<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> At a time when many schools are lamenting cutbacks in schedules to meet budget crunching requirements, there are others who are keeping their focus on the activity value of high school athletics and a "non-championship" prespective. This is also not a secondary attempt to simply provide disabled student-athletes a league of their own.  In a joint effort with the Rhode Island chapter of Special Olympics, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League is offering a Unified Basketball League that will partner athletes with intellectual disabilities and other varsity athletes.

Focusing on a theme of "Competitive Self-Restraint", the 19th annual National Sportsmanship Day will be celebrated March 2 in more than 14,000 schools throughout the United States and around the world. National Sportsmanship Day is widely recognized as the largest sportsmanship initiative in the world. In addition to the day of special recongition, a number of year-long programs and contests are incorporated into the event through the Institute for International Sport.

All-American Publishing is pleased to announced that it has reached a partnership agreement with the Missouri Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (MIAAA) to support the efforts of the professional group in its mission to improve the educational aspects of interscholastic activities within the total education program.  All-American will provide technical support and expertise in developing communication vehicles for MIAAA and its membership.  Missouri becomes the twenty-first state to partner with All-American in its efforts to enhance the development of effective and responsive high school activities programs within communities nationwide.

Every where one looks in high school athletics,  budget cuts are the topic of the day.  How to deal with those cuts is an agenda occupying a majority of athletic directors' already overcrowded schedules.  Despite the financial focus, many school administrators are still focusing on a mission of keeping as many students involved as possible. With a little thinking outside of the box, some administrators and coaches are finding The More The Merrier.

All-American is a proud sponsor of the Utah Interscholastic Athletic Administrator's Association and has just published our fourth UIAAA newsletter. Like with all our newsletters, the UIAAA News is built from the content submitted by the association and is available online in an interactive format. The members and athletic administrators of the great state of Utah rely on the important issues and updates featured in each issue of the newsletter.

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All-American has just launched it's fifth seasonal newsletter for the Oregon Athletic Director's Association. Publishing the newsletter is part of All-American's partnership with OADA. OADA relies on the content found in the newsletter to connect with members on important issues facing the state of Oregon and it's athletic adminsitrators.

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