M I D D L E

Issue # 23 February 20 to 24, 2012

Student Bulletin
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S C H O O L

WEEK AT A GLANCE
February 20 to 24, 2012
Monday, February 20 Tuesday, February 21 Wednesday, February 22 Thursday, February 23 Friday, February 24
Dear Students: This week is Classroom Without Walls! Enjoy the time to step out of your comfort zone and learn from the new experiences. The annual ISM Aquathon is this Saturday, February 25. See the bulletin for details if you have not already registered. PowerSchool will be updated this Friday, February 24. Be sure to check your grades and discuss your progress with teachers if you have concerns. Looking aheadMiddle School course registration for school year 2012-2013 will take place the week of March 5. One new course offering, Dance Revolution, is being made available to Grades 7 and 8. Dance Revolution offers you the chance to explore your movement potential and develop spatial awareness. Throughout the semester, different dance forms, such as modern, jazz and hip hop, and the foundations of choreography will be explored. Above all, this course is designed to give you the confidence to move forward into ISMs already thriving Dance program at HS level and to inspire you to experiment with different avenues of movement expression. For this reason, the course is suitable for both experienced and beginner dancers. As part of this program, you are also afforded the opportunity to share, celebrate and showcase your talent through participation in school activities and dance recitals. Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

February Gr. 8 HS Parents Course Selection Information Night (5:30 P.M., Lofthouse) 27 to 28 Math Honors Testing 05 to 09 Course Registration 08 to 29 MAP Testing 10 ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet 20 Parent Teacher Conferences 24 Service Learning Trip 26 to 29 Spirit Week 30 to Apr. 09 School Holiday 10 Classes Resume 23

PowerSchool Grade Update

Feb. 24 - Grade Update Mar. 09 - Grade Update Mar. 16 - Grade Update/Progress Report Distribution

March

April

FEBRUARY 20-24 CLASSROOM WITHOUT WALLS

NO Afterschool Activities
SUMMER LANGUAGE STUDY
The International School Manila Modern Language Department is pleased to announce its 2012 Summer Language Study / Home-stay / Travel Program to Spain. This program is for students 14 years of age or older as of June 1st. It aims to develop students language proficiency and to broaden their cultural knowledge. This program is being offered in cooperation with Tandem (http://www.escuela-montalban.com/index.php). We with spend three weeks at the Granada campus and one week at the Madrid campus. Students will continue learning and more importantly practicing Spanish through total immersion in classes and during the home-stay. The Tandem school finds families for students to stay with, assists in locating appropriate local resources for the groups activities, plans outings, maintains a list of local medical and emergency resources, and helps with the orientation for group leaders. Students will receive Spanish classes each morning that include language and culture subjects and prepare students for cultural visits. The cultural program will take place in the afternoons/evenings and will be made up of various supervised activities that take advantage of the unique environment while taking into account the individual interests of the students. Cultural activities include things such as preparing paella, guided tours of historical buildings, towns and museums, watching flamenco dancing, visiting hot water springs, beach trips, horseback riding, etc. The dates of this trip will be approximately June 2nd 30th, 2012. If you are interested, please contact Jennifer Diaz (diazj@ismanila.org) to receive more information. Students and parents interested in this trip to Spain should plan to attend an informational meeting at 5:30 on Wednesday, February 29th.

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

Congratulations to the MS boys B gr.5/6 tennis team who last Saturday won the ISTA League final at CSA. Our younger team defeated the ISM gr.7/8 team in an epic 4 hour battle to win this years MS Tennis championship. The result was tied at 2-2 after the 3 singles matches and the 1st doubles and in the final doubles match the game was tied at 7-7 and then went to a 10-8 tie breaker before the gr.5/6 pair of Stanley and Takuma won the match. Congratulations to players from both teams who played last Saturday. Mar. 2

JV/Varsity girls softball vs. Brent at ISM

Mar. 3 Track meet at ISM Swim meet at BSM Mar. 7 MS Academic Bowl at ISM Mar. 8 HS Academic Bowl at Brent Mar. 10 JV girls softball at Brent ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet MS Gym Mar. 17 ISM Pre IASAS Track meet (HS only) JV/Varsity girls softball at ISM Mar. 23 Twilight Track meet Varsity girls softball vs. Brent at ISM Mar. 30 to April 9 - Spring break Apr. 10 Teams depart for IASAS 3rd Season Championships Track at Taipei Softball at Singapore Badminton at Kuala Lumpur 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 http://powerschool.ismanila.org/ public/. You will need your Powerschool username and password to access the game schedule. BEARCAT DEN: Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Monday, 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. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Radhika at radhikasavantmohit@yahoo.com or pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers. They will be very happy to make you welcome. Regards,

MS Team B Tennis Champions (Oscar, Marco,

Ranbir, Yu Yang/Calvin, Stanley/Takuma)

MS Team A Tennis Runners-up ( Liyang, Eric, Deyan, Jack/John,

Tom/Alex)

Congratulations also to the MS Boys Gold Basketball team who narrowly lost in the final of the local league tournament on Saturday, February 4th. The boys played great all season and unfortunately lost the final by 2pts which was played at CSA. Well done to all players and coaches (Sturgeon/St. Laurent) 3rd Season: This week was the start of 3rd season practices for (Track and Field, Badminton, Softball for MS and HS students and Mixed Touch for MS students only) Practice schedules are now posted to the blog and are on school notice boards. ATAC Events coming up: Feb. 18

Swim meet at Brent ISSA Badminton tournament at Brent PRADA Badminton tournament at Ateneo
Feb. 19 Varsity Boys Softball tournament at Rosario Field Feb. 23, 3:00 -7:00 P.M. Twilight inter-squad track meet (HS/MS) Feb. 25 ISM Sailfish Aquathon Feb 26 Varsity Boys Softball at ISM