What's Up Cobras?

Week 5, September 23rd- September 27th

Thank You Notes

Thanks go out to all the Alumni who came yesterday morning to pay tribute to Dima Kassis (class of '00), whom we suddenly lost. It was an emotional moment, filled with shared memories, tears, laughers, and anecdotes.

We also thank all of the Lower School children who passed by in silence on their way to classes in the Upper School building during the gathering of Alumni.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Your cooperation is an important part of the efforts to completely control the spread of head lice in our school.

Any student who has had a case of head lice (eggs included) will be sent home. Students must first check into the Nurse’s Office before being re-admitted back to class

Head Lice

At school, we will be conducting screenings over the next few days of all children in the Lower School.

Every year schools face the problem of head lice. This week we have discovered some students with head lice. So we would like to share the following information with you.

Head lice are not considered a health problem because it is not a transmitter of communicable disease. However, head lice multiply quickly and can spread from person to person, easily. It is not associated with hygiene; anyone can get lice. Therefore, to prevent its spread, we request that you be alert for head lice. Watch for persistent itching and scratching of the scalp especially nape of the neck and around the ears and examine your child’s head.

How to check for head lice:

Check: Check your child’s hair regularly-once a week is a good guide.
Treat: If you find live lice or unhatched eggs on hair shafts, treat your child immediately to minimize the risk of infestation and passing them to other family members. information regarding treatment can be obtained from your pharmacist or family doctor.
Inform: Please let the school know when your child has lice or nits.

Other means of prevention include:

Encouraging children to keep their hats and scarves inside coat pockets & sleeves.

Discouraging children from sharing combs, brushes, hats, scarves or hair accessories.
Tying long hair in ponytails or braids.
Vacuum clean carpets and sofa cushions really well, bed sheets, caps, pillows and stuffed animals need to be washed at 65 degrees F or 18 degrees C.

Construction Site at the back of the school

To accommodate all of our parents and to ease the impact of circulation at the beginning and the end of the school day, we opened the back gate to utilize the land behind the school as a parking lot and drop off/pick up place for many years now. Unfortunately, as of this week, part of this area has become a huge construction site and the picture hereafter speaks for itself. While, we recognize our responsibility to protect and safeguard the safety of our students, there are certain actions that remain beyond our control, such as the traffic of big trucks and construction equipment. From our side, we will monitor the traffic and we count on each one of you to follow the rules, and instruct your drivers and nannies to do the same. Do let us know if you have any issues with parking or dropping off/picking up of your child/ren.

ZERO TOLERANCE for Bullying

We have explained in length bullying and the ZERO TOLERANCE position the school is assuming this academic year 2019-2020.

We take the issue of Bullying and intimidation very seriously and we will keep tirelessly monitoring and observing student interactions to make sure that no bullying of any kind is perpetrated upon our students.

The consequences are serious and can involve expulsion from the school.

ACADEMIC NEWS

IB Trip (London Theatre Trip)

This week our IB Theatre students are off to London to participate in a series of amazing theatre workshops, plays and more! Chaperoned by their IB Theatre teachers, Ms. Sitoianu and Mr. Marino, they will bring back to CAS valuable knowledge, expertise and great memories from this trip! Indeed, trips like this enhance students’ International, and multi-cultural skills, in addition to their academic values.

Successful University Fair

The University Fair yesterday was a success. Positive feedbacks from both admissions representatives and students were shared. The table rotation enabled all the students to talk to all the universities. Thank you to all involved in the organization.

Athletic News

Cobras off to a good start!

As it is all about the Cobra Spirit, congratulations to our Grade 6 through 8 Boys Soccer Team for their victory against the American Academy of Casablanca. Our young Soccer players scored 4-0.

Our cobra girls and boys played against American Academy of Casablanca (AAC)

Swim Team Updates

Our Cobra swimmers have started their practice in preparation of the Swim Meet that will take place in Tunisia November 8, 2019. You are welcome to watch them as they practice determinedly at Lydec Sports Center Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Volleyball Updates

Finally, come and cheer for our varsity volleyball friendly game next Friday at George Washington Academy from 4.30 pm to 6 pm. Support is part of the Win.

Extra-curricular Activities

Fun, fun and more FUN!

The DaVinci arts and crafts workshop is led by our very own Sara El Alj, Kinder teacher. This week they worked on finger painting their names and recognizing each other's name. All students that have signed up are really enjoying it! The pictures speak for themselves!

UPCOMING EVENTS

All Nursery-5th Gr students MUST be accompanied by a Parent for the entire time

Annual Back to School BBQ is TOMORROW!

Please join us for the annual barbecue that the PTC is organizing tomorrow, Saturday, September 28th.

Doors will open at 11:00 am, and the show can begin!! The weather promises to be sunny, the music thrilling and the games exciting for children and adults.

The cost is 50dhs for CAS community members and 80dhs for non-CAS community members.

Please come to support your school and our PTC

Location: CAS Campus

Time: 11:00-17:00

Reminder October Break Coming Up!

Oct 7th to Oct 11th

No School

Community News

Picture of the Week

CAS celebrating love

Car Pool Bouskoura

Some parents living in the Bouskoura area have been carpooling back and forth to the school. There are still 5 seats in the van they are using.

For details and payments, please contact Ms. Narjiss Drissi at drissinarjiss@gmail.com

Art Spotlight

LS ART- Paper Sculpture with Patterns

By Rania Haiti, PFB

Good To Know

Vegetarian World Day coming up Soon!

Tuesday, October 1st is the World Vegetarian Day.

Please follow the link to learn more about the World Vegetarian Day:

world vegetarian day