Issue No. 29 (Week of April 04 to 08)

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From the Middle School Office

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

We hope that you and your family enjoyed a refreshing and rejuvenating

Spring Break. The fourth quarter is sure to be filled with lots of activities.

Please encourage your child to stay focused and find ways to help them

manage their time, assignments and after school activities. We want the

students to enjoy the last couple months of the year and not to succumb to

undue stress.

Until April 15, students will be sitting for thesecond administration of the

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP). As with the November testing,students cannot prepare ahead of time. Please ensure that your child gets

an adequate nights rest and a healthy breakfast so that your child can do

his/her best.

It is that time of the year when we are seeing a lot of our students hanging

out on campus after school hours. Since the beginning of the school year

and repeatedly throughout the year, we have told all Middle School

students that they should not be on campus after 3:00 P.M. unless they are

in a supervised club or activity. It is not that we dont care for them, but

that we do not have adult supervision in the various areas of the campus.

If it is necessary for a student to wait for a sibling, then your child can wait

in the MSMC until 4:00 P.M. or in the MS/HS cafeteria. Otherwise, we askthat you make the necessary arrangements to have your child picked up at

dismissal time.

Looking aheadWe will be hosting a Parent Coffee on Wednesday, April 13

from 8:30 9:45 in the Little Theater. The topic will be Cyber Savvy:

Understanding Your Child. Please plan to attend.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa SaysonMiddle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 29

WEEKOF APRIL 04 TO 08, 2011

Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOL

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATEPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

Apr. 08 Grade Update

Apr. 20 Progress Reports Distribution

Important Announcement from Admissions

PTAs Used Book Fair

Concert Schedules

ATAC Announcements

IASAS Badminton 2011 Schedule

ISM Summer Sports Camp

ISM Calendar for SY 2011-2012

Chinese Summer Camp Beijing 2011

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

APRIL

11 School Holiday (Bataan Day)

12 PTA General Meeting (7:30 A.MLT)

13 Parent Coffee (8:30 A.M., LT)

15 Courtyard Event (3:00 P.M.)

21 to 22 School Holiday (Holy Week)

25 to 29 PTA Used Book Fair (CMC Lobby

26 MS/HS Beginning Recital (5:00P.M., LT)

27 Activity Period (1:35 P.M.)

MAY

02 School Holiday (Labor Day)

03 to 13 MS Art Exhibition (FAT Gallery)

04 to 06 Grade 4 Ambassador Program

05 to 07 MS Play

05 MS Art Exhibition Opening(3:00 P.M., FAT Gallery)

13 Bearcat Idol

16 to 20 Grade 4 Tour and Talk

18 Finale Concert (5:30 P.M., FAT

25 Activity Period (9:45 A.M.)31 Grade 8: Arguing for Change

JUNE

03 Grade 8 Dinner Dance (7:00 P.MLT)

06 Grade 8 Trip Day

08 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony

Please read the Important Announcement in Page 2 from

the Admissions Office on Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012

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Check out revised Calendar

for School Year 2011-2012 on page 09.


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M IDDLE SCHOOL FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

Important Announcement: Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012

Re-Enrollment information for RETURNING STUDENTS for SY2011-12

Re-Enrollment requirements will be similar to last year and include submission of an updated HealthForm or Physical Form (depending on grade level) to the Clinic for a Clearance Signature and a Clearance

Signature from the Cashiers Office on the Re-Enrollment Form.

The Re-Enrollment Form and other requested forms for each re-enrolling student will be available by

the beginning of April online from our website under Admission and Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal or at

the Admission Office during office hours (Monday to Friday; 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Parents may pick

up a set of Re-Enrollment Forms personally or your child can come to the Admission Office and get the

forms. If you would like to have your driver or househelp pick up the forms, please give them a letter of

authorization to collect the Re-Enrollment Forms for your child/children.

For STUDENTS NOT RETURNING next school yearIf your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year, please inform the AdmissionOffice as soon as possible if you have not already done so. Parents are obliged to officially inform the

School in writing on a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday of May, if their

children will be withdrawn. Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the FacilitiesUpgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for having held a space for the child and thus preventing the

School from offering that space to another child prior to the summer holiday break. The Withdrawal No-

tification Form can be obtained from the Admission Office or from the ISM website under the Admission

tab and then click on Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal.

We currently have very few families indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there are

an ever growing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress

and anxiety in those families (and in the Admission Office). If you are sure that your child will be leavingISM, please submit a Withdrawal Notification Form. This will be a great help for our planning and to the

many families waiting to be admitted to the school.

Regards,

Gary W. Jerome

Director of AdmissionInternational School Manila

P.O. Box 1256 MCPO, 1255 Makati City, Philippines

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.ismanila.orgPhone: (63-2) 840-8488 or 840-8601

Fax: (63-2) 840-8489

Were on the web!

www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVENT LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL

please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or

email [email protected] to obtain your username and password.


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YEARBOOK PHOTOS

The Yearbook Photos are here! Please drop by the

Middle School Office to pick up the photo!


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Athletics and Activities Office Announcements

IASAS 3rd Season information: IASAS travel packets for 3rd season teams

have been distributed via coaches. Please

get documents and information returnedasap. Please bring your passport to Joan atthe ATAC office so we can begin processingfor your trip.

IASAS Send off assembly for all 3rd seasonIASAS teams is April 6th.

IASAS Send off lunch sponsored by parentsis at the HS courtyard immediately afterassembly on Wednesday April 13th.

IASAS 3rd Season sports awards is Friday,May 6th at HS Gym starting at 5:30 P.M. -dress to impress!

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (new procedure inplace for access to game schedule pdf infor-mation)Information about all mid week/weekend fix-tures for ISM teams can be found via the ATACblog. You can also access this information viathe ES/MS/HS divisional web pages. Please notethe game schedule does change often due toinvolvement with many local schools so pleasecheck the page regularly to find out the latestinformation of where and when the Bearcats

teams are playing. Click on schedules tab orthe Bearcat logo to be directed to thehttp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ Youwill need your power school user name andpassword to access the game schedule pdf nowlocated in power school

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES (for ALLmatch/schedule details check game schedulepage as above)April 2 - Track Meet at Brent MS/HS trackteams

April 8 - HS Twilight Track Meet at ISM v BrentApril 8 - Varsity Girls Softball v Brent at ISMApril 17 - (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS

Track at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM ishosting

Badminton

BEARCAT DEN:Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from

11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. 4:00P.M.

Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from2:30 - 4:00 P.M.

Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you areinterested in joining our group of volunteersin the Bearcat Den please contact our BCDvolunteers coordination Chantel([email protected]) or pop in to theDen near the HS Cafeteria and talk with oneof our volunteers they will be very happy to

make you welcome.

PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations forthis school year is TUESDAY, JUNE 7th. TheDen volunteers will be in hibernation fromJune 8th until reopening day on Monday, Au-gust 8th, 2011

IASAS BADMINTON at ISM - April 18-21:ISM is very excited to host the IASAS Badmin-ton tournament in 3 weeks time, final prepa-rations are well underway and our teams are

training hard for this tournament. See ATACblog for tournament draw and information.

Information related to the IASAS BadmintonTournament can now be found on the ATACBlog http://atac.ism-online.orgAll housing for IASAS Badminton is now com-plete. For families that have agreed to houseyour guest information letters will be distrib-uted next week April 4th 8th via the divisionaloffices. Please return the slip attached so weknow you have received the information letter.


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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

MAY AND JUNE

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP


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Calendar for SY 2011-2012


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