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

Volume 3, Issue # 35
May 16 to 20, 2011
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday, May 16
Tuesday, May 17
Wednesday, May 18
Thursday, May 19
Friday, May 20
Student Bulletin
May 16 to 20, 2011
Regular Schedule
Regular Schedule
Student Late Start/Regular Schedule
MS Assembly (11:40 am)
Gr. 5 to 7 - FAT; Gr. 8 - MS Gym
Regular Schedule
Regular Schedule

Dear Students:

This year’s final progress reports will be distributed this Friday, May 20. Thank you for doing your
best to stay focused in the level up to the end of the school year.

The MS Finale Concert will take place this Wednesday, May 18 at 5:30 P.M. in the FAT. You are all
encouraged to attend and hear how far these students have come. Support your classmates and treat
yourself to some excellent music!

Remember to turn in all checked-out materials, especially textbooks, to the appropriate locations as
soon as your teacher gives permission. You can avoid waiting in long lines at the end of the year by
returning items early.

Ms. Fredericks and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School PowerSchool Grade Update

May 16 to 20 Grade 4 Tour and Talk

May 20 - Progress Reports
18 to 20 Student Council Executive Council Elections
Distribution
18 MS Finale Concert (5:30 pm, FAT)
June 01 - PowerSchool closes
25 Activity Period (9:45 am)
31 Grade 8: Arguing for Change
June 03 Grade 8 Dinner Dance (7:00 pm, LT)
06 Grade 8 Trip Day
08 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony (4:00 pm, FAT)
09 Early Student Release (12 noon)
 CALLING ALL STUDENTS!
Please begin returning any books, equip-
ments, costumes, etc. that you have bor-
rowed from the Media Centers, Fine Arts, IT
and ATAC Offices this week to avoid any in-
convenience as we lead to the end of the
school year.
 FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE
Thanks very much to the 270+ guests who came to the 3rd season
sports awards at the HS gym last Friday evening. It was an enjoy-
able evening to celebrate the success of our 3rd season teams and
on behalf of the ISM administrative team, I would like to thank all
parents for coming along to support your children and a big thanks
to all coaches and athletes for your hard work during 3rd season.
The success of our double gold medal softball teams along with
solid performances from our track and badminton teams made it
a great way to top off the school year as far as our sports program
is concerned. We look forward to more Bearcat success in school
year 2011-2012!
Middle School 3rd Season Sports Awards were also held last week
for Track & Field/ Mixed Touch/Softball and Badminton. A big
thanks to the coaches/students and parents who attended. For
our all year round ATAC teams, the end of year Awards Ceremony
will be held on Friday, June 3rd. Please see list below on the
ATAC highlights update for details or the flyer posted on notice
boards around school and in the bulletins.
Next year’s dates and IASAS Schedule can be found on the ATAC
Blog. ISM will host MUN in November 2011 and Rugby/Touch in
February 2012. We look forward to these events in the 2011-2012
school year. Don’t forget the IASAS 30th Anniversary will take
place this coming October with a huge celebration at SAS with all
first season sports taking place in Singapore.
The May or 4th Season practice schedule is posted on notice
boards, bulletins and on the ATAC blog (see schedules tab) Prac-
tices for HS teams are open for grade 8 students who will be
freshman next year through to grade 11 students. This is a good
time to come out and show the HS coaches your level of skill and
dedication for soccer, volleyball and rugby sessions that are being
offered.
GAME SCHEDULE PDF:
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can
be found via the ATAC blog. You can also access 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 information 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 lo-
cated in power school
ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES – (for ALL match/schedule details
check game schedule page as above)
• May 28th - Tae Kwon Do Tournament in ISM Covered Court
• June 1st - Homeless World Cup Football Tournament (see post-
ers/notices around school for team entry details)
• June 3rd - End of Year all season sports awards ES Gym 3:15-4:15
pm (Aikido, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Table Tennis, Chess, Wall
Climbing and Gymnastics)
• June 3rd and 4th - Aikido Seminar in ISM Covered Court
BEARCAT DEN:
Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:
• Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm and
2:30 – 4:00 pm
• Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in joining our
group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, please contact our BCD vol-
unteers coordinator, Chantel (fam.wanten@hotmail.com) 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 TUES-
DAY, JUNE 7th. The Den volunteers will be in hibernation from June
8th until reopening day on Monday, August 8th, 2011.
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