Issue No. 25 (Week of February 28 to March 4)

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From the Middle School Office

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

During assembly this past Wednesday your child heard about course

offerings for next school year. Starting on Wednesday, March 2nd,

we will begin our on-line course registration process, which is

expected to be completed by Friday, March 4th. We encourage you

to go onto the portal and download the course selection sheet and

the course descriptors for each grade level. Please read these over

with your child and ensure they are aware of the classes they should

sign-up for when they register on-line. Students will utilize

homebase time during the week to register for the courses. If you

have any questions about course choices, please talk to either Ms.

Van Der Merwe or Mr. St. Laurent in MS Guidance.

The end of the 3rd quarter is only two weeks away. We encourage

you to check PowerSchool and discuss your childs assignments,

progress and level of achievement with them. In connection to this

time of the semester, we have the afternoon of March 15 set aside

for Parent Teacher Conferences. If you have major concerns about

your childs progress, please plan to attend.

As printed on the school calendar, there will be no classes on

Monday, February 28 to observe the anniversary of the EDSA

Revolution and on Tuesday, March 1 due to a faculty in-service day.

Classes resume on Wednesday, March 2.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 25

WEEKOF FEB. 28 TO MARCH 04, 201

Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOL

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATEPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

Mar. 11 MS Progress Reports Distribution

Apr. 08 Grade Update

From the Clinic

Service & Environmental UpdatesCalling for Gr. 8 Parent VolunteersYearbook Photos are Available

After School Activities Announcements

ATAC Announcements

Sports Camps

IASAS Cultural Convention

Calendar for SY 2011-2012

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

FEBRUARY

28 School Holiday (EDSA Day)

MARCH

01 School Holiday (Faculty In-Serv

01-02 World Maths Day

02-04 Course Registration

04 Friday Afternoon Mini-Concert:MS Advanced/Intermediate B(3:00 P.M., Courtyard)

05 ISM Goodwill Gymnastics (LT)

07 MS Academic Bowl

15 Parent Teacher Conferences

18 Activity Period (1:20 P.M.)

18 Courtyard Activity (3:00 P.M.)

21 to 25 Spring Break

30 - Apr. 20 MAP Testing

31 PTA Liaison Meeting (8:00 A.M.Conference Rm.)

APRIL

11 School Holiday (Bataan Day)

21 to 22 School Holiday (Holy Week)

26 MS/HS Beginning Recital (5:00P.M., LT)

27 Activity Period (1:35 P.M.)

MAY

02 School Holiday (Labor Day)

03 to 13 MS Art Exhibition (FAT Gallery)

04 to 06 Grade 4 Ambassador Program

Please check the revised Calendar

for SY 2011-2012 on page 10.


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YEARBOOK PHOTOS

The Yearbook Photos are here! Please drop by the

Middle School Office to pick up the photo!

Welcome back after CWW! We hope you made great connections and had meaningful learning experienceswith the many organizations that took part in CWW. Hooked on Service and Eco? Get involved Grab a groupof your friends and go see Grace for a permission slip!

CCV- Chosen Childrens Village is on Saturday, March 5th.Permission Slips at MS Guidance with Gorgeous Grace.Eco Explorers- Saturday, March 12th.More info to followStay tuned!Tara BartonHS/MS Visual Art- 1169MS Service and Environmental Learning [email protected]://ms-eco.ism-online.org/

SERVICE & ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATES

Dear Grade 8 Parents,

We are looking for volunteers to help us in the Grade 8 end of the year activities. If you would like to help,

please attend our first meeting on March 17, 2011, Thursday at 7:30

A.M. in the Middle School Office.

Help us make it a wonderful experience for your children.

Thank you.

Dave Allen and Jenna Child

Grade 8 Coordinators

Calling for Grade 8 Parent Volunteers

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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After School Activities


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Athletics and Activities Office Announcements

IASAS Cultural Conventions 2011Next week, March 3rd, our Cultural Convention delegationsdepart for Kuala Lumpur (Dance, Drama, Debate and Foren-sics) and Jakarta (Art and Music). We wish all delegates the

best of luck and hope that the hard work in the lead up tothe Convention will be reflected in the big performancesrequired next week. Information about the Cultural Conven-tion events can be obtained via the IASAS website next weekas results for the debate and forensics competition will beposted regularly by the host schools. www.iasas.asiaGood luck to all delegates and advisors at Cultural Conven-tion 2011.ISM GOODWILL GYMNASTICS MEET SATURDAY, MARCH5TH, MS GYMISM will host our annual gymnastics meet on March 5th. Thisis a huge event for our gymnastics team and this year wehave record numbers of entries with 300+ gymnasts coming to

twirl/tumble and flip their way through routines on Floor,Beam, Bars and Vault from level 1 to 6 competition. This is agreat event for our school to host and our gymnastics coachesled by Coach Ramon along with the Gymnastics parents vol-unteers have been very busy coordinating many details forthis event.Please come along to the MS Gym on Saturday, March 5 tosupport our Bearcat Gymnastics Team and to watch theevent. Food and drinks are available and it is a great day towatch some excellent gymnastics here in Manila.Schedule is as follows:7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. General Warm-up8:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. WAG Level 1 competition11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. WAG Level 2 competition

12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Warm -up for Level 3, 4, 5 andLevel 1 boys

1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. WAG Level 3, 4, 5 andMAG Level 1 competition

Awards will take place in the Little Theatre right after eachsection of the competition.ISM INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEETLast weekend ISM Sailfish Swim team hosted the first interna-tional swim meet at our school pool with teamsfrom Shanghai, Thailand, Jakarta and Singapore joining localteams from British School Manila, Brent and Assumption Col-lege for a meet held Saturday and Sunday morning. Over 240swimmers raced and with fantastic weather and superb or-

ganization by Coach Andy and his team of Sailfish Parentvolunteers the meet was a big success. Thanks also to spon-sors Fitness First, SM Supermarkets, Aquamondo and S&RShopping. See Coach Andys Sailfish blog for meet details andresults.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (new procedure in place for accessto game schedule pdf information)Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISMteams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also access

this 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 where andwhen the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tabor the Bearcat logo to be directed to thehttp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need yourpower school user name and password to access the gameschedule in pdf format now located in PowerSchool.ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES(for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule pageas above)

Feb. 26 - ISM Track Meet

Mar. 2 - IASAS Cultural Convention Teams Depart

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

Mar. 4 - Friday Twilight Track Meet v Faith/Brent at ISM

Mar. 5 - ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet

Mar. 7 - MS Academic Bowl at Faith

Mar. 8 - HS Academic Bowl at Brent

Mar. 11-13 - SAS Eagles Track Exchange- varsity track

Mar. 11-13 - ISB Softball Exchange varsity teams

Mar. 12 - Brent Track Meet HS/MS Track team

Mar. 12 - Varsity/JV softball v Brent at ISM

Apr. 2 - Track Meet at Brent

Apr. 8 - Twilight Track Meet at ISM v Brent at ISM

Apr. 17 - (Sunday) Teams depart for IASASTrack at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting

BadmintonBEARCAT 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, pleasecontact our BCD volunteers coordination Chantel([email protected]) or pop in to the Den near the HSCafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers. They will bevery happy to make you welcome.IASAS BADMINTON at ISM - April 18-21Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tournamentcan now be found on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism-online.orgWe are currently accepting housing offers for the 80 visitingBadminton athletes. If you can help with housing, pleaseread details on the blog and a housing letter can also be ac-cessed via the blog or hard copy picked up from the ATACoffice.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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Revised as of

Feb. 25, 2011

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