M I D D L E

Issue # 13 November 12 to 16, 2012

Student Bulletin

S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
November 12 to 16, 2012
Monday, November 12 Tuesday, November 13 Wednesday, November 14 Regular Schedule Regular Schedule Student Late Start/Regular Schedule Grade Level Assembly (11:40 A.M.): Gr. 5 - LT; Gr. 6 - FAT; Gr. 7 - Lofthouse; Gr. 8 - MS Gym Regular Schedule Regular Schedule

Thursday, November 15 Friday, November 16

Dear Students:

Congratulations to the MS Academic Bowl team for winning the Silver Medal in the competition at Faith Academy. Friday Night Lights is back. Starting at 4:00 P.M. this Friday, November 16 there will be MS/HS Rugby/ Touch. The Basketball teams will also start their season against Brent. Feed your Bearcat and show some school spirit! Saturday Service continues this Saturday, November 17 with an outing to PCF. Sign up in the MS Office to join the trip. The annual Sailfish Swimathon will also take place this Saturday, November 17. Be sure to sponsor one of the swimmers. Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

November 15 15 to 19 19 to 23 20 23 24 24 30 December 03 to 07 05 to 12 Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., LT) MS ISTA Festival PTA New Book Fair Gr. 5 & 6 Beginners Recital PTA Charity Bazaar Service Learning Trip (Habitat for Humanity) K-12 Dance Recital (3:00 P.M., FAT) School Holiday (Bonifacio Day) Spirit Week MS Art Exhibit (FAT Lobby)

PowerSchool Grade Update

Nov. 16 - Progress Report Distribution Nov. 29 - Grade Update

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

2nd Season ATAC sports: Tryouts concluded prior to the break and the practice schedule for MS & HS sports for (Basketball, Tennis, Varsity Swimming, Boys Rugby and Girls Touch) is posted on the ATAC blog schedules page and on notice boards around school. This Friday, November 9 for HS teams the first rugby and touch games will be held after school vs. Faith Academy. Our MS rugby boys team will play BSM at BSM at 4:00 P.M. for their first game of the season. This Saturday, November 10 sees the start of the tennis season action and Basketball teams matches begin the following week of November 17 with our local leagues. Please check game schedule page carefully for all match times and venues. Swimathon: Sailfish will hold their annual swimathon on Saturday, November 10. The schedule is posted on the sailfish blog, please sponsor a sailfish swimmer for their efforts this coming Saturday! Friday, November 16 is Friday Night Lights #2 for this year. From 4:00 P.M., there will be MS/HS rugby games vs. EIS, Brent and BSM. Our MS and JV girls touch teams will play Brent (Varsity girls touch will be at the Singapore exchange weekend) and in the gyms we will have Basketball opening season games vs. Brent. At 5:00 - 7:00 P.M., there will be a parent sponsored MS/HS tennis teams social night with all players from our MS/HS teams welcome. Come along to support our teams for Friday night lights on November 16. See flyers posted around school! ISM will host IASAS Tennis on January 30 to February 3. We need to house 80 visiting tennis players from the IASAS schools. Please click this link to access the housing letter information http://atac.ism-online.org/ files/2011/02/IASAS-tennis-2013-Housing-Requestletter.pdf. For more general information about housing at IASAS tournaments, see the housing and hosting pagehttp:// atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/ The letter is also available under the helpful shortcuts bar on the right side of the ATAC blog home page. We look forward to ISM community support for what will be a fantastic tennis tournament as our ISM tennis teams attempt to defend GOLD at IASAS! A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog and also to follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page). Each Monday, I will post the weeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent bulletins. GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid-week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the PowerSchool secure site http:// powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need your PowerSchool username and password to access the game schedule. HS Student registration for ATAC activities: (new for school year 12-13) A Google doc registration is now available for all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonal sports teams, MUN and Cultural Convention programs. Please take the time to complete this online registration for activities that you plan on joining this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registration tab found under the Helpful Shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. *please note this is for HS students only and you must use your school email address to access the link. Personal gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to access the page. BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/ Our Bearcat Den is open for business, please drop by to check out the range of Bearcat products. We have a great team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a fantastic group please contact Melanie Ball, our volunteer coordinator, at melaniehball@gmail.com. We have a new range of dri fit t-shirts now available along with new Bearcat bags Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wednesday & Friday, 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities

SERVICE LEARNING ANNOUNCEMENT

MS Service Learning would like to thank everybody for supporting our activities. Upcoming Saturday Service Dates: November 10 - PAWs November 17 - PCF November 24 - Habitat for Humanity December 8 - CCV

MUSIC RECITAL
On Tuesday, November 20th, the Grade 5 -6 Choirs, Bands and Strings will perform exciting music in the Little Theater. Be sure to come and support these young musicians! 5:00 P.M. Gr. 5-6 Choirs 5:45 P.M. Gr. 5-6 Strings 6:30 P.M. Gr. 5-6 Bands and Gr. 7-8 Beginning Band See you there!

FROM THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Calling all Grade 7-8 students: We are looking for a creative artist to make the concert program cover for our upcoming Middle School concert. Here is what we need: Theme: Myths and Legends (artwork related to this theme) This must also be included in the cover: International School Manila presents Myths and Legends Featuring our Grade 7-8 Bands, Choirs and Strings Wednesday, December 5, 2012 5:30 P.M. FAT Submission can be sent electronically or in person to Mr. Odendaal (odendaalg@ismanila.org) by Thursday, November 22 at 3:00 P.M.