M I D D L E

Issue # 05 September 12 to 16, 2011

Student Bulletin
Regular Schedule Regular Schedule

S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
September 12 to 16, 2011
Monday, September 12 Tuesday, September 13

Wednesday, September 14 Student Late Start/Regular Schedule

MS Grade Level Assembly (11:40 A.M.): Gr. 5 - FAT; Gr. 6 - AMR; Gr. 7 - MS Gym; Gr. 8 - LT

Thursday, September 15 Friday, September 16

Regular Schedule No Classes (Faculty In-Service)

Dear Students: MAP Testing will begin this week in your Math and English classes. Before your scheduled tests, remember to get a good nights sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. This will sharpen your mind and help you focus on the questions. On September 17th there is a Saturday Service event with PCF. Grade 6 has the first priority for sign-ups, but all grades are welcome to attend. Stop by the Guidance Office or contact Ms. Lim for more details. There is no school this Friday, September 16 so enjoy the long weekend with your family and friends. Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

September 12 to Oct. 06 15 16 17 22 23 28 to 30 29 to 30 October 01 07 08 10-11 14 MAP Testing Student Council Training (3:00 P.M., P045) No Classes: Faculty In-Service Service Learning Trip MS Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT) Courtyard Event (3:00 P.M., MS Courtyard) Grade 8 Team Building Grade 5 to 7 Team Building Service Learning Trip Grade 5 & 6 Party (5:00 P.M.) Service Learning Trip Parent Teacher Conferences (Early Student Release) Grade 7 & 8 Party (5:00 P.M.)

PowerSchool Grade Update

Sept. 23 - Grade Update Oct. 07 - Progress Reports Oct. 21 - Grade Update

Diaper Drive 2011

September 01to October 14 The diapers are for the children of CCV all baby and adult sizes are needed. The first CCV Saturday Service Activity is on the October 15. Sign up will start on October 3rd at the MS Guidance Office.

Each Homebase will compete for the most diapers collected Homebase drop-offs are every Monday in 1163 (Clay Room Storage) until 3:00 P.M. HB teachers will tally the diapers and send the total numbers to Mrs. Vergel who will compile the numbers and reveal the results.

Mechanics

There will be ONE Homebase winner in each grade level. The prize is an ice cream party. There will also be an individual winner in each grade level, prize TBA.

Winners

Middle School Academic Bowl Tryouts

Do you know lots of interesting facts and general knowledge? Are you fast on the buzzers? Do you want to compete in the Battle of the Brains Academic Bowl competition? Come and TRYOUT!! WHERE Room P046 WHEN Monday, 12th September Tuesday, 13th September TIME 3:00 to 3:30 P.M. Successful students will represent ISM at the next Academic Bowl meeting between ISM, Faith Academy and Brent International School. All Middle School students are welcome to tryout. If you have any questions or queries, please speak to Mrs. Birchenall or e-mail her at birchenallv@ismanila.org

FUND RAISING FOR CALIRAYA

The 8th grade fundraiser for Caliraya will take place on Wednesday, September 14, outside the canteen during lunch. Please bring cash and school supplies to donate.

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

The ES/MS RIFA Soccer schedules for the cumulative festivals are posted on the ATAC blog and on ES/MS notice boards outside the offices. The festival venues have changed as of Monday, August 22nd so please check these carefully. Check the links in helpful shortcuts on the blog home page for exact details. The first RIFA League Cumulative Soccer festivals will be held this Saturday, September 10th. The boys festival in the morning will have all the Midgets C teams playing at CSA and the E1, E2 and G teams will play at ISM. The MS Girls festival will be played from 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. at CSA this coming Saturday afternoon. Our younger MS and ES soccer teams compete in the 7 aside cumulative festivals each year. This year ISM has 4 teams in the Midgets C division, 2 teams in the E division and 1 team in the G division. Match results in each of the festivals count toward a cumulative win/loss record and thus whether teams advance to the finals in October. The festivals are busy and full of action, please ensure your child has a towel, water bottle and sun screen with them on this day. Ground conditions at CSA on their grass fields can be quite wet and muddy. The kids love it but parents, please be warned to bring some old shoes with you if it rains during this week as the fields will be wet! Cross Country news: Please note the ISM Cross Country race that was to be held this Saturday has now been moved to Friday, September 30th at ISM. We will host twilight races with a 3.2km and 5km race for MS and HS runners from Faith/ISM and Brent schools. We are looking for parent volunteers to assist with finish line tasks and course marshalling duties on September 30th. If you are available to help, please tell your child to inform their coaches. Race results from the Brent cross country meet held last Saturday will be posted to the blog as soon as we receive them this week from the Brent race organizers. It was great to see so many ISM runners at Brent last Saturday morning giving their best and supporting each other in the MS and HS races. Well done Bearcat runners on a great performance! Varsity Soccer Exchange: This Saturday and Sunday, ISM will host teams from Taipei American School for the soccer exchange. Swim Meet at Brent: September 10 is also the first swim meet of the year at Brent for our sailfish team. As of writing this post, we have 73 swimmers registered to swim this week. We wish all sailfish swimmers the very best for their first race day this school year. 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 http:// powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need your PowerSchool username and password to access the game schedule pdf. The ATAC Blog (http://atac.ism-online.org/) is the one stop shop for information related to the sports/activities program. Please take some time to peruse the blog for information. For those parents interested in the 1st Season IASAS championships at Singapore, you can now access the full tournament draw with details of all events on the ATAC blog. Our teams will depart for Singapore Wednesday, October 19 and return to Manila Sunday, October 23.

BEARCAT DEN Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, from 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Thanks to all our great volunteers who have gotten the den off to a smooth start this year. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Radhika at radhikasavantmohit@yahoo.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. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities

Our very own Noah Ramos, 7th grader, reprises the lead role of Jojo in Repertory Philippines' production of Seussical. This is a colorful, fun-filled musical for the entire family. Hope you can catch Noah's performances until December 18th.