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    POWERSCHOOLPOWERSCHOOLGRADE UPDATEGRADE UPDATE

    Feb 8 Progress ReportsDistribution

    From the Middle School OfficeISSUE # 21

    WEEKOF FEBRUARY 4 TO 8, 2013

    Friday BulletinMIDDLE SCHOOL

    Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

    From the Office of Admissions andAdvancement / Art Auction

    From the Operations & SecurityOffice

    From the ATAC Office

    Industrial Agriculture:Is Your Food Safe?

    1

    Middle School Choir 1

    From the AFAC Office 1

    MS Academic Bowl Tryouts 1

    MS 3rd Season Tryout/Training 1

    HS 3rd Season Try-out ScheduleAdult Language Courses at ISM 1

    Inside this issue:

    UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

    FEBRUARY

    6 Grade 4 to 5 ParentsTransition Meeting(5:00 P.M., LT)

    8 MS Party (Grade 5 to 8rescheduled to March

    11 to 15 Classroom Without Wa(CWW)

    19 Grade 8 Parents HS CoSelection Meeting(5:30 P.M., - 6:30 P.M.Little Theater)

    21 MS Parent Coffee(7:45 A.M., Little Thea

    25 No Classes(EDSA Revolution Holid

    26 No Classes:Faculty In-Service

    27 to Mar. 01 Grade 8 CourseRegistration

    MARCH

    4 to 8 Course Registration

    Dear Parents:This week we bid farewell to one of the most familiar faces and voices in the Middle School

    Aubrey Fensantos. After six years of dedicated service in the Middle School office, Aubrey isembarking on a new adventure and starting the next chapter of her life as an expat in theUnited States. Her warm smile and friendly demeanor will surely be missed by manymembers of the school community. We wish her all the best.

    Over the past two weeks, you may have noticed a new face and voice in the Middle Schooloffice. We welcome Kristine Fong to the team and hope you will help her feel welcome.Kristine comes to us from the Elementary School After School program and we are thankfulthat she brings her knowledge of the ISM community with her. She has jumped right intoMiddle School life and is ready to assist students, parents and teachers. Welcome, Kristine!

    Recently, we also said farewell to our librarian Karen Stewart. Unfortunately, Ms. Stewart hadto return to Australia for medical reasons and will not be returning to ISM. Our thoughts arewith her during this difficult time as she pursues treatment.We would like to congratulate all the students who have recently participated in festivalssponsored by the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS). A small group of ourstrings and choir students travelled to Beijing and a few of our band students went toMyanmar. We are proud of these students as they showcased their talents, forged friendshipswith other student musicians, and represented ISM.The Middle School Classroom Without Walls (CWW) week is nearly here. CWW is part of theregular Middle School curriculum and affords students the opportunity to discover more aboutthe Philippines and what it has to offer. The activities that the teachers plan also aim tocultivate a stronger sense of community and service. For these students, the trips oftenbecome their most treasured memories of Middle School. Information and permission slipshave been sent out through your childs Homebase. If you have not received the information

    or if you have any questions, please contact your childs Homebase teacher or the site leaderin charge of the activity.

    On Wednesday, February 6 we are hosting a Parent Transition Meeting for Grade 4 parentswhose children are moving to grade 5 next school year. The presentation will run from 5:00 6:00 P.M. in the Little Theater. On another calendar note, the Middle School Party scheduledfor February 8 has been postponed to March 15.

    Looking ahead for parents of grade 8 students Please note that the High School CourseSelection Meeting has been moved to Tuesday, February 19 from 5:30 6:30 P.M. in the LittleTheater. The meeting will not take place on February 21 as printed in the school calendar.Have a fabulous weekend!

    Yours in Education,

    Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson

    Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

    The Yearbook Pictures are now available for pick up in the MS Office.

    Yearbook photo retakes will be on Tuesday, February 5.

    Please proceed to room 1118.

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    From the Office of Admissions and Advancement

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    ISM Community Art Auction

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    Withdrawal Procedure for Students Leaving ISM

    For those students who will be withdrawing from International School Manila this year, the following procedure ap-plies:

    Parents are obliged to inform the School officially through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the se-cond Friday of May, if their children will not be returning to ISM.

    Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensationfor having held a space for the child and thus preventing the School from offering that space to another child pri-or to the summer holiday break.

    The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admissions Office or directly from the ISM websitewww.ismanila.org under Admissions > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal > Withdrawal

    STEP 1: Return the Withdrawal Notification Form to the Admissions Office or scanned and e-mailed as an attachmentto [email protected] .

    Upon receipt of the Withdrawal Notification Form by the Admissions Office, a copy will be forwarded to

    the appropriate School Office and the Finance Office for their action.The School Office, upon receipt of the Withdrawal Notification Form, will initiate the student clearance

    procedure which requires a Middle or High School student to have the Student Clearance Slip signedby the indicated teachers and offices for clearance. For Elementary students, the Elementary Officewill handle the withdrawal clearance.

    Note that school transcripts and records will be available from the particular school office approximatelyfifteen working days after the childs last day of attendance at ISM. Please coordinate directly withthe particular School Office if you require other arrangements.

    STEP 2: If required, and when completed, the Student Clearance Slipmust be taken to the Cashiers Office. Onlyafter the Cashier has received and signed the completed clearance form will the childs transcript or school records bereleased from the Elementary, Middle or High School Office. Please note that one copy of the transcript is providedfree of charge, additional copies cost P100 each, payable at the Cashiers Office before release. Please coordinatedirectly with the particular School Office if you require more than one copy of school records.

    STEP 3: In order to receive your Facilities Upgrade Deposit or FUD (formerly the Special Project Deposit) refund, thefollowing must be submitted to the Cashiers Office:

    1) Signed Student Clearance Slip2) Signed Facilities Upgrade Deposit Certificate

    Please note that the FUD refund will not be released before your childs last day of school and may take up to thirty(30) days. Only the person whose name appears on the FUD Certificate may claim the refund at the Cashiers Office.

    Please call the Cashier at 840-8506 if you have questions regarding your FUD Certificate.

    Please allow the withdrawal process to go smoothly by starting the process early. Thank you for your help and under-standing.

    If you will be withdrawing before the end of the school year and wish to receive your childs YEARBOOK please submitthe appropriate form to the School Office. The forms are available through the web site: Admission > Re-Enrollment& Withdrawal>Withdrawal

    Elementary School Yearbook: ALAALAMiddle School Yearbook: SALINLAHIHigh School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

    Sincerely,

    Stephanie H. HagedornDirector of Admissions & [email protected]

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    http://www.ismanila.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.ismanila.org/
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    From the Operations & Security Office

    Operations and Security

    Access and parking within the campus are important security and safety issues. For the well-being of all membersof the ISM community, those entering the school campus are requested to follow the procedures outlined below.

    Vehicular Access

    During drop-off and pick-up times, vehicles may enter through Gates 2 and 3. Those entering through Gate 2 shouldproceed to the drop off area and, once the student has alighted or boarded, they should exit via Gate 1. Those ve-hicles entering through Gate 3 must turn into the covered parking area and use the designated drop-off areas. Allvehicles must exit through Gate 1.

    Alternatively, vehicles entering through Gate 3 may park in the covered car park. The spaces reserved for parent-driven cars should only be used by those vehicles which are driven by parents themselves. Vehicles in which parentsare traveling, but which are driven by a driver, should not use these spaces. Rather, they should park elsewhere inthe covered park or make use of the outside spaces next to the power center.

    Please note that Gate 2 may only be used by members of the ISM community in possession of a valid ISM ID and vehi-cles displaying a valid ISM vehicle sticker.

    Family/company drivers should not remain within school once they have delivered a student. They should exit theschool and return no sooner than 1:45 in the afternoon for pick up.

    Visitors to ISM may only enter through Gate 3. There is an area for short stay visitors parking near Gate 1.

    The Pedestrian Gate

    Location

    The pedestrian gate is located in the perimeter fence mid-way between Gate 1 and Gate 2. There is a paved area

    between the road and the perimeter fence, allowing easy access to the gate.

    The pedestrian gate is solely for the entry of members of the ISM Community at the beginning of the school day. Itwill only be open between 7:00 and 7:45 (8:00 to 8:45 on Wednesdays). Due to parking restrictions and in the inter-ests of security it will not be open in the afternoon for pick ups. During the time it is open, it will be under the su-pervision of members of the ISM Guard Force.

    Drop-off Procedure

    Drivers should stop adjacent to the paved area and students should alight from the right side of their vehicle. Thedriver should then move off, clearing the space for other vehicles dropping off students. Under no circumstancesshould a student be dropped off from the outside lane. This is dangerous as the student would need to walk acrossthe front of another vehicle.Drivers are reminded that traffic regulations forbid parking on the roads around ISM. Therefore, vehicles should

    only be stopping for the brief tine it takes for a student to alight. Drivers must not wait for anybody to return tothe vehicle.

    Car Stickers

    The car stickers for the school year 2012/13 are available from the security office.Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued followingpayment of Php100.00 to the cashiers office.

    In order to facilitate the easy recognition of authorized cars at the gates, the stickers should be affixed to the topright corner of the windshield. Further to this, old ISM stickers issued in previous years should be removed.

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    FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 7 ID Cards

    ID cards should be worn at all times while on campus. If you have not been issued an ID card, or you have lost it,you should obtain one by visiting the security office and completing the appropriate application form.

    Vehicle checks

    The practice of inspecting vehicles will continue. During off-peak hours all vehicles will be checked before theyare allowed to enter the campus. During peak hours (drop off and pick-up times), all vehicles without validstickers and randomly selected vehicles with stickers will be asked to undergo an examination.

    Whether an examination is conducted or not, it is important that the security staff at the gates are able to iden-tify the occupants of vehicles entering the campus; therefore IDs must be clearly displayed. Vehicles with tintedwindows must roll down windows to allow a clear view of the interior of the vehicle.

    Drivers, Helpers and Bodyguards

    Drivers, helpers and bodyguards should not be waiting on campus for students throughout the school day. Afterdropping off students they should exit the school grounds and not return more than 30 minutes before dismissaltime. Those who repeatedly fail to comply with the regulation will have their access privilege suspended.

    Only those vehicles carrying parents or other people with business within the school will be allowed to return tothe campus before 1:45 p.m.

    There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas, helpers and security escorts to wait for parentsand students. Unless specifically authorized, they may not enter any other area. In the interest of security, andto prevent congestion at the pedestrian entrances to the covered parking area, parents are requested to empha-size to their employees the importance of cooperating with the security staff and remaining in the appropriateareas.

    Termination of Employment

    In the event of the termination of service of a family employee, parents are asked to secure the former employ-ees ISM ID card and return it to the Security office. If this is not possible, it is important tat the Security Officeis still informed of the change of circumstances.

    Finally, I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation in helping us maintain ISMas a safe and secure environment for our children.

    Firearms

    All members of the ISM community are reminded that it is strictly forbidden for firearms to be brought onto thecampus. This includes concealed weapons carried by bodyguards for close protection. Any person arriving at theschool with a firearm should inform the gate guard and arrangements will be made for the weapon to be safelyand securely stored during the visitors stay.

    Security staff directions

    Our security team is endeavoring to make the school as safe and secure an environment as possible for all mem-

    bers of our community. We as that everybody cooperate with us in this important task. In particular, all thoseentering our campus are requested to comply with any direction given to them by members of our guard force.In the event that anyone is unclear as to the purpose of such instructions they can seek clarifications from thesecurity office. Please note that it is the parents responsibility to advise their staff accordingly.

    Thank you for your cooperation. We are looking forward to another successful semester at International SchoolManila.

    Regards,

    MICHAEL FLYNNDirectorOperations & Security

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    3rd Season sports are fast approaching (Badminton, Softball and Track & Field) see tryouts andpractice schedule via the ATAC blog schedules pages.

    http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/

    http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/tryouts/

    IASAS Golf makes its debut this year at ISKL. If you want to be a part of history and represent ISMin the first ever IASAS Golf Tournament, contact Mr. Hamaguchi to register your name.

    ISM will host IASAS Tennis Jan 30-Feb 3. Please come and support our Bearcats tennis teams atIASAS. You can find the schedule via www.iasas.asia. A big THANK-YOU to ISM families that agreed tohost an IASAS Tennis athletes. Housing letters for the IASAS Track and Field event is now available viathe ATAC blog. Please sign up early to house a visiting track athlete in April. For general information

    about housing at IASAS tournaments see the housing and hosting page.

    http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/

    IASAS Tennis matches start Thursday Jan 31st. The schedule is very busy with 204 matches to beplayed over the 3 days. To help you understand the schedule, a match consists of 3 singles games S1,S2, S3 and 2 doubles games D1 and D2.There is also an 8 th or alternate player for each team who playmatches as a part of the tournament. The alternate player can be used in case of injury/illness in sin-gles or doubles if needed. To win the match, you need to win 3 out of the 5 games. It is a round robinformat with all teams playing each other by Saturday lunch time. By Saturday afternoon the finals areplayed based on the round robin results.

    All 8 courts on our new roof facility plus our 2 courts at the covered court will be utilized for the tour-nament, so there will be plenty of great tennis matches to watch during the 3 days. For those of youthat are unaware or are new to ISM, both our ISM boys and girls teams are defending IASAS championsand our girls team is going for a 3rd win in a row this year. The event will be live streamed viawww.iasas.asia and IASAS tournaments are wonderful events to host and we look forward to puttingon a great event for the visiting teams in our new facility. We hope for great support from our ISM

    community during the event to cheer on our teams as they do battleagainst the IASAS schools.

    Whilst we are hosting tennis our other 2nd season teams will be bat-tling it out at the following venues for their season ending IASASChampionships and we wish them the best of luck. You can followtheir progress via live score and streaming sites at www.iasas.asia

    Rugby/Touch at Kuala Lumpur

    Basketball at Singapore

    Swimming at Taipei

    Please come along and check out the action when we host our IASASfriends from Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Bangkok!

    From the Athletics & Activities Office

    http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/tryouts/http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/tryouts/http://www.iasas.asia/http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/http://www.iasas.asia/http://www.iasas.asia/http://www.iasas.asia/http://www.iasas.asia/http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/http://www.iasas.asia/http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/tryouts/http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/
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    Our MS boys B and girls tennis teams have made it to the ISTA league semi finals to be playedon Feb 16. The MS Gold girls and boys basketball teams also play their semis and finals this Saturdayat ISM MS gym. Good luck to all players.

    Our varsity girls basketball team won the ISSA league final, that was played last Tuesday nightover Assumption 43-31. Congratulations to players and coaches! Well done JV and MS boys Rugbyteams who took out the local league finals last Saturday. The Bearcats Rugby boys made it a triplesweep this season winning all 3 divisions of local school boy rugby.

    The Faith Academy Hardeman Cup Basketball tournament gave our IASAS teams solid finalpreparation for this weeks IASAS in Singapore. The Varsity boys lost in OT in the bronze medal gameand our girls won the 3rd place trophy with freshman Tori and Chiara being recognized for the all-tournament team.

    Congratulations also to our JV and Varsity girls touch teams who also won the ISM Touch Invi-tational played on Saturday. Both teams played very well to take out the 1st place trophy. We wishour girls touch players the best as they head for Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.

    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 willpost the weeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents information onthe 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 scheduledoes change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularlyto find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click onschedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the power school secure sitehttp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need your power school user name and password toaccess the game schedule pdf.

    HS Student registration for ATAC activities: (new for school year 12-13) A Google doc regis-tration 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 foractivities that you plan on joining this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Regis-tration tab found under the Helpful Shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. Please note this is forHS students only and you must use your school email address to access the link. Personal gmail orhotmail 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 prod-ucts. We have a great team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people tohelp out. If you are interested in joining a fantastic group please contact any of our den membersduring den opening hours. We have a new volunteer coordinator thanks so much to Carolyn for step-ping forward to take on this role. If your interested in joining the Den volunteers please contact Car-olyn Ching for details [email protected] are always looking for new volunteers and en-courage parents from ES/MS to join our group.

    Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm andeach afternoon from 2:30-4pm.

    Regards,

    Mark PekinDirector of Athletics/Activities

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    http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/
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    We are Kushagra and Juliana, grade 8students, and we want to present ourfindings on the subject of industrialagriculture. This project was com-pleted during first semester for ourChanging Our World class, in whichwe had to make a change using me-dia. We chose to write an articleabout our findings on industrialagrculture.

    Industrial Agriculture has many negative effects on our environment, health, and economy.This method of agriculture uses synthetic chemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides to grow the food,making it detrimental to health as their use leaves harmful residues in the body when ingested. Thismethod of farming uses a greater amount of land, energy and water compared to sustainable farm-ing. The toxic chemicals damage the soil and the nutrients in it, which adversely affects the life anddisrupts ecosystems. After World War II, the idea of industrialized farming spread in different partsof the world. One initial reason for such widespread use of industrial agriculture was that an organicfarm was more labor intensive, and there was a general shortage of labor force in the developedeconomies. The developing economies often indiscriminately emulated these methods even thoughthey had abundant labor force.

    It negatively affects the environment lowering the quality of life and harming all species liv-

    ing nearby. Industrial agriculture uses resources such as fossil fuels, water at an unsustainable rate.It contributes to water and air pollution (caused by the high concentration of animal wastes whichproduces harmful gases like hydrogen sulfide, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide), soil deple-tion (extensive use of a monoculture), diminishing biodiversity and dying fish. Furthermore, the foodthat is being produced such as grain is being fed to animals and not directly to humans making thissystem very inefficient. The extensive use of antibiotics to prevent infections and diseases in animalsmakes the antibiotics inefficient. The pesticides in the production of crops can result in cancer forworkers and consumers.

    Industrial agriculture has an extremely negative effect on human health. Crops produced bythe use of pesticides, bacteria, chemicals, leave harmful chemical residue for all who consumethem. Small sustainable farms produce healthy, high quality food and preserve the environment.Factory farms produce high amounts of waste which can drain away into the groundwater and jeop-ardize the people of exposure to infectious and deadly bacteria such as E coli (small rodshaped bac-teria that can lead to food poisoning). Factory farming creates air pollution which is potentially dan-gerous for the farmworkers and the surrounding community.

    The argument that Industrial agriculture is cheaper than sustainable farming is not true. Sus-tainable farming provides jobs for the members of the community enabling the local economies togrow and flourish. An University of Minnesota study shows that small sustainable farms with a grossincome of $100,000 made almost 95% of farmrelated expenditures within the local communities,thus boosting the economy, whereas another study by the same university reveals that large farmswith gross income of $900,000 made less than 20% of farm related expenditures.

    Industrial Agriculture: Is Your Food Safe?

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    Industrial Agriculture uses massive amounts of energy to produce very little food. According toDavid Pimentel (professor in the Cornell university), industrial agriculture uses 10 units of energy toproduce 1 unit of food. This worsens when animals are fed grain instead of grass. It takes 7 Kg of grainsto produce 1 Kg of beef, 4 Kg of grain to produce 1 Kg of pork and 2.4Kg of grain to produce 1Kg of

    Chicken.

    Table 1 shows the relationship between how many people one farmer could feed in different years. In1900, one farmer only had to supply seven people whereas in 1999, one farmer had to supply food for96 people, thus indicating the drastic increase in the population of U.S. Table 3 shows the relationshipbetween the diminishing number of farms in the U.S, and the increasing size (acres) of these farms.Therefore, while the population of U.S increased, the number of farms decreased but the size of thesefarms increased dramatically.

    There is an alternate method of farming called Organic farming. Organic farming is a methodof agriculture which strictly prohibits the use of synthetic chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides or genet-ically modified food and uses environmentally friendly resources like natural compost, crop rotations,biological pest control, etc.

    Organic farming has more nutritional value largely in vitamin and mineral content. The soil ismore nutritious which makes the plants more nutritious. Nutritious plants mean healthier people. Or-ganic farming is free of health harming substances such as pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides,which means that is healthier because there is no harmful chemical residue. An organically grownplant can actually resist most diseases and pests without the use of pesticides. The cost of growing or-ganic food is much cheaper than industrial agriculture because the use of chemicals is prohibited inorganic farming. Organic farming is more drought resistant than industrial farming.

    Kushagra S. and Juliana A.

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    Middle School Choir

    Last weekend, 10 middleschool students participat-ed in the AMIS Choir andOrchestra music festival inBeijing. They joined morethan 20 other schools inrehearsing and performingbeautiful music includingthe world premiere ofICHOOSE THE LIGHT, whichwas specifically composedfor this festival. Highlightsof the trip included visitingthe Great Wall of China,performing for a middleschool assembly, and meet-ing many other young musi-cians from the otherschools. Mr. Odendaal, Ms.Hausman, and Mr. Gillespieare very proud of thesetalented musicians!

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    Please note that theBroadway Bound film

    shown in MS Assembly featuring staffand faculty dancing Gangnam Style

    can now be viewed on Google Docs.

    Either use the following link:

    https://docs.google.com/a/ismanila.org/file/d/0BxGdVbAOpwfJZk1CZWk3c0Fla0k/edit

    or simply search by typing in Pablo. Manythanks once again to everybody involved

    in the making of the movie.

    From the After-School Activities Office:

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    There will be no afterschool activities from February 11 to 15

    due to Classroom Without Walls!

    Second session after school sports activities: badminton, volleyballand cricket will start on February 18, 2013 (Monday).

    https://docs.google.com/a/ismanila.org/file/d/0BxGdVbAOpwfJZk1CZWk3c0Fla0k/edithttps://docs.google.com/a/ismanila.org/file/d/0BxGdVbAOpwfJZk1CZWk3c0Fla0k/edithttps://docs.google.com/a/ismanila.org/file/d/0BxGdVbAOpwfJZk1CZWk3c0Fla0k/edithttps://docs.google.com/a/ismanila.org/file/d/0BxGdVbAOpwfJZk1CZWk3c0Fla0k/edithttps://docs.google.com/a/ismanila.org/file/d/0BxGdVbAOpwfJZk1CZWk3c0Fla0k/edit
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    Do you know lots of interesting facts and general knowledge?Are you fast on the buzzers? Do you like Are you Smarter

    than a 5thGrader?

    THEN COME TO Academic Bowl Tryouts!!

    WHERE - Room P046 (Mrs. Birchenalls classroom)

    WHEN - Thursday 7th February and/or Friday 8th February3:05 P.M. 3:30 P.M. (sharp).

    The successful students will represent ISM at the next Aca-

    demic Bowl competition which is to be held here at ISM onTuesday 5th March.

    All Middle School students are very welcome

    to come to the tryout sessions!!!

    Middle School Academic Bowl Tryouts

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