Activities and Athletics

The 2021–2022 AES School Year was once again lled with opportunities, challenges, and adjustments as we continued to ride the wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the uncertainty and changes, the Activities and Athletics Department continued to support the American Embassy School mission of providing a balanced education de ned by a joyful pursuit of excellence in academics, athletics, arts, and service. Through careful planning, adjusting and modifying, we were able to run most of our AES co-curricular programs on-campus throughout the school year.

Meeting our Goals in the 2021–22 school year Staying within our safety and risk management guidelines for COVID prevention, the AES Activities Department worked throughout the school year to complete the following:

Initial hopes and goals for Co-Curricular programs in the 202–22 school year

As we started this school year back in August 2021, we had hoped that conditions would allow us to meet the following broad program goals for the 2021–22 school year

1. Run seasonal or full year co-curricular programs throughout the school year

2. Provide co-curricular programs that meet broad youth development goals

3. As much as possible, run these programs in-person

4. When not possible, provide quality virtual alternatives

5. Abide by AES COVID-19 safety protocols to minimize risk.

Elementary School—i-POP

• Four sessions/quarters of Elementary i-POP activities in the 2021–22 school year

• 338 di erent i-POP activities / Average of 84.5 activities per session

• Average of 307 elementary school students registering for one or more i-POP activities each session

Middle School—ASA (After School Activities) and ASIAC

• Four sessions/quarters of ASAs and ASIAC Activities in the 2021–22 school year

• 125 di erent ASA/ASIAC activities / Average of 31+ activities per session

• Average of 144 MS students registering for one or more ASA or ASIAC each session

High School—Clubs and MESAC

• Three full seasons of MESAC Activities—18 di erent programs

• High School Clubs—54 clubs in academics, service, athletics, arts

• Over 90% of all high school students were involved in one or more co-curricular activities during the school year