AASCA Middle School Sportsmanship Festival

NEWSLETTER 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

 COLEGIO MAYA DE GUATEMALA (GUATEMALA)  ESCUELA AMERICANA DE EL SALVADOR (EL SALVADOR)  THE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL (COSTA RICA)  MAZAPAN SCHOOL (HONDURAS)  ESCUELA INTERAMERICANA SAMPEDRANA (HONDURAS)  DISCOVERY SCHOOL (HONDURAS)  ESCUELA AMERICANA DE TEGUCIGALPA (HOST)

MARCH 14-17, 2018

THE AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR THREE YEARS NOW. THE FIRST TWO FESTIVALS WERE HOSTED IN COSTA RICA BY LINCOLN SCHOOL AND THE SECOND FESTIVAL WAS HOSTED BY THE PANAMERICAN SCHOOL. THIS YEAR IT WAS THE AMERICAN 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL SCHOOL OF TEGUCIGALPA’S TURN. THE NATURE OF THE AASCA SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL IS NOT A COMPETITIVE ONE, BUT AN EXPERIENCE WHERE KIDS CAN RECEIVE AN “INTRODUCTION” TO THEIR STUDENTATHLETE PEERS FROM ALL CENTRAL AMERICA. IT IS AN EVENT FREE OF COMPETITIVE STRESS, IN WHICH KIDS AND COACHES CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND HOPEFULLY FORM BONDS THAT WILL REMAIN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO COME, WHEN THEY MEET AGAIN IN A MORE COMPETITIVE ARENA.

THE SCHOOLS WERE GREETED BY AN USHER AND WERE GIVEN A CAMPUS TOUR. LATER ON, THOSE SAME USHERS WERE ASSIGNED TO THE DIFFERENT MAYAN HOUSES.

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

EDECANES/ USHERS (6TH GRADE) NATALIA FUNES JUAN JOSÉ LAGOS DANIELLA URRUTIA KIARA STEFAN CAMILA CORRALES NICOLE GIRBAL PAULINA SARMIENTO

EDECANES/ USHERS (8TH GRADE) EDUARDO VILLACORTA JUAN CARLOS BUSTILLO JOANNA SANCHEZ GIANA DANZILO EDECANES/ USHERS NIA MAZARIEGOS (7TH GRADE) ANA LUCÍA CÁCERES IRENE MELARA LUCÍA BUESO SEBASTIÁN FARAJ GRECIA SANTOS MICHELLE WEHMEYER NATALIA DÍAZ DEL VALLE ISABELLA BOQUÍN

WEDNESDAY NIGHT STUCO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE ICE BREAKER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MR. CARLOS CORRALES, THE STUCO ADVISOR, WAS ON HAND TO MAKE SURE ALL RAN WELL .

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP ICE BREAKER FESTIVAL

THURSDAY MORNING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WAS THE INAGURATION. THE DELEGATIONS PARADED INTO THE THE PERFORMING ART CENTER WITH THEIR HOUSE UNIFORMS. AT THE DAIS, MRS. LILIANA JENKINS (SUPERINTENDENT), MS.GLENDA PEARSON (AASCA SECRETARY), MR. RICARDO BELGRAVE (M.S. PRINCIPAL) AND MR. WILMER MIRALDA( AST ATHLETIC DIRECTOR). MRS. VICTORIA DIAZ WAS THE MISTRESS OF CEREMONY. OUR BAND PLAYED THE ANTHEMS. THIRD GRADE FOLKLORE DANCERS PROVIDED CULTURAL ENTERTAINAMENT. MRS. MARICI GIRON LED THE PRAYER. MRS. JENKIS WELCOMED THE DELEGATIONS AND MIKAELA FACUSSÉ AND MARK GERNAT LED THE ATHLETE’S PLEDGE.

INAUGURATION CEREMONY

THE FESTIVAL HAD AS ITS THEME “TRIBES”. LAST YEAR THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS GOT TOGETHER AND ESTABLISHED RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MR. WILMER MIRALDA, ORGANIZED SUCH AN EVENT. HE DEVISED THE IDEA OF MERGING OUR 2018 AASCAHOUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL SCHOOL’S SYSTEM WITH THE AASCA FESTIVAL THEME. THE ATHLETES AND COACHES FROM EACH SCHOOL WERE ASSIGNED A MAYAN HOUSE BASED ON THEIR ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE. THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS SENT FORMS IN WHICH THEY BRIEFLY DISCRIBED THEIR ATHLETES. WEEKS BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL TO THE HOST SCHOOL, GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS WERE FORMED AND GIVEN A MAYAN HOUSE NAME. TEAM SHIRTS AND SCHEDULES WERE MADE IN PREPARATION FOR THE FESTIVAL.

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

PHOTO COURTESY OF MR. MARVIN FRANCO ATHLETE GLORIA ADRIANA TATYANNA LUCIA CAMILA ISABELLA VALENTINA ASTRID LETICIA SUAD MARIANNE

SCHOOL DIS AST EIS AST CDS EIS DIS MAZAPAN DIS MAZAPAN MAYA

COACH: GEANNINA RODRIGUEZ (CDS)

PHOTO COURTESY OF MR. MARVIN FRANCO 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE PAMELA TELLEYA LUCIA NATALIA VALERIA MARTHA ANGELA EKATERINA CARMEN SOPHIE DANIELLA

SCHOOL AST CDS AST EIS MAZAPAN EIS CDS DIS CDS DIS MAYA

COACH: CARLOS HERNANDEZ (EIS)

PHOTO COURTESY OF MR. MARVIN FRANCO 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE MONIQUE GIULIANA MARIA VICTORIA FABIANA KIANA VALERIE SOFIA ANDREA SOFIA PAOLA DANIELA CAMILA

SCHOOL AST AST DIS AST CDS EIS CDS MAZAPAN AST CDS MAYA

COACH: ALEX GODOY (AST)

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE ANA ANA PAULINA SILVANA NICOLE KRISTEN ANDREA MARIA SAMANTHA MARIA MANUELA ANA SOFIA

SCHOOL MAYA AST EIS DIS MAZAPAN EIS DIS CDS MAZAPAN CDS MAYA

COACH: EVELYN LOPEZ (MAYA)

PHOTO COURTESY OF MR. MARVIN FRANCO 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE REGINA FIONA ADRIANA F. ADRIANA L. PIA HANNA LUCIANA MIRLA HEEJIN

SCHOOL DIS AST AST DIS CDS EIS AST MAZAPAN MAYA

COACHES: STEVEN CACHO (DIS) AND MAYRA SCHWARZ (MAZAPAN)

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE NATALIA MIKAELA GRAZIA ESTEFANIA VIVIANNA MARISSA LISA ADRIANA MILENA ANA

SCHOOL AST AST EIS DIS AST DIS CDS MAZAPAN MAYA DCDS

COACHES: BRYAN FUENTES (EIS)

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

PHOTO COURTESY OF MR. MARVIN FRANCO ATHLETE RODRIGO MARTIN MARCELO LUIS CARLOS AMILCAR MARIO DAVID LACHLAN PABLO CAMILO ROBERTO OLIVER SEBASTIAN FRANCO

SCHOOL AST EIS AST AST MAZAPAN AST DIS CDS EAS MAYA DIS EAS DIS MAYA

COACH: ALEX PAZ (EIS)

PHOTO COURTESY OF MR. MARVIN FRANCO 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE RODOLFO DIEGO RICARDO JAIRO ANDRES MARIANO LUIS ENRIQUE FEDERICO JOSE RAMÓN IAN DANILO EMILIANO SEBASTIAN ANDRES

SCHOOL EIS AST EIS DIS DIS MAYA AST EAS MAZAPAN MAYA AST MAZAPAN DIS CDS

COACH: ALVIN CACHO (DIS)

PHOTO COURTESY OF MR. MARVIN FRANCO 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE MARCO R. MARCO M. ALEXANDER GIAN CARLO MARK GUSTAVO JUAN JOSE RICARDO JERONIMO ISMAEL ANGEL DAVID FERNANDO SALOMON FELIPE

SCHOOL AST MAZAPAN DIS EIS AST DIS CDS EAS MAYA MAZAPAN EIS EAS CDS EAS

COACH: LUIS ARRAZOLA (AST)

ATHLETE ELMER JACOBO KARIM ELIAS GABRIEL OLIVER BLAKE DAVID ALFREDO DARREN JOSE MARCO RODRIGO MARIANO

SCHOOL DIS EIS AST CDS AST DIS MAZAPAN MAYA EAS MAZAPAN DIS EAS EIS MAYA

COACH: ERROL ROSE (MAZAPAN)

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE DINO MATIAS HANS DIEGO SEBASTIAN BO. JAVIER SERGIO JUAN CARLOS FABRIZZIO JORDI DIEGO B. SEBASTIAN BER. FILIPPO FARID

SCHOOL CDS CDS AST EIS CDS MAZAPAN DIS EAS EIS DIS AST EIS CDS CDS MAZAPAN

COACH: GEOFFREY WRIGHT (CDS)

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETE JORGE GABRIEL JOSE LUIS MATIAS VICTOR MATEO MATHIAS STEFANO SERGIO FERNANDO DAVID JUAN CARLOS SEBASTIAN

SCHOOL AST EIS AST CDS MAZAPAN DIS MAYA DIS EAS MAZAPAN DIS EAS EIS EIS

COACH: EDWIN CHAVARRIA (EAS)

DURING THREE DAYS THE STUDENT-ATHLETES PARTICIPATED IN VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, TRACK AND ON THE FINAL DAY, CROSS COUNTRY.

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

WHEN THE STUDENT-ATHLETES WERE NOT COMPETING IN SPORTS, THEY PARTICIPATED IN TEAM BUILING ACTIVITIES OR TOOK A WELL DESERVED REST.

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND VISITING COACHES WERE BUSY MAKING SURE THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME.

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

OVER THIRTY AST STAFF MEMEBERS WERE PRESENT AND READY TO HELP OUT AT ANY MOMENT.

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

AS IS TRADITION AT AST, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS WERE GIVEN A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO TO PROMOTE SPORTS IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION USED IX-CACAO AS A CURRENCY FOR BARTER. OUR MAYAN HOUSES EARNED IX-CACAOS INSTEAD OF POINTS. 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE K’INICHA AJAW HOUSE EARNED 13 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE ZOTS HOUSE EARNED 15 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE YAX BALAM HOUSE EARNED 19 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE WITZ HOUSE EARNED 21 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE K’AWIIL HOUSE EARNED 28 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE PAUAHTUN HOUSE EARNED 30 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE BALAM HOUSE EARNED 18 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE CHAAK HOUSE EARNED 20 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE YUM KAAX HOUSE EARNED 20 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE ITZAM YE HOUSE EARNED 22 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE IX SAK UN HOUSE EARNED 22 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

THE K’UK’ULKAN HOUSE EARNED 24 IXCACAO DURING THE FESTIVAL

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

PAUAHTUN: SOFIA (CDS) AND MONIQUE (AST) K’AWIIL: ADRIANA (AST) AND MARIANNE (MAYA)

WITZ: NATALIA (EIS) , PAMELA (AST) YAX BALAM: ADRIANA (MAZAPAN) NATALIA (AST) ZOTZ: MANUELA (CDS) AND ANA PAULINA (AST) K’INICH AJAW: PIA (CDS) AND REGINA (DIS) http://profilepicturequotes.com/sportsparents-quotes/

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

K’UK’ULKAN: GABRIEL (AST) AND KARIM (AST) IX SAK UN: GIAN CARLO (EIS) AND MARCO (AST) ITZAM YE: IAN (MAYA) AND SEBASTIAN (DIS) YUM KAAX:JOSE LUIS (AST), MATHIAS (MAYA) CHAAK: LUIS CARLOS (AST) AND JAIRO (DIS) BALAM: JUAN (EAS) AND SERGIO (DIS) http://profilepicturequotes.com/sportsparents-quotes/

NONESPORTSMANSHIP OF THIS WOULD FESTIVAL HAVE BEEN 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR HELP! LILIANA JENKINS (SUPERINTENDENT) RICARDO BELGRAVE (M.S. PRINCIPAL) DEVO ( THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING) CARLOS CORRALES (EVENT LOGISTICS) EDECANES (AST AMBASSADORS) JANINA AGUILAR (LOGO) STUCO (ICE BREAKER) PEPSI/ GATORADE (HYDRATION) TEACHERS (VOLUNTEERS) ING. OYUELA & MAINTENANCE CREW (THANK YOU FOR THE LONG HOURS) SERVICE MASTER FABIOLA ABUDOJ ( CANDY FOR LOUNGE) BEATRIZ COTRINA & BUSINESS OFFICE NATALIE ARGUELLO & CALYANNE CROUCH ( HOUSE ACTIVITIES) GUISELA RIEDEL, NENA ALVARADO AND MICHELLE CORRALES (EDECANES AND AD LOUNGE) MUSIC DEPARTMENT ( INAUGURATION) AST P.A. (INAUGURATION) MARICI GIRÓN (PRAYER).

NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR HELP! 2018 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP FESTIVAL

DINING HALL( CATERING) RICARDO FRIAS (COMMUNICATIONS) TECHNOLOGY P.T.O. ( LOUNGE AND INFO BOOTH) TOYOTA (FINISH LINE) POR SALUD (MEDICAL COVERAGE) ESPRESSO AMERICANO LIC. YOSMARY ARRAZOLA (NURSE) CLARO (CLOSING CEREMONY ENTERTAINMENT) AST COACHES (ALL ACTIVITIES) ANITA ROMAN AND HER THIRD GRADE CLASS FOLKLORIC DANCERS ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF GO EAGLES! *Picture and newsletter credits: Alina Fernรกndez