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ISSUE # 27

SY 20152016

WEEK OF:

MARCH 21 TO 25

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday BulletinInside this issue:

MARCHAPRIL:

MS Upcoming Events:

ES INTERNATIONAL DAY

Wednesday, March 23

SCHOOL HOLIDAY

March 24 to April 1

PARENT COFFEE

Tuesday, April 19

DRAMA CLASS SHORT PLAYS

Tuesday, April 26

ACTIVITY DAY

Thursday, April 28

Dear Parents,

Thank you to all the parentswho took me out of theirbusy schedules to aend thisweeks student-led confer-ences. It was wonderful tosee students sharing their

learning journeys and feelingempowered. Parents werethoughul and responsiveand we loved watching par-ents immerse themselves inthe wide array of learningexperiences your childrenhave engaged in over theacademic year. Thank youfor your unwavering supportof your childs learning!

Below are the essenal updates for the coming week:

UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER (NEXT WEEK): ES Internaonal Day:

Wednesday, March 23rd (MS students aend the agraising ceremony)

MS students can wear heritage dress or naonal teamsports shirts.

School Holiday: Thursday, March 24th -Sunday, April 3rd.

COMING UP IN APRIL:

Back to School:

Monday, April 4th Whole School Parent Coee:

Tuesday, April 5th from 09:00 -10:30 (LT) Arts in Educaon

MS Parent Coee:

Tuesday, April 19th from 07:45 -09:00 (LT) Focus to be announced on Friday, April 8th

MS Acvity Day: Thursday, April 28th


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MAP Tesng is Now Finished:

The nal MAP tests have been completed today and the

MAP tesng window for the MS students is now

closed. As soon as the ES and HS students have all n-

ished their MAP tests, we will be able to close the

schools tesng window and generate the Student Pro-

gress Report that is sent home to parents. The exact

date upon which these reports will be sent home will be

announced in next weeks Parent Bullen.

MS Drama:

The MS drama students will be presenng a perfor-

mance of How to Succeed in Middle School-Without

Really Trying on Tuesday and Wednesday of the com-

ing week. This comedy should appeal to all MS students

and we welcome parents who want to come and sup-

port this event. Performance dates/mes are as fol-

lows:

Tuesday, March 22 from 16:00 -16:30 in the AMR

(free seang)

Wednesday, March 23 at MS lunch me 11:00 -

11:30 in the MS Courtyard.

Internaonal Day:

Internaonal Day is on Wednesday, March 23rd. ES/MS

students and faculty are encouraged to wear naonal

dress/heritage clothing to school on this day.

Students are allowed to wear naonal team sports jer-

sey/t-shirt (New Zealand rugby shirt, England football

shirt etc). Students will aend their rst block before

proceeding to the ES Courtyard for the annual ag un-

furling ceremony at 08:40. The MS will be hosng a

student assembly starng at 11:50 with a focus on in-

ternaonalism. Parents are welcome to aend the ag

unfurling ceremony but sadly there will be limited space

for parents in the FAT once the 715 students and 100faculty members are in place!

Vacaon!

Whether you are traveling for the upcoming break or

enjoying a family stay-caon here in Manila, we hope

that you have a wonderful me. Please stay safe and

enjoy the me away from school. Remember to allow

your child some me to relax and recharge their baer-

ies and be mindful not to over-schedule their break!

Baby, Baby Baby!:

Congratulaons to Ms. Karianne Cook (Grade 7 Science

teacher) and Mr. Jusn Cook (HS) on the birth of baby

Charlie! Both mother and baby are doing well and are

now at home.

CWW Reecons:

In the weeks following CWW, students have been con-

ducng meaningful reecons about their experienc-

es. The G7 students have created CWW Reecve Tiles

and these are now posted outside the Wellness hallway

as well as outside the MS Oce. The les capture the

individual connecons students made while engaged in

meaningful service learning experiences. Below are

three random samples that caught our eye! Please feel

free to stop by the MS Guidance entrance where a wid-

er selecon of student

work can be viewed.

Kind regards,

Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Assistant Middle School Principal

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Need to top up?ISM goes cashless in SY16-17!

Starng SY2016-2017 ISM will implement a full debit system in the MS/HS Canteen. The debit system

provides customers with a cashless payment system once the customer's ID has been loaded with funds.

Parents and Students are encouraged to start using the debit system if they

aren't already doing so.

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A comedy about how to make it through

Middle school.

DATE: 22nd March 2016

TIME: 4.00pm-4:30pm

WHERE: AMR (free seang)

DATE: 23rd March 2016

TIME: 11:00am -11.30am

WHERE: MS Courtyard

Please come and support the Middle school performers!4

We are excited to welcome trombonist, Christopher Bill to the middle

school on April 4. He will be meeng with classes and performing an all

-school assembly at 2:45 P.M. Parents are welcome to aend.

Christopher is an up-and-coming musician based outside of

New York City. His YouTube Channel has been gaining popu-

larity since the summer of 2012 when he posted his version of

Owl City's "Fireies" for six trombones. His cover of Pharrell

Williams' "Happy" where Chris uses a looping staon to com-

pose the song on the spot went viral in the spring of 2014. His

videos have amassed over 9 million views and a following of

over 75,000 subscribers. In April 2014, Chris independently

released his rst cover album, Breakthrough followed by hisChristmas album, Smiling's My Favorite. Since graduang from

the Purchase Conservatory, Chris enjoys a busy schedule of

performances, clinics, and master classes.

Brian Howrey

Middle School Band

5-12 Music Program Leader


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Important informaon on Re-Enrollment for SY 2016-17

Dear Parents:

We will begin On-line Re

-Enrollment for school year 2016

-17 on Monday, April 4. As before, parents will have to log into

PowerSchool in order to do this. Below are instrucons to help. If you are not sure of your PowerSchool log-in or need sup-

port, please contact the Middle School Oce.

Please note that you must complete re-enrollment Steps 1 & 2 by 4pm on Friday, May 27 at the latest. PowerSchool will close

on that date unl the start of SY16-17. We have over 500 students on our waitlist, and we will assume that your children are

leaving if you have not completed the re-enrollment process.

If your child/ren will not be returning for SY16-17, you MUST follow the Withdrawal Procedure and submit a Withdrawal No-

caon Form on or before Friday, May 13. Click here for more informaon.

Online Re-Enrollment

Step 1: Visit www.ismanila.org and click on Parent Portal under the Quick Links drop -down menu. Log-in to the Parent Portal

and click on PowerSchool. Please refer to the aached guide on How to Access Online Re-Enrollment.

Step 2: Look for the Re-Enrollment Clearance icon on the le hand panel. Click on the icon. Create your Re-enrollment Clear-

ance Form and click submit aer updang. You will receive an email nocaon verifying that you have been successful up-

dang your childs record.

Step 3: Submit Forms (if applicable)

Students entering Grade 6 will be required to download and complete the Standard Physical Examinaon Form

(with ECG) which should be submied to the ISM Health Clinic as soon as possible.

Students entering Grade 7 will be required to download and sign the ISM Drug Policy Form which should be sub-

mied to the MS Oce as soon as possible.

Step 4 You must sele all charges for SY15-16 which may include incidental fees not covered by company sponsorship (ATAC

uniforms, instrument rental, payment for lost textbook, etc.).

Step 5: You must pay the rst quota of tuion fees for SY16-17 to receive your FINAL CLEARANCE NOTIFICATION for your

child to aend class on August 4, 2016.

Tuion and Fees: Please sele your accounts through our Cashiers Oce.

Successful compleon of required steps will generate a NO REPLY email conrmaon. Compleon of all steps is necessary in

order to receive your FINAL CLEARANCE NOTIFICATION.

To check status of Re-Enrollment, please visit the Parent Portal page.

Class Schedule distribuon dates are as follows:

August 01, 2016: Grade 5 and 6 (MS Intersecon)August 02, 2016: Grade 7 and 8 (MS Intersecon)

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Congratulaons MS track team for your eorts at Brent last

Saturday. The following new MS track records were set at

the Brent meet.

Cheska Diolanto Girls Shot Put 11.03m

Reed Santos Boys High Jump 1.65m

Boys 4x400m relay Lorenzo, Reed, Manuel, Jun Suh

4.10.91

Boys 4x100m relay Lorenzo, Quinn, Reed, Lake 50.84

Boys 400m dash Jun Suh Kwon 59.91

Congratulaons to Junior Trinity McPherson who broke her

own 100m record at Brenton Saturdaywith a me of 12.32.

Trinity also set a new record for the 200m with a me of

26.25 which broke Smir Sridhars 2011 record of 26.44.

Today we host the ISM twilight track meet, come on out to

support our HS/MS track athletes at the nal meet for this

year for the local season.

Well done MS Boys badminton teams who won 2nd and 3rd

place at the LSMS Badminton meet at Brent.

Gymnascs results from the BSM meet are nowposted to

the Gymnascs results blog page. Well done to all our Bear-

cats gymnasts who competed at BSM. We now look forward

to hosng our own ISM Goodwill Meet onMay 7th.

Well done to our HS soball teams and Badminton team

who parcipated in and gained some valuable preparaonat the pre-IASAS exchanges this past weekend in Singapore

and Bangkok.

ISM summer camps informaon/yer is now posted to ATAC

blog. Summer camps are oered the rst 3 weeks of the

summer vacaon. Please note due to the large amount of

facility construcon planned for this summer camps will

only be oered in the mornings and all sessions will end

by12 noonor before. hp://atac.ism-online.org/atac/atac-

summer-sports-camps/

S3 pracce schedule is posted on noce boards and on ATAC

blog schedules page.ATAC S3 sports for MS are Badminton,

Track&Field, Mixed Touch and Co-ed Soball. For HS S3

sports are Golf, Track&Field, Soball and Badminton.

Upcomingevents:

Mar 18ISM twilight track meet

Mar 19ISM mini TKD meet at Covered Court/JV Boys

soball at home (ASSL League game)

Mar 20Var boys soball at home (ASSL league game)

April 6-10IASAS S3 Championships (Badminton at SAS,

Golf at JIS, Track at TAS, Soball at ISB)

Apr 22-23ISM Sailsh Spring Meet

Apr 24-

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IASAS Board Meeng-

Bangkok

May 13-15Mixed Touch Tournament at Jakarta

For our Sailsh swim team program please check the

Sailsh blog for informaon.hp://sailsh.ism-

online.org/

Please note the pracce mes for ATAC programs for SY 15-

16 are as follows:ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. See

schedule for our All year round teams programhere

All HS seasonal teams pracce from3:05- 4:50pmeach day.

MS seasonal teams pracce3:15-4:45pm. In order to clear

the campus prior to 5pm all aer school programs will con-

clude by4:50pm

or earlier. The last bus is4:55pm

this is due

to the ever increasing trac concerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some me to peruse the

ATAC blog it has a wide variety of informaon and links to

our sports and acvies program. If you have any quesons

regarding the compeve program of sports at ISM aer

reading the informaon on the blog please send an email

[email protected] I will endeavor to assist you as

best I can.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by

Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athlecs Coordinator) gives the mostup to date informaon on where/when and who our Bear-

cat teams will be playing throughout the school year. Access

to the game schedule is now via the ISM parent portal not

via power school as in the past. A navigaon guide is availa-

ble here.ATAC Game Schedule Users Guide.

Access the parent portal via this link,log in with your user

name/password and then look for the ATAC Game Schedule

tab under the le side quick links.Don't forget to refresh

the pdf page each me it opens so you access the most cur-

rent schedule.Please note this schedule does change oen

and at short noce due to involvement with many local

schools and organizaons.

Check it regularly for the most up to date informaon. For

security purposes....access to the ATAC game schedule pdf

must be linked via the secure parent portal and details

should not be shared with non ISM community members.

Best Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs & Acvies

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