ES Parent Bulletin Vol#2 2015 August 28 (1)

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28 August 2015Volume 2

Es parent bulletin

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

SEPT

2Wednesday Morning Student Late Start

8:30AM

2 ES Open House, 5:00-7:00PM

8Parent Coffee: Inquiry-based Learning with

Kath Murdoch, 7:45am

22MAP Information Parent Coffee, 7:45-9am

(Rm 2123)

OCT

7Wednesday Morning Student Late Start8:30AM

14-15Parent Teacher Student Conference-

Early Student Release 12pm

26-30 School Holiday

Fom e ESSS dministration

Day #15 and Elementary Assembly We are now officially on day #15 of the 2015/16school year and our classrooms’ learning journeysare well underway. We continue to develop ourclass communities with the on-going focus on howstudents learn together and as individuals. Classesare also turning their attention to their firstMathematics units and developing their reading andwriting identities.

Today we held our first Elementary School assemblyfor the year. We sang, we read, we shared someideas on how to welcome new students and alsohow to enjoy our wonderful facilities while beingsafe, respectful and responsible. We also met sixpeople from within our community - Coach Ramon(PE Teaching Assistant), Ms. Aba (Preschoolteacher), Ms. Mayu (Grade 1 ESL TeachingAssistant), Mr. Vinter (Grade 2 class teacher), Ms.Perez (Elementary Guidance Department) and Ms.Chie (Art Teaching Assistant). They revealed someinteresting facts about themselves: playing basketball playing the violin doing a cartwheel with one hand and being

fluent in Japanese

being on the front page of a national newspaperin Malawi

riding on the world’s fastest roller coaster being an avid circuit trainer Any ideas on who is who?

We also discovered that...

We have 732 students in our Elementary community... We have 216 new students... We have 438 students who speak more than one language…

And… if you read for twenty minutes every day, you will have read 7300 minutes in a year!

Much to the disappointment of all 732 our students (who were not afraid to voice theirdispleasure!), the Bearcat did not make an appearance. At this point in time, he is still in

hibernation.


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AFAC / ATAC A sincere thank you for ensuring a smooth start to our Elementary After School Activities programas well as our ATAC competitive teams program. Your on-going support in making sure we arenotified if your child will not be attending their activity on a particular day isappreciated. Equally, thank you for supporting our after school protocols and ensuring that ourcampus is a safe place for all our students. These protocols are located here for your reference.

From the Clinic - Head Lice Checks This week we have started our first of four regular head lice checks. We know that anyone issusceptible to head lice, but children in an Elementary school setting are more susceptible. Headlice is easily spread through head-to-head contact.

Our checks involve one of our nurses visiting every classroom in the Elementary school andindividually checking each student. In the event that a student is found to have head lice, theywill be personally contacted by the Clinic (in confidence) and also sent information regardingtreatment. Should there be two or more cases within a particular class, all students in that classwill receive a generic letter regarding treatment and raising awareness.

Should you have any question about our program please get in touch with our Clinic administratorDorothee Binsfeld (8408580 or BinsfeldD@ismanila org)

Have a wonderful long weekend.

Adam Campbe

Michael RourkeElementary Principal Elementary Assistant Principal

28 August 2015

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As part of the Artist in Residence Program and with the support of the PCA, ISM will host Niall de Búrca, a re-

nowned professional storyteller from Ireland, on Thursday, September 3rd at 3:30pm in the Little Theater.

We invite all ISM parents and their children to join us to hear Niall share a mix of traditional and original tales.


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ATAC AnnouncementsThis Saturday is the first of the RIFA ES/MS soccer festivals. See links at the ES/MS festival pages for venues.

Venue information is also posted on ES/MS notice boards. A permission slip was sent home with your childthis week with match details for this Saturday. Festival information and venues can be found at the links be-low. Please check carefully. If you are in doubt about whether the event will go ahead due to heavy rain or

extreme weather please follow the procedure at this link. http://atac.ism-online.org/manila-weather-forecast/atac-event-cancelation-extreme-weather/

ES RIFA festivals information and MS Rifa festivals information

Housing for IASAS soccer Oct 7-11. ISM proudly hosts IASAS Soccer this year and it is going to be a fantasticevent for our community. In order to host we need to house 160 athletes from the IASAS schools. Pleaseconsider hosting it is a great experience. ES and MS along with HS parents can host. Check out the linkat IASAS housing information if you have any questions please contact the ATAC office. Forms can be printedand turned in to ATAC office or emailed to [email protected]

Upcoming events:

Aug 28th HS V'ball teams vs Brent from 4:15pm

Aug 29th Rifa Soccer Festivals ES/MS teams

Aug 30th Mid A1 soccer vs Don Bosco away game

Sept 5 XC meet at Brent

For our Sailfish swim team program please check the Sailfish blog for information. Squads are now confirmedand Sailfish training has started in earnest from last week. http://sailfish.ism-online.org/

Please note the practice times for ATAC programs for SY 15-16 are as follows: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. See schedule for our All year round teams program here...

See Sailfish blog for swim squad start and finish times. Gymnastics team starts 3:10-4:50.

All HS seasonal teams practice from 3:05- 4:50pm each day. MS seasonal teams practice 3:10-4:40pm. Inorder to clear the campus prior to 5pm all after school programs will conclude by4:50pm or earlier. The lastbus is 4:55pm this is due to the ever increasing traffic concerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some time to peruse the ATAC blog it has a wide variety of information and

links to our sports and activities program. If you have any questions regarding the competitive program ofsports at ISM after reading the information on the blog please send an email to [email protected] and Iwill endeavor to assist you as best I can.

Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. There is a new school year sale on at the moment and arange of new products and items to purchase including items from our service partners. Bearcat Den hoursof operation- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.

Mark Pekin

28 August 2015

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