Athletics &
Activities
SPOTS NEWSLETTER – March 19, 2024
To all Leopards,
Below you will find information about upcoming events for Athletics, Activities & Aquatics.
If there are any questions you can contact the Athletics and Activities Office in person or by email:
For Athletics contact Josh Doubleday j.doubleday_daa@gemsedu.com
For Athletics contact Sam Leacock s.leacock_daa@gemsedu.com
For Activities contact Ivan Forbes i.forbes_daa@gemsedu.com
For Aquatics contact Marie Leclerc m.leclerc1_daa@gemsedu.com
We look forward to you getting involved in a great program.
The Athletics and Activities Department
Athletics
We are fast approaching the final weekend of the 2023/24 High School and Middle School athletics MESAC and EAC calendars, and there is a smorgasboard of exciting competitions for you to tuck into!
HS Softball and Baseball MESAC Competition hosted by DAA @ Dubai Little League - Friday 19th to Sunday 21st
We are proud to be hosting 16 of the best softball and baseball teams from around the Middle East this weekend at The Dubai Little League.
We invite you to come along to Dubai Little League across the three days for a great family day out to come together as a community and support the mighty DAA Leopards 💪
Fixtures and results can be found on the MESAC website with games taking places across the day.
Track and Field MESAC Competition hosted by AS Doha – Thursday 18th – Saturday 20th
Our incredible track and field team braved the storms to leave Dubai late on Wednesday night and arrive safely in Doha. We thank our students, coaches and parents who made the journey to the airport and trip possible!
The competition is well under way and can be watched on the live stream link.
Badminton at ASD - Friday 19th to Sunday 21st
Our teams are getting ready for the competition at ASD to start tomorrow! Support our Badminton Leopards and watch the live stream link.
Speech & Debate at ACS
Good luck to our Leopards at ACS for Speech and Debate!
Middle School EAC tournaments
Our Badminton and Track & Field team head to tournaments in Abu Dhabi!
Let's rally together in true community spirit and cheer on our Leopards as they showcase their talent across the weekend!
Go Leopards!
DAA ACTIVITIES
Dear Grade 4 and 5 Parents,
We are pleased to offer an exciting basketball program this term for our Grade 4 and 5 students. If you are interested to register your child please fill in the sign up form attached. The sign up form closes on Wednesday, the 24th of April.
Please ensure all information shared regarding emails and phone numbers are up to date as all communication regarding cancellations, games and schedules will be shared on those numbers and emails provided.
Once the sign ups form closes, we will share a confirmation email including the practice/activity schedule.
We hope you have a great rest of your day!
DAA Athletics and Activities Team
ESM ACTIVITIES
Term Three After School Activities
IMPORTANT SIGN UP DETAILS
There will be no internal (free) after school activities offered in Term Three
Registration of all external (paid and offered by External Providers) activities will be through the ESM portal from March 20th, 9:30am.
In order to provide and collect all the information in a timely manner we require our DAA parents to fill out all fields and information asked of them during sign ups on the ESM portal.
Please ensure that you have the following information at hand before signing up and entered correctly, leaving no field blank as that requires for us to enter information manually for each student significantly delaying the data collection process:
Name of student
Student Id Number
Parent’s email
Grade
Section
Contact number
Enter your child’s name and spelling as it appears in GEMS connect (parent portal) as well as their Student ID number.
Please note that the Student ID number is not the same as their Emirates ID number. You may find the student ID number on your GEMS connect and the back of your lanyard. For example- 12400100234567 or 234567
The phone number and email address entered should be in use as all after school activity communication will be sent to that email address and phone number.
For any information regarding external activities (paid activities run through ESM external providers) please reach out to jay.k@esm.ae , for all other ASA inquiries please reach out to i.forbes_daa@gemsedu.com or r.agha1_daa@gemsedu.com