After-School Activities For High School Students
In addition to the academic program, AISCT also runs an after-school activities program. The sports are offered seasonally. These programs are optional and are scheduled to accommodate the available instructors, the school and the student interest. Some activities provided by private coaches are offered at an additional cost to the students.
Activities for the High School students include
- Soccer practice two days a week with matches every week one day a week,
- Basketball practice and/or games four days a week,
- Swimming practice and galas every week two days a week,
- Rugby practice and/or matches three days a week,
- Cross country running one day a week,
- Hiking Club one day a week,
- StuCo (Student Council) one day a week,
- Strategic Games Club one day a week,
- Chess Club one day a week,
- Grizzly Tutoring one day a week,
- Music lessons in piano, voice, drums, guitar (private).
Specific activities and dates offered this term are listed on the after-school activities schedule below. Questions about the after-school activities and sports programs should be addressed to the After-School Activities and Sports Coordinator Neil Wilson.
Click here for the current after-school activities schedule.
Click here for more details and a description of each activity.
After-School Activities Vision
The after-school activity program has grown from a few activities to a variety of outdoor and indoor activities. Our vision at AISCT is to expose our students to as many activities as possible and give them an opportunity to participate in as much as they can and would like. We try to have a balance between outdoor and indoor activities with variety being the main factor.
We do not require, but we do encourage all our students to sign up for at least one after-school activity during each term.
With an increase in student numbers and more activities on offer, we know that there will be some clashes, but we try to keep those to a minimum.
Our vision in the High School is to give the students a more focused program, where they can improve and focus on specific skills and knowledge.
One of our goals every year is to compete in more matches and tournaments against other schools, so we have to offer certain activities and sports in certain terms. These include soccer and hockey in winter (Terms 1 and 4) and basketball, tennis and swimming in summer (Terms 2-3).
Sport Eligibility Policy
The sports eligibility policy is for all competitive sports activities at AISCT. It has been put in place to maintain a strong focus on academics at our school, while encouraging a good balance with sports.
Our sports eligibility policy is based on the “No Pass = No Play” principle. This means that a student with a failing grade in any subject at the last grading checkpoint (within any semester) is ineligible to represent AISCT in matches until a passing grade is reflected in a subsequent grading checkpoint.
The grading checkpoints will be at two-week intervals. Students with failing grades will therefore be ineligible to represent AISCT in matches for a minimum period of two weeks, i.e. the time between one grade update and the next. During this time, students are permitted to participate in practices and attend matches, but they are not permitted to play. Also, during this time, students are required to attend office hours for the courses they are failing and present a signed record of attendance at office hours to the coach to earn eligibility to participate in practices. At the start of each semester, students begin with a “clean slate.”
At each grading checkpoint, it will be the coaches’ responsibility to provide the school secretary with a list of the students on the team selection list. The secretary will then check grades of the students to ensure all students on the selection list are eligible for selection. In the event that a failing grade is shown, that student will be removed from the selection list until the next checkpoint.
In the case of sporting tours, student eligibility will be determined on the cut-off date for travel arrangements. The cut-off date will be communicated to all players by coaches well in advance.
This policy was not created to place any pressure on the students who choose to play sports but again rather to encourage a healthy balance and harmony between sports and academics and to use sports as a motivator for improved academic performance.
Policy updated October 2011
