M I D D L E

M I D D L E

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Student Bulletin

Volume 2, Issue # 12 November 02 to 06, 2009

WEEK AT A GLANCE November 02 to 06, 2009 Monday, November 02

School Holiday

Tuesday, November 03

Regular Monday Schedule

Wednesday, November 04

Student Late Start MS Assembly (11:40 A.M., FAT)

Thursday, November 05

Regular Schedule

Friday, November 06

Regular Schedule

Dear Students: Welcome back from the break! Hopefully you are all refreshed and ready to pick up where we left off. Remember that classes will follow the Monday schedule this Tuesday, November 3. Please plan accordingly. Basketball, Tennis, Rugby and Cheerleading tryouts are this week from November 3-6. See the schedule for details. Grade 7 and 8 will have the opportunity to tryout for this year’s ISTA experience from November 4-6. See Mr. Mulhall for details. Congratulations to everyone involved with our last MS Assembly on Wednesday, October 21. It was great to see all the highquality work occurring here in Middle School. MAP testing for grades 6 and 8 will take place from November 9 – 13 and November 16 – 20 during English and Math classes. Please remember to: ♦ Ensure that you know the number of the computer you will be allocated in the lab. This computer number will be different for the Math Test and the Reading/Language Tests. Your Math and English teachers have a copy of the lists of computer numbers. ♦

Remember to bring a book to read when you have finished the testing.

♦

Remember to go to the restroom and get a drink prior to test time.

Recently the Philippine president declared that Friday, November 27 will be a holiday in honor of Eid’l Adha. This festival, celebrated by Muslims and also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael. In line with the President’s declaration, ISM will be closed. Classes resume on Tuesday, December 1. Please plan accordingly. Ms. Fredericks and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School November

04 to 06

ISTA Auditions

07

Service Learning: Gawad Kalinga

09 to 20

MAP Testing (Grade 6 & 8)

11

Academic Bowl

16 to 20

PTA New Book Fair

21

K-12 Dance Recital

PowerSchool Grade Update Nov. 13 - MS Progress Reports Oct. 27 - Grade Update

MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMIC BOWL 2009-2010 Thank you to everyone who came and tried out for the Middle School Academic Bowl Teams. We had an amazing response. Please try again next year if you didn’t make it. The successful students are: Alexei John Acacio – Grade 8 Alyzza Acacio – Grade 8 Nicholas Ching – Grade 8 Joseph Hadaway – Grade 7 Jacob Hobbins – Grade 8 Prakhar Jain – Grade 8 Je Yun (Bryan) Kang – Grade 6 Seong Yoon Kim – Grade 8 Shin Won Kim – Grade 7 Eric Manalac – Grade 8 Erin O'Reilly – Grade 7 Shivani Phadke – Grade 8 Adilet Segizekov – Grade 8 Beatrice Saban – Grade 8 Daniel Toze – Grade 8 Jae Woo Jang – Grade 8 For details about practice sessions the above students should check their school email. Mrs. Valerie Birchenall and Mr. David Birchenall

New ISM Sweatshirts Have Arrived! Please visit the Bearcat Den to see the latest in ISM apparel.

Please donate your glossy magazines to PCF! WHY? Glossy Magazines cannot be pulped and recycled like regular clean paper here in Manila so if you don’t ensure that they’re made into something else… they just end up in a land fill.

WHAT does PCF do with them? Parents of the school children are employed to make beads out of them which, in turn, get made into jewellery and bags.

HOW does this help families? The money from the products generates income for them so that they can afford to buy food and clothes for their children.

WHERE? Collection boxes can be found in ES, MS and HS offices

Thank you for your support! "Dream the world you want and deserve to live in. Write it down. Communicate your vision passionately, as if your life depended upon it!" (Randy Hayes, Founder of Rainforest Action Network) www.ism-online.org/gogreen/

SERVICE LEARNING TRIP to PAWS animal shelter on Saturday, November 4 from 9:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. If you would like to attend please see Ms. Pavic in Room 2040.

ATAC Announcements A BIG THANK-YOU to all ISM parents who housed a visiting IASAS Soccer Player last week. Your support for these events is very much appreciated and we cannot run IASAS events without this invaluable assistance. I hope it was a good experience for all! ISM IASAS RESULTS: Girls Cross Country- SILVER Prerna Bhargarva GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY GOLD MEDALLIST! CONGRATULATIONS! Boys Cross Country- 4th Boys Volleyball – BRONZE Girls Volleyball - BRONZE Girls Soccer 4th Boys Soccer 6TH Well done to all our ISM Bearcats teams on your hard work during IASAS events last week. Your determination to represent the school to the best of your ability and strive for success was fantastic. 2nd SEASON TRYOUTS are underway for HS teams and MS tryouts will begin after the break. Please consult notice boards for all details regards tryouts. The 2nd season practice schedule will be posted after the break. ISM/ISSA Soccer Festival this Saturday morning from 8:00 A.M.-Noon at HS field for Midgets B and F teams.

IASAS RESULTS