M I D D L E S C H O O L

Volume 3, Issue # 28
March 28 to April 01, 2011
Student Bulletin
WEEK AT A GLANCE
March 28 to April 01, 2011
Monday, March 28 Regular Schedule
Tuesday, March 29 Regular Schedule
Wednesday, March 30 Student Late Start/Regular Schedule
Grade Level Assembly (11:40 A.M.)
Gr. 5 - AMR; Gr. 6 - MS Gym; Gr. 7 - LT; Gr. 8 - FAT
Thursday, March 31 Regular Schedule
Friday, April 01 Regular Schedule

Dear Students,

Welcome back to ISM! We hope you had a great break and are ready to get back into action.

MAP testing begins this week Wednesday, March 30. Specific test times will depend upon your schedule. Be sure to rest well the night
before your testing and eat a good breakfast. This will help your ability to concentrate.

On Friday, April 1 students who purchased an “I love Japan” t-shirt to support the emergency relief efforts may have a free dress
day. If you did not purchase a t-shirt, you may wear red and white for a donation of PHP 100.00, which will be collected during first
period, D block. Otherwise, you are expected to dress in regular ISM uniform.

Recently a number of badminton rackets have been broken during lunch. This is unfortunate as we are all responsible for taking care of
school equipment. As a result of the damaged equipment, badminton rackets will no longer be available during break times. If you
wish to play badminton during lunch, you need to bring in your own racket.

In the coming weeks you may notice a 4-square court laid out in the MS courtyard. If you wish to play 4-square with your friends, you
will need to bring in your own ball to play.

Student Council will be hosting a courtyard event. Make sure to listen to announcements so you can attend this entertaining Middle
School celebration or ask your student council representative for more information.

The ISM Aquathon 2011 will take place this Saturday, April 2. Please see the bulletin for registration details on this exciting event.

Ms. Fredericks and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School PowerSchool Grade Update

March 30 to April 12 MAP Testing
April 02 ISM Aquathon 2011
April 08 - Grade Update
11 School Holiday (Bataan Day)
12 PTA General Meeting (7:30 A.M., LT)
13 Parent Coffee (8:30 A.M., LT) April 20 - Progress Reports
21 to 22 School Holiday (Holy Week) Distribution
25 to 29 PTA Used Book Fair (CMC Lobby)
26 MS/HS Beginning Recital (5:00 P.M., LT)
27 Activity Period (1:35 P.M.)
May 02 School Holiday (Labor Day)
03 to 13 MS Art Exhibition
04 to 06 Gr. 4 Ambassador Program
05 to 07 MS Play
05 Art Exhibition Opening (3:00 P.M., FAT Gallery)
13 Bearcat Idol
16 to 20 Grade 4 Tour and Talk
18 MS Finale Concert (5:30 P.M., FAT)
 MSMC Creative Writing
Competition Winners
The writing competition launched during Bearcat Book
Week has now been read and judged by a panel of MS
teachers. The winners will each receive a gift pack from
National Book Store, and the winning poems/stories will
be published in the MS Yearbook ‘Salinlahi’.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Grade 5: Calvin Zhang
Grade 6: Jiwon Cyhn
Grade 7: Aparna Mohan
Grade 8: Shay Linell
Adult: Harveen Kaur (parent)
Image from Sector 7 by David Wiesner.
Clarion Books, New York, 1999.
PE Classes
with Coach Dassah
Change of venue for Coach Dassah’s PE class:
• Grade 5 - Invasion games – in the covered
court
• Grade 6 – in the swimming pool
Middle School Academic Bowl
As you know, a massive earthquake and Tsunami struck
Japan last Friday, 11th March. Our hearts and thoughts are
with those affected by this devastating disaster.
The first week back on the Friday, 1 April will be a free
dress day for MS Students. If you wear the “I love Ja-
pan” 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 char-
acters 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 activi-
ties and from the Disaster Relief Fund.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORP.
Account Name: International School Manila
Account No.: US$ S/A 069-004984-130
PhP S/A 068-014950-040
Bank Address: Fort Bonifacio Branch, Taguig City,
Metro Manila, Philippines
Swift 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
After School Activities
 FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE
GAME SCHEDULE PDF MS Gymnasts
(new procedure in place for access to game schedule pdf infor-
mation) STUDENT VAULT BARS BEAM FL AA
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams
can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also access this informa- Gabriela Ellis 8th
tion via the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages. Please note the game Anna Lewis-Workman 6th 6th 5th
schedule does change often due to involvement with many local
schools so please check the page regularly to find out the latest Jessica Zhang 6th
information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing.
Elise Malvicini 7th
Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the
http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ . You will need your Lara Fernandez 6th 6th 8th
power school user name and password to access the game sched-
ule pdf now located in power school Celine Teh 5th 3rd
Alicia Preysler 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd
ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES Andrea Preysler 6th 6th 7th 7th
(for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule page as
above) Chiara Amor 5th 7th 2nd 7th
• April 2 - Track Meet at Brent MS/HS track teams
Mckenzie Kinsella 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd
• April 8 - HS Twilight Track Meet at ISM vs. Brent
• April 17 - (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS Jessica Morris 3rd 7th 5th 6th 4th
Track at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting Badminton
Georgina Pekin 5th 6th 4th
BEARCAT DEN
Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Kayla Uytengsu 6th 4th
♦ Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. and
2:30–4:00 P.M.
♦ Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:30-4:00 P.M.
HS Gymnasts
Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in joining
STUDENT VAULT BARS BEAM FL AA
our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, please contact our
BCD volunteers coordinator, Chantel (fam.wanten@hotmail.com) Ines Tambunting 7th 8th
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. Gaby Montinola 8th

IASAS BADMINTON at ISM - April 18-21

ES Boys Gymnasts
Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tournament can STUDENT VAULT P. BARS POMMEL FX AA
now be found on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism-online.org
Aiden Carter 1st 3rd 2nd 6th 2nd
We are currently accepting housing offers for the 80 visiting Bad-
minton athletes. If you can help with housing, please read details Hiroyuki Tabe 4th 5th 3rd 7th 7th
on the blog and a housing letter can also be accessed via the blog
or hard copy picked up from the ATAC office.
*** 1st Place Level 5 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Congratulations Level 5 girls
CONGRATULATIONS ISM GYMNASTICS TEAM
(McKenzie Kinsella, Alicia Preysler)
for participating in the ISM GOODWILL MEET
March 5, 2011
1st Place - ALL AROUND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Congratulations ISM gymnasts what a great result!
ES Gymnasts

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
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MAY AND JUNE

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP