Mspb No. 26

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Friday Bulletin Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

ISSUE # 26 WEEK OF MARCH 02 - 06, 2009

From the Middle School Office Dear Parents: It seems as if just months ago we were welcoming all our students to Middle School. Now, as we look at the calendar, our grade 8 students will be registering for High School classes next week! Where does the time go? With the onset of this event, the coming months are sure to speed by and pass in a whirlwind. Please be informed that the parent meeting Transitioning to Middle School (February 27) and the Grade 5-6 Transition Parent Evening scheduled for Tuesday, March 10 have been cancelled. Due to the inclusion of grade 5 in the Middle School next school year, we have decided to hold two separate meetings for incoming grade 5 and grade 6 parents and students. Please note the changes and mark your calendars:

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Current Grade 5/Incoming Grade 6 students: Wednesday, March 11 from 7:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M. in the Little Theater

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Current Grade 4/Incoming Grade 5 students: Wednesday, March 11 from 8:30 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. in the Little Theater

Parents and students should attend the meeting together to hear firsthand information about courses being offered in grade 5 and grade 6. Course registration will begin the week of March 23 for all Middle School students. Enjoy the weekend! Sincerely, Danielle Fredericks

Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal

Middle School Assistant Principal

Upcoming Events March

April

02

Grade 8 Course Registration Orientation, 2:30 P.M., LT

03

Grade 8 Course Registration, 2:30 P.M., Homebase

09 to 13

ERB Testing (in English Classes)

13

End of Third Quarter

16 to 20

Semester Break

23

Beginning of Fourth Quarter

23 to 27

MS Course Registration

06

Bataan Day (School Holiday)

07 to 08

Grade 8 Orientation Visits: The Truth about High School

09 to 10

Easter Break

PowerSchool Grade Update

March 13 - End of Quarter 3 (grades only)

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Invitation to Watch Strings Solo Recital Third Quarter is coming to an end and all HS/MS String students have diligently been working on their chosen piece for their upcoming Solo Recital these past weeks. We are inviting you, parents, and we’re hoping you have free time to support and watch your students perform in the AMR during the following class-time schedules:

Monday, March 2, Period 3 (10:15-11:25 A.M.) MS Intermediate Recital 1 Performers: Camille B; Carlo, Alex, Hyun Myung, Emiri, Reine, Francesca, Mayu, Julie & Seo Yeon (32:37 minutes approximate performance time)

Tuesday, March 3, Period 1 (07:30-08:40 A.M.) MS Beginning Recital Performers: Tzoalli, Kyoichi, Narantuya, Nishant, Bianca, Gabriel, Cc, Peter, Chris, Javier, Keith & Johnny (36:21 minutes approximate performance time)

Tuesday, March 3, Period 3 (10:15-11:25 A.M.) MS Advanced Recital 1 Performers: Xavier, Saya, Becky, Shin Won, Clara, Je Hee, Claudius & Seon Yoon (33:38 minutes approximate performance time)

Wednesday, March 4, Period 1 (08:30-09:40 A.M.) MS Intermediate Recital 2 Performers: Jae Bin, Yong Eun, Kelvin, Camille T; Sung Jun, Jin Sun, Hye Joon, Kevin, Liz, Jat Youn & Yuske (47:36 minutes approximate performance time)

Thursday, March 5, Period 2 (08:45-09:55 A.M.) MS Advanced Recital 2 Performers: Hae Min, Rene, Daniel, Ena, Christina, Mabel, Yohan & Esther (32:08 minutes approximate performance time)

Friday, March 6, Period 5 (01:20-02:30 P.M.) MS Advanced Recital 3 Performers: Jung Ho, Sung Min Y; Kyung Min, Joshua, Sung Min K; Yong An, Ji Min & Nikki (36:45 minutes approximate performance time)

ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet 2009 Our varsity gymnastic team of 24 girls will be proudly representing ISM this Saturday, February 28, at the ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet.

Meet starts at 8 A.M. and runs all day. With over 200 gymnasts competing in bars, beam, floor and vault you are sure to see some great action. Please stop in and see the MS gym transformed into a gymnastic facility with gymnasts twisting/tumbling and paparazzi parents a plenty.

We’re on the web! www.ismanila.org

This day is the biggest on the calendar for our gymnastics team and the gymnastics parent booster club who assist greatly in the set-up and organization of the meet. Also on debut will be ISM’s new state of the art Olympic gymnastics floor which was installed last weekend in time for the meet.

Hope you can come on Saturday to cheer and support our ISM gymnastics team.

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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From the Athletics and Activities Office MS Awards Basketball Girls Gold

Katrina Gavino

Girls Green

Joanna Hirsch

Grade 6 Boys

Joseph Belmonte

Grade 7 Boys

Javier Jalondoni/Da Chan Park

Tennis Boys

Daniel Um

Girls

Jasmine Ho

Touch

Sierra Lee/Alina Sin

All 3rd season sports are now in full swing with students and coaches making a very smooth start to the season after tryouts week concluded. I would like to remind all participating students to complete the ATAC on-line registration. 3rd season has a number of interruptions and as such students and coaches can lose the flow of the season easily. Please stay in contact with your coach regarding practices and weekend matches/meets as they relate to your particular sport this season. ES/MS/HS track meet dates for this year are: March 7 at Brent

3rd Season Sports MS/HS - Badminton, Track and Field and Softball ES - Grade 4/5 Track *ES/MS track practices are on Tuesdays and Fridays after school. Please check the schedules posted on notice boards around the school.

March 28 at Brent April 3 to 5 - Varsity track at Singapore (IASAS exchange weekend) April 18 to 22 - 3rd Season IASAS at Jakarta May 9th - ES/MS track meet at Brent

From the Environmental Council that you make.

School-wide Let’s Go Green challenge! Before the March break, we would like all students, teachers and parents at ISM to complete the ecofootprint online survey.

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Give you ideas for some changes that you can make at home.

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Provide you with a framework to set goals for aiming to reduce your eco-footprint.

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Help us calculate the average eco-footprint of an ISM student so that we can try to assess what our impact on the world is and think about how we can lessen it.

THE LINK FOR YOU TO GO TO IS: http://ism-online.org/carbonfootprint It will take roughly 10 minutes for you to complete the survey. If you would like to, you can then send your individual plan to reduce your footprint to [email protected].

Please complete the survey by Friday March 13th.

THE MAIN AIM OF THIS ACTIVITY:

Many thanks for your support,

To raise awareness of the fact that EVERYONE can make small changes in their lives to reduce their impact on the earth.

Let’s Go Green.

The survey will also: •

Give you time to reflect on your energy consumption, waste production and some other choices

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AMIS HONOR BAND On behalf of the ATAC, Fine Arts and Music Department I would like to send out a huge thank-you to all the families that recently housed for the AMIS Band Festival. Your willingness to be involved in this program was integral to its success and assists enormously in making this sort of festival come alive at our school. We received fantastic reports from the student delegates and the advisors from all schools as to how comfortable and welcoming ISM families made the visiting musicians feel during their stay.

14. Mr. Robert Lee, parent of Conrad Lee 15. Mr. & Mrs. Keun Woo Park, parents of Jae Youn Park 16. Mr. & Mrs. Seung-Chul Lee, parents of Jin Young Lee 17. Mr. & Mrs. Juan Adames, parents of Hiram J.M. Adames 18. Mr. & Mrs. Alfredo Saban, parents of Beatrice T. Saban 19. Mr. & Mrs. Lu, parents of Mabel Lu 20. Mr. & Mrs. Okuyama, parents of Momoko Okuyama 21. Mrs. Penny Tan, parent of Paolo Tan 22. Mrs. Duangporn Blazy, parent of Charly Kevin Blazy 23. Mr. & Mrs. Broch, parents of Paul David Broch

Once again many thanks to the following families:

24. Mrs. V. Fie'Eiki, parent of Ronald Philemon Fie'eiki

1.

Mr. & Mrs. Yutaka Umetsu, parents of Yuri Umetsu

25. Mrs. Karen Christensen, parent of Greer Christensen

2.

Mr. & Mrs. Seong Moon Sohn, parents of Myung In Sohn (and to their guardian Ms. Gina San Juan)

26. Mr. & Mrs. Miguel Tambunting, parents of Ines Tambunting

3.

Mrs. Barbara Thomanek, parent of Sean Thomanek

27. Mrs. Ilhyun Nam, parent of Hyung Jun Kim

4.

Mrs. Maria Cristina Gotianun, parent of Alex Gotianun

28. Mr. & Mrs. Barry, parents of Bassy and Mina Barry

5.

Mr. & Mrs. Max Wilkerson, parents of Christian Wilkerson

29. Mrs. Jeong Lee, parent of Ji Min Kim

6.

Mrs. Helen Li, parent of Aaron Tan

31. Ms. Margie Endelman

7.

Mrs. Minae Chung, parent of Hyun Jun Ra

8.

Mrs. Melanie Kelleher, parent of Mackenzie Roop

32. Mrs. Namsuk Park, parent of Chae Young (Jennifer) Lim

9.

Mr. & Mrs. Young Jin Kang, parents of Eun Jee Kang

33. Mr. & Mrs. Chun Ping Li, parents of Bianca Li

30. Ms. Caroline Brokvam

10. Mrs. Vicky Lee, parent of Kyung In Lee

34. Mr. & Mrs. Lopez, parents of Leonard Lopez

11. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Pekin

35. Mr. & Mrs. Caudill, parents of Eve Caudill

12. Mrs. Emilia Vorbeck, parent of Gabriel Vorbeck 13. Mr. & Mrs. Mario Salazar, parents of Mariella Opena Salazar

Other Announcement

SY 2009-2010 One-Page School Calendar is now available in the ISM Website. Please visit www.ismanila.org and click on News & Calendar to download the file or you may type this url in your web browser: http://www.ismanila.org/_Rainbow/images/default/CALENDAR_09_10_FINAL(as_of_5Feb09).pdf

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From Service Learning Help one of ISM's longstanding charities and get delicious coffee in return. CCV (Chosen Children’s Village) located in Silang, Cavite, is an orphanage for children who are physically and/or mentally challenged. The village consists of several cottages, a school, a rehabilitation center, and other facilities, such as a gym, a canteen, and a playground. Our ISM students will visit the orphanage at least six times this year to play with the kids and assist in feeding them and in other chores. Our interactions with the CCV children have created strong bonds between us and the ‘chosen children’.

when ISM will be at CCV are:

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March 7, Saturday

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May 9, Saturday

AVAILABLE COFFEE: Pinili Extra Fancy Beans or Ground at Php. 300.00 per 1 lb. (the largest sized beans). Ground or beans. • Pinili Classic Beans or Ground at Php. 250.00 per 1 lb. (medium sized beans). Ground or beans. • Pinili Beans or Ground at Php. 200.00 per 1 lb. (smallest sized beans). Ground or beans.

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SERVICE LEARNING CALENDAR

CCV’s fundraiser is their PINILI coffee, an organic Robusta coffee which is grown in the CCV Hacienda. The beans are handpicked and processed by the children and staff and the product is delicious. If you would like to purchase CCV coffee, email Filipa Pavic ([email protected]) with your order. The ISM CCV club members will pick up your order and deliver it back to ISM for your pick-up and payment. The dates

March 07

Chosen Children Village

March 14

Samahan Bukas Palad

April 04

Gawad Kalinga, EPIC, Child Hope

April 18

WILD

May 02

Gawad Kalinga

May 09

Chosen Children Village

From the Bearcat Den To all parents, Please come and visit our Bearcat Den located in the HS cafeteria. Our new stock of ISM hoodies are available in sizes from Elementary to High School...So drop buy and take a look at our ISM polo shirts, Dri fit polo shirts, Girls and guys track pants, Spandex shorts, Travel and gym bags to name a few! Let ' s Go GREEN at The Our Banner bags made from ISM recycled Banners and Streamers are also on sale. Our opening times

BEARCAT DEN BUSINESS HOURS Monday

11:15AM to 1:15PM 2:30PM to 4:00PM

Wednesday

11:00AM to 1:00PM 2:30PM to 4:00PM

Friday

11:15AM to 1:15PM 2:30PM to 4:00PM

We would really like to have more volunteers to help with Bearcat activities so if you are interested please contact Jan Harris for more information. Mobile no. 09193466046 or Email [email protected] GO BEARCATS!!!