Issue No. 31 (Week of April 18 to 22)

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From the Middle School Office

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

We are now at the midway point of 4 th Quarter. If your child is

achieving a C– or below in any subject, you will receive a Progress

Report, which will be distributed on Wednesday, 20 April. Please take

the opportunity to discuss your child’s academic progress over the

coming weeks in the lead up to the end of the year. A collaborative

approach between parents, school and students can lead to increased

achievement and success.

From Monday to Wednesday April 18-20, ISM will be hosting the IASAS

Badminton tournament. This is a High School tournament involving

other international schools from South East Asia. You are all invited to

come and watch the games. The schedule can be found at:

www.atac.ism-online.org (and on page 7 of this Parent Bulletin). Please

come along and support ISM!

There will be no school on Thursday and Friday, April 21 and 22, in

observance of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. We hope you enjoy

the opportunity to spend extra time with your family.

Sincerely,

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa SaysonMiddle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 31

WEEK OF APRIL 18 TO 22, 2011

Middle School

M I D D L E S C H O O L

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATEPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

Apr. 20 Progress Reports Distribution

May 06 Grade Update

Important Announcement from Admissions

Fine & Performing Arts Events

IASAS Badminton 2011

3rd Season Sports IASAS

Australian Football League for Gr. 5 & 6

ISM Summer Sports Camp

ISM Chinese Summer Camp Beijing

After School Activities Schedule

ISM Calendar for SY 2011-2012

Athletics & Activities Announcements

Upcoming Activities & Events

From the Middle School Media Center

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS APRIL

21 to 22 School Holiday (Holy Week)

25 to 29 PTA Used Book Fair (CMC Lobby

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

05 to 07 MS Play

05 MS Art Exhibition Opening(3:00 P.M., FAT Gallery)

13 Bearcat Idol

16 to 20 Grade 4 Tour and Talk

18 Finale Concert (5:30 P.M., FAT)

25 Activity Period (9:45 A.M.)

31 Grade 8: Arguing for Change

JUNE

03 Grade 8 Dinner Dance (7:00 P.M.,LT)

06 Grade 8 Trip Day

08 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony

09 Early Student Release (12 noon)

10 Beginning of Summer Vacation

Please read the Important Announcement in Page 2 from

the Admissions Office on Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012

* * *

Check out revised Calendar

for School Year 2011-2012 on page 14.



M I D D L E S C H O O L F R I D AY B U L L E T I N P AG E 2

Important Announcement: Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012

Re-Enrollment information for RETURNING STUDENTS for SY2011-12

Re-Enrollment requirements will be similar to last year and include submission of an updated HealthForm or Physical Form (depending on grade level) to the Clinic for a Clearance Signature and a ClearanceSignature from the Cashier’s Office on the Re-Enrollment Form.

The Re-Enrollment Form and other requested forms for each re-enrolling student will be available bythe beginning of April online from our website under Admission and Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal or atthe Admission Office during office hours (Monday to Friday; 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Parents may pickup a set of Re-Enrollment Forms personally or your child can come to the Admission Office and get theforms. If you would like to have your driver or househelp pick up the forms, please give them a letter ofauthorization to collect the Re-Enrollment Forms for your child/children.

For STUDENTS NOT RETURNING next school yearIf your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year , please inform the AdmissionOffice as soon as possible if you have not already done so. Parents are obliged to officially inform theSchool in writing on a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday of May, if theirchildren will be withdrawn. Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the FacilitiesUpgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for having held a space for the child and thus preventing theSchool from offering that space to another child prior to the summer holiday break. The Withdrawal No-tification Form can be obtained from the Admission Office or from the ISM website under the Admissiontab and then click on Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal.

We currently have very few families indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there arean ever growing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress

and anxiety in those families (and in the Admission Office). If you are sure that your child will be leavingISM, please submit a Withdrawal Notification Form. This will be a great help for our planning and to themany families waiting to be admitted to the school.

Regards,

Gary W. JeromeDirector of AdmissionInternational School ManilaP.O. Box 1256 MCPO, 1255 Makati City, PhilippinesE-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.ismanila.org Phone: (63-2) 840-8488 or 840-8601Fax: (63-2) 840-8489

We’re on the web!

www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVEN’T LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL…

please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or

email [email protected] to obtain your username and password.




From the Middle School Media Center

An afternoon with an author:Masha Golovakova

On Thursday, 28 th April, the MSMC will host a very special event. Our very ownISM Grade 7 student: Masha Golovakova will talk about her writing experienceand share her published book Sasha and the Magic of the Philippines with us.

This is a book written by Masha when she was just eleven years old, and it isset in the Philippines. Everyone is welcome to attend, and afternoon tea willbe provided.

Books will be available for purchase and cost 400 Pesos. Masha will be happyto sign books between 3:00-4:00 P.M. in the library.




Upcoming Activities and Events




Athletics and Activities Office AnnouncementsIASAS 3rd Season information:

IASAS 3rd Season sports awards is on Friday, May 6 th at

HS Gym starting at 5:30 P.M. - dress to impress!

Congratulations to Kat Gavino and Prena Bhargava whoachieved new school records for Javelin and the 800mevents at the Twilight meet last Friday.

Good luck to all 3 rd season IASAS teams who will com-pete in Jakarta (softball), Bangkok (track) and Manila(badminton) next Monday-Wednesday. For details and

results from all events and to keep up to date with thelatest scores check out www.iasas.asia for results andtournament updates. The schedule for all three tourna-ments is also posted on the ATAC blog.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (new procedure in place for ac-cess to game schedule pdf information)

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISMteams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also ac-cess this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional webpages. Please note the game schedule does change oftendue to involvement with many local schools so pleasecheck the page regularly to find out the latest informa-tion of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing.Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directedto the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You willneed your power school user name and password to accessthe game schedule pdf now located in power school.

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES – (for ALL match/scheduledetails check game schedule page as above) • April 17 (Sunday) - Teams depart for IASAS Track at

ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting Badminton• April 29 to May 1 - SACAC Gymnastics Competition

Singapore American School• April 29 to May 1 - JIS Invitational Mixed Touch Tour-

nament Jakarta

BEARCAT DEN:Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: • Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 A.M. –

1:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.• Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from 2:30 - 4:00

P.M.

Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interestedin joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Denplease contact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Chantel([email protected] ) or pop in to the Den nearthe HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteersthey will be very happy to make you welcome.

PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations for this schoolyear is TUESDAY, JUNE 7 th . The Den volunteers will bein hibernation from June 8 th until reopening day onMonday, August 8 th , 2011

IASAS BADMINTON at ISM - April 18-21:ISM is very excited to host the IASAS Badminton tourna-ment this week, final preparations were well underwayand our teams has been training hard for this tourna-ment. See ATAC blog for tournament draw and informa-

tion.

Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tourna-ment can now be found on the ATAC Bloghttp://atac.ism-online.org

All housing for IASAS Badminton is now complete. Forfamilies that have agreed to house, your guest informa-tion letters will be distributed next week April 11th viathe divisional offices. Please return the slip attached sowe know you have received the information letter.



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Calendar for SY 2011-2012

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