Mssb No. 29

M I D D L E

S C H O O L

Student Bulletin

Volume 1, Issue # 29 March 30 to April 03, 2009

WEEK AT A GLANCE March 30 to April 03, 2009 GREEN PATCH Plastic bags cause harmful pollution! Please deposit used plastic bags in the MS Office.

Monday, March 30

Early Release Schedule; Student dismissal at 12:00 noon

Tuesday, March 31

Regular Schedule

Wednesday, April 01

Student Late Start Grade Level Assemblies, 11:40 A.M.: Grade 6 Boys - MS Gym, Grade 6 Girls - LT , Grade 7 - HB, Grade 8 - AMR

Thursday, April 02

Regular Schedule

Friday, April 03

Regular Schedule

Dear Students:

Enjoy your afternoon off this Monday, March 30. Be sure to arrange transportation home at 12 noon.

What are you up to Wednesday after school? Don’t miss the Courtyard Event on April 1st. There will be food, games and live music from the talented teacher band, the X-Patriots.

Last Friday, March 27, PowerSchool was updated. Check your progress and talk to your teachers early to avoid any unwanted surprises at the end of the school year.

Ms. Fredericks and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School April

May

06

Bataan Day (School Holiday)

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

27 to 30

PTA Used Book Fair (CMC & MSMC)

01

School Holiday (Labor Day)

04 to 15

MS Art Show

PowerSchool Grade Update April 08 - Grade Update April 24 - MS Progress Reports

SALINLAHI MEMBERS!!! Attention! There will be a meeting next Wednesday, April 1 in Ms. Jost's room at 3:00 P.M. You attendance is required as we will be taking a group picture of all Salinlahi members! See you there.

COURTYARD EVENT ALERT!

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

There will be a courtyard event on Wednesday, April 1st from 3:00-4:00 P.M. in the MS Courtyard. There will be barbeque, ping pong, foosball and volleyball plus live music from ISM’s own teacher band, The X-Patriots!!! Fun for all!

MS ACADEMIC BOWL TEAM FOR APRIL 2009 The students below will be representing ISM at the April 3rd Middle School Academic Bowl competition. It will be held at Brent International School. Amanda Saban – Grade 8 Erin Kawazu – Grade 8 Ishan Srivastava - Grade 8 Timothy Thompson – Grade 8 Yining Zhang – Grade 8 Katrina Gavino – Grade 8 John Wood – Grade 7 Seong Yoon Kim – Grade 7 Nicholas Ching – Grade 7 Rebecca Sarfati – Grade 7 Daniel Toze – Grade 7 Lucas Ramos – Grade 6 Mrs. Valerie Birchenall and Mr. David Birchenall

FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL Thank you from ECo! ECo are proud to announce that… 1185 members of the ISM school community completed the online ECO Footprint survey this month! What’s more, over 100 of you have sent us eco plans outlining ways in which you plan to reduce your impact on the earth. Our aim was to promote more environmental awareness of our surroundings and the impact of our actions. Hopefully by May, we can bring our average eco footprint down from 200 to 150. This will be a step forward to becoming a more environmentally conscientious community. So, please remember all of the useful tips that you learnt whilst completing the survey and let’s all strive to take those measures to ensure that we live more sustainable lives… Let’s go green!

Upcoming Events

ISM Chinese Summer Camp