Middle School Parent Bulletin - Issue No. 31 - April 29 to May 3

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From the Middle School OfficeISSUE # 31

WEEKOF APRIL 29 TO MAY 3, 2013

Friday BulletinMIDDLE SCHOOL

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

From the Office of Admissionsand Advancement

- Withdrawal procedure for

2

- Demographic Update Guide 3

From the Treasury Department 4

From the Human ResourcesDepartment: Cashless Campus

4

From the ATAC Office 5

From the HS Guidance Office 6

Author Visit: Peter Lerangis 7

Service Learning @ISMPTA ElectionsJune Summer Sports Camp

8

ISM Community Art Auction 9

MS PlayThe Wiz 10

Inside this issue:Dear Parents:The Middle School Play takes the stage and this years producon, The Wiz, is sure to excite

everyone. During our assembly this week, the play preview gave us a peek of whats to come

and its bound to be entertaining. The show opens on Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 P.M. with

addional performances on May 3 at 6:30 P.M., and May 4 at 2:30 P.M. and 6:30 P.M. Tickets

are available through the Cashier so make plans to enjoy some family entertainment. The cast

and crew have worked extremely hard and hope to see you there!

This week we also have the opening of the Middle School Art Show on Thursday, May 2 at 3:00

P.M. Student work will be on display in the lobby of the Fine Arts Theater and is sure to

inspire. The creavity and the designs are phenomenal and will leave you in awe of what our

students can do.

On Monday, May 6 we welcome vising author Peter Lerangis whose work is popular with

many of our students. He will be meeng with students in grade 5 and 6 to talk about hiswring and the wring purpose. We are fortunate to have this opportunity to gain rsthand

experience with a published author. Please see the leer included in the bullen for more

details.

Looking aheadThe month of May brings with it a number of events and acvies. In the

coming weeks we hope you will nd me to visit the Art Exhibion and aend the Finale

Concert and Beginning Groups Concerts. Transion acvies will take place for the current

grade 4 students as they prepare to enter Middle School and for the grade 8 students as they

look forward to High School. As we enter this busy me of the year, please support your child

by encouraging them to get ample amounts of sleep, eat balanced meals, and priorize their

me so that they can arrive at school ready to learn and have fun.

Please note that Wednesday, May 1 is a holiday and school will be closed. Classes resume on

Thursday, May 2. Addionally, Monday, May 13 has been declared a holiday due to elecons

so there will be no classes; please mark your calendars.

Enjoy the weekend!

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

The Yearbook Pictures are now ava

able for pick up in the MS Office.

POWERSCHOOL UPDATPOWERSCHOOL UPDATE

MAY

10 Progress ReportsDistribution

End of Year

Activities


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Withdrawal Procedure for Students Leaving ISM

For those students who will be withdrawing from International School Manila this year,

the following procedure applies:

Parents are obliged to inform the School officially through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFI-

CATION FORM, on or before May 10, 2013, if their chil-dren will not be returning to ISM.

Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade De-posit (FUD), in compensation for having held a space for the child and thus preventingthe School from offering that space to another child prior to the summer holiday break.

The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admissions Office or di-rectly from the ISM website www.ismanila.org under Admissions > Re-Enrollment &Withdrawal > Withdrawal

STEP 1:Return the Withdrawal Notification Form to the Admissions Office or scanned and e

-mailed as an attachment to

[email protected] .

Upon receipt of the Withdrawal Notification Form by the Admissions Office, a copy will be forwarded to theappropriate School Office and the Finance Office for their action.

The School Office, upon receipt of the Withdrawal Notification Form, will initiate the student clearance proce-dure which requires a Middle or High School student to have the Student Clearance Slip signed by the indi-cated teachers and offices for clearance. For Elementary students, the Elementary Office will handle the with-drawal clearance.

Note that school transcripts and records will be available from the particular school office approximately fifteenworking days after the childs last day of attendance at ISM. Please coordinate directly with the particularSchool Office if you require other arrangements.

STEP 2: If required, and when completed, the Student Clearance Slip must be taken to the Cashiers Office. Only afterthe Cashier has received and signed the completed clearance form will the childs transcript or school records be released

from the Elementary, Middle or High School Office.

Please note that one copy of the transcript is provided free of charge,additional copies cost P100 each, payable at the Cashiers Office before release. Please coordinate directly with theparticular School Office if you require more than one copy of school records.

STEP 3: In order to receive your Facilities Upgrade Deposit or FUD (formerly the Special Project Deposit) refund, the fol-lowing must be submitted to the CashiersOffice:

1) Signed Student Clearance Slip2) Signed Facilities Upgrade Deposit Certificate

Please note that the FUD refund will not be released before your childs last day of school and may take up to thirty ( 30)days. Only the person whose name appears on the FUD Certificate may claim the refund at the Cashiers Office.

For any questions related to FUD certificate, please call 840-85-22 and look for Ms. Rhodora Villa or Marissa S.Dulay at 840-85-06.

Please allow the withdrawal process to go smoothly by starting the process early.

Thank you for your help and understand-ing.

If you will be withdrawing before the end of the school year and wish to receive your childs YEARBOOK please submit theappropriate form to the School Office. The forms are available through the web site: Admission > Re -Enrollment & With-drawal>Withdrawal

1. Elementary School Yearbook: ALAALA2. Middle School Yearbook: SALINLAHI3. High School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

Sincerely,Stephanie H. HagedornDirector of Admissions & [email protected]

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From the Office of Admissions and Advancement
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From the Office of Admissions and Advancement

Dear Parents,

Please be reminded that keeping your

contact informaon updated is vital

to facilitang communicaon with

the school. If you would like to

view/change any of the details on

your current record, simply follow

these steps:

Demographic Update Guide


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From the Human Resources Office: Cashless Campus

Dear Parents and Students,

The end of the school year is fast approaching, and we wanted you to know that, starng in August, we shall be

introducing a Campus Card payment scheme. This system has been in the research stage for some me now,

and we have been consulng carefully with our colleague schools in IASAS, all of whom make use of a card for

payments on their campuses. The system works through an individual identy chip that is implanted into student

ID cards.

One of the main purposes for making this move to is to provide a debit system in the canteen. Some of the ben-

ets are:

Limit the amount of money that studentsare obliged to bring to school.

Speed up canteen lines during breaks since cash exchange will not be needed.

Give online access to parents so they may see what their children are eang at lunch.

The intenon is to run parallel cash / debit system inially, but in me we intend to move towards a complete

debit system during school hours.

Parents and students will have several opons with regards to topping up their card. They can do this online by

credit card or paypal or through an accredited bank (all for a minimal fee), at kiosks (similar to ATMs) located in

two dierent areas on campus, or at the cashiers oce.

In addion to purchasing food at the canteen, the Smart Card may be used for paying other acvies that take

place on campus: school plays, Family Fun day, concerts, T-shirts, etc. We also hope that the Uniform Shop will

be able to accept payments in this way.

Parents and helpers may also apply for an ID card complete with chip should they wish to use a debit system on

campus rather than cash payments.

In conjuncon with the debit system, the Smart Cards issued in Middle School will allow students to access the

new lockers we are purchasing.

We shall be sending out more instrucons on how this system will work later in the school year and again in Au-

gust. Like any new system, we suspect that there will be some teething problems, but we are condent that we

shall overcome these and that the card system will be benecial for the enre school.

Sincerely,

Michelle Mapua

Director of Human Resources

From the Treasury Department

Dear ISM Parents:

This is a reminder to please view and check the ISM Web Online at hp://community.ismanila.org/d/2/ for

the latest update on your billing statement and sele any remaining balance of account(s).

Please note that the 2nd

semester Tuion fee for SY2012-2013 was due last December 07,2012 while other

school fees on your billing statements are already due as billed. For those who havent seled yet, we appreci-

ate your immediate selement of the accounts.

For related billing and payment quesons including any username and password concerns, please call 840-85-

22/ 840-85-06/840-85-12 and look for RHODA VILLA (Accountant) or MARISSA DULAY (Treasury Supervisor) and

Elmer Esguerra ( Cashier). You can also email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. and esguer-

[email protected].
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From the Athletics & Activities Office

4th season practices are now taking place for some of next years HS teams to start training. This isopen for current gr.8s who will be freshmen 9th grade next year to join these practices. If you have questionstalk with the coaches.

Thanks to Coach Andy and the sailfish coaches for running a great meet last weekend with greatfeedback from the visiting overseas schools that attended. All results are available via the sailfish blog.

We look forward to hosting an invitational Tae Kwon Do(TKD) meet tomorrow at the MS gym and thefollowing week we host the local Judo competition at the covered court. ISM is the host venue for theseevents however the meets are coordinated and run by the local TKD and Judo associations. Best of luck toall our ISM martial arts competitors in these upcoming meets.

Please remember the swimming facility will close for renovation works on May 17 and the plannedreopening of the pool is set for September 1st. We are building a new 2 level grandstand, new locker rooms,new storage area, new coaches locker rooms, additional restrooms for the public and resurfacing the poolsurrounds.

ISM Summer Sports Camps information is now available on the ATAC summer camps blogpage. The informational flyer will also be in the parent bulletins. Sign ups are on a first come firstserved basis!

A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATACblog and also to follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page). Each Monday, I will post theweeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog andin the regular Friday parent bulletins.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF (access to game schedule information): Information about all mid-week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule doeschange often due to involvement with many local schools, so please check the page regularly to findout the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or

the Bearcat logo to be directed to the power school secure site http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/

You will need your power school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf.

BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/

Our Bearcat Den is open for business, please drop by to check out the range of Bearcat products.We have a great team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. Ifyou are interested in joining a fantastic group, please contact any of our den membersduring den opening hours. If youre interested in joining the Den volunteers, pleasecontact Carolyn Ching for details at [email protected]. We are always look-ing for new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS to join our group. Pleasenote end of year lunch for Den volunteers is May 30

thfrom 11:30am (venue to be

announced) Final selling day for the Den will be June 4th

, Den will be closed for

inventory and summer pack up June 5. The den will re-

open for business in thenew school year on Wednesday August 14th

2013

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wednesdays and Fridays from11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and each afternoon from 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Sincerely,

Mark PekinDirector of Athletics/ Activities
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Dear HS Parents,

We are very pleased to introduce/reintroduce you to an excing iniave developed back in 2010 by

the HS Guidance Department in cooperaon with the HS Administraon:

Bearcat Career Experience

As we all know well, high school for students is (among many things) a me of self-discovery. It is ame where our students begin to beer acknowledge their aptudes/likes, where they hone their strengthsand where they begin to sort through that rather complicated map known as their educaonal and future ca-reer path. Unfortunately, it is oen a map with gaps between what they learn in their academic classrooms

and the real world their teachers are working to prepare them for.

In short, we hope to help bridge that gap for some of our high school students through a ve-daysummer internship (June 10th 14th, 2013) with various companies in the Metro Manila area.

Last year we were very fortunate to place over 120 ISM highschool students (sophomores and juniors) with 30 companies(including Alaska Milk, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and MakaMedical Center to name a few) in the Metro Manila area. This year, wedenitely feel those numbers could increase. However, in order tomake this a reality, we need reputable companies from a variety ofindustries to form partnerships with us and take part.

As parents of our dedicated and movated HS students, youmay own, be employed by, or know of a company interested in sup-

porng this very worthwhile endeavor. We ask for your support inhelping us develop potenal Career Experience placements and sub-sequently, lasng posive relaonships with companies in the MetroManila area.

We ask that you take me to reect on this important iniave (currently in its 3rd

year) and its valuefor our ISM community.

Please take a look at our website here hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/what-is-a-bearcat-career-experience/ . This page should give you an idea of what the program is all about.

You might also want to check out this video too. hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/media/

If you are in a posion to take one or more of our students at your company or know of an interest-ed company, please let me know.

Please also contact me at [email protected] if you have any quesons or need further claricaon.

Informaon about how your son or daughter (current sophomores and juniors only) could apply for aCareer Experience posion will be communicated to all of you at a later date.

You can also get more informed and up to date posts about the Bearcat Career Experience by liking ourfacebook page at hps://www.facebook.com/BearcatCareerExperience

Thank you very much for your support and I look forward to hearing back from some of you. J

Sincerely,Doug McQueenHigh School Counselor


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Author Visit: Mr. Peter Lerangis

Dear Parents of grade 5 and 6 students,

Peter Lerangis, author of 160+ books and also the au-

thor of several books in The 39 Clues Series (very popu-

lar with 5th

and 6th

graders!) will be in the Philippines for

a book signing at Naonal Book Store in Gloriea on

Saturday, May 4th

. Through a special arrangement with

Naonal Books, he will be able to come to ISM for a talk

and bring along some signed books (students will be

able to purchase signed copies) on Monday, May 6th

from 9-10am. He really is an excellent writer for grades

5 and 6, and we are hosng a combined assembly for

those 2 grade levels with the author speaking, and theopportunity to buy his signed books at a discounted

rate. His newest book, and the rst of his new Seven

Wonders series, The Colossus Rises, will be the signed

book featured. If your student would like to purchase

one, the costs are:

Please discuss with your child to see if they would like to

buy a copy over the weekend. I will need to let Naonal

Books know on Monday, April 29th

, approximately how

many signed copies will be needed for the assembly,

and if hardback or paperback is requested. Students

should bring their money on May 6th

and pay the Na-

onal Book Store representaves directly before or aer

the assembly. Other tles of Mr. Lerangis will be availa-

ble at a cost of approximately Php 400.00 each. Correct

change is always appreciated!

It is very excing to have this author visit; I am sure hewill be an inspiraon to many promising authors here in

the middle school!

Kind regards,

Meg Parry

Grade 6 English and Social Studies


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There are still art pieces available! Visit the Advancement Office atthe Plaza Level until April 30, 2013 or call 840-8662 / 840-8606.


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Middle School Parent Bulletin - Issue No. 31 - April 29 to May 3