Student Bulletin: Week at A Glance

M I D D L E
Issue # 02 August 20 to 24, 2012
Student Bulletin
August 20 to 24, 2012
S C H O O L
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday, August 20 Tuesday, August 21 Wednesday, August 22 School Holiday (No Classes) School Holiday (No Classes) Student Late Start/Regular Schedule
Grade Level Assembly: Gr. 5 - MS Gym; Gr - 6 - LT; Gr. 7 - FAT; Gr. 8 - Lofthouse
Thursday, August 23 Friday, August 24
Regular Schedule Regular Schedule
Dear Students: We hope you are all adjusting to this new school year. One area to focus on is your communication skills. What ideas do you want to get across? How will you organize your thoughts? How can you use your voice effectively so that it gets heard? These are a few questions for you to ponder. Becoming better at clearly communicating with friends and teachers can help you succeed. Have you heard of all the after-school activities and sports offered at ISM? There are too many to list here so visit the Middle School blog at ms.ism-online.org, click on the MS Activities link in the sidebar, and view the Activities booklet. Also, see the bulletin for information on when and where you can participate and compete, or speak with a coach to see if you can get involved. Activities begin on Wednesday, August 22make sure to get involved! Remember, a short week lies ahead. There are no classes on Monday and Tuesday. We'll see you back here at ISM on Wednesday for our regular schedule. Sincerely, Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Sayson
Upcoming Events in the Middle School

27 31 September 01 08 10 to 14 20 21 27 to 28 October 05 August School Holiday (National Heroes Day) New Student Social Activity Service Learning Trip Service Learning Trip FCD Visit Courtyard Event (3:00 P.M.) School Holiday (Faculty In Service) Classroom Without Walls/Team Building Grade 5 & 6 Party
PowerSchool Grade Update
Aug. 24 - Grade Update Sept. 07 - Progress Report Distribution (via courier)
The Middle School Advanced Band performed The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly superbly for the Open House last Tuesday. Great job Mr. Howrey and student musicians for putting together the musical performance at such an early time of the school year!
ILLAM BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL

Registration for the upcoming baseball/softball season will take place on August 25 and September 1, from 9am to 4:00pm at the Colegio San Agustin (CSA) Baseball-Softball field (located inside Dasmarinas Village). We will also have a special on-campus registration for ISM families at the ISM Bearcat Welcome on September 4, 7:30-9am at the ISM Lofthouse. For 36 years, the International Little League Association of Manila (ILLAM) has shared the love of baseball with the ISM community through its T-ball, Coach Pitch, Softball and Baseball programs. A volunteer association, ILLAM is affiliated with Little League Philippines and Little League International Inc., an American organization based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania which handles and supports Little League baseball and softball programs globally and hosts the Little League World Series annually every August. The ILLAM baseball season runs from September through February. Practices are typically once a week after school, and games are usually scheduled on Saturdays. The registration fee of P6,000 covers uniforms, field rentals and umpire fees as well as yearbooks and trophies/medals for each player. For inquiries, please contact Noela Lagajino at 0912-315-5345 or email us at myillam@yahoo.com.
FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

With the school closure to after school programs last Tuesday followed by total school closure last Wednesday and Thursday last week, a revised tryouts schedule was posted on notice boards around the school and communicated to students via the ATAC blog, assembly and classroom announcements. Thankfully, coaches were able to complete tryouts for all teams by this past Monday, August 13, and our regular practice schedule started on Tuesday with all teams making a great start to the season. The 1st season practice schedule which runs from August 14 to October 12 is now posted on notice boards around school and is also now available on the ATAC blog. http://atac.ismonline.org/schedules/hs/ Elementary School soccer tryouts for 1st season teams which compete in the RIFA festivals also have now concluded and teams have been selected, see information link below for ES soccer teams information. ISM will enter ES teams in the following age divisions (students born, 02, 03, 04, 05 and 06). More information about our ES soccer teams, the RIFA festivals, etc. can be found here http://atac.ism-online.org/ atac/1st-season/es-soccer-rifa-league-festivals/ and flyers have been posted on ES notice board and on the notice board located under the tent at the ES field. Middle school soccer tryouts for 1st season teams which compete in the RIFA festivals have now concluded and teams have been selected, see information link below for MS soccer teams information. ISM will enter MS teams in the following age divisions for the Rifa Festivals (MS boys born 01 and MS girls born 99, 00, 01). More information about our MS boys and girls soccer teams can be found here http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1stseason/ms-soccer-rifa-league-festivals/. The first RIFA League festivals will be held tomorrow, Saturday, August 18, at the following venues: Midgets C teams (C1, C2, C3 and C4 Coach Eric/Chris/ Kleng and Jays teams) at ISM kick-off at 12 noon Midgets E teams (E1 and E2 Coach Popoy and Coach Francis) at ISM kick off at 8:00 A.M. Midgets G teams (G1 and G2 Coach Mike and Coach Isas teams) at Xavier School Greenhills kick-off at 10:00 A.M. Permission slips have been issued to all players via the coaches at training this week. Please consult the ES and MS links above to get the dates/venues for the other festivals to be held on September 15, September 22 and for the finals to be held on October 13. The All year round program for Sailfish, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Aikido, Table Tennis, Chess, Gymnastics and Wall Climbing started from Monday, August 13. For detailed information about our Sailfish Swim Team program, please visit the Sailfish blog 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. Our annual HS Friday twilight opening season soccer and volleyball matches will be on today August 17 vs. Faith Academy. This will be a great chance to come out and show your support for our ISM varsity teams. Soccer matches will start at 4:00 P.M. at the HS and MS fields and the volleyball will be in the HS and MS gyms. Varsity soccer teams both boys and girls play at 4:00 P.M. to allow a number of our student leaders to catch a bus straight after their game to the student leadership retreat. Varsity volleyball will also start at 4:00 P.M. in the HS gym, with JV teams playing in the MS gym. 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. 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 http:// powerschool.ismanila.org/public/. You will need your PowerSchool username and password to access the game schedule. 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 melaniehball@gmail.com. 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. Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats! Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities

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M I D D L E

Issue # 02 August 20 to 24, 2012

Thursday, August 23 Friday, August 24

Regular Schedule Regular Schedule

Upcoming Events in the Middle School

PowerSchool Grade Update

Aug. 24 - Grade Update Sept. 07 - Progress Report Distribution (via courier)

ILLAM BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL

FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE

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