MIDDLE SCHOOL

Friday Bulletin
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
ISSUE # 36
WEEK OF MAY 28 TO JUNE 01, 2012

From the Middle School Office

Dear Parents: Unbelievably we have reached the last week of school, and we are convinced that with each passing year time passes by more quickly. Here we are ten months later introducing grade 4 students to Middle School, preparing to say farewell to our grade 8 students, and with everyone anticipating a well-earned holiday. Last Tuesday the grade 8 students did an outstanding job presenting their research on a range of global issues and debating clauses during the Advocating for Change Summit. We applaud all their efforts and hard work and thank the many teachers who were involved. It is hoped that all the students will continue to take interest in the global issues that were raised and continue to consider their own roles and responsibilities as part of the solution. To round out their final week, the grade 8 students will be introduced to High School on Monday afternoon and enjoy an Activity Day on Tuesday, May 29. On Wednesday, May 30 we recognize the achievements of the grade 8 students and celebrate their completion of the Middle School years. The Moving On Ceremony will take place in the Fine Arts Theater from 4:00 6:00 P.M. We congratulate all the students for successfully completing Middle School and wish them all the best in High School. Please be reminded that PowerSchool is closed so that teachers can finalize grades and comments. PowerSchool will reopen on Thursday, May 31 so that second semester reports can be viewed. Report card distribution will begin on Tuesday, June 5. The last day of school for students is Thursday, May 31 and students will be dismissed at 12:00 noon. Please make the necessary transportation arrangements so that your child is picked up on time. In closing we would like to express our gratitude to the students, parents, teachers and staff for making this school year an outstanding one. It was a year filled with growth and progress as we continually strive to improve our program and student life. To those of our families who are traveling abroad or within the Philippines, we wish you a rejuvenating and safe holiday. To those families who are leaving the ISM community, we extend our sincere wishes for continued success and happiness in your new homes and schools. Yours in Education, Simon Gillespie Middle School Principal Clarissa Sayson Middle School Assistant Principal
MAY 21 to June 01 Lost & Found Viewing (Room 1118) 29 29 30 31 JUNE 01 Beginning of Summer Break Grade 8 Fun Day End of Season Sports Awards Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony (4:00 P.M., FAT) Early Student Release (12 noon)

Inside this issue:

Grade 8 End of Year Events From the Office of Admissions & Advancement From the Operations & Security Office Reminder from the Treasury Office Lost & Found Viewing Subic Used School Uniform Drive Schedule & ID Distribution for SY2012-13 From MSMC Letter from the Mathematics Department Adult Language Courses in ISM From the Fine & Performing Arts Office End of Season Sports Awards From the Athletics & Activities Office Summer Sports Camps Calendar for SY 2012-2013 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16

UPCOMING EVENTS

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

May 31 June 05 PowerSchool Opens Report Card Distribution (via courier)

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Grade 8 End of Year Events

Monday, May 28 Awards Assembly in FAT Break Moving On Rehearsal in FAT LUNCH (Lofthouse) HS Introduction 07:30 to 08:40 A.M. 08:40 to 09:05 A.M. 09:05 to 11:25 A.M. 11:25 to 12:05 P.M. 12:05 to 03:15 P.M.

Tuesday, May 29 - GRADE 8 FUN DAY AT ISM On Tuesday, May 29th, Grade Eight will hold its annual Fun Activity Day, this year it will take place on the ISM campus. Attendance will be taken, as this is a scheduled school day and event. You are required to be at school the usual time of 7:30 A.M. Activities will be finished at the regular school time, so you can catch the regular bus home. Lunch will be provided. Please bring a few items, such as a swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, cap, camera, sports gear, sunglasses, etc. The Middle School Salinlahi Yearbooks will be distributed on this day. Wednesday, May 30 (4:00 - 6:00 P.M. in FAT) - MOVING ON CEREMONY Please remember you will need to meet in the AMR no later than 3:00 P.M. Please remember to follow the dress code. Thursday, May 31 - NO SCHOOL If you have any questions, please see Mr. Allen or Ms. Child.

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From the Office of Admissions and Advancement

RE-ENROLLMENT AND WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES Dear Parents, Re-Enrollment for school year 2012-2013 is on-going. We advise all families to begin the process early to avoid long lines. Please drop by the Admissions Office to pick-up your RE-ENROLLMENT CLEARANCE FORM or visit our web site at http:// www.ismanila.org > ADMISSION > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal to download the appropriate forms. Clearance signatures are required from the following offices: Admissions Health Clinic Cashiers Office Step 1: Admissions forms will need to be signed and submitted to the Admissions Office. Step 2: All students are required to submit the Health Clinic Updating Form directly to the Clinic. This may be done at any time. Incoming Grade 1, 5 and 9 students must have page 2 of the document completed by a licensed physician. We do recommend that all children have an annual check-up. In addition, all incoming Grade 5 and 9 students will need to submit the Tuberculosis Screening Form. Step 3: Beginning May 31, 2012 you may visit the Cashiers Office to settle your accounts. The Re-Enrollment Clearance Form will need to be submitted in exchange for your childs section card and/or class schedule. Please do not discard this form. WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURE If your family will be leaving before or at the end of SY11-12, we would appreciate that you submit the official Withdrawal Notification Form in order to initiate the withdrawal process. Please note, this does not pertain to Grade 12 students who will graduate in May. Please submit the completed Withdrawal Notification Form as early as possible. All forms are available here: http://www.ismanila.org > Admission > Re-enrollment and Withdrawal WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM (required by ES/HS/MS students) Please submit this to the Admissions Office MIDDLE SCHOOL CLEARANCE FORM Once completed please submit this to the Cashiers Office HIGH SCHOOL CLEARANCE FORM Once completed please submit this to the Cashiers Office IMPORTANT DATE to remember: May 11, 2012 Withdrawal Notification Forms for School Year 2011-2012 must be submitted. Forms received after this date will incur a penalty of USD $1000 on the refund of the FUD. For detailed information regarding receiving Report Cards, Transcript of Records, obtaining a yearbook and/or the refund of the FUD please visit our web site at www.ismanila.org under the Admissions TAB < Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal. We appreciate your notification as we have many families awaiting word for enrollment for next school year. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any questions or concerns. Sincerely, Stephanie H. Hagedorn Director of Admissions & Advancement International School Manila

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From the Operations & Security Office

1. IDs for the New School Year Parent IDs Current parent IDs will continue to be valid for the new school year 2012-2013. Parents who require replacement school IDs due to loss or damage can acquire these from the Security Office upon payment of Php100.00 to the Cashier. Student IDs All students will be issued with new ID cards at the beginning of the new school year. This year there will be no need for returning students to visit the Security Office as we will be utilizing the photographs taken for the yearbooks. School Passes School passes issued to parents employees and representatives need to be replaced for next school year. As of August 31, 2012 the blue bordered passes will be invalid. The security office is now accepting applications for new school passes, however the cards will not be available for collection before July 1, 2012. Each family will be given two free school passes. Additional school passes may be obtained after paying a processing fee of Php100.00 each to the Cashiers Office. 2. Car Stickers for the New School Year The car stickers for school year 2012/2013 will be available from the security office beginning July 1, 2012. For vehicles already displaying an existing sticker, parents should submit a completed renewal form with a copy of a current LTO official receipt. For new vehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of the vehicles certificate of registration and a current official receipt need to be submitted with the application. Applications for vehicles registered with companies or other institutions should be supported by a letter of assignment. Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued following payment of P100 to the cashiers office.

I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation across this school year in helping us maintain ISM as a safe and secure environment for our children. MIKE FLYNN Director of Operations and Security

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Reminder from the Treasury Office

To All Parents: Pease be informed that for the purpose of year-end account clearance of students, peso checks will no longer be accepted after the second Friday of May (May 11) and US$ checks drawn from US banks will no longer be accepted after the second Friday of April (April 13) for each school year.

From the Security Office

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Schedule & ID Distribution for School Year 2012-2013

DATE August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 August 2, 2012 August 2, 2012 August 3, 2012 LEVEL Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 5 to 8 TIME 8:00 to 11:00 A.M. 12:00 to 3:00 P.M. 8:00 to 11:00 A.M. 12:00 to 3:00 P.M. 8:00 to 11:00 A.M. 12:00 to 3:00 P.M. VENUE MSMC MSMC MSMC MSMC MSMC

Please note that Grade 6 locker assignment will be given on the first day of school (August 6, 2012) by the Homebase Teacher. Grade 7 & 8 lockers will be will be assigned by the MS Office and will be given together with the student schedule.

School Year 2012-2013 will begin on August 6, 2012

For any questions, please call the Middle School Office at 840-8550 or the Middle School Guidance Office at 840-8555.

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From the MSMC

Update your contact information!

Please get in touch with the Admissions Office (840-8488) or Middle School Office (840-8550/840-8553) if there has been any change in your home address, email address, and contact numbers. We want to keep you updated with what is happening in school.

Were on the web! www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVENT LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL

please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or email [email protected] to obtain your username and password.

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Letter from the Mathematics Department

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Adult Language Courses

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From the Fine & Performing Arts Office

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From the Athletics & Activities Office

On behalf of the ATAC office we wish all parents/students a happy and safe vacation and we look forward to welcoming everyone back for an exciting and action packed program next school year starting in August. Stay safe, stay fit Go Bearcats! This week the HS Honors and Awards ceremony was held and it gives me great pleasure to announce the winners of the various Athletics/Activities awards as voted by our team of Head Coaches: Awards criteria can be found at- http://atac.ismonline.org/atac/overview/awards-and-recognition/ Athletic Directors Award: Ray Oo and Girls Badminton Team Outstanding Athlete Awards: Freshman: Abigail Nathan and Joachim Samson Sophomore: Valerie Toze and Daniel Um Junior: Katrina Gavino and James Woldring Senior: Lindsey Bruce and Arlan Parry Sportsmanship Awards: Sarita Morris/Angela Sy and Arlan Parry Scholar Athletes: Grade 9 Laetitia Herold Jun Woo Jang Grade 10 Andrea Ayala Isabel Benares Lynda Bray Yusuke Fukuyama Kimberly Go Jae Woo Jang Andres Limcaoco Andrea Narciso Regina Rovira Karina Swee Jasmine Tan Ho Valerie Toze Daniel Um Joy Yuen Grade 11 Seong Chan An Ines Diaz Lewis Flowers Oda Fodstad Katrina Gavino Chelsea Hamaguchi Keun Cheol (Josh) Lee Son Ho (Sierra) Lee Kara Maeda Timothy Metzger Grade 11 Seong Chan An Ines Diaz Lewis Flowers Oda Fodstad Katrina Gavino Chelsea Hamaguchi Keun Cheol (Josh) Lee Son Ho (Sierra) Lee Kara Maeda Timothy Metzger Linh Nguyen Seo Yeon (Esther) Park Daniel Luke Smith Myungin (Moonie) Sohn Ricardo Squillantini Tyler Sy Annika Weilbach James Woldring Grade 12 Gabriel Ayala Lindsay Bruce Ki Jeong (Daniel) Cho Denise Francisco Jacob Kobza Benjamin Mcgee Sarina Samson Julia Saubier Angela Sy Alonzo Virata Daniel Viray Lynn Yu Please take note of the tryouts dates/information is now posted http://atac.ismonline.org/schedules/tryouts/ for those of you making plans for volleyball/cross country and soccer when the new school year begins. HS tryouts will start on the first day of school, August 6, thru August 8 and MS tryouts for teams will begin later in the first week of school.

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Grade 8 transition day on Monday, May 28: HS Guidance organized a Grade 8 transition day next week where all of the grade 8's will be given a brief presentation of ATAC and Fine Arts offerings for the HS next year. What is on offer, how to sign up for activities, ATAC/FA blogs will all be covered to ensure all incoming freshman will be on top of all that is happening and available to them in the cocurricular program next school year. A big thanks to the HS Guidance team for allowing us to be a part of this important day for our SY 2012-2013 HS freshman. AFAC and ATAC All Year Round teams and Sailfish: Parents, please note that this Friday, May 25, is the final day for all afterschool activities. There will not be any after school programs next week with the 3 1/2 day week and early finish on Thursday, May 31. HS Student Registration for ATAC Activities: (new for school year 2012-2013) 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 next school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registration tab found under the Helpful Shortcuts bar on the right of the ATAC blog home page. *Please note this is for next school years HS students only! ATAC Events Coming Up: May 25 - Last day for all ES/MS AFAC and ATAC All Year Activities and Sailfish Program. No Afterschool activities next week. May 29 - All Year Round Sports Teams Awards in the Lofthouse, 3:15 to 4:15 P.M. (Chess, Table Tennis, Aikido, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Wall Climbing) 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 power school user name and password to access the game schedule. BEARCAT DEN: (http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcatden/) The new dri-fit t-shirts are now available along with new Bearcat bags.

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. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Radhika at [email protected] 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. Anyone interested in joining the den next school year starting in August names are being taken, please contact Radhika to submit your information and expression of interest. Please note final day for den sales this school year is Wednesday, May 30th. On Thursday, May 31st, the den volunteers will be doing inventory and closing up the den for summer hibernation. The den will not be open for sales on the final day of school May 31st. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities

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Summer Sports Camp

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School Calendar for SY 2012-2013