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Admissions & Advancement
Service Learning 2
Campus Card / Copy Center 3
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Athlecs & Acvies 5
Learning 2.0 @ ISM
MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL
ISSUE # 08
SY 2015–2016
WEEK OF:
SEP 28 TO OCT 2
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
Friday BulletinInside this issue:
SEPTEMBER—NOVEMBER:
MS Upcoming Events:
Dear Parents,
Aer a busy week with CWW, many students are excited about the long weekend so they
can relax and take advantage of having some addional free me. Preadolescents and
adolescents need free me to explore their own interests, be with friends or just simply
unwind. One of the key components of our school mission is to, “Maintain a healthy
balance in the me devoted to work, rest and recreaon.” As the long weekend com-
mences, why not talk to your child about how they plan to use their me and oer guid-
ance so that their weekend is balanced.
Middle School students love spending me with their friends but they connue to crave
meaningful interacons with grown ups. It is essenal that all parents constantly engage
with their children, even if you feel those eorts are not always met as enthusiascally as
you might like! If you and your child can nd free me acvies to enjoy together, it can
be a great way to build your relaonship and maintain open channels of communica-
on. Check out this wonderful father-daughter YouTube clip that shows one family's
eorts to spend quality me together. Mom has been le out of the loop and her reac-
on will make you smile! You may need a box of ssues close at hand when you watch
this…
MS Parent Coee with Lance King:
If you are free on Tuesday, September 29th from 07:45 - 09:00 a.m. why not come and
join our Parent Coee with guest speaker Lance King? Lance will be talking about how
parents can support student learning by culvang a growth mindset and understanding
the powerful lessons that can be learned when we experience failure. This event will be
held in the Lohouse.
Parent -Teacher Conferences (PTCs):
The Parent-Teacher Conferences are once again just around the corner and we would like
to inform you of the schedule for making your reservaons for the Middle School PTCs on
Wednesday, October 14th, Monday, October 19th and Tuesday, October 20th from
1:00pm - 6:00pm. Like last year, this year’s Parent-Teacher Conferences will be reserved
online through the PowerParent portal.
The system will go live at 8.00 am on Monday, October 5th, at which me you will have
access to the PTC Scheduler part of PowerParent. Once logged in you will see an icon,
named “MS PTC Scheduler” towards the boom of the navigaon links on the le handside of the page. Clicking this icon will send you directly to the PTC Scheduler. Pop-up-
blockers will need to be turned o to allow access to the next page.
Next Friday we will send a reminder email and aach a step-by-step guide which will walk
you through the reservaon process. If you have misplaced or forgoen your Pow-
erParent username and password, please call the Middle School Oce on 840 8550 /
8553 or email Krisne Fong ([email protected]). We look forward to seeing you in the
aernoons of October 14th, 19th and 20th and we hope that your Parent-Teacher Confer-
ences runs smoothly. Many thanks for your connued support and acve involvement in
your child’s learning.
PARENT COFFEE with Lance King
Tuesday, September 29
NO CLASSES (Learning 2.0 Conference)
Friday, October 2
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
Wednesday, October 14
Monday & Tuesday, October 19 & 20
FILIPINIANA Friday, October 23
SCHOOL BREAK
October 26 to November 2
MAP TESTING
October 5 to 13
ACADEMIC BOWL
Tuesday, November 10
MS YEARBOOK PHOTOSHOOT
November 9 to 12
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Middle School Media Center:
The Middle School Media Center (MSMC) is a hive of acvity and is a popular desnaon for
students, teachers and parents. We love the fact that our community members enjoy and use
this space and know that many parents view the MSMC as their second home. Recently, we
have noced that a number of parents are so comfortable in our library that they have actual-
ly fallen asleep. While we love that parents feel so relaxed in our library, we would like torespecully request that parents try not to take a nap. The MSMC is used on an ongoing basis
by students and we would like promote the idea that the MSMC is a place of learning not a
place of snoozing! If you are enjoying a good book and feel yourself driing o, please lead by
example and stretch your legs, get a drink of water or go for a walk before returning to your
book.
No School:
Please remember that there is no school for students on:
> Thursday, September 24th and Friday, September 25th
> Friday, October 2nd (Learning 2.0 Educators’ Conference is being hosted at ISM)
Kind regards,
Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal
Amanda Pekin, Assistant Middle School Principal
Dear ISM Middle Schoolers and Families,
Great news! In an eort to make sure as many of
you as possible are able to consider taking ad-
vantage of this incredible summer opportunity inThailand for cultural immersion, hands-on learn-
ing, conservaon service, fun and friendship
building (with both humans and elephants!)...
we've extended sign-ups through September 30!
Here are the details:
See the program website here (password:
ism) for more info and to sign up!
No payment due upon sign up! Just click
"Enroll Now" on the le hand side to reserve
your spot.
Great news - more me to pay! Inial $200
payment is due by October 15 to hold your
place on the program and to reserve airfare,
then no other payments due unl 2016! (50% due January 30th, 50% due April 30th)
This opportunity is open to ALL middle schoolers so enroll ASAP to ensure your place on the program - in the case of
over enrollment before Sept 30, preference will be given based on grade level and order of enrollment.
Please contact ISM's Rusc Pathways Program Coordinator Bri Herron ([email protected]) if you have
any quesons!
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Dear ISM parents,
You may have heard that ISM will be hosng one of the world's leading technology conferences, Learn-ing 2.0, from October 1-3. You may not know that we are involving students from Manila area schools
to give their voice to the many innovaons we will be considering at this conference. In addion, and
for the rst me, we would like to invite members of the ISM parent community to take part in this
conference. Having the voice of the parent community can give the thinkers in this conference valuable
insights into the lives of our young learners and how we can best support them with technology as we
progress through the 21st Cen-
tury.
With this in mind, please readthe announcement below and
visit theLearning 2.015 Web-
site to nd out more and regis-
ter for the conference. ISM par-
ents can receive a 20% discount
o the registraon by entering
the following promoonal
code: "ISMParents".
When selecng your Cohort,
please select the "Int'l School
Manila Parents Cohort".
If you have any quesons
please contact the ISM Learning
Oce
We hope to see you at the con-
ference!
Kind regards,
ISM Learning Oce
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IASAS is fast approaching! Oct 8-10, 2015
ISM is hosng the IASAS Soccer Championships and whilst
we are hosng soccer our Volleyball and Cross Country
teams will be striving for success in Bangkok at their season
ending championships in two weeks me. Live stream ac-
on/results from Manila and Bangkok will be available
via www.iasas.asia
For new ISM families IASAS schools are; ISM, Singapore
American School, Internaonal School Kuala Lumpur, Jakar-
ta Intercultural School, Taipei American School and Interna-
onal School Bangkok.
Hosng an IASAS event has a whole school focus to bring
our community together across all divisions (ES/MS/HS) to
support our Bearcats soccer teams.
Find below the schedule of matches for your forward plan-
ning. We hope to have big crowds out to all games but es-
pecially when our ISM girls and boys
teams are playing.
There will be great excitement around
the campus in the lead up to IASASwith teams ying in Wed Oct 7, tour-
nament play is Oct 8,9,10 and teams
depart Sunday Oct 11.
ATAC oce is sll seeking some more
host families. We currently need to
house 25 more athletes! If you can
house a pair of soccer athletes please
contact us or get a housing form via
the ATAC blog. IASAS kids are awe-
some and hosng is a great experi-
ence. ES/MS/HS families can allhost... Check out the link at IASAS
housing informaon if you have any
quesons please contact the ATAC
oce. Forms can be printed and
turned in to ATAC oce or emailed
Well done to all teams who have taken
part in the RIFA ES/MS soccer fesvals.
Fesval nals for teams that have qual-
ied are on Oct 17th. Finals venues are
now posted on noce boards and viathe ES/MS Fesval ATAC blog pag-
es. Please check carefully and If you
are in doubt about whether the event
will go ahead due to heavy rain or ex-
treme weather please follow the pro-
cedure at this link. hp://atac.ism-
online.org/manila-weather-forecast/
atac-event-cancelaon-extreme-
weather/
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Leaving ISM?
Please be reminded that parents are obliged to ocially inform the School in wring through
a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM if their child will not be returning for the 2nd Semester
(January 2016 term). Families are encouraged to submit the Withdrawal Nocaon Form,
stang the student's nal date of aendance, immediately. Failure to submit the form may lead
to a delay in the forwarding of your child's transcript to his/her new school.
The Withdrawal Nocaon Form can be obtained from the Admissions Oce, by clicking the
link above, or directly from the ISM website under Admission > Re-Enrollment
& Withdrawal > Withdrawals
Please feel free to contact the Admissions Oce at 840.8601 for quesons or claricaons.
ES RIFA fesvals informaon and MS Rifa fesvals infor-
maon
This coming October break ISM will be hosng a Fall Basket-ball Camp run by Filipino Basketball Academy FBA. See FBA
yer for details. Flyer is also posted on noce boards around
school. Sign up quick as places will go fast.
Last weekend our Varsity Volleyball teams travel to Kuala
Lumpur for their exchange weekend and our Varsity soccer
teams traveled to Singapore. Some excellent matches and
IASAS preparaon took place for our teams and our girls
volleyball team went through undefeated over the week-
end.
Upcoming events:
Sept 26th Cross Country meet at Faith
8am
start
Sept 28th VBoys/Asp Soccer vs Southridge and JV G
V'ball vs BSM
For our Sailsh swim team program please check the Sailsh
blog for informaon. hp://sailsh.ism-online.org/
Please note the pracce mes for ATAC programs for SY 15-
16 are as follows: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. See
schedule for our All year round teams program here…
All HS seasonal teams pracce from 3:05- 4:50pm each day.
MS seasonal teams pracce 3:10-4:40pm. In order to clear
the campus prior to 5pm all aer school programs will con-
clude by 4:50pm
or earlier. The last bus is4:55pm
this is due
to the ever increasing trac concerns in our area.
Parents and students please take some me to peruse the
ATAC blog it has a wide variety of informaon and links to
our sports and acvies program. If you have any quesons
regarding the compeve program of sports at ISM aer
reading the informaon on the blog please send an email
to [email protected] and I will endeavor to assist you as
best I can.
Bearcat Den- drop by our fantasc spirit store. There is a
new school year sale on at the moment and a range of new
products and items to purchase including items from our
service partners. Bearcat Den hours of operaon-7am-
4pm Mon-Fri.
GO BEARCATS!
Best Regards,
Mark Pekin
Director of Athlecs and Acvies
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SAVE THE DATE!
Join us in support of theVicky SyCip Philippine ScholarshipProgram on November 13th,2015 in the Little Theater. Rockthrough the ages with live musicprovided by our very own FacultyBand, The MamSirs. Early Bird tick-
ets will go on sale soon!
All proceeds of the event supportthe Philippine Scholarship for atruly deserving Filipino student toattend ISM. For more informationon the Philippine Scholarship
please visit this LINK.
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