Trimester 3 After School Activities

Dear Parents and Students,

Trimester 3 Online Internal ASA sign-ups will be open on Wednesday, March 8th from 7am and will be closed on Thursday, March 9th at 5pm. Please use the following website to view the offerings for Trimester 3 and for Internal ASA online registration.

PS/ES After School Activities Website

For answers to frequently asked questions, please view the Internal ASA Q&A document.

External ASA sign-ups will be available on Saturday, March 18th from 11am - 1pm in the PS/ES lobby and Sunday, March 19th from 7:30am - 9am in the PS/ES cafeteria.

Additional information about External ASA program dates, times, costs, and contacts will be sent out electronically next week. All providing groups will be at the sign up session to provide you with information about their program.

Trimester 3 Important Dates:

• Internal Online Sign-ups: Wednesday, March 8th (from 7 am) to Thursday, March 9th (until 5pm)
• External Sign-ups: Saturday, March 18th from 11am - 1pm in the PS/ES lobby and Sunday, March 19th from 7:30am - 9am in the PS/ES cafeteria
• Start Date: Sunday, April 9th (immediately after Spring break)
• End Date: Thursday, May 25th
• Please note: Trimester 3 ASAs will only run for 7 weeks. The sessions for the week of Sunday, May 21st - Thursday, May 25th will be 1 hour long.

Thank you for supporting our ASA Program.

For any questions, please contact the ASA Coordinators:

Mandy Gintaut (PS Internal ASA Coordinator) amanda.gintaut@gemsdaa.net

Laura Sarmiento (ES Internal ASA Coordinator) laura.sarmiento@gemsdaa.net

Beth Swartz (External ASA Coordinator) e.swartz_daa@gemsedu.com

ASA Info.

Dear Parents and Students,

DAA is looking forward to kicking off our Trimester 1 After School Activity Program. The ASA Program will be a combination of teacher led (INTERNAL) and externally run activities related to sports, the arts, and academics.

Online Internal sign-ups will be open on Sunday, September 18th from 7 am and will be closed on Monday, September 19th at 5 pm. Please use the following website to view the offerings for Trimester 1 and for Internal online registration.

PS/ES After School Activities Website

Due to the Eid break, External ASAs sign-ups will be available on Sunday, September 18th from 6-8 pm and Monday, September 19th from 2:30 pm in the cafeteria.

You are invited to sign up for a wide variety of external after school activities including soccer, basketball, yoga, gymnastics, street jazz, tennis, karate, horse riding, science, pottery, and swimming.  Additional information about program dates, times, costs, and contacts will be sent out electronically next week. All providing groups will be at the sign up session to provide you with information about their program.

Thank you for supporting our ASA Program.

Trimester 1 Important Dates:

• Internal Online Sign-ups: Sunday, Sept. 18 (from 7 am) to Sept. 19 (until 5 pm)
• External Sign-ups: Sunday, Sept. 18 (from 6-8 pm) and Monday, Sept. 19 (from 2:30 pm)
• Start Date: Sunday, Sept. 25
• End Date: Wed. November 16
• Make up Week: Sunday, Nov. 20-Wednesday, Nov. 23

For any questions, please contact the ASA Coordinators:

• Mandy Gintaut (PS Internal ASA Coordinator) mandy.gintaut@gemsdaa.net  
• Laura Sarmiento (ES Internal ASA Coordinator) laura.sarmiento@gemsdaa.net 
• Beth Swartz (External ASA Coordinator) beth.swartz@gemsdaa.net 

Trimester 3 ASA Registration Information

ASA Registration Information 

• Internal Registration is available online between March 15-20. 

• External Sign ups are on March 19 at 10:00 AM (ES lobby) and March 20 at 7:30 in the ES Cafeteria. 

Students will receive paper notices on Wednesday, March 23, informing them of their Internal ASA registration. 

• Trimester 3 ASA start:  Sunday, April 10

• Trimester 3 ASA finish: Thursday, June 2 

Summary of Session 3 Important dates:

• Internal sign ups: March 15-20 
• Registration: March 19-20
• Start Date: Week of April 10 (actual start day depends on the day your ASA meets)
• End Date: June 2

ASA Information

Dear Parents, 

Thank you for your interest in internal and external after school activities. Trimester 1 sign ups are now closed. 

If you have registered and paid for an external activity with the provider on Saturday or Sunday, you have secured a spot for your child. 

If you registered on the ASA website for an internal activity, your child will receive one of their 3 choices. Please note that on the week of September 27th your child will receive notification, as in all years past, as to which internal activity they have been enrolled in. 

This notice will include the date, time, location and any fee required to participate in the ASA. If after receiving this notification your child is no longer able to participate in the ASA, you must contact the providing teacher.  After school activities will begin on October 4th. 

Reminder that you must arrange for pick up for your child after the ASA is complete. Internal providers will bring children to the lobby, external will remain at their location. Please have a ride arranged to pick up at completion times. Busses will not be running for ASA students. 

Thank you once again for your interest and support in the After School Activity Program. 

Kind Regards, 

Becky, Vhairi, and Adam

ASA Update

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY UPDATE

Dear Parents, 

The first term of after school activities are upon us.  Internal activity sign up for both PS and ES starts Thursday, September 17 at 3:30 pm. All sign up sheets and activity descriptions for term 1 offerings can be found at: https://sites.google.com/a/gemsdaa.net/primary-after-school-activities/home

*Please note, this site will not be fully operational until Wednesday Sept. 16th. 

External Activity sign up will take place on Saturday, September 19th, in the ES lobby from 10:00-1:00 PM and again on Sunday September 20th in the ES cafeteria starting at 7:30 AM and ending at 9:00 AM. All External offerings and descriptions can also be found on the ASA site.

The names and emails of the necessary contacts are available on the site if you have any further questions or comments.  

After School Activities (ASAs)

Dear Parents and Students,

DAA is looking forward to kicking off our Trimester 1 After School Activity Program. We have made some changes to our ASA calendar to more closely match our regular school year calendar and holidays. After School Activities will now be split into three trimesters. Each trimester will last a total of 8 weeks with activities running once a week. This will help minimize confusion about start and end dates, and help us create a more balanced program for your children. The ASA Program will be a combination of teacher lead and externally run activities related to sports, the arts, and academics.

On Saturday, September 19th from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm in the ES Lobby, you are invited to sign up for a wide variety of external after school activities including soccer, basketball, yoga, gymnastics, street jazz, tennis, karate, and swimming. Additional information about program dates, times, costs, and contacts will be sent out early next week. All providing groups will be at the sign up session to provide you with information about their program. If you are unable to attend this weekend sign up session, the providers will also be available in the ES Lunch Room on Sunday, September 20th from 7:30 am - 9:00 am for registration.

Thank you for supporting our ASA Program.

Term 1
Sign Ups: Sept 19/20

Start Date: Sunday, October 4

End Date: Wednesday, November 25

Term 2

Sign Ups: January 9/10

Start Date: January 17

End Date: March 10

Term 3
Sign Ups: March 19/20

Start Date: April 10

End Date: June 2 

ASA Registration!

It is that time of year again, one I'm sure you have all been waiting for, DAA's PS/ES After School Activities sign up.  

External Registration is happening this weekend on Saturday, September 27th, at 11 am until 1 pm in the PS/ES Lobby.  Please use the side entrance and wait for the doors to be opened.  If you miss Saturday, you will be able to register for external ASA on Sunday, September 28th, in the PS/ES Cafeteria from 7:30 until 9 am.  

Registration for Internal ASA is opening on Sunday, September 28th, online at 3 pm.  

Please visit http://daapsesafterschoolactivities.blogspot.ae/ for all of the ASA descriptions and to register your child at this time.

Kind Regards,

Annie Visneskie

ASA Sign-Up Info.

Good Afternoon Parents, 

Dubai American Academy's ES/PS After School Activities sign ups will be happening soon.  Here are the dates and times that you need to keep in mind: 

• External Sign-up in the Lobby of Elementary, Saturday, February 1 from 12 to 2

• External Sign-up in the ES Cafeteria, Sunday, February 2 from 7:45 to 9am

Internal Signup on gemsdaa.com will open Sunday, February 2 at 3:00 pm and close Thursday, February 6 at 3:00 pm. 

Additional information will be coming to you shortly. (Please be sure to click on the blue links to view the activities offered.) 

Thank you everyone for your assistance with the ASA program.

Happy Monday,

Annie

A few items...

I hope your week is off to a great start! I wanted to mention a few important items: 

• Be sure to read all about what we are learning this week here. 
• Our internet here at school this week has been a bit sporadic, so please forgive any delayed email replies. 
• The Reader's Workshop training we Gr. 3 teachers are receiving is going very well and we are gaining so much valuable information and teaching tools. 
• We would like to extend a warm welcome our new student, Soyeong Yoo, who joined our 3LN Class Family today. 
• The following students have been requested to kindly submit a copy of their Emirates ID to the registrar's office as soon as possible : Alia, Mariam, Beril, Zeina, Haris, Yousef, Ali, Maxim, Oliver, Soyeong 
  
• Please kindly let me know if your child is involved in an After School Activity, so I can keep better accounts of where they should go at dismissal time. 
• The culture quiz has been postponed until next week. Stay tuned.