Parent Bulletin Issue 37 SY1314

8/12/2019 Parent Bulletin Issue 37 SY1314

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ISSUE # 37

SY 2013 2014

WEEK OF: Weekly Publication for Middle School ParentsFriday Bulletin

Inside this issue:

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Treasury Department

ISM Upcoming Events

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3Admissions & Advancement

Superintendents Oce

JUNE 2 TO 6

Events & Acvies:

3 G8 Moving On Rehearsals

Dear Parents:

We have reached the nal week of the school year and this will be the

last edion of the Parent Bullen for school year 2013-2014. As we re-

ect on the months that have own by, we remember a year packed with

acvies, fun and lots of learning. Everyone has earned a well-deserved

holiday and me to recharge.

Our grade 8 students shined this past Thursday as they debated globalissues during the Advocang for Change Summit. The me and eort

they spent researching and wring were clearly evident. We hope our

students connue to build on the work they have done and nd ways to

take responsibility and be part of a soluon as the move into their high

school years. On Monday, June 2 the grade 8 students will parcipate in

a range of community outreach acvies followed by an acvity day on

Tuesday. Finally, the Moving On Ceremony will take place on June 4 in

the Fine Arts Theater from 4:00 6:00 P.M. We congratulate all the stu-

dents for successfully compleng Middle School and wish them all the

best in High School.

Please be reminded that PowerSchool is closed so that teachers can nal-

ize grades and comments. PowerSchool will reopen on June 6 so that se-

cond semester reports can be viewed. Report card distribuon will begin

on June 11.

The last day of school will be on Thursday, June 6 and students will be

dismissed at 12:00 noon. Please make the necessary arrangements to

have your child picked up from school.

To those of our families who are traveling abroad or within the Philip-

pines, we wish you a rejuvenang and safe holiday. To those families

who are leaving the ISM community, we extend our sincere wishes forconnued success and happiness in your new homes and schools. Thank

you to all of our students, parents, teachers and sta for making school

year 2013-2014 a memorable one.

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

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IDs for the New School Year

Parent IDs

The parent IDs issued in SY 2013/14 (black) will connue to be valid for the new school year. The old parent

IDs (burgundy) issued before this year are no longer valid and must be replaced. Standard parent cards will

be issued free of charge. Parents may, however, elect to apply for a smartcard ID which will be usable with

the cashless payment system introduced into the school for SY 2013-14. There will be a fee of P250.00 for

a smartcard.

Applicaons for parent IDs can be processed through the Security Oce.

Student IDs

All students will be issued with new ID cards at the beginning of the new school year. The cards will be com-

pable with the cashless payment system. There will be no need for returning students to visit the Security

Oce as we will be ulizing the photographs taken for the yearbooks.

School Passes

School passes issued to parents employees and representaves need to be replaced for next school

year. As of August 29, 2014 the grey bordered passes will be invalid.

The security oce is now accepng applicaons for new school passes, however the cards will not be avail-

able for collecon before July 1, 2014. These passes will not be compable with the cashless payment sys-

tem.

Each family will be given two free school passes. Addional school passes may be obtained aer paying aprocessing fee of Php100.00 each to the Cashiers Oce.

Car Sckers for the New School Year

The car sckers for school year 2014/2015 will be available from the security oce beginning July 1, 2014.

For vehicles already displaying an exisng scker, parents should submit a completed renewal form with a

copy of a current LTO ocial receipt. For new vehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of the vehicles

cercate of registraon and a current ocial receipt need to be submied with the applicaon. Applica-

ons for vehicles registered with companies or other instuons should be supported by a leer of assign-

ment.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle scker free of charge. Any addional sckers will be issued fol-

lowing payment of P100 to the cashiers oce.

I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperaon across this school year inhelping us maintain ISM as a safe and secure environment for our children.

MIKE FLYNN

Director of Operaons and Security


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Returning for school year 20142015?

Dear Parents,

Please take a moment to review the re-enrollment procedure for your child to aend classes onAugust 7,

2014.

STEP 1 -Online Re-enrollment must be completed by May 22.

AerMay 22ndyou will not have access to POWERSCHOOL and this may re-sult in a delay for your child to aend classes on the rst day of school forschool year 2014-2015.

Please followthis link

for the detailed step

-by

-step guide and required forms for students entering Grade 1,

6 and 9. To access the Parent Portal and PowerSchool, please download thePDF instrucons here.

The forms should be completed and submied to the appropriate oces at any me prior to the start of

school in the Fall. We encourage you do start this process NOW to avoid long lines.

For informaon regarding your POWERSCHOOL access informaon please contact the school in which your

child is currently enrolled.

For informaon regarding our Health Clinic Clearance procedures, please contact the Clinic

[email protected].

For informaon regarding billing or tuion and fees, please contact our Treasury department

[email protected](for billing) [email protected]@ismanila.org(for tuion and

fees).

May we request that if you areNOT RETURNINGthat you send the Admissions Oce your o-

cialWITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORMimmediately as this will help us to clear student account(s) in a

mely manner.We request one form per child.

Please note:Parents who fail to nofy the school byFriday, 9th Maythat their children are leaving ISMwill forfeit US$1,000 from each Facilies Upgrade Deposit.

We appreciate your assistance with this procedure as we have many anxious families awaing word regard-ing spaces for their children for school year 2014-2015.

Sincerely,

Stephanie H. Hagedorn

Director of Admissions & Advancement
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Re-enrollment: SY14-15 Returning Students Medical Update

Dear Parents:

As you may know, for a number of years we have had required medical check-ups for students at dierent stages

in their school lives: G1; G5; G9. In recognion of the increasing concern about heart health, especially in conjunc-

on with physical exercise in a tropical climate, we shall be introducing a mandatory Electro-Cardiogram (ECG)

test for older students.

Sudden Cardiac Death in Adolescents, especially during sporng acvity, is a recognized syndrome and well over

100 children a year die of this in the USA. Medical advice is that it makes sense to test only students who are 12

years old and beyond. In light of this, we shall now have two thresholds for medical examinaons instead of the

present three. These will be in Grade 1 and Grade 6. At Grade 1, there will be a physical examinaon performedby a duly accredited doctor as is the case at present. At Grade 6, there will be a similar physical examinaon but

with the added component of an ECG.All new studentsbetween G1 and G5 will have a physical examinaon;all

new students from G6 onwardwill have a physical examinaon and the ECG.

In order to "grandfather out" our present cohort of students, please note:

Incoming G6 students will have an ECG, but will not need a physical examinaon, since this was done when

they entered G5

Incoming G9 students will have the full medical examinaon and an ECG.

Incoming G7 and G8 will have the full medical examinaon and an ECG when they enter G9.

We shall connue to encourage very strongly all athletes parcipang in Varsity sports to take an ECG.

Over the course of the next years, this will mean that all ISM students from G6 onwards will have had a basic heart

check-up. The ECG is not denive, and there is a more sophiscated check that the doctor will recommend if any-

thing in the ECG causes concern. The test itself is very reasonably priced and is readily available at St Lukes and

Maka Medical Center as well as other hospitals.

Please take a moment to review our re-enrollment me-line and procedures for all students returning for school

year 2014-2015:RE-ENROLLMENT

I do understand that adding this requirement of an ECG may be seen as an addional chore for parents and stu-dents at the me of re-enrollment, but if such a test saves even one life then it will be well worth the extra eort.

Sincerely,

David Toze

Superintendent


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