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Student Bulletin: Week at A Glance

This document provides information about upcoming events at Middle School for the week of October 1-5, 2012. It includes the weekly schedule, reminders about MAP testing and upcoming parties. It also announces information about various athletic events, including volleyball and soccer games, and tryouts for basketball, tennis, and other 2nd season sports. Finally, it provides updates about an upcoming food drive to benefit Chosen Children's Village.

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Student Bulletin: Week at A Glance

This document provides information about upcoming events at Middle School for the week of October 1-5, 2012. It includes the weekly schedule, reminders about MAP testing and upcoming parties. It also announces information about various athletic events, including volleyball and soccer games, and tryouts for basketball, tennis, and other 2nd season sports. Finally, it provides updates about an upcoming food drive to benefit Chosen Children's Village.

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M I D D L E

Issue # 08 October 01 to 05, 2012

Student Bulletin

S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
October 01 to 05, 2012
Monday, October 01 Tuesday, October 02 Wednesday, October 03 Thursday, October 04 Friday, October 05 Regular Schedule Regular Schedule Student Late Start/Regular Schedule
MS Assembly (11:40 A.M., FAT)

Regular Schedule Regular Schedule

Dear Students: We hope you had a memorable CWW experience, made some new friends, and deepened connections with current friends. In the weeks and months ahead, enjoy the memories that linger in your mind and build on the experience by becoming more active in Homebase, grade level and school-wide activities. Keep the spirit of team building and community alive! This Friday is the first party of the year for grades 5 and 6. Please make sure to bring in your signed permission slip so that you can attend the party and enjoy the fun. The party for grade 7 and 8 students will be next Friday, October 12. We hope to see as many people as possible enjoying the company of their friends. MAP testing starts this week in English classes. Make sure to get a good nights sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. This is not a test you can study for so relax, take a deep breath, and take your time when answering the questions. Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School


October 01 to 24 05 06 12 13 16 to 17 18 to 21 20 25 26 MAP Testing Grade 5 & 6 Party Service Learning Trip (La Mesa Watershed) Grade 7 & 8 Party Service Learning Trip (CCV) Parent Teacher Conferences (Early Student Release) MS ISTA Festival (Bangkok) Service Learning Trip (Love 2 Learn) Filipiniana Beginning of School Holiday

PowerSchool Grade Update

Oct. 5 - Progress Report Distribution Oct. 19 - Grade Update

Middle School Academic Bowl Practice Sessions


Do you know lots of interesting facts and general knowledge? Are you fast on the buzzers? Do you like Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader? THEN COME TO Academic Bowl Practice Sessions!! Practice sessions takes place in room P046 (Mrs. Birchenalls classroom) every Tuesday from 2:30 3:30 P.M. Successful students will represent ISM at the next Academic Bowl competition which is to be held at Faith Academy on the 6th November 2012. However, please note that this week, there will be no Academic Bowl Practice Session on Tuesday, October 2. Practice Sessions will resume on Thursday, October 4. All Middle School students are very welcome to come to the practice sessions. If you have any questions or queries please speak to Mrs. Birchenall or e-mail her at [email protected].

SERVICE LEARNING UPDATE


Chosen Children Village Club announces What: Middle School Food Drive for Chosen Children Village

Rice Pasta noodles Oats Milk (powdered and tetra) Flour Sugar Cooking oil Tomato sauce and/or Tomato paste

Canned goods: Sardines luncheon meat Vienna sausage corned beef Dried beans Canned fruit

When: From September 19 to October 12, 2012 Why: We can make lives better as a Middle School community in helping our service partner. This year, instead of a Diaper Drive, CCV has asked for food because of a decrease in their international funding. As a non-profit organization in residential care of physically and/or mentally abandoned children, they need help to provide for seventy three children with ages ranging for one to twenty-five years old. Where: Collection points will be in each grade level, there will be Homebases assigned for each house. How: Students voluntarily bring food to the designated drop off point. In each grade level, each HB/classroom teacher will have a sign on their door of their house, so there should end up (hopefully) a couple of rooms per house per floor. And then October 11, we put them all in front of the Intersection by house and see whos got the biggest pile. :) On October 12, the house with the most food gets the most points. For any questions see CCV Club Members or Ms. Vergel or Ms. Lim-Torres :)

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE


The IASAS venues for the Season one championships on October 10-14 are: Soccer at Bangkok and Volleyball & Cross Country at Kuala Lumpur. Schedules for the Soccer and Volleyball games are now available on the blog at the following link http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-1stseason-schedules/. HS Boys Basketball Players: Important message from Coach Peabody: There will be a Basketball Interest Meeting October 4, 2012 at 11:30 A.M. during lunch. During the meeting I will discuss what will take place during tryouts. Please take note of this meeting and visit this link to the survey for HS boys basketball players https:// docs.google.com/a/ismanila.org/spreadsheet/viewform? fromEmail=true&formkey=dHk4ZzUyR250WXN3aWRsSTFITjI5VkE6 MQ Friday Night Lights on September 28th: Come out and support the Bearcats vs. Faith. Cheer hard and cheer loud for our teams. Show your support on September 28, Friday Night Lights! Girls Volleyball at ISM: Varsity vs. Faith and JV vs. Faith from 4:00 P.M. at ISM MS Gym ISM MS Field 4:00 P.M. ISM JV girls vs. Faith JV girls soccer followed by ISM Varsity girls vs. Faith ISM HS Field 4:00 P.M. Boys Varsity ISM vs. Faith (Rifa league game) followed by ISM Aspirants vs. Faith JV approximately at 6:00 P.M. Note *Boys volleyball JV and Varsity play away game at Faith New Tennis Facility: Many parents have expressed interest in the new roof top development being constructed at school. This new construction will be the home of ISM tennis with 8 new ITF artificial grass courts, new locker rooms, bleachers and the area will also serve as a multipurpose sports facility to improve our available teaching space for PE classes. The project is well underway with completion set for early October. There will be an opening ceremony on Thursday, October 4. Any interested parents are invited to watch a student exhibition game and if you are a tennis player, please bring your racquet and come dressed in your tennis attire as you will also be able to have a game on the new courts on this day. The opening function will begin at 4:45 P.M. with a ceremonial cutting of the ribbon by Mr. Toze, followed by two student exhibition games 5:00 to 5:30 P.M. and then the courts will be open for parents to have a game until 7:00 P.M. on this day. Please contact the ATAC office to register if you would like to attend this event. See flyer attached for this event! 2nd Season ATAC sports: Tryouts and Practice Schedule for MS & HS sports (Basketball, Tennis, Varsity Swimming, Boys Rugby and Girls Touch) are now posted on the blog and on notice boards around school. For interested Basketball players see the flyers in this bulletin for upcoming Basketball camps being held at school for ISM students. Information about our ES soccer teams and the RIFA festivals can be found here http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1stseason/es-soccer-rifa-league-festivals/ and flyers have been posted on ES notice board and on the notice board located under the tent at the ES field. The information link for the MS C teams and MS Girls 7 a side soccer teams is available at http:// atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/ms-soccer-rifa-leaguefestivals/ IMPORTANT: Parents please note the venues for the 7 a side C, E, G and MS Girls festivals have changed. Permission slips will be issued to all players via the coaches at training prior to each festival. Please consult the ES and MS Rifa League links to get the latest information. IMPORTANT: NEW! Saturday, October 6 Boys Festival #3 (rescheduled date due to September 15 cancellation!) *updated September 26, 2012 Midgets E teams (E1 and E2 Coach Popoy and Coach Francis teams) at CSA 8:00 A.M. kick-off Midgets C teams (C1, C2, C3 and C4 Coach Eric/Chris/Kleng and Jays teams) at CSA 1:00 P.M. kick off Midgets G teams (G1 and G2 Coach Mike and Coach Isas teams) at ISM 1:00 P.M. kick-off NEW *October 13th - Boys Rifa festival finals for teams that qualify will be held at ISM kick-off 8:00 A.M. - 12 noon (Top 8 teams qualify after the festival rounds! Teams that qualify will be informed early in the week after the festival on October 6 if you are playing in the finals. NEW *October 13th - Due to all the cancelled dates the *MS Girls festival and finals day combined will be held at CSA kickoff 8:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

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The ISM Cross Country team will race at Faith this Saturday, results for all the meets completed during the season can be found on the Cross Country results page. http://atac.ismonline.org/atac/1st-season/cross-country-race-results/ The ISM MS Tennis program runs during 2nd second season from mid/late October thru to early February. Our teams play in the ISTA League Tennis Tournament which conducts an age group divisional round robin tournament with playoffs and finals at seasons end. For the 2012-13 season we have entered one girls team (Gr.5-8) and 2 boys teams (1 gr. 5/6 team and 1 gr. 7/8 team) Each team will be made up 8-10 players who will be selected at the conclusion of the tryouts at the start of the season. Tryouts dates for MS tennis team selection are Oct 18-19. See flyers around school notice boards and on ATAC blog. Players wanting to make the school team must attend both tryouts sessions to be eligible for team selection. If you are interested in trying out please register your name ahead of time by sending an email with your full name, grade and year born to Mr. Pekin [email protected] NOTE* Grade 8 girls or boys who are born '98 are eligible to play for the MS team. If you are grade 8 and born'97 you must try out for the HS teams! A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog and also to follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page). Each Monday, I will post the weeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent bulletins. 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 PowerSchool secure site http:// powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need your PowerSchool username and password to access the game schedule.

HS Student registration for ATAC activities: (new for school year 12-13) A Google doc registration is now available for all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonal sports teams, MUN and Cultural Convention programs. Please take the time to complete this online registration for activities that you plan on joining this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registration tab found under the Helpful Shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. *Please note this is for HS students only and you must use your school email address to access the link. Personal gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to access the page. BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/ Our Bearcat Den is up and running and open for business, please drop by to check out the range of Bearcat products. We have a great team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a fantastic group please contact Melanie Ball, our volunteer coordinator, at [email protected]. We have a new range of dri fit t-shirts now available along with new Bearcat bags Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wednesday & Friday, 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities

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