May 22, 2019
As they get ready to go out into the wider world, eighth graders are finishing their CAIS careers strong with an interdisciplinary project about social movements and how to affect change in the world. Guided by Social Studies teacher Alice Woodman-Russell, English teacher Jack Crow, and...
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May 10, 2019
UPDATE: Girls 6th Grade Futsal wins SFAL Championship 8-1 over Friends!
Boys 6th Grade Futsal played their hearts out but fell 9-4 to CDS BLACK in a very competitive final!
Boys JV defeated Kittredge 10-5 in the Semi Finals on Wednesday and will be playing in the finals this...
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May 09, 2019
One of the most important things we do at CAIS is prepare children for what comes next; high school, college, employment, being good citizens… As we congratulate our eighth graders on their many successes during their time at CAIS, the acceptance list below shows that high schools...
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February 23, 2019
Congratulations to our CAIS mathletes who placed second in the 36th Annual Golden Gate Chapter MATHCOUNTS competition this past weekend! CAIS mathletes competed against eleven other San Francisco public and private schools before taking one of the top spots. Congratulations to...
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February 14, 2019
This month, Design Lab Director Jason Mickelson hosted the monthly Bay Area Maker Meetup at our Phanachet Design Lab. Designed to support maker educators, these meetups provide opportunities for educators to share ideas, provide support, network, and — most importantly — do a little...
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December 14, 2018
By Learning Center Coordinator Cassy Lee
The Middle School just hosted its second Human Library event Friday, December 14, an all-school afternoon dedicated to hearing stories from people who have experienced prejudice and discrimination based on some aspect of their identity. As befits our...
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December 07, 2018
By Music and Movement Specialist Susan Kennedy
I spent the week of December 3-7 at The International School (TIS) in Portland, OR, as a guest artist, sharing CAIS’s school tradition of lion dancing for special events. The International School includes Japanese, Spanish, and Mandarin...
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November 09, 2018
As leading professionals in the larger education field, the impact of CAIS administrators reaches well beyond our campus confines. Just within the past few weeks, for example:
Embracing a National Leadership Role in DEI
Lower School Director Mary Antón, Ed.D. was tapped to lead the...
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October 22, 2018
This month the Bay Area Discovery Museum came to CAIS for a hands-on program with the “Try It Truck,” the BADM’s new engineering lab-on-wheels.
Third, fourth, and fifth graders participated in 75-minute sessions of active, exploratory learning during the Try It Truck engineering program. Lower...
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September 12, 2018
About this time two years ago, a task force of 21 dedicated CAIS teachers, administrators, parents and trustees came together at our 888 Campus on a Saturday morning. The purpose of this gathering was to begin work on creating a philosophy statement that would guide our school’s work on issues of...
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