Issue No. 20 (Week of January 24 to 28)

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From the Middle School Office

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

PowerSchool will reopen on Friday, January 21 after 4:00 P.M.,

allowing you access to your child's semester 1 report. If you do not

have or have forgotten your password, please contact the MS

Guidance Office. Report Card distribution will begin on Monday,

January 24.

The All Choirs concert this past week was a heartwarming

celebration around the theme Circle of Life. Sharing with the

audience a wide repertoire of musical pieces the students shone as

they showcased their talents and abilities. Thank you to Ms.

Hausman, Mr. Mulhall and the Music Department for a delightful

evening of performances.

From January 31 to February 4 we will be celebrating Book Week.

A number of activities are being planned and we encourage all

students to get involved. Reading opens up doors and is a fantastic

way to learn about people, relationships and the world. Encourage

your child to visit the MSMC to pick up a new book and start

reading.

Looking aheadon Wednesday, February 2 we will be hosting a

Grade 4 to Grade 5 Transition Meeting for parents. If your child

will be moving from Elementary School to Middle School next

school year, we encourage you to attend. We will be sharing

information about life in Middle School and course information.

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 20

WEEKOF JANUARY 24 TO 28, 2011

Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOL

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATEPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

Jan. 28 Grade Update

Feb. 04 MS Progress Reports due

Feb. 11 Grade Update

Bearcat Coffee Morning Invitation

Parent Book GroupNews from the Clinic

AFAC Announcements

A Chiang Mai Adventure

Filipino Courses for ParentsATAC Announcements

From the Operations & Security Office

IFFD Food Fair

Fine & Performing Arts Announcement

All Seventh Graders!Academic Bowl TryoutsMathcounts Announcement

Family Fun Day 2011

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

JANUARY

26 New Student Luncheon(11:00 A.M., MS Guidance Offi

31-Feb. 04 Bearcat Book Week

FEBRUARY

02 Gr.4 Student Transition Assemb(1:00 P.M., LT)

02 Gr. 4 Parent Transition Meeting(5:00 P.M., LT)

04 Friday Afternoon Mini-Concert:MS Strings (3:00 P.M., Courtya

04 MS Party (Gr. 5 & 6)

05 PTA Family Fun Day (ES Field)

07-11 ERB Testing

09-13 AMIS Honor Girls Choir Festival

10 PTA Liaison Meeting(8:00 A.M., MS Conference Ro

14-18 Classroom Without Walls23 Grade 8 Parent Session on Trans

tioning to High School(5:30 P.M., FAT)

24 MS Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT

28 School Holiday (EDSA Day)

MARCH

01 School Holiday (Faculty In-Servi


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M IDDLE SCHOOL FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

If your child painted a self-portrait last year in Ms. Morgans class and displayed them in the library!

PLEASE TELL YOUR CHILD TO COME AND COLLECT THEM FROM THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF Ms. Morgansroom.

Thank you!

Morgan K. Jacobs

Art Teacher Grades 5 & 6

www.easysite.com/artitude

Mrs. Birchenall wants to increase and strengthen the MS Academic Bowl team. She would like a mixture ofstudents from grades 5 8. We need to build on our experience and also involve the younger students in Mid-

dle School. Successful students will represent ISM at the next Academic Bowl meeting between ISM, Faith

Academy and Brent International School.

Tryouts will take place in the Middle School Media Centre (library) during MS lunchtime on Monday,

24th, Wednesday, 26th and Friday, 28th January. You can tryout as many times as you wish.

If you have any questions or queries please

speak to Mrs. Birchenall or e-mail her at

[email protected].

All Seventh Graders!

Academic Bowl Tryouts

MATHCOUNTS meet every Tuesdays from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. The competition season is upon us and to

help us practice, the first competition is on Tuesday, January 25, in Room 1057 (not Coach Millettes usual

room of 2067), from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. THE STUDENTS NEED TO BRING A CALCULATOR! The competi-

tion is for practice, but prizes will be given to the first and second place of each grade level (grade 5 is in-

vited for this round). So, bring a pencil, eraser and calculator and join the fun!

Coach Millette

Mathcounts Announcement


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From the PTA Office

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 andpassword.


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From the International Family Fun Day (IFFD) Food Representative

Dear Parents,

The International Family Fun Day (IFFD) will be on Saturday, February 5, 2011 starting at 2:00 P.M. The international

food fair will be available from 5:00 P.M. onwards until the food is gone. So please take this opportunity to contribute toall your countries. Looking forward to seeing all of you there.

Carina Seneviratne

(IFFD Food Rep), Mobile: 0920-910-0401, Landline: 819-2863

Calling on all Filipino/U.S./Canadian Families at ISM

For the Filipino CommunityDear Parents:On February 5th at the Elementary Field in the afternoon, ISM will celebrate its International Family Fun Day organizedby our supportive PTA. An event to bring FUN, Entertainment, with an incredible international array of food to all ISM

families and faculty and staff.

To help make the activity successful, we would like to ask for a monetary donation in support of the Native Filipino Cui-

sine that we will be serving at the international food fair. We have opened an account at the Cashier's office to deposit

your contributions on or before January 28, 2011.

Kindly inform the cashier that you are making a deposit for the Filipino Food Booth. We are looking forward for your

support and attendance!!!

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact undersigned.

Many thanks.

Rosie Manalo LudiIriola

09178257688 09178335845

For the US/Canadian Community

Dear Parents:

The 2011 International Family Fun Day is fast approaching. This year, it will be held on Saturday, February 5th, from 2:00

P.M. onwards. This is a major event at ISM every year and is one of ISMs largest fundraisers.

We are requesting for a monetary donation from each family to pay for the food that will be served at the North Ameri-

can food booth. We opened up an account at the Cashiers Office and are asking that you please deposit the money

with the Cashier by Friday, January 28, 2011 so that we have adequate time to purchase the food and supplies. Please

tell the Cashier that you are depositing for the North American Food Booth.

Lastly. We need You!

We are in need of volunteers to help prepare the food for this day, as well as work at the food booth in 1 hour shifts, and

help with the decorating of the booth and setting up.

Please contact me if you are able to help.

Thank you so much,

Dan Dobrin

0928 507 1921

[email protected]


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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR TYPHOID VACCINATIONS

Date Price (Php)

February 9th, 2011 Typherix typhoid vaccine 850

This vaccination should be renewed every 3 years and is recommended for people who travel to endemicareas (including many areas of the Philippines) and also for the following target individuals:

food handlers such as dietary personnel, cooks, waiters, servers and microbiology lab technicians persons with close exposure to an S. Typhi. carrier or patient.

If you would like more information about the vaccine, please contact the clinic on the number/email belowor call in to pick up a registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM IDmay participate in this program.

PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER DEPARTMENT BY NO LATER THAN FRI-

DAY, 28

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JANUARY. VACCINES WILL THEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE AC-CEPTED.

Clinic direct number: 840 8580Email: [email protected]

Many thanks

Debbie DuckworthISM Clinic Administrator840 [email protected]

From the Clinic

Dear ISM parents,

The PreK-12 Guidance Department would like to announce the second Parent Book Group of the2010-11 school year. Continuing with what we have been reading about how neuroscience ischanging our ideas about human development, learning, and education we will be reading EllenGalinskys bookMind in the Making. Below we have included a link to the authors website aswell as an interview with her on the book.

http://mindinthemaking.org/

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/mind-making-10451950

Each session will be from 8:00 A.M. and finish around 10am on either Tuesdays or Thursdays starting in February. Inter-ested parties please contact Myrna Perez in the Elementary School Guidance Office (840-8455) to add your name to thelist. In the past these groups have been very popular and fill up almost as soon as they are announced. Spaces are lim-ited and are on a first come first serve basis. Participants will need to acquire their own copy of the book which isavailable locally.

We are looking forward to your participation!

ISM Guidance Counselors

Parent Book Group


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From the Learning Coordinators Office


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Athletics and Activities Office Announcements

IASAS BASKETBALL HOUSING

IASAS Basketball will be taking place at ISM January 27-29, 2011. All housing placement are now secured and I

thank all families that will open their homes next week-end to the IASAS athletes. Confirmation letters have beendistributed this week via students so families should knowby now who they are housing etc. Details of pick uptimes, etc. are all included on the confirmation letter.The schedule is also included so you know what time yourguests games are being played. The tournament schedule

can also be found in this bulletin or on the ATAC blog.

http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas-basketball-jan-26-31-

2011/

IASAS BASKETBALL

Please see the IASAS Basketball Championships schedule

in this bulletin. I hope many of the ISM community willcome and support our teams during this event. We hopeto have full gyms and a great atmosphere for all our visit-

ing teams. Come out and cheer for the Bearcats.

Whilst our Basketball teams are battling here at home,our other season 2 teams will be doing the same in Taipei(Rugby/Touch), Singapore (Tennis), and Kuala Lumpur(Swimming). To all our travelling teams and coaches wewish you the best of luck at IASAS. All the action/resultsfrom all IASAS events can be followed by visiting the IASASwebsite where you can find links to results and livestreaming for some of the events. Visit www.iasas.asia for

all the 2nd seasons IASAS Championships action!

ATAC ANNOUNCEMENTS

GAME SCHEDULE INFORMATION

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISMteams can be found by going to the GAME SCHEDULE tabon the ATAC page of the ISM website. 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 whereand when the Bearcats teams are playing. Access to thegame schedule page is also available via the ATAC blog.Click on the Bearcat logo to be directed to the game

schedule page. http://atac.ism-online.org.

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATESJANUARY/FEBRUARY: (for ALL match/schedule detailscheck game schedule page as above)

Jan. 21 - Basketball at Faith

Jan 22 - ISM Touch Invitational Tournament- MS Boys B tennis vs. Ateneo B, 8:00 A.M.

and vs. Brent B, 1:00 P.M.

Jan. 26 - IASAS Basketball Teams arrive,- ISM Teams Depart for IASAS

Jan 27-29 - IASAS Basketball at ISM

Jan 27-29 - IASAS Rugby/Touch in Taipei, Swimming inKL,

Tennis in Singapore

Jan 29 - MS PRFU Juniors Touch/Tackle Rugby tourna-ment

at ISM- JV Touch at UP for UP Invitational Touch

Tournament Jan. 31 - 3rd season sports tryouts begin for HS teams

(Track/Softball/Badminton)

Feb. 3 - 3rd season sports tryouts begin for MS teams(Track/Softball/Badminton/Mixed Touch)

Feb. 12 - Brent track meet for MS/HS

Feb. 19-20 - ISM International Swim meet

Feb. 26 - ISM Track Meet

Mar. 2 - IASAS Cultural Convention Teams Depart

Mar. 3-5 - IASAS Cultural Convention (Art/Music at JIS,DDDF at ISKL)

Mar. 5 - ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet

Middle School 2nd Season Sports Awards - Feb. 9, 4:00

P.M., ES Gym (Touch/Tennis/Rugby/Basketball) High School 2nd Season Sports Awards - Feb. 11th 5:30

P.M., HS Gym(Touch/Rugby/Tennis/Basketball/Swimming/Cheerleading)

BEARCAT DENRegular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 A.M. 1:00P.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, please

contact our BCD volunteers coordination Chantel([email protected]) or pop in to the Den near theHS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers. Theywill be very happy to make you welcome.

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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Vehicle checks

The practice of inspecting vehicles will continue. During off-peak hours all vehicles will be checked before they are al-

lowed to enter the campus. During peak hours (drop off and pick-up times), all vehicles without valid stickers and ran-domly selected vehicles with stickers will be asked to undergo an examination.

Whether an examination is conducted or not, it is important that the security staff at the gates are able to identify theoccupants of vehicles entering the campus; therefore IDs must be clearly displayed. Vehicles with tinted windows mustroll down windows to allow a clear view of the interior of the vehicle.

Drivers, Helpers and Bodyguards

Drivers, helpers and bodyguards should not be waiting on campus for students throughout the school day. After droppingoff students they should exit the school grounds and not return more than 30 minutes before dismissal time. Those whorepeatedly fail to comply with the regulation will have their access privilege suspended.

Only those vehicles carrying parents or other people with business within the school will be allowed to return to the cam-pus before 1:45 p.m.

There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas, helpers and security escorts to wait for parents and stu-dents. Unless specifically authorized, they may not enter any other area. In the interest of security, and to prevent con-gestion at the pedestrian entrances to the covered parking area, parents are requested to emphasize to their employeesthe importance of cooperating with the security staff and remaining in the appropriate areas.

Termination of Employment

In the event of the termination of service of a family employee, parents are asked to secure the former employees ISMID card and return it to the Security office. If this is not possible, it is important that the Security Office is still informedof the change of circumstances.

Finally, I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation in helping us maintain ISM as a safeand secure environment for our children.

Firearms

All members of the ISM community are reminded that it is strictly forbidden for firearms to be brought onto the campus.This includes concealed weapons carried by bodyguards for close protection. Any person arriving at the school with afirearm should inform the gate guard and arrangements will be made for the weapon to be safely and securely storedduring the visitors stay.

Security staff directions

Our security team is endeavoring to make the school as safe and secure an environment as possible for all members ofour community. We ask that everybody cooperate with us in this important task. In particular, all those entering ourcampus are requested to comply with any direction given to them by members of our guard force. In the event that any-one is unclear as to the purpose of such instructions they can seek clarifications from the security office. Please notethat it is the parents responsibility to advise their staff accordingly.

Thank you for your cooperation. We are looking forward to another successful semester at International School Manila.

Regards,

MICHAEL FLYNNDirectorOperations & Security


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