MS Student Life

• MS Soccer/Football
  AAS MS teams play 7-aside games against other CEESA schools. Our girls are in Division 1 and boys in Division 2.
   
• Tennis
  AS tennis runs in the spring for HS. We select 6 players to travel to the CEESA tournament; 2 students play singles and 4 students make up 2 doubles pairs.
   
• X-Country Running
  The participants run 2 races over the 2 days at CEESA. HS students run a 3.5km race and a 5km race. The races are over varying terrain and may include; grass, trails through forests, water features, hills and flat ground. It is a combined MS/HS event and each school is allowed to have up to 6 runners in each age/gender.
   
• Basketball
  AAS teams play in the CEESA Division 1 group for all teams; MS boys and girls.
   
• Swimming
  AAS competes in CEESA swimming every year. It is a combined MS and HS team consisting of up to 32 swimmers, 8 in each age/gender. Swimmers can compete in both individual and team relay events.
   
• Volleyball
  All AAS volleyball teams compete in the spring season. The travel team may consist of up to 10 students.
   
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• Speech and Debate
  AAS competes in the MS Speech and Debate CEESA competition each year. The team consists of 10 students who are allowed to compete in a maximum of 2 events. The events are Impromptu, Debate, Original Oratory, Duet Acting and Oral Interpretation.
   
• MS Model United Nations (MUN)
  This is a CEESA event and is only open to CEESA schools. It is an educational simulation  and/or academic activity in which students can learn about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations.
   
• MS Choir
  Choir students work hard to prepare themselves for this CEESA event. At the festival over 100 students come together to sing and to produce a concert at the end of the weekend.
   
• Knowledge Bowl
  Students work together in groups of 4 and compete against other teams. This is a general knowledge competition. The first round of questions is based on one topic; which could be anything from biology, to poetry to capital cities to astronomy. The second round a quick fire general knowledge questions. There is also an individual and team written component to to CEESA competition.
   
• Cultural Arts
  MS Students are invited to join the Cultural arts team. This is a CEESA event which has a visual art focus. The theme for each year is decided on by the host school. It is designed to show off the diverse culture of their city and country to the other CEESA schools. Students engage in 3 parts; inspiration, creation and exhibition
   
• MS Math Counts
  This CEESA competition is governed by the MathCounts Foundation, which is based in the US. Schools are allowed to send 2 teams of 4 students each to compete in both team and individual events.
   
• MS Robotics
  This CEESA event is a FIRST Lego League competition. Each year the teams are set a challenge and they take their robot to the competition to compete against the robots from the other schools.
  
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A critical component of the transition program at the school, the Student Ambassador Program allows for students to learn leadership and advocacy, whilst helping new students to form friendships and settle into AAS. They also assist as stewards at events. 

Middle School students are given the opportunity to participate in a plethora of teacher led activities during their free time, including board and card games, meditation and relaxation sessions and sports in the gym.

Organised under the global TED banner TEDxYouth are independently organised events encouraging young people to develop themes and topics and present them to a live audience all while being professionally filmed. AAS has had a TED-ED Club and TEDxYouth program since 2016. Helping students to believe that not only do they have a voice but people beyond the school want to listen, TED-ED  have provided the platform for some phenomenal talks and presentations, a number of which have been posted on the official TEDx channel.

Livestream is a popular activity at AAS with student volunteers forming the team that record and broadcast sports tournaments and events such as graduation. Under the guidance of the faculty and IT staff, student hone their artistic and technical skills while providing a service to those unable to attend the event in person.

AAS Livestream Channel

Students work together learning new skills and techniques.  These groups form a tight bond and have great fun developing dances and routines and creating original performances that are often shown at special events, such as a CEESA opening ceremony.