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 busy week as our trip leaders and teachers communicated the final bit of information to parents and students about the PRIME trips and the Cairo-based trip next week.
The students have been looking forward to this moment since returning to campus in August. The trip leaders, Mr. Kasal and Mr. Vogel for grade six, Mr. Miller and Mr. ElBably for grade seven, Ms. St. Amand and Mr. White for grade eight, and Ms. Shalaby for the Cairo based have done a great job. Many extra hours go into making these trips the wonderful experience they are for our students. We want to thank the parents for supporting the trips and providing your child with memories that last a lifetime.
On October 31st and November 1st, we will have parent-teacher conferences on campus. The conferences will occur in the afternoon on the 31st from 2:15 – 5:30 p.m. The conferences on November 1st will be from 7:45 a.m. – 4:10 p.m. Please be on the lookout for the sign-up sheet sent out next week.
In grade six Science, the students are studying Thermal energy. They created their incubators and are seeing how hot it will get to melt the items inside.
Kudos! To all the grade seven parents who attended the coffee morning presentation. This is a reminder the topic is one that we all should be having with children at this age. Here is a link to the presentation.
Thank you for your continuous support of middle school.
In Partnership,
Courtney Bailey
The Middle School Principal
Announcements
Swim-A-Thon /Time Trials Fall 2023
On Thursday, October 12th CAC age group swimmers will be meeting for their first event of the fall season, the 25th Annual Swim-A-Thon at the CAC Pool.
Parents are needed as well, to help with this annual FUN event.
Schedule of the Swim-A-Thone and more infrmation are found HERE.
From The PTO
Important dates:
October 19th – DONATION DEADLINE for contributions to the ES Halloween celebration
October 19th – DEADLINE for submission of Agenda items for the next CACPTO meeting
October 26th – Halloween festivities
October 29th – CACPTO’s next General Meeting
November 16 – CACPTO after-school film fundraiser; showing Elemental! Details TBA
November 21 – CACPTO Teacher Appreciation event
We are thrilled to announce that Michelle Serry has joined our CAC PTO Executive board as our Secretary! We are beyond fortunate to have her on our team.
We still need a Korean Liaison to help us effectively connect the PTO and Korean community. You’ll need to attend Executive Board meetings and communicate concerns and feedback from the Korean community to PTO as well as encourage involvement in PTO events. If you’d like to join our team please email cacpto@cacegypt.org
Help! We need more Halloween candy and non-candy donations for the ES trick or treat lane event. We’re only at 20 percent of our goal as of now and just over a week left till the donation deadline October 19th 🎃 You can leave your donations at the front gate monster box or at the ES office monster box 👻
Get ready for the spooktacular CAC PTO Halloween carnival!
Ticket price: 200 LE per child.
Ticket sales dates: October 17th-19th at pickup. October 22nd-25th at drop off and pick up.
Ticket sales location: Front Gate.
This event is open to CAC ID holders. Children under 3 do not need a ticket.
Connect with CACPTO! You can follow us on Instagram page and join our Facebook Group for announcements and community conversations. All of our programs run on volunteer support and events are organized through committees. If you’d like to see how you can contribute to the community through the PTO please join our WhatsApp Group
If you have concerns that you’d like to bring to the CACPTO,
look here to see where to direct your message.
Mark your calendars for the very first PTO ES after school movie this year, with the very exciting ELEMENTAL movie showing. This movie will be supervised by parents and will start at 3:15 on Thursday November 16th in the ES hall. There are no ASAs on this day. The PTO is fortunate to have the Booster Club joining in this event to sell some of their delicious cafe menu items right in the ES hall for your convenience, while the movie is playing. Ticket sales info and all other details to follow. This is a PG movie recommended for 6 and up, if younger children’s parents wish to attend, then please have a look at common sense media review https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/elemental
Have a great weekend! #loveCACPTO
BOOSTER CLUB
Please note that due to WWW and Prime Trips the Booster Club Spirit Store and Spirit Cafe will not be open from October 15-19. Thank you and see you soon!
CAC Middle School All Pro Dad Chapter!
We are excited to announce that the CAC All Pro Dad Chapter’s first event of the school year
is scheduled for 26 October.
All Pro Dad is a monthly gathering where dads get to intentionally engage with their kids!
This of course is not just limited to dads, but all children must be accompanied by an adult.
There will be fun activities and a character-based curriculum that helps parents start meaningful conversations with their kids.
Our first gathering is scheduled for 26 October at 7:00 am and we would love to see you there.
October’s topic is Communication. To communicate is to give and receive information—and it’s important to do that well. When we improve our communication, our relationships get healthier, and navigating tough situations starts to get easier.
If you would like to come, please RSVP here! https://allprodadchapters.com/chapters/13407
For more information or questions, contact our team captain, Craig Tippins, at this email: AllProDadCAC@gmail.com
If you would like to come, please RSVP here: https://allprodadchapters.com/chapters/13407
MS Activities & Sports
Season 1 MS Activities started! Check out the new CCA website which has information on activities and athletics in all CAC Divisions.
Three Cheers
Three Cheers to Mr. Bustamante and Ms. Youssef from the tech department for their support.
Three Cheers to all our teachers who have prepared for the PRIME and Cairo-based trips.
Three Cheers to all grade seven parents who attended the Coffee Morning.
Three Cheers to Coach Rezk, Coach White, Coach Pumla, and Coach Parnell for their efforts with the boys and girls basketball team.