The latest from CAIS

Have you been wondering what happened to your child’s red jacket she wore to school one day or where that t-shirt your son said he left on the playground went? Chances are it’s in the SF Green Clean lost and found. FAIS and CAIS share a lost and found where unclaimed items are brought to SF Green Clean, a local eco-friendly dry cleaning service, and the clothes are cleaned and posted online. Families are asked to check online here with SF Green Clean regularly for any items that may have been left behind at school.

Lost items are added daily, so please check the site every few days to see if missing jacket, shoes, water bottle, etc. appears. Thank you for your cooperation!

Mark your calendars next week for the last book fair of the school year! Starting Monday, May 21, the lower level library will be hosting the a Scholastic Book Fair until Friday, May 25. Students and their families from all grades are welcomed to attend during its hours from 8 AM to 6 PM all week. Chinese and English texts will both be on sale. Profits from the book fair help support our school library.

To preview some of the titles on sale, please click on the link here.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, continues to threaten students in California. To help stop its spread, all incoming seventh graders are required by California state law to have proof of a whooping cough booster (‘Tdap’) shot, or file an exemption, in order to attend classes next school year. Students will not be allowed to attend classes without a shot record.
Please check with your child’s doctor to find out if your child has already been vaccinated with Tdap, obtain any required immunizations and/or records. Once completed, deliver or mail them to CAIS, attention school Registrar, Lingling Jiang, by July 6, 2012.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please email the Registrar, Lingling Jiang.

Upgrading to the new third-generation iPad? Not sure what to do with your old iPad 1? Why not donate it to the school? The CAIS IT Department would like to collect iPads for teacher use, and would greatly appreciate donations of old iPads. Currently CAIS owns one shared classroom set of iPads for Lower School students and one for Middle School students, but only two teacher loaner iPads for faculty to use. In order to increase the level of technology integration to the curriculum, teachers need to have an opportunity to practice using iPads, try out new apps, and brainstorm ways they could use iPads in their classes.

If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation of a used iPad, please stop by the IT Office in the basement (room 055) to drop off your iPad or have your child give the iPad directly to his or her classroom teacher. Attached here is a donation receipt form.

Many thanks in advance for your generosity!