Middle School Principal’s Letter
Dear Parents,
Thank you for taking the time to read this week’s version of the News and Views. We have completed three weeks of school. I want to thank our students and teachers for following our mitigation protocols. This week the students had the opportunity to sign up for activities during lunchtime on the field. It was great to see the smiles on their faces, even though they were not playing games. For sports like basketball, we encourage students to bring a ball from home.
We are happy to be able to go back to school and we are doing everything we can to keep our students and teachers safe. We believe we will continue to add modifications as we go to provide students with more opportunities while maintaining the strict measures we have in place will help keep us going forward safely and healthily. As parents, we ask you to practice the same protocol at home to help form the student’s habits.
During this stage in their development, students value their friendship more than anything else. I have observed our students being creative during breaks, playing games whereby they imitate each other’s actions. While for some students, sitting around and talking means more to them.
On September 14, we will have an Early Release Day for PD. It is a Monday. We will have a revised tutorial schedule that day, so the week will go as follows:
Sunday, Sept. 13: A1
Monday, Sept. 14: Tutorial Day (EFGH) (8:00-11:30) dismissal at 11:30 am.
Tuesday, Sept. 15: A2
Wednesday, Sept. 16: E1
Thursday, Sept. 17: E2
Here is the video for the parents who did not have an opportunity to see the advisory presentation during Back to School Night.
Thank you for your continuous support of the middle school.
In Partnership,
Courtney Bailey
Middle School Principal
Announcements
From the Service -Learning Office
Let’s put our ideas together
“THE IDEAS TANK”
We have created a google form that will serve as a tank of ideas. Questions proposed on this form will vary based on the school phases, safety measures & the calendar. This form will serve as a channel of communication with our CAC community to coordinate and put our ideas into action. The Ideas Tank Form link will be shared regularly in the newsletters. Students may share their ideas and suggest the next questions, teachers may use these questions in a discussion in their classrooms, parents may start the conversation at their dinner table. We need everyone on board! Our first question will be;
“How can we contribute to the community while maintaining physical distance & managing our own safety?”.
Click here to send your ideas: THE IDEAS TANK. Selected ideas may be shared for inspiration.
Ereeny Gawdat
Service Learning Coordinator
egergess@cacegypt.org
CAC Stories Showing Compassion
From the MS/HS Library
Community hours for the CAC libraries
Both CAC libraries will be open on Saturdays between 10 and 2 for our parents, faculty and students, for 30 minute appointments. Please book your time on the CAC Dashboard where you see “Campus Facilities Online Appointments.”
You will be asked for the number of people coming. If you are a parent, please include your child/ren in the count. We can only have 10 patrons in the library at a time. Appointment requests are only accepted until Friday, at 7 pm. You will not be able to come on to campus without an appointment.
Please note that library community hours are ONLY for Saturdays at this time. The weekday lunchtime appointment slots are only for HS students.
Parents can only check out on Saturdays. We will resume holds delivery in a modified format when we have received all the students’ books back from the summer.
Students are returning their books, now it’s the parents’ turn
Our overdue numbers have decreased thanks to all the students returning their books.
Now it’s the adults turn to bring back their materials. There are book drops at ES gates 6 and 7, as well at the MS gate (the main gate to CAC).
Do please return all of your library materials so that others can enjoy them.
Three Cheers
Three Cheers to MS PTO rep Tatiana Foda for organizing popsicles for students.
Three Cheers to Mona Abdel Hady for all your support with the Back to School Night Organization.
Three Cheers to Mr. Ywakim for all the beautiful photos he takes of our students.
Three Cheers to our teachers for their support of student’s health and safety.