M I D D L E

Issue # 12 November 05 to 09, 2012

Student Bulletin

S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
November 05 to 09, 2012
Monday, November 05 Tuesday, November 06 Wednesday, November 07 Thursday, November 08 Friday, November 09 Regular Schedule Regular Schedule Student Late Start/Regular Schedule MS Assembly (11:40 A.M., FAT) Regular Schedule Regular Schedule

Dear Students:

Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

October 26 November 05 05 to 09 06 08 to 11 15 15 to 19 19 to 23 20 23 Beginning of School Holiday Classes Resume ESL Placement Testing MS Academic Bowl GIN Conference Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT) MS ISTA Festival PTA New Book Fair Gr. 5 & 6 Beginners Recital PTA Charity Bazaar

PowerSchool Grade Update

Nov. 16 - Progress Report Distribution Nov. 29 - Grade Update

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

2nd Season ATAC Sports: Tryouts have now concluded and the practice Schedule for MS & HS sports is in this bulletin for Basketball, Tennis, Varsity Swimming, Boys Rugby and Girls Touch. The schedule is also on the blog and on notice boards around school. For interested Basketball players, please see the flyer in this bulletin and on school notice boards for an upcoming Basketball camp being held at school for ISM MS/HS students during the October break. Results for all the Cross Country meets completed during the season can be found on the Cross Country results page http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1stseason/cross-country-race-results/. A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog and also to follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page). Each Monday, I will post the weeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog and in the regular Friday Parent Bulletins. GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid-week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. 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 information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the PowerSchool secure site http:// powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need your PowerSchool username and password to access the game schedule. HS Student registration for ATAC activities: (new for school year 12-13) A Google doc registration is now available for all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonal sports teams, MUN and Cultural Convention programs. Please take the time to complete this online registration for activities that you plan on joining this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registration tab found under the Helpful Shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. (Please note this is for HS students only and you must use your school email address to access the link. Personal gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to access the page.) BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcatden/ Our Bearcat Den is open for business, please drop by to check out the range of Bearcat products. We have a great team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a fantastic group please contact Melanie Ball, our volunteer coordinator, at melaniehball@gmail.com. We have a new range of dri fit tshirts now available along with new Bearcat bags Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wednesday & Friday, 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities

Middle School Academic Bowl Practice Sessions

Congratulations to the students who will be representing ISM in the Middle School Academic Bowl this November. We wish you the best! 1. Caroline Strang - Grade 8 2. Bianca Catoto - Grade 8 3. Hyun Jin (Emmy) Nam - Grade 8 4. Jessica Zhang - Grade 8 5. Jeffrey Bui - Grade 8 6. Sang Won Lee - Grade 7 7. David Yuanwei Zhang - Grade 6 8. Ibrahim Ahmed - Grade 6 9. Johann Singh - Grade 6 10. Ratul Mangal - Grade 5

Valerie Birchenall MS Academic Bowl Coach