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MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 6

SY 2014 2015

WEEK OF:

SEPTEMBER 15 to 19

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday BulletinInside this issue:

Events & Acvies:

SEPTEMBER

25-26 CWW

29-30 MAP Tesng

Dear Middle School Parents,

There was a focus this week on learning about relaonships, friendships, and dealing

with pressure. We had the opportunity to learn from Michael Thompson, a child psy-

chologist and author who supported parents, students and faculty with learning more

about how we can support each other and grow as individuals. We also had Mr. G

back on of our Freedom from Chemical Dependency (www.fcd.org) counselors

meeng with grade 8 students, and presenng at assemblies for all Middle School

students. This was an opportunity to learn more about decision making, substanceabuse and the importance of learning and talking about these issues which can have a

negave impact on people's lives. If you would like any follow up or further discus-

sions on these topics we are here to support you. Please contact your child's guid-

ance counselor or the Middle School oce.

Our next opportunity to meet with parents is our rst parent coee onTuesday Sep-

tember 23from7:45 -9:00 A.M. We will begin by talking about what is happening in

Middle School this year, and will also have some me for informal discussion with us

and with other parents. We look forward to these opportunies of sharing, and of

building connecons with our parents.

Classroom Without Walls is coming up and you should have heard from your child's

advisory teacher about what is happening at each grade level onSeptember 25 and

26. This is a great opportunity for team building and growing as a community. Please

know that we will keep a close eye on the weather in advance of the trips and inform

you of any changes if any circumstances arise.

The school year is now well underway and we are enjoying having conversaons with

our students about their learning and their thinking.

We hope everyone has a good weekend ahead

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie, Middle School PrincipalAmanda Pekin, Middle School Assistant Principal

MAP Tesng

Saturday Service Learning

Academic Bowl

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Parent Coee

We hope you received your copy of the ISM SY 2014 -

2015 school calendar. If you have not yet received

your copy or if you want to purchase extra copies,

please stop by the Communications and Marketing

Office. We are located at the reception area near the

Admissions Office. Thank you.


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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 pro-

gram. 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, stu-dents simply pick up a permission slip from the MS Oce on the Monday before the trip. Once

its been signed and returned 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 to aend!

Saturday Service Dates for Semester 1

(Dates are subject to change.)

September 13 Philippine Community Fund

October 18 La Mesa Watershed & Hospicio de San Jose

November 8 Coolengo Filipino & CRIBS

November 15 Chosen Children Village

November 22 Love to Learn 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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The Common Cold or Sipon is an infecon of the nasal mucosa, including the sinuses, the throat and or bronchi. It is

caused primarily by viruses of dierent species, like Rhino-, Entero-, Corona-, Adeno-or Paramyxoviruses, and there are

more than 200 strains known to cause a common cold. Colds are the most common infecon of mankind.

While adults catch a cold in average two to three mes a year, children are aected up to thirteen mes more oen.

In the past few days there have been arcles about respiratory complicaons, caused by Enterovirus (EV) D68 in chil-

dren in some states of USA, as well as in some Asian countries, including the Philippines.

Enteroviruses form a quite large family of viruses, and cause 10 15 million infecons in the US yearly. Generally they

tend to have a summer/fall season that oen peaks in September, and can be easily spread when you have close con-

tact with an infected person. You can also get infected by touching objects or surfaces that have the virus on them then

touching your mouth, nose or eyes, the CDC (the US based Center for Disease Control and Prevenon) says.

EV D68 however is a rare virus. A peak has been noted in the past weeks in some hospitals in several states of the US,

where EV D68 caused a large percentage of respiratory complicaons in children, 6 weeks to 16 years of age, with

symptoms of common cold. Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of CDCs Naonal Center for Immunizaon and Respiratory

Diseases said it was too early to say whether the virus would spread to other states and how long the outbreak mightlast.

The CDC stated last Monday that none of the cases so far this year were fatal, nor did any result in paralysis, as far as

the CDC knows.

Health ocials note that there are no vaccines specically formulated to prevent Enterovirus D68 or anviral drugs to

treat it. Aected children were receiving asthma medicaons, oxygen and intravenous uids as needed, the Kansas City

Star reported.

Schuchat stressed that one warning sign parents should look for in their children is diculty breathing, which should

prompt parents to seek immediate medical aenon.

It seems to produce illness with a more severe component (such as) diculty breathing, Dr. William Schaner, an

infecous diseases expert at Vanderbilt University, told NBC News in a Monday report. But the vast majority of these

kids will get beer.

Some AFAC classes requirea fee for materials / costumes. Payments should be

made at the Cashiers Oce.The appropriate fees will be charged to the stu-

dents school account aerSeptember 12, 2014for Season 1 & 2 acvies.A stu-

dent will be charged for classes not cancelled bySeptember 12, 2014even if

thestudent has stopped aending.

NO REFUNDwill begivenaer two weeks of aendance.


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IASAS Volleyball/XC housing needed ASAP! ISM is hosng the IASAS Volleyball/Cross Country Championships from Octo-

ber 15 to 19. We need to house 170 athletes for this event. Please print and submit a housing leer to ATAC oce as

soon as possible if you can support this event. We really need lots of ISM community spirit to help make this a wonderful

event for our community. You can access housing informaon/FAQ's and the housing leer via this link: hp://atac.ism-

online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/

IMPORTANT: Please note as of Tuesday August 26th the nal bus will now depart at5:05pm, not 4:45pm. This later bus

departure me is being done on a 1 month trial basis.

Upcoming matches:

Saturday, September 12-Cross Country at Faith

Saturday, September 12-13- Varsity Cross Country exchange at ISB/Volleyball exchange at SAS

Varsity Soccer exchange at ISM-Come on out to support our teamsthis Friday andSaturday.

Friday, September 12 - VGirls vs UP4pm MSF/VBoys vs Ateneo5:30pmHSF

Saturday, September 13-VGirls vs UST8amand vs Ateneo2pm/VBoys vs UP8amand vs Lyceum12:30pm

Parents and students, please take some me to peruse the ATAC blog it has a wide variety of informaon 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 Soccer Fesvals have informaon at these links. Please note recent fesval venue changes for the C and G

teams. Please check carefully.

hp://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/es-soccer-rifa-league-fesvals/

hp://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/ms-soccer-rifa-league-fesvals/

Bearcat Den: Drop by our new 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.Monday Friday. We have new frisbees, swim

goggles, bearcat socks and other products now available.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athlecs Coordinator) gives the most up

to date informaon on where/when and who our Bearcat teams will be playing throughout the school year.

Access to thegame schedule is via the ISM parent portal not via power school as in the past. 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 you view the most current schedule.

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs/Acvies

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IASAS Volleyball/CrossCountry-housing neededASAP! ISM is hosting theIASAS Volleyball/CrossCountry ChampionshipsOct15-19. We need to house170 athletes for this event.Please print and submit ahousing letter to ATAC officeasap if you can support thisevent.

You can access information/FAQ's and housing lettervia :VB/XC housing infor-mation

We really need lots of ISMcommunity support to helpmake this a wonderful event.
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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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