Summer Break - Admissions Office
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Please note that the CAISL Admissions Office will be open all summer from 8:30am to 3:30pm.

Summer Break - Business Office, Elementary & Secondary Divisions
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These offices will be open most of the summer with the exception of the period from July 19th - August 6th. During these 3 weeks they will be closed.

Poetry at CAISL
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This has been a blockbuster year for poetry at CAISL! Students have been writing poetry throughout year but we celebrated that work during Poetry Month in April. We expect students to write poetry in their English classes but our students also write poetry in the math and language classes they... more info

Grade 5 Students Explore the Great Outdoors
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From June 7 through 11, Grade 5 students traveled to Gredos, Spain for a week of outdoor fun, adventure and learning that focused on science and the environment. ...more info

CAISL's Young Writers Share their Work at Elementary Authors' Day
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On June 15, students in Grades 3, 4 and 5 held Elementary Authors' Day. The young authors displayed and discussed their best work with friends, family and other visitors. ...more info

Farewell Class of 2010!
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The Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2010 took place at the Hotel Palacio on May 30, 2010. Friends, faculty and family were on hand as the 27 graduates received their diplomas in a special ceremony that included awards, entertainment, and words of wisdom from keynote speaker, the U.S.... more info

2010 High School Awards Banquet - A Night to Remember
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The 2010 High School Awards Banquet was held on May 25th. After a wonderful meal, Nate Chapman, the High School Principal, talked about the importance of the awards and what lives beyond the paper certificate. Prizes were then announced and students received their awards! Amongst sparkling eyes,... more info

Learning and Having Fun in Évora
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The sixth grade class went on an overnight trip to Évora on May 18th. The first stop was the mini stonehenge of Évora - Cromeleque dos Almendres. It was really neat to see all the stones in the circle. After finishing the first activity, which was mapping, we went to the giant menhair, wrote a... more info

Creativity Open to the Public
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The International Art Show – held from May 11 to 19 – was a great success for CAISL. We participated with other international schools and the exhibition was held at the art gallery of Junta de Freguesia do Estoril. The artwork was overwhelming creative. ...more info

Middle School Drama Exceeds All Expectations
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On May 21st the Middle School drama classes performed Central Park Stories. This production was unique given that all sketches were written by the students. Central Park was the perfect location to inspire them in creating stories and characters that would entertain the audience. Audience members... more info

Class of 2010 Says 'Thank You' to Their Teachers Over a Wonderful Lunch
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This year’s seniors, maintaining a long-standing CAISL tradition, hosted the ‘Teacher Appreciation Lunch’ to say thank you to the teachers, coaches and mentors they have had over the years. The lunch, held on Wednesday, April 28, was the biggest yet with the 27 graduating seniors hosting 62 teachers... more info

Music, Dance and Magic at the 2010 CAISL Talent Show
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The Annual CAISL Talent Show was held on Tuesday, April 27th. More than 30 CAISL students from grades 5 through 12 performed a variety of music and dance acts. The student hosts for the evening were the dynamic duo of Zack Michele and Sawyer Ballard, who opened the show with a drama improv and... more info

Drama 'Mousetrap' Production Takes Audience on Murder-Mystery Tour
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On April 23rd the High School drama class presented Agatha Christie’s, The Mousetrap, the longest running play in history. The students were fortunate to showcase their work on the respectable stage of Teatro Gil Vicente in Cascais. The play is set in the 1950s which means that the production... more info

Creativity, Contraptions and Competition at the Science Fair
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There was plenty to see at the Elementary and Middle School Science Fairs on Thursday, April 29, 2010 and the array of student work, projects and investigations was truly impressive. On the Elementary side, students and parents participated in heated competitions of gumdrop tower building, rocket... more info

International Week at CAISL
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CAISL celebrated International Week from April 19-23, 2010 with a variety of fun, educational, tasty, (and of course international) activities for all. Elementary students brought in objects from home (and from around the world) for a fabulous Mystery Museum that had students guessing where the... more info

2010 IB Art Exhibit Presents Positive, Non-traditional Themes
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The four IB Art students this year worked hard over the last two years. They overcame many challenges and the individual personalities permeated the artwork. Sofia Andrews’ interpretation of urbanization was technically precise and eloquent. Vanessa Brenninkmeijer's theme of Man versus Nature... more info

AMAC Tournament: Close games and plenty of team spirit for all
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This year’s AMAC Soccer Tournament was held at Sport União Sintrense in Sinta, April 14-18, 2010. The opening ceremony was held in CAISL secondary atrium and hosted by the High School Student Council. The highlight of the opening ceremony was the unveiling of the CAISL mascot, Alpha the Wolf! ... more info

Division 3, 4 and 5 Athletes Spring into Action at the Spring Sports' Festival
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CAISL had over 100 athletes participating in this year’s Spring Tournament. The venue was to have been St. Julian’s, but due to the rainy weather the basketball part of the tournament was moved indoors to the German School. Soccer was played in the rain on Thursday, and fortunately the boys... more info

An Evening of Music and Fun at the Secondary Spring Concert
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The Secondary Spring Concert was held on Wednesday, April 7th. This concert featured choir students from 6-12th grade in addition to the CAISL Samba Band. Students from the 6th grade choir performed a traditional French Canadian piece and a spiritual, in addition to several other pieces. The... more info

Grades 1 & 2 'Squeak' Their Hearts out at Spring Show
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Spring really DID arrive in school on Tuesday night, when our students from Grades 1 & 2 gave a lively performance of their musical show “Squeak-a-Lot”, based on the book by our Hooked on Books author, Martin Waddell. With the help of our Librarian, Ms. Jenkins, who narrated the story, and under the... more info

Pi Day at CAISL: fun for 3.14 and more!
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The mathematical constant pi has an approximate value of 3.14 and is usually celebrated on March 14 at 1:59am for obvious reasons. Since the 14th of March this year fell on a Sunday, on March 19th, the CAISL middle school and high school came together to celebrate on, ironically, the same day as... more info

Students Stage Relief Concert for Haiti
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On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, leaving hundreds of thousands of Haitians as victims, and in poverty and distress. This earthquake was to be a terrible incident in their lives and will be remembered forever as the dark shadow in Haitian history. The story of the... more info

CAISL Orchestra Hosts Mad Hatter Tea Party
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On Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 the CAISL Orchestra students performed in the first ever “Mad Hatter Orchestra Tea Party.” This was a fun night of performances by both CAISL orchestras, in addition to several performances by soloists and small chamber ensembles. A variety of music was on the... more info

Special Delivery: CAISL Teachers Bring Student Donations to Morrocan School
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In the far western part of Morroco is the village of Hassi Labied. Here is a village school of mainly Berber children. The poor students of the Hassi Labied School lack the supplies necessary for education and need help. Fortunately, CAISL’s 3rd, 6th and 10th /11th grades have donated 5 suitcases... more info

Middle School Students Tackle World Issues at 4th JMUN Conference
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On February 11th, 2010 the CAISL Middle School played host to the 4th annual Junior Model United Nations (JMUN) conference. Over 150 students from CAISL and more than 50 students from St. Julian’s attended. The keynote speaker this year was Fernanda Schmelz, a local charity campaigner who has been... more info

Creativity, Quickness and Humor at CAISL 'Improv Sessions'
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The High School Drama students continue to showcase their creativity and provide entertainment with Improv Sessions. During Spirit Week, High School Drama students were put to the test during Advisory period and treated the student audience to pure amusement. The Improv Session was led by two... more info

IMUN Students Visit the Hague
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Our group of 11 CAISL delegates representing the Bahamas and 2 delegates from Colegio Internato dos Carvalhos representing the Food and Agricultural Organization set off for The Netherlands January 22 for nine days of culture and hard work simulating the United Nations. We spent the weekend in... more info

CAISL Students Shine at Annual Jazz Nite Performance
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On January 19th, the CAISL High School Choir and CAISL Samba Band students participated in the 6th annual International School Jazz Night. This yearly event features performances from CAISL, St Dominic’s and St. Julian’s music students. The CAISL High School choir performed some amazing music... more info

Middle School Drama's 'Breaking News' Breaks Ground with Incorporation of Film
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On January 15th, 2010 the MS Drama classes performed Tim Kochenderfer’s Breaking News. The one act comedy told the story of a news station that was ready to do anything to improve their low ratings. This production was special due to the mixing of live performance with film footage. Not only did... more info

And We're Off! CAISL Marks the Start of Construction with Official Groundbreaking Ceremony
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For a few hours on the morning of Friday, January 8, the rain stopped, the wind died down and the sun came out. This was a fantastic setting for CAISL’s long-awaited Groundbreaking Ceremony to mark the start of construction on Phase II of the Campus Completion Project. Beneath a sprawling tent,... more info

CAISL's Littlest Students give BIG
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In mid November 2009 both CAISL EC 3-4 classes started a giving project for a small village in South Africa called Makuleke. This is a village that had recently developed a partnership with Sharing to Learn (www.sharingtolearn.org), a nonprofit organization started by Denise Ortiz, a teacher in... more info

Grades 1-5 Take the Stage for the Elementary Winter Concert
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It was very cold outside, but there was a warm glow inside the auditorium in the Estoril Hotel School as our students performed their Winter Holiday Concert for their families on the evening of December 15, 2009. With a varied program of holiday songs and excellent instrumental pieces, children from... more info

Secondary Winter Concert Brings Music and Merriment to the Holiday Season
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CAISL's Secondary students performed their hearts out at the annual Winter Concert, held Tuesday, December 15 at the Estoril Hotel School. Led by CAISL Secondary Music Director, Joy Edenfield, it was a fantastic evening for all. Follow the link for photos of the event along with the evening's... more info

Giving Galore in the Elementary School this Holiday Season
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The Elementary Community Service Club’s first project was to help the Portuguese charity Acreditar, supporting children suffering from cancer and their families. Each class collected new toys and gifts that are destined for children being treated for cancer around the country. In addition, they... more info

Students Make Music with Indonesian Hosts at Museu do Oriente
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Our Music and Movement club, made up of 4th and 5th graders, visited the Museu do Oriente on Wednesday, November 11th to learn about gamelan music from Indonesia. Students listened to professional musicians from Java play a variety of authentic instruments such as the bonangs, sarons, and gongs. ... more info

HS Drama Takes Comedy to the High Seas in "Check Please: Take 3"
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On December 4th the High School drama class performed Jonathan Rand’s Check Please: Take 3. This fast paced comedy about blind dinner dates was a continuation of last year’s Check Please. To explore a different approach, students decided to have it take place during a love cruise. This change... more info

CAISL Art Students Explore Artwork at CCB
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On November 25 selected art students went on a field trip to see two temporary art exhibits of the Berardo Collection at the Cultural Center of Belem. We were given a group tour of two exhibits: Silences, a view by Marin Karmitz and Amália, Independent Heart. The exhibit Silences was focused on... more info

Giving Thanks at CAISL this Thanksgiving Holiday
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Each year CAISL celebrates the American holiday of Thanksgiving, and the spirit of giving and togetherness that accompanies this special day of Thanks. This year students of all ages celebrated in a variety of ways. Our youngest students visited the park in Monsanto to re-enact the first... more info

IMUN Conference, 15 Years and Going Strong
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The Iberian Model United Nations Conference (IMUN) is a three-day student-run event in which student delegates take on the roles of UN Member States and NGOs and debate issues from those perspectives. CAISL has hosted the conference for the past 15 years and this year it was another great success... more info

CAISL Varsity Volleyball Travels to Basel for AMAC Tournament
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This year’s AMAC volleyball tournament was held in the beautiful city of Basel, Switzerland from October 21-25, 2009. Both CAISL teams showed a lot of improvement throughout the competition although the two 4th places don’t reflect this. According to the girls’ captains, Matilde Luce and... more info

A Glimpse Into CAISL's Habitat for Humanity Trip
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Lunch. Our favorite part of the work day. Twenty people gathered around a long row of tables and benches. We had started work at 9am and now at 12:30pm we are all together again and laughing, chatting, and waiting for our second course of our three course meal. Questions floated on the air, such... more info

Kindergarten Bakesale: Tasty, Lucrative and for a Good Cause
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Ms. Barbara’s Kindergartners held a Bake Sale on Thursday, November 5, 2009 and raised a massive total of 360€. They will use this money to sponsor a little boy in Mozambique called Tomé, through the charity Um Pequeno Gesto. Now, they not only have enough money to sponsor him, but they also have... more info

Parades, Parties and Pumpkins at CAISL this Halloween
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This year’s Halloween festivities brought out the scariest monsters and grizzliest goblins for the annual parade, costume contest, class parties and many more spooky activities. The day started off with a haunted house prepared by the National Honor Society students for the Grade 3,4 and 5 students.... more info

French Students Become French 'Chefs for a Day'
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CAISL French teacher, Madame Keller, took a French class to the neighborhood charcuterie on October 29 for lessons in French cuisine, French language, and a little tasting too, of course! Below is an account of the outing – en Français, bien sur! . . . . . . . . . . . . Le matin de jeudi, 29... more info

Students Make Music at Weekend Choir Retreat
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On October 9th, members of the CAISL High School Choir travelled to Quinta da Vishuddah for a weekend of music-making and fun. The retreat site, situated in the hills of Torres Novas, provided the perfect location for this event. The students spent the weekend learning music for their upcoming... more info

Middle School Students Make Memories on Annual Camping Trip
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Each year CAISL Middle School students embark on a camping trip at the beginning of the school year. For three days, Grades 6,7 and 8 students live and learn together in the great outdoors --pitching tents, participating in trust and team-building exercises, making friends and having fun. Below are... more info

Scavenger Hunt Takes Students All Over Town!
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The entire 9th and 10th grades pulled out of CAISL early Friday morning, September 18, amidst threatening skies for the annual Lisbon Scavenger Hunt. The 9th grade, consisting of 9 groups of 5 students and one teacher each, was heading for Belem. The 10th grade, with 6 groups , was off to the... more info

CAISL Hosts Annual IB Teachers' Reception
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Each year International Baccalaureate (IB) teachers from the four IB world schools in the Lisbon area get together to meet new people, share experiences, exchange ideas and talk about issues specific to the IB program. This tradition started six years ago, when CAISL hosted the first get-together,... more info

PTO Picnic Welcomes Everyone to the New School Year
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Over 300 students, faculty, family members and friends celebrated the start of the 2009-2010 school year at the annual PTO Welcome Back Picnic on Saturday, September 26. Under sunny, windless skies everyone was treated to a fantastic afternoon of food, fun and games. The Varsity boys’ and girls’... more info

CAISL and Novabase Expand Summer School Program
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This summer, for the fourth year in a row, Novabase and CAISL teamed up to provide an official summer school program to teach English and Technology to Sintra public school students entering Grade 5. For three weeks in July 2009, ninety students from the Sintra Concelho participated in a... more info