MIDDLE SCHOOL

Middle School
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents ISSUE # 30
WEEK OF APRIL 11 TO 15, 2011

From the Middle School Office

Inside this issue:

Dear Parents: Important Announcement from Admissions 2

PTA Announcements 3
Other Announcements 6
The second administration of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)
ATAC Announcements 7
continues this week and ends on Friday. As with the November testing,
IASAS Badminton 2011 Schedule 8
students cannot prepare ahead of time. Please ensure that your child gets ISM Summer Sports Camp 9
an adequate night’s rest and a healthy breakfast so that your child can do ISM Calendar for SY 2011-2012 11
his/her best. Chinese Summer Camp Beijing 2011 12

We will be hosting a Parent Coffee on Wednesday, April 13 from 8:30 – 9:45 UPCOMING EVENTS
in the Little Theater. The topic will be Cyber Savvy: Understanding Your
APRIL
Child. Please plan to attend. 11 School Holiday (Bataan Day)
12 PTA General Meeting (7:30 A.M.,
It is that time of the year when we are seeing a lot of our students hanging LT)

out on campus after school hours. Since the beginning of the school year 13 Parent Coffee (8:30 A.M., LT)
15 Courtyard Event (3:00 P.M.)
and repeatedly throughout the year, we have told all Middle School
21 to 22 School Holiday (Holy Week)
students that they should not be on campus after 3:00 P.M. unless they are
25 to 29 PTA Used Book Fair (CMC Lobby)
in a supervised club or activity. It is not that we don’t care for them, but
26 MS/HS Beginning Recital (5:00
that we do not have adult supervision in the various areas of the campus. P.M., LT)
If it is necessary for a student to wait for a sibling, then your child can wait 27 Activity Period (1:35 P.M.)
in the MSMC until 4:00 P.M. or in the MS/HS cafeteria. Otherwise, we ask MAY

that you make the necessary arrangements to have your child picked up at 02 School Holiday (Labor Day)
dismissal time. 03 to 13 MS Art Exhibition (FAT Gallery)
04 to 06 Grade 4 Ambassador Program

School will be closed on Monday, April 11 to commemorate Bataan Day, 05 to 07 MS Play

and classes resume on Tuesday, April 12. Have a great 3-day weekend! 05 MS Art Exhibition Opening
(3:00 P.M., FAT Gallery)
13 Bearcat Idol
Sincerely,
16 to 20 Grade 4 Tour and Talk
18 Finale Concert (5:30 P.M., FAT)
Danielle Fredericks Clarissa Sayson 25 Activity Period (9:45 A.M.)
Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal 31 Grade 8: Arguing for Change
JUNE

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

LT)
Please read the Important Announcement in Page 2 from
06 Grade 8 Trip Day
the Admissions Office on Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012
08 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony
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POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE
Check out revised Calendar
Apr. 20 Progress Reports Distribution
for School Year 2011-2012 on page 11.
May 06 Grade Update
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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 Health
Form or Physical Form (depending on grade level) to the Clinic for a Clearance Signature and a Clearance
Signature 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 by
the beginning of April online from our website under Admission and Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal or at
the Admission Office during office hours (Monday to Friday; 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Parents may pick
up a set of Re-Enrollment Forms personally or your child can come to the Admission Office and get the
forms. If you would like to have your driver or househelp pick up the forms, please give them a letter of
authorization to collect the Re-Enrollment Forms for your child/children.

For STUDENTS NOT RETURNING next school year

If your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year, please inform the Admission
Office as soon as possible if you have not already done so. Parents are obliged to officially inform the
School in writing on a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday of May, if their
children will be withdrawn. Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities
Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for having held a space for the child and thus preventing the
School 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 Admission
tab and then click on Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal.

We currently have very few families indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there are
an 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 leaving
ISM, please submit a Withdrawal Notification Form. This will be a great help for our planning and to the
many families waiting to be admitted to the school.

Regards,

Gary W. Jerome
Director of Admission
International School Manila
P.O. Box 1256 MCPO, 1255 Makati City, Philippines
E-mail: admission@ismanila.org
Web: www.ismanila.org
Phone: (63-2) 840-8488 or 840-8601
Fax: (63-2) 840-8489

IF YOU HAVEN’T LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL…

We’re on the web!
please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or
www.ismanila.org
email msguidance@ismanila.org to obtain your username and password.
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PTA Announcements

YEARBOOK PHOTOS
The Yearbook Photos are here! Please drop by the

Middle School Office to pick up the photo!

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Athletics and Activities Office Announcements
IASAS 3rd Season information:
IASAS travel packets for 3rd season teams have been
distributed via coaches. Please get documents and in-
formation returned asap. Please bring your passport to
Joan at ATAC office so we can begin processing for your
trip.
IASAS Send off assembly for all 3rd season IASAS teams
is April 6th.
IASAS Send off lunch sponsored by parents is at the HS
courtyard immediately after assembly on Wednesday,
April 13th.
IASAS 3rd Season sports awards is Friday, May 6th at HS
Gym starting at 5:30 P.M. - dress to impress!
Congratulations to Prerna Bhargava, Julia Saubier and
Enzon Razon who achieved new school records at the
Brent Track Meet last Saturday. Prerna ran in 11:23
the 3000m, Julia threw 27.28m in the discus and Enzo
ran a blistering 11:08 seconds in the 100m dash.
GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (new procedure in place for ac-
cess to game schedule pdf information)
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM
teams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also ac-
cess this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web
pages. 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 informa-
tion of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing.
Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed
to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will
need your power school user name and password to access
the game schedule pdf now located in PowerSchool.
ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES – (for ALL match/schedule
details check game schedule page as above)
• Friday, April 8 - HS Twilight Track Meet at ISM vs. Brent
• April 8 - Varsity Girls Softball vs. Brent at ISM
• April 9 - ISM Boys Softball Invitational – HS Field
• April 17 (Sunday) - Teams depart for IASAS, Track at
ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting Badminton
• April 29 - May 1 SACAC Gymnastics Competition Singa-
pore American School
• April 29 - May 1 - JIS Invitational Mixed Touch Tourna-
ment Jakarta
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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 interested
in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den
please contact our BCD volunteers coordination Chantel
(fam.wanten@hotmail.com) 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.
PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations for this school
year is TUESDAY, JUNE 7th. The Den volunteers will be
in hibernation from June 8th until reopening day on
Monday, August 8th, 2011
IASAS BADMINTON at ISM - April 18-21:
ISM is very excited to host the IASAS Badminton tourna-
ment in 3 weeks time, final preparations are well un-
derway and our teams are 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 Blog
http://atac.ism-online.org
All housing for IASAS Badminton is now complete. For
families that have agreed to house your guest information
letters will be distributed next week April 4th – 8th via the
divisional offices. Please return the slip attached so we
know you have received the information letter.
See these links for IASAS Track Schedule in
Bangkok http://atac.ism-
online.org/files/2011/04/Meet-Schedule.pdf
and IASAS Softball Schedule in Jakarta
http://atac.ism-online.org/files/2011/04/Meet-
Schedule.pdf
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

MAY AND JUNE

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP
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Calendar for SY 2011-2012

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