Issue No. 19 (Week of January 23 to 27)

8/3/2019 Issue No. 19 (Week of January 23 to 27)

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Student Bulletin

M I DD EL S C OH LO

Issue # 19

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Upcoming Events in the Middle School PowerSchool Grade Updat

January 23 to 27, 2012

January 23 School Holiday26 New Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT)

February 01 to 05 AMIS Strings Festival

08 to 12 AMIS Honor Band

10 MS Party (Gr. 5 to 8)

16 Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT)

16 to 19 ISTA Festival

17 No Classes (Faculty In-Service)

20 to 24 Classroom Without Walls (CWW)

23 Gr. 8 HS Parents Course Selection Information Night

(5:30 P.M., Lofthouse)

Jan. 24 - Report Card Distribution

(via courier)

Jan. 27 - Grade Update

January 23 to 27, 2012Monday, January 23 School Holiday (No Classes)

Tuesday, January 24 Regular Schedule

Wednesday, January 25 Student Late Start/Regular Schedule

MS Grade Level Assembly (11:40 A.M.):Gr. 5 - LT; Gr. 6 - FAT; Gr. 7– AMR; Gr. 8 - MS Gym

Thursday, January 26 Regular Schedule

Friday, January 27 Regular Schedule

Dear Students:

Congratulations to those involved with the All Choirs Concert. It was a colorful display of great musicmade possible by hard work and collaboration.

Report cards will be distributed Tuesday, January 24. Take time to review your report cards withyour parents. They may be able to give good advice on how to improve. Also, discuss with teachersany questions you have about where to focus your efforts this semester.

As a reminder, there are no classes on Monday, January 23. It is Chinese New Year – the year of the

dragon. 新年快樂!

Enjoy the three day weekend.

Sincerely,

Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson



USE OF MS GYM

Please note that duringbreak times and lunches,the MS Gym will only beavailable for badminton

and no equipmentgames. If you wish to play badminton,please bring a racket and shuttle with

you.

CONGRATULATIONS to all the singers involved in the All Choirs Concert on Tuesday! It was an incredible evening, and the audience thor-oughly enjoyed your musicality, sensitivity, collaboration, and the manyCOLORS of expression in your songs. Thank you for your hard workextra rehearsals, and for sharing your selves with us through music.

Parents, thank you also for the wonderful merienda, and for showing smuch support for your child’s involvement in the music program. We ar

especially grateful for you!Ms. Hausma

Reminder Please remember that the normal security procedures still apply on that day. If you have invited a guest from outside our school com‐

munity to join us, and they will not be entering campus with you, please email their details to the Security Office. Email address is secu‐

[email protected].

As we have limited parking on campus and we expect a large number of vehicles, ONLY OWNER ‐DRIVEN CARS will be allowed to re‐

main on campus. We ask that vehicles driven by employed drivers to enter via Gate 3 only, and drop their passengers off at school and

only return to the campus for the purpose of picking up. Holders of ISM ID cards will be able to enter as pedestrians through Gates 1

and 3 should they wish. Gate 2 will be closed to all.



iBelieve at IFFD

Have the chance to view—for the first time!—the 12 Finalists

at the iBelieve Photo Exhibit at International Family Fun Day.

1:00 P.M. onwards - Outside MS Guidance

7:00 P.M. onwards - Outside the Fine Arts Theater



FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICEPlans are well underway for our hosting of IASAS

Rugby/Touch to make this a memorable tourna-

ment for all the ISM community. If you can assist

with housing, we really need your support. See

below for details in regards to housing a visiting

athlete.

IASAS RUGBY/TOUCH HOUSING:

The next fantastic ISM Special event is on the ho-

rizon when we host Rugby/Touch from February

1-5, 2012 and 140 athletes require housing for

this event. The housing letter can be accessed

via the ATAC blog or there is a link to it on the

IASAS Rugby/Touch page. Housing letters are due

in now! Please return these ASAP so the housing

can be confirmed for all our guests who will ar-

rive on Feb 1st.

IASAS Venues for 2nd Season:

Traveling teams depart on Wednesday, February

1st and will return on February 5th.

• Rugby/Touch @ ISM

• Basketball @ ISB Bangkok

• Swimming @ Jakarta

• Tennis @ ISKL Kuala Lumpur

Congratulations to our team of Sailfish coaches

who successfully hosted a great varsity swim

meet last Saturday at the ISM pool. Swim teams

from American School in Japan and Shanghai

American school flew in for this meet and had a

great day of racing. The team from ASIJ also

spent Friday morning visiting and working with

one of our service partners to engage with andassist some underprivileged

children. From all reports

they found this an extremely

valuable and rewarding ven-

ture.

3rd Season starts soon: February 6th sees the star

of 3rd season for (Track and Field, Badminton, Sof

ball for MS and HS students and Mixed Touch for M

students only) Tryouts information and practice

schedules are now posted to the blog and on scho

notice boards.

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 lat

est information of where and when the Bearcats

teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the

Bearcat logo to be directed to http://

powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need

your Powerschool username and password to acce

the game schedule.

BEARCAT DEN:

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

• Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 11:30 A.

– 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.• Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, from 2:30 -

4:00 P.M.

If you are interested in joining our group of volun-

teers in the Bearcat Den, please contact our BCD

volunteers coordinator, Radhika at radhikasavant-

[email protected] or pop in to the Den near the H

Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers. Th

will be very happy to make you welcome.

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athletics/Activities





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