As the school year comes to a close, I want to thank each of you for your support, flexibility, and understanding during the eleven weeks of Distance Learning.  Friday, June 5 will be the last instructional day of the 2019-20 school year.  

End of Year checkout is tentatively scheduled June 12-19. Please find the Lower School’s End of Year Checkout Plan included in the attached parent letter. It is imperative community members follow the plan to ensure everyone’s health and safety as well as efficient operation in closing the school year.

A video example of the checkout procedure will be sent to Lower School parents next week. 

Elizabeth Phillips

Lower School Principal

Online Art Gallery Updates

Please continue to visit the CAS Online Art Gallery; Art in the time of Corona. Our CAS students have been working hard all trimester. Here is the link to access it CAS Online Art Gallery 

We hope you enjoy viewing what is just a sampling of what CAS artists (Lower and Upper Schools) have been creating during the confinement. Please check back often as we will be adding exhibits as we complete projects. 

Ms. Giselle Gruen

LS Art teacher/Department Head 

Exams for the Upper School students have started and I urge everyone to be prompt for theirs as this is the last line to cross.  Exams will finish June 5th, and I wish all our Upper School Students a successful end of year.  

Our routines have drastically changed since mid-March and so will our End of Year Procedures that we have to perform, respecting our protocol of social distancing and avoiding gatherings. Staggered schedules are put in place for this purpose, as well as the following prevention measures:

- Hand-sanitizers will be available for use at the front gate 

- Masks are mandatory and everyone is expected to wear one

- Social distancing will be closely monitored. 

If students feel physically vulnerable during these times, they need to stay home and alternative arrangements will be made for their clearance provided they communicate with the school. 

• End of Year checkout will take place at the Front Gate.

• No Lower School students or community member will be permitted to enter or exit from the Front Gate

• No Upper School business will be conducted from the back Gate

• Lockers will be cleared out in September. 

Thank you for your collaboration and understanding. 

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Thank you to Mr. Eric Rose, our IB English Teacher for initiating Online Summer Reading. I encourage Upper Schoolers to take part and benefit from this opportunity offered to them. Please see details published in this edition by Mr. Rose. 

Si Mohamed Sarhane

Upper School Principal 

Dear All,

We are pleased to inform you that this summer we are launching a summer reading program for the Upper School. There is a substantial body of research that shows students who read steadily over the summer improve their reading skills and are less likely to experience the “summer slide” where they forget or lose key skills that they were taught over the course of the school year. 

After a review of this research, we have designed a summer reading program based on proven effective practices. To this end, Mr. Rose will be meeting with each student to help them select three books to read over the summer, one for each month. What is key is that students pick books at their level and that they will enjoy reading. Though reading can be a solitary activity, we are encouraging peers to form reading circles and share their thoughts and insights as they move through their books. Students will be encouraged to read all three books, but they may skip one if their summer plans interfere with consistent reading. 

Students will be expected to participate in our private discussion on Goodreads once a week, where they will post updates on their books and be able to see what their peers are reading. Students will also be expected to complete a short creative project for each book to share with the class. When we return to school in the fall, students will also use one of their books as the basis for an in-class essay. 

We are encouraging our students to read for 20 minutes every day in a quiet place with no distractions from electronic devices. This is meant to help them develop healthy reading and studying habits. Those habits formed now when they have fewer pressures can help them when we come back together again at the end of the summer. 

As with all we do, your support is vital. You can help by regularly checking in with your child about how his or her reading is progressing. Talk to them about what they are reading and encourage them to read every day. You can also encourage them to stay on top of the blog assignments and to reach out to us if they are struggling with any of the books they have chosen. 

If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at my school email: emrose@cas.ac.ma. 

It has been a great pleasure working with your child this past year, and I look forward to our continued collaboration as we work to help them achieve their goals and dreams. 

Warm regards, 

Eric Rose 

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Chers parents,

Nous sommes heureux de vous informer que cet été, nous offrons un programme de lecture aux élèves de Upper School. De nombreuses recherches montrent que les élèves qui lisent régulièrement pendant l'été améliorent leur niveau de lecture et perdent moins leurs aptitudes d'apprentissage et compétences essentielles qui leur ont été enseignées tout au long de l'année scolaire.

En se basant sur ces recherches, nous avons conçu un programme de lecture qui a prouvé son efficacité. Pour ce faire, 

M. Rose rencontrera chaque élève pour l'aider à choisir trois livres à lire au cours de l'été, un pour chaque mois. L'essentiel est que les élèves choisissent des livres à leur niveau et qu'ils en apprécient la lecture. Bien que la lecture puisse être une activité solitaire, nous encourageons nos élèves à former des groupes de lecture et à partager leurs pensées et leurs idées au fur et à mesure. Les élèves seront encouragés à lire les trois livres, mais ils peuvent en sauter un si leur programme d'été ne leur permet pas de lire d'une manière régulière.

Les étudiants devront participer à notre discussion privée sur ‘’Goodreads’’ une fois par semaine, où ils publieront des nouvelles sur leurs livres et pourront voir ce que leurs camarades lisent. Les étudiants devront également faire un court projet créatif pour chaque livre et devront le partager avec la classe. En début d'année, les élèves utiliseront également un de leurs livres comme élément principal pour une composition écrite en classe.

Nous encourageons nos élèves à lire 20 minutes chaque jour dans un endroit calme, loin des appareils électroniques. Ceci a pour but de les aider à développer des habitudes de lecture et d'étude saines. Ces habitudes qu'ils acquièrent quand il y a moins de pression peuvent les aider lorsque nous nous retrouverons à nouveau à la fin de l'été.

Comme pour tout ce que nous faisons, votre soutien est vital. Vous pouvez aider en vérifiant régulièrement l'évolution de la lecture de votre enfant. Parlez-lui de ce qu'il lit et encouragez-le à lire tous les jours. Vous pouvez également l’encourager à faire tout le travail posté sur le blog et à nous contacter s'il rencontre des difficultés avec l'un des livres choisis.

Si vous avez d'autres questions ou préoccupations, n'hésitez pas à me contacter à l'adresse e-mail de l’ école: emrose@cas.ac.ma.

Ce fut un grand plaisir de travailler avec vos enfants au cours de la dernière année, et je me réjouis de notre collaboration continuelle qui nous permet de les aider à atteindre leurs objectifs et leurs rêves.

Salutations distinguées,

Eric Rose

• 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/.

• Seniors - May 2020 examination:  On July 6th at 1:00 PM seniors will be able to access their results via this website: https://candidates.ibo.org/. The required PIN and personal code will be provided by the IB Coordinator, via individual email, by next Wednesday.

• The IB Video created by the IB organization for all graduates of 2020 can be seen here.

• For any questions related to IB don't hesitate to contact me at azamfirescu@cas.ac.ma

We would like to wish a Happy Mother's day to all of the wonderful mothers out there! These past few months have been particularly rough on all edges being confined, the stress of juggling between work, homeschooling and household duties...so from us to YOU we would like to wish you a wonderful day with your loved ones!

You are invited to participate in the last CAS Art Instagram Challenge of this school year! Please join us in “ColorInConfinement” - CAS students, families and staff create color themed portraits. Choose ONE color that you like and dress up in that color and then look around your home for all the things that are in that color as well. Put them together and create a fun, wacky and crazy image. Then take pictures or selfies in a variety of different poses.This can be done alone, with family, pets or friends if you are beginning to socialize!  Email your photos to fsajid@cas.ac.ma no later than June 10th.

If you have not yet started to follow our Senior Wall of Graduates pages on instagram it's not too late! We will be posting our seniors' post graduate plans as they share them with us. We will also be featuring senior profiles on the story section of our instagram page...these disappear automatically after 24 hours so don't hesitate to continuously check our page to learn more on our seniors!

To follow the page search for @cobragraduates on Instagram!

 After graduating from CAS in 2006, Bouchra Boudoua joined Central Saint Martins college of Art and Design. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in spatial design.

Attracted to her Berber heritage and roots, Bouchra has taken the jump in 2016 to launch her line of ceramics. Since, she has travelled the world and has been exposing and exporting her talent in various cities: New York, Abu Dhabi and Paris to name a few. In 2019, Bouchra was chosen amongst several artisans and designers to design the tableware for the Dior "common Dior" ground dinner at the Palais Bahia during the famous 2020 Dior Cruise Spring Marakech Fashion Show.

Bouchra works from her creative studio in Marrakech where she collaborates with local potters to create both functional and decorative ceramics. In an aim to preserve certain age-old techniques of Moroccan craftsmanship she reinterprets traditional pottery to create pieces that simultaneously go back in time and live boldly in our modern day homes.

Check out her new website: https://www.bouchraboudoua.com/ you can also follow her on instagram @bouchraboudoua

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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.

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