The latest from CAIS

The outpouring of support and overwhelming generosity from our community led ShowCAIS 2013: Rare Indigo to unprecedented levels. Attendance at the event was an all time high of nearly 420 guests, participation in the raffle and online auctions was enthusiastic and the artwork and exciting donations made a stellar live auction. Gross proceeds for the event came to over $680,000, and this could not have happened had it not been for the leadership of our co-chairs Helina Au, Juliet Bergh and Ida Kwan.

A significant portion of the funds raised by ShowCAIS are attributed to the inauguration of the Shirley Lee Memorial Fund for Teaching Excellence. Shirley was the beloved founding head of school and a teacher, and this memorial fund is dedicated to her memory for recruiting, retaining and developing CAIS faculty. Close to $220,000 was raised for this fund with contributions from current families, former trustees, alumni parents and CAIS’s extended family. The board is organizing a task force to look into the allocation of the fund that will be in line with the vision and long term strategy of the school.

The Advancement department will send out invoices for winners of silent and live auctions. If you have auction items to pick up, please contact the advancement office at ShowCAIS@cais.org.

Before the seventh grade class departs for their three-week CAIS-SYA adventure in Beijing, they will perform at CAIS. The seventh grade brush painting and renaissance music and dance sharing is happening tomorrow, Friday, May 24 in the lower café of our Oak Street campus. The program starts at 2:15 p.m. with music and dance, followed by a Chinese brush painting demo at 2:50 p.m.

Please join our seventh graders Friday, May 24 starting at 2:15 p.m. in the lower café.

In order to get a head start on the high school application process for next year, CAIS will host a high school information night for seventh grade parents on Tuesday, May 28. At this meeting we will review the timeline for the high school application process that happens in eighth grade and what to expect in terms of the high school admissions process.

Event details

• What: High School Information Night
• When: Tuesday, May 28
• Time: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
• Where: Room 57 A/B
• Please note that due to space limitations, this meeting is for seventh grade parents only.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Jake Sproull.

The last few days have been busy for quite a few enrichment classes at CAIS. The after school hip hop group performed during the lower school assembly last Friday; the Black Pearl Music Ensemble performed for commuters at the Van Ness MUNI station this week; and the CAIS Rock Band performed their original song titled “The Broken Compass” during their last after school class of the year. Check out the hip hop, music ensemble and rock band performances. We think you’ll be impressed!