M I D D L E

Issue # 11 October 22 to 26, 2012

Student Bulletin
October 22 to 26, 2012

S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday, October 22 Tuesday, October 23 Wednesday, October 24 Regular Schedule Regular Schedule Student Late Start/Regular Schedule Grade Level Assemby: Gr. 5 - HB ; Gr. 6 - MS Gym; Gr. 7 - Lofthouse C ; Gr. 8 - LT Special Schedule/Filipiniana Beginning of School Holiday

Thursday, October 25 Friday, October 26

Dear Students:

Filipiniana is here! This Thursday, October 25 is the much anticipated celebration of Filipino food, music, dance and dress. PCC shirts are on sale for 500 pesos during lunch if you are interested in buying one. On Thursday, you can come to school in your PCC shirt, House shirt, Filipino outfit, or your home countrys national costume. If you choose not to wear one of those outfits, then you are expected to be in your school uniform. The Salinlahi (Yearbook) photo sessions will take place this week. You must wear your uniform for the picture which will be taken during your Social Studies class. Second season team practice starts this week. Best of luck for a successful season. Enjoy the break! It has been a long stretch with many exciting activities and meaningful learning experiences. We hope you have time to relax with your family and friends so you will be ready to go on Monday, November 5. Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

20 22 to 25 25 26 November 05 05 to 09 06 08 to 11 15 15 to 19 October Service Learning Trip (Love 2 Learn) Yearbook Photo Shoot Filipiniana Beginning of School Holiday Classes Resume ESL Placement Testing MS Academic Bowl GIN Conference Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT) MS ISTA Festival

PowerSchool Grade Update

Nov. 16 - Progress Report Distribution Nov. 29 - Grade Update

SPECIAL SCHEDULE - THURSDAY, OCT. 25 TIME

7:30-8:10 8:15-8:55 9:00-9:40 9:40-9:55 10:00-10:40 10:45-11:25 11:55 12:10-12:55 1:00-1:45 1:45 1:55-3:00

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1 2 3 BREAK 4 5

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A/G B/H G/E/A

YEARBOOK PHOTO SHOOT

The Middle School Year Book Photo Shoot is scheduled from October 22 to 25, 2012 in Room 1188 (beside AMR). All students will be photographed regardless of purchase. Each class will have a scheduled time for the shoot during the week. Students must wear their school uniform during the photo shoot.

H/F/B C Parade MS Barrio Fiesta & Lunch Activity Period Proceed to FAT MS Filipiniana Assembly

Middle School Academic Bowl Practice Sessions

Do you know lots of interesting facts and general knowledge? Are you fast on the buzzers? Do you like Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader? THEN COME TO Academic Bowl Practice Sessions!! Practice sessions takes place in room P046 (Mrs. Birchenalls classroom) every Tuesday from 2:30 3:30 P.M. Successful students will represent ISM at the next Academic Bowl competition which is to be held at Faith Academy on the 6th November 2012. All Middle School students are very welcome to come to the practice sessions. If you have any questions or queries please speak to Mrs. Birchenall or e-mail her at birchenallv@ismanila.org.

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

IASAS Week: Results: Congratulations to all our teams and coaches who returned to Manila safely this week for your efforts at IASAS in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. Soccer Boys 6th, Girls 5th Volleyball Boys BRONZE, Girls 4th Cross Country Boys BRONZE, Girls 5th Individual Gold Chase Burton 5km Boys Cross Country Race 2nd Season ATAC sports: Tryouts have now concluded and the practice Schedule for MS & HS sports is in this bulletin for Basketball, Tennis, Varsity Swimming, Boys Rugby and Girls Touch. The schedule is also on the blog and on notice boards around school. For interested Basketball players see the flyers on school notice boards for an upcoming Basketball camp being held at school for ISM MS/HS students during the October break. The ES/MS Rifa Festivals are now concluded with the finals having taken place last Saturday at ISM. Congratulations to Coach Popoys E1 and Coach Mikes G1 ES teams who ended up winning the champions trophy for their division this year. Well done to all the players and thanks to all the parents who have supported the players at the festivals during the season. See attached flyers for the sports awards next week on Oct 24th. Results for all the Cross Country meets completed during the season can be found on the Cross Country results page. http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1stseason/cross-country-race-results/ A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog and also to follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page). Each Monday I will post the weeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent bulletins. GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid-week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the PowerSchool secure site http:// powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need your PowerSchool username and password to access the game schedule. HS Student registration for ATAC activities: (new for school year 12-13) A Google doc registration is now available for all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonal sports teams, MUN and Cultural Convention programs. Please take the time to complete this online registration for activities that you plan on joining this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registration tab found under the Helpful Shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. (Please note this is for HS students only and you must use your school email address to access the link. Personal gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to access the page.) BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcatden/ Our Bearcat Den is open for business, please drop by to check out the range of Bearcat products. We have a great team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a fantastic group please contact Melanie Ball, our volunteer coordinator, at melaniehball@gmail.com. We have a new range of dri fit tshirts now available along with new Bearcat bags Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wednesday & Friday, 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities