M I D D L E S C H O O L

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ISSUE # 36
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BULLETIN
WEEKLY PUBLICATION FOR PARENTS

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Dear Parents,
Thursday, October 12th
Well, it has been an exciting week in MS with our plans for General Parent Coffee
CWW being seamlessly executed. All students have returned Focus: Raising Third Culture Kids (TCKs)
safely to school and we anticipate that everyone will sleep Where: LT
well tonight! Photos of the various learning activities are be- When: 7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
ing compiled and we will share photos/slideshows in the Facilitators: ISM Counseling Department
coming weeks. Its been a busy end to a great week, so
well keep our announcements short and sweet!

THIS WEEK:
Monday, October 9th
G7 and G8 Technology Parent Coffee
What: Parent Coffee focusing on Tech Tips for G7
and G8 parents.
Where: AMR
When: 7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Who: With David Collett (G7 - G12 Technology
Coordinator)
Why: Parents will understand...
How to navigate the parent Portal
How to access PowerSchool
The advantages of key tech tools such as
Google Drive and Google Classroom
How establishing home guidelines for Whats
Inside?
technology use can support you and your
child

Transportation Office 3
Campus Card Corner 3
MS Activities 3
MS Service Learning 4
Filipiniana Pista sa ISM 5
Athletics & Activities 9
Admissions & Advancement 10
ISM Upcoming Events 11
Friday, October 13th
G5 and G6 Technology Parent Coffee
What: Parent Coffee focusing on Tech Tips for G5
and G6 parents.
Where: AMR
When: 7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Who: With Patrick Phillips (Pre-School - G6 Tech-
nology Coordinator)
Why: Parents will understand...
How to navigate the parent Portal
How to access PowerSchool
The advantages of key tech tools such as
Google Drive and Google Classroom
How establishing home guidelines for
technology use can support you and your
child
What: PTCs
Where: Classrooms
Individual Timeslots: 10 mins per subject area
Event Time Frame: 1:00 - 6:00 p.m each day
NEED TO KNOW
Sign Ups For Parent Teacher Conferences (PTCs):
At 11:05 a.m. today, the MS Office sent out an
email containing the step-by-step signup process
for the PTCs.
Please read this document carefully so that you
understand how to book your PTC appointments.
The online system will open up on Monday, Octo-
ber 9th at 8:00a.m.
In order to make your appointment you will need
your PowerSchool username and password to ac-
cess the Parent Portal. If you have forgotten
this, please contact the MS Office no later than
Wednesday, October 18th via phone (02) 840 -
8550 or by emailing Aida Chico
(ms@ismanila.org).

Google Classroom
As of October 2nd, Google Classroom Guardian
Summary invites have started to go out.
This email will come from a Gafe_admin ac-
count. Please be assured this isn't spam and you
may accept the invitation.
If you haven't received this email please check
your spam folder.
If you have any questions, or still haven't re-
ceived the invite, please don't hesitate to con-
tact David Collett at collettd@ismanila.org.

Kind regards,
Rachel and Amanda

House Shirt Day!

MS students should wear their House Shirts to
school today!
Please remind your child to wear regular ISM
shorts.

Wednesday, October 11th - Friday, October 13th

Ms. Harrington and Diana van der Merwe out of
school
Rachel and Diana (G5 Counselor) will be out of
school for three days as they are attending a 3-
day Child Protection Workshop in Hong Kong.
Mrs. Pekin will be in charge of the Middle School,
while Rachel is away.
The remaining members of the MS Counseling
Team will attend to any G5 counseling needs
during Dis absence.

COMING UP SOON!
Monday, October 23rd, Tuesday, October 24th and
Wednesday, October 25th.
Middle School Parent Teacher Conferences
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TRANSPORTATION OFFICE
Dear Parents,
Please be aware that the school bus ser-
vice provider T Shuttle Services Inc. is
contracted to provide busing for students
from home to school and back. This ser-
vice is not intended for the wider school
community in the interests of efficiency
and commercial viability.
CAMPUS CARD CORNER
e-Account
Would you like to know how much you have spent
for a specific period or what items you have pur-
chased using the Campus Card? Here is how:
Log in to your account Go to Reports tab
Click e-Account Report (or Card Activity Report)
Select your dates Click Show Results tab.
You have the option to print it too.

Recently, a significant number of parents For more information, visit:

have been turning up at student pick up http://campusonline.ismanila.org
points expecting to ride the bus to school. For questions/concerns, email:
Although in the past some Bus Attendants campuscard@ismanila.org
have, on an informal basis, accommodated
such requests these have not been sanc-
tioned by the management of the
transport provider or the school. Due to
the limited seating on many of our routes,
safeguarding and supervision issues, and
for the sake of consistency the Bus Attend- MS ACTIVITIES
ants have been reminded
that unauthorized adults, including par-
ents, should not be riding the school bus- Due to all staff and faculty needing to
es. attend a CIS/WASC meeting on October
20th there will not be sufficient supervi-
On a case-to-case basis after advance co-
sion of activities. Therefore all ES/MS
ordination with the school, and in the in-
terests of student welfare, there may- Activities will be cancelled for that day.
be occasions when a parent will be permit- MS/HS tryouts for competitive sports will
ted to ride with student for a limited peri- continue as scheduled.
od of time. In such circumstances the
school will notify T Shuttle Services Inc.
that travel is approved and a charge will
be made for the seat taken.

If you have further concerns about this

matter, you may contact the Transporta-
tion Office at 840-8540.

Thank you,
Transportation Office
# 840-8540
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In the Middle School, students have various opportunities to en-
gage in service learning projects that connect their passions, inter-
ests, talents and concerns. The emphasis is on exposure and reflec-
tion, with opportunities to go deeper. There are three main layers
to service in the Middle School: Classroom Without Walls (CWW),
Saturday Service, and service learning embedded within the curric-
ulum.
Service learning projects are a component of CWW, which occur
twice a year at each grade level. CWW projects include partnerships
with schools for underprivileged and disabled children, interaction
with indigenous communities, and environmental projects such as
tree planting, organic farming, and coral reef preservation. CWW
gives students the opportunity to explore a variety of issues, con-
tribute to sustainable solutions, and reflect on their experiences.
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Service Learning
Throughout the year, students also have an opportunity to partici-
pate in 15 to 20 Saturday Service events organized with ISM Service
Partners ranging from animal shelters to focused educational pro-
jects to recycling. These trips are planned and promoted by Service
Clubs that meet during lunch and after school. Middle School Satur-
day Service is open to all ISM students and their parents
Various examples of service learning also occur through class con-
tent connecting global issues with the Middle School curriculum.
Some examples include math classes that measure and report on
waste produced by the ISM community, drama classes that use the-
atre as a a medium for advocacy, and the Be the Change elective
course, which engages students research, planning, action, and re-
flection to address local and global concerns.
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ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES
IASAS rosters have been decided by coaches and for those
students selected to the IASAS traveling teams congratula-
tions and best wishes as you travel next week to represent
ISM at Soccer in Bangkok and Volleyball/Cross Country in
Singapore. Live stream and results can be accessed
via www.iasas.asia. Tournaments begin Thurs Oct 12,13,14.
IASAS match fixtures and times can be found at http://
atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-schedules/ Go Bearcats!
For Season 2 and 3 ISM proudly hosts Tennis in S2 and
Track&Field/Golf in S3.
No training for ATAC teams or MS activities program Friday
due to MS CWW program. Next week will be the final week
of Season 1 training for our MS/HS teams. Coaches of MS
teams will be arranging at the final training session for
award certificates to be presented with some snacks and
drinks.
Season 2 tryouts and practice schedule are now released
(see links below) and are on the ATAC blog schedules page
and are posted on notice boards around school.
Tryout and Practice Schedules for S2 sports SY 17-18:
(MS- Basketball/Touch/Rugby/Tennis)
(HS- Basketball/Touch/Rugby/Tennis&Varsity Swim team)
MS 2nd season tryout schedule
HS 2nd season T-outs schedule
2nd season Practice schedule
For our year round teams and season 1 sports teams practice at the Fine arts Theatre Lobby area, 6pmawards begin in the
schedules are posted on notice boards around the school and Fine Arts Theatre with MVP awardees recognised for
on the schedules page of the ATAC (Athletics) blog and pro- JV&Varsity teams, along with 4 year recipients and any spe-
vided in links below. Our S1 practice schedule runs from Mon cial IASAS awards. From 6:45 to 7:15pm teams will go to
Aug 14 until Oct 13th. See schedule links
1st season 17-18-Practice sched
All season sports sched 17-18.xls 17-18
Please take the time to navigate the ATAC blog as it is our
one stop shop for all information related to the competitive Information on our ES/MS Activities program is available on
ISM sports program.
Upcoming Events:
*matches at ISM unless specified as *away venue. Check
ATAC game schedule at the parent portal for all the mid-
week and weekend matches upcoming. Please check on a
regular basis as venues and time do change at short notice.
Players will always be informed by their coaches if times/
venues change.
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Fri Oct 6th
HS Volleyball teams away at Brent
Sat Oct 7th
MS girls soccer festival finals at ISM for
ISM Gold/Green teams at 1pm. For ISM
White team finals are at BSM at 1pm
MS boys Volleyball vs
Brent 9:30am/12:30pm
Wall Climbing team at Power Up
Tandang Sora
A2 soccer semi final10am vs Southridge
JV Boys Volleyball away vs LSM 8am
VGirls soccer league final vs Miriam
at 3pm
VBoys Volleyball semi final and playoff
game 8am&11am
VGirls Volleyball 3rd place final vs ICA or
CSA? 2pm
Sun Oct 8th
MS A1 soccer semi final vs Ateneo 8am
Mon Oct 9th
VBoys soccer qtr final vs Claret 4pm
Sat Oct 14th
E2 and G1 ES soccer teams Rifa festival
finals at ISM 8am
C1 MS soccer team Rifa festival finals at
Xavier 10am
Oct 26 S1 sports awards at Fine Arts Theatre *new format
this year. This year a new format for the HS sports awards
will be used as follows5:30-6pm Light snacks/refreshments
break out areas for final team talks/coaches speeches rele-
vant to the teams season and highlights. Parents are wel-
come to attend both the formal presentation of the major
awards and break out sessions for the coaches season end
talk specific to their son/daughters team.
the ES and MS Activities blogs. Links to these blogs are on
the helpful shortcuts menu on the home page of the ATAC
blog or accessible via the ISM website.
For our Sailfish swim team program please check infor-
mation about tryouts at Sailfish blog
For gymnastics team information please check Gymnastics
blog Look for Coach Jas or Coach Ramon at the MS gym
when attending training sessions.
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Please note the practice times for ATAC programs for SY 17-
18 are as follows:
All year round team team training sessions are 3:15-
4:30. See schedule for our All year round
teams program here
See Sailfish blog for swim squad start and finish times
after the tryouts period has concluded and squads have
been finalised.
Gymnastics team training is 3:10-4:50pm every M,W,F
All HS seasonal teams practice from 3:05- 4:50pm.
MS seasonal teams practice 3:15-4:40pm.
In order to clear the campus prior to 5pm all after school
programs will conclude by 4:50pm or earlier. The last bus
is 4:55pm this is due to the ever increasing traffic concerns
in our area.
Parents and students please take some time to peruse the
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ATAC blog it has a wide variety of information and links to
our sports and activities program. If you have any questions
regarding the competitive program of sports at ISM after
reading the information on the blog please send an email
to pekinm@ismanila.org and I will assist you as best I can.
Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. There is a a
range of new products and items to purchase including items
from our service partners.
Bearcat Den hours of operation- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.
GO BEARCATSin 2017-18!
Regards,
Mark Pekin
Director of Athletics & Activities
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Instructions for
Demographic Update

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