Middle School Principal’s Letter
Dear Parents,
Thank you for taking the time to read this week’s version of the News and Views. It was a four-day week, and we are looking forward to the break. This is a good time of the year to recharge our mind and body for the final six weeks of school.
We shouldn’t lose sight of the mitigation protocol during the long weekend. Please continue to wear your mask, wash your hands often and continue to practice social distancing. If a family member comes down with COVID please notify an administrator or the health office at CAC.
The Art festival opened this week on campus. All around the middle school building, the artwork of Middle and High school students is on display. There is a musical concert with the High School Strings and concert band playing on the lawn during lunchtime. We wish parents could be here to enjoy the festivities. After the break the middle school students in Strings and Band will be performing at lunchtime. In celebration of our students’ work, here are some photos.
In keeping with the spirit of Earth Day, we held a 30-minute version of the Race to Clean the Air because it is an integral part of our environmental unit in grade seven Social Studies. Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year. The goal to raise awareness within our community about climate change and global warming. The day inspired us to act towards protecting the environment and focusing on the need for conservation. Our students managed to raise 19,000 LE to contribute towards the restoration of the Midans around Maadi.
Thanks for your continuous support of the middle school.
In Partnership,
Courtney Bailey
Middle School Principal
Announcements
Student physical requests for 2021/22
If your student will be entering grades 3,6 or 9 next school year, we ask that he/she is seen and examined by a doctor, and a physical form completed and sent to the health office on or before the first day of school in August.
We are more than happy to accept early completed physicals as of now, either by email or hand-delivered to security at the front gate.
https://www.cacegypt.org/PDF/Student_Physician_form.pdf
CAC Health Office
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://www.cacegypt.org/index.php/cac-withdrawal-request
Thank you
Registrar’s office
Boost Club 2021 Art Contest Winners
The Booster Club is happy to announce the winners of the 2021 Art Contest. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who participated this year! Please come to the Spirit Store to collect your prizes!
**All participants will get a Certificate of Participation – please come and get yours at the Spirit Store!** Store Hours: 8:30-10:00 am, 1:30-2:45 pm
PHOTO CONTEST “Fly Like an Eagle”
4-8 YEAR OLDS:
**There were no entries in this age category
9-13 YEAR OLDS:
1st – Zoe Dunlop
2nd – Adison Fuser
3rd – Clara Strasser
14-18 YEAR OLDS:
1st – Andreina Fitzgerald
2nd – Dewi Hollema
3rd – Eric Koo
CAC Spirit Wear T-SHIRT Contest
4-8 YEAR OLDS:
1st – Jiwoo Min
2nd – Nayeli Roithner
3rd – Casey Parnell
9-13 YEAR OLDS:
1st – Dominic Lawrence
2nd – Julian Ortega
3rd – Chiara Lynn Roithner
14-18 YEAR OLDS:
1st – Han Lee
2nd – Sarah Olson
3rd – Samantha Millward
CAC 2021/ 22 Detailed Calendar
The CAC 2021/ 22 detailed calendar is now available online on the CAC Dashboard.
Ready, Set, G-G-G-O! CAC’s Great Global Get Out!
As we all know, PTO was not able to put on the International (Foodie) Festival this year due to the pandemic. So…we’re flipping this around to still CELEBRATE CAC’S INTERNATIONALISM with a community-wide (virtual) race!
Pick your distance and represent your Home Country as a Team or Individual and enter our challenge! You’ll be able to register as a family team, group of friends, or individual! Note that teams can be international also – for example, one team can have members from a variety of countries…just make the name reflect your group! Win by finishing first or check out some of our other categories, like…
Registration goes LIVE over the long weekend, so go sign-up here: https://cacegypt.org/index.php/great-global-get-out
(pssst…we’ve got some really impressive sponsored prizes for winners too, like a free stay at Kempinski downtown, family meal from Sincerely V, food and fruit/veg baskets, Fyngan coffee, CSA Reps gym membership, fitness instructor lessons, and more!)
Virtual Art Auction
Our Virtual Art Auction (in lieu of the gala auction) goes LIVE TODAY until MAY 1st! We’ve got beautiful works of art from very talented professional artists Amy Shoukry and Miriam Hathout. See full bios on CAC PTO Blog and FB page!
Click on the link to look at the items and BID on them until 11:59pm on May 1st:
https://www.cacegypt.org/index.php/gala-auction/category/12-art-pieces
From the MS/HS Library
CAC Libraries Open Saturdays in May
The libraries will be open on May 8, 22, and 29. Here is a document with all the open Saturdays for the year. These dates will apply even if the government changes the dates of the national holidays.
Summer checkouts
All library materials are due back on May 26. Students will start summer checkout on June 1, provided they are returning in August and have cleared their library accounts.
Parents can check out for the summer on May 29 and June 5. The library hours on those two Saturdays will be from 10 to 4 pm, by appointment as has been the case all year. Same conditions apply to parents: must be returning in August and must have a cleared library account. No Saturday check out will be allowed for students with outstanding materials, and the person checking out must be physically present to do so.
Sora is open 24/7
Our ebook and digital audiobook library is open 24/7 to our CAC parents, students, faculty and staff. Download the Sora app, find our school by typing “Cairo American College” and use your CAC single sign on to log in. Books are checked out for 2 weeks and automatically returned so you never have to worry about overdues.
Tutorial for accessing Sora is here. When you are asked for your Follett account, use the CAC single sign on.
If you have trouble with your CAC single sign when logging into Sora, please contact Ms. Amira Youssef, ayoussef@cacegypt.org.
Three Cheers
Three Cheers to Mr. McCuaig, Mr. Khalifah, Ms. Shalaby, Ms. Genidy, Ms. Allinson, for the organization of the Arts Festival.
Three Cheers to Mr. McCuaig for guiding our musicians in the celebration of Earth Day.
Three Cheers to teachers who have been subbing in the absence of their colleague. The commitment to our students’ safety and each other is appreciated.
Three Cheers to all teachers who are offering activities in season three.
Three Cheers to all season three coaches for your commitment to our athletes.