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MAP MAKE-UP TESTING SCHEDULE:

October 20 to 24 will be the last

week for MAP make-up tesng. Stu-

dents who have missed a test will be

contacted.

Please email the MS Oce at

[email protected] if you have quesons.

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 11

SY 2014 2015

WEEK OF:

OCTOBER 20 TO 24

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday Bulletin

Parent Teacher Conferences 2

Inside this issue:

OCTOBER

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Events & Acvies:

ISM Upcoming Events

27-31 School Holiday

Dear Middle School Parents,

It will be a busy week next week in the Middle School. On Monday andTuesday

October 20 and 21we will have our Parent Teacher Conferences from1:00 -6:00

p.m. There will be a shortened schedule in the morning with an early student

release at12:00 p.m. There will be no aer school acvies, please make the

necessary arrangements for your child to be picked up on me.

The PTC online reservaon system for making appointments will close onSunday

October 19 at 3:00 p.m. Please make sure to bring a copy of your reserved ap-

pointments on the day of the conferences. If you have any quesons in advance

or have had any diculty with the online system, please contact the Middle

School Oce.

OnFriday October 24we will be celebrang Filipiniana our annual event at ISM to

celebrate the beauful country we all call home. The theme this year is Fesvals

of the Philippines -masks and amazing colors always featured at fesvals in the

Philippines which take place throughout the year. In the morning there will be a

shortened schedule followed by advisory. At11:55 there will be a parade fol-

lowed by our Middle School Filipiniana assembly from12:15

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-there will be

performances by Middle and High School students. We will then take part in the

Barrio Fiesta in the Middle School courtyard. Students can purchase food ckets

and enjoy local food or they can also eat lunch in the canteen. For the last hour,

Middle School students will divide into their houses and take part in some acvi-

es to learn more about the Philippines!

For Filipiniana, students can wear tradional Filipino clothing or they can also pur-

chase a t-shirt from the Philippine Cultural Club next week during lunch me for

500 pesos. Students can also choose to wear their house t-shirt on this day, or

their regular school uniform.

We hope everyone has a great week before the break, having conversaons withteachers about student learning, and then ending the week with a celebraon of

the Philippines. School break will take place fromOctober 27with classes resum-

ing onMonday November 3

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Middle School Assistant Principal

Athlecs & Acvies

Aer-School Acvies

Admissions & Advancement

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Beginning on September 13, dierent service opportunies will be

oered on Saturdays. Some events involve a trip to visit a service partner

while others involve hosng a local educaon program. Along with the

joy of giving, students benet by interacng with children from dierent

backgrounds and geng to know the Philippines beyond Maka and

Taguig. To parcipate, students simply pick up a permission slip from the

MS Oce on the Monday before the trip. Once its been signed and re-

turned to the oce, a student can sign up on the roster. Some trips ll up

quickly so encourage them to sign up early. Parent are welcome toaend!

Saturday Service Dates for Semester 1

(Dates are subject to change.)

October 11 Rotary Reading Club

October 18 La Mesa Watershed &

Hospicio de San Jose

November 8 Coolengo Filipino

November 15 Chosen Children Village

November 22 Love to Learn,CRIBS and PAWS

November 29 Papaya Academy

December 6

Tzu Chi Foundaon

If you have quesons, please send an email to Mr. Cory Willey at

[email protected].
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IASAS Volleyball/XC : ISM is hosng the IASAS Volleyball/Cross Country Championships this

weekOct 15-19. Thank you very much to all our host families for your support in housing the vis-

ing athletes!I hope that you can make it to the school someme

on Saturday

morning for the

XC team me trial races and to see some of the volleyball acon. Schedules for both events are

included in this bullen.

The match schedule for volleyball tournament can be found under helpful shortcuts on ATAC

home page, as is the overall schedule for the XC event program. The soccer schedule from ISKL is

also available. ISM will be live streaming volleyball matches, go towww.iasas.asiato nd the links

for our live stream

2nd season tryouts and season pracce schedules are now posted to the ATAC blog and on no-

ce boards around school! 2nd season sports for MS/HS are; Basketball, Rugby, Touch, Tennis

and Swimming.

Check the ATAC game schedule page for the most updated matches mid week and on weekends!

Parents and students please take some me to peruse the ATAC blog. It has a wide variety of in-

formaon and links to our sports and acvies program. If you have any quesons regarding the

compeve program of sports at ISM aer reading the informaon on the blog, please send an

email [email protected] I will endeavor to assist you as best I can.

The ES/MS Rifa compeve soccer season has come to a close for this year with the nal fesval

and nals last Saturday for qualifying teams. The ES soccer awards will be held

October 21

at theLile Theatre from2:153:00 P.M.

Bearcat Den: Drop by our fantasc spirit store. There is a range of new products and items to

purchase including items from our service partners.Bearcat Den hours of operaon-:7:00 A.M. -

4:00 P.M.,MondayFriday.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athlecs Coordi-

nator) gives the most up to date informaon on where/when and who our Bearcat teams will be

playing throughout the school year. Access to the game schedule is via the ISM parent portal.

Use thislink to access the parent portal, log in with your user name/password and look for the

ATAC Game Schedule tab. Remember to refresh the page when the pdf schedule appears so youview the most current schedule.

GO BEARCATS!

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs/Acvies

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Please send us an email for any claricaons or concerns:

[email protected]


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Laugh Out Loud with Rex Na-varrete onNovember 22at

ISM's Fine Arts Theater!

Rex Navarrete is the premier Filipino-American comedian. He currently travels alloverNorth America touring cities such asLos Angeles, New York, Seattle, Montreal,Toronto,Vancouver and Hawaii doing hisone-man show. The comedy man has per-formed alongsidenotable national headlinersas George Lopez, DL Hughley, Paul

Mooney, among others.

Get ready to LOL with the funny man, checkout his official websiteatwww.rexnavarrete.com.

Be a part of Career Week!Volunteer to speak to ISMstudentsJanuary 12-16,2015on campus or host afew 10th and11th gradersfor a one week intern-

shipJune 8-12.

For more information visit:

http://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/

or contact Crystal [email protected]
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For more information about

the Vicky SyCip Herrera Scholarship,

click HERE or drop us a note at

[email protected].
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ISM CommunityArtAucon onNovember 20, 2014

You are cordially invited to the ISM CommunityArtAucon onNovember 20, 2014at The Fine Arts Theater.Butrst...

WEWANTYOURART!Weare looking for arsc works and/or estate objects made or owned by members or friends of

the ISM community. This includes,butnot limited to, painngs, photographs, drawings, prints, sculptures, jewelry, tex-

les, ceramics and estate items such as furniture and china. For more informaon, visit artaucon.ism-online.orgor email

[email protected].
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