Middle School Student Bulletin - Issue No. 26 - March 11 to 15
Content
M I D D L E
Issue # 26 March 11 to 15, 2013
Student Bulletin
March 11 to 15, 2013
S C H O O L
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday, March 11 Tuesday, March 12 Wednesday, March 13 Regular Schedule/ MAP Testing Regular Schedule/ MAP Testing Student Late Start/ MAP Testing Grade Level Assembly (11:40 A.M.) Gr. 5– LT; Gr. 6– HB; Gr. 7– AMR; Gr. 8– MS Gym Regular Schedule/ MAP Testing Regular Schedule/ MAP Testing
Thursday, March 14 Friday, March 15
Dear Students: Our MS Academic Bowl team won the competition last week. Congratulations to all involved. Great work! Show Choir auditions continue this week. Good luck to all those going for this great opportunity. You do not want to the miss the next MS Party - Carnivale. It takes place from 5:30 to 8:00 P.M. this Friday, March 15 in a new venue - ES Field and Playground. See you there.
Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson Upcoming Events in the Middle School March 4 to 27 15 25 to 27 28 to 29 1 to 8 9 MAP Testing MS Party (Grade 5 to 8) Spirit Week School Holiday School Holiday National Holiday (Bataan Day)
April
The Yearbook Pictures are now available for pick up in the MS Office.
From the School Clinic
TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2013
INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS
Vaccination Day: March 13thWednesday Last day to sign up/pay: March 6th Wednesday Price: Php 480.00 Vaccine: GSK Influenza vaccine
Influenza or commonly known as ‘flu’ ‘trangkaso’is caused by the influenza virus. The influenza virus is easily transmitted through things you touch or in the air we breathe. Flu vaccine is recommended for everyone above 6 months old. Getting the flu shot should be done annually because the circulating strains of the flu virus change each year, hence the composition of the vaccine is updated annually. For tropical counties the flu is present year –round with peaks during the months of July – September. Everyone with a valid ISM ID may participate in this vaccination session. Order forms are available at the Cashier office or by visiting the Clinic. Please complete the form and make your payment to the Cashier. Payment for these vaccinations must be made to the cashier department by no later than Wednesday 6th of March .The vaccines will then be ordered and no further registrations will be accepted. If you would like to discuss the vaccine or have any questions please contact Jowell Custodio or Claudette Bekedam at the Clinic. Clinic direct number: 840 8581/82 Email:[email protected]
From the Athletics & Activities Office
Congratulations to all our IASAS Music, Art/Dance/Drama and Debate/Forensics delegates for their efforts last weekend at the IASAS Cultural Convention. A big congratulations to Akshar Bonu and Kerri Tinga who won Gold and Bronze at Jakarta in their respective forensic events of Impromptu Speaking and Oral Interpretation. MS/HS 3rd Season sports practice schedules for Badminton, Softball, Track & Field and MS Mixed Touch: please see practice schedule via the ATAC blog schedules pages or school notice boards( http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/ ) IASAS Track and Field April 10-14: Housing letters for the IASAS Track and Field event are now available via the ATAC blog. Please sign up early to house a visiting track athlete in April. We need to house 150 athletes in total and still require 60 athletes to be housed. Teams arrive the day we return from spring break so deadline for return of letters is March 15th in order for us to confirm all housing assignments prior to the holiday starting. For general information about housing at IASAS tournaments see the housing and hosting page ( http://atac.ismonline.org/iasas/iasas-housing/ ) ISM Summer Sports Camps: Information will be coming out later this month. Announcements will be placed in the parent bulletins and all information will be available on the summer camps page on the ATAC blog. Stay tuned for more information! March 5, MS Academic Bowl: Congratulations to the ISM Academic Bowl team who won this event on Tuesday. Scores ISM 433, Faith 325, Brent 248. Well done to Mr and Mrs Birchenall for their splendid coordination of this event for our MS students. March 6, HS Academic Bowl: Well done to our HS Academic Bowl team who placed 2nd on Wednesday in the competition at Brent. March 8, MS/HS ISM Twilight Track meet with Brent and Faith: Warm-up starts at 3:15pm Meet starts at 3:45pm and runs till about 7:30 pm. We need some parents to volunteer for timekeeping/ marshalling duties if you can assist please contact [email protected] March 9, ISM Wall climbing tournament: This will be held at the MS Gym from 12:30pm. Results from the Brent Mar 2 track meet are now posted via the track results page. 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 midweek/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. HS Student registration for ATAC activities (new for school year ’12-13): A Google doc registration is now available for all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonal sports teams, MUN and Cultural Convention programs. Please take the time to complete this online registration for activities that you plan on joining this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registration tab found under the helpful shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. Please note this is for HS students only and you must use your school email address to access the link. Personal gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to access the page. 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 you’re interested in joining the Den volunteers, please contact Carolyn Ching for details( [email protected]). We are always looking for new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS to join our group. Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wed and Fridays from 11:30am – 1:00pm and each afternoon from 2:30-4pm. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities
Middle School Academic Bowl
Congratulations to the Middle School Academic Bowl team for WINNING at the semester two Academic Bowl competition held here at ISM on Tuesday 5th March 2013. The ISM team members were:
Caroline Strang: grade 8 Bianca Catoto : grade 8 Hyun JIn (Emmy) Nam grade 8 Jessica Mae Cuadro: grade 8 Ilham Thomson : grade 7 Kaiwen (Calvin) Zhang : grade 7 David Yuanwei Zhang : grade 6 Ibrahim Ahmed: grade 6 Johann Singh : grade 6 Ratul Mangal: grade 5 Olivia Heugh : grade 5
Go Bearcats!!! Coach Valerie Birchenall
Issue # 26 March 11 to 15, 2013
Student Bulletin
March 11 to 15, 2013
S C H O O L
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday, March 11 Tuesday, March 12 Wednesday, March 13 Regular Schedule/ MAP Testing Regular Schedule/ MAP Testing Student Late Start/ MAP Testing Grade Level Assembly (11:40 A.M.) Gr. 5– LT; Gr. 6– HB; Gr. 7– AMR; Gr. 8– MS Gym Regular Schedule/ MAP Testing Regular Schedule/ MAP Testing
Thursday, March 14 Friday, March 15
Dear Students: Our MS Academic Bowl team won the competition last week. Congratulations to all involved. Great work! Show Choir auditions continue this week. Good luck to all those going for this great opportunity. You do not want to the miss the next MS Party - Carnivale. It takes place from 5:30 to 8:00 P.M. this Friday, March 15 in a new venue - ES Field and Playground. See you there.
Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson Upcoming Events in the Middle School March 4 to 27 15 25 to 27 28 to 29 1 to 8 9 MAP Testing MS Party (Grade 5 to 8) Spirit Week School Holiday School Holiday National Holiday (Bataan Day)
April
The Yearbook Pictures are now available for pick up in the MS Office.
From the School Clinic
TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2013
INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS
Vaccination Day: March 13thWednesday Last day to sign up/pay: March 6th Wednesday Price: Php 480.00 Vaccine: GSK Influenza vaccine
Influenza or commonly known as ‘flu’ ‘trangkaso’is caused by the influenza virus. The influenza virus is easily transmitted through things you touch or in the air we breathe. Flu vaccine is recommended for everyone above 6 months old. Getting the flu shot should be done annually because the circulating strains of the flu virus change each year, hence the composition of the vaccine is updated annually. For tropical counties the flu is present year –round with peaks during the months of July – September. Everyone with a valid ISM ID may participate in this vaccination session. Order forms are available at the Cashier office or by visiting the Clinic. Please complete the form and make your payment to the Cashier. Payment for these vaccinations must be made to the cashier department by no later than Wednesday 6th of March .The vaccines will then be ordered and no further registrations will be accepted. If you would like to discuss the vaccine or have any questions please contact Jowell Custodio or Claudette Bekedam at the Clinic. Clinic direct number: 840 8581/82 Email:[email protected]
From the Athletics & Activities Office
Congratulations to all our IASAS Music, Art/Dance/Drama and Debate/Forensics delegates for their efforts last weekend at the IASAS Cultural Convention. A big congratulations to Akshar Bonu and Kerri Tinga who won Gold and Bronze at Jakarta in their respective forensic events of Impromptu Speaking and Oral Interpretation. MS/HS 3rd Season sports practice schedules for Badminton, Softball, Track & Field and MS Mixed Touch: please see practice schedule via the ATAC blog schedules pages or school notice boards( http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/ ) IASAS Track and Field April 10-14: Housing letters for the IASAS Track and Field event are now available via the ATAC blog. Please sign up early to house a visiting track athlete in April. We need to house 150 athletes in total and still require 60 athletes to be housed. Teams arrive the day we return from spring break so deadline for return of letters is March 15th in order for us to confirm all housing assignments prior to the holiday starting. For general information about housing at IASAS tournaments see the housing and hosting page ( http://atac.ismonline.org/iasas/iasas-housing/ ) ISM Summer Sports Camps: Information will be coming out later this month. Announcements will be placed in the parent bulletins and all information will be available on the summer camps page on the ATAC blog. Stay tuned for more information! March 5, MS Academic Bowl: Congratulations to the ISM Academic Bowl team who won this event on Tuesday. Scores ISM 433, Faith 325, Brent 248. Well done to Mr and Mrs Birchenall for their splendid coordination of this event for our MS students. March 6, HS Academic Bowl: Well done to our HS Academic Bowl team who placed 2nd on Wednesday in the competition at Brent. March 8, MS/HS ISM Twilight Track meet with Brent and Faith: Warm-up starts at 3:15pm Meet starts at 3:45pm and runs till about 7:30 pm. We need some parents to volunteer for timekeeping/ marshalling duties if you can assist please contact [email protected] March 9, ISM Wall climbing tournament: This will be held at the MS Gym from 12:30pm. Results from the Brent Mar 2 track meet are now posted via the track results page. 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 midweek/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. HS Student registration for ATAC activities (new for school year ’12-13): A Google doc registration is now available for all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonal sports teams, MUN and Cultural Convention programs. Please take the time to complete this online registration for activities that you plan on joining this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registration tab found under the helpful shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. Please note this is for HS students only and you must use your school email address to access the link. Personal gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to access the page. 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 you’re interested in joining the Den volunteers, please contact Carolyn Ching for details( [email protected]). We are always looking for new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS to join our group. Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wed and Fridays from 11:30am – 1:00pm and each afternoon from 2:30-4pm. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities
Middle School Academic Bowl
Congratulations to the Middle School Academic Bowl team for WINNING at the semester two Academic Bowl competition held here at ISM on Tuesday 5th March 2013. The ISM team members were:
Caroline Strang: grade 8 Bianca Catoto : grade 8 Hyun JIn (Emmy) Nam grade 8 Jessica Mae Cuadro: grade 8 Ilham Thomson : grade 7 Kaiwen (Calvin) Zhang : grade 7 David Yuanwei Zhang : grade 6 Ibrahim Ahmed: grade 6 Johann Singh : grade 6 Ratul Mangal: grade 5 Olivia Heugh : grade 5
Go Bearcats!!! Coach Valerie Birchenall
