Mssb No. 28

M I D D L E

S C H O O L

Student Bulletin

Volume 1, Issue # 28 March 23 to 27, 2009

WEEK AT A GLANCE March 23 to 27, 2009 GREEN PATCH Plastic bags cause harmful pollution! Please deposit used plastic bags in the MS Office.

Monday, March 23

Regular Schedule

Tuesday, March 24

Regular Schedule

Wednesday, March 25

Student Late Start MS Assembly, 11:40 A.M.: Grade 6 & 7 - FAT, Grade 8 - MS Gym

Thursday, March 26

Regular Schedule Homebase, 2:30 P.M.

Friday, March 27

Regular Schedule Homebase, 2:30 P.M.

Dear Students: Welcome back to ISM! Hopefully you all had a good break and are ready to get back to work. This week is Grade 6 and 7 course registration. There are some exciting new course offerings for next year. Grades 6 and 7 will have this week’s Wednesday assembly in the FAT to hear all about them. Grade 8 will meet in the MS Gym. In order to accommodate registration, all grades will have Home Base instead of Tutorials on Thursday, March 26. There is an opportunity this Saturday, March 28, to participate in service learning with Care for Kanlungan. Contact Ms. Pavic for more information. Ms. Fredericks and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School March

April

PowerSchool Grade Update March 27 - Grade Update

23 to 27

MS Course Registration

25

Grade 6 & 7 Transition Assembly

April 08 - Grade Update

06

Bataan Day (School Holiday)

April 24 - MS Progress Reports

07 to 08

Grade 8 Orientation Visits: The Truth about High School

09 to 10

Easter Break

22 to 27

AMIS Choir (Moscow)

23 to 25

MS Play

23

MS Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., AMR)

27

MS Quarter 4 Progress Report Distribution

IASAS CULTURAL CONVENTION Congratulations to all our Cultural Convention participants who went to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur last week. The ISM Forensics/Debate team members did a fantastic job and received 2 GOLD, 1 SILVER, 2 BRONZE medals across the five disciplines. Our Drama and Dance groups got standing ovations and rave reviews from audiences for their performances as well. The Art/Music delegates were shining examples of the artistic/musical talent that our school has and all delegates represented our school in an outstanding fashion at this festival. The highlight for the musicians was having the opportunity to play the festival concert on Friday night in the Malaysian Philharmonic Concert Hall at the Petronas Twin Towers building.

SERVICE LEARNING ACTIVITIES March 28 - Care for Kanlungan April 04 - GK, Child Hope, EPIC April 18 - WILD May 02 - Gawad Kalinga May 09 - Chosen Children Village

ISM looks forward to hosting the Art/Music Festival next school year. RESULTS: Extemporaneus Speaking Arjun Nandkishore - GOLD Oral Interpretation Lynn Yu - GOLD Debate Michelle & Leandro Leviste - BRONZE Impromptu Speaking IArjun Nandkishore - SILVER Raheem Abid – BRONZE

MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER READING WEEK & BEARCAT AWARDS In January all students participated in MSMC Reading Week. All students had the opportunity to read in class time each day, and to enter two competitions. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TIME TRAIL CHALLENGE WINNERS: Grade 6 – Sid Cairae Grade 7 – Kimberly Go Each receives a 500 PHP Fully Booked Gift Certificate. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION WINNERS: Grade 6 – Sid Cairae – Short Story Grade 7 – Mia Kawazu - Short Story Grade 8 – Divina Yim – Poem Adult – Mr. Patterson – Short Story. Each receives a 1000 PHP Fully Booked Gift Certificate. After Spring Break all Middle School students will have time to cast an electronic vote (March 23-27) for the book they think is the best. Please visit the MSMC to collect a brochure containing the MSMC Bearcat Award Shortlist for 2008-09. Last year Twilight by Stephenie Meyer won the Bearcat Award, but all books from previous years have become popular choices for borrowing.

FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL Many thanks to the all of you who have completed our ECO footprint survey! So far, 1005 members of the community have taken part in this challenge. If you have not yet taken part, please go to: http://ism-online.org/carbonfootprint The completion of this survey will take roughly 10 minutes. If you would then like to write your individual plan on how you can reduce your footprint, please do so and then email it to [email protected] Please complete the survey by Friday March 13th EVERYONE can make small changes in their lives to reduce their impact on the earth. Many thanks for your support, Let’s Go Green. ***

Want your trash to become someone else’s treasure? Please continue to support the INVISIBLE institute. We need your: Plastic bags Dry cleaner bags CDs Cassette tapes Old VHS tapes Fabric scraps This waste will then be crocheted into beautiful bags for sale. By donating this trash, you will be helping to provide an income for some of the poorest women in Manila. Be part of the solution, not the pollution. Many thanks for supporting this project, Let’s Go Green.