Middle School Principal’s Letter
Dear Parents,
Thank you for reading this week’s News and Views. It was a week of celebration.
As I shared last week, we had Jordan Hattar on campus to share his experience with students about his work with refugees. On Sunday, one of the students approached me and said, ” Jordan has a lot of courage and compassion. ” My response was yes, he does it because he cares. That is why we have those two words in our core values; everyone should live with them.
The 2023/2024 Battle of the Books has a winner! This week the final four teams competed for the win! They made it through 4 rounds and 144 very difficult questions to make it to the finals. These teams were Bob 2.0, The Drama Llamas, Triple Threats, and our winners The Reading Racers (Valerie Davis, Kassidy Corley, Avery Hopson, and Sanyu Ssebunnya).
Over 50 students competed in this year’s Battle of the Books in 14 different teams. We love seeing our students excited about reading!
The library has also issued the next reading challenge for our students – the Jennifer L Holm Reading Challenge! Students are encouraged to read as many of this author’s books as they can before her visit in April.
We also recognized the 5Es recipient during the assembly on Tuesday after the BoB finals.
The ATL recipients were also recognized for their (Consistency) in all their classes.
Congratulations to the students who participated in last week’s Wrestling tournament. We are proud of you for participating in a sport that will help you mentally, physically, and emotionally.
We are hosting the MESAC Wrestling competition this week, and we hope to see you there cheering on the students.
The Talent Show tickets went on sale this week. This year’s event is on Thursday, February 8th. Be sure to get your tickets before it is too late. Tickets purchased in advance are 150LE and 200LE at the door.
On Monday, the future seventh-graders were introduced to how to select their electives for next year (2024-25). Please sit down with your child and assist them in making the correct choices because they have a passion or to challenge themselves with something new. While we have plenty of electives to choose from, they may not get one of their choices this year; however, they will in the future.
This is a reminder that Skyward will be open an extra two days next week to give students who have yet to make their selection a chance to do so.
Thank you for your continuous support of the middle school.
In Partnership,
Courtney Bailey
The Middle School Principal
Announcements
MIDDLE SCHOOL TALENT SHOW
Mark your calendar for the Middle School Talent Show on Thursday, February 8, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.!
Get ready to be entertained by the incredible talents of our students.
Ticket sales kick off on Sunday, January 28 just in front of the MS Counseling Office.
Grab your tickets early for just 150 EGP or purchase them at the door for 200 EGP. It’s a night you won’t want to miss.!
Booster Club News
From The HoS Office
Core Values Award – Every Year the Board of Trustees honors individuals who have exhibited CAC’s Core Values contributing exceptional and varied voluntary service to the CAC Community in which CAC students are engaged and/or of benefit to the broader CAC community. All members of the community not currently on the Board of Trustees are eligible to be considered for this award. If you know of someone who has made a difference in the lives of our CAC community while exhibiting the CAC core values, please nominate this person for the Core Values Award. The nomination form is available here. Nominations are due no later than 3:00 pm on February 11, 2024.
Board Community Representative Elections – The CAC Board would like to encourage parents to actively participate in the upcoming Board elections. The CAC community elects two board members biannually. CAC parents and guardians who are not employed by CAC and who are not relatives of CAC employees are eligible to apply for a two-year term for the academic years 2024 – 2026. Interested community members are encouraged to get in touch with the Board Election committee at elections@cacegypt.org or request the election information packet to get familiar with the roles, responsibilities and duties of trusteeship.
Board Election Committee
Dustin Harrison, Karim Alaa and David Chi
From The PTO
The Hope Run is back!
Join us on February 23rd in Wadi Degla to run/walk/jog/sprint for a good cause.
Support the Health and Hope Oasis for children with cancer and their families.
Choose between 2K, 5K and 10K distances!
Sign up below:
https://forms.gle/vNzcXtmd2RqaSPWn8
From MS/HS Library
Parent Library Orientation – February 11th – 3pm!
If you would like to learn more about the CAC Libraries and what they have to offer for you and your children, please join us at 3:009m on February 11th in the MHS Library.
Sign up to attend using this link: https://forms.gle/FBA8U7FN3DmEeoDSA
The Used Book Sale is back!
February 14th – 16th.
Starting February 14th, the MHS Library will be hosting a Used Book Sale. All books are 20le. If you have any books that are in good condition that you want to donate to the sale, we are happy to take them! The Used Book Sale will also be open during CAC’s International Festival!
Three Cheers
Three Cheers to Ms. Ennis for organizing another successful and fun Battle of the Books.
Three Cheers to the winning team in the Battle of the Books.
Three Cheers to the wrestlers participating in the MESAC competition this weekend.
Three Cheers to advisory teachers who had to cover for their buddies this week due to illness.
Three Cheers to all the students who tried out for the talent show.
Three Cheers to Ms. Spencer and Mr. El Duweini for guiding students through the course selection process.