MS Parent Bulletin (Week of October 10 To 14)

ISSUE # 10
SY1617
MIDDLE SCHOOL
WEEK OF:
Friday Bulletin
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
OCTOBER 10 TO 14
Inside this issue:

Dear Parents,
Everyone is safe and well after our various CWW experiences both on and off campus. We
are sure students and faculty will all sleep well tonight! Photos of the various learning activities are being compiled and we will share photos in next weeks bulletin. Its been a busy end
to the week so well keep our announcements short and sweet!
THIS WEEK:
Monday, October 10th:
Parent Teacher Conferences:
Online sign-up system allows parents to sign up for 4 additional conferences.
COMING UP IN SOON:
Monday, October 17th, Tuesday, October 18th and
Wednesday, October 19th
MS Parent Teacher Conferences:
Time: 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. each day
Please see the email that was sent home last week from the MS Office titled
MS Parent Teacher Conferences
This was emailed to all parents and contains all the necessary details parents
need to make their online sign-ups.
If you did not receive this, check your spam folder or email the MS Office.
Monday, October 24th - Tuesday, November 1st:
October Break
No school
Thursday, November 3rd:
Math Honors Program Parent Coffee:
Time: 7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
Location: AMR
Focus: Math Honors Student Profile and Application Process
Audience: Current G6 - G8 parents interested in their child applying to Math
Honors and current G7 and G8 parents who have Math Honors students.
NEED TO KNOW:
Parent Teacher Conferences
Please remember to sign up for the second round of PTCs. The system will
allow parents to book 4 additional conference slots as of Monday, October
10th. The system will close on Saturday, October 15th at 6:00 p.m. and parents will be unable to sign up online after this deadline.
Parents will receive a confirmation email that summarizes their PTC schedule
on Sunday, October 15th by 6:30 p.m.
Parents need to bring this with them to the PTCs.
If parents cannot make the PTCs, we kindly ask that you contact the MS Office
so we can help arrange follow-up times in November.
Kind Regards,
Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal
Amanda Pekin, Assistant Middle School Principal
PCA
Service Learning
Athletics & Activities

(ATAC)
After-School Activities
(AFAC)
Philippine Cultural Club
Clinic
ISM Upcoming Events
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
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO
DOWNLOAD THE TEMPORARY
GUARDIANSHIP AGREEMENT FORM
or you may pick up from the Middle
School Office.
For more information,

please call the MS office.
Team selection for IASAS S1 teams has been announced this

week. All athletes who received a travel packet should have
submitted your passport and documents to Joan at ATAC
office by Thursday Oct 6th.
Schedules for S2 sports are now posted at links below for after
the Fall break -Basketball/Tennis,/Rugby/Touch for MS and
Basketball/Tennis,/Rugby/Touch and Varsity Swimming for HS
Tryouts and practice schedules :

2nd-season-tryouts-ms-sched-16-17-xls-16-17-s2-1
2nd-season-tryouts-hs-sched-16-17-xls-16-17-s2-1
2nd-season-practice-sched-16-17-xls-pract-sched-16-17-s2
ES/MS Rifa Soccer festival finals update- Congratulations to
the following ISM teams who will play in the finals tomorrow.
C1 team will play at BSM 8am start.
E1 and G1 and G2 teams will play at ISM 8am start.
Training will continue for all teams with the season ending the
week of Oct 10-14. For ES/MS soccer- Festival information can
be found via this link ES Rifa Festival information and MS Rifa
soccer information
Well done to our MS/HS XC runners for a great effort at Faith
last Saturday morning. Full results can be found at http://
atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/cross-country-raceresults/
First housing request for ATAC- Nov 18-20 ISM will host the
boys pre IASAS tennis exchange. We will have 60 male tennis
players arrive on Fri Nov 18 to play Friday evening and all
day Saturday then depart Sunday morning Nov 20. If you can
house a pair of tennis players for this event it would be greatly
appreciated. Online tennis housing letter sign up please
go here and should you require further information about
hosting for IASAS exchanges go to...http://atac.ism-online.org/
iasas/iasas-housing/ or contact ATAC office or
email [email protected]
Oct 12 IASAS S1 HS send off assembly and lunch

Oct 12 VGirls soccer semi final 4pm
Oct 15/16 Rifa soccer 11 a side semis and finals for teams
that qualify match schedules tbc? and ISSA Volleyball semis/finals for qualifying teams.
S1 IASAS Championships Oct 19-23 Soccer at JIS, Volleyball
and XC at TAS
To find out details of all the Bearcats matches mid week and
on weekends go to the ATAC game schedule page- link is provided below and follow the instructions to find out when and
where our Bearcat teams will be playing. 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- 3:15-4:30. For our
Sailfish swim team program please check the Sailfish blog for
information http://sailfish.ism-online.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.
We will also be calling for community support to host for IASAS

Basketball (Feb 1-5 need 100 beds) and for IASAS Badminton
Parents and students please take some time to peruse the
(April 5-9 need 80 beds) and for IASAS Golf (April 8 need 60
ATAC blog it has a wide variety of information and links to our
beds one night only)
sports and activities program. If you have any questions regarding the competitive program of sports at ISM after reading
Upcoming events- (full match schedule available ATAC Game the information on the blog please send an email
schedule)
to [email protected] and I will endeavor to assist you as
Fri Oct 7 VBoys and Mid A1 soccer vs DBTC at home 5pm best I can.
Oct 8 ES/MS Rifa soccer festival finals (for teams that qualBearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. There is a a
ify- C1, E1, G1, G2) 8am
range of products and items to purchase including items from
Oct 8 MS Girls Rifa soccer festival finals 1pm/MS Chess
our service partners. Bearcat Den hours of operation- 7amteam at Xavier
4pm Mon-Fri.
Oct 9 Mid A1 vs Xavier 8am/Aspirants vs Ateneo 10am/JV
Girls 3rd place final 11am/VGirls vs ICA1pm/VBoys vs
Best Regards,
Alumni 2pm
Mark Pekin
Oct 11 VBoys soccer vs Faith 3:30pm
Director of Athletics and Activities
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ISSUE # 10

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Inside this issue:

Athletics & Activities

Philippine Cultural Club

ISM Upcoming Events

For more information,

Team selection for IASAS S1 teams has been announced this

Tryouts and practice schedules :

Oct 12 IASAS S1 HS send off assembly and lunch

We will also be calling for community support to host for IASAS

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