MS Parent Bulletin (Week of November 14 To 18)

ISSUE # 14
SY1617
MIDDLE SCHOOL
WEEK OF:
Friday Bulletin
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
NOVEMBER 14 TO 18
Dear Parents,
We hope this weeks Parent Bulletin finds you well rested from the recent October
break. The students appear to be happy to be back at school and have enjoyed catching
up with their friends and teachers. We have 6 weeks before the end of the first semester and, looking at the calendar, they are going to be action-packed. We have concerts
from our Strings, Band and Choirs, the MS Art exhibition, MS ISTA event (Drama) and MS
Sports Day. Please continue to read the Parent Bulletin so you know whats coming
up!
THIS WEEK:
Monday, November 14th:
MS-HS All Choirs Concert
Location: LT
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 15th:
MS Parent Coffee
Time = 7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Location = LT
Focus = Technology
Overview of MS Technology Tools - Google Apps for Education
Digital Citizenship
Pitfalls of the Digital Age - what do parents need to be aware of?
Q and A session
Wednesday, November 16th:
MS Academic Bowl.
Location = Faith Academy
Who? = Members of the Academic Bowl Team
Thursday, November 17th:
MS-HS All Bands Concert
Location = FAT
Time = 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 18th:
MAP Student Progress Reports (SPRs):
On Friday, November 18th parents will receive their childs SPR for the
recent MAP tests.
Students will receive their results in an envelope during the first block
(7:30 - 8:40a.m.). Please make a point of asking your child for this information when they arrive home.
A cover letter will be emailed to all parents earlier in the day so parents
who are new to MAP understand how to read the reports. This email will
come from the MS Office.
Inside this issue:

Astronaut Visit: Soichi Noguchi
After-School Activities
Athletics and Activities
Admissions & Advancement
AMIS
ISM Upcoming Events
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GUARDIANSHIP AGREEMENTS
When both parents are going to be away
temporarily, It is important for them to notify
the Middle School Office in advance, stating
who will be responsible for the student and
who the school should contact in case of
emergency. Domestic helpers or emergency
contacts in Powerschool do not qualify as
guardians. For more information please contact the Middle school office.
E-MAIL:
ms@ismanila.org
PHONE:
840-8550
840-8553
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO
DOWNLOAD THE TEMPORARY
GUARDIANSHIP AGREEMENT FORM
or you may pick up from the MSO.
This adventure/fantasy writer visited ISM in May, 2013, to

Visiting Author - Peter Lerangis
promote the first book of his Seven Wonders series, and
Presenting to G5 and G6 students during schedreceived rave reviews from students and teachers.
uled class time
Please see the Need to Know section for details
During this visit, students will have the opportunity to purchase books from National Bookstore and have them
COMING UP IN SOON:
signed during the MS assembly, so mark your calenTuesday, November 22nd:
dars! Peter will also be speaking to our students in G5 and
AFAC Recitals
G6 on Friday, November 18th during scheduled class time.
Location: LT
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
ID Cards:
Wednesday, November 23rd:
MS Art Exhibition Opening
Location: FAT Lobby
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Additional: The Art exhibition will end on Tuesday, November 29th.
MS/HS All Strings Concert

Location: FAT
Time: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 30th:
No School
Bonifacio Day
NEED TO KNOW:
Visiting Author - Peter Lerangis: (Friday, November 18th)
Peter Lerangis is the author of more than one hundred and
sixty books, which have sold more than five and half million copies and been translated into twenty-eight different
languages. His most popular titles include, The Colossus
Rises, the first book in the New York Times Bestselling series Seven Wonders, and two books in the 39 Clues series.
Please be reminded that all students are requested to present

their IDs when paying for their meals in the Kantina or Bearcat
Cafe. Some students have simply been quoting their ID number
and we wish to communicate that this is not sufficient enough
to ring up the order. When paying for items a students photo
ID needs to be validated against the photo on the computer
screen. Please also note that students are not allowed to use
other student ID cards to purchase items. If a student does not
have his/her ID card he/she should stop by the MS Office where
our helpful secretaries will issue a slip that can be used for the
day. All Kantina vendors have been reminded to enforce these
rules as of Monday - no exceptions!
Some students have expressed a concern that the lines at the
Campus Card top-up machines are long. We have identified
that break and lunch times are the busiest times and encourage
students to top-up their cards before or after school. Parents
are also reminded that they can load money onto their childs
card from home via CampusCard system.
Wishing you all a great weekend!
Kind Regards,
Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal
Amanda Pekin, Assistant Middle School Principal
Well done to our Mid A2 soccer boys team who were runners up for the season after the final played last Saturday
morning. Zobel won the game 4-1 and were the better team
on the day. Our team had a wonderful season with two
losses only vs Zobel in the first game of the season and
again in the final. Well done to all players and coaches.
Varsity Boys soccer def Xavier 4-1 on Tuesday evening to
take 3rd place for the Rifa League HS Boys open division.
MS Midgets A1 soccer on Wednesday evening lost 0-4 to
Ateneo and ended the season in 4th place.
The season practice schedule for MS/HS S2 sports are now
posted at link below for -Basketball/Tennis,/Rugby/Touch
for MS and Basketball/Tennis,/Rugby/Touch and Varsity
Swimming for HS
S2 practice schedule Nov-Feb
Housing requests for ATAC IASAS events- Nov 18-20 ISM will
host the boys pre IASAS tennis exchange. We will have 60
male tennis players arrive on Fri Nov 18 to play Friday evening and all daySaturday then depart Sunday morning Nov 20.
We have enough housing slots and information will be coming out via email by Wednesday next week with guest names
and details.
We are also calling now for community support to host for
IASAS Basketball (Feb 1-5 need 100 beds) and for IASAS Badminton (April 5-9 need 80 beds) and for IASAS Golf (April
8 need 60 beds one night only) Online housing forms for
these events are available at IASAS housing and hosting tabs
on ATAC blog or under the helpful shortcuts on ATAC blog
main page. Should you require further information about
hosting for IASAS events go tohttp://atac.ism-online.org/
iasas/iasas-housing/ or contact ATAC office or
email pekinm@ismanila.org
Upcoming events- (full match schedule available ATAC
Game schedule)
Nov 11 Basketball vs Faith at home 4:15pm VGirls followed by VBoys at HS gym and 4:15pm JV Boys followed
by JV Girls at MS gym
Nov 12 HS Touch local league begins at Faith/HS rugby
season starts at ISM
Nov 12 ISM Wall climbing meet
Nov 12 Chess/Table Tennis at Xavier
Nov 12 MS ISTA tennis season starts
Nov 12 ISM Fall swim meet
Nov 14 Bonifacio Cup swim meet at ISM after school
Nov 18-20 S2 exchanges weekend Basketball at TAS/
Rugby at ISB/Swimming and Touch at SAS/Boys tennis
at ISM
Nov 25th Friday nights lights (Rugby/Basketball/Touch)
To find out details of all the Bearcats matches mid week and
on weekends go to the ATAC game schedule page- link is
provided below and follow the instructions to find out when
and where our Bearcat teams will be playing. The ATAC
(Athletics) Game schedule is housed within the parent portal
to ensure secure access for ISM parents http://atac.ismonline.org/schedules/
Please take the time to navigate the ATAC blog http://
atac.ism-online.org/ as it is our one stop shop for all information related to the competitive ISM sports program.
For our All Year Round teams- Wall Climbing, Chess, Judo,
TKD, Aikido, Table Tennis -As these programs are year round
it is possible for students to join during the year as long as
space is available. See link to information and schedule to
attend and meet the coaches. All year round sports
teams See schedule for our All year round
teams program here
Please note the practice times for ATAC programs for SY 1617 are as follows: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. For
our Sailfish swim team program please check the Sailfish
blog for information http://sailfish.ism-online.org/
ATAC Gymnastics team practices 3:10-4:50 M/W/F
All HS seasonal teams practice from 3:05- 4:50pm on their
respective practice afternoons. MS seasonal teams practice
from 3:15-4:45pm.In order to clear the campus prior
to 5pm all after school programs will conclude by 4:50pm or
earlier. The last bus is 4:55pm this is due to the ever increasing traffic concerns in our area.
Parents and students please take some time to peruse the
ATAC blog it has a wide variety of information and links to
our sports and activities program. If you have any questions
regarding the competitive program of sports at ISM after
reading the information on the blog please send an email
to pekinm@ismanila.org and I will endeavour to assist you
as best I can.
Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. There is a a
range of products and items to purchase including items
from our service partners. Bearcat Den hours of operation7am-4pm Mon-Fri.
Best Regards,
Mark Pekin
Director of Athletics and Activities
Dear Parents,
The ISM Music Department is delighted to invite all grades 6,
7, & 8 male and female singers to audition for the 2016-2017
Honor Choir Festivals in Jakarta, Indonesia! The festivals are
hosted by the Association of Music in International Schools
(AMIS pronounced like the French word for friends ahmee). This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate
with some of the best young voices throughout Asia.
What is the cost?

The festival fee is 170GBP. The other two costs are the flight
and pocket money for some snack food. A flight to Jakarta is
around 300-350USD for the times we want to travel, but it is
too early to give an exact price.
Some additional important details:

AMIS is a prestigious event. Once your son or daughter is
selected to attend and signs the commitment form, he/
she is committed to attend all rehearsals prior to the
What is an Honor Choir Festival?
event. We will be rehearsing on Wednesdays after school,
An Honor Choir Festival is a chance for like-minded students to
starting in January, as well as 1-2 Saturday intensive recome together for three days of rigorous and fulfilling musichearsals.
making. Students will attend from throughout Asia, and will
rehearse, learn, and play with top-tiered talent and leader Accepted students will be required to spend time on their
ship. The culminating performance or "Gala Concert" will take
own learning and perfecting their music. Practice tracks
place on Saturday, April 8th, at 6:00pm in the Jakarta Interculwill be made available.
tural School's Fine Arts Theater.
An experience such as an honor choir festival can be lifeWho will attend?
changing, and we highly recommend that all members of
Twelve students (6 boys and 6 girls) will be invited to attend
choir try out for this opportunity! Although only six girls
the festival, based on after-school auditions to be held in Deand six boys will be chosen, the act of auditioning alone
cember.
builds confidence, experience, and is an important part of
growth as a performer. Audition details and dates will be
Where will the festivals be held?
shared in November.
The festivals themselves will be held simultaneously at Jakarta
Intercultural School in Jakarta, Indonesia. The girls' choir will
Please feel free to email Ms. Grev (grevc@ismanila.org) or Ms.
be under the direction of Anthony Giles, and the boys' choir
Provencher (provenchera@ismanila.org) with any questions,
will be under the direction of Jack Brown. The students, Ms.
comments or concerns you might have. This festival does
Grev, and Ms. Provencher will leave from ISM on Wednesday, overlap with the beginning of spring break, still allowing for an
April 5th, and return on Sunday, April 9th.
amazing week of post-mountaintop-choral-singing holiday
time! We look forward to hearing many fantastic auditions,
Where will the students stay?
and appreciate your support of your daughter/son and the arts
The students will be housed with host families from Jakarta
at ISM.
Intercultural School. They will likely (though not definitely) be
paired or grouped with other students from our school, and
Best regards,
will no doubt have a wonderful time with their host family!
Ms. Grev & Ms. Provencher
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ISSUE # 14

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Inside this issue:

Athletics and Activities

Admissions & Advancement

ISM Upcoming Events

CAMPUS CARD CORNER

This adventure/fantasy writer visited ISM in May, 2013, to

MS/HS All Strings Concert

Please be reminded that all students are requested to present

Nov 25th Friday nights lights (Rugby/Basketball/Touch)

What is the cost?

Some additional important details:

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