MS Parent Bulletin (Week of November 28 To December 2) .Compressed

ISSUE # 16
SY1617
MIDDLE SCHOOL
WEEK OF:
Friday Bulletin
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
NOV 28 TO DEC 2
Inside this issue:

Dear Parents,
Another action-packed week has raced by and it is hard to believe that the first semester
will be over in just three short weeks! As you know, the MS wraps up the week with an assembly. Today, we had a full MS assembly and the highlight was a student-teacher house
burpee challenge. Check out this video if you are curious to know what this looked like!
Below is a summary of the coming weeks activities and events:
THIS WEEK:
Wednesday, November 30th:
No School
Bonifacio Day
COMING UP IN SOON:
Saturday, December 3rd:
K- 12 Dance Recital (AFAC)
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: FAT
Friday, December 9th:
MS Sports Day
Time: All day
Students have signed up for activities during Advisory
Students come to school wearing their House Shirts.
NICE TO KNOW:
PCA Cultural Show and Buffet Night:
Dont forget the PCA Cultural Show and Buffet Planning meeting on Thursday, December
1st.
Date: Thursday, december 1st
Time: 8:00 a.m. (With coffee being served from 7:30 a.m.)
Location: AMR
Fine & Performing Arts
Service Learning
Athletics & Activities (ATAC)
Finance
Athletics & &

Activities
(ATAC)
Admissions
Advancement
ISM Upcoming Events
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GUARDIANSHIP AGREEMENTS
When both parents are going to be away
temporarily, It is important for them to notify
the Middle School Office in advance, stating
who will be responsible for the student and
who the school should contact in case of
emergency. Domestic helpers or emergency
contacts in Powerschool do not qualify as
guardians. For more information please contact the Middle school office.
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
PHONE:
840-8550
840-8553
Wishing you all a great weekend!

Kind regards,
Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal
Amanda Pekin, Assistant Middle School Principal
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GUARDIANSHIP AGREEMENT FORM
or you may pick up from the MSO.
CAMPUS CARD CORNER: Network Issue at the Bearcat Kantina

There was a network issue on Nov 18 and 21 that affected the transactions at the Bearcat Kantina. The network issue resulted in a delay of
charging transactions to campus card accounts. All update of transactions should be complete by Friday Nov 25. If there are insufficient
funds on the card, the card will be charged once funds are available.
For more information, visit: http://campusonline.ismanila.org
For questions/concerns, email:[email protected]
AMIS UPDATE
AUDITION INFORMATION:
If your child is interested in auditioning for the Association of Music in
International Schools (AMIS) Middle
School Honor Boys' and Girls' Choir
Festivals in Jakarta from 5-9 April,
please have them attend the following informational meeting and rehearsal in Ms. Grev's classroom
(1149): Thursday, December 1st, 3-4
pm. If s/he wishes to audition but is
unable to attend the meeting, please
have them stop by Ms. Grev's classroom to sign up for an audition slot
and to get the audition materials anytime after the meeting. Auditions will be
held on Tuesday, December 6th, 3-5 pm, and Thursday, December 8th, 3-5
pm. Please see below for further details about AMIS and the festivals.
Dear Parents,
The ISM Music Department is delighted to invite all grades 6, 7,
& 8 male and female singers to audition for the 2016-2017 Honor Choir Festivals in Jakarta, Indonesia! The festivals are hosted
by the Association of Music in International Schools (AMIS
pronounced like the French word for friends ah-mee). This
is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate with some of
the best young voices throughout Asia.
What is the cost?

The festival fee is 170GBP. The other two costs are the flight and
pocket money for some snack food. A flight to Jakarta is around
300-350USD for the times we want to travel, but it is too early
to give an exact price.
Some additional important details:

AMIS is a prestigious event. Once your son or daughter is
selected to attend and signs the commitment form, he/she
What is an Honor Choir Festival?
is committed to attend all rehearsals prior to the
An Honor Choir Festival is a chance for like-minded students to
event. We will be rehearsing on Wednesdays after school,
come together for three days of rigorous and fulfilling musicstarting in January, as well as 1-2 Saturday intensive remaking. Students will attend from throughout Asia, and will
hearsals.
rehearse, learn, and play with top-tiered talent and leader Accepted students will be required to spend time on their
ship. The culminating performance or "Gala Concert" will take
own learning and perfecting their music. Practice tracks will
place on Saturday, April 8th, at 6:00pm in the Jakarta Interculbe made available.
tural School's Fine Arts Theater.
An experience such as an honor choir festival can be lifechanging, and we highly recommend that all members of
Who will attend?
choir try out for this opportunity! Although only six girls
Twelve students (6 boys and 6 girls) will be invited to attend the
and six boys will be chosen, the act of auditioning alone
festival, based on after-school auditions to be held in December.
builds confidence, experience, and is an important part of
growth as a performer. Audition details and dates will be
Where will the festivals be held?
shared in November.
The festivals themselves will be held simultaneously at Jakarta
Intercultural School in Jakarta, Indonesia. The girls' choir will be Please feel free to email Ms. Grev ([email protected]) or Ms.
under the direction of Anthony Giles, and the boys' choir will be Provencher ([email protected]) with any questions,
under the direction of Jack Brown. The students, Ms. Grev, and comments or concerns you might have. This festival does overMs. Provencher will leave from ISM on Wednesday, April 5th,
lap with the beginning of spring break, still allowing for an amazand return on Sunday, April 9th.
ing week of post-mountaintop-choral-singing holiday time! We
look forward to hearing many fantastic auditions, and appreciWhere will the students stay?
ate your support of your daughter/son and the arts at ISM.
The students will be housed with host families from Jakarta
Intercultural School. They will likely (though not definitely) be
Best regards,
paired or grouped with other students from our school, and will Ms. Grev & Ms. Provencher
no doubt have a wonderful time with their host family!
It's time to kick off preparations for the MS

Spring Musical! We will be performing the
beautiful, fantastical story of Don Quixote, as
told through song and dialogue, in May. The
first step in the process is for students to attend
an informational meeting to sign up, learn about
the play, and receive audition materials; they only need to attend ONE
meeting. Here are the informational meeting
choices: Tuesday, December 6th,
at 12:40pm (bring your lunch); Wednesday, December 7th, from 3 to 4 pm; Thursday, December 8th, 12:40pm (bring your lunch). All
meetings take place in Ms. Grev's classroom
(1149). Auditions will be held in January. We
are looking forward to a great adventure!
Postponed to a
later date.
The season practice schedule for MS/HS S2 sports is posted at link below for -Basketball/Tennis,/Rugby/Touch for
MS and Basketball/Tennis,/Rugby/Touch and Varsity
Swimming for HS. Schedules are also posted on notice
boards around school. S2 practice schedule Nov-Feb.
Housing requests for ATAC IASAS events- Thanks to all
our ISM host families that housed the tennis players last
weekend. ISM appreciates your support to open your
homes to our guest IASAS athletes. The exchange was
very successful and all teams and coaches had a great
time with us in Manila last weekend.
We are calling now for community support to host for
IASAS Basketball (Feb 1-5 need 100 beds- online basketball housing registration ) and for IASAS Badminton (April
5-9 need 80 beds- online badminton housing registration ) and for IASAS Golf (April 8 need 60 beds one night
only- online golf housing registration )
Online housing forms for these events are available as
listed and at IASAS housing and hosting tabs on ATAC
blog or under the helpful shortcuts on ATAC blog main
page. Should you require further information about
hosting for IASAS events go tohttp://atac.ismonline.org/iasas/iasas-housing/ or contact ATAC office or
email [email protected]
Well done to all players and coaches who attended the
pre-I exchanges last weekend in Taipei for Basketball,
Bangkok for Rugby, Singapore for Touch and Swimming
and here at ISM for Tennis. This has provided valuable
early season competition for our teams and has enabled
coaches to see what needs to be worked on for the remainder of the season in the lead up to IASAS the first
week of February.
Upcoming events- (full match schedule available ATAC
Game schedule)
Nov 25th Friday nights lights (Rugby/Basketball/
Touch) games from 4:15pm. Come on out to support
our teams at FNL #2.
Nov 26 Local league Basketball/Rugby/MS Tennis at
ISM
Nov 26 Local league Touch at BSM
Nov 26 Sailfish Aquathon MS field/pool 8-11AM. See
Coach Hazel for entry details.
The ATAC(Athletics) Game schedule is housed within the

parent portal to ensure secure access for ISM parents http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/
Please take the time to navigate the ATAC blog http://
atac.ism-online.org/ as it is our one stop shop for all information related to the competitive ISM sports program.
For our All Year Round teams- Wall Climbing, Chess, Judo,
TKD, Aikido, Table Tennis -As these programs are year
round it is possible for students to join during the year as
long as space is available. See link to information and
schedule to attend and meet the coaches. All year round
sports teams See schedule for our All year round
teams program here
Please note the practice times for ATAC programs for SY
16-17 are as follows: ATAC all year round teams- 3:154:30. For our Sailfish swim team program please check
the Sailfish blog for information http://sailfish.ismonline.org/
ATAC Gymnastics team practices 3:10-4:50 M/W/F
All HS seasonal teams practice from 3:05- 4:50pm on
their respective practice afternoons. MS seasonal teams
practice from 3:15-4:45pm.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 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 [email protected] and I will endeavor to
assist you as best I can.
Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. There is
a a range of products and items to purchase including
items from our service partners. Bearcat Den hours of
operation- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.
GO BEARCATS
Best Regards,
Mark Pekin
Director of Athletics and Activities
To find out details of all the Bearcats matches mid week

and on weekends go to the ATAC game schedule pagelink is provided below and follow the instructions to find
out when and where our Bearcat teams will be playing.
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ISSUE # 16

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Inside this issue:

Fine & Performing Arts

Athletics & Activities (ATAC)

Athletics & &

ISM Upcoming Events

Wishing you all a great weekend!

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO

CAMPUS CARD CORNER: Network Issue at the Bearcat Kantina

What is the cost?

Some additional important details:

It's time to kick off preparations for the MS

The ATAC(Athletics) Game schedule is housed within the

To find out details of all the Bearcats matches mid week

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