This document provides information about upcoming events at Middle School for the week of September 17-21, including grade level assemblies, courtyard events, and no classes on Friday for faculty in-service. It also announces that grades will be updated at the end of the week and only 3 weeks remain in the first quarter. Academic bowl practice sessions are announced for Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30pm to prepare for a competition on November 6.
This document provides information about upcoming events at Middle School for the week of September 17-21, including grade level assemblies, courtyard events, and no classes on Friday for faculty in-service. It also announces that grades will be updated at the end of the week and only 3 weeks remain in the first quarter. Academic bowl practice sessions are announced for Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30pm to prepare for a competition on November 6.
This document provides information about upcoming events at Middle School for the week of September 17-21, including grade level assemblies, courtyard events, and no classes on Friday for faculty in-service. It also announces that grades will be updated at the end of the week and only 3 weeks remain in the first quarter. Academic bowl practice sessions are announced for Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30pm to prepare for a competition on November 6.
This document provides information about upcoming events at Middle School for the week of September 17-21, including grade level assemblies, courtyard events, and no classes on Friday for faculty in-service. It also announces that grades will be updated at the end of the week and only 3 weeks remain in the first quarter. Academic bowl practice sessions are announced for Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30pm to prepare for a competition on November 6.
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M I D D L E
Issue # 06 September 17 to 21, 2012
Student Bulletin
S C H O O L
WEEK AT A GLANCE September 17 to 21, 2012 Monday, September 17 Tuesday, September 18 Wednesday, September 19 Regular Schedule Regular Schedule Student Late Start/Regular Schedule Grade Level Assembly: Gr. 5 - MS Gym; Gr. 6 - FAT; Gr. 7 - AMR; Gr. 8 - Homebase
Thursday, September 20 Friday, September 21
Regular Schedule No Classes (Faculty In Service)
Dear Students: Grades will be updated at the end of this week. We only have three weeks left of first quarter so make sure you are aware of your grade and your progress in class. This Thursday, September 20 is our first Courtyard Event. It will be a great time for all of us in the Middle School to have some fun. You don't want to miss it. There will be no school this Friday, September 21 due to Faculty In Service. Enjoy the extended weekend! Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson
Upcoming Events in the Middle School
September 20 21 24 to Oct. 17 27 to 28 October 05 06 12 16 to 17 18 to 21 Courtyard Event (3:00 P.M.) School Holiday (Faculty In Service) MAP Testing Classroom Without Walls/Team Building Grade 5 & 6 Party Service Learning Trip Grade 7 & 8 Party Parent Teacher Conferences (Early Student Release) MS ISTA Festival (Bangkok)
This weekend, September 14-16, our Varsity Cross Country/ Volleyball and Girls Soccer team will be in Taipei for the PreIASAS exchange. We wish all players/coaches the very best for this important weekend of matches in preparation for the IASAS Championships in October. The IASAS venues for the Season one championships on October 10-14 are Soccer at Bangkok, Volleyball & Cross Country at Kuala Lumpur. Schedules for the Soccer and Volleyball games are now available on the blog at the following link http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-1st-seasonschedules/. New Tennis Facility: Many parents have expressed interest in the new roof top development being constructed at school. This new construction will be the home of ISM tennis with 8 new ITF artificial grass courts, new locker rooms, bleachers and the area will also serve as a multipurpose sports facility to improve our available teaching space for PE classes. The project is well underway with completion set for early October. There will be an opening ceremony on Thursday, October 4th, any interested parents are invited to watch a student exhibition game and if you are a tennis player, please bring your racquet and come dressed in your tennis attire as you will also be able to have a game on the new courts on this day. The opening function will begin at 4:45 P.M. with a ceremonial cutting of the ribbon by Mr. Toze, followed by two student exhibition games from 5:00 to 5:30 P.M. and then the courts will be open for parents to have a game until 7:00 P.M. on this day. Please contact the ATAC office to register if you would like to attend this event. 2nd Season ATAC sports: Tryouts and Practice Schedule for MS & HS sports (Basketball, Tennis, Varsity Swimming, Boys Rugby and Girls Touch) will be posted on September 18 on the blog and on notice boards around school. For interested Basketball players see the flyers in this bulletin for upcoming Basketball camps being held at school for ISM students. IMPORTANT: Parents, please note the venues for the 7 a side C, E, G and MS Girls festivals on September 15 and 22 have changed. Please check the venues and times below carefully. Permission slips will be issued to all players via the coaches at training prior to each festival. Please consult the ES and MS Rifa League links below to get the latest information. The RIFA League 7 a side festivals will be held on the dates/ venues below: Saturday, September 15 - Boys Festival #2 and Girls Festival #1 Midgets C teams (C1, C2, C3 and C4 Coach Eric/Chris/Kleng and Jays teams) at CSA Colegio San Augustin Dasmarinas Village kickoff at 8:00 A.M. Midgets E teams (E1 and E2 Coach Popoy and Coach Francis teams) at ISM HS Field kick off at 8:00 A.M. Midgets G teams (G1 and G2 Coach Mike and Coach Isas teams) at ISM HS Field kick-off at 1:00 P.M. MS Girls 7 a side festivals at CSA Colegio San Augustin Dasmarinas Village at 1:00 P.M. kick off Saturday, September 22 Boys Festival #3 and Girls Festival #2 Midgets C teams (C1, C2, C3 and C4 Coach Eric/Chris/Kleng and Jays teams) at Ateneo kick-off at 10:00 A.M. Midgets E teams (E1 and E2 Coach Popoy and Coach Francis teams) at ISM HS Field kick off at 8:00 A.M. Midgets G teams (G1 and G2 Coach Mike and Coach Isas teams) at ISM HS Field kick off at 1:00 P.M. MS Girls 7 a side festival at Ateneo 1:00 P.M. kick off MS Girls 7 a side festival at Ateneo 1:00 P.M. kick off Rifa Festival Finals will be played at Ateneo on October 13 for teams that qualify via results from the earlier festivals. Information about our ES soccer teams and the RIFA festivals can be found here http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/es-soccerrifa-league-festivals/ and flyers have been posted on ES notice board and on the notice board located under the tent at the ES field. The information link for the MS C teams and MS Girls 7 a side soccer teams is available at http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/ms -soccer-rifa-league-festivals/. Well done to all members of the ISM Cross Country team both MS & HS who raced at Brent last Saturday, results for last Saturdays meet and all the meets completed during the season can be found on the Cross Country results page. http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1stseason/cross-country-race-results/ Well done to our Midgets A boys who defeated Marist 1-0 last Tuesday evening in a very entertaining game. Today, Friday, at school our Midgets A soccer team play again vs. Hedcen at 4:00 P.M. and the varsity boys play Hedcen at 5:00 P.M. whilst we wish the best to our Midgets B boys who travel away today to Ateneo for their Rifa League game. Remember to check the game schedule for the latest information, 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 power school secure site http://powerschool.ismanila.org/ public/. You will need your PowerSchool username and password to access the game schedule. Our Sailfish team have their first official meet of the year this coming Saturday with over 100 swimmers racing at Brent. Best wishes and swim fast to all competitors. The All year round program for Sailfish, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Aikido, Table Tennis, Chess, Gymnastics and Wall Climbing is now in full swing. For detailed information about our Sailfish Swim Team program please visit the Sailfish blog http://sailfish.ism-online.org/ and get in contact with Coach Andy. Students can join our all year round teams at any time, just go and talk with the coaches at the venues after school if you are interested. 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.
(continued from previous page) 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 power school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf. 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 up and running and 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 [email protected]. 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 and Friday, from 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, from 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities
Middle School Academic Bowl Practice Sessions
Do you know lots of interesting facts and general knowledge? Are you fast on the buzzers? Do you like Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader? THEN COME TO Academic Bowl Practice Sessions!! Practice sessions will take place in room P046 (Mrs. Birchenalls classroom) every Tuesday starting 11th September 2.30 3:30 P.M. Successful students will represent ISM at the next Academic Bowl competition which is to be held at Faith Academy on the 6th November 2012. All Middle School students are very welcome to come to the practice sessions. If you have any questions or queries please speak to Mrs. Birchenall or e-mail her at [email protected].
