issue no. 28 (week of march 28 to april 01)

8/7/2019 Issue No. 28 (Week of March 28 to April 01)

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From the Middle School Office

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

It was great to see all the parents who attended conferences this

past Tuesday. We hope you were able to gain a clearer insight into

the learning and progress of your child. If you were unable to meet

with your childs teachers and have concerns, please contact the

teacher for more information. We are now into the final quarter of

the school year, and it is vital that your child continues to receive

the support that is needed and assume an active role in the learning

process.

The past three months have been filled with activity, fun and

numerous learning experiences. Your children and the teachers

have earned a well-deserved break from March 21 to 25. School

resumes on Monday, March 28. Have a relaxing Spring Break with

your children and family!

Sincerely,

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 28

WEEKOF MARCH 28 TO APRIL 01, 201

Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOL

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATEPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

Apr. 08 Grade Update

Apr. 20 Progress Reports Distribution

Important Announcement from Admissions

MSMC Creative Writing Competition WinnersService & Environmental Learning News

PTAs Used Book Fair

After School Activities Announcements

ATAC Announcements

ISM Aquathon 2011

ISM Summer Sports Camp

ISM Calendar for SY 2011-2012

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

MARCH

28 Classes Resume

30 - Apr. 12 MAP Testing

31 PTA Liaison Meeting (8:00 A.M.Conference Rm.)

APRIL

02 ISM Aquathon 2011

11 School Holiday (Bataan Day)

12 PTA General Meeting (7:30 A.M

LT)

13 Parent Coffee (8:30 A.M., LT)

21 to 22 School Holiday (Holy Week)

25 to 29 PTA Used Book Fair (CMC Lobby

26 MS/HS Beginning Recital (5:00P.M., LT)

27 Activity Period (1:35 P.M.)

MAY

02 School Holiday (Labor Day)

03 to 13 MS Art Exhibition (FAT Gallery)

04 to 06 Grade 4 Ambassador Program

05 to 07 MS Play

05 MS Art Exhibition Opening(3:00 P.M., FAT Gallery)

13 Bearcat Idol

16 to 20 Grade 4 Tour and Talk

18 Finale Concert (5:30 P.M., FAT

25 Activity Period (9:45 A.M.)

Please read the Important Announcement in Page 2 from

the Admissions Office on Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012

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Check out revised Calendar

for SY 2011-2012 on page 10.


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M IDDLE SCHOOL FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

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 HealthForm or Physical Form (depending on grade level) to the Clinic for a Clearance Signature and a Clearance

Signature from the Cashiers 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 yearIf your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year, please inform the AdmissionOffice 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 FacilitiesUpgrade 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 leavingISM, 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 AdmissionInternational School Manila

P.O. Box 1256 MCPO, 1255 Makati City, Philippines

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.ismanila.orgPhone: (63-2) 840-8488 or 840-8601

Fax: (63-2) 840-8489

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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MSMC Creative Writing Competition Winners

The writing competition launched during Bearcat Book Week has now been readand judged by a panel of MS teachers. The winners will each receive a gift packfrom National Book Store, and the winning poems/stories will be published in theMS Yearbook Salinlahi.

Congratulations to the following winners:Grade 5: Calvin ZhangGrade 6: Jiwon CyhnGrade 7: Aparna MohanGrade 8: Shay LinellAdult: Harveen Kaur (parent) Image from Sector 7 by David Wiesner.

Clarion Books, New York, 1999.

As you know a massive earthquake and Tsunami struck Japan last Friday, 11th March. Our hearts and thoughts are withthose affected by this devastating disaster.

The first week back on the Friday, 1 April will be a free dress dayfor MS Students. If you wear the I love Japan t-shirt, the dress day is free. If not, wear red and white and donate 100pesos.

(I love Japan- in case you were wondering what the characters mean)

We would like to ask students, parents, teachers to help by purchasing food/t-shirts/donations.

ISM will make a donation with funds raised by these activities and from the Disaster Relief Fund.HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORP.Account Name: International School ManilaAccount No.: US$ S/A 069-004984-130

PhP S/A 068-014950-040Bank Address: Fort Bonifacio Branch, Taguig City,

Metro Manila, PhilippinesSwift Code: HSBCPHMM

ALL DEPOSITS MUST SPECIFY DISASTER RELIEF FUND

Or Directly into the Japan Red Cross at the following link:

http://www.jrc.or.jp/english/relief/l4/Vcms4_00002070.html

Thanks so much for your support,SLEC- Service Learning and Environment Committee.

* * *GK777- 2nd of April

Sign up at MS Guidance Office

Eco Explorers- La Messa Watershed - 2nd of April Sign up at MS Guidance Office

Service & Environmental Learning News


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YEARBOOK PHOTOS

The Yearbook Photos are here! Please drop by the

Middle School Office to pick up the photo!


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After School Activities


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Athletics and Activities Office Announcements

GAME SCHEDULE PDF (new procedure in place for ac-cess to game schedule pdf information)Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISMteams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also ac-

cess this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional webpages. Please note the game schedule does change oftendue to involvement with many local schools so pleasecheck 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 directedto the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You willneed your power school user name and password to accessthe game schedule pdf now located in power school

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES(for ALL match/schedule details check game schedulepage as above) April 2 - Track Meet at Brent MS/HS track teams April 8 - HS Twilight Track Meet at ISM vs. Brent April 17 - (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS

Track at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hostingBadminton

BEARCAT DENRegular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 A.M. 1:00

P.M. and 2:304:00 P.M. Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:30-4:00 P.M.

Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested injoining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, pleasecontact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Chantel([email protected]) or pop in to the Den near theHS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers. Theywill be very happy to make you welcome.

IASAS BADMINTON at ISM - April 18-21Information re-lated to the IASAS Badminton Tournament can now befound on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism-online.org

We are currently accepting housing offers for the 80 visit-ing Badminton athletes. If you can help with housing,please read details on the blog and a housing letter canalso be accessed via the blog or hard copy picked up fromthe ATAC office.

* * *CONGRATULATIONS ISM GYMNASTICS TEAMfor participating in the ISM GOODWILL MEET

March 5, 2011

ES Gymnasts

MS Gymnasts

HS Gymnasts

ES Boys Gymnasts

1st Place Level 5 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations Level 5 girls

(McKenzie Kinsella, Alicia Preysler)

1st Place - ALL AROUND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations ISM gymnasts what a great result!

STUDENT VAULT BARS BEAM FL AA

Zoe Stephens 7th 3rd 7th

Paula Fernandez 6th

Alaina Hauber 4th 5th 8th 5th 7th

Kayla Markley 3rd 8th

Johanna Olafsson 5th 6th 1st 8th

Yehjin Katrina Lee 7th 4th 6th 8th

Nathalie Prebich 8th 4th

Awe McCallum 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th


Gabriela Ellis 8th

Anna Lewis-Workman 6th 6th 5th

Jessica Zhang 6th

Elise Malvicini 7th

Lara Fernandez 6th 6th 8th

Celine Teh 5th 3rd

Alicia Preysler 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd

Jessica Morris 3rd 7th 5th 6th 4th

Chiara Amor 5th 7th 2nd 7th

Mckenzie Kinsella 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd

Andrea Preysler 6th 6th 7th 7th

Georgina Pekin 5th 6th 4th

Kayla Uytengsu 6th 4th


Ines Tambunting 7th 8th

Gaby Montinola 8th

STUDENT VAULT P. BARS POMMEL FX AA

Aiden Carter 1st 3rd 2nd 6th 2nd

Hiroyuki Tabe 4th 5th 3rd 7th 7th


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ISM AQUATHON 2011


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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

MAY AND JUNE

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP


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ISM AQUATHON 2011

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