issue no. 27 (week of march 14 to 18)

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From the Middle School Office

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

This week the Middle School will be celebrating Spirit Week. On Friday wewill have an activity period during last period and students are permittedto wear their House shirt to school. Students will be engaged in activitiesto build House spirit and foster peer relationships between grade levels. Ifyour child has PE on a certain day, please remind your child that s/he stillneeds to bring the PE uniform to school. Each day has been assigned aspecific theme and all students are encouraged to dress accordingly:

Monday Character Day Tuesday Twin Day Wednesday Stripes and Sunglasses Day Thursday Pajama Day Friday Casual Day

While we do want the students to enjoy the time out of uniform, pleaseencourage your child to exercise sound judgment when choosing theirattire so that they arrive at school dressed appropriately (no bare midriffs,spaghetti straps, baggy pants, etc.). Please also remember that studentsshould not bring to school any weapon or copy thereof when dressed incostume. If your child opts not to dress in the theme of the day, your child

is expected to be in school uniform.

Friday, March 11 marked the end of the 3 rd quarter. We strongly encourageyou to check PowerSchool and discuss your childs assignments, progressand level of achievement with them. On the afternoon of March 15 timehas been set aside for Parent Teacher Conferences. In connection to this,students will be dismissed at 12:00 P.M. and there will be no afterschoolMS activities. Please make the necessary transportation arrangements sothat your child is picked up promptly at 12:00 noon.

Grade 5 will be conducting student-led conferences and information hasbeen sent through the Homebase. For grades 6 8, conferences will beheld in the MS Gym and will follow an arena-style model. If you have

major concerns about your childs progress, please plan to attend. Morespecific information regarding parent-teacher conferences is contained in aseparate letter within this weeks parent bulletin.

Spring Break starts on March 19 and school resumes on Monday, March 28.Have a relaxing time with your children and family!

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa SaysonMiddle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 27

WEEK OF MARCH 14 TO 18, 2011

Middle School

M I D D L E S C H O O L

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATEPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

Mar. 11 MS Progress Reports Distribution

Apr. 08 Grade Update

Important Announcement from AdmissionsParent Teacher Conferences

New Art WorkMiddle School Academic BowlCalling for Gr. 8 Parent VolunteersYearbook Photos are Available

PTAs Used Book Fair

After School Activities Announcements

ATAC Announcements

ISM Summer Sports CampISM Aquathon 2011

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS MARCH

15 Parent Teacher Conferences

17 Gr. 8 Parent Volunteer Meeting(7:30 A.M., MS Conference Rm.)

18 Activity Period (1:20 P.M.)

18 Courtyard Activity (3:00 P.M.)

21 to 25 Spring Break

30 - Apr. 20 MAP Testing

31 PTA Liaison Meeting (8:00 A.M., Conference Rm.)

APRIL

02 ISM Aquathon 2011

11 School Holiday (Bataan Day)

12 PTA General Meeting (7:30 A.M.,LT)

13 Parent Coffee (8:30 A.M., LT)

21 to 22 School Holiday (Holy Week)

25 to 29 PTA Used Book Fair (CMC Lobby

26 MS/HS Beginning Recital (5:00P.M., LT)

27 Activity Period (1:35 P.M.)

MAY

02 School Holiday (Labor Day)

03 to 13 MS Art Exhibition (FAT Gallery)

04 to 06 Grade 4 Ambassador Program

05 to 07 MS Play


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M I D D L E S C H O O L F R I D AY B U L L E T I N P AG E 2

Very Important Announcement concerning Re-Enrollmentfor School Year 2011-2012

The Admission Office and the individual school offices are making plans and gathering re-enrollment data forSchool Year 2011-2012. Middle and high school students must indicate re-enrollment intentions through theirCourse Selection form (which is done on-line). If you have any questions about this, please contact the indi-vidual school offices.

URGENTif you know that your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year,please inform the Admission Office as soon as possible if you have not already done so. We currentlyhave very few families indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there are an evergrowing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress andanxiety in those families (and in the Admission Office). If you are sure that your child will be leavingISM, please submit a Withdrawal Notification Form. The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained

from the Admission Office or from the ISM website under the Admission tab and then click on Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal. This will be a great help for our planning and to the many families waiting tobe admitted to the school. Thank you.

Re-Enrollment requirements will be similar to last year and a Re-Enrollment DEPOSIT PAYMENT is not re-quired to reserve a space at the School for SY2011-12. However, parents are obliged to inform the School inwriting, before the second Friday of May , if their children will withdraw at the end of the academicyear. There is a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM for such purpose and this must be submitted to the Ad-missions Office before the second Friday of May of each school year. Failure to do so will lead to a deduc-tion of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for having held a space for the

child and thus preventing the School from offering that space to another child prior to the summer holidaybreak.

The Re-Enrollment Form and other requested forms for each re-enrolling student will be available by thebeginning of April in both hardcopy at the Admission Office and online on our website under Admission andRe-Enrollment & Withdrawal.

If you do not download this information from the website then please drop by the Admission Office duringoffice hours (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) and pick up the set of Re-Enrollment Forms. Parents may do this per-sonally or your child can come to the Admission Office and get the forms. If you would like to have yourdriver or househelp pick up the forms, please give them a letter of authorization to collect the Re-

Enrollment Forms for your child/children.

Were on the web!

www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVENT LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL

please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or

email [email protected] to obtain your username and password.


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Grade 6, 7, & 8 - Parent Teacher Conferences


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New Art Work!

YEARBOOK PHOTOSThe Yearbook Photos are here! Please drop by the

Middle School Office to pick up the photo!

Dear Grade 8 Parents,

If you are willing to volunteer in helping us in the Grade 8 end of the year activities, please remember toattend our first meeting on March 17, 2011, Thursday at 7:30 A.M. in the Middle School Conference Room.

Help us make it a wonderful experience for your children.

Thank you.

Dave Allen and Jenna ChildGrade 8 Coordinators

Calling for Grade 8 Parent Volunteers

Please see new art work that has been completed by the grade five and grade six art students!Go to www.easysite.com/artitude or visit the MSMC.Students worked hard at collaborating to make a new mural for this space and grade six studentshave completed their Silhouette Self-Portraits, which are on display on the bookshelves.

Also to celebrate: there are three new panels for our 90 th Anniversary Mural hanging in front of the Canteen.

Way to go Artists!

Middle School Academic BowlCongratulations to the Middle School Academic Bowl team for coming second at the competition held atBrent International School on Monday, 7 th March 2011.

Joseph Hadaway - Grade 8 Dylan Hanyi Kim - Grade 7 Trishala Ray - Grade 7 Antonio Javier Roxas - Grade 8 Hi-Chan (Steve) An- Grade 8 Bianca Catoto - Grade 6 Aparna Mohan - Grade 7 Cody Clifton - Grade 8 Alexandra Westfall - Grade 8 Jearvin Jazz Mamaril - Grade 8 Danielle Limcaoco - Grade 8 Ho Jun Kim - Grade 7

Valerie BirchenallMS Academic Bowl Coach


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After School Activities


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Athletics and Activities Office AnnouncementsIASAS Cultural Conventions 2011Congratulations to our debate/forensics delegates who cameaway from the competition with a bag load of IASAS medals.To all advisors and delegates well done on an incredible ef-fort. ISM competed in 5 events and came home with 3 GOLDand 2 SILVER medals!

GOLD: Debate- Akshar Bonu/Esther Park (Advisor Peter Curry)GOLD: Impromptu Speaking: Shrey Chandra (Advisor FredBiggar)GOLD: Extemporaneous Speaking: Leandro Leviste (AdvisorFilipa Pavic)SILVER: Original Oratory: Michi Ferreol (Advisor AndreaThompson)SILVER: Oral Interpretation: Young Sun Park (Advisor KellyArndt)

Our Dance/Drama groups led by Yek Barlongay/Vicki Closereceived outstanding reviews along with standing ovations

and many positive comments on the superb performances.At the Art/Music Convention in Jakarta ISM musicians againperformed incredibly well with a number of our individu-als/groups being selected for the showcase concert. Theseincluded:Julie Han inJulie Han in fluteflute : Julie was chosen by the ISM team to pre-: Julie was chosen by the ISM team to pre-sent to the Friday showcase. Others musicians selected assent to the Friday showcase. Others musicians selected asoutstanding by the adjudicators were:outstanding by the adjudicators were: Caitlin Coyiuto inCaitlin Coyiuto in fluteflute Jin Wook Lee inJin Wook Lee in oboeoboe Marianne Mae Chan inMarianne Mae Chan in MarimbaMarimba && TheThe Woodwind QuartetWoodwind Quartet doing Ticodoing Tico -- ticotico Eun Jee Kang Violin La ClochetteEun Jee Kang Violin La Clochette Dinesh Mohnami Tenor Nuit DEtoliesDinesh Mohnami Tenor Nuit DEtolies Mahek Tulsiani Soprano Chanson TristesMahek Tulsiani Soprano Chanson Tristes ISMs Vocal Ensemble singing Twa Tanbou and the StringsISMs Vocal Ensemble singing Twa Tanbou and the StringsOctet were also selected to perform in the showcase con-Octet were also selected to perform in the showcase con-cert.cert.

ISM GOODWILL GYMNASTICS MEET Saturday, March 5, MSGYMISM wins overall team champions trophy!ISM hosted a very successful Goodwill Gymnastics meet lastSaturday with 290 gymnasts competing. Thanks so much to allour parent volunteers and a special thanks to Ane Preys-ler/Kerrie Uytengsu for coordinating all the volunteers andfor their support with sponsors and many other aspects ofthis event. Individual results will be available in the nextbulletin, and at the final awards presentation of the after-noon the ISM gymnastics team, with gymnasts in all 5 levelsthroughout the day, were able to win the team overall all

around trophy which is a fantastic effort by our gymnasts andcoaches. Congratulations to our coaches and to the gymnasts.

2010-2011 ISM Gymnastics Team:Level 5: McKenzie Kinsella, Alicia PreyslerLevel 4: Andrea Preysler, Chiara Amor, Georgina Pekin, KaylaUytengsuLevel 3: Celine Teh, Jessica Morris, Lara FernandezLevel 2: Jessica Zhang, Elise MalviciniLevel 1: Jaeah Kim, Gaby Montinola, Anna Lewis-Workman,Ines Tambunting, Awe McCallum, Yehjin Katrina Lee,Gabriela Ellis, Zoe Stephens, Nathalie Prebich, JohannaOlafsson, Kayla Markley, Alaina Hauber, Paula FernandezLevel 1: (Mens Artistic Gymnastics): Aidan Carter, HiroyukiTabe

GAME SCHEDULE PDF(new procedure in place for access to game schedule pdfinformation)Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISMteams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also accessthis information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages.Please note the game schedule does change often due toinvolvement with many local schools so please check thepage regularly to find out the latest information of where andwhen the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tabor the Bearcat logo to be directed to thehttp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ . You will need yourpower school user name and password to access the gameschedule pdf now located in PowerSchool.

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES(for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule pageas above) Mar. 11-13 - SAS Eagles Track Exchange- varsity track

Mar. 11-13 - ISB Softball Exchange varsity teams Mar. 12 - Brent Track Meet HS/MS Track team Mar. 12 - softball vs. Brent at ISM Apr. 2 - Track Meet at Brent Apr. 8 - Twilight Track Meet at ISM vs. Brent at ISM Apr. 17 - (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS

- Track at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hostingBadminton

BEARCAT DENRegular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 A.M. 1:00

P.M. and 2:304:00 P.M. Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:30-4:00 P.M.

Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested injoining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, pleasecontact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Chantel([email protected]) or pop in to the Den near the HSCafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers. They will bevery happy to make you welcome.

IASAS BADMINTON at ISM - April 18-21

Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tournamentcan now be found on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism-online.org

We are currently accepting housing offers for the 80 visitingBadminton athletes. If you can help with housing, please

read details on the blog and a housing letter can also be ac-cessed via the blog or hard copy picked up from the ATACoffice.

Mark PekinDirector of Athletics/ActivitiesInternational School ManilaE-mail: [email protected] Website:http://www.ismanila.org/ Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/


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M I D D L E S C H O O L F R I D AY B U L L E T I N P AG E 1 0


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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

MAY AND JUNESUMMER SPORTS CAMP


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ISM AQUATHON 2011

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