MIST is TOMORROW! Things to Remember...

[MIST Texas]

Asalamualaykum wa Rahmatullah,

 

Alhumdulillah, the weekend we have all been anticipating is finally here!

 

Please arrive at the University Center (map) of the University of Houston no later than 8am tomorrow morning.

Schools shall report to the Houston Room on the Second Floor.

 

Once there, each school will be asked for one representative to visit the Registration table and collect the school's registration material, each student will then be given a program with the timings of all competitions and workshops. Please pay attention so that we may do this in a timely manner.

 

A few things to Remember...

 

COACHES

Coaches and their students must be present at ALL times during the 3 days. This year, coaches will have to accompany their schools to the workshops. It will be the coaches' main reponsibility during the tournament to make sure their students are present and in order during the workshops.

PROJECTS
All Group Projects and Art Projects MUST be submitted on Saturday morning before any competitions begin. Report to the Houston Room and one or two representatives from each school will be asked to bring all of the school's projects to the Proejct Turn In room. ALL PROJECTS MUST BE CLEARLY LABELED WITH THEIR MIST ID's.

COMPETITIONS
Students should report to the assigned room for their competitions at the correct time on the schedule.
If you are late or miss your competitions, there will no make ups.
For comeptitions that have Finals Rounds, YOU will be solely respnsible to constantly check the projector in the main hallway to see if you or your school has advanced. If you advance to a Finals Round yet you do not show up because you didn't check the projector, there is nothing we can do. When in doubt.. ask!

FOOD

Lunch and Dinner will be provided, you must present an ID badge in order to get food.

 

DRESS CODE
-Students should wear business casual attire for the entire tournament.
-Jeans are not allowed.
-Students cannot wear clothes that contain language or symbols that demean an identifiable person or group or otherwise infringe on the rights of others.
-Students should not wear short-sleeve shirts, shorts, and/or skirts above the ankle
-Students should not wear clothes that are see through, tight, or suggestive in any way. Shirts should be long enough to cover the stomach and back side. Students should not wear low rise pants that show any skin.
-Sisters must cover their bodies with Islamic attire. That includes wearing Hijab, loose clothing, and modestly covering the body.

Dress code violators will be penalized.

 

RULES

Students not in competitions must always be in a workshop at the assigned room on the schedule, no loitering in the halls will be permitted.
All Basketball players must be present on the days of MIST and must show up to their competitions. If students who played basketball do not show up to MIST, this calls for disqualification from the basketball tournament.

 

BEHAVIOR

All students must act in a professional, mature and responsible manner.

Any fights, whether physical or verbal are absolutely not permitted and calls for immediate disqualification from the tournament.

MIST wants to promote an appropriate Islamic environment so immodest behavior, foul language, and unnecessary social intermingling between opposite genders will NOT be permitted.

Remember.. This tournament is to build leaders and responsible young adults, so all forms of bad behavior will have repercussions. Offenses will be sent to the appropriate authorities.

AWARDS CEREMONY
Unruly and out of hand yelling or screaming will not be permitted. Remember the theme.. 'Modesty' :)
Schools are permitted to bring in shakers or daffs to cheer on their team. No blow horns or other loud noise makers will be permitted.
We encourage all students to say the Takbeer – AllahuAkbar when their schools win an achievement, as all of our efforts would be nothing without the help and greatness of Allah!

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We look forward to an amazing weekend with all of you. We have put in so much effort to make this tournament a great success for you and your school, and we know you have been working extremely hard as well! We hope that all of you may grow as better Muslims and future leaders of our community, and we hope MIST may facilitate that growth, inshaAllah. :)

Have fun and stay safe!

-Safiya Ravat
MIST Texas Director