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Volume 2, Issue # 16 November 30 to December 04, 2009
Student Bulletin
WEEK AT A GLANCE
November 30 to December 04, 2009 School Holiday Regular Schedule Student Late Start Homebase (11:40 A.M.) Regular Schedule Regular Schedule
S C H O O L
Monday, November 30 Tuesday, December 01 Wednesday, December 02 Thursday, December 03 Friday, December 04
Dear Students: Be sure to register for next season’s MS Activities this week and next. Registration ends on December 16th. The Registration Form is attached to this Student Bulletin. Are we living in “The Age of Stupid?” See the film and judge for yourself. Grade 7 and 8 will see the film on Tuesday, December 1 in Block B. The same day there will also be an open screening in the FAT at 3:00 P.M. You may notice some of your fellow students wearing red on Tuesday, December 1. Do you know why? Ask them to find out. Ms. Fredericks and Ms. Sayson
Upcoming Events in the Middle School
December 02 to 04 03 03 05 10 11 15 MS Musical Auditions MS Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT) MS/HS Beginning Groups Concert
(5:30 P.M., AMR)
PowerSchool Grade Update
Dec. 11 - Grade Update Jan. 05 - PowerSchool closes Jan. 15 - PowerSchool opens Jan. 18 - First Semester Reports Distribution
Service Learning: CCV MS Concert (5:30 P.M., FAT) MS Party - Grade 5 to 8 (5:00 P.M.) MS Sports Day
SERVICE LEARNING ANNOUNCEMENTS
PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS and INVISIBLE will be selling their recycled products in school this week. Sales (and demos) will take place on: • Tuesday, December 1, outside FAT from 11:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS) • Wednesday to Friday, December 2 to 4, outside the canteen from 11:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. (INVISIBLE, PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS) This is a wonderful opportunity to not only support these sustainable livelihood projects, but to get some Christmas shopping done too! For further information about these organisations (and links to their websites), please check out www.ism-online.org/ gogreen. Thank you for supporting this event.
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CCV FIELD TRIP will be on December 5. Grab a permission slip from Ms. Vergel.
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MS CHOIR STUDENTS
Combined Group Extra Rehearsals for MS Choirz this week – don’t forget! • Tuesday, December 1, 2:35 – 4:00 P.M. GIRLZ SING 5 & 6 (Rm. 1128) • Thursday, December 3, 2:35 – 4:00 P.M. BOYZ SING 5 & 6 (Rm. 1128) • Tuesday, December 8, 2:35 – 3:00 P.M. ALL MS SINGERS (FAT) ALL MS Musicians in the December 10 Concert will rehearse on Tuesday, December 8, 3:00 – 5:00 P.M.
MS AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Please be advised that the MS AFAC Dance and Music classes will end on December 11, 2009. Students who wish to continue with their activity for the Second Semester MUST register again. Registration period is on December 2 until December 16. Schedule of Season 3 activities is now available. Activities that will be taking place during the third season are: Basketball, Badminton, MS Mixed Touch, Recreational Gymnastics, Aquatics (learn to swim), Tennis and Circus Skills. If you are interested in any of the activities please go and register at the ES AFAC office based in the ES main office. Thanks . Dave Allen Middle School Activities Coordinator International School Manila University Parkway Fort Bonifacio (632) 840 8485
[email protected]
New Grade Six Blog!
The grade six team is pleased to announce the grand opening of their own grade level blog. The site is designed to be an entryway for students and parents to have easy access to resources and news. Students can gain quick access to teacher sites, see the latest grade level videos, view pictures from outings and activities, and quickly connect to any required school resource. Parents can view the latest updates about what is happening in grade six. They also have access to the same videos, pictures, links, teacher sites and resources as students. Recent posts include teacher bios and an article about how grade six students are reaching out to the less fortunate members of our community. The Grade Six Blog will now take the place of the grade six quarterly newsletters. Top 5 reasons why the Grade Six Blog is better than the newsletter: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Parents will be able to access information more quickly. Parents can even subscribe to the blog RSS feed and get notified immediately when there is a new posting. The blog can showcase more kind of information than the newsletter: slideshows, videos, student work samples… Certain parts of the blog will allow students and parents to comment, thus improving the dialogue about learning. The blog also has space to put resources and news for the students. It’s a way to encourage students (and teachers and parents) to improve their technology skills.
Grade six would like to extend a huge thank-you to our I.T. Integration Teacher, Darren Sturgeon, for helping set up their blog. You can check out the Grade Six Blog at: http://grade6.ism-online.org/
Volume 2, Issue # 16 November 30 to December 04, 2009
Student Bulletin
WEEK AT A GLANCE
November 30 to December 04, 2009 School Holiday Regular Schedule Student Late Start Homebase (11:40 A.M.) Regular Schedule Regular Schedule
S C H O O L
Monday, November 30 Tuesday, December 01 Wednesday, December 02 Thursday, December 03 Friday, December 04
Dear Students: Be sure to register for next season’s MS Activities this week and next. Registration ends on December 16th. The Registration Form is attached to this Student Bulletin. Are we living in “The Age of Stupid?” See the film and judge for yourself. Grade 7 and 8 will see the film on Tuesday, December 1 in Block B. The same day there will also be an open screening in the FAT at 3:00 P.M. You may notice some of your fellow students wearing red on Tuesday, December 1. Do you know why? Ask them to find out. Ms. Fredericks and Ms. Sayson
Upcoming Events in the Middle School
December 02 to 04 03 03 05 10 11 15 MS Musical Auditions MS Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT) MS/HS Beginning Groups Concert
(5:30 P.M., AMR)
PowerSchool Grade Update
Dec. 11 - Grade Update Jan. 05 - PowerSchool closes Jan. 15 - PowerSchool opens Jan. 18 - First Semester Reports Distribution
Service Learning: CCV MS Concert (5:30 P.M., FAT) MS Party - Grade 5 to 8 (5:00 P.M.) MS Sports Day
SERVICE LEARNING ANNOUNCEMENTS
PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS and INVISIBLE will be selling their recycled products in school this week. Sales (and demos) will take place on: • Tuesday, December 1, outside FAT from 11:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS) • Wednesday to Friday, December 2 to 4, outside the canteen from 11:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. (INVISIBLE, PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS) This is a wonderful opportunity to not only support these sustainable livelihood projects, but to get some Christmas shopping done too! For further information about these organisations (and links to their websites), please check out www.ism-online.org/ gogreen. Thank you for supporting this event.
***
CCV FIELD TRIP will be on December 5. Grab a permission slip from Ms. Vergel.
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MS CHOIR STUDENTS
Combined Group Extra Rehearsals for MS Choirz this week – don’t forget! • Tuesday, December 1, 2:35 – 4:00 P.M. GIRLZ SING 5 & 6 (Rm. 1128) • Thursday, December 3, 2:35 – 4:00 P.M. BOYZ SING 5 & 6 (Rm. 1128) • Tuesday, December 8, 2:35 – 3:00 P.M. ALL MS SINGERS (FAT) ALL MS Musicians in the December 10 Concert will rehearse on Tuesday, December 8, 3:00 – 5:00 P.M.
MS AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Please be advised that the MS AFAC Dance and Music classes will end on December 11, 2009. Students who wish to continue with their activity for the Second Semester MUST register again. Registration period is on December 2 until December 16. Schedule of Season 3 activities is now available. Activities that will be taking place during the third season are: Basketball, Badminton, MS Mixed Touch, Recreational Gymnastics, Aquatics (learn to swim), Tennis and Circus Skills. If you are interested in any of the activities please go and register at the ES AFAC office based in the ES main office. Thanks . Dave Allen Middle School Activities Coordinator International School Manila University Parkway Fort Bonifacio (632) 840 8485
[email protected]
New Grade Six Blog!
The grade six team is pleased to announce the grand opening of their own grade level blog. The site is designed to be an entryway for students and parents to have easy access to resources and news. Students can gain quick access to teacher sites, see the latest grade level videos, view pictures from outings and activities, and quickly connect to any required school resource. Parents can view the latest updates about what is happening in grade six. They also have access to the same videos, pictures, links, teacher sites and resources as students. Recent posts include teacher bios and an article about how grade six students are reaching out to the less fortunate members of our community. The Grade Six Blog will now take the place of the grade six quarterly newsletters. Top 5 reasons why the Grade Six Blog is better than the newsletter: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Parents will be able to access information more quickly. Parents can even subscribe to the blog RSS feed and get notified immediately when there is a new posting. The blog can showcase more kind of information than the newsletter: slideshows, videos, student work samples… Certain parts of the blog will allow students and parents to comment, thus improving the dialogue about learning. The blog also has space to put resources and news for the students. It’s a way to encourage students (and teachers and parents) to improve their technology skills.
Grade six would like to extend a huge thank-you to our I.T. Integration Teacher, Darren Sturgeon, for helping set up their blog. You can check out the Grade Six Blog at: http://grade6.ism-online.org/
