UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 20-21 – State Chess
April 21-22 – State Concert Band
April 24-29 – Tennis District Tournaments
April 28-29 – Track & Field District Meets (A-3A)
April 30 – Tennis Seeding
April 30 – Baseball Brackets Released (3A-6A)
April 30 – Track & Field Entries Deadline (A-3A) by 12 Noon

IN THE NEWS:

STATE CHOIR AND BAND INFORMATION
The contest guidelines for the concert band state music event are posted on the NMAA web site. For information, please follow the links below. For questions about any of the state music events, please contact Dana Pappas at dana@nmact.org.

State Concert Band Contest (April 21-22, 2017 at Cleveland HS):
https://www.nmact.org/file/Band_Registration.pdf

2017 STATE CHESS COMPETITION
The 2017 State Chess Championships will take place April 20-21 at Hotel Cascada in Albuquerque. For further information please contact Dusty Young at dusty@nmact.org. Good luck to all participants.

2016-2017 NMAA MEMBER SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SURVEY
Attention Athletic Directors – Click here for the 2016-2017 NMAA Member School Participation Survey. This survey will be used to collect student participation numbers in both athletics and activities for member high schools across New Mexico. The New Mexico Activities Association is again working with the National Federation of State High School Associations to collect this data and your assistance is greatly appreciated. Please submit your completed form to the NMAA office by fax at (505) 923-3114 or via email to jackie@nmact.org. The deadline to submit your school’s participation survey is Friday May 26, 2017. Although you may only be able to directly provide student participation numbers for athletics, please work with your colleagues to provide as much data as possible for activities as well. If you have any questions regarding this year’s participation survey, please do not hesitate to call Jackie Martinez at (505) 923-3281 or by email at jackie@nmact.org.

AD’S TIP OF THE WEEK
The seeding and selection guidelines for state tournament play are located in Section 7.11 of the NMAA Handbook. In most sports these are repeated in the sports-specific web site along with the “Coach Input” form for each sport. Please insure that your coaches complete the Coach Input form and submit this to the NMAA in advance of the selection/seeding deadline, as posted.

COMPETE WITH CLASS NOMINATIONS
In an effort to establish and sustain the Compete with Class initiative, the NMAA will be highlighting acts of sportsmanship through various awards and recognition programs during the 2016-2017 school year. In order to do this, our office NEEDS YOUR HELP! Acts of sportsmanship by individuals, coaches, officials, administrators, spectators, or teams as a whole should be reported to the NMAA office as they occur. Photos of these acts would also be appreciated. Send your nominations to Tyler Dunkel at tyler@nmact.org.