Parent Bulletin Issue 16 SY1516

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MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUE # 15

SY 2015–2016

WEEK OF:

December 1 to 4

Weekly Publication for Middle School ParentsFriday Bulletin

Inside this issue:

NOVEMBER—JANUARY:

MS Upcoming Events:

Beginning of 3rd Quarter/ Semester 2Tuesday, January 5

ALL BANDS’ CONCERT Tuesday, December 1

MS NEW PARENT COFFEE Thursday, January 14

K-12 DANCE RECITAL Saturday, December 5

MS ONLINE REPORT CARD ACCESS Wednesday, January 20

MS SPORTS DAY Thursday, December 10

MS PLAY January 29 -30

SCHOOL HOLIDAY December 14 to January 4

NATIONAL HOLIDAY Monday, November 30

Dear Parents,

This week we hosted the MS Parent Co ee where members of the MS team engaged parents in a variety of processing ac vi es revolving around Teens and Technology. Feedback from this session was incredibly posi-

ve and many parents requested addi onal informa on to support and guide them as they strive to provideappropriate parameters for technology use at home. It is rather mely to note that the American Academy ofPediatrics has just published new screen - me guidelines. These are far more nuanced than before in order totake into account the ubiquitous nature of screens in today’s media rich society. If you are planning on devel-oping a set of guidelines at home, you might want to use this research -based resource as a star ng point.

Within the workshop, parents worked collabora vely to iden fy their biggest concerns regarding teens andtechnology. These can be seen in the accompanying photo. In order help parents answer their concerns, weshared a valuable parent resource - www.comonsensemedia.org. CommonSense is dedicated to helping kids thrive ina world of media and technology and haseverything from the latest research to

prac cal ps and guidelines. If you areunfamiliar with the resource, we strongrecommend that you bookmark it!

An addi onal topic that was raised in theco ee, was the concept of parents model-ling the type of technology habits that theywould like their children to mirror. Do ourwords and ac ons consistently align?When there is a limited degree of align-ment, a “do as a say, not as I do” mentalitycan be cul vated and this can cause some

parents to be perceived as hypocri cal bytheir teenaged children. This poignantvideo highlights some of the nega vebehaviors children and adults may haveslipped into without realizing the impact oftheir ac ons. Take a look and then re ecton your own technology habits and askyourself - Am I modelling healthy mediahabits to my child/children?

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NEED TO KNOW:In closing, we would like to extend our gra tude to all the parents who were able to a end the workshop and for sharing some ideas for future parent co ees around this extensive topic. We look forward to con nued collabora on and conversa ons next semester!

Side Note:

In last week’s Parent Bulle n we a empted to share an insigh ul ar cle from Common Sense Media that o ers guidance to parents abouthow to explain the news to children. Unfortunately this link was deac vated and no one could access it. Here it is again!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Mon. Nov 30 = HOLIDAY

- no school!

Tues. Dec 1 = All Bands concert MS and HS (17:30) FAT. Sat. Dec 5 = K -12 AFAC Dance recital (15:00) FAT Thurs. Dec 10 = MS Sports Day Fri. Dec 11 = Last day of the semester - early release at 12:00. Tues. Jan 5 = Return to school. Wed. Jan 20 = Semester reports open up for parent access.

Changes to the English Honors Program for the 2016 -17 Academic Year For the past two years, there has been some misalignment between Middle School and High School regarding the number of sec ons ofEnglish Honors o ered to students – Grade 8 currently has two sec ons while Grade 9 has only one. This has led to disappointment asstudents move from English Honors in Grade 8, but then do not make the single sec on of English Honors o ered in Grade 9. In an a emptto realign this discrepancy, High School English Honors will expand to two sec ons in both Grade 9 and Grade 10, star ng in August 2016.

Along with this expansion there will be some curriculum changes to the en re Grade 7 -10 English Honors program. The aims of these mod-i ca ons are: 1. To give the program a more literary focus, 2. To prepare students to sit the English AP Literature and Composi on exam at the end of Grade 10. This would be op onal. 3. To make the English Honors curriculum more accessible to high -achieving students who enjoy and value literary studies.

We feel that this re -designed program will provide the most e ec ve prepara on for those students likely to enroll in the IB A Literature atHigher Level in Grades 11 and 12.

If you have any ques ons about these changes, please feel f ree to contact your child's English Honors teacher or the respec ve EnglishProgram Leaders (MS - Mr. David Burke, HS - Mr. Robert Butcher).

MS Sports Day

On Thursday 10th December the Middle School students will celebrate Sports Day. On this day, all MS students are o schedule and willpar cipate in an inclusive day for all, focussed on ac ve par cipa on and sportsmanship. Students will have the opportunity to showcasetheir growing skill development in PE, A er School Ac vi es and ATAC sports.

Students will take part in a mixture of compe ve and noncompe ve ac vi es in the morning in a wide variety of school venues. In thea ernoon the whole of the Middle School will be doing fun water -based games on the high school eld.Feel free to come along and support your child/children! A full schedule will be posted on the Ac vi es Blog nearer the date.

Please note that on this special day, the PCA will be selling food and drinks along with some delicious snow cones! If you child is interestedin purchasing refreshments, please remind them to bring in some money! Prices and food op ons will follow in next week’s bulle n.

MS Art Show:

This week marked the launch of the MS Art Show in the F.A.T. lobby. Ifyou haven’t already done so, please take the me to stop by and checkout this colorful and crea ve exhibi on. The MS Art Show provides awindow into what students are learning in art classes and showcases awide variety of media and ar s c techniques.

NEED TO KNOW:

NICE TO KNOW:

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NEED TO KNOW:

A Gentle Reminder to all Parents:

On days when your child needs to be absentfrom school, we ask that a parent inform the

Middle School O ce before 7:30 A.M. viaphone at

840 -8550 / 553 or via email at

[email protected] It is the responsibility of your child to communicate

with their teacher when they return to school tomake up for work missed as a result of any

absences.

Congratula ons to the MS Strings and Choir Students!

Two amazing concerts took place this week - the All Strings Concert on Monday and the All Choirs Concert on Wednesday.These two upli ing performances showcased the depth of learning that is engendered in the MS Music program. In talkingwith students about their recent performance experience, it was warming to hear students talk about how much they hadgrown both individually and collec vely and how being a member of choir or strings had fostered a strong sense of belonging.

Please know that ISM records all performances and uploads them to ISM’s YouTube channel. If you want to gain access tothis channel, please email [email protected]

We would like to wish you all a very relaxing long weekend!

Kind Regards, Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Middle School Assistant Principal

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October 1 PCF

November 7 La MesaWatershed

CCV

November 14 Tzu ChiFoundation

November 21 CRIBSFoundation

Papaya Academy

December 5 Love2Learn

November 17 to 20, 2015

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Congrats and a BIG WELL DONE to the MS BoysGold Basketball team for a great win over Xavierlast Saturday 70 -64. Well done players and

coaches!

Nov 20 -22 Pre - IASAS Rugby exchange at ISM - Thanks to all parents who volunteered to houseour visi ng rugby players last weekend. It was agreat exchange with some terri c rugby played.Well done to our ISM rugby team who nishedon top of the points table with 3 wins and onedraw to go undefeated against the other IASASschools. Our varsity basketball girls in Bangkok won allthree matches and our boys lost all three. Re-sults from the swim meet in Jakarta can be foundvia the Sail sh blog and Varsity touch team edone match and lost the other 3 that wereplayed in Singapore.

The S2 prac ce schedule which runs un l theend of January is posted on no ce boards aroundschool and on the ATAC blog schedules page.

Upcoming events: Nov 27 Basketball and Touch vs Brent at ISM Nov 27/28 MS Boys Basketball teams vs BSM/Singapore Club team Nov 28 Puma Touch League rd #3 at Brent Dec 6 Sail sh Swimathon

For our Sail sh swim team program please checkthe Sail sh blog for informa on. h p://sail sh.ism -online.org/

Please note the prac ce mes for ATAC pro-grams for SY 15 -16 are as follows: ATAC all yearround teams - 3:15 -4:30. See schedule for our Allyear round teams program here. ..

All HS seasonal teams prac ce from 3:05 - 4:50pm each day. MS seasonal teams prac-

ce 3:15 -4:45pm. In order to clear the campus

prior to 5pm all a er school programs will con-clude by4:50pm or earlier. The last busis 4:55pm this is due to the ever increasing

tra c concerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some me toperuse the ATAC blog it has a wide variety of in-forma on and links to our sports and ac vi esprogram. If you have any ques ons regarding thecompe ve program of sports at ISM a er read-ing the informa on on the blog please send anemail to [email protected] and I will endeav-or to assist you as best I can.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updatedregularly by Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athle cs Coor-dinator) gives the most up to date informa onon where/when and who our Bearcat teams willbe playing throughout the school year. Access tothe game schedule is now via the ISM parentportal not via power school as in the past. A navi-ga on guide is available here. ATAC Game Sched-ule Users Guide. Access the parent portal viathis link, log in with your user name/password

and then look for the ATAC Game Schedule tabunder the le side quick links. Don't forget torefresh the pdf page each me it opens so youaccess the most current schedule. Please notethis schedule does change o en and at short no-

ce due to involvement with many local schoolsand organiza ons. Check it regularly for the mostup to date informa on. For security purpos-es....access to the ATAC game schedule pdf mustbe linked via the secure parent portal and detailsshould not be shared with non ISM communitymembers.

Bearcat Den - drop by our fantas c spiritstore. Bearcat Den hours of opera on - 7am -4pm Mon -Fri. regards

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Mark your calendars, folks! The ISM Parent Community As-sociation is bringing you an afternoon of wholesome familyfun! Please join us onSaturday, November 28th, 2015 from1pm -4pm for the ES CARNIVAL at the ISM ElementarySchool Field. There will be Inflatables, Carnival Games,Prince and Princess Shows, Zumba classes for the kids, craftactivities, and plenty of fun and entertainment. Food will beavailable for purchase from Malcom's Deli and NY Fries, aswell as baked goods from the USA Girl Scouts.

Buy your tickets now at the Cashiers Office. Tickets areP200/person and P300 on the day of the event. PCA Repre-sentatives will also be selling tickets from November 23 to27 in front of the ES Office (7:00 -8:00AM and1:30 -2:30PM).

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