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Student Bulletin
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Issue # 23
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Upcoming Events in the Middle School PowerSchool Grade Updat
February 20 to 24, 2012
February 23 Gr. 8 HS Parents Course Selection Information
Night(5:30 P.M., Lofthouse)
27 to 28 Math Honors Testing
March 05 to 09 Course Registration
08 to 29 MAP Testing
10 ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet
20 Parent Teacher Conferences
24 Service Learning Trip
26 to 29 Spirit Week
30 to Apr. 09 School Holiday
April 10 Classes Resume
Feb. 24 - Grade Update
Mar. 09 - Grade Update
Mar. 16 - Grade Update/Progress
Report Distribution
February 20 to 24, 2012Monday, February 20 Classroom Without
Walls (CWW)Tuesday, February 21 Classroom Without Walls
(CWW)Wednesday, February 22 Classroom Without Walls (CWW)Thursday,
February 23 Classroom Without Walls (CWW)Friday, February 24
Classroom Without Walls (CWW)
Dear Students:
This week is Classroom Without Walls! Enjoy the time to step out
of your comfort zone and learn from the new experi-ences.
The annual ISM Aquathon is this Saturday, February 25. See the
bulletin for details if you have not already registered.
PowerSchool will be updated this Friday, February 24. Be sure to
check your grades and discuss your progress with teachers if you
have concerns.
Looking aheadMiddle School course registration for school year
2012-2013 will take place the week of March 5. One necourse
offering, Dance Revolution, is being made available to Grades 7 and
8. Dance Revolution offers you the chance explore your movement
potential and develop spatial awareness. Throughout the semester,
different dance forms, such modern, jazz and hip hop,and the
foundations of choreography will be explored. Above all, this
course is designed to giv
you the confidence to move forward into ISMs already thriving
Dance program at HS level and to inspire you to experment with
different avenues of movement expression. For this reason, the
course is suitable for both experienced and beginner dancers. As
part of this program, you are also afforded the opportunity to
share, celebrate and showcase your taent through participation in
school activities and dance recitals.
Sincerely,
Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson
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SUMMER LANGUAGE STUDY
The International School Manila Modern Language Department is
pleased to announce its 2012 Summer La
guage Study / Home-stay / Travel Program to Spain. This program
is for students 14 years of age or older of June 1st. It aims to
develop students language proficiency and to broaden their cultural
knowledge. Tprogram is being offered in cooperation with Tandem
(http://www.escuela-montalban.com/index.php). W
with spend three weeks at the Granada campus and one week at the
Madrid campus. Students will continue learning anmore importantly
practicing Spanish through total immersion in classes and during
the home-stay. The Tandem school finfamilies for students to stay
with, assists in locating appropriate local resources for the
groups activities, plans outingmaintains a list of local medical
and emergency resources, and helps with the orientation for group
leaders.
Students will receive Spanish classes each morning that include
language and culture subjects and prepare students fcultural
visits. The cultural program will take place in the
afternoons/evenings and will be made up of various
superviseactivities that take advantage of the unique environment
while taking into account the individual interests of the
studentCultural activities include things such as preparing paella,
guided tours of historical buildings, towns and museums, watcing
flamenco dancing, visiting hot water springs, beach trips,
horseback riding, etc.
The dates of this trip will be approximately June 2nd 30th,
2012. If you are interested, please contact Jennifer
Diaz([email protected]) to receive more information. Students and
parents interested in this trip to Spain should plan to at-tend an
informational meeting at 5:30 on Wednesday, February 29th.
FEBRUARY 20-24 CLASSROOM WITHOUT WALLS
NO Afterschool Activities
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FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICECongratulations to the
MS boys B gr.5/6 tennis team who last
Saturday won the ISTA League final at CSA. Our younger team
defeated the ISM gr.7/8 team in an epic 4 hour battle to win
this
years MS Tennis championship. The result was tied at 2-2
after
the 3 singles matches and the 1st doubles and in the final
doubles
match the game was tied at 7-7 and then went to a 10-8 tie
breaker before the gr.5/6 pair of Stanley and Takuma won the
match. Congratulations to players from both teams who played
last Saturday.
MS Team B Tennis Champions (Oscar, Marco,
Ranbir, Yu Yang/Calvin, Stanley/Takuma)
MS Team A Tennis Runners-up ( Liyang, Eric, Deyan,
Jack/John,
Tom/Alex)
Congratulations also to the MS Boys Gold Basketball team who
narrowly lost in the final of the local league tournament on
Satur-
day, February 4th. The boys played great all season and
unfortu-
nately lost the final by 2pts which was played at CSA. Well
doneto all players and coaches (Sturgeon/St. Laurent)
3rd Season: This week was the start of 3rd season practices
for (Track and Field, Badminton, Softball for MS and HS
students
and Mixed Touch for MS students only) Practice schedules are
now posted to the blog and are on school notice boards.
ATAC Events coming up:
Feb. 18
Swim meet at Brent
ISSA Badminton tournament at Brent
PRADA Badminton tournament at Ateneo
Feb. 19
Varsity Boys Softball tournament at Rosario Field
Feb. 23, 3:00 -7:00 P.M.
Twilight inter-squad track meet (HS/MS)
Feb. 25
ISM Sailfish Aquathon
Feb 26
Varsity Boys Softball at ISM
Mar. 2
JV/Varsity girls softball vs. Brent at ISM
Mar. 3
Track meet at ISM
Swim meet at BSM
Mar. 7
MS Academic Bowl at ISM
Mar. 8
HS Academic Bowl at Brent
Mar. 10
JV girls softball at Brent
ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet MS Gym
Mar. 17
ISM Pre IASAS Track meet (HS only)
JV/Varsity girls softball at ISM
Mar. 23
Twilight Track meet
Varsity girls softball vs. Brent at ISM
Mar. 30 to April 9 - Spring break
Apr. 10
Teams depart for IASAS 3rd Season Championships
Track at Taipei
Softball at Singapore
Badminton at Kuala Lumpur
GAME SCHEDULE PDF:(access to game schedule information)
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams
ca
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
wher
and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab
o
the Bearcat logo to be directed to
http://powerschool.ismanila.or
public/. You will need your Powerschool username and password
t
access the game schedule.
BEARCAT DEN:
Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 11:30 A.M. 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
HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers.
They will be very happy to make you welcome.
Regards,
