Parent Bulletin Issue 20 SY1415

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JANUARY

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 20

SY 2014 2015

WEEK OF:

JANUARY 26 TO 30

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday Bulletin

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Inside this issue:

Events & Acvies:

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Dear Middle School Parents,

Thank you to those families who are hosng students that are here from

other Internaonal Schools in the region for our Internaonal Schools Thea-

ter Associaon fesval this weekend. We have a group of 20 Middle School

students who are engaging in drama workshops with ISTA Arsts to build

their skills and collaborate with others. We have 80 students in total and

there is a service learning component where they will be going out to visit

our service partner groups to interact through drama and expression.

By now you should have accessed your child's report card through the par-

ent portal. If you need any assistance with this please contact the Middle

School oce. Our new report card format provides you with detailed infor-

maon in each subject area with progress from rst semester in areas of

achievement and learning habits. If you have any specic quesons please

talk to your child's teacher.

We are starng to look at transion meengs for next year.

We will be in-ving grade 4 parents to a transion to Middle School meeng onFebruary

4, and the process for grade 8 students to High School will take place later in

February. We will also be sharing with students and parents for the other

grade levels course oerings for next year and decisions that need to be

made. Please look out for informaon relang to this in the coming weeks.

We are gearing up for Classroom Without Walls the week ofFebruary

9. Please ensure you have received the necessary informaon for your

grade level and if you have any quesons please talk to your child's advisory

teacher for more informaon.

We hope you have a good weekend ahead

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Middle School Assistant Principal

The French Honor Society

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Transion Meeng

Please send us an email for any clari-

caons or concerns:

[email protected]


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Congratulations to the following teams who last week-end won their season ending local league champion-ships played at BSM and ISM.:

Touch-JV girls Cats and Varsity GirlsRugby-JV Gold and Varsity Boys

Upcoming matches:

Saturday, January 24 -MS Tennis at ISM/MS RugbyFestival at BSM/Chess at DLSZobel/HS Basketball Har-deman Tourney at Faith/Vgirls Touch vs National teamat ISM. See game schedule on school or parent portalfor times/venue details.

Next week we host IASAS tennis. Housing letters havegone home this week to host families, thank you verymuch to all families for your hospitality to our visitingtennis athletes. It is going to be a great event for ourcommunity hosted at the best tennis venue in IASAS.Come along to support our teams as they strive to de-fend their titles. The boys and girls teams are defending3 and 4 time champions. Go Bearcats Tennis teams!

Our other IASAS teams have been working hard to pre-pare for Rugby/Touch and Swimming in Bangkok andBasketball in Taipei. It is an exciting time coming upwith the end of season 2 and the start of season 3 justaround the corner. Season 3 practice and tryouts

schedule have been posted on notice boards and onthe ATAC blog. Season 3 sports for HS are Track &Field, Softball, Badminton and Golf. MS do the same

sports in season 3 with the exception of golf.

Please note the practice times for the following ATACprograms:ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. Sail-fish/Gymnastics and all HS seasonal teams now con-clude practice at4:50pmeach day. MS seasonalteams3:10-4:45pm. The last bus is now4:55pmand allafter school programs will conclude by4:50pmin orderto try and clear the campus prior to5pmdue to the everincreasing traffic concerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some time to perusethe ATAC blog it has a wide variety of information andlinks to our sports and activities program. If you haveany questions regarding the competitive program ofsports at ISM after reading the information on the blogplease send an email [email protected] and I willendeavor to assist you as best I can.

Bearcat Den-drop by our fantastic spirit store. There isa range of new products and items to purchase includ-ing items from our service partners. Bearcat Den hoursof operation- 7am-4pmMon-Fri.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regu-larly by Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athletics Coordinator)

gives the most up to date

information on where/whenand who our Bearcat teamswill be playing throughoutthe school year. Access tothe game schedule is viathe ISM parent portal. Usethis link to access the par-ent portal, log in with youruser name/password andlook for the ATAC GameSchedule tab. Remember torefresh the page when thepdf schedule appears soyou view the most current

schedule.

GO BEARCATS!

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Athlecs and Acvies Direc-

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BONJOUR!

Did you know these cool facts about the French language?

1. French is an ocial language of 29 countries, including Congo, Canada, and Switzerland.

2. It is the second most widely taught language in the world with almost 120 million students and

500,000 teachers --behind only English.

3. In 2014, France was dubbed the most visited country in the world, receiving a whopping 84.7

million tourists the year before.

French tutorials!

Our mission, as the French Honor Society (FHS), is to promote the French language and Franco-

phone culture in the ISM community.

Because of it, we are holding French Tutorials! We started up our tutorials program last semester,

and these tutorials are open to all interested High School and Middle School students (of all French

skill levels) who want more pracce and coaching with French grammar or the language in general.

How do I sign up?

Signing up for a tutorial is easy. Simply check the Google Spreadsheet and contact an FHS member

who is free on the same day you're available for a tutorial. Together, you will agree on a me and on-campus meeng place. NOTE: Each member's contact details and French level is included on the

Spreadsheet.

If you have any quesons, feel free to e-mail us at

[email protected] and we'd be happy to answer them.

Merci beaucoup!

Amis,

The French Honor Society

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