October 13, 2014

ATHLETICS AT AIS This is a very important edition of the Lion’s Den Athletic Newsletter. This weekend our AIS JV and Varsity Volleyball teams enter into the KSAA playoff rounds. All 4 teams remain undefeated and will finish up regular season league play this week. Please refer to the coming events section of the newsletter for a list of dates and times for playoff games. It is important to point out that we are hosting all KSAA playoff games at our school and fan support for these games would be greatly appreciated. I am requesting your assistance in “spreading the word”. Please announce the games to your classes, print the schedule provided in this newsletter and post it in your room, or simply direct the students to the athletic bulletin board in the canteen for game information. I will e-mail the final schedule for this weekend’s games to all staff at the end of this week. In case you are wondering why you should come and watch (outside of supporting the kids) I have included “4 Surprising Health Benefits of Being a Sports Fan”.

4 SURPRISING HEALTH BENEFITS OF BEING A SPORTS FAN 1. It inspires you to be active. 2. Watching live sports is a workout in itself, jumping, cheering, clapping, etc… 3. Research says you will live longer because of being social. Maintaining a strong social network improves your chance of living longer by 50%. Therefore take friends to the AIS games!!!! 4. It will make you smarter. A study from the University of Chicago found it is a workout for your brain. By Cristina Goyanes from Prevention a Health Magazine

U14 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PLAYER PROFILE

NAME: Alexandra Shamma POSITION IN VOLLEYBALL: Hitter NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL: 1 FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: The Dallas Cowboys (according to Mr. Butler) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU FINISH HIGH SCHOOL? Business

“The difference in winning and losing is most often…not quitting”. Walt Disney

COMING EVENTS AT AIS.... THE WEEK FOLLOWING EID BREAK

• League play will resume for our volleyball teams • October 13th at 3:30 JV Boys in the Main Gym versus UAS (results just in, we won)

• October 15th at 3:30 Varsity Boys in the Main Gym versus BBS • October 15th at 4pm JV Girls in the Elementary Gym versus BBS

• October 16th at 3:30 JV Girls in the Main gym versus UAS All Day on Saturday October 18th at AIS is the volleyball tournament play, with our JV Boys

and Varsity Girls playing in the morning and our JV Girls and Varsity Boys playing in the afternoon.

FOOTBALL MATCHES • October 18th at 9am Varsity Girls Football vs. ACA on the AIS table top

• October 18th at 10am JV Girls game vs. DBS at DBS • October 18th at 10am U14 Girls game vs. ACA at ACA Boys Campus

• October 18th at 11am JV Boys game vs. DBS at Sura Fields •

JV BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYER PROFILE

NAME: Hamad Mohammad POSITION IN VOLLEYBALL: Center Back NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL: four FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Liverpool WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU FINISH HIGH SCHOOL? Become a lawyer