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

Volume 3, Issue # 18
December 13 to 17, 2010
Student Bulletin
WEEK AT A GLANCE
December 13 to 17, 2010
Monday, December 13 Regular Schedule
Pep Rally (2:00 P.M.)
Tuesday, December 14 MS Sports Day
Wednesday, December 15 Student Late Start/Early Release/Special Schedule
MS Assembly (9:30 A.M., FAT)
Thursday, December 16 Semester Break
Friday, December 17 Semester Break

Dear Students:

We have made it to the last week of the semester! There are many exciting activities on the agenda.

Monday, December 13 is Super Hero dress day. Please remember that you should not bring to school any kind of weapon or copy of one when dressed in
costume. There is also a Pep Rally in the afternoon. At 2:00 P.M. make sure to meet up with your House in one of the following locations: Aklan - AMR,
Baguio - FAT, Cebu - LT, and Davao - MS Gym (Davao). Pom pom and banners will be distributed and you’ll learn some House cheers before moving to
the MS Gym at 2:15 for the start of the Pep Rally. Let’s hear your cheers and energy as we get ready for Sports Day.

Tuesday, December 14 is possibly students’ favorite day of the year; Sports Day. Wear your house shirt for this day of good spirited competition and
fun. Make sure to bring water, sunscreen and a hat. Parents will also be selling snacks, including hotdogs and drinks, throughout the day at the HS field,
so bring some extra money if you think you’ll need it.

Wednesday, December 15 is a late start and you will be dismissed at 12:00 noon. Please arrange to leave campus at that time. On this shortened day
there will be Home Base parties and an assembly in the FAT; please see the published schedule for exact times.

Congratulations on an excellent semester! There were many impressive individual and group accomplishments. Now it is time to relax and have a well-
deserved vacation with your friends and family. See you all on Monday, January 10.

Enjoy the break!

Ms. Fredericks and Ms. Sayson

Special Schedules
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15
TIME ACTIVITY TIME ACTIVITY
7:30 Homebase 8:30-9:30 Homebase
8:00-9:30 Activities
9:30-11:00 MS Assembly (FAT)
9:30-9:50 Break
11:00-12:00 Homebase/Parties
9:50-11:30 Activities
12:00 Dismissal
11:30-12:10 Lunch
12:10-2:10 Activities

Upcoming Events in the Middle School PowerSchool Grade Update

January 10 Classes Resume Jan. 10 - PowerSchool Closes

19 - 23 AMIS Band
20 Understanding Third Culture Kids (9:30 A.M., LT) Jan. 21 - PowerSchool opens
20 All Choirs Concert (5:30 P.M., LT)
25 PTA Bearcat Welcome (7:30 A.M., LT) for Semester 1 Reports
26 New Student Luncheon (11:00 A.M., Rm. 1057) Jan. 24 - Semester 1 Report Card
26 Activity Period (12:20 P.M.)
31 to Feb. 04 Bearcat Readers’ Week Distribution (via courier)
February 02 Grade 4 to 5 Student Transition Assembly (1:00 P.M., LT)
02 Grade 4 to 5 Parent Transition Meeting (5:00 P.M., LT)
 ALL GRADE 5 and GRADE 6 ART Students,

Please take art work and sketchbooks home by Tuesday, December

14. Your parents are expecting to see evidence of your learning in
art!

THANKS!
Ms. Morgan

SERVICE & ENVIRONMENTAL

LEARNING UPDATES
Thanks to all students and teachers who donated diapers
for CCV. The kids will be so happy and DRY ☺. The CCV
trip is on this Saturday the 11th. The winning home base
will be announced next week for their free dress day- so
listen to the announcements.

Thanks in advance to all students, teachers and parents

who will come to help out with the Community Garden Ex-
tension this Saturday, December 11th here at ISM. Check
out the Blog http://ms-eco.ism-online.org/ for Photos of
the event and other service and environmental news and
updates.

PCF- Comes to ISM!- Saturday, January 22nd, 2011. Sign

up at guidance to help out here at ISM with the PCF kids.
We need Sporty, Arty, Music, IT, service minded students to
help with the various activities. If you have ideas of activi-
ties we would love to hear about them!

‘I CAN’ Drive- 10th – January 21st, 2011. Please bring in

some can food to help provide for PCF kids. Collection Box
located in MS Guidance office. Sardines, Meat loaf, Corned
Beef, Sausage please.

‘"Peace, One Day, One Goal"- Shoe Drive- January10th –

28th, 2011. Bring in your shoe donations to the box located
outside guidance and help support underprivileged kids in a
soccer league.

PAWS- Saturday Service Trip – January 29th, 2011 -sign up

at MS Guidance.

Tara Barton
HS/MS Visual Art- 1169
MS Service and Environmental Learning Coordinator
bartont@ismanila.org
http://ms-eco.ism-online.org/
 FROM THE ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES OFFICE
IASAS BASKETBALL HOUSING ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES - NOV/DEC: (for ALL match/schedule
IASAS Basketball will be taking place at ISM January 27-29, 2011 details check game schedule page as above)
and housing placements are now being accepted. As of this week ♦ PRFU Rugby Tournament in ISM HS field from 8:00 A.M. MS/JV rugby
we have 45 students housed but we require 100 housing slots in teams competing - December 11
total. ♦ Varsity Touch at Nomads Tournament from 1:00 P.M. - December 11
All 1st season athletes who were housed this is your time to fulfill ♦ Varsity/JV Tennis in CSA - December 11
your responsibility and offer housing for Basketball. All varsity and ♦ MS Girls Tennis in ISM - December 11
JV basketball teams should also have returned housing forms by ♦ Wall climbing Invitational in ISM, MS Gym - December 11
now as well. We welcome offers of housing from anyone in our ISM ♦ Last Day of School for 2010 DECEMBER 15th, Noon dismissal
community. Please support the ATAC Department by getting these
forms in ASAP. It would be great to have the housing completed MS 2nd Season Sports Awards - February 9th
before we go on Christmas break! Go Bearcats show your pride HS 2nd Season Sports Awards - February 11th
and support of the program and get behind our teams by hosting a
pair of visiting players from our IASAS sister schools. Housing BEARCAT DEN
forms are available from ATAC office or on the ATAC Blog at Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:
http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas-basketball-jan-26-31-2011/ ♦ Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. and
2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
ATAC ANNOUNCEMENTS
♦ Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Thanks to
all our great volunteers. The Bearcat Den will go into Christmas
GAME SCHEDULE INFORMATION:
hibernation from Tuesday, December 14 and will
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams
reopen on Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
can be found by going to the GAME SCHEDULE tab on the ATAC
page of the ISM website. You can also access this information via
the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages. Please note the game sched-
ule does change often due to involvement with many local schools
so please check the page regularly to find out the latest informa-
tion of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Access to
the game schedule page is also available via the ATAC blog. Click
on the Bearcat logo to be directed to the game schedule
page. http://atac.ism-online.org