, Farewell, and Think Destination) Leavers Lunch for students who are departing CAC at the end of the year. Students joined a special lunch meeting with our counselors to say farewell, receive a parting gift, and discuss their upcoming transitions to new communities.
Withdrawing students are reminded to please have the green withdrawal form signed by all teachers and turned in by the last day of school, June 10.
Studying for Semester Exams
We’ve collected and posted a selection of essential resources designed to help students master time management, prioritize tasks, and maintain focus and motivation. Students can find these valuable tools in their Google Classroom, including our comprehensive Study Planner Pack, effective retrieval practice techniques, and practical spaced practice strategies.
Seniors. Seniors received pink checkout forms to start the process of gathering signatures for completing end-of-year tasks. To obtain a signature from the counseling department, students must complete two requirements: first, fill out a Google Form indicating their college matriculation plans and where they wish their final transcript sent; second, ensure their Maia Learning profiles are updated with accurate information regarding their college application decisions.
ACT test information:
There is one more ACT date for the 23-24 academic year. However, the test at CAC is full.
• Saturday June 8, 2024
Registration details here!
*Be sure your ID matches the name you register with or you may not be permitted to enter the test
Test dates for the 24-25 academic year will be announced in the summer.
Claudia Bean, Jody Stiles, Kasey Semler
HS Counseling
General Announcements
Moving on from CAC at the end of the year?
To help us plan for next year, if you haven’t already done so, please use the link below to let us know if you are withdrawing from CAC at the end of this year.
https://cacegypt.org/index.php/withdrawal-request
A few days before your departure, a withdrawal form that includes several signatures must also be completed by middle and high school students in order to clear any outstanding obligations, and turned in to the Admission/Registrar’s Office to release final records.
Final end of year Middle and High School records will not be ready until on or after June 23rd (following the Eid holiday).
Admission/Registrar’s Office
From the Library
Library Books are due back by May 30th! Textbooks are due back by June 6th!
Students and parents must return all library books by Thursday May 30th. Once library accounts are cleared, patrons may check out books for the summer.
The final date for students to return HS textbooks is June 6th!
If library books or textbooks are not returned by those dates, access to student report cards on Skyward will be blocked.
If you have lost a library book or textbook, please come to the MHS library so we can prepare a form to pay for it.
Meghan Ennis
MS/HS Librarian
From the Transportation Office
Kindly be informed that the 4:20pm and the 5:30pm buses will not be operating effectively Sunday, May 19 due to the end of the after school activities session. The only buses that will be operating are the 3:20pm buses.
Transportation Office
Hope Run Update
A huge thank you to all who supported the Hope Run event on February 23rd at the Wadi Degla. We had an amazing turn out of more than 150 runners, of all ages, making it a really memorable community event, while raising funds for the Health and Hope Oasis organization in Cairo. A grand total of EGP 115,415.12 (USD $2,406.93) was raised and donated towards the building of a running track at their center as part of the rehabilitation of the children they support who are recovering from cancer treatments.
We’d also like to give a shout out once again to our sponsors: Gold’s Gym, CAC’s Booster Club, Halo, OWN, Fyngan, Lamar, Green Cola and the Sally Mussetter Grant for their generosity and support making the event such a success.
If you would like to offer further support to the Hope and Health Oasis, please reach out to hoperun20@gmail.com
Hope Run Team,
Noor, Lara, Katelyn and Usha
Hope Run Team
Runners warming up
Setting up
The Start Line
From the Booster Club
The CAC Booster Club NEEDS YOU!!! The Booster Club is a volunteer organization on campus that runs on parent power. We raise money through the Spirit Store and Spirit Cafe to support the sports and activities that happen at CAC at all age levels. If you would like to become more involved in fundraising and socializing on campus, then we have the perfect opportunities! We are in need of people to take some positions that will become vacant during the next school year. The positions that are available are:
President: organize meetings, recruit volunteers and help with events
Vice President: support the president and help with events
Store Rep: help manage the Spirit Store and its volunteers
Treasurer (in training): gradually take over managing the Booster Club’s finances
Please reach out to us at boosterclub@cac.org for any more information about these positions or to ask any questions that you might have. Executive elections will take place at the final Booster Club meeting on May 20th in the Spirit Store at 10am. The Booster Club and CAC will thank you for your volunteerism!
CAC Booster Club
From the PTO
We are all busy in the midst of the end of the school year but PTO is actively preparing for the next! We are thrilled to announce that many of our board members will serve again next year; but we do have some vacancies and we look forward to welcoming new voices and perspectives. If you’d like to serve our community in any of the following roles, please email cacpto@cacegypt.org to volunteer.
Open positions are:
• High School Liaison
• Korean Liaison
• Health and Wellness Liaison
We want to offer the warmest thanks to all the dedicated volunteers who have contributed their time and talents to our community this year. We can’t wait to see what we can all do together next year!
CAC PTO