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News and Views
April 13, 2006 Student-led Conferences
The faculty and administration of the Middle School extends a warm thank you to all the parents and students who participated in our first student-led conferences. This was a great success and we believe the time and energy that went into preparing them was well worth it. We thank parents for taking the time to complete the surveys. The results have been posted on our web site under the Student-led Conference link. As always, you are welcome to contact any teacher to make an appointment should there be any concerns with your child's progress.
AnnouncementsMiddle School WebsiteThe CAC Middle School Website is in the process of being upgraded to include more information that we feel will be beneficial to the MS community. A link for our Program of Studies 2006-07" and a "Suggested Reading List" have been added and in the very near future we will include the following links.
Launching the Master Plan ProcessAs you may know, the CAC Board of Trustees has selected Hillier Architecture to generate our Master Plan. Without missing a beat, we are moving into the next phase, which is to provide you with the opportunity to meet the Hillier consultants, learn about the master planning process, and provide input for the plan. Please join us in the CAC theater on Monday, May 1, at 7 p.m. and contribute to the creation of an improved CAC campus. News and ViewsAll are invited to this month's lecture series featuring Dr. Chahinda Karim on Thursday, April 6th from 1 to 3 pm in Room 70 in the Middle School Building. The lecture will focus on the "History and Architecture of Khan al-Khalili & the Surrounding Area". This will be followed by a guided walk in the Khan al-Khalili on April 27th. The PTO MCC welcomes food from any mother country for the socializing hour. We would like to wish all faculty, staff, parents and students a wonderful and safe spring break. Classes will resume on Wednesday, April 26. We look forward to seeing everyone back on that date.
PTO Multicultural Committee Lecture Series - Distinguished GuestWe are pleased to have as our final speaker this school year, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt's Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities on Tuesday, May 2nd at 6:30 pm in the CAC Theatre. This special event will be open to CAC card holders only through advance ticket purchase. Tickets will be available for purchase in front of the health office this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2:30 - 3:30 pm. The price of each ticket is 10 LE and will be available on a first come, first serve basis. If the tickets are not "sold out" this week, they will be available for sale after spring break on April 26 & 27, same time, same place. Please join us as CAC welcomes Dr. Hawass for a unique opportunity to see and hear the world's foremost Egyptologist! All are invited to this month's lecture series featuring Dr. Chahinda Karim on Thursday, April 6th from 1 to 3 pm in Room 70 in the Middle School Building. The lecture will focus on the "History and Architecture of Khan al-Khalili & the Surrounding Area". This will be followed by a guided walk in the Khan al-Khalili on April 27th. The PTO MCC welcomes food from any mother country for the socializing hour. Explorations Course RegistrationOn May 3 and 4, all current grade 6 and 7 students will be coming home with the 2006/2007 Program of Studies and their Exploration Registration Card. Please ask your children for this document and complete it with them. Please sign the card and have your child return it to the counseling center by May 8. Priority will be given to those students who hand in their cards by the due date. Grade 5 ParentsGrade 5-6 Transition meeting for parents On Wednesday evening,
April 12, we had an information meeting for parents of current
Grade 5 students. During this meeting we presented a power
point presentation and distributed handouts. For those who
were unable to attend, handouts may be picked up from either
Elementary or Middle School office. Middle School Spring SocialOn Thursday, April 27 the student council will be sponsoring a charity benefit social in the High School Eagle's Nest. The cost will be 20LE and all proceeds will be donated to charity. The event is from 7:00-9:30pm. Parents, please be at the front gate by 9:30pm to pick up your children. Recognition Assembly OversightWe apologize to the students and parents for not recognizing our Middle School swimmers at last Sunday's third quarter recognition assembly. We will honor these athletes at our final recognition assembly in June. HS Battle of the Bands - April 28The Battle of the Bands is a high school event and the intended
audience is high school students. This year the Junior Class
is extending an invitation to those 8th graders who wish
to attend this event. Sixth and seventh grade students who
are the younger siblings of HS performers may attend the
event ONLY if they are accompanied by their parents. Modern Standard Arabic after school program for Grade 6 studentsThe after school language program (currently open to Elementary School students) will be extended to include grade 6 students (native speakers). This will enable these students to continue learning Arabic at a level that is not offered/available to Grade 6 students in the regular school schedule. However, once in grade 7 and/or 8, all students will have access to all levels beyond Arabic B. It is understood that parents will pay the cost of $650 for the year 2006-2007 if they choose this option. The registration for this program will take place after May 20, 2006. Ms. Ashnadelle Mortagy, program coordinator, will notify parents of those current Grade 5 students recommended for higher level Arabic and all pertinent information will be sent home. The program will run if we have enough students to open a section. We look forward to working with you on this program which will give our ms students the opportunity to pursue their native language study under our academic auspices even though the program is offered after school. Springtime, Poetry, and a word of warning…Poetry is wonderful any time of year, but seems to fit the spring season especially well. Students at all grade levels in the Middle School will be working on poetry units, with a variety of intensity and emphasis, throughout the season. As parents, we hope you have the opportunity to enjoy your student's work with words. We also hope you are able to gently warn your child of an ongoing scam related to poetry writing now "out there" on the Internet. When your child logs on to an opportunistic "poetry" site, he or she will be encouraged to submit a poem for a "contest". Within a week or two of submitting the poem, your child will be notified that he/she has been chosen as a winner, and for only $xx.00, he/she can have a copy of the poetry anthology for which his/her work has been selected. Of course, you and your child would love to see the published poem, and so $xx.00 is sent off to the source. You may receive the anthology or you may not - usually the copy received has a production cost of 1/100th of the price your child paid for the book. There are many legitimate poetry contests and publishing arenas available to your child. Many of the pieces written in our Middle School are high quality, publishable works. We hope you will encourage and support your child's interest in seeing his/her work published - we certainly will encourage all students to place their work in reputable publications. But there are sites out there preying on children's publishing dreams, and we hope your child can avoid being a victim. Thank you for your help with this problem. Progress ReportsJust a reminder to parents that fourth quarter progress reports will be posted on Edline by 3:00pm on May 4. Satisfaction SurveysMay 7-11 is the week identified for parents, students, faculty, and staff to complete a Zoomerang "satisfaction survey" about CAC. Both Middle and High School students will take the Zoomerang survey in their respective middle or high school labs during that week. Surveys should take maximum 15 minutes to complete. Thank you for taking the time to provide us with feedback. Reminder to ParentsIf you need to withdraw your child from school during school hours for any reason, please try to make direct arrangements with your child and send a note with them in the morning before they leave for school. This is in preference to interrupting classes to inform students that they are to meet their parents for an appointment. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation to this matter. World Language TestingWorld Language Testing If you are the parent of a current 6th or 7th grader and your child is not currently taking a language at CAC but wants to start French, Spanish or Arabic next year, please contact your child's guidance counselor to make arrangements for placement testing. This will ensure that your child is correctly placed and their schedule for next year is completed. All testing needs to take place by the end of May, 2006. CAT MembersIf you are interested in applying for the Middle School CAT team membership for 2006-07 school year please remember to fill out an application, available at the middle school office or email Annelies (ahoogland@cacegypt.org). The deadline to submit applications is May 3. There are two openings for grade six parents and two for grade eight. THREE CHEERS
Three Cheers to ESL students for reading stories to the Elementary School students.
Guidance CornerThe Mediterranean Center for Sustainable Development in Beni Suef will be having summer programs for kids 12-15 years of age. If you're interested, stop by for a copy of the information. 5th Grade students will participate in a two-day orientation to middle school next month. The afternoons of May 3 and May 4 will provide students with time to meet their prospective core teachers, counselors and the administration, as well as to learn about middle school in general. In addition, students will have the opportunity to visit and participate in exploratory classes, giving them a small "taste" of the excitement of middle school explorations. Lastly, students will receive the Program of Studies and the explorations selection card on the 4th. The completed card, with both student and parent signature, will be due back to the student's classroom teacher no later than May 8th.
At A Glance
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