Student Bulletin: Week at A Glance

M I D D L E
Issue # 15 November 28 to December 02, 2011
Student Bulletin
S C H O O L
WEEK AT A GLANCE
November 28 to December 02, 2011
Monday, November 28 Tuesday, November 29 Wednesday, November 30 Thursday, December 01 Friday, December 02
Dear Students: It was fantastic to see everyone enjoying the barrio fiesta lunch, dance presentations, musical performances and activities of Filipiniana. We hope everyone learned a little bit more about our host country and have been inspired to discover even more. The Philippine Cultural Club did a commendable job planning this event and is to be applauded. The Middle School art exhibit opens on November 29th and all are invited to view the work of our students. The pieces will be on display in the lobby of the Fine Arts Theater until December 9. Please pay a visityou are sure to be impressed! On Friday, December 2 is a Middle School party for grades 5 8 from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. You must submit a signed permission slip and purchase a ticket in order to attend. Everyone is expected to stay for the duration of the party. If you must leave before the end of the party, your parent must notify the office in writing or by phone in advance. We encourage all students to attend the party and are looking forward to 100% participation. There will be games, dancing and lots of fun to be had. The party will be a great opportunity to spend time with friends! Remember that there will be no school on Wednesday, November 30 in commemoration of Bonifacio Day. Classes resume on Thursday, December 1. Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson
Regular Schedule Regular Schedule School Holiday (Bonifacio Day) Regular Schedule Regular Schedule
Upcoming Events in the Middle School

November 29 30 December 02 03 05 to 09 08 09 13 15 Art Exhibit Opening (3:00 P.M., FAT Gallery) School Holiday (Bonifacio Day) Grade 5 to 8 End-of-Semester Party Service Learning Trip Spirit Week MS Concert (5:30 P.M., FAT) Sports Day Grade 7 - 12 Beginners Recital (5:30 P.M., LT) Early Student Release (12:00 noon) 29 to Dec. 09 Art Exhibit
PowerSchool Grade Update

Dec. 09 - Grade Update Jan. 09 - PowerSchool closes Jan. 20 - PowerSchool opens
Middle School Poetry Jam

The 2nd Annual Middle School Media Center Poetry Jam will be held on Tuesday, December 13 from 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. All students, parents and faculty are welcome to attend and listen to poems being read aloud in the library. Everyone is welcome to read a poem aloud. See you in the MSMC on December 13!
Salinlahi Cover Competition

Each year the yearbook cover is decided through a competition for the front and back cover design. This year the theme is Friendship and Cooperation. The design in the past few years has been based on drawings, but we are aiming for a photo or photographic collection this time. For all the details students can visit the Middle School Media Center blog and all Home Base teachers will receive a flyer to display on their classroom notice board.
Congratulations to the musical performances of the Grade Five and Six students! Last Tuesday night, music from the bands, choirs, and orchestras were of epic proportions, hearing singing of the jazz classics, the bands playing music by Bruno Mars, and the orchestras beautiful sonorous melodies. We are looking forward to your next concert in May! A special thank you to the Fine Arts Office and the Music Department for making this night such a success!
Thursday, December 1st - World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day is now established as one of the most widely recognised international health days. Its a great opportunity to raise further awareness in communities across the world about the state of the pandemic and the critical next steps that must be taken to halt its spread. To commemorate this event, Grade 8 Wellness students are hoping to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS. They will put up posters and place envelopes with ribbons and information slips around the school. Please take time to read their posters and show your support for this event by wearing a ribbon. Spread the news not the virus. Thank You. Valerie Birchenall Wellness Department Program Leader
FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

IASAS MODEL UNITED NATIONS: MUN wound up last Saturday with a great day of debate at the General Assembly, followed by an entertaining student banquet and wonderful closing ceremony. I would like to thank all who had a role in the putting together this huge event, especially the IT/AV Departments for all their setup and technical assistance. I would also like to extend a very big thanks to all families that agreed to open their homes and house a visiting delegate it is very much appreciated and the guests from the IASAS schools were extremely impressed with the kind hospitality they were shown during their time in Manila. Varsity Basketball Invitational at Brent: This afternoon and all day Saturday, our varsity boys and girls basketball teams will be playing at Brent in their invitational tournament. Teams from Shanghai and local HS teams will be playing in this tournament. Tournament schedule is included in this bulletin. BEARCATS RUGBY 10s: ISM will host our own rugby tournament with 2 schools from China and 1 school from Japan flying in to play next week. The Bearcats Rugby 10s schedule is attached in this bulletin and tournament games will be played afterschool on Thursday, December 1 and Friday, December 2 and all day on Saturday, December 3. It is going to be a great event for the development of our rugby program at ISM. We hope that the ISM community can come out and support our JV and Varsity teams as they battle against Dulwich College Shanghai and Beijing and Canadian Academy Kobe, Japan. Our varsity boys team will travel to Bangkok today for pre-IASAS rugby and will return on Sunday. IASAS RUGBY/TOUCH HOUSING: With IASAS MUN now completed the next fantastic ISM Special event is on the horizon. We host rugby/touch on February 1-5, 2012 and 140 athletes require housing for this event. All rugby and touch athletes have been given a housing letter this week at practice and I would also make a request for all athletes that were housed in Singapore recently that we need your support to reciprocate the hospitality given to you by housing for IASAS Rugby/Touch. The housing letter can be accessed via the ATAC blog or there is a link to it on the IASAS Rugby/Touch page. MS Tennis: Congratulations to the MS boys Division B Tennis Team who won their second match of the season last week vs. Southridge 5-0. They play with Ateneo tomorrow in the 3rd match of the season, along with the MS Boys A team who play their first match tomorrow morning at ISM vs. LaSalle Green Hills. The MS Girls tennis team will take on St. Paul in their 2nd match of the season tomorrow. Good luck and a big thanks to the MS tennis parents who have been coming along to support the teams so far this season. ISM Swim meet: Congratulations to all sailfish swimmers who raced last Saturday at our first ISM meet for this year. A great day of racing was had and full meet results are posted on the sailfish blog and on the sailfish page of the ATAC blog. 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 the 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

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M I D D L E

Issue # 15 November 28 to December 02, 2011

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

PowerSchool Grade Update

Middle School Poetry Jam

Salinlahi Cover Competition

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

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