M I D D L E

Issue # 33 May 13 to 17, 2013

Student Bulletin
May 13 to 17, 2013
No Classes Regular Schedule

S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday, May 13 Tuesday, May 14 Wednesday, May 15 Student Late Start Grade Level Assembly Gr. 5: MS Gym / Gr. 6: HB / Gr. 7: HB / Gr. 8: FAT Regular Schedule Regular Schedule

Thursday, May 16 Friday, May 17

End of Year Activities MAY

13 15 21 22 24 28 29 31 No Classes- Local Elections Finale Concert Beginners Recital (Grade 5 & 6) MS Tour and Talk MS Party / Bearcat Idol Grade 8 Advocating for Change (AFC) Homeless World Cup Tourney Grade 8 Dinner Dance

Dear Students: Thinking about summer already? You can now sign up for ISM Summer Sports Camps. See the ATAC blog or visit the ATAC Office for more information. Don't miss the MS Finale Concert this Wednesday, May 15 at 5:30 PM in the FAT. Band, Choir and Strings will all perform.

JUNE
3 4 5 Grade 8 Service Day Grade 8 Moving On Rehearsal and Awards Assembly Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony

There are no classes on Monday, May 13 due to the elections. Enjoy the 3-day weekend! Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

From the Athletics & Activities Office

4th season practices are now taking place for some of next years HS teams to start training. This is open for current grade 8s who will be freshmen 9th grade next year to join these practices. If you have questions, talk with the coaches. A big thanks to Coach Freddie from our ISM Judo team who coordinated with the Philippine Judo Association to host a great meet last Saturday. There were 150+ participants for this meet and with the support of the Judo Association of the Philippines everything was well organized and the meet ran to schedule all day. Congratulations to all participants results will be posted in next weeks bulletin. May 29th Homeless World Cup Soccer Tournament at ISM: fundraiser to send Philippines team to the annual World Cup Tournament. See Ms. Vogt for details and team registration. Sailfish Awards will be on Friday evening, May 17th. Please see Sailfish blog for information. Bearcat Council forms are available on the ATAC blog. If you wish to apply for Bearcat Council next school year, applications must be in by May 10th. No late applications will be accepted. Please remember the swimming facility will close for renovation works on May 17 and the planned reopening of the pool is set for September 1st. We are building a new 2 level grandstand, new locker rooms, new storage area, new coaches locker rooms, additional restrooms for the public and resurfacing the pool surrounds. ISM Summer Sports Camps information is now available on the ATAC summer camps blog page. The informational flyer will also be in the parent bulletins. Sign ups are on a first come first served basis! 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 power school secure site http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need your power school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf. BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/ 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 any of our den members during den opening hours. If youre interested in joining the Den volunteers, please contact Carolyn Ching for details at carolynqching@yahoo.com. We are always looking for new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS to join our group. Please note end of year lunch for Den volunteers is May 30th from 11:30am (venue to be announced) Final selling day for the Den will be June 4th, Den will be closed for inventory and summer pack up June 5. The den will re-open for business in the new school year on Monday, August 12th,2013 Sincerely, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/ Activities