For more information on Nationals, visit: http://www.getmistified.com/2013-nationals/

Overall Team

1. FSA
2. Vol So Hard
3. Hillgrove High School
4. W.D. Mohammed
5. Milton

Individual Winners

1. Rabeea Ahmed – Milton
2. Fatima Jamil – Hillgrove High School
3. Maryam Raad – FSA
4. Zahrif A-M. Jackson – Honey Badgers
5. Mahnoor Khan – Hillgrove High School

Category I: Knowledge and Quran

Quran Recitation Level 1 – Boys

1. Ahmad Jingo – Honey Badgers
2. Bilal Naeem – Milton
3. Usama Abdullahi – Team Charlotte
4. Muneeb Syed – Bearded Ballers
5. Abdulrehman Bhidya – Vol So Hard

Quran Recitation Level 1 – Girls

1. Aidia Abrar Naim – Team Charlotte
2. Reem Atamna – Greenbrier Augusta
3. Sara Atamna – Greenbrier Augusta
4. Aymun Rahim – Lakeside Augusta
5. Kawtar Naim – Team Charlotte

Quran Recitation Level 2 – Boys

1. Areeb Syed – Bearded Ballers
2. Saeed Uddin – Cambridge Beardsalams
3. Aadil Omar – Peachtree Ridge
4. Ahmed Mostafa – Milton
5. Hisham Kodvavi – Milton

Quran Recitation Level 2 – Girls

1. Fatima Jamil – Hillgrove High School
2. Saleha Taufique – Hillgrove High School

Knowledge Test 1

1. Mujahid Henderson – Vol So Hard
2. Zahrif A-M. Jackson – Honey Badgers
3. Sarah Malik – Augusta Prep
4. Jauhara Ferguson – Riverwood – MYA
5. Yahyaa Jahangir – Vol So Hard

Knowledge Test 2

1. Rabeea Ahmad – Milton
2. Nabihah Khan – Vol So Hard
3. Chandani Mitchell – Saabireen
4. Hussain Qadri – Infinity
5. Sabrin Omar – W.D. Mohammed

Knowledge Test 3

1. Ali Rokarya – FSA
2. Abdallah Hajaj – FSA
3. Adam Warrayat – Collins Hill
4. Zoya Mahmood – The Chattahoochee Dream Team

Knowledge Test 4

1. Hasan Qadri – Infinity
2. Shifa Khan – FSA
3. Haidi Al-Shabrawey – Greenbrier Augusta
4. Manal Abbas – Vol So Hard
5. Anum Ul-Haque – Roswell High

Tafseer Test

1. Amal Maow – Team Charlotte
2. Hashaam Khan – Hillgrove High School
3. Aatif Ahmed – Honey Badgers
4. Mahnoor Khan – Hillgrove High School
5. Mae Eldahshoury – FSA

Category II – Arts

2D Art

1. Amany Alshibli – Vol So Hard
2. Fatima Jamil – Hillgrove High School
3. Muhammad Sabree – Honey Badgers
4. Menna Al-Shabrawey – Greenbrier Augusta
5. Zainab Khan – Cambridge Beardsalams

3D Art

1. Khadija Ali – Ravenwood High School
2. Mansur K. Rashid – W.D. Mohammed
3. Amira Ardahji – Vol So Hard
4. Haidi Al-Shabrawey – Greenbrier Augusta
5. Danyal Khan – Hillgrove High School

Photography

1. Jenine Omari – Vol So Hard
2. Rabeea Ahmad – Milton
3. Mariah Zia – War Eagles
4. Hiba Nasser – Hillgrove High School
5. Zahrif A-M. Jackson – Honey Badgers

Fashion Design

1. Ayah Rashid – W.D. Mohammed
2. Azka Iqbal – FSA
3. Amie Mbye – Augusta Prep
4. Saida Salam – Saabireen
5. Dareen Alami – Vol So Hard

Graphic Design

1. Hashaam Khan – Hillgrove High School
2. Sarah Wade – FSA
3. Hasan Qadri – Infinity
4. Hudhayfah Stroud – Muslim Youth of Atlanta – Homeschool
5. Chandani Mitchell – Saabireen

Category III – Writing and Oratory

Extemporaneous Essay

1. Omar Al-Hendy – Ravenwood High School
2. Maliha Manzoor – The Muslim Dream Team
3. Nabeel Mahmood – The Chattahoochee Dream Team
4. Tahirah Ahmad – Milton
5. Abdullah Budeir – FSA

Extemporaneous Speaking

1. Shahamat Uddin – Roswell High
2. Shadman Uddin – Roswell High
3. Zain Khan – War Eagles
4. Salim Sbenaty – Central Mag Swag
5. Sarah Wade – FSA

Original Oratory

1. Najee Fareed – W.D. Mohammed
2. Ibraheem Budeir – FSA
3. Mariam Ahmed – Collins Hill
4. Lamis Emara – Vol So Hard

Poetry

1. Noor Hillou – The Muslim Dream Team
2. Ayesha Iqbal – FSA
3. Omaima Elbachiri – Vol So Hard
4. Adara Salaam – W.D. Mohammed
5. Muhammad K Abatin – Team Charlotte

Short Fiction

1. Maryam Raad – FSA
2. Samira Tamimi – Vol So Hard
3. Idrees Jawad – Muslim Youth of Atlanta – Homeschool
4. Rabeea Ahmad – Milton
5. Hamza Hamid – Infinity

Spoken Word

1. Amirah Witten – W.D. Mohammed
2. Aymun Rahim – Lakeside Augusta
3. Mansur K. Rashid – W.D. Mohammed
4. Nuri Aminah Bradshaw – Muslim Youth of Atlanta – Homeschool
5. Aisha Yonis – Berkmar

Category IV – Bracket Competitions

Debate

1. Joud Hassan – Vol So Hard
2. Salim Sbenaty – Central Mag Swag
3. Yasmin Telwar – Hillwood High School
4. Amal Maow – Team Charlotte

Improv – Boys

1. Roswell High
2. Honey Badgers
3. Collins Hill
4. W.D.Mohammed

Improv – Girls

1. FSA
2. Vol So Hard
3. W.D. Mohammed
4. Greenbrier Augusta

Math Olympics

1. Amany Alshibli – Vol So Hard
2. Abdus Subhan – The Muslim Dream Team
3. Hassan Fakhoury – Roswell High
4. Mohammad Khan – Hillgrove High School

MIST Bowl

1. Milton
2. FSA
3. Hillgrove High School
4. MYNT
5. Augusta

Category V – Group Projects

Business Venture

1. Lakeside Augusta
2. FSA
3. Milton
4. Vol So Hard

Nasheed/Rap – Brothers

1. Alexander – MYA
2. Northview High
3. Milton

Nasheed/Rap – Sisters

1. Saabireen
2. FSA
3. Heritage – MYA
4. Muslim Youth of Atlanta – Homeschool
5. Lakeside Augusta

Research in Action

1. Honey Badgers

Science Fair

1. Collins Hill
2. Infinity
3. Team Charlotte

Scrapbook

1. FSA
2. Hillgrove High School
3. Vol So Hard
4. W.D. Mohammed
5. War Eagles

Short Film

1. FSA
2. Vol So Hard
3. Saabireen
4. Hillgrove High School
5. W.D. Mohammed

Social Media

1. Milton
2. Hillgrove High School
3. FSA
4. Infinity
5. Hillwood High School

Basketball

Boys

1. Collins Hill
2. Peachtree Ridge
3. W.D. Mohammed & Muslim Youth of Atlanta – Homeschool

Girls

1. W.D. Mohammed
2. Augusta Prep
3. Muslim Youth of Atlanta – Homeschool

This one’s for the reliable ones, the faithful ones, and the responsible ones. Be good to MIST competitors and volunteers and the prize might just be yours. This one’s for the team that’s eager. This one’s for the team that’s always on time despite the late nights. This one’s for you, you loyal MISTers. We love you.

Best Sportsmanship:

We’re looking for the ones with exceptional character. We’re talkin’ serious levels of optimism. The guys high-fivin’ the competition. The ones who compete to form a bond. The ones who don’t give up easy. The ones with their head held up high. This is the ultimate MIST Brotherhood.

Best Dressed:

We’re looking for the tastemakers. The team that sets themselves apart visually. The ones who know team spirit isn’t just the cheering and clapping. Stylin’ from head to toe. We see you. We got you. This one’s for you.

The Most MISTified

Who’s got the most MIST spirit? They’ve got some serious passion. More energy than a six-pack of red bull. Positivity you can smell a mile away. The team you hope you end up sitting next you. We’re out looking for you.

The Cheer of Champions

Catchy, original, and worth repeating. It’s the one you can’t help but secretly smile when you hear. It’s the one you’ll find yourself singing one morning long after MIST is over.

Most Enthusiastic Coach

Can we hear it for the coaches? Their the one’s that keep everyone together. We’re looking for the loud ones. The kind ones. The MISTified ones. The ones that are borderline obsessed with MIST. We like that. We like you.

Best Character:

The friendly ones. The social butterflies. The ones with that true Southern hospitality. The ones making friends while in line for a workshop or wudu. It’s not easy getting out of your comfort zone. We get that. So here’s to you.

Most Helpful

They’ve got each other’s backs, but they’ve got your back too. Need a hand? An extra pencil, maybe? Some mistake them for volunteers. Even volunteers mistake them for volunteers. We like you. A lot. Go team!

Most Courageous

This one’s for the one man shows out there. The teams that went solo. It’s not a lifestyle for everyone. It takes a certain kind of determination. A kind of passion. A kind of real fervor. They did it all, and they did it themselves. We’re really proud. A little humbled too. Go you.

Most Patient

They’ve got their priorities straight. The real reason they’re here. The lesson learned. They’re the patient ones. You’ve done it. This is for you.

Friday Arrival Location: Al-Farooq Masjid

Please check-in by 3pm to: Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta

442 14th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Check the schedule below for detailed locations and timings for the remainder of the weekend.

Required: Student Signature Sheet & Student ID

All students must bring a completed Student Signature Sheet and School ID with them on Friday.

Download the Student Signature Sheet now.

Make sure to bring a School ID or some other proof of attendance (e.g. recent report card).

Please park in G-deck.
Urban Life Building is marked as 40
Classroom South is marked as 2
General Classroom is marked as 12

As this is an international trip, please remember that you must have a valid passport to make this trip. We will be sending additional documents to everyone who registers in order to facilitate a quick and easy crossing at the border.

Hotel accommodation costs $46/person, with four people sharing one room for two nights.
Seneca Newnham Residence
1750 Finch Avenue East
Toronto, ON M2J 2X5

To register for MIST, competitors and coaches must complete their registration on https://www.adderpit.com/MIST.

Guests must complete guest registration here.

Volunteers can sign up here.

To reserve your spot with the bus/hotel, please pay at the following link:
http://www.getmistified.com/atlanta/guest-registration/.

Cost of Nationals
Registration: $55
Transportation: $160
Lodging: $46
Regional Shirt: Free!
Total: $261

If you need financial support, please fill out a scholarship application.

Meals while in Toronto will be covered by registration. However, everyone is advised to bring pocket money for meals/snacks along the way. We suggest around $40-50 of cash should be sufficient.

For more information about Nationals, please visit: http://www.getmistified.com/2012-nationals/.

Please email us at atlanta@getmistified.com or call/text at 678-561-MIST (6478) if you have any questions.

Bus Itinerary
Thursday, July 5: ATL to TOR
6:00pm – Atlanta Departure
10:30pm – Knoxville Stop
3:00pm – Toronto Arrival

Sunday, July 8: TOR to ATL
6:00pm – Toronto Departure
11:00am – Knoxville Stop
3:00pm – Atlanta Arrival

Atlanta Pick-up/Drop-off Location
Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta
442 14th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Knoxville Pick-up/Drop-off Location
Muslim Community of Knoxville
100 13th Street,
Knoxville, TN 37916

For more information about Nationals: http://www.getmistified.com/atlanta/2012-nationals/

Overall Team
1. Clarkston High School
2. Hillgrove High School
3. Lakeside High School (Augusta)
4. Bearden High School
5. Fulton Science Academy Charter High School

Overall Individual
1. Rabeea Ahmad – Milton High School
2. Minna Hassan – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
3. Reem Al-Atassi – Grayson High School
4. Aqsa Adnan – Hillgrove High School
5. Hasan Qadri – Dutchtown High School
5. Fatima Jamil – Hillgrove High School
7. Deana Mounajjed – Hillgrove High School
7. Nada Gill – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
7. Ferdos Hashem – Clarkston High School
7. Saamiya Gill – Lakeside High School (Augusta)

Category I: Knowledge and Quran
Knowledge Test 1
1. Rabeea Ahmad – Milton High School
2. Muhammed Benkhayal – Bearden High School
3. Hussain Qadri – Dutchtown High School
4. Lejla Mujadzic – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
5. Atallah Muhammad – Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool

Knowledge Test 2
1. Abboulie Mvye – Augusta Prep Day School
2. Hasan Qadri – Dutchtown High School
3. Saad Khan – Virgil I. Grissom High School
4. Zahrif A-M. Jackson – Dunwoody High School
5. Abdulrehman Bhidya – Bearden High School

Knowledge Test 3
1. Mahnoor Khan – Hillgrove High School
2. Humza Khalid – Peachtree Ridge High School
3. Shifa Khan – Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
4. Ameerah Tillery – Booker T Washington High School
5. Haidi Al-Shabrawey – Greenbrier High School

Knowledge Test 4
1. Sarah Malik – Augusta Prep Day School
2. Bashar khalaf – Islamic Academy of Alabama
3. Ayman Chadli – Greenbrier High School
4. Faduma Ahmed – Clarkston High School
5. Sana Javed – Collins Hill High School

Brothers Quran Memorization
1. Areeb Syed – The Heritage School
2. Waqqas Fazili – Brentwood High School
3. Aadil Omar – Peachtree Ridge High School
4. Abdalla Husain – West High School
5. Sami Bhidya – Bearden High School

Sisters Quran Memorization
1. Ibtisam Sara Atamna – Greenbrier High School
2. Ferdos Hashem – Clarkston High School
3. Aidia Abrar Naim – Charlotte Islamic Academy
4. Saleha Javed – Berkmar High School
5. Aseeya Ya-Sin – Clarkston High School

Advanced Memorization
1. Fatima Jamil – Hillgrove High School
2. Muhammad Sabree – Madinah Islamic Academy
3. Aqsa Adnan – Hillgrove High School
4. Ayah Eltoum – Islamic Academy of Alabama

Tafseer Test
1. Reem Al-Atassi – Grayson High School
2. Haneen Muhyeddin – Weddington High School
3. Minna Hassan – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
4. Safa Syed – Northview High School
5. Manal Naim – Charlotte Islamic Academy

Brothers Quran Recitation (Tajweed)
1. Humzah Ali – Dunwoody High School
2. Qazi Ahmed – Parkview High School
3. Muhammad Dhanani – Dunwoody High School
4. Adnaan Yusuf – Clarkston High School
5. Hashaam Khan – Hillgrove High School

Sisters Quran Recitation (Tajweed)
1. Amal Maow – Charlotte Islamic Academy
2. Saleha Taufique – Hillgrove High School
3. Shareefa Yusuf – Clarkston High School
4. Ayesha Jihad – Cross Creek High School
5. Adila Abdulwahid – Berkmar High School

Category II: Arts
2D Art
1. Amany Alshibli – Farragut High School
2. Maleeha Shakoor – Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
3. Zherti Jasa – Bearden High School
4. Fatima Jamil – Hillgrove High School
5. Muhammad Sabree – Madinah Islamic Academy

3D Art
1. Amira Ardahji – Bearden High School
2. Nada Gill – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
3. Shahad Idries – Evans High School
4. Mariam Husain – West High School
5. Khadija Ali – Ravenwood High School

Graphic Design
1. Menna Gaffer – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
2. Aisha Rupasingha – Lakeside High School (Atlanta)
3. Maliha Manzoor – Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
4. Romesa Afzal – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
5. Imani Tillery – Booker T Washington High School

Photography
1. Rhea Faroon – Milton High School
2. Joud Hassan – West High School
3. Jamaica-Imani Crosby – Kipp Atlanta Collegiate
4. Minna Hassan – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
5. Alma Hadzic – Grayson High School

Fashion Design
1. Ayah Rashid – W. D. Mohammed High School
2. Eman Afani – Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
3. Amie Mbye – Evans High School
4. Hafsa Abdi – Clarkston High School
5. Zuzan Rejal – Clarkston High School

Web Design
1. Berkmar High School
2. Walton High School
3. Clarkston High School*
4. Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool
5. Fulton Science Academy Charter High School

Category III: Writing and Oratory
Children’s Book
1. Erum Ahmed – Sprayberry High School
2. Deana Mounajjed – Hillgrove High School
3. Samira Tamimi – West High School
4. Shugri Mohamed – Clarkston High School
5. Maryam Ahmed – Fulton Science Academy Charter High School

Extemporaneous Essay
1. Amie Mbye – Evans High School
2. Palwasha Usman – Peachtree Ridge High School
3. Umair Farooqui – Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
4. Omar Al-Hendy – Ravenwood High School
5. Seema Mustafa – Parkview High School

Extemporaneous Speaking
1. Abdallah Hajaj – Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
2. Minna Hassan – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
3. Noon Eltoum – Islamic Academy of Alabama
4. Maryam Joseph – Salem High School
5. Abdiathim Hassan – Clarkston High School

Original Oratory
1. Reem Al-Atassi – Grayson High School
2. Mariam Ahmed – Collins Hill High School
3. Saamiya Gill – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
4. Ifrah Hassan – Clarkston High School
5. Haidi Al-Shabrawey – Greenbrier High School

Poetry
1. Aisha Rupasingha – Lakeside High School (Atlanta)
2. Komal Abbas – Sprayberry High School
3. Mehreen Chaudhary – Sprayberry High School
4. Dana Masoud – Bearden High School
5. Huda Navaid – Harpeth Hall School

Spoken Word
1. Ferdos Hashem – Clarkston High School
2. Hasan Husain – Bearden High School
3. Zamzam Shattory – Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool
4. Jamaica-Imani Crosby – Kipp Atlanta Collegiate
5. Muhammad Askari – Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool

Prepared Essay
1. Mari Jasa – Bearden High School
2. Nadia Alama – Cato Middle College High School
3. Mahnoor Khan – Hillgrove High School
4. Tanya Panwala – Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
5. Ahlam Shaikh – Meadowcreek High School

Short Fiction
1. Aneesa Rupasingha – Lakeside High School (Atlanta)
2. Maryam Raad – Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
3. Dena Baker – Bearden High School
4. Hasan Qadri – Dutchtown High School
5. Rabeea Ahmad – Milton High School

Category IV: Bracket Competitions
Debate
1. Joud Hassan – West High School
2. Romesa Afzal – Lakeside High School (Augusta)
3. Mohammed Bingahlan – Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
4. Zamzam Shattory – Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool
5. Hasan Husain – Bearden High School

Math Olympics
1. Abdus Subhan – Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
2. Wiam Ahmad – Chattahoochee High School
3. Omar Sharifali – Peachtree Ridge High School
4. Noor Alshibli – Farragut High School
5. Seif Abu-Kajeel – Bob Jones High School

MIST Bowl
1. Hillgrove High School
2. Milton High School
3. Augusta (Greenbrier, Augusta Prep, Lakeside)
4. Dutchtown High School
5. Fulton Science Academy Charter High School

Category V: Group Projects
Business Venture
1. Bob Jones High School
2. Mountain View High School
3. Farragut High School
4. Clarkston High School
5. Fulton Science Academy Charter High School

Community Service
1. Bob Jones High School
2. Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
3. Dunwoody High School
4. Clarkston High School
5. W. D. Mohammed High School

Brothers Improv
1. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
2. Weddington High School
3. Clarkston High School
4. Collins Hill High School

Sisters Improv
1. W. D. Mohammed High School
2. Augusta (Augusta Prep, Greenbrier)
3. Weddington High School
4. Clarkston High School
5. Archer High School

Brothers Nasheed/Rap
1. Peachtree Ridge High School
2. Clarkston High School
3. Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool
4. Alexander High School
5. Islamic Academy of Alabama

Sisters Nasheed/Rap
1. Lakeside High School (Augusta)
2. Grayson High School
3. Bob Jones High School
4. Clarkston High School
5. Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool

Newsletter
1. Milton High School
2. Islamic Academy of Alabama
3. Peachtree Ridge High School
4. Charlotte Islamic Academy
5. Evans High School

Research Methods
1. Hillgrove High School
2. Knoxville (West, Bearden)
3. Clarkston High School
4. Berkmar High School

Science Fair
1. Islamic Academy of Alabama

Scrapbook
1. Fulton Science Academy Charter High School
2. Lakeside High School (Augusta)
3. Clarkston High School
4. Hillgrove High School
5. Peachtree Ridge High School

Short Film
1. Knoxville (Bearden, Farragut, West)
2. Clarkston High School
3. Collins Hill High School
4. Islamic Academy of Alabama
5. W. D. Mohammed High School

Category VI: Sports
Brothers Basketball
1. W. D. Mohammed High School
2. Clarkston High School
3. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology

Sisters Basketball
1. W. D. Mohammed High School
2. Charlotte Islamic Academy
3. Knoxville (Bearden, Farragut, West)

*We apologize for announcing the wrong name during the Awards Ceremony.

Fees
$55 competitors, $45 guests, coaches free
Registration Deadline: 11:59pm on February 14, 2012
Final Registration Deadline (with $10 late fee): 11:59pm on February 21, 2012

To request financial assistance, please submit a scholarship application.

Program

Friday, March 9, 2012
Start Time: 3:00pm

Friday Arrival Location: 
Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta
442 14th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Please remember the following:
1. Be on time and dress in mosque-appropriate attire when you arrive.  All teams should plan to check-in at the arrival location by 3:00pm.
2. All students must bring their completed Student Signature Sheet with them.
3. Students must also bring their School ID or other proof of school attendance, such as a recent report card.
4. Do not bring your competition materials on Friday. All competition materials must be submitted during Orientations on Saturday morning.
5. Students not competing in Basketball have the option to attend on Friday, but all students must check-in to MIST by 8:00am on Saturday.

Dress: Mosque-appropriate attire, Athletic Team Spirit Wear
Meals Served: Dinner

Saturday, March 10, 2012
Start Time: 8:00am
End Time: 10:00pm

All competition submissions must be turned in during orientations on Saturday morning. If you are coming late, especially if you are taking the SATs, please contact us.

Dress: Business Casual
Meals Served: Lunch, Dinner 

Saturday & Sunday Location:
College of Humanities and Social Sciences (click for Google maps driving directions)
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road
Kennesaw, Georgia 30144

Click here for a campus map.
Please park in the West Parking Deck.
The Social Sciences building is #22 on the campus map.

Sunday, March 11, 2012
Start Time: 8:00am 
Arrival Location is the same as Saturday.

Dress: Formal
Meals Served: Lunch

Awards Ceremony
Start Time: 2:30pm
End Time: 6:00pm 

Awards Ceremony Location:
Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria
200 Interstate North Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339 USA
770-952-7900 

Invite your friends and family to the Awards Ceremony!  For tickets, click here.

Hotel
To make reservations, all you have to do is either click here to book online or call the hotel, ask for the MIST group rate, and provide a credit card with your contact information.

Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria
200 Interstate North Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339 USA
770-952-7900

Standard Double (4-people/room) @ $72.00 + 14% tax = $82.08/night
Group Code: MUSMUSA

Competitions
The theme for this year is “Family: Reconnecting our Hearts to Home.” To learn more about the theme, click here.

All rules and topics are posted in the Competition Rule Book.

All competition submissions must be turned in by or during orientations on Saturday morning of MIST weekend. If you are coming late, especially if you are taking the SATs, please contact us.

All students (competitors and guests) must fill out a Student Registration Signature Sheet. You must bring this form with you completed to MIST.

Also, do not forget to bring your School ID, or any other form of identification to prove you are a student currently enrolled at your team’s school (report cards will work as well).

Download:
Signature Sheet

Spirit Awards

Great new awards you can win this year!

- Most Loyal to MIST
- Best Sportsmanship
- Best Dressed
- T-shirt Contest
- Best Team Banner
- Best Cheer
- Best Coach
- Most Green
- Best Character
- Most Helpful

Link:
Find out more!

Competition Submissions

Make sure to submit material by April 6:
- Short Fiction
- Prepared Essay
- Poetry
- Short Film
- Community Service
- Research Methods

For all other competitions, bring your material with you to MIST on Friday.

Link:
Submit here!
Deadline:
11:59PM on April 6, 2011

Program

Friday, April 8:
Bring: All competition material, School ID (or report card), & Student Signature Sheets.

Starts at Noon
Ends at 10PM
Dress: Team Shirts

Saturday, April 9:
Starts at 10AM
Late Night Basketball starts at 9PM
Dress: Business Casual (bring sports attire separately)

Sunday, April 10:
Starts at 9:30AM
Award Ceremony 3PM – 6PM
Dress: Formal

Epic Chant Competition

Upload a video to YouTube of your team’s chant and send us the link at atlanta@getmistified.com.  We will upload it to our FB Fanpage, and the video with the most likes by 11:59pm on Thursday will win the most points towards your team's Best Cheer Spirit Award!

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Sample Epic Chant Submissions from Toronto:
First Place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbu-8yTqMOs
Second Place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clt1g3fEcRE
Third Place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y95npa9eC8

Competition Updates

Art - As per the rules, both 2D art and Photography will have an art gallery this year due to the large volume of competitors. After marking the art piece and the written statement, judges will decide which competitors will have the opportunity to have a verbal interview. Please note this means that NOT all competitors will get an interview.

Short Film – The required short film entry form may be downloaded here.

Community Service – When your team arrives, bring all food items with you to Orientations on Friday morning. All food will be donated to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia.
 

Reminders

Coaches

- You are responsible for the students under your care throughout their time at MIST.
- You are expected to handle any disciplinary issues with the students and their parents, as this is not the job of MIST organizers or volunteers.
- The best way to ensure a stress-free MIST experience is to prepare your students in advance to represent themselves and their schools in the most appropriate manner.
- Students must have at least one registered coach available at all times to be present at MIST. New coaches may register on-site if needed.
- Please note that students may not lodge complaints directly with judges or competition organizers.
- Complaints may be addressed with the Head Coach Hassan Faye at (404) 993-0884.

Students

- No names should appear on any projects, only MIST IDs.  If you do not have your MIST ID number yet, please reply to this email to request it.
- Dress to impress, but make sure you pack modestly for the weekend.  No jeans.
- Invite your family members to come to the Awards Ceremony!  They can buy tickets online or at the door.

- Staying in the hotel? There will be a curfew, stricly enforced. No shenanigans
- Remember, we're all coming to MIST to have a good time, so help us help you.

Volunteers
- Please be on time, smile, and don't forget to brush your teeth.
- Try your best to lead by example.
- Patience, patience, patience.

Guests
- Register online or on-site.  Students under 18 will need adult supervision.

Confirmed Main Speakers

Imam Bilal Ali
Shaykh Afdal Feroz
Imam Abdul Malik

Buy your guest registration passes online or on-site!

Event Venue & Date

April 8-10, 2011
University of Georgia
Tate Student Center
45 Baxter Street
Athens, GA 30602

TO: All MIST Regional Volunteers and Participants

SUBJECT: Exciting New Changes for 2011!

Assalaamo ‘alaikum!

This past year has been one of many changes. By the grace of God, MIST has had it’s second annual organizer’s summit, this year in Boston, to make progress on a key number of issues that concern all regions. We hope you are as excited about some of the changes as we are! The following message contains just the beginning of the changes you can expect to see this coming year, so stay tuned and hold on tight. You’re about to get MISTified 2k11 style.

MIST Chicago!
Yep, we’ve grown by one additional city this year. If you or anyone you know live in the Chicagoland area (or anywhere nearby), make sure to give them a heads up so they don’t miss out on the best thing to hit Indiana since sliced bread! Simply visit getmistified.com/chicago to find out how to get involved.

New Competition Changes
Not only do we have a fancy new Official 2k11 MIST Rule Book [link will be available soon], our competitions are (finally) refreshed and our ballots are completely revised!

If you’re not satisfied with any of the changes or would like to suggest more changes, please fill out our new Competition Suggestion Form at: http://www.getmistified.com/competitions/feedback/

In the Rule Book, you will notice that we have the following new competitions this year:
• Improv
• Business Venture
• Poetry *Redesigned*
• Spoken Word
• Community Service *Redesigned*
• Research Methods (a combination of Science Fair and Research Project)

We also have new submission deadlines for many of our competitions:
• Short Fiction: 2 weeks before tournament
• Prepared Essay: 2 weeks before tournament
• Poetry: 2 weeks before tournament
• Short Film: 2 weeks before tournament
• Community Service: 250 word abstract 4 weeks before tournament
• Research Methods: 250 word abstract 4 weeks before tournament

The scoring system has also changed. Here’s how competition points are scored now:
1st Place: 10 points
2nd Place: 8 points
3rd Place: 6 points
4th Place: 4 points
5th Place: 2 points
6th Place and below: 0 points
No show: -2 for normal competitions, -4 for bracket competitions

In case you’re not familiar with how points are scored, here’s a brief explanation: Every competitor’s scores are aggregated from all their competitions to an Overall Individual score, and the same goes for all the members of the team towards their Overall Team score. The only trick is, in group competitions, the points are applied once to each student and only once to the team (as opposed to per person). For example, if you have a 3-person MIST Bowl team win 1st Place, all three people will see their score go up by 10 points towards their Overall Individual score, and the team’s score will go up by 10 points towards their Overall Team score. In terms of no shows, if the team was actually supposed to be a 4-person team and one person didn’t show up, the score for the team remains unaffected. It’s only if the entire team decides to drop out of a group competition that their team points will be deducted. However, in an individual bracket competition like Debate, a no-show would mean 4 points will be deducted from both the individual and the team scores.

Specific Competition Updates
This year’s Poetry competition is now submission only, without interviews nor performances. If you want to perform your piece at MIST, try competing in the new Spoken Word competition.

Basketball will now allow the top three teams from each Region to compete together as one team at Nationals.

This year’s Community Service project is to bring the most canned food items to MIST for donation to a local food bank. To win, your team has to bring the most canned food by weight. Your team will still need to submit an abstract detailing how you are trying to reach your goal in creative ways and make an impact on your community in the process. The region that brings in the most canned food from all their teams at Regionals will be recognized at Nationals.

This year’s Knowledge Test books are:
1. “Prince among Slaves” by Terry Alford
2. “Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet” by Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
3. “Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking toward the Third Resurrection” by Sherman A. Jackson
4. “Western Muslims and the Future of Islam” by Tariq Ramadan

This year’s MIST Bowl Topics are:
Topic I: Tafseer*
Topic II: Islamic Spain (There is no packet for this category. All questions will come from the “Cities of Light: The Rise & Fall of Islamic Spain” documentary)
Topic III: Historic Sites*
Topic IV: Muslims in North America*
Topic V: Loyal Companions*
Topic VI: Current Events, starting January 1st, 2011 (no packet)

Other competitions that require competition material:
Debate*
Tafseer Test*
Prepared Essay*
Prepared Oratory*

*Topics/packets are scheduled to be posted online by February 8, 2011.

New Team Rules
MIST is a competition for high school teams to compete against one another in an interscholastic fashion. In the past, exceptions have been made on a local level for some students to join other high schools to compete (e.g. for teams that were far from their nearest regional tournament, etc.), but we have made a final national decision, binding on all regions, to disallow students from participating in MIST on the same team as students from other high schools. This decision comes after great deliberation, so please hear us out.

For one thing, MIST is about outreach. Many times, students feel like joining a team from another high school because they have only a few other people from their own school willing to join MIST, and they feel like they could never stack up against bigger teams. To assuage these concerns, certain regions have tried accounting for the presence of large teams by artificially imposing caps on team sizes or dividing team scores by the number of students on the team. In the end however, we have decided against the use of any methods to incentivize the creation of small teams because it may prevent students from being as inclusive and inviting as we’d like them to be towards others when forming their teams.

We do recognize that sometimes students who make a sincere effort to recruit exclusively from their own school still end up with a small team and feel very discouraged when they compare themselves to the Islamic schools who can easily bring in plenty of competitors. The question is: can smaller teams really match up against larger ones? The answer: absolutely!

Small teams have been notorious at winning many of the more prestigious individual competitions. One year in DC, a three-person team took the MIST Bowl competition completely by storm. Another time in Houston, someone who originally wanted to just register for MIST by herself ended up bringing a handful of other students so she could have a team, and lo and behold, her team ended up being the one that could boast of bringing the region’s Overall Individual Competitor to compete that year! Where spots for certain competitions usually get taken up quickly in larger teams, smaller teams actually allow individuals to get involved in more competitions on an individual level.

If you’re still not satisfied with your odds, recruit! Remember, MIST does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, or gender, so you should allow everyone from your school to feel welcome to attend! There was one year in Atlanta where a team wanted to join with another high school for the sake of “unity” (i.e. fear that they might end up with a small team), and when their request to join teams was denied, they went back to their school to recruit and ended up with a team of over 40 students, making it the largest team at Regionals that year. And not just that, it was a public school to boot!

The most important point to remember is that during MIST, you are not going to be forced to mingle only with your own team mates. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to have fun with all your buddies from other schools at the event. And in some competitions (such as Short Film, etc.), we even encourage you to collaborate with other teams when you’re preparing for MIST. We would love to build a community that embraces the concept of gracious professionalism at MIST.

From a homeschool? Don’t worry, you can still form a team with other home-schooled students or with your local high school, or you can simply compete as a one-person team if you like (but you’ll still need a coach).

From far away? No worries! Simply register with your own high school team, but arrange to carpool/bus in together. You can share coaches, and heck, we won’t even stop you from wearing the same spirit wear (if that’s really what you want to do), but your teams just have to register separately. It shouldn’t be that difficult, but please contact your local regional headquarters if there’s anything we can do to help.

Oh, and we are making one exception: the only competition that teams will be allowed to compete in on the same side with members from other high schools is Basketball, since you need at least 5 people to play (all other competitions only require a minimum of one or two students).

MIST Nationals 2k11 in Atlanta
Prepare yourself to get MISTified with some good ol’ fashioned southern hospitality. Dates and details are scheduled to be announced soon, so stay tuned!

Join us at the Annual MIST Kick-Off Event, and feel the spirit!

Date: Saturday November 27, 2010

Time: Doors open at 6:30 pm

Location: Smyrna Community Center

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Kick-Off will include…

-2011 Theme
-2011 Venue & Date
-Volunteer Sign-up
-Team Registration
-Exciting new announcements

Tickets ($10)
-Sold at the door
-Join the raffle for prizes!

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Location:
University of Maryland – College Park

Launch: June 21, 2010
Deadline: July 5, 2010

Tournament:
Start: 12:00pm, July 30, 2010
End: 8:00pm, August 1, 2010

Registration Deadline is 11:59pm on July 5, 2010!

Late fees will be charged for registration received after this time. Absolutely no competitor registration will be accepted after July 12, 2010.

MIST Atlanta is providing a bus to Nationals!

Location:
Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta
442 14th St NW,
Atlanta, GA 30318

Departure Time:
10:00pm on Thursday, July 29, 2010
*Please arrive in time for Maghrib Prayer by 8:30pm

Arrival Time:
10:00am on Monday, August 2, 2010

Price:
$99/person

To reserve your seat, first complete your tournament registration at https://www.adderpit.com/MIST, and we will send you a confirmation email with further instructions.

PLEASE NOTE: Tournament registration, bus, and hotel are being processed separately.

REGISTRATION is $55/competitors, $45/guests, free/coaches. Register and pay online at https://www.adderpit.com/MIST.

BUS TRANSPORTATION is $99/person. You’ll pay by cash/check to us before you board.

HOTEL is $89/night + tax for two nights. Divide that by 4 people/room and you get roughly $50/person. Contact the hotel directly to book your own room:

Comfort Inn
4050 Powder Mill, Road,
Beltsville, MD 20705
301-572-7100 (phone)