Week 36 April 27th- May 1st

Another Loss in our Community from Covid 19

It's with great sadness that we inform our community that Mr. Azbane, grand father to Rita Bennani (Grade 7), Lamia and Lilia Azbane (Grade 6), and Sofia Azbane (Grade 4) passed away last week from COVID-19. This disease has cut short the lives of many of the senior members of our community and many CAS families have been impacted by this pandemic. We present our sincere condolences to the Azbane and Bennani family.

COVID-19 Prevention and Response

Looking ahead to conducting school in August, we at CAS want to be as proactive as possible. Therefore, as a preventive measure and in preparation for potential COVID-19 outbreaks, CAS is taking some serious measures to counteract this continued threat. It is clear that we as a society will not be able to assume a normal life in future unless and until a vaccine is invented and everyone on this planet is inoculated.

The School is looking at the possibility to make masks mandatory in the fall of 2020 with the beginning of the school year if the virus persists. For this, we will count on every parent to help, assist and abide by this rule if we have to apply it. Guidelines and details will be shared with parents and students.
The School is looking at the possibility to purchasing masks and storing them on site for distribution to our community. A survey will be sent in due course to your attention for feedback and also to let us know if your child/ children perhaps will be bringing their own masks or if you wish the school to provide these against a fee that will be taken from an Emergency fee fund that we are building.
Our parents are our first partners and since we are here to support each other, we would prefer to reach out and do business with members of our CAS community first during this crisis. So, if you have a textile company and are capable of manufacturing Ministry of Health approved masks, or if you are an owner of a business for sanitary materials or any other material that will help us fight the corona virus, please send me an email at: jrandolph@cas.ac.ma.
Any visitor coming into school will only be permitted to enter provided certain criteria are met: wearing of masks, using hand sanitizers and filling out of a form that will be available at the security gate.
As we closely monitor and apply what the Moroccan Authorities have mandated, we will keep informing you of any update that will impact Education at CAS or the possible re-opening of the school.

Re-Enrollment for the next Academic Year 2020-2021

We kindly ask that you affirm your intent to re-enroll your child/ren at CAS for the 2020-2021. This information is crucial as we are working on staffing and placement projections for the year to come. We would appreciate your completing the form, hereafter, and emailing it to Ms. Samira Peters, CAS Admissions Manager at speters@cas.ac.ma, no later than May 15th. The form also includes any siblings whom you intend to enroll at CAS for 2020/21.

Enrollment intentions Letter docx

Clearance for Students

As the end of the school year is approaching and with the uncertainty of schools in Morocco remaining closed, we are planning how we shall clear all of our CAS students under the present circumstances. If the school re-opens, this action will take place on school grounds as in the past. If it does not, we will send out a form electronically with guidelines for students to follow. We will update you as things become clearer.

Counseling Sessions

Special thanks go our School Counselor Ms. Meryem Bousfiha and to our learning Specialist Mr. Chris Guttridge for the sessions they have been holding during this crisis with our students each day at 3:00 pm. Reach out to them if you feel the need at their respective emails: mbousfiha@cas.ac.ma and cguttridge@cas.ac.ma

Seniors and Grade 6 Graduations

With the COVID-19 pandemic still looming, it is unfortunate that we will have to alter our plans for both our Seniors' Graduation as well as Grade 6 this year. If the school remains closed and the authorities continue the mandate on limits of numbers permitted at social gatherings, we shall be obligated to change the format of these important events. We shall keep everyone informed on our plans going forward.

Announcing School-wide Fun Activity

This will be the EVENT of the year. Our CAS students do not have to be rocket stars, but they will for sure be our best allies for the conception of a video that will go viral, as together we face challenges brought upon us by COVID-19. We challenge each of them to keep our CAS spirit alive and prove, once again, that we are who we are; Cobras that despite the distance that separates us, we can share amazing moments online. Watch out for details in the next editions to come.

Appreciation for Teachers

As some of you have expressed their desire to show appreciation towards our dedicated teaching staff, please reach out to our Communication and Marketing Manager, Ms. Fatiha Sajid, at fsajid@cas.ac.ma or my administrative assistant, Ms. Halima Mounbahij, at hsarhane@cas.ac.ma for coordination.

Ramadan food drive for our workers

We sincerely thank everyone in our community who have exhibited compassion and magnanimity towards our Support Staff. Should you want to participate in our annual Ramadan Food Drive, please find below the school bank account number for your donations:

Société Générale

Agence Abdelmoumen, Casablanca

RIB : 022 780 00004300051 72067 74

Academic News

IB News

Seniors - May 2020 examination: With 374 files submitted as of today, we are almost done with uploading the examination components. Let's encourage, all of us, our grade 12 Theater students to finalize their exams for this subject too. As the IB organization has not changed the structure of their exams, it takes a little longer than expected to complete them. However, the IB agreed to offer us an extension so we are confident everything will be well finalized.
Seniors - Sending results to University: As part of the services offered by IB, a maximum of six institutions worldwide can be selected (via the IB DP Coordinator) for free to send your IB results directly by IB, regardless of whether the results are to be sent in electronic or paper format. Of these six, no more than three institutions can be selected from Canada and the USA (of these three, only one for the USA). If you wish this service, please let me know before June 10th, 2020. For any additional request, you must submit it directly to IB via their public website at https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/assessment-and-exams/requesting-transcripts/.
IB1 students: The IB Deadlines calendar for 2020-2021 will be published soon. Please make sure you will have all those deadlines always available and, from the moment you have them, keep them in your thoughts. We used to run part of the exams at the end of IB1 but, under the current circumstances, this will not be possible. As such, your next school year will be one which you will need to focus a lot. I do follow the current feedback from your teachers and I know some of you are not performing at the required level of an IB student. This is a pity and if this persists it will certainly affect your Diploma programme, as well as the registration to sit for the IB Diploma exams. We may be forced to change your status from a Full Diploma Candidate to an IB Course Certificate Candidate if you constantly miss your classes, fail your courses, and/or do not complete the required work. I sincerely hope this won't be the case and soon I'll be expecting to read in the teachers' feedback that you are well focused and performing up to expectations.
Grade 10 students: After some unfortunate delay, I will be ready to meet each one of you online and, when it's possible, your parents too, in order to finalize your enrollment for the IB courses next year. I'll send out later today or no later than tomorrow a sign-up sheet for the meetings. Please be prepared for an open discussion understanding that the enrollment to any course is subject to approval based on your teacher's recommendation and your previous grades in the subject. You may need to reconsider the Universities where you want to apply or the field that you wish to study after CAS based on the courses that you are permitted to take. As such, I recommend to you again to be in constant contact with our college counselor, Ms. Rana Haroun for advice.

School Calendar 2020-2021

In case you did not get the chance to check our school calendar for next year, here is another copy

School Calendar 2020-2021.pdf

Admissions at CAS are still open

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, admissions for 2020/21 have actively continued at CAS since the beginning of this year. It is our pleasure to inform our community that many prospective students have applied to CAS and that some have been accepted after tests or observations have been conducted. If you know of relatives, friends or other interested families who would like to attend our institution, please contact, Ms. Samira Peters, at the Admissions Office at: speters@cas.ac.ma

Social Media Challenges:

Together, let's virtually stay engaged with our community!

Do you follow us on Instagram and Facebook?

Now more than ever, it is the opportunity for you to stay connected with our community as we continuously share information and post activities/events that call for action engaging our entire community!

Please click on the below links to follow us on our official pages on social media:

- Instagram (@cas_official1973)
- Facebook (@cas.ac.ma)

Missed a story? No worries! You can see it again here! See below for details!

We post many daily activities and challenges on our page's story section (not as an actual post announcement). As stories disappear 24 hours after being posted, you can find them again under the section "Story Highlights" as indicated on the picture. You can see our very first E-Spirit Week, #1dessinpour1soignant submissions and so forth.

#1dessinpour1soignant

One week into the confinement, CAS joined the #1dessinpour1soignant online movement showing appreciation to all COVID-19 superheroes! We thank all those took the time to show their appreciation and submitted their artwork!

If you have missed the postings, you can find them under our story Highlights on our Instagram page (please see the last picture of the carousel of images above).

#gettyartchallenge

A shout out to ALL parents, alumni, teachers and students who would like to join the worldwide Getty Art Challenge! What is it? The idea is to recreate works of art with yourself and/or household items. Parents from the lower school, you must've seen your children already participating to this challenge during the last week of school prior to Spring Break?

It is not too late to submit your artwork!

If you would like to join please email your art work to Ms Gi (ggruen@cas.ac.ma)

#theoneandonlyCAS

A few words from our faculty & staff

#oneandonlycas16-9.mp4

Have you seen our video posted on our social media pages?

#cobrasgottalent

CAS Talent Intro FULL.mov

Our community is blessed with multitalented members. We would like to invite all those who sing, play an instrument, or compose music to film themselves and share their video with us! We are sure that music lovers spend a lot of their time confined at home practicing...this is an opportunity for you to share with us your passion!

Please email us your videos (fsajid@cas.ac.ma) OR you can post them and tag @cas_official1973 so we can repost it!

Show us your COBRA spirit and TALENT!!

COVID Reflections

Covid 19 Appreciation Corner

We'd love to hear from you, parents/teachers/students/alumni! Share your thoughts on this new "Covid Lifestyle Era" and we'll post it here:)

How is your e-learning experience treating you? Thoughts from teachers, students and parents are welcome AND encouraged!

Pictures and stories are encouraged!!!

How are your confinement days? Do you have any tips, suggestions, ideas you'd like to share with us? Please do not hesitate to email them to hsarhane@cas.ac.ma or fsajid@cas.ac.ma !

College Corner

Congratulations Seniors!

As a service to students and families, NACAC is providing this online tool as a central resource for information about changes in college admission events, deposit dates, and more as a result of the coronavirus outbreak:

https://www.nacacnet.org/news--publications/newsroom/college-admission-status-coronavirus/

College Virtual Tours

As universities all over the world are closing for Spring Semester, many are offering students the opportunity to visit their campuses virtually. Please look at the spreadsheet below and spend some time "visiting" university campuses in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Who knows? You might find your dream school soon!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sO7pVos0EvK0BvXoMbnyg00K6r7hXbOQE0HNXF4N4eM/edit?usp=sharing

(use the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet to see universities by country)

University Fairs

The organization “Strive Scan” is organizing a virtual university fair on the week of Monday, April 20th, to Friday, May 8th. Universities from all around the world will be presenting their institution. This fair is very informative for grade 11 students who are currently choosing which universities they want to apply to next year. I highly recommend that you go on their website, look at the universities you are interested in, and sign up for the conferences. Parents are encouraged to attend with their students.

Website: https://www.strivescan.com/virtual/?fbclid=IwAR0Lr_Or1pnDiBTPoJ1baAHPT--c392GCkD6C8Ij6OjjzyWrmdRT-p_gChE

Schedule of Sessions: https://airtable.com/shrr1s8nC8FS3Qmg2/tblNrPAWu9zaDmjzJ/viwOHQ7QIIWNdRKe7?blocks=hide

SAT Preparation & Registration

Dear students and parents,

Please read this email carefully for information about the SAT. Given that the May SAT has been canceled, the College Board is offering the following SAT dates in the Fall: August 29, September 26, and October 3.

All juniors must register for the August 29 SAT. By doing so, students will still be able to apply to university early, which increases the chances of admissions (if accompanied by a strong academic record). Remember that the SAT is not only a way to get admitted to universities, it is also a way to receive merit-based scholarships to universities, scholarships that can cover up to 100% of the costs of studies.

Students MUST study in order to prepare for the SAT. In order to support you, I am sharing with you an SAT Study Guide, which should help you, in 16 weeks, to prepare for the SAT. This means that you want to start studying for the SAT during the first week of May.

==> SAT STUDY GUIDE <==

Registration for the 2020-21 SAT administrations will open the week of May 26. To register, please read the SAT REGISTRATION INSTRUCTION.

Email: rharoun@cas.ac.ma

WhatsApp: 0671 20 38 38

Requesting your Final Transcript

Dear seniors,

At this time, all of you are starting to enroll in your universities. Remember that the universities will need 1. Your Final Transcript, and 2. Your IB Results.

Regarding your IB Results, Ms. Zamfirescu has sent you instructions on how to send these results to your universities. As for your final transcript, you must request it on BridgeU.

Steps:

1. Log in to BridgeU, go to "Universities," then "Applications."

2. Choose the university you are enrolling in:

For U.K. Universities: select 1. "Mark Sent" 2. "Conditional/Unconditional" and 3. "Firm Acceptance/Insurance Acceptance"

For all other Universities: select 1. "Mark Sent" 2. "Accepted," and 3. "Attending."

3. By completing the previous step, I will know which university to send your final transcript to.

Please also update the admissions results for the universities you will not be enrolling in.

College Counseling Resources Website

Alumni Corner

Amis des Ecoles needs you again

Key Dates

May 1st

No classes- Labor Day

TBA

Seniors Graduation

What's Up Cobras