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12 ISM Upcoming Events

Admissions & Advancement

Parent-Teacher Conferences 3

Service Learning 7

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Athlecs & Acvies 8

Aer-School Acvies

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 10

SY 2015–2016

WEEK OF:

OCTOBER 12 TO 16

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday Bulletin

Inside this issue:

SEPTEMBER—NOVEMBER:

MS Upcoming Events:

Dear Parents,

The expression “me ies when you’re having fun” is certainly applicable to life in MS. The

semester is ying by and there are a myriad of acvies taking place which are making the

MS a hive of acvity. As we visit classrooms and sit in on lessons we have been impressed

by the engaging learning experiences that teachers are providing as well as the levels of

commitment and movaon being displayed by students. Classrooms are lled with in-

sighul conversaons that show reecon, understanding and enjoyment.

The overall MS climate is strong and students have demonstrated high levels of school spirit

during the IASAS inter-school compeon as well during the rst MS house event! It is won-

derful to see our school coming together and modelling ISM’s core values - Integrity, Service,

Merit.

Below are some key events and important updates that will help you keep abreast of all that

is happening in the MS over the coming week.

Middle School MAP Tesng:

MAP tesng has been taking place this week and connues through unl Tuesday of next

week. Most students have now nished the Reading and Math tests and will take the Lan-

guage Usage test next week. As the MAP tests are unmed some students need addional

me in order to complete the tests. Students are being asked to nish the tests during tuto-

rial sessions on Tuesday and Thursday or during their lunch mes. In cases where students

need a signicantly longer period of me, students may be invited to come back aer schoolor come in early on Wednesday October 21st late start. Students who have been o school

and have missed a MAP test will be allowed to take any missing tests next week. If you want

to help prepare your son/daughter for the MAP tests, please make sure your child is not

overly stressed, has between 9 - 11 hours of sleep each night and eats a healthy breakfast.

GO Bearcats! IASAS - Updates Pending

As many of you are aware, the IASAS inter-school compeons are coming to a close and we

are all waing to hear the result of the nals which take place on Saturday. Keep your n-

gers crossed for the Bearcats!

Thanks again to all the MS parents who volunteered to host athletes during this event and

helped make the vising team members’ experience so memorable.

Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTCs):

By now all parents should have signed up for the upcoming PTCs on Wednesday October

14th, Monday October 19th, and Tuesday October 20th. Conference me slots start at 1:00

p.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. each day. If you are experiencing challenges navigang the

online sign up system, please feel free to call the MS oce and Susan or Krisne will be hap-

py to try and help you! (Please note that you cannot use Internet Explorer to access the sign

-up documents. Please use an alternave browser such as Safari or Google Chrome.)

Please note that as we have a modied schedule on PTC days, the school day for students

will end at 12:00 noon. The school buses will be leaving ISM at 12:15. Please note that all

MS students are expected to leave campus aer being dismissed from classes for the day.

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

Wednesday, October 14

Monday & Tuesday, October 19 & 20

FILIPINIANA

Friday, October 23

SCHOOL BREAK

October 26 to November 2

MAP TESTING

October 5 to 13

ACADEMIC BOWL

Tuesday, November 10

MS YEARBOOK PHOTOSHOOT

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We are unable to provide supervision as all teachers and TAs will be in conferences. We respecully request that parents make the neces-

sary arrangements to have their child picked up from school in a mely fashion.

In order to help parents prepare eecvely for the Parent Teacher Conferences, you can nd

some ps that we have adapted from the Harvard Family Research Project.

Parent–Teacher Conferences: A Tip Sheet for Parents:

As a parent, you are your child’s rst and most important teacher. You and your child’s school

have something in common: You both want your child to learn and do well. When parents and

teachers talk to each other, each person can share important informaon about your child’s tal-

ents and needs. Each person can also learn something new about how to help your child. Parent–

teacher conferences are a great way to start talking to your child’s teachers. This p sheet sug-

gests ways that you can make the most of parent-teacher conferences so that everyone wins,

especially your child.

What should you expect?

A two-way conversaon. Like all good conversaons, parent–teacher conferences are best

when both people talk and listen. The conference is a me for you to learn about your child’s

progress in school: Find out whether your child is meeng school expectaons and academic

standards and discuss your child and their individual learning journey. This is also a me forthe teacher to learn about what your child is like at home. When you tell the teacher about

your child’s skills, interests, needs, and dreams, the teacher can help your child more.

Emphasis on learning. Good parent–teacher conferences focus on how well the child is doing

in school from the academic, personal, social, emoonal and physical perspecves. They also

talk about how the child can connue to grow and develop. To get ready for the conversa-

on, look at your child’s homework and PowerSchool data before the conference. Be sure to

think of any quesons that you would like to ask the teacher.

Opportunies and challenges. Just like you, teachers want your child to succeed. You will

probably hear posive feedback about your child’s progress as well as areas for improve-

ment. Be prepared by thinking about your child’s strengths and challenges beforehand. Be

ready to ask quesons about ways you and the teacher can help your child with some of his

or her challenges.

What should you talk to the teacher about?

Progress. Find out how your child is doing by asking quesons like: Is my child performing at

grade level? What do you see as his or her strengths? How could he or she improve? How is

my child in regards to his or her social interacons and ability to collaborate eecvely? How

does my child cope when presented with a challenging task - do they persevere or do they

give up?

Your thoughts about your child. Be sure to share your thoughts and feelings about your child.

Tell the teacher what you think your child is good at. Explain what he or she needs more help

with.

Support learning at home. Ask what you can do at home to help your child learn.

Make a plan. Write down the things that you and the teacher will each do to support your child. Write down what you will do, when,

and how oen. Make plans to check in with the teacher in the coming months.

Maintain Strong Communicaon. Communicaon should go both ways. Verify the most eecve way to contact the teacher. And

don’t forget to share the most eecve ways for how the teacher can contact you too!

Talk to your child. The parent–teacher conference is all about your child, so don’t forget to include him or her. Share with your child

what you learned. Show him or her how you will help and remember to frame the conversaon through the lens of connued growth

and support.

We hope that parents nd these ps useful and that they help prime your thinking ready for the conferences.

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October Break:

Please remember that there is no school for students and faculty from Monday, October 26th - Monday, November

2nd. During the break the MS Oce will be fully staed if you have any quesons.

Classes resume on Tuesday, November 3rd. Please make sure your child has a resul sleep on Monday night so they areready for school the next day.

Kind regards,

Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Assistant Middle School Principal


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October 1

PCF

November 7

La Mesa

Watershed

CCV

November 14

Tzu Chi

Foundation

November 21

CRIBS

Foundation

Papaya Academy

December 5

Love2Learn

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Thank you to all our ISM host families for housing the

vising athletes this week for IASAS Soccer. Your support

for this event is very much appreciated and makes for a

great tournament for all the players.

With season one coming to a close soon Season 2 try-

outs will be starng aer IASAS. See this link for tryouts

and pracce schedules. Season 2 sports are Basketball/

Rugby/Touch/Tennis and HS varsity swimming. MS/HS

tryouts and pracce schedules

Congratulaons to the Boys Volleyball team for winning

the ISSA League tle last Saturday, the Varsity girls vol-

leyball team placed 2nd to CSA along with our Varsity

girls soccer team who also placed 2nd with a 2-4 loss to

Zobel. The JV girls soccer team lost to LaSalle Lipa and

will now play for bronze vs Miriam.

IASAS Week Oct 8-10 - ISM is currently hosng the

IASAS Soccer Championships and whilst we are hosng

soccer our Volleyball and Cross Country teams are striv-

ing for success in Bangkok at their

season ending championships. Live

stream acon/results from Manila

and Bangkok are available

via www.iasas.asia.

Find below the schedule of matches

for soccer. We hope to have big

crowds out to all games but espe-

cially when our ISM girls and boys

teams are playing. Please come out

and support our teams.

RIFA ES/MS soccer fesval nals for

teams that have qualied are on Oct

17th. Finals venues are now post-

ed on noce boards and via the ES/

MS Fesval ATAC blog pages. Please

check carefully and If you are in

doubt about whether the event will

go ahead due to heavy rain or ex-

treme weather please follow the

procedure at this link. hp://

atac.ism-online.org/manila-weather-

forecast/atac-event-cancelaon-

extreme-weather/

ES RIFA fesvals infor-

maon and MS Rifa fesvals infor-

maon.

This coming October break ISM will

be hosng a Fall Basketball Camp

run by Filipino Basketball Academy

FBA. See FBA yer for details. Flyer

is also posted on noce boards

around school. Sign up quick as plac-

es will go fast.

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Leaving ISM?

Please be reminded that parents are obliged to ocially inform the School in wring through

a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM if their child will not be returning for the 2nd Semester

(January 2016 term). Families are encouraged to submit the Withdrawal Nocaon Form,

stang the student's nal date of aendance, immediately. Failure to submit the form may lead

to a delay in the forwarding of your child's transcript to his/her new school.

The Withdrawal Nocaon Form can be obtained from the Admissions Oce, by clicking the

link above, or directly from the ISM website under Admission > Re-Enrollment

& Withdrawal > Withdrawals

Please feel free to contact the Admissions Oce at 840.8601 for quesons or claricaons.

Upcoming events:

Oct 8-10 IASAS VBall/XC at Bangkok/IASAS Soccer at

ISM

Oct 10 Wall Climbing team at PowerUP Tandang Sora

Oct 12-14 HS S2 tryouts

Oct 15,16 and 21 MS S2 tryouts

Oct 17 ES and MS girls soccer fesval nals at ISM (for

teams who qualied)

Oct 18 MS boys fesval nals at BSM (for team that

qualied)

For our Sailsh swim team program please check the Sailsh

blog for informaon. hp://sailsh.ism-online.org/

Please note the pracce mes for ATAC programs for SY 15-

16 are as follows:

ATAC all year round teams-

3:15-

4:30. Seeschedule for our All year round teams program here…

All HS seasonal teams pracce from 3:05- 4:50pm each day.

MS seasonal teams pracce 3:10-4:40pm. In order to clear

the campus prior to 5pm all aer school programs will con-

clude by 4:50pm or earlier. The last bus is4:55pm this is due

to the ever increasing trac concerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some me to peruse the

ATAC blog it has a wide variety of informaon and links to

our sports and acvies program. If you have any quesons

regarding the compeve program of sports at ISM aerreading the informaon 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 fantasc spirit store. Bearcat Den

hours of operaon- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.

Best Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs and Acvies

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EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE!

Rock of Ages early bird tickets on sale at the

ISM Cashier or Kiosk for P1,500.

Buy your tick-ets today and get a a FREE limited Bearcatshirt!

Rock through the ages with live music providedby our very own Faculty Band, The MamSirs.Eat, drink and be merry and get a chance to winone of many raffle prizes, including an overnightstaycation!

Please click HERE to register, see youon November 13!

All proceeds of the event support the VickySyCip Herrera Philippine Scholarship for a trulydeserving Filipino student to attend ISM. Formore information on the Philippine Scholarshipplease visit this LINK.

Kindly drop by the Alumni Office (P085) with theofficial/kiosk receipt to claim your ticket and shirt.
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