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Cairo American College (CAC) is an international, independent, co-educational day school, located in the Cairene suburb of Maadi in Cairo, Egypt. It has students from pre-school to grade 12. International schools are private schools that cater mainly to children who are not nationals of the host country, often the children of the staff of international businesses, international organizations, embassies, missions, or missionary programs. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... A day school is an institution where children are given educational instruction only during the day and after which children return to their homes. ... Maadi (Arabic: el-Maâ€›adi) is a suburb south of Cairo, Egypt. ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: , Government - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area - City 214 kmÂ² (82. ...

The CAC also offers extra-curricular athletic activities, including a track team, swimming, basketball, baseball, volleyball, cross country, water polo, football (soccer), and intramural activities that include ultimate frisbee and flag football.

CAC also hosts academic co-curriculars such as JV and Varsity Academic Games, a quiz bowl for high school students to display their prowess in mathematics, history, geography and science. CAC also has a forensic debate team.

CAC has a history of community service that has led to a service learning requirement as part of its curriculum. Students perform a certain number of service hours on a chosen project (from animal shelters to refugee centers to Ramadan festivities for the underprivileged), while analytical relating their experiences in a semi-weekly class. CAC also hosts an annual charity festival that invites local charities to set up fundraising booths on campus.

External links

Cairo American College Website

Categories: Egypt stubs | Private schools in Egypt | Educational institutions established in 1945 | American international schools

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	Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into two branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.
	Cairo's population exploded, increasing from 374,000 in 1882 to 1,312,000 by 1937.
	Cairo has long been the hub of education and educational services not only for Egypt but also for the whole world.Today, Cairo is the center for the government offices governing the Egyptian educational system, has the largest number of educational schools, and higher learning institutes among other cities and governorates of Egypt.

Cairo American College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2536 words)
	Cairo American College has recently completed a one million dollar renovation to its theater, transforming it into a comfortable, state-of-the-art facility.
	Prior to 1945, K-12 educational opportunities for American children in Egypt were limited to several Egyptian schools that admitted foreign students; other nationality schools including British, French and Greek Schools; a church-affiliated American boarding school in Alexandria; and private arrangements such as a small school for Americans conducted on a houseboat near Maadi.
	CAC missed only a few days of classes, although many classes were temporarily held off campus (primarily in teachers' homes) during the three weeks of the war.

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