ISSUE # 12

SY1617

MIDDLE SCHOOL
WEEK OF:

Friday Bulletin

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

OCTOBER 24 TO 28

Inside this issue:

Dear Parents,
It has been a very busy week in Middle School, with 3 days of Parent Teacher Conferences and Filipiniana. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to
attend the PTCs. We hope you enjoyed meeting your childs teachers and hearing how
you can continue to support and celebrate your son/daughter as they continue their
learning journey.
Today we celebrated our host culture with a lively Filipiniana celebration. The event
kicked-off with a parade around school and was followed with tasty Filipino treats at
the Barrio Fiesta. Middle School students participated in a range of activities in vertical
advisory groups, where Filipino games, dancing, crafts, and Tagalog lessons were on
offer. The day culminated in the FAT with performances from our MS and HS band,
strings, dance, musical theatre and choir programs. Students from our service learning
partners - SPECS also participated and entertained us with singing and dancing routines. A special thank you goes out to all parents who offered their support at the Barrio Fiesta and helped make this years Filipiniana celebration memorable. Below are a
few photos from todays activities:

Astronaut Visit:
Soichi Noguchi

Athletics & Activities

(ATAC)

After-School Activities
(AFAC)

ISM Upcoming Events

GUARDIANSHIP
AGREEMENTS
When both parents are going to be
away temporarily, It is important for
them to notify the Middle School
Office in advance, stating who will
be responsible for the student and
who the school should contact in
case of emergency. Domestic helpers or emergency contacts in Powerschool do not qualify as guardians. For more information please
contact the Middle school office.

E-MAIL:
ms@ismanila.org
PHONE:
840-8550
840-8553
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO
DOWNLOAD THE TEMPORARY
GUARDIANSHIP AGREEMENT FORM
or you may pick up from the Middle
School Office.

THIS WEEK:
Monday, October 24th - Tuesday, November 1st:
October Break
No school - we wish you a wonderful vacation stay safe and have fun!

ES Playground and MS Courtyard:

Since opening the revamped play areas in the ES and MS,
we have been monitoring student activity and behavior in
these two areas. Recently, we have become concerned
about the way some of the MS students, who travel home
on the bus, have been interacting with the younger stuCOMING UP IN SOON:
dents. Concerns fall into the broad areas of inappropriate
Thursday, November 3rd:
language, rough play and taking over equipment that is
Math Honors Program Parent Coffee:
being used by ES students.
Time: 7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
In an effort to make sure both our ES and MS students
Location: AMR
have a safe and developmentally appropriate place to
Focus: Math Honors Student Profile and Applicaplay, the ES and MS administrative teams have agreed
tion Process
that only ES students will be allowed to play on the ES
Audience: Current G6 - G8 parents interested in
playground and only MS students are allowed to play on
their child applying to Math Honors and current
the MS play equipment.
G7 and G8 parents who have Math Honors stu- MS students who stay after school, who are not involved
dents.
in an after-school activity, should be in one of 3 places - in
the Kantina,the MS Library or in the MS Courtyard. StuFriday, November 4th - Saturday, November 5th:
dents found in any other areas will be redirected to one
Run to the Sun or Run to the Sunset:
of these spaces.
An individual email was sent to all students and

At the end of AFAC sessions MS students who catch the

this contains all the updated information.
school bus, should wait in the MS Courtyard. At 4:45, a
Alternatively, please refer to last weeks Parent
supervisor will blow a whistle and send all students to the
Bulletin for a global overview of the event.
bus to make sure they are not late.
Mrs. Pekin or Ms. Harrington will remain in the courtyard
NEED TO KNOW:
to make sure no one gets left behind!
PCA Book New Fair
This change will be implemented after the October break
Many thanks to our wonderful PCA for all their hard work in
and will be communicated to students next week via the
preparing for this weeks Book Fair! We hope you got the
MS Morning Announcements.
chance to drop by the FAT lobby and purchase some new
books.
Kind Regards,
Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal

Best wishes to all our IASAS athletes who are in Taipei and Jakarta this weekend. We hope you have a great time and benefit
from the hard work and preparation you have given over the
past 10 weeks. IASAS live stream can be found
at www.iasas.asia GO BEARCATS Volleyball/Cross Country and
Soccer teams!
Rifa Finals Results- from Sat Oct 15th gamesVBoys soccer defeated Faith 4-3 in Qtr final and now play Claret
in semi final on Nov 3rd 5:15pm.
Mid A2 defeated Southridge 4-0 and now play their final vs Zobel on Nov 5 8am at ISM
Mid A1 lost to Xavier and now play for 3rd place Nov 9 5:15pm
ISSA Volleyball results- from Sat Oct 15th gamesJV girls volleyball lost their 3rd place match and finished 4th in
the league standings this year. Well done girls and coaches.
VGirls volleyball were defeated 3 sets to 1 by CSA and finished
runner-up for the season. Well done to all volleyball players and
coaches.
VBoys volleyball won their morning semi final and then won the
final to take out the ISSA Boys Volleyball title for this year. Congratulations players and coaches.

via www.iasas.asia for live streams of the events.

Nov 3 VBoys soccer semi final vs Claret 5:15pm
Nov 5 Mid A2 soccer final vs Zobel 8am
Nov 8 VBoys battle for 3rd or Final (pending result from Nov
3) 5:15pm
Nov 9 Mid A1 battle for 3rd 5:15pm

To find out details of all the Bearcats matches mid week and on
weekends go to the ATAC game schedule page- link is provided
below and follow the instructions to find out when and where
our Bearcat teams will be playing. The ATAC(Athletics) Game
schedule is housed within the parent portal to ensure secure
access for ISM parents http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/
Please take the time to navigate the ATAC blog http://atac.ismonline.org/ as it is our one stop shop for all information related
to the competitive ISM sports program.
For our All Year Round teams- Wall Climbing, Chess, Judo, TKD,
Aikido, Table Tennis -As these programs are year round it is possible for students to join during the year as long as space is available. See link to information and schedule to attend and meet
the coaches. All year round sports teams See schedule for our
All year round teams program here

HS Sports Awards are Nov 10th at the lofthouse for all S1 HS

teams to celebrate the end of a great season.

Please note the practice times for ATAC programs for SY 16-17
are as follows: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. For our
Sailfish swim team program please check the Sailfish blog for
Schedules for MS/HS S2 sports are now posted at links below for information http://sailfish.ism-online.org/
after the Fall break -Basketball/Tennis,/Rugby/Touch for MS and
Basketball/Tennis,/Rugby/Touch and Varsity Swimming for HS
ATAC Gymnastics team practices 3:10-4:50 M/W/F
Tryouts and practice schedules :
S2 MS tryouts schedule
S2 HS tryouts schedule
S2 practice schedule Nov-Feb
First housing request for ATAC- Nov 18-20 ISM will host the
boys pre IASAS tennis exchange. We will have 60 male tennis
players arrive on Fri Nov 18 to play Friday evening and all
day Saturday then depart Sunday morning Nov 20. If you can
house a pair of tennis players for this event it would be greatly
appreciated. Online tennis housing letter sign up please
go here and should you require further information about
hosting for IASAS exchanges go to...http://atac.ism-online.org/
iasas/iasas-housing/ or contact ATAC office or
email pekinm@ismanila.org
We will also be calling for community support to host for IASAS
Basketball (Feb 1-5 need 100 beds) and for IASAS Badminton
(April 5-9 need 80 beds) and for IASAS Golf (April 8 need 60 beds
one night only) Online housing forms for these events are now
available at IASAS housing and hosting tabs on ATAC blog or
under the helpful shortcuts on ATAC blog main page.
Upcoming events- (full match schedule available ATAC Game
schedule)
S1 IASAS Championships Oct 19-23 Soccer at JIS, Volleyball
and XC at TAS. Follow the Bearcats in Taipei and Jakarta

All HS seasonal teams practice from 3:05- 4:50pm on their respective practice afternoons. MS seasonal teams practice
from 3:15-4:45pm.
In order to clear the campus prior to 5pm all after school programs will conclude by 4:50pm or earlier. The last bus
is 4:55pm this is due to the ever increasing traffic concerns in
our area.
Parents and students please take some time to peruse the ATAC
blog it has a wide variety of information and links to our sports
and activities program. If you have any questions regarding
the competitive program of sports at ISM after reading the information on the blog please send an email
to pekinm@ismanila.org and I will endeavor to assist you as best
I can.
Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. There is a a
range of products and items to purchase including items from
our service partners. Bearcat Den hours of operation- 7am4pm Mon-Fri.
Best Regards,
Mark Pekin
Director of Athletics and Activities