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MIDDLE SCHOOL

Friday Bulletin
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
ISSUE # 10
WEEK OF OCTOBER 12 TO 16, 2009

From the Middle School Office
Dear Parent/s:

This year in the Middle School, we are continuing with the “arena style” conferences model. This may be a new experience for those of you who are Grade five and six parents and those of you who are new parents. Important Information and Facts about our format for Parent Conferences:

Monday, October 19 (Surnames A-K) 1:00 pm – 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Tuesday, October 20 (Surnames L-Z) 1:00 PM – 3:30PM and 4:00PM to 6:00PM

For your convenience, the Middle School teachers will be seated at desks in the Little Theater (primarily Grades 5 & 6) and Middle School Gymnasium (primarily Grades 7 & 8) starting at 1:00 PM. At 3:30 PM, teachers will have an afternoon break for refreshments. (On both conference days, refreshments will be provided for you, for the duration of the afternoon.) Conferences will then continue from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM. Please note that some of our Middle School teachers are Part-Time and/or may also teach High School and Elementary School classes. When and where these teachers are included on the information sent thru your child on Friday, October 9. If your child is taking a Modern Language class in High School and wish to speak with his/her teacher, please call Ms. Sam Ramos, in the HS Office at 840-8650, to set an appointment with the teacher for the Parent Teacher Conferences. Please note that all conferencing is unscheduled. Each teacher will be available to discuss your child’s progress with you for around ten minutes. Thank you in anticipation for doing your best in following this time suggestion. If a teacher you wish to see is conferencing with another parent when you arrive, you may wish to: • wait in the seating area near that teacher until the teacher becomes available • leave that teacher and go to another teacher who is free • leave that teacher and go to a teacher who has a shorter line, returning to the original teacher once that line has shortened • have a snack before proceeding to your next conference You may come to the Parent Teacher Conferences at any time between 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Arriving after 5:45 PM may severely limit the number of teachers with whom you will be able to conference. If you have two or more children in the Middle School, please allow enough time to meet the teachers of each child. Prior to attending the Parent Teacher Conferences, please take the opportunity to log on to PowerSchool to view your child’s progress. A hard copy of your child’s grades to date as of Friday, October 16, will be provided upon arrival at the PTCs. When you meet with Teachers, they will explain the details of your child’s overall grade. In the event that you haven’t already logged on to PowerSchool, please call Ms. Grace Gabay in MS Guidance at 840-8555 or email [email protected] in order to obtain your password. We look forward to seeing you and to sharing your child’s progress. Sincerely, Danielle Fredericks Middle School Principal Clarissa Sayson Middle School Assistant Principal

Upcoming Events
October 19 to 20 19 to 22 23 26 03 Parent Teacher Conferences (1:00 P.M., LT & MS Gym) MS Photo Shoot Filipiniana Beginning of School Holiday Classes Resume

PowerSchool Grade Update
Oct. 23 - Grade Update Nov. 13 - MS Progress Reports

November

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Middle School Party (Grade 7 & 8)
Tonight is the 7th and 8th grade party at the school. If your child is coming they should have had you sign a permission slip and return it to the student council at lunch time one day this week at the same time they paid for a ticket. They do not have a paper ticket for this event. Their name has been checked off as paid on a student list and this will be used for admittance. Students can be dropped off at the elementary drop off area and proceed to the elementary gym between 5:00 and 5:30. Pick-up time will be at 8:00 pm. If in the rare event that you need to collect your son or daughter earlier than 8:00 P.M., you will need to speak with a chaperone or administrator by phone.

Middle School Photo Shoot
The Photo Shoot is scheduled on October 19 to 22, 2009 in Room 1188.

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All students will be photographed regardless of purchase. Each class will have a scheduled time for the shoot during the week. Students must wear their school uniform during the photo shoot. Order envelopes has been distributed to students on Friday, October 09. Payments should be placed inside the envelope and should be brought by the student on the day of the shoot to be given directly to the photographer. No payment will be received by the teacher or the MS office. You may contact the photographer directly for later orders/payments. Photographer: Tino Ley Mobile No.: 0922-8010215 Email: [email protected]



Please use 1 envelope per student. Do not place orders for two students in one envelope.

PTA Officers & Liaisons
NAME President Middle School VP Grade 5 Liaison Grade 6 Liaisons Gill Ferguson Lia Te Eva Woodruff Kristine Puno Nanie Narciso Grade 7 Liaisons Xiao Sobel Careen Tankiang Grade 8 Liaisons Jennufer Um Bush Asad EMAIL [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

We’re on the web! www.ismanila.org

CONTACT INFORMATION CHANGES? Please inform the Middle School Office if you recently changed your contact information (i.e. Home Address, Home/Office Telephone Numbers, Mobile Numbers and Email Addresses). You may contact us through 840-8550 or 840-8553

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CCV Diaper Drive
Many thanks to everyone who donated to the CCV diaper drive. This year we collected a total of 36,024, an amazing achievement. Of those, a large percentage were organic and biodegradable. The diapers will be delivered to CCV and will supply the needs of the 80 children living there for up to 6 months. They will be most gratefully received. Thank you MS for your great effort in this drive. Winning homebases of the non uniform day are: Grade 5 – Mr. Patterson, Grade 6 – Mr. Ayling, Grade 7 – Mr. Peabody and Grade 8 - Ms.

Not Just Another General Meeting

Celebrating Diwali - the Festival of Lights

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 7:30 am - 9:00 A.M. Little Theater The ISM Parent-Teachers Association, together with the Bharati (Indian Women's) Association, is pleased to invite you to... NOT JUST ANOTHER GENERAL MEETING... What is Diwali? The festival celebrates the triumph of good over evil; in Hindi, Diwali means “festival of lights,” and people light rows of lights to commemorate heroic figures in Indian mythology who triumphed over the forces of evil. Diwali is also a propitious time for new endeavors, and many people clean their homes and open all their windows and doors to welcome luck and good fortune during Diwali Please join us in celebrating this annual celebration with Food Dance Music Culture **Special Thanks to the efforts of the Indian Community for making this a wonderful event!**

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From the Clinic
TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2ND HEPATITIS A AND B VACCINATION Date November 11th, 2009 Hepatitis A (Adult) Hepatitis A (Junior) Hepatitis B (Adult) Hepatitis B (Junior) Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (Adult) Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (Junior) 1000 Price (Php) 2249 1125 630 355 2000

(Prices are per individual vaccine in a course of either 2 or 3 vaccinations) If you would like more information or you wish to sign up to receive any of the above vaccines, please call in at the clinic to pick up a registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM ID may participate in this program. PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER DEPARTMENT BY NO LATER THAN FRIDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2009. VACCINES WILL THEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Clinic direct number: 840 8580 Email: [email protected] Many thanks Debbie Duckworth ISM Clinic Administrator 840 8581 [email protected]

Thank you to the ISM Community
THANK YOU to the ISM Community of parents, students, teachers and staff for supporting our studentled relief efforts for the victims of typhoon Ondoy: ISM Students raised a total of Php 406,936.35 --THANKS TO YOU!! On Friday, October 2, ISM HS Students held an amazing concert to benefit the victims of typhoon Ondoy. Clubs and Councils like PCC, KCC, ACC, ECO, BTV, BTO rallied together to set-up booths and food stations. Thank you to MCDonald’s, Andoks and Hungry Tykes for providing food and ice-cream. Our very own PTA donated Php 60,000 to the cause. “We went from complaining about school not being canceled, with the desire to make a difference, to seeing these visions come to reality. 400,000 pesos is a success, and then some! WE cannot thank YOU enough. Words cannot express what an honor it is to call ourselves BEARCATS right now.” - Antonio Villalon

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Other Announcements

MS After School Activities
The second season for the new club activities starts on Thursday, November 5. Activities that will be taking place this second season are: Club Soccer, Team Sports (includes touch, soccer, flag football, Frisbee), Recreational Gymnastics, Aquatics (learn to swim) and Circus Skills. If you didn’t sign up for one of these activities at the beginning of the school year and would like to do one please go and register at the ES AFAC office based in the ES main office. The year round activities will carry on as normal starting on Wednesday, November 4. ATAC 2nd season sports will also start with try outs starting on Tuesday, November 3 for touch rugby, rugby, tennis and swimming. Thanks. Dave Allen Middle School Activities Coordinator International School Manila University Parkway Fort Bonifacio (632) 840 8485 [email protected]

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From the Athletics & Activities Office
Saturday, October 10th • • • MS/HS Cross Country @ Brent ES/MS C, E, G Soccer Festival @ CSA begins at 9:00 A.M. JV/Varsity Boys/Girls Volleyball @ ISM get behind our teams during the tournament. Our boys’ team has been riddled with injuries the past few weeks so we hope that all members of the team can recover in time and put on their best performance for the home crowd. Our girls’ team is of course the two times defending IASAS Soccer Champions and will be desperate to hold on to their IASAS Champions status for a third year in a row. Please come out and support our two teams during the IASAS Soccer Championships at ISM. Let’s make it a truly special ISM event! PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED MATCH SCHEDULE FOR IASAS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS THURSDAY OCT 15 TO SATURDAY OCTOBER 17 2009 As first season draws to a close and IASAS Soccer/Volleyball/Cross Country Championships are being battled out in Manila and Taipei it is fitting to recognize the efforts of all the student athletes and coaches that have worked hard and devoted many hours of time to our first season sports. On behalf of the ATAC department, I would like to thank everyone who has played a role, large or small during this first season. Please see below for information related to the end of season awards. MS First Season Sports Awards in ES Gym on Thursday, October 22nd 4:00-5:00pm Session Two – All MS teams (Soccer/Volleyball/Cross Country) Food and drinks provided. Coaches will present awards and certificates to our first season team members. Please come and join us.
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Sunday, October 11th Midgets A, Aspirants, Varsity Boys Soccer v Southridge @ ISM from 8:00 A.M. onwards Oct 15-17 - IASAS Soccer at ISM Oct 14-18 - IASAS Volleyball @ Taipei Oct 15-18 - IASAS Cross Country @ Taipei Please check GAME SCHEDULE on ISM public website ATAC page or ES/MS/HS GAME SCHEDULE page of the divisional website for all up to date fixtures and game venues. Due to flooding and closure of local schools many of the games will have to be rescheduled. Please consult the game schedule carefully for the latest updates and times! 2nd SEASON ATAC SPORTS ARE: Basketball, Tennis, Touch (girls only), Rugby, Cheerleading TRYOUTS DATES: November 3, 4, 5, & 6 2nd SEASON PRACTICE SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL BEFORE THE OCTOBER BREAK. FIRST SEASON IASAS CHAMPIONSHIPS: This time next week our Volleyball and Cross Country teams will be battling it out in Taipei for the chance to be crowned IASAS Champions for 2009 in their respective sports. After a fantastic effort last year with all ISM teams taking SILVER MEDALS we can only hope that they can go one better and bring back GOLD. Good luck to all athletes and coaches. Here in Manila IASAS SOCCER will be in full swing next week. It is sure to be a great event for our school and I hope that all the ISM community will

For parents and interested IASAS observers who want to keep up to date with how our Volleyball and Cross Country teams are doing in Taipei next week here are the website contact details for both events. http://iasas.tas.edu.tw/09xc/index.html http://iasas.tas.edu.tw/09vball/index.html

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IASAS Soccer Game Schedule

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IASAS Soccer Housing

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Basketball Camp

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