Middle School Principal’s Letter
Dear Parents,
Thank you for taking the time to read this week’s version of the News and Views. I want to take this time to wish everyone a restful and safe Spring Break. This break is timely; we will all benefit from it and return rested and recharged.
We had Spirit Week, organized by STUCO, Ms. Torky, Ms. Spencer, and Ms. Fides. This event brings students and teachers together, engaging enthusiastically in a fun and challenging way.
The students were inspired and motivated to participate in the activities. The number of students participating was at an all-time high. The food drive for the GSS staff was a success. Although the winner of the food drive challenge was grade six, the real winners were the general services staff members receiving the gifts and ALL the students participating in a community-driven action. We hope the more significant impact (reward) is a lifelong learning to give back to your community.
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Track and Field afternoon. The event allowed students to display our core values of courage and perseverance. Kudos to Ms. Deakin for organizing the event, and a huge thank you to all the teachers, coaches, and parent volunteers.
I would like to extend a thank you to the parents who attended the coffee morning. Our partnership is crucial, and this was a great check-in point for what students will encounter during the last two and a half months. Remind them they are not their thoughts. They are capable of doing more than they can imagine.
Thank you for your continuous support of the middle school.
In Partnership,
Courtney Bailey
The Middle School Principal
Announcements
Calling All CAC Middle School Students and Parents
Don’t be shy! Join us for the next CAC All Pro Dad event! Siblings are welcome to attend!
March’s topic is Perseverance. Everyone will face challenges at some point—even our kids. Having perseverance means never giving up. It’s not being stopped by a bad outcome or difficult task, but always moving forward. Teaching our children to be perseverant, even at a young age, will help them grow into successful adults.
The next gathering is scheduled for 16 March at 7:00 am in Middle School
Room 115 and we hope to see you there.
Breakfast, donuts and juice will be provided.
Please RSVP here: https://allprodadchapters.com/chapters/13407
so we know how many people to expect.
Chopin Piano Competition
We kindly inform you that the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Cairo and the European Foundation for Education and Culture Zielona Góra are organizing the next edition of “Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Egypt 2023”, addressed to the young pianists living in Egypt.
The Competition is held in Cairo from March 17th to 20th 2023.
More information and registration are available on the web page:
https://www.chopin-competition-in-cairo.org/.
Parenting Together With Positive Discipline (Tweens & Teens) – Starts March 28
Join Carey Harris for a parenting course designed for all CAC parents!
The 8-week long course meets weekly to…address real issues for parents of today’s tweens & teens
learn over 50 long-term, take-away tools for parenting during the adolescent years
create a support network for parents of the Cairo American College community
Space is limited! Save your spot – register here!
To learn more about the course visit: https://parentingtogether.edublogs.org/
NESA Parents as Partners Series
ON-DEMAND LIBRARIES OF WEBINAR RECORDINGS
2020-2021 / 2021-2022 / 2022-2023
You may access the libraries and their over 35 webinar recordings at this link.
Parents as Partners: Bringing Out the Best
WITH JOY MARCHESE
March 21, April 4, 2023
Four Sessions, Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm (Athens GMT+2/+3)
VIEW INFOSHEET | VISIT THE INFOHUB
REGISTER NOW
Note: There is no cost to register. Register at any time before the session you wish to attend. You will receive a link to join in an email shortly after completing the form. You may use the same link to join all three sessions, or register again to receive a new link.
Bring Out the Best in Yourself, Your Child and Your Home
Continue to develop community practices within the home to increase your confidence as a parent and develop a plan for those (inevitable) challenging times. Learn practical tools and habits that anyone – a caregiver or not – can apply to their lives.
This 4-part series will explore effective communication, child development, wellbeing, behavioral psychology, and positive parenting as a way to create an environment where children (and adults) are encouraged and engaged, and feel a sense of connection, value and belonging.
About Joy Marchese
Joy Marchese is founder and director of Positive Discipline UK and co-author of Positive Discipline for Today’s Busy (& Overwhelmed) Parent. She runs a successful global educational consultancy and coaching practice, and develops SEL courses and products to teach social-emotional skills in homes, schools, and multiple organizations throughout the world.
From the CAC PTO
From the MS/HS Library
The MS/HS Library will be closed over Spring break.
We will open again on March 12th.
Coming Soon – Visiting Author Kate Messner
Best selling author will be visiting CAC on April 3 – April 6th. She will offer presentations to parents and students. Stay tuned for more details.
MS Activities & Sports
Season 3 Sports and Activities are here!
Sign ups are now open for Season 3 MS Activities and Sports – the form link has been directly emailed to all MS parents
Click here for a Description / Date / Times of all Activities and Sports
There is an array of activities and MS and HS sports on offer to our students this season.
Here are some important dates:
Student sign ups – March 2nd – March 16th
MS Activities Fair – March 14th – during lunch – student can ask the coaches and activity leaders any questions they might have.
Season 3 Activities run – March 19th – June 1st, all these activities run from 3:15 to 4:15pm.
Season 3 MS Volleyball is 6 weeks and runs April 10th to June 1st
Season 3 HS Sports run March 23rd to May 30th
If you have any questions please email Meghan Ennis (mennis@cacegypt.org)
or David Goetz (dgoetz@cacegypt.org).
Three Cheers
Three Cheers to Ms. St-Amand, Ms. Parnell, Ms. Istanbouli, Ms. Keys, Mr. Storey, Mr. Kasal, Mr. Vogel, Mr. Miller, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Geotz for volunteering with the Track and Field event.
Three Cheers to all teachers for supporting Spirit Week with enthusiasm.
Three Cheers to all parents in attendance at the Principal Coffee Morning.
Three Cheers to Mr. El Duweini for supporting the grade five parents’ transition presentation.