M I D D L E

Issue # 24 February 27 to March 02, 2012

Student Bulletin
Regular Schedule Regular Schedule Student Late Start/Regular Schedule
MS Assembly (11:40 A.M.): Gr. 5 - AMR; Gr. 6 & 8 - FAT; Gr. 8 - LT

S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
February 27 to March 02, 2012
Monday, February 27 Tuesday, February 28 Wednesday, February 29 Thursday, March 01 Friday, March 02
Dear Students: We hope you all enjoyed your CWW experience and that you have taken away with you a deeper appreciation for your classmates and the community you served. Lets keep the spirit of team building and service alive! There are a number of ways to make a difference and contribute your time, energy and talents. What route will you take? What service learning activity can you get involved in? This week during assembly you will hear about course offerings for next school year. Please listen carefully to the information. Starting on Monday, March 5th, course registration will begin. We advise you to speak to your parents about your elective choices. If you have any questions about course choices, please talk to Ms. Van Der Merwe or Mr. St. Laurent. Have a great week ahead! Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

Regular Schedule Regular Schedule

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

February March 29 05 to 09 08 to 29 10 20 24 26 to 29 April 10 Summer Language Study Informational Meeting (5:30 P.M.) Course Registration MAP Testing ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet Parent Teacher Conferences Service Learning Trip Spirit Week Classes Resume

PowerSchool Grade Update

Mar. 09 - Grade Update Mar. 16 - Grade Update/Progress Report Distribution Mar. 23 - Grade Update

30 to Apr. 09 School Holiday

SUMMER LANGUAGE STUDY

The International School Manila Modern Language Department is pleased to announce its 2012 Summer Language Study / Home-stay / Travel Program to Spain. This program is for students 14 years of age or older as of June 1st. It aims to develop students language proficiency and to broaden their cultural knowledge. This program is being offered in cooperation with Tandem (http://www.escuela-montalban.com/index.php). We will spend three weeks at the Granada campus and one week at the Madrid campus. Students will continue learning and more importantly practicing Spanish through total immersion in classes and during the home-stay. The Tandem school finds families for students to stay with, assists in locating appropriate local resources for the groups activities, plans outings, maintains a list of local medical and emergency resources, and helps with the orientation for group leaders. Students will receive Spanish classes each morning that include language and culture subjects and prepare students for cultural visits. The cultural program will take place in the afternoons/evenings and will be made up of various supervised activities that take advantage of the unique environment while taking into account the individual interests of the students. Cultural activities include things such as preparing paella, guided tours of historical buildings, towns and museums, watching flamenco dancing, visiting hot water springs, beach trips, horseback riding, etc. The dates of this trip will be approximately June 2nd 30th, 2012. If you are interested, please contact Jennifer Diaz (diazj@ismanila.org) to receive more information. Students and parents interested in this trip to Spain should plan to attend an informational meeting at 5:30 on Wednesday, February 29th.

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

Congratulations to our MS girls and boys badminton teams who had success last weekend in the first tournament of the season down at Brent. The girls team were runners up and the two boys teams achieved runners up and champions in their divisions. Well done to the teams and to our coaches! Tomorrow is the ISM Sailfish Aquathon hosted by the Sailfish swim club. Details can be found on the sailfish website and past Friday bulletins. Good luck to all students and parents that have entered to race tomorrow. 3rd Season: Season practices schedules for Track and Field, Badminton, Softball for MS and HS students and Mixed Touch for MS students only are now posted to the blog and are on school notice boards. ATAC Events coming up: Feb. 25 ISM Sailfish Aquathon Feb 26 Varsity Boys Softball at ISM Mar. 2
JV/Varsity girls softball vs. Brent at ISM

Mar. 30 to April 9 - Spring break Apr. 11 Teams depart for IASAS 3rd Season Championships Track at Taipei Softball at Singapore Badminton at Kuala Lumpur May 12 ISM Gymnastics Dual Meet (this replaces the cancelled SACAC Singapore meet) May 18 to 20 Mixed Touch Tournament @Jakarta International School 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

Mar. 3 Track meet at ISM Swim meet at BSM Mar. 7 MS Academic Bowl at ISM Mar. 8 HS Academic Bowl at Brent Mar. 10 JV girls softball at Brent ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet MS Gym Mar. 17 ISM Pre IASAS Track meet (HS only) JV/Varsity girls softball at ISM Mar. 23 Twilight Track meet Varsity girls softball vs. Brent at ISM