Parent Bulletin Issue 17 SY1415

8/10/2019 Parent Bulletin Issue 17 SY1415

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JANUARY

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DECEMBER

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 17

SY 2014 2015

WEEK OF:

DECEMBER 8 TO 12

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday Bulletin

MS Spirit Week 2

Inside this issue:

Events & Acvies:

15-31 School Holiday

1-2 School Holiday

15 New Parent Coee

4 Parent Transion Meeng

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Dear Middle School Parents,

Thank you very much on behalf of our Faculty and Sta to our PTA, and

all parents who contributed to the appreciaon lunch which took place

on Wednesday December 3... Everyone enjoyed the amazing food, and

the opportunity to eat lunch together and connect with people across

the school. We are all passionate about what we do, and educang

your children-thank you for your support with what we do to create a

posive learning environment.

Our nal week of the semester is ahead. We are looking forward to a

fun and acon packed Sports Day this comingThursday December

11followed by a half day onDecember 12with early dismissal at12:00

noon. We will have a shortened scheduleon Fridaymorning, with advi-

sory/grade level end of semester celebraons taking place starng

at11:00 -12:00to end our me together.

It has been great this week having conversaons with students in grade8 that have been engaging in a Model United Naons simulaon as part

of their Social Studies learning. One student menoned a highlight be-

ing taking a stance on an issue and defending a certain perspec-

ve. Another student spoke about how complex issues can be and

challenging to think about the dierent perspecves and why certain

protocols exist in the United Naons to come to understanding and

consensus.

This will be our last parent bullen of the 2014 year -we will start again

in January and our rst week back. We wish everyone a relaxing De-

cember break and me together with family and friends.

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Middle School Assistant Principal

Aer-School Acvies

ISM Upcoming Events

Admissions & Advancement

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FEBRUARY

MS Sports day will be on December 11th, Thursday. All students should come to school as normal register with

their advisor and then make their way to the HS eld. Please bring hat, sun screen, towel and water bole.

Athlecs & Acvies

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Kiosk Top-up with Mulple

Notes/Bills

Did you know that you can opt to

do one top-up with mulple bills?

When the machine is ready to ac-

cept the bill, always wait for the

green light at the slot before in-

serng the other bills.

For example, you have 2 pcs ofP200 and 1 pc of P100 bills,

choose P500 denominaon. The

system will give you instrucon

when its ready to accept the next

bill/note.

Leaving ISM?

Please be reminded that parents are obliged to ocially inform the School in wring through a WITH-

DRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM if their children will not be returning for the 2nd Semester. Families areencouraged to submit the Withdrawal Nocaon Form, stang the student's nal date of aendance,immediately.

For students who will be withdrawing at the end of the school year, forms must be submied on or before

May 8. Failure to submit the form in a mely manner may lead to a deducon of US$ 1,000 from the Facili-es Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensaon for having held a space for your child, prevenng the Schoolfrom oering that space to another candidate prior to the holiday break.

The Withdrawal Nocaon Form can be obtained from the Admissions Oce or directly from the ISMwebsite under Admission > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal >WithdrawalsPlease feel free to contact the Admissions oce at 840.8601 for quesons or claricaons.

Thank you,Oce of Admissions and Advancement


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2nd season pracce schedules are posted to the ATAC blog and on noce boards around school. 2nd season sports for

MS/HS are; Basketball, Rugby, Touch, Tennis and Swimming. 2nd season will run fromNovember 3rd unl January 28th,

2015.

IASAS Tennis isfrom January 28 to Feb 1, 2015. We need to house 80 vising tennis players. If you can help please sub-

mit a form to ATAC asap. Housing leer is available via the ATAC blog.

It has been a busy week for sports at ISM with our V Rugby boys playing the naonal u/19 team, losing narrowly aer a

great 2nd half comeback, and we had 2 vising basketball teams from Perth Australia who played our varsity boys and

girls. Both our Bearcats basketball teams were able to win vs our Aussie vising teams! Girls won by 2pts and boys by

8pts in close matches. Well done to all involved.

Friday, December 5-HS Basketball teams away at Brent

Saturday, December 6- ISM Wall climbing compeon at MS gym/MS Rugby Fesval at BSM/Touch league at ISM

ICARE for HS- next week only varsity teams will be praccing if players are at metro Manila sites. There will be no prac-

ces for JV teams next week!

Please note the new pracce mes for the following ATAC programs:ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. Sailsh/

Gymnascs and all HS seasonal teams now conclude pracce at4:50pmeach day. MS seasonal teams3:10-4:45pm. The

last bus is now4:55pmand all aer school programs will conclude by4:50pmin order to try and clear the campus prior

to5pmdue 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 read-

ing the informaon on the blog please send an email [email protected] I will endeavor to assist you as best I

can.

Bearcat Den: Drop by our fantasc spirit store. There is a range of new products (mouth guards and rugby balls for 2nd

season) and items to purchase including items from our service partners. Bearcat Den hours of operaon - 7:00 am-4:00

pmMonday-Friday.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athlecs Coordinator) gives the most up

to date informaon on where/when and who our Bearcat teams will be playing throughout the school year. Access to

the game schedule is via the ISM parent portal. Use this link to access the parent portal, log in with your user name/

password and look for the ATAC Game Schedule tab. Remember to refresh the page when the pdf schedule appears so

you view the most current schedule.

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Athlecs and Acvies Director

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Please send us an email for any claricaons or concerns:

[email protected]


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Be a part of Career Week!Volunteer to speak to ISMstudentsJanuary 12-16,2015on campus or host afew 10th and11th gradersfor a one week intern-

shipJune 8-12.

For more information visit:

http://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/

or contact Crystal [email protected]
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