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 solid week of teaching and learning. Our athletes are putting the final touches on preparing for the CISSA football tournament this weekend. The swimmers are participating in a time trial on the weekend.
The middle school production of “Into the Woods” opened on Wednesday and will run through to Friday with a matinee. The thespians have been preparing for months and would love to see you there supporting and appreciating their efforts. This musical performance promises to be exhilarating.
Your child’s advisory teacher has invited you to the Student-Led Conferences on Tuesday, May 21st. This event is an opportunity for students to share with you how they have progressed as learners throughout the school year. At the end, your child will ask you to fill out a brief survey with three questions to provide them with some feedback. We are expecting 100% attendance. If you cannot attend, please notify your child’s advisory teacher. We ask that you do it at home and send photos to the advisory teacher.
I want to take a moment to congratulate Mr. Dzamashvili and the following students, Reem Alabed, Maira Okubo, and Heeyoon Ahn, who participated in the European Middle School Honor Orchestra in Berlin. The students represented CAC with pride and had a wonderful time.
This week, the sixth-graders presented their Statistics Project. Our students have dedicated themselves to collecting data, analyzing it, and crafting presentations on topics that deeply resonate with them. Watching them delve into these issues and apply their mathematical skills to real-world scenarios has been inspiring.
In French class, the students worked in pairs, practicing speaking, writing, listening, and memorizing the language to write a story. This provided students an opportunity to engage with the language.
Mindfulness is a simple, yet powerful way to reset your brain. So, what is mindfulness exactly? Think about a time you’ve been working on a computer. Have you ever reached a point where the computer seemed to be lagging, moving slowly, or simply not working properly? You might find that rebooting the computer makes a huge difference in resolving these issues. Why is that? When you reboot a computer, you’re clearing out the memory stores, ending recently run processes, and starting fresh. Mindfulness can do the same thing for your brain. Read more.
Thank you for your continuous support of the middle school.
In Partnership,
Courtney Bailey
The Middle School Principal
Announcements
Into the Woods MS Musical
Into the Woods performed by our MS performers is still playing in our CAC Theater on May 16, and 17!
This one act musical is filled with twists and turns- a must see!
Buy your tickets at the door.
The show begins at 6pm on Thursday; and at 1pm on Friday.
Anything can happen in the woods…
Moving on from CAC at the end of the year?
To help us plan for next year, if you haven’t already done so, please use the link below to let us know if you are withdrawing from CAC at the end of this year.
https://cacegypt.org/index.php/withdrawal-request
A few days before your departure, a withdrawal form that includes several signatures must also be completed by middle and high school students in order to clear any outstanding obligations, and turned in to the Admission/Registrar‘s Office to release final records.
Final end of year Middle and High School records will not be ready until on or after June 23rd (following the Eid holiday).
Note From the Motor Pool Department
Kindly be informed that the 4:20pm and the 5:30pm buses will not be operating effective Sunday, May 19 due to the end of the after-school activities session.
The only buses that will be operating are the 3:20pm buses.
Note From the Health Office
Dear Parents,
If your student is entering grade 9 next school year, we ask that she/he is seen and examined by a doctor and that a physical form be 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.
Many thanks,
Nurse Claire.
https://www.cacegypt.org/PDF/Student_Physician_form.pdf
Water Log V.43 / no.5 – Spring invitational 2024
Dear Swimmers and Parents,
We are pleased to announce our second event in this season
CAC Spring Age Group Invitational 2024
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, May 17th AND 18th!
For sign-ups and more information, please check this link.
The CAC Booster Club NEEDS YOU!!!
The Booster Club is a volunteer organization on campus that runs on parent power. We raise money through the Spirit Store and Spirit Cafe to support the sports and activities that happen at CAC at all age levels. If you would like to become more involved in fundraising and socializing on campus, then we have the perfect opportunities! We are in need of people to take some positions that will become vacant during the next school year. The positions that are available are:
President: organize meetings, recruit volunteers and help with events
Vice President: support the president and help with events
Store Rep: help manage the Spirit Store and its volunteers
Treasurer (in training): gradually take over managing the Booster Club’s finances
Please reach out to us at boosterclub@cac.org for any more information about these positions or to ask any questions that you might have.
Executive elections will take place at the final Booster Club meeting on May 20th in the Spirit Store at 10am.
The Booster Club and CAC will thank you for your volunteerism!
Spring Music Festival
MS/HS Library
Who made it to the Semi Finals – Vote for the 2024 Tournament of Books!
Eight books have made it to the Semi Finals of the 2024 Tournament of Books! Click here to see the results.
Check out the bulletin board on the ground floor to see who wins next! Vote here!
Three Cheers
Three Cheers to the following teachers for chaperoning last Thursday’s social, Mr. White, Mr. Storey, Ms. Playfair, Ms. Colado, Mr. Broad, Ms. Torky and Ms. Fides.
Three Cheers to Ms. Deakin and all the other coaches for a successful track meet last Saturday.
Three Cheers to all our girls and boys team participating in the CISSA soccer tournaments this weekend.
Three Cheers to our coaches for all their hard work and commitment to the athletes: Coach Perez, Coach Villafuerte, Coach Athar. and Coach Seif.