Friday Bulletin: From The Middle School Office

MIDDLE SCHOOL
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
Friday Bulletin
ISSUE # 09
WEEK OF OCTOBER 08 TO 12, 2012
From the Middle School Office

Dear Parents: MAP Testing continues this week. In the event that your child misses a testing session, we will hold make-up sessions on Wednesdays starting at 7:30 A.M. If your child requires a make-up session, the MS Office will notify you and we ask that you make the necessary arrangements to bring your child to school early on Wednesday. As advertised, Parent Teacher Conferences (PTCs) in the Middle School are scheduled for Tuesday, October 16th and Wednesday, October 17th from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. The online reservation system for making appointments is now open to parents. A step by step guide on how to make appointments for Parent Teacher Conferences is included in the bulletin for your reference. In order to reserve an appointment, you will need your PowerSchool username and password. If you have misplaced or forgotten your PowerSchool login details, please call the Middle School Office at 840 8555/8550 or email Grace Gabay ([email protected]). Recently, the school launched a new website which should make it easier to navigate and find the information you need. Additionally, the creation of a Parent Portal will enable you to login one time to access blogs, bulletins, PowerSchool and a host of other links. You can also view the schools curriculum through the Learning at ISM page and link to Rubicon Atlas, which houses the numerous units that outline teaching and learning experiences. By browsing the units, you can peruse the standards, the unit understandings, essential questions, content and skills that are being taught in the classroom. The finishing touches are being put on the Parent Portal; in the meantime, visit www.ismanila.org and surf the new website. Have a spectacular weekend! Yours in Education, Simon Gillespie Middle School Principal Clarissa Sayson Middle School Assistant Principal
Inside this issue:

Parent Teacher Conference 2012 Letter to Parents Regarding MAP Testing PTA Travel Expo Parent Meet & Greet Service Learning Update Academic Bowl Practice Sessions Be an ISM Student Ambassador! From the Guidance Office From the Clinic From the Athletics & Activities Office Yearbook Photo Session From the Service Learning & Environment Committee From the Office of Advancement PCC Sponsorship Letter The Manila St. Andrews Society Ball 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14
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UPCOMING EVENTS
OCTOBER
01 to 24 05 06 12 13 16 MAP Testing Gr. 5 & 6 Party Service Learning Trip (La Mesa Watershed) Gr. 7 & 8 Party Service Learning Trip (CCV) Guidance Workshop: Understanding Third Culture Kids (9:00 A.M., LT) Parent Teacher Conferences (1:00 P.M.) MS ISTA Filipiniana Beginning of School Holiday Classes Resume POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE
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NOVEMBER
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October 19 November 16
Grade Update Progress Report Distribution
F R I D A Y B U LLETIN
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MAP Testing
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PTA Travel Expo
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From the PTA
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Service Learning Update

CCV Food Drive What: Middle School Food Drive for Chosen Children Village Rice Pasta noodles Oats Milk (powdered and tetra) Flour Sugar Cooking oil Tomato sauce and/or Tomato paste When: From Sept. 19 to Oct. 12, 2012 Why: We can make lives better as a Middle School community in helping our service partner. This year, instead of a Diaper Drive, CCV has asked for food because of a decrease in their international funding. As a non-profit organization in residential care of physically and/or mentally abandoned children, they need help to provide for seventy three children with ages ranging for one to twenty-five years old. Where: Collection points will be in each grade level, there will be Homebases assigned for each house. How: Students voluntarily bring food to the designated drop off point. In each grade level, each HB/classroom teacher will have a sign on their door of their house, so there should end up (hopefully) a couple of rooms per house per floor. And then Oct 11, we put them all in front of the student lounge by house and see whos got the biggest pile. On October 12, the house with the most food gets the most points. For any questions see CCV Club Members or Ms. Vergel or Mr. Willey or Ms. Lim-Torres. If you want to know more about CCV, check out http://www.chosenchildrenvillage.org/ If you want to know more about MS Service Learning, check out http://eco.ism-online.org/ Canned goods: Sardines luncheon meat Vienna sausage corned beef Dried beans Canned fruit
Middle School Academic Bowl Practice Sessions

Does your child know lots of interesting facts and general knowledge? Is your child fast on the buzzers? Does your child like Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader? THEN YOUR CHILD SHOULD COME TO Academic Bowl Practice Sessions!! Practice sessions will take place in room P046 (Mrs. Birchenalls classroom) every Tuesday starting 11th September 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 [email protected].
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Be an ISM Student Ambassador!
Update your contact information!

Please get in touch with the Admissions Office (840-8488) or Middle School Office (8408550/840-8553) if there has been any change in your home address, email address, and contact numbers. We want to keep you updated with what is happening in school.
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 and password.
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From the Guidance Office
From the Clinic

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 1ST IN A SERIES OF HEPATITIS A AND B VACCINATIONS Date: October 24, 2012 Hepatitis A (Havrix Adult) Hepatitis A (Havrix Junior) Hepatitis B (Engerix Adult) Hepatitis B (Engerix Junior) Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (Twinrix Adult) Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (Twinrix Junior) (Prices are per individual vaccine in a course of either 2 or 3 vaccinations) Price (Php) 2,437 1,272 699 402 2,262 1,131
If you would like more information or you wish to sign up to receive any of the above vaccines, please call in at the clinic to pick up a registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM ID may participate in this program. PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER DEPARTMENT BY NO LATER THAN THURSDAY , OCTOBER 18, 2012. VACCINES WILL THEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Clinic direct number: Email: Many thanks, Claudette Bekedam ISM Clinic Administrator 840 8581 [email protected] 840 8582 [email protected]
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From the Athletics & Activities Office

Thanks to everyone who came out last Friday for Friday night lights there was a great atmosphere and our ISM Bearcats Volleyball and Soccer teams played very well against the Faith teams. The next Friday night lights date is on November 16 for the Basketball and Rugby season opener vs. Brent. IASAS Week: Next week our HS Volleyball, Cross Country and Soccer teams head off to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur for IASAS. We wish all teams and coaches the best of luck and hope that everyone can play their best in the quest for IASAS gold. For those of us cheering for our Bearcats from Manila you can keep up to date with scores and live streaming of some events via www.iasas.asia website. This site will have links and updates to streaming and all the scores. For our parents who will be traveling to the tournaments dont forget to visit the Bearcat den for some ISM merchandise to take with you to cheer on the teams. The den has green/yellow clappers, seat cushions, stickers and bearcat paw temporary tattoos for you to show your Bearcat Spirit. The IASAS venues for the Season one championships on October 10-14 are Soccer at Bangkok, Volleyball & Cross Country at Kuala Lumpur. Schedules for the Soccer and Volleyball games are now available on the blog at the following link http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-1st-seasonschedules/. 2 Season ATAC sports: Tryouts and Practice Schedule for MS & HS sports (Basketball, Tennis, Varsity Swimming, Boys Rugby and Girls Touch) are now posted on the blog and on notice boards around school. For interested Basketball players, please see the flyers in this bulletin for upcoming Basketball camps being held at school for ISM students. Information about our ES soccer teams and the RIFA festivals can be found here http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1stseason/es-soccer-rifa-league-festivals/ and flyers have been posted on ES notice board and on the notice board located under the tent at the ES field. The information link for the MS C teams and MS Girls 7 a side soccer teams is available at http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/ms-soccer-rifaleague-festivals/. IMPORTANT: Parents please note the venues for the 7 a side C, E, G and MS Girls festivals have changed. Permission slips will be issued to all players via the coaches at training prior to each festival. Please consult the ES and MS Rifa League links to get the latest information. IMPORTANT: NEW! Saturday, October 6 Boys Festival #3 (rescheduled date due to Sept 15th cancellation!) *updated Sept. 26, 2012 Midgets E teams (E1 and E2 Coach Popoy and Coach Francis teams) at CSA 8:00 A.M. kick-off Midgets C teams (C1, C2, C3 and C4 Coach Eric/Chris/Kleng and Jays teams) at CSA 1:00 P.M. kick off Midgets G teams (G1 and G2 Coach Mike and Coach Isas teams) at ISM 1:00 P.M. kick-off NEW *October 13 - Boys Rifa festival finals for teams that qualify will be held at ISM kick-off 8:00 A.M. - 12 noon (Top 8 teams qualify after the festival rounds! Teams that qualify will be informed early in the week after the festival on
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October 6 if you are playing in the finals. NEW *October 13 - Due to all the cancelled dates the *MS Girls festival and finals day combined will be held at CSA kickoff 8:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. The ISM Cross Country team will race at Brent this Saturday, October 6, results for all the meets completed during the season can be found on the Cross Country results page. http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/cross-country-raceresults/ 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/bearcat-den/ Our Bearcat Den is up and running and 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 [email protected]. We have a new range of dri fit t-shirts 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
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Yearbook Photo Shoot

The Photo Shoot is scheduled on October 22 to 25, 2012 in Room 1118. 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. Order envelopes will be distributed to students the week of October 08. Payments should be placed inside the envelope and should be brought by the student on the day of the shoot to be given directly to the photographer. No payment will be received by the teacher or the MS office. You may contact the photographer directly for later orders/payments. Photographer: Tino Ley Mobile No.: 0922-8010215 Email: [email protected] Please use 1 envelope per student. Do not place orders for two students in one envelope.
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From the Service Learning and Environmental Committee

Team Philippines leaves for Mexico City today (October 5, 2012) to participate in the Homeless World Cup! Thank you to the ISM community for supporting them and helping them get there. You can follow this thrilling and life-changing event at: www.homelessworldcup.org from October 6-14. Mabuhay!
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PCC Sponsorship Letter
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The Manila St. Andrews Society Ball

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

From the Middle School Office

Inside this issue:

Grade Update Progress Report Distribution

PTA Travel Expo

From the PTA

Service Learning Update

Middle School Academic Bowl Practice Sessions

Be an ISM Student Ambassador!

Update your contact information!

Were on the web! www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVENT LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL

From the Guidance Office

From the Clinic

From the Athletics & Activities Office

Yearbook Photo Shoot

From the Service Learning and Environmental Committee

PCC Sponsorship Letter

The Manila St. Andrews Society Ball

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