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Superintendent News
ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS AT CAC
One of CAC’s strengths is our ability to offer a wide range of athletics and extra-curricular activities for our students. From our rich after school program for our elementary students to our varsity teams and activities, there is much to choose from. These offer students an opportunity to take leadership, to discover and extend talents outside the classroom, learn teamwork and how to handle victory and defeat with grace. In the Middle School this year, we have run 17 After School Activities giving students the opportunity to participate in activities in the arts, academic support and challenges, electronics and environmental action. Through the development of the Middle School Sports program, CAC is able to offer basketball, soccer, and volleyball across the grades competing in CISSA as well as softball, capture the flag and fun soccer games at school. The High School has 15 clubs and activities including academic offerings such as Model United Nations, Academic Games, Forensics and Debate and F1 as well as the performing arts, Theater (ISTA), Honor Band, Choir and Orchestra and our very own Jazz Band. Students are also keen sponsors of the National Honor Society, the Peace Club, the Human Rights Group and the environmentally conscious Green Team. The High School Athletic Program currently supports teams in 12 sports, at both JV and Varsity level: swimming, water polo, cross country, track and field, wrestling, badminton, tennis, soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball and baseball. This year, we compete in ISST (a European conference) for our varsities and MESAC (a Middle Eastern conference) for our JV. We have a long history of competition with ISST and in recent years with EMAC and its successor MESAC. When MESAC told CAC that we would be required to compete only in their league, a decision was made to end our association with them in order to continue with ISST. Giving them the required notice, this was to be our last year with MESAC. However, upon further discussion, the MESAC Board has agreed to allow CAC to continue to compete in both leagues with the exception of soccer where the leagues compete in different seasons due to the weather. ISST is an athletic league. MESAC offers both athletic tournaments and activities for the five schools that are members: American School of Doha, American School of Dubai, Dubai American Academy, American Embassy School of New Delhi and the American Community School of Abu Dhabi. We have therefore applied to rejoin MESAC while continuing to take part in ISST tournaments in order to offer more activities for more students at CAC. If MESAC accepts our application to join, the competition MESAC offers would replace the varsity invitational tournaments in all sports except soccer. Coaches will be encouraged to carry larger squads, as membership in MESAC would provide extended opportunities for our student-athletes. We also know that the expense of these trips is difficult for some of our families and have agreed to look for ways to raise funds to assist with travel costs. We are very pleased to be able to open the door for more students to meet other international students and to participate in well-organized activities and athletics. We know that these international school events provide our students with life-long memories of their days at CAC and encourage them to find interests that will help them lead healthy and balanced lives.
Ellen Stern
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