issue no. 30 (week of april 11 to 15)

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From the Middle School Office

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

The second administration of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

continues this week and ends on Friday. As with the November testing,

students cannot prepare ahead of time. Please ensure that your child gets

an adequate nights rest and a healthy breakfast so that your child can do

his/her best.

We will be hosting a Parent Coffee on Wednesday, April 13 from 8:30 9:45

in the Little Theater. The topic will be Cyber Savvy: Understanding Your

Child. Please plan to attend.

It is that time of the year when we are seeing a lot of our students hanging

out on campus after school hours. Since the beginning of the school year

and repeatedly throughout the year, we have told all Middle School

students that they should not be on campus after 3:00 P.M. unless they are

in a supervised club or activity. It is not that we dont care for them, but

that we do not have adult supervision in the various areas of the campus.

If it is necessary for a student to wait for a sibling, then your child can waitin the MSMC until 4:00 P.M. or in the MS/HS cafeteria. Otherwise, we ask

that you make the necessary arrangements to have your child picked up at

dismissal time.

School will be closed on Monday, April 11 to commemorate Bataan Day,

and classes resume on Tuesday, April 12. Have a great 3-day weekend!

Sincerely,

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 30

WEEKOF APRIL 11 TO 15, 2011

Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOL

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATEPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

Apr. 20 Progress Reports Distribution

May 06 Grade Update

Important Announcement from Admissions

PTA Announcements

Other Announcements

ATAC Announcements

IASAS Badminton 2011 Schedule

ISM Summer Sports Camp

ISM Calendar for SY 2011-2012

Chinese Summer Camp Beijing 2011

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

APRIL

11 School Holiday (Bataan Day)

12 PTA General Meeting (7:30 A.MLT)

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

15 Courtyard Event (3:00 P.M.)

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.)31 Grade 8: Arguing for Change

JUNE

03 Grade 8 Dinner Dance (7:00 P.MLT)

06 Grade 8 Trip Day

08 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony

Please read the Important Announcement in Page 2 from

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

* * *

Check out revised Calendar

for School Year 2011-2012 on page 11.


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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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PTA Announcements

YEARBOOK PHOTOS

The Yearbook Photos are here! Please drop by the

Middle School Office to pick up the photo!


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Athletics and Activities Office AnnouncementsIASAS 3rd Season information:

IASAS travel packets for 3rd season teams have been

distributed via coaches. Please get documents and in-

formation returned asap. Please bring your passport toJoan at ATAC office so we can begin processing for your

trip.

IASAS Send off assembly for all 3rd season IASAS teams

is April 6th.

IASAS Send off lunch sponsored by parents is at the HS

courtyard immediately after assembly on Wednesday,

April 13th.

IASAS 3rd Season sports awards is Friday, May 6th at HS

Gym starting at 5:30 P.M. - dress to impress!

Congratulations to Prerna Bhargava, Julia Saubier and

Enzon Razon who achieved new school records at the

Brent Track Meet last Saturday. Prerna ran in 11:23

the 3000m, Julia threw 27.28m in the discus and Enzo

ran a blistering 11:08 seconds in the 100m dash.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (new procedure in place for ac-

cess to game schedule pdf information)

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM

teams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also ac-

cess this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web

pages. 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 informa-

tion 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 pdf now located in PowerSchool.

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES (for ALL match/schedule

details check game schedule page as above)

Friday, April 8 - HS Twilight Track Meet at ISM vs. Brent

April 8 - Varsity Girls Softball vs. Brent at ISM

April 9 - ISM Boys Softball Invitational HS Field

April 17 (Sunday) - Teams depart for IASAS, Track at

ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting Badminton

April 29 - May 1 SACAC Gymnastics Competition Singa-

pore American School

April 29 - May 1 - JIS Invitational Mixed Touch Tourna-

ment Jakarta

BEARCAT DEN:

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 A.M.

1:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from 2:30 - 4:00

P.M.

Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested

in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den

please contact our BCD volunteers coordination Chantel

([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.

PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations for this school

year is TUESDAY, JUNE 7th

. The Den volunteers will bein hibernation from June 8th until reopening day on

Monday, August 8th, 2011

IASAS BADMINTON at ISM - April 18-21:

ISM is very excited to host the IASAS Badminton tourna-

ment in 3 weeks time, final preparations are well un-

derway and our teams are training hard for this tourna-

ment. See ATAC blog for tournament draw and informa-

tion.

Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tourna-

ment can now be found on the ATAC Bloghttp://atac.ism-online.org

All housing for IASAS Badminton is now complete. For

families that have agreed to house your guest information

letters will be distributed next week April 4th 8th via the

divisional offices. Please return the slip attached so we

know you have received the information letter.

See these links for IASAS Track Schedule in

Bangkok http://atac.ism-

online.org/files/2011/04/Meet-Schedule.pdf

and IASAS Softball Schedule in Jakarta

http://atac.ism-online.org/files/2011/04/Meet-Schedule.pdf


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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

MAY AND JUNE

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP


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Calendar for SY 2011-2012


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