School Spotlight — Sean Mosconi

High School Placement Counselor Sean Mosconi In addition to serving as Sixth Grade English and Social Studies Teacher, for the past three years Sean Mosconi has deftly guided CAIS middle...

CAIS Requiring Vaccination for ALL Ages 5+

As you no doubt know, the FDA recently gave emergency use authorization (EUA) to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year old children.  Shortly after, the CDC recommended the...

Firedragon Alumni Inspiration

Firedragon Athletics Alumni legends and current Lick Tigers Spencer G. ’19 and Mackenzie G. ’20 dropped in on the CAIS cross country practice to share their perspective on Middle School...

School Spotlight — Mami Takahara

K-4th Grade Counselor Mami Takahara ECD and Lower School families have gotten to know our new K-4th Grade Counselor through her “Ms. Takahara’s Corner” in the division newsletters. In these...

School Spotlight — Julie Farrell

Global Learning Coordinator Julie Farrell The old phrase, “Making lemonade out of lemons” seems tailor-made for Global Programs Coordinator Julie Farrell. Instead of simply making just one sweet drink, though,...

Shyu Laoshi Shares Expertise at CELIN Webinar

First Grade Chinese Teacher Jing-Tyng (Teresa) Shyu was invited to speak at webinar hosted by Chinese Early Language and Immersion Network (CELIN) held in October. Shyu Laoshi co-presented with a teacher from Washington YuYing...

School Spotlight — Cindy Chiang

Chinese Program Director Cindy Chiang This week Chinese Program Director Cindy Chiang was being interviewed by students in third grade Chinese classes, so we grabbed the chance to ask her...

Mid-Autumn Festival — A Festival in Our Heart

In September we celebrate one of the most important festivals in Asian countries, 中秋节 (zhōng qiū jié), the Mid-Autumn Festival. When life threw us a curveball last year, our whole school...