CAIS Family Gathering Traditions

Thanksgiving Holidays and food are both important elements of the CAIS community and Thanksgiving is no exception. The day before the Thanksgiving break, the halls of CAIS are full of...

College Placement

CAIS alumni enroll in colleges and universities around the world. Alumni from the Class of 2017 are matriculating at the following: Bates College Boston University (2) Brandeis University  Brown University  Carnegie Mellon...

Alumni Council

We are pleased to introduce the inaugural members of the CAIS Alumni Council. The Council aims to keep alumni connected with each other and the school, steer alumni programming, and...

Alumni

Once Students, Always Alumni Whether you remember Shirley Lee as your principal, can recall the move from the Presidio to Oak Street, knew Mr. Wright or Teng Laoshi as librarian and...

Family Involvement

When a family enrolls, it isn’t just the student who joins CAIS. Parents, guardians, and even grandparents also become part of a warm, tight-knit community with a myriad of ways...

Community

CAIS parents are partners in their child’s education. The California Association of Independent Schools explains, “To be successful, every independent school needs and expects the cooperation of parents, who must...

Additional Programs

Educational Technology At CAIS, technology is used as a tool to enhance student learning, and technology skills are integrated and developed within the framework of the curriculum. Teachers work with educational...

Extended Day

See recent Auxiliary Program news CAIS offers a wide range of auxiliary services that support students outside regular school hours. The Auxiliary Program includes after school enrichment classes, study hall,...

Eighth Grade in Guilin, China

The 8th Grade program itinerary is built in close collaboration with The Chinese Language Institute (CLI), our program operator in Guilin. CAIS students are placed in a host family in...