Annual Report 2015-2016

Office of Alumni & Community Relations and Development

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A message to our CAC Community

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Dear Friends & Colleagues: CAC’s 70th year is quickly drawing to a close. It has been a wonderful privilege to complete a full year of service at my alma mater and, since August 2015, introduce Sarah Shalash to the CAC community in her role as Stewardship and Alumni Relations Officer.

The Office of Alumni & Community Relations and Development fosters lifelong relationships with alumni, parents, students, faculty and friends, strengthening their connections with CAC by helping them stay informed, involved and invested in their CAC passions. Our team creates and supports alumni and campus/community events that include in-person and digital engagement opportunities. We create fundraising strategies, in partnership with CAC and The Cairo American College Foundation to help increase donor participation and philanthropic support of CAC.

This report is designed to share some of the highlights from CAC and our office during 2015-2016.

Together, this past year we have: Celebrated our 70-year history and our alumni impacting the world. Deep history. Rich memories. Decades of impact. CAC alumni are making their mark in Egypt, in the region and around the world: leading businesses, affecting politics, researching the environment, empowering the underprivileged, and so much more! CAC is honored to be “home” for alumni around the globe. Celebrating our 70th anniversary together made this year very special.

Discovered new and vibrant ways to engage the local community. As a direct result of CAC’s Strategic Plan to cultivate diversity and interconnectedness in our community, we were receptive to new ways to build community this past year. Not many people can say they had the chance to spend time interacting with 12 top-teir NFL players. Our CAC family was honored to host the American Football Without Barriers 3-day camp this spring. Through renewed partnerships with local organizations and agencies, and via new relationships with associations and corporations, we will continue to seek ways to network in, connect, and enrich our community.

Shared our time, talents and resources through fundraising activities on campus. Passion and compassion are two words defining and reshaping our community. Our students are leading the way through civic engagement by: volunteering to help Syrian refugee children, offering their skills to tutor or train the next generation, supporting the better treatment of animals and preserving our environment, as well as giving financially to support the sick, homeless, and displaced in our region.

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Investing in a shared future On a global scale, education and learning are being reshaped through programs and spaces; and civic engagement is evolving. The educational landscape in Egypt is changing too. Even with our rich history at CAC, standing still is not an option. We need to innovate and invest in the future we share through CAC.

CAC has made and continues to make major investments in facility upgrades and improvements. The impact of these changes is readily apparent to any returning visitors to campus. Plans to start renovating our high school this summer are already underway. High school teachers and students are being temporarily housed in the middle school and elementary school. High school teachers jokingly say they refuse to return to the dark, old high school. We believe the major renovation and shift to collaborative, open learning spaces in the high school will excite faculty and draw them back to their upgraded and renewed home in 18 months.

Investing in the future of CAC is a community-wide responsibility that will only achieve its potential when the entire school is engaged in the effort. As you engage – through volunteering time, providing expertise and giving financially – you lead the way, create solutions and help CAC dream and innovate.

We are listening Our office cares deeply about CAC and the success of CAC students. This passion comes through in every conversation. Our doors remain open and we want to hear from you. Watch for a targeted survey in June to help us understand more specifically how you plan to engage with CAC.

Finally, we would like to say thank you to all who have welcomed and worked with our office during this past year. We have heard what we are doing well and we know there are areas to improve. We appreciate the feedback. The goals of this office are to serve alongside you to propel CAC to new heights of innovation in education and help CAC maintain its competitive edge in the educational marketplace. Your input is vitally important and it will translate into action as we work to inspire students to learn, explore, and have fun.

Respectfully,

Byron Skaggs Sarah Shalash Director Stewardship and Alumni Relations Officer

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CAC Alumni Engagement

70th Anniversary Alumni Reunion

March 24-27, 2016

Report from the Office of Alumni & Community Relations and Development

1,146 Alumni Association Members as of

May 30, 2016 *This number represents alumni who have signed up

to join the CAC Alumni Association website.

2015-2016

6,372 Contacts in the Alumni Association

database as of May 30, 2016 *This number represents working emails and clean data

30 alumni & families from

abroad

Alumni food businesses catered

75% of events

Alumni spanning graduating classes

1955-2013 in attendance

40 alumni volunteers

4 alumni-led activity sessions

Entrepreneurship Photography tour Healthy cooking

Art and music

Discounts/offers from

alumni

Discount at Maison du Caire Uber Promotion Code

Free Founders Day photography

Discounted 70th logo design

Website launched November 2015: cacalumniassociation.org

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70th Anniversary Celebration March 24-27, 2016

46 people at Thursday’s reception to welcome alumni

from abroad

300 guests at

Saturday’s celebration dinner

150 individuals/families at Friday’s Alumni Family Picnic *tickets only sold to adults so attendance numbers do not reflect the additional number of children in

attendance

Event Budget in USD

ZERO impact on the School’s budget

Donations & Ticket Sales

Expenses

Expenses 56,704

Donations 50,000

Ticket Sales 10,263

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Alumni Website

29 articles highlighting alumni accomplishments

6 articles remembering alumni who have passed away

26 curated "Our Shared History" stories from alumni

42 alumni-authored books listed on the "Alumni Bookshelf"

Alumni Fundraising Efforts

Creation of a local Alumni Advisory Group 5 meetings since October 2015

Re-aligned an alumni-led Cairo American College Foundation US-based public charity (501c3) with a mission to support CAC

Received clean, independent financial audit in April 2016 3 meetings since December 2015

$31,400 raised from alumni since October 2015

Alumni on Social Media

913 Likes on the CAC Alumni Association Facebook page

*since November 2015

6,321 total views on the CAC Alumni Association YouTube channel

*since November 2015

4,476 views on YouTube of “Tiny CAC” video by alumnus Hisham Moll ’12

*since March 2016

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Young Alumni Events *For graduates of classes 2010-2015

Class Visits by Alumni

David Dobson ’86 renowned photographer

visited HS Visual Arts

Mark Weekley ’90 NOAA Corps

visited MS & HS Science

Alumni “Shark Tank” Mentors Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders mentoring HS Business students

Winter break gathering on campus in December 2015 Attendees: currently studying at universities in Egypt, Canada, and the U.K.

Upcoming Event University Transitions “Eat and Greet” with graduating seniors to share advice

and answer questions about life after CAC June 2, 2016

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CAC Community Engagement 2015-2016

Report from the Office of Alumni & Community Relations and Development

“Seussical, The Musical” DONATED tickets provided to:

200 students and faculty from African Hope Learning Centre

50 students from Maadi Community School

125 children and supervisors from Awlady Orphanage

12 NFL Players Visit

CAC hosted the American Football Without Barriers camp.

500 male and female Egyptians participated in the 3-day camp.

Egyptian, international and U.S.

media outlets covered the event

Campus Lecture

Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, founder and executive director of The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, and 2012 CNN Hero,

made a 3-day visit to CAC to meet students, faculty, and deliver a lecture titled “Saving Lives One by One" to the

whole CAC community.

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156,729 LE

2015-2016 Report from the Office of Alumni & Community Relations and Development

Together We Raised

and 3,767 USD

*total amount reported as of May 30, 2016

CAC Fundraising on Campus

Gifts In-Kind Donated To

African Hope Learning Centre (AHLC) 188 bottles of milk

70 Christmas boxes with art supplies/toys & 20 bags of wrapped toys 50 children’s books wrapped for the holidays

T-shirts, shorts, and bags for the African Hope Soccer Tournament, hosted at CAC

40+ boxes of Elementary School library books and resources

Fard Foundation School for Syrian Refugees 6 trucks-worth of used school desks and chairs 50 children’s books wrapped for the holidays

Boxes of children’s clothing

Locks of Love in the U.S. 20 ponytails donated from middle/high school students and faculty

to become wigs for children with terminal illnesses

Maadi Women’s Guild Boxes of clothing and household goods

Nyaka AIDS Orphan School in Uganda

CAC Peace Day t-shirts

“They are great and wi l l f i l l a gap in our l ib rary; we were lacking reading books fo r grades 1 to 3. Thank you!”

Chris Rupke, CEO of AHLC

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CAC Fundraising Groups

High School

Executive Student Council Freshman Class Council

Human Rights Club #iMatterSyria Project

INJAZ Junior Student Council

National Arts Honor Society National Honor Society

Papyrus Senior Student Council

Sophomore Class Council Varsity Softball; Varsity Baseball

Middle School

Global Issues Network Class Grade 6 Grade 7

Elementary School

ES Student Leadership Team Grade 4

Campus-wide

Animal Catch & Release Healing Yemen

Peace Committee Zumba for a Good Cause

External Organizations

Ahl Masr Foundation Fard Foundation

IOM Life Vision

Maadi Women’s Guild

External Organizations Supported

African Hope Learning Centre Ahl Masr Foundation

British Red Cross – Yemeni Relief Cairo Burn Hospital

Dar El Qods For Care & Housing Orphans With Special Needs

Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals (ESME) Fard Foundation School for Syrian Refugees

Life Vision Locks of Love in the U.S. Maadi Women’s Guild

National Cancer Institute Nyaka AIDS Orphan School in Uganda

Zabaleen School

CAC Activities Supported by Fundraising

Beautification & tree planting in the area surrounding the campus

Homecoming

INJAZ National Honor Society

Prom Varsity Softball; Varsity Baseball

77 Distinct Fundraising Events

*Many school fundraisers are also recurring on a daily or weekly basis

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Types of Fundraising Activities

Badminton tournament Bake sales

BBQ Cookout Clothing drives

Lemonade sales Pizza sales

Snow cone sales Soccer tournament

T-shirt sales Walkathons

“Degla Dash“

“Fun Run” for the Zabaleen School “Garbage Dreams” movie night

“Mr. CAC Pageant” “Race to Clean the Air” “Take Your Sweater Off”

“Toy Run” for African Hope “Zumba for a Good Cause”

Total Raised by Group *reported as of May 30, 2016

Egyptian LE

Junior Student Council: 58,850 National Honor Society: 18,625 Global Issues Network Class: 17,161 #iMatterSyria Project: 10,111 Life Vision: 8,900 Varsity Baseball: 8,000 Peace Committee: 6,650 Senior Student Council: 6,480 Freshman Class Council: 5,186 ES Student Leadership Team: 4,820 National Arts Honor Society: 3,000 Varsity Softball: 2,675 Ahl Masr Foundation: 2,531 Zumba for a Good Cause: 1,190 Human Rights Club: 1,140 Locks of Love: 1,000 Papyrus: 380 Animal Catch & Release: 30

US Dollar

Sophomore Class Council: 3,079 Healing Yemen: 430 Senior Student Council: 158 Executive Student Council: 100

If you know of additional fundraising efforts taken up by CAC students or families this year, please let our office know by emailing giving@cacegypt.org