M I D D L E

Issue # 19 January 23 to 27, 2012

Student Bulletin
School Holiday (No Classes) Regular Schedule Student Late Start/Regular Schedule

S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
January 23 to 27, 2012
Monday, January 23 Tuesday, January 24 Wednesday, January 25 Thursday, January 26 Friday, January 27
Dear Students: Congratulations to those involved with the All Choirs Concert. It was a colorful display of great music made possible by hard work and collaboration. Report cards will be distributed Tuesday, January 24. Take time to review your report cards with your parents. They may be able to give good advice on how to improve. Also, discuss with teachers any questions you have about where to focus your efforts this semester. As a reminder, there are no classes on Monday, January 23. It is Chinese New Year the year of the dragon. ! Enjoy the three day weekend. Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

MS Grade Level Assembly (11:40 A.M.): Gr. 5 - LT; Gr. 6 - FAT; Gr. 7 AMR; Gr. 8 - MS Gym

Regular Schedule Regular Schedule

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

23 26 February 01 to 05 08 to 12 10 16 16 to 19 17 20 to 24 23 January School Holiday New Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT) AMIS Strings Festival AMIS Honor Band MS Party (Gr. 5 to 8) Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT) ISTA Festival No Classes (Faculty In-Service) Classroom Without Walls (CWW) Gr. 8 HS Parents Course Selection Information Night (5:30 P.M., Lofthouse)

PowerSchool Grade Update

Jan. 24 - Report Card Distribution (via courier) Jan. 27 - Grade Update

USE OF MS GYM
Please note that during break times and lunches, the MS Gym will only be available for badminton and no equipment games. If you wish to play badminton, please bring a racket and shuttle with you. CONGRATULATIONS to all the singers involved in the All Choirs Concert on Tuesday! It was an incredible evening, and the audience thoroughly enjoyed your musicality, sensitivity, collaboration, and the many COLORS of expression in your songs. Thank you for your hard work, extra rehearsals, and for sharing your selves with us through music. Parents, thank you also for the wonderful merienda, and for showing so much support for your childs involvement in the music program. We are especially grateful for you! Ms. Hausman

Reminder
Please remember that the normal security procedures still apply on that day. If you have invited a guest from outside our school com munity to join us, and they will not be entering campus with you, please email their details to the Security Office. Email address is secu rity@ismanila.org. As we have limited parking on campus and we expect a large number of vehicles, ONLY OWNERDRIVEN CARS will be allowed to re main on campus. We ask that vehicles driven by employed drivers to enter via Gate 3 only, and drop their passengers off at school and only return to the campus for the purpose of picking up. Holders of ISM ID cards will be able to enter as pedestrians through Gates 1 and 3 should they wish. Gate 2 will be closed to all.

iBelieve at IFFD
Have the chance to viewfor the first time!the 12 Finalists at the iBelieve Photo Exhibit at International Family Fun Day. 1:00 P.M. onwards - Outside MS Guidance 7:00 P.M. onwards - Outside the Fine Arts Theater

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

Plans are well underway for our hosting of IASAS Rugby/Touch to make this a memorable tournament for all the ISM community. If you can assist with housing, we really need your support. See below for details in regards to housing a visiting athlete. IASAS RUGBY/TOUCH HOUSING: The next fantastic ISM Special event is on the horizon when we host Rugby/Touch from February 1-5, 2012 and 140 athletes require housing for this event. The housing letter can be accessed via the ATAC blog or there is a link to it on the IASAS Rugby/Touch page. Housing letters are due in now! Please return these ASAP so the housing can be confirmed for all our guests who will arrive on Feb 1st. IASAS Venues for 2nd Season: Traveling teams depart on Wednesday, February 1st and will return on February 5th. Rugby/Touch @ ISM Basketball @ ISB Bangkok Swimming @ Jakarta Tennis @ ISKL Kuala Lumpur Congratulations to our team of Sailfish coaches who successfully hosted a great varsity swim meet last Saturday at the ISM pool. Swim teams from American School in Japan and Shanghai American school flew in for this meet and had a great day of racing. The team from ASIJ also spent Friday morning visiting and working with one of our service partners to engage with and assist some underprivileged children. From all reports they found this an extremely valuable and rewarding venture. 3rd Season starts soon: February 6th sees the start of 3rd season for (Track and Field, Badminton, Softball for MS and HS students and Mixed Touch for MS students only) Tryouts information and practice schedules are now posted to the blog and on school notice boards. 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 http:// powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need your Powerschool username and password to access the game schedule. BEARCAT DEN: Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, from 2:30 4:00 P.M. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Radhika at radhikasavantmohit@yahoo.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. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities