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MONTH AT A GLANCE (K-12 All School Event; PS = Primary School; ES = Elementary School; MS = Middle School; HS = High School; DAAPA; MESAC/EAC) Welcome to the SPOTS calendar. We encourage parents to check weekly as occasionally dates or times may change.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY WEEKEND

DECEMBER, 2015 13 PS/ES Day 7

MS/HS Day 3 14 PS/ES Day 8 MS/HS Day 4 15

PS/ES Day 9 MS/HS Day 5 16PS/ES Day 10

MS/HS D ay 6 17 PS/ES Day 1 MS/HS D ay 7 18 19

DAAPA PS/ES Winter Carnival DAAPA Winter Carnival Decoration

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JVG Soccer v DIA @ Raffles World

Academy depart 3.30pm - start

4.20pm U14G Basketball v

GWA @ DAA ES GYM 4.15pm start VB Soccer v UAS @ UAS Depart 3.00pm

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PS Parent Coffee Morning - Guest Dr. Saliha / Topic: Character Matters

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Boys Tennis v GWA @ GWA 4pm start

Girls Tennis v GWA @ DAA 3.30pm start

JVB Soccer v UAS @ UAS 4.30pm start

U14B Soccer v DIA @ Raffles 4.15pm start

U14G Soccer v DIA @ DIA 4.00pm start

U14B Basketball v GWA @ DAA ES GYM

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MS Festive Dress Day_____________

Grade 6 Picnic lunch

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HS Winter Concert Featuring the HS band and choir

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U14B/G Soccer v UAS @ UAS

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MS MOGA Madness _____________

Winter Break begins at

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December 18- January 2.

Classes Resume Sunday, January 3

Winter Break. Have a wonderful, relaxing holiday.

JANUARY, 2016 3 PS/ES Day 2

MS/HS Day 8 4 PS/ES Day 3 MS/HS Day 1 5

PS/ES Day 4 MS/HS Day 2 6

PS/ES Day 5 MS/HS D ay 3 7 PS/ES Day 6

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Classes resume JVB BB v UAS @ UAS 3.30pm start

JVG BBl v UAS @ DAA 4.45pm start

VB BB v UAS @ UAS 3.30pm start

VG BB v UAS @ DAA 3.30pm start

JV B/G Basketball v ASD @ ASD 4pm start V B/G Basketball v

ASD @ DAA VB/G Soccer v ASD @ DAA Girls 4pm Boys

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U14B/G BB @ GWA

10.00am JVB/G

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Girls 11am. Boys

12.15pm VG/VB

Soccer v GWA @ DAA Girls 10am.

Boys 11.15am

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FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE

Dear DAA Families, I would like to start my message this week with a sincere thank-you to the many parents who attended conferences, concerts, and other special events in the last few weeks, as well as to those dedicated DAAPA volunteers who have transformed our PS/ES atrium into a winter wonderland and to those who have contributed in so many other ways around the school. There are just so many ways our parents contribute to making DAA the school that it is. We do our best to engage parents in the learning process at DAA, and we appreciate your willingness to support your children. The home-school partnership is a critical one, to be sure. There is a mountain of research that indicates the most accurate predictor of a student’s achievement in school is not income or social status, but the extent to which a student’s family fosters a home environment that emphasizes learning, expresses high (but appropriate) expectations, and actively engages in their children’s education and in the community. I am more convinced than ever that our home-school partnership is why DAA is the school it is. Matthew Wilding, DAA’s Deputy Superintendent, has a motto that I like very much: “Parents send us the best children that they have.” From my perspective, I believe teachers are obliged to see the promise of your children, which requires that we know your sons and daughters well as individuals. DAA needs to be a safe, child-centered place where teachers are idealistic about the potential of every student and tenacious in their support for a child as she learns, takes risks, makes mistakes, and grows. As we all know, most human beings normalize their behaviour. My hope is that DAA continues to understand this and that we consistently work to build an ethos in which the pursuit of excellence and intolerance for mediocrity is normal—for students, parents, and teachers. That ethos takes effort, commitment, and passion, and absolutely requires a positive, healthy home-school partnership. Again, thank you. Also regarding the theme of home-and-school, thank you to those parents who signed the Parent-School Contract in the last few weeks. We tried to make this obligation as convenient as possible for you by arranging stations in the PS/ES and the MS/HS. I think most of you will realize that this new contract wasn’t one we cooked up impulsively at DAA, but is, rather, a new requirement from KHDA that all schools in Dubai must orchestrate with their families. To be sure, I appreciate your forbearance and cooperation. For those of you who have not signed the contract, I’m afraid this is a requirement that will not fade away if you ignore it long enough! Indeed, I’m quite sure there will come a point when I am directed by KHDA to de-enrol students whose parents have not signed the contract, which is something I do not want to do. There will be separate communications regarding dates and times where we will again be setting up convenient locations where parents can sign their Parent-School Contracts. Please watch for a message from Matthew Wilding, DAA’s Deputy Superintendent, who has been coordinating this oblitation. You will notice that we are finally making progress on improvements to DAA’s campus. As most of you will be aware, we are currently in the process of replacing DAA’s synthetic football pitch. The quality of the pitch being installed is a significant upgrade from our former one, and I’m looking forward to watching our teams and students play on the new field in January. We are also making progress on our plans to improve DAA’s security by installing RFID access control, both for vehicles and for people. If you’ve stopped by the school on a weekend recently, you’re aware that work often being done around our entrances as we prepare for our new systems. For those of you who were part of DAA’s community last year, please know that we have never forgotten our pledge to improve the school’s security systems. Efforts to increase compliance with decals and badges were important, but those were shorter-term measures. Bear with me, and I think you’ll see our plan finally coming together over the coming months. I apologized last week for the “survey-fatigue” that I know you often endure. The challenge is that DAA want its own survey data, which tends to focus on the specifics of our programs and operations, but GEMS also wants to collect its own surveys, often on similar concerns. This is the case now, as GEMS has created a Services Survey, which I encourage you to access at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GEMS05services. And there’s one more survey I need to introduce this week, which follows below.

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FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, continued DAA received its inspection notice from KHDA on Sunday, indicating that our annual DSIB inspection will occur January 11 through 14. What pleases me a great deal is that the next few weeks will be business as usual at DAA. School leaders and teachers take a healthy bring-it-on attitude about our inspection. I hear stories about other schools in Dubai that stage elaborate productions during their inspections – Potemkin villages, if you will. I don’t necessarily fault these schools because the pressure of these high-stakes inspections is great. However, what I would like parents to know is that I take great pride in being part of DAA’s faculty because we don’t ask our teachers to fake anything during the inspection. We also do our best to keep the stress and pressure of the inspection away from your children. That’s important, I think. And so here’s the latest survey I need to ask you to complete, this time from KHDA: https://www.khda.gov.ae/Parents. (Please note when you’re looking for DAA in the drop-down menu that we are listed as GEMS Dubai American Academy.) This survey is an important piece of DAA’s inspection. I would greatly appreciate if you would spare a few minutes to take the survey. This will be our final full SPOTS message until January, so I wish you all a pleasant and restful winter break. Thank you for your continued support for DAA and its teachers. As I wrote in the opening paragraphs of this message, your support is important to us and I appreciate your choice to be part of DAA’s community! Kind Regards, Jim Hardin Superintendent

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DAAPA NEWS

DAAPA (DAA Parents Association) is an active parent association dedicated to enriching the lives of DAA students and community, promoting cooperation between DAA parents, staff and administration and spreading the "culture of kindness" that is at the core of DAA's values. All parents/guardians of DAA students are automatically members of DAAPA.

DAAPA IN THE PRIMARY / ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1. A Very Warm Thank You: to the amazing moms who worked their magic and transformed the foyer into a fantastic Winter Wonderland. Your efforts are truly appreciated.

2. CALLING ALL SANTA HELPERS! The DAAPA sponsored Winter Carnival is happening on December 14th, 15th and 16th and promises to bring laughter and fun to this festive season. To create this magical time for your child and their classmates, we request your assistance on one or more of the following timings:

Sunday December 13th, @ 8 am -> Tennis Court decorations. This is where the party will be and we've got to set it all up before the fun begins!

Monday to Wednesday December 14/15/16 @ 7:30 am Winter Carnival -> You can volunteer for a few hours or for the day, making it flexible for you to participate.

Please click here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084DAAAF2FA1FC1-calling to sign up to volunteer!

3. Winter Carnival Photos: Check your child's folder or bag for the photo order form. This needs to be filled and returned with exactly 15 AED on Monday, 14 December, if you wish to have a cute souvenir of the fun day.

Remember, DAAPA events are organized solely by parent volunteers and can only happen with your involvement and help. Thank you! Should you have any questions, feel free to email us on [email protected] Sherry, Reine & the Winter Carnival Team DAAPA

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DAAPA IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL Thank you to the mothers that came in to help decorate the middle school and well done to dressing the commons area and the hallways into a holiday season spirit. Surely is appreciated by our kids. Grade 6 will have a picnic lunch and some activities on Wednesday, December 16. We are looking for 10 parent volunteers to organise the food tables. We will need your help from 11:45 am -12.45 pm. If you would like to help please send an email to: [email protected] If you are not receiving any emails from DAAPA in the Middle School and you like to be added to the MS contact list please send an email to: [email protected] DAAPA Middle School Team Stephanie Noren and Alzeta Strazimiri

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DAAPA IN THE HIGH SCHOOL

Dear High school parents,

It has been quite busy three months!!!

Looking back at the calendar, we started off in September with our very enthusiastic and well attended kick off lunch, the Pink Day which was a big success this year, a coffee morning grade 11 parents had, then the grade 9, 10 and grade 11 individual informative coffee mornings with different and very enlightening speakers regarding the university admissions, a coffee morning grade 10 parents had, the Bunko night, a movie morning, our apple pie marathon to support the High School Thanksgiving Lunch , the grade 11 informative coffee morning regarding the CAS hour program, the monthly Senior appreciation breakfast that the grade 12 moms are organizing with so much affection and of course our annual Christmas lunch with an incredible turnout, a lot of fun and stealing of the gifts…..

All these have been accomplished with your support and enthusiasm. We would like to thank you at this point for joining us, we hope you have met some new parents and enjoyed the activities.

Please sign up at [email protected] mentioning your child’s grade to stay informed.

We wish you a lovely and relaxing break, and hope to see you back in the New Year, ready to support and attend the upcoming events planned.

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PRIMARY POINTS (Kindergarten 1 - Grade 2) Make sure to read the corresponding DAAPA NEWS section of this issue of SPOTS for all the latest Primary School parent sponsored events!

FROM THE PS PRINCIPAL’S DESK Dear PS Parents, The primary staff and I would like to wish you and your family the very best of holidays. While celebrations or traditions may vary from family to family, what is commonly shared is the focus on the importance of family, love, and acts of kindness. Our wish for you is that when things get very, very busy, that you find that moment to slow down and savor the moment you are in. When with family and friends, that you relish your good fortune to be surrounded by the ones you love and those who love you. Happy holidays! Swimming: Due to the onset of cooler weather, there will be no swimming effective this Sunday, Dec 13th until the weather warms up again. You will be notified when swimming will resume. Instead of swimming, students will be taught health lessons. Please note students will wear their PE uniforms on these days. A sincere thank you to the many homeroom parents who have volunteered to help out in classrooms. Our primary hallways are artistic displays featuring both student work and holiday themes. The classroom doors which are decorated monthly are absolutely adorable. The creativity and attention to detail is impressive! Parent Coffee Reminder - Our next parent coffee morning will be on Tuesday, Dec 14th. Our guest presenter will be Dr. Saliha, whose topic will be “Character Matters”. Character Matters will go over the 10 essential values that are the anchor of a healthy and happy family system. Participants will learn how families of character practice their virtues. Participants will also learn practical ways they can encourage building character in their children (and themselves). We hope you can join us! Upcoming Events: Dec 14,15 DAPPA Winter Carnival Dec 17 Winter Break Begins –

12:00 Early Dismissal Jan 3 School Resumes Jan 24-28 Love Your Library Week Jan 24-28 Parent Engagement Week Jan 25 Parent Coffee Morning Your Primary School Admin Team Ms. Laura King and Ms. Nathalie Salameh

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ELEMENTARY ESSENTIALS (Grades 3-5) Make sure to read the corresponding DAAPA NEWS section of this issue of SPOTS for all the latest Elementary School parent sponsored events! FROM THE ES PRINCIPAL’S DESK

We are getting into the holiday spirit in the ES! Our DAAPA moms have helped us by decorating our foyer and doors in winter holiday style! Thank you to everyone who participated in the decorating.

Holiday Concerts: Thank you to all of you who came out to support our winter holiday concerts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday! We were pleased to see so many of you there. The children brought smiles to all of us and were dressed so beautifully! Special thanks goes out to the following staff members for their efforts: Miss Wyse for all of her hard work with the students to create three wonderful concerts, Mr. Sandeep and Mr. Jeff who handled the sound and technical needs, Ms. Yvonne who did an amazing job of the programs, Ms. Rene and

Mrs. Uitenbroek for the decorations and special touches, and Ms. Julia, for helping to coordinate our theatre needs.

ES Winter Carnival Fun!: On Wednesday, December 16th the ES students will be participating in DAAPA's Winter Carnival! Students in their classes will visit the carnival during the school day and participate in a number of planned events. As with past years, there will be a photo booth where students can dress up in holiday fun and have their photo taken. The cost of the photo, if they wish to purchase one, is AED 15.

Order forms have been sent home for the photos.

Thank you, DAAPA!: On behalf of the more than 2,000 users of our ES/PS Library, we would like to thank DAAPA for generously supporting our newly remodeled library space by buying us five new Fatboy beanbags. They are getting much use as a comfortable, colorful spot to read or work. THANK YOU, DAAPA!

Grade 5 Completion Ceremony: While it may still seem like a long way off, for those of you planning to shop over the holidays, we wanted to give you plenty of notice about the dress code for the Grade 5 Completion Ceremony in June. The dress for for grade 5 students on this special occasion will be 'smart': collared shirts and dress pants for boys; modest dresses/skirts for girls (no bare shoulders), dressy sandals or shoes.

Important Reminder: On Thursday, December 17th dismissal will be at noon.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL MESSAGES (Grades 6-8) Make sure to read the corresponding DAAPA NEWS section of this issue of SPOTS for all the latest Middle School parent sponsored events! FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OFFICE

UAE Day Celebrations We had an amazing day of celebrations as we invited the littlest members of our DAA community over and paired our MS student with them to go through activities. They all worked so well together. We also had MS parents come out and draw henna and face paint, take pictures of all the amazing outfits and serve a local treat for our MS students. Thank you to all for your part in making this a fantastic event!

Support Staff Gift Bags We want to thank all students who brought in items to donate to our Gift Bag for our DAA Support Staff. Monday will be a special time when we are given the chance to hand over these bags to the very special people who ensure this campus is working efficiently! ‘Tis the Season We want to sincerely thank those MS parents that came into our school last Monday and set ups numerous trees and decorated our commons and hallways…you added a great festive feel that the teachers and students love! Festive Dress Day As is tradition in the middle school, we are asking students to dress in Festive Outfits (you can wear those reindeer antlers for the day) or Seasonal Colors (green and red) on Wednesday, December 16th. Please ensure the outfits follow school dress code rules. (NO shorts, shoulders need to be covered, skirts to the knee and closed toed shoes) MOGA (most outrageous games and activities) We are looking forward to another half-day tradition on Thursday, December 17th. We will start off the morning with an action packed assembly for the students and then move to our sporting facilities for some ‘outrageous’ fun and games. Students should wear their color house shirts with PE shorts and running shoes so they are ready to participate in all the activities. They should also bring a refillable water bottle with their name clearly labeled on it and a snack for our mid-morning break. Dismissal will be at noon on this day. Whether you are traveling or relaxing in Dubai over the break, we wish you a safe and happy holiday! Warmest Regards, Joan Wiens and Luke Spencer MS Admin

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S HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS (Grades 9-12) Make sure to read the corresponding DAAPA NEWS section of this issue of SPOTS for all the latest High School parent sponsored events!

FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE

What just happened……

• Developing leadership through Physical Education Recently our grade 9 students participated in a physical education unit titled ‘Developing leadership through recreational games’. The objective of this unit was for students to develop interpersonal skills such as organization, leadership, teamwork, and cooperation by leading their peers through a creative warm-up activity and recreational game.

During this unit, students were provided the opportunity to create new ideas for engaging young teens in a safe, active and enjoyable session that reflected

their own personal interests and improved fitness. Not only did these students build confidence through leading others but they also developed an understanding of how to maintain an active lifestyle through their participation in regular physical activities that they enjoy, which is key to preparing our students to leading healthy and successful lives.

Photos are two grade 9 students, Sarah Madani and Isabel Rostock leading their class through a warm-up activity.

• SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES IN DUBAI The CAS Coordinator continues to find new service opportunities for our students. It has been a great challenge to find service opportunities in the UAE that do not violate the regulations set up by the Department of Islamic Affairs & Charitable Activities Department. If you have any suggestions on getting our students involved with service. Please contact me at [email protected] RECORDING CAS & SERVICE All students are required to take part in CAS and/or Service. Students are REQUIRED to record all information in Managebac, which is our CAS Database program. At the end of each semester, parents will be notified of their child's progress in CAS by a notification on their report card, or by e-mail. It is important that they keep up to date on all their activities. SPOTLIGHT I attempt to spotlight our students' efforts in CAS as much as I can. I would like to recognize the efforts of Down The Line Winners. They have successfully initiated a great program to help others. If you wish to learn more, go their website: (downthelinewinners.com) I would also like to recognize a group of students supervised by Ms. Ritchie that put on a Recycled Fashion Show. Photos of their first show can be found on the CAS website. WEBSITE This is just a reminder that if you want to keep up-to-date with CAS events, requirements & updates make sure you go to tschumperlin.net

• Hot chocolate anyone? The DAAPA mum’s served up some festive treats on Wednesday to our hardworking Seniors. Hot chocolate with marshmallows and Christmas tree shaped biscuits were on the menu.

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FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE, continued

• Future brain surgeons in the making!

This month the High School Biology class challenged themselves with their first dissection of the year. Following a v isual presentation, the class was able to overcome squeamish nerves and discovered some of the beautiful structures within the brain. Students like Ahmad Bin Haider and Joey Lim highlighted an almost artistry in their care and precision during their dissections.

• You never know what you will see in Deira! I B Visual Arts Students enjoyed a photography field trip down to Bur Dubai visiting Deira fish market and a variety of traditional Souks through to Bastakia quarter, including a boat rip on the river.

We continued the trip at Dubai mall, where students then made a comparison on how life is lived is different parts of Dubai. This trip will go onto inform a digital Art montage, with the students focusing their work on an area of their choice from the trip.

They are l ooking forward to showing the final products.

• Reduce, reuse,

recycle is all the fashion!

Last Sunday a group of seniors ran an advisory activity with the junior class making outfits

from the paper found in our classroom recycling bins. This shows just one of the many things we can do with recycled materials instead of throwing them away ! What’s going to happen……..?

December 16: It’s the Winter Concert on Wednesday evening @ 7. Listen and sing-a-long to some festive favourites.

December 17: Holidays begin @ 12

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QUICK REFERENCE TO SEMESTER ONE EXAMS 2016

(10:30 - 12:00 in AUD) IB I Exams (Grade 11) TIME Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Classroom Wed Thurs Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs 8:00 -9:30 History

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Auditorium BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK 10:30 -12:00 Business English SL

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Classroom 10:30 - 12:30

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* conflicts all in Auditorium on January 27- 28 (10:30-12:00) Grade 9 + 10 TIME Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Classroom Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs 8:00 - 9:30 Math 10

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BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK 10:30- 12:00 French II,

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EAC Emirates Athletics Conference

SEASON 2 SPORTS & ACTIVITIES:

Varsity Basketball Boys Coach Mr Moffett & Girls Coach Mr Rodgers JV Basketball Boys Coach Mr Ghosn & Girls Coach Ms Bonner U14 Basketball Boys Coach Mr Grant & Girls Coach Ms Cantu Tennis (JV & V) Boys Coach Ms Eversteyn & Girls Coach Ms Olson Varsity Football Boys Coach Mr Murry & Girls Coach Mr Willett JV Football Boys Coach Mr Hill & Girls Coach Ms Grant U14 Football Boys Coach Mr Erickson & Girls Coach Mr Russell Cross Country (U14, JV & V) Coaches Mr Plotz and Mr Gardner Senior Fine Arts Coaches Mr Downey, Ms Acheson, Mr Quinto and Mr Hopkins

UPCOMING MATCHES HOME & AWAY

Sunday 13th December matches: JVG Soccer v DIA @ Raffles World Academy depart 3.30pm - start 4.20pm U14G Basketball v GWA @ DAA ES GYM 4.15pm start VB Soccer v UAS @ UAS Depart 3.00pm - start 4pm

Monday 14th December matches: Boys Tennis v GWA @ GWA 4pm start Girls Tennis v GWA @ DAA 3.30pm start JVB Soccer v UAS @ UAS 4.30pm start U14B Soccer v DIA @ Raffles World Academy 4.15pm start U14G Soccer v DIA @ DIA 4.00pm start U14B Basketball v GWA @ DAA ES GYM 4.15pm start

Wednesday 16th December matches: U14B/G Soccer v UAS @ UAS 4pm start

WINTER BREAK!

FIRST WEEK BACK MATCHES: Wednesday 6th January

JVB Basketball v UAS @ UAS 3.30pm start JVG Basketball v UAS @ DAA 4.45pm start VB Basketball v UAS @ UAS 3.30pm start VG Basketball v UAS @ DAA 3.30pm start

Thursday 7th January JV B/G Basketball v ASD @ ASD 4pm start V B/G Basketball v ASD @ DAA VB/G Soccer v ASD @ DAA Girls 4pm Boys 5.15pm

Saturday 9th January U14B/G Basketball v GWA @ GWA 10.00am start JVB/G Soccer v GWA @ GWA Girls 11am. Boys 12.15pm VG/VB Soccer v GWA @ DAA Girls 10am. Boys 11.15am

Sunday 10th January JVB Basketball v GWA @ DAA 4.30pm JVG Basketball v GWA @ GWA 4.30pm

Monday 11th Jan VG Soccer v UAS @ DAA 4.45pm start VB Soccer v GWA @ GWA 4pm

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ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES, continued SEASON 2 MESAC (MIDDLE EAST SOUTH ASIA CONFERENCE) All Junior Varsity and Varsity athletes and Fine Arts participants! Locations of MESAC tournaments for Season 2:

Varsity Basketball American School of Doha, Qatar Feb 10th-14th JV Basketball American Embassy School, India Feb 4th-8th U14 Basketball GEMS Invitational @ DAA Friday 12th Feb Tennis (JV & V) American British IB World School, Oman Feb 10th-14th Varsity Football American School of Dubai, UAE Feb 10th-14th JV Football Dubai American Academy, UAE Feb 4th-8th U14 Football GEMS Invitational @ GAA Friday 12th Feb Cross Country (U14, JV & V) American British IB World School, Oman Feb 11th-13th Senior Fine Arts American Community School, Abu Dhabi Feb 4th-8th It is a MESAC requirement that all squad participants in all activities be prepared to house visiting athletes. This season we are hosting Junior Varsity Football. I will be asking DAA team parents to open their homes to house athletes from ASDoha, ABA Oman, ACS, Abu Dhabi and AES, India. We have 128 athletes to house from the February 4th-8th 2016. Yvonne Sidani is the lead coordinator of housing. Please contact her directly [email protected] for any questions or concerns. SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER

The DAA community had the opportunity to meet and listen to a real Olympian! Butch Reynolds was here to speak with our athletes, and share his Olympic and World Championship experience. Competing in the World Championships, Butch earned the World Record in the 400 m sprint in Track and Field, for 11 years from 1988 to 1999. His time of 43.29 seconds beat the previous record by 0.57 seconds, and is still the second fastest 400m time ever. He was also a member of the 4 x 400m relay team, who still holds the current World Record. Butch was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team and earned gold and silver medals in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Butch is here in Dubai to present some Speed and Agility Training workshops. You can learn more about this at trsports.com. Our DAA students asked some serious questions about training and sport, and many were excited to get autographs after the presentation!

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STAY IN TOUCH – DAA LEOPARDS!

Twitter Follow us @DAALeopards Instagram Follow us @DAALeopards

Please continue to check our DAA Athletics Website @ www.gemsdaa.com for up to date information, match schedules and upcoming tournaments. Go to the home page and click on ‘Athletics”

There are links to all calendars with Matches and MESAC Tournaments for the year! I encourage all parents, students and teachers to come and support our Leopards both on and off the sporting field! Emily Rentsch Athletic Director | Dubai American Academy Athletic Director

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TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

PASTA STATIONPenne with

Arabiatta SauceMac & Cheese Beef Lasagna Spaghetti Bologonese

Farfalle w/Tomato Sauce carrot and peas

VEG PROTEINVeg curry with

white riceVeg Chilli Mousaka Veg Biryani

Yakhneh Vegetable with chickpeas

NON VEG PROTEIN Baked Fish Beef Chilli Butter ChickenBreaded Chicken

TendersSweet and Sour Chicken

SIDE DISHCabbage salad

Grates Carrot Salad

Mashed Pumpkin

Broccoli Cauliflower

STARCH/GRAIN

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NachosWhite rice Potato wedges Veg fried rice

PH7 MenuDecember 13 - 17, 2015

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