Parent Bulletin (January 28 to February 1, 2013)

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POWERSCHOOLPOWERSCHOOL

GRADE UPDATEGRADE UPDATE

January 25 Grade Update

Feb 8 Progress Reports Distbution

From the Middle School Office

ISSUE # 20

WEEKOF JANUARY 28 TO FEB 1, 2013

Friday BulletinMIDDLE SCHOOL

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

From the Office of Admissions andAdvancement / Art Auction

From the Operations & Security Office

From the ATAC Office

Middle School ChoirEarcos Logo Design Contest

Art Mud Class: Crazy Creatures

MS Academic Bowl Tryouts

IASAS Tennis

MS 3rd Season Try-out Schedule

MS 3rd Season Training Schedule

HS 3rd Season Try-out Schedule

Adult Language Courses at ISM

Inside this issue:

UPCOMINGUPCOMING

EVENTSEVENTS

JANUARY

30 to Feb. 3 AMIS Band (AMIS)

FEBRUARY

6 Grade 4 to 5 Parents Trsition Meeting (5:00 P.MLT)

8 MS Party (Grade 5 to 8)rescheduled to March

11 to 15 Classroom Without Wal(CWW)

19 Grade 8 Parents HS CouSelection Meeting (5:30P.M., - 6:30 P.M., LittleTheater)

21 MS Parent Coffee (7:45A.M., Little Theater)

25 No Classes (EDSA Revoltion Holiday)

26 No Classes: Faculty In-Service

27 to Mar. 01 Grade 8 CourseRegistration

Dear Parents:

Second semester is in full swing! Students are engaged in class andgetting involved in after school activities. As you know, middle schoollife is packed with fun, meaningful experiences both inside theclassroom and outside the classroom. Whenever you get theopportunity, ask your child how they are doing in school and howthings are going with their friends. Keeping the lines ofcommunication open will let your child know that you are interestedand care about them at a time when they are exploring and seeking

independence. The middle school years can have its ups and downsso its important that your child knows s/he can go to you for supportand a listening ear.

Looking ahead The Middle School Classroom Without Walls(CWW) week is fast approaching. The teachers have been busilyplanning trips that provide opportunities for the students to engage inservice learning and teambuilding activities while getting to knowmore about our host country, the Philippines. Information andpermission slips will be sent out through your childs Homebase.Please keep an eye out for the information. If you have any

questions, please contact your childs Homebase teacher or the siteleader in charge of the activity.

Looking ahead for parents of grade 8 students Please note that theHigh School Course Selection Meeting has been moved to Tuesday,February 19 from 5:30 6:30 P.M. in the Little Theater. The meetingwill not take place on February 21 as printed in the school calendar.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

The Yearbook Pictures are now available for pick up

in the MS Office


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FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

From the Office of Admissions and Advancement


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ISM Community Art Auction


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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 ap-plies:

Parents are obliged to inform the School officially through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the se-cond Friday of May, if their children will not be returning to ISM.

Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensationfor having held a space for the child and thus preventing the School from offering that space to another child pri-or to the summer holiday break.

The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admissions Office or directly from the ISM websitewww.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 attachmentto [email protected] .

Upon receipt of the Withdrawal Notification Form by the Admissions Office, a copy will be forwarded to

the appropriate School Office and the Finance Office for their action.The School Office, upon receipt of the Withdrawal Notification Form, will initiate the student clearance

procedure which requires a Middle or High School student to have the Student Clearance Slip signedby the indicated teachers and offices for clearance. For Elementary students, the Elementary Officewill handle the withdrawal clearance.

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

STEP 2: If required, and when completed, the Student Clearance Slipmust be taken to the Cashiers Office. Onlyafter the Cashier has received and signed the completed clearance form will the childs transcript or school records bereleased from the Elementary, Middle or High School Office. Please note that one copy of the transcript is providedfree of charge, additional copies cost P100 each, payable at the Cashiers Office before release. Please coordinatedirectly with the particular 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, thefollowing must be submitted to the Cashiers Office:

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.

Please call the Cashier at 840-8506 if you have questions regarding your FUD Certificate.

Please allow the withdrawal process to go smoothly by starting the process early. Thank you for your help and under-standing.

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

Elementary School Yearbook: ALAALAMiddle School Yearbook: SALINLAHIHigh School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

Sincerely,

Stephanie H. HagedornDirector of Admissions & [email protected]

http://www.ismanila.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.ismanila.org/


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FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 6 From the Operations & Security Office

Operations and Security

Access and parking within the campus are important security and safety issues. For the well-being of all membersof the ISM community, those entering the school campus are requested to follow the procedures outlined below.

Vehicular Access

During drop-off and pick-up times, vehicles may enter through Gates 2 and 3. Those entering through Gate 2 shouldproceed to the drop off area and, once the student has alighted or boarded, they should exit via Gate 1. Those ve-hicles entering through Gate 3 must turn into the covered parking area and use the designated drop-off areas. Allvehicles must exit through Gate 1.

Alternatively, vehicles entering through Gate 3 may park in the covered car park. The spaces reserved for parent-driven cars should only be used by those vehicles which are driven by parents themselves. Vehicles in which parentsare traveling, but which are driven by a driver, should not use these spaces. Rather, they should park elsewhere inthe covered park or make use of the outside spaces next to the power center.

Please note that Gate 2 may only be used by members of the ISM community in possession of a valid ISM ID and vehi-cles displaying a valid ISM vehicle sticker.

Family/company drivers should not remain within school once they have delivered a student. They should exit theschool and return no sooner than 1:45 in the afternoon for pick up.

Visitors to ISM may only enter through Gate 3. There is an area for short stay visitors parking near Gate 1.

The Pedestrian Gate

Location

The pedestrian gate is located in the perimeter fence mid-way between Gate 1 and Gate 2. There is a paved area

between the road and the perimeter fence, allowing easy access to the gate.

The pedestrian gate is solely for the entry of members of the ISM Community at the beginning of the school day. Itwill only be open between 7:00 and 7:45 (8:00 to 8:45 on Wednesdays). Due to parking restrictions and in the inter-ests of security it will not be open in the afternoon for pick ups. During the time it is open, it will be under the su-pervision of members of the ISM Guard Force.

Drop-off Procedure

Drivers should stop adjacent to the paved area and students should alight from the right side of their vehicle. Thedriver should then move off, clearing the space for other vehicles dropping off students. Under no circumstancesshould a student be dropped off from the outside lane. This is dangerous as the student would need to walk acrossthe front of another vehicle.Drivers are reminded that traffic regulations forbid parking on the roads around ISM. Therefore, vehicles should

only be stopping for the brief tine it takes for a student to alight. Drivers must not wait for anybody to return tothe vehicle.

Car Stickers

The car stickers for the school year 2012/13 are available from the security office.Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued followingpayment of Php100.00 to the cashiers office.

In order to facilitate the easy recognition of authorized cars at the gates, the stickers should be affixed to the topright corner of the windshield. Further to this, old ISM stickers issued in previous years should be removed.


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FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 7 ID Cards

ID cards should be worn at all times while on campus. If you have not been issued an ID card, or you have lost it,you should obtain one by visiting the security office and completing the appropriate application form.

Vehicle checks

The practice of inspecting vehicles will continue. During off-peak hours all vehicles will be checked before theyare allowed to enter the campus. During peak hours (drop off and pick-up times), all vehicles without validstickers and randomly selected vehicles with stickers will be asked to undergo an examination.

Whether an examination is conducted or not, it is important that the security staff at the gates are able to iden-tify the occupants of vehicles entering the campus; therefore IDs must be clearly displayed. Vehicles with tintedwindows must roll down windows to allow a clear view of the interior of the vehicle.

Drivers, Helpers and Bodyguards

Drivers, helpers and bodyguards should not be waiting on campus for students throughout the school day. Afterdropping off students they should exit the school grounds and not return more than 30 minutes before dismissaltime. Those who repeatedly fail to comply with the regulation will have their access privilege suspended.

Only those vehicles carrying parents or other people with business within the school will be allowed to return tothe campus before 1:45 p.m.

There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas, helpers and security escorts to wait for parentsand students. Unless specifically authorized, they may not enter any other area. In the interest of security, andto prevent congestion at the pedestrian entrances to the covered parking area, parents are requested to empha-size to their employees the importance of cooperating with the security staff and remaining in the appropriateareas.

Termination of Employment

In the event of the termination of service of a family employee, parents are asked to secure the former employ-ees ISM ID card and return it to the Security office. If this is not possible, it is important tat the Security Officeis still informed of the change of circumstances.

Finally, I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation in helping us maintain ISMas a safe and secure environment for our children.

Firearms

All members of the ISM community are reminded that it is strictly forbidden for firearms to be brought onto thecampus. This includes concealed weapons carried by bodyguards for close protection. Any person arriving at theschool with a firearm should inform the gate guard and arrangements will be made for the weapon to be safelyand securely stored during the visitors stay.

Security staff directions

Our security team is endeavoring to make the school as safe and secure an environment as possible for all mem-

bers of our community. We as that everybody cooperate with us in this important task. In particular, all thoseentering our campus are requested to comply with any direction given to them by members of our guard force.In the event that anyone is unclear as to the purpose of such instructions they can seek clarifications from thesecurity office. Please note that it is the parents responsibility to advise their staff accordingly.

Thank you for your cooperation. We are looking forward to another successful semester at International SchoolManila.

Regards,

MICHAEL FLYNNDirectorOperations & Security


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3rd

Season sports are fast approaching (Badminton, Softball and Track & Field) see attached flyers fortryouts and practice schedule. You can also access this information via the ATAC blog schedules

pages.

http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/

http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/tryouts/

The housing letter for IASAS Track and Field April 10 -14 is now available on the ATAC blog. Pleaseconsider housing for Track; it is going to be a fantastic event. Due to the spring break and teams ar-riving the day we return to school April 10, we need to ensure all 150 housing assignments are final-ized prior to the break. Your help with early submission to confirm hosting would be greatly appreci-ated. For more general information about housing at IASAS tournaments see the housing and hostingpage.http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/

2nd

season MS and HS sports awards will be held Feb 19th;

MS awards at the LT from 3:15-4pm and HS atthe lofthouse from 5:30pm. Athletes and parents from all 2

ndseason teams are invited to attend.

ISM will host IASAS Tennis Jan 30-Feb 3. A big THANK-YOU to ISM families that agreed to host an IASASTennis athlete. I am pleased to say that all slots are now confirmed. You should have received your infor-mation letter with all details this week with guest names/pick up times etc. Letters were distributed to yourchildren via the divisional offices. For more general information about housing at IASAS tournaments see thehousing and hosting page.http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/

IASAS Tennis matches start next Thursday Jan 31st. The schedule is very busy with 204 matches to beplayed over the 3 days. To help you understand the schedule, a match consists of 3 singles games S1, S2,S3 and 2 doubles games D1 and D2.There is also an 8

thor alternate player for each team who plays matches

as a part of the tournament. The alternate player can be used in case of injury/illness in singles or doubles ifneeded. To win the match you need to win 3 out of the 5 games. It is a round robin format with all teams play-ing each other by Saturday lunch time and then Saturday afternoon the finals are played based on the round

robin results.

All 8 courts on our new roof facility plus our 2 courts at the covered court will be utilized for the tournament sothere will be plenty of great tennis matches to watch during the 3 days. For those of you that are unaware orare new to ISM, both our ISM boys and girls teams are defending IASAS champions and our girls team is go-

ing for a 3rd

win in a row this year. The event will be live streamed viawww.iasas.asia and IASAS tournaments are wonderful events to hostand we look forward to putting on a great event for the visiting teams inour new facility. We hope for great support from our ISM community dur-ing the event to cheer on our teams as they do battle against the IASASschools.

Whilst we are hosting tennis our other 2nd

season teams will be battling

it out at the following venues for their season ending IASAS Champion-ships and we wish them the best of luck. You can follow their progressvia live score sites at www.iasas.asia

Rugby/Touch at Kuala Lumpur Basketball at Singapore Swimming at TaipeiPlease come along and check out the action when we host our IASASfriends from Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Bangkok!

From the Athletics & Activities Office
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Our varsity girls basketball team qualified for the ISSA league semifinals and played on Tuesday vs. SouthVille. The girls had a great win 70-52 and will now play in the final next week (date and time to be advised).Well done also to the Varsity boys Rugby team who took out the local league final last Saturday with athumping 55-5 win over Faith. They then played a tune up game vs. local league team the Vipers and hadanother big win 64-15.

Hardeman Cup tournament games will be played at Faith Saturday for our JV boys and Varsity girls/boysteams. Our JV and MS rugby teams play in the local league finals tomorrow at the HS field from 11:30am;come out to see the action. On the MS field we are hosting the ISM JV and Varsity Touch Invitational. JVdivision is played from 8am-11:30am and the Varsity division in the afternoon from 1pm to approximately5:30pm.

Our MS B tennis team made up of grade 5/6 players remains undefeated for the season and play Brent to-morrow to try and keep the winning streak alive. The team has already qualified for finals along with the MSgirls tennis team with finals to be played on Feb 16

that ISM.

A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog andalso to follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page). Each Monday I will post the weeks hap-

penings and highlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog and in theregular Friday parent bulletins.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid-week/weekendfixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change of-ten due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to find out thelatest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or theBearcat 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.

HS Student registration for ATAC activities: (new for school year 12-13) A Google doc registration is nowavailable for all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonal sports teams, MUN and Cultural Con-

vention programs. Please take the time to complete this online registration for activities that you plan on join-ing this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registration tab found under the HelpfulShortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. *please note this is for HS students only and you must use yourschool email address to access the link. Personal gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to access thepage.

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 agreat team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. If you are inter-ested in joining a fantastic group please contact any of our den members during den opening hours. Wehave a new volunteer coordinator thanks so much to Carolyn for stepping forward to take on this role. Ifyoure interested in joining the Den volunteers please contact Carolyn Ching for details

[email protected]. We are always looking for new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS tojoin our group.

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm and each afternoonfrom 2:30-4pm.

Regards,

Mark PekinDirector of Athletics/Activities

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Earcos Logo Design Contest

East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) is having a logodesign contest for all East Asian schools who are members of its organiza-tion. ISM students (Grades 5- 12) are invited to submit entries and the win-

ner receives USD 1,000.00.

PLEASE go to earcoslogo.jimdo.com for more information or talk to Ms.Morgan Jacobs!

Please come by the elementary library to see a fun collaborative project

between Ms.Nat's preschool class and Ms. Morgan Jacob's Art Mud (Grade7 and 8) class. Preschoolers designed and drew their own creatures andthe middle school artists sculpted them in clay!

There is also a little comment box with a question to answer, so studentscan "critique" the work. Fun and educational way to end your class five

minutes early and take a WALK!

Art Mud Class: CRAZY CREATURES!

The Middle School Choirs had afestive weekend last Saturday,participating in the first Choir Fes-tival. The day included fun singinggames, activities and concludedwith some performances. High-lights of the day included studentssinging open mic during lunchtime and special performances

from the Concert Choir. Thank youto Ms. Hausman, Ms. Grev and allthe 90+ students that participated!

-Guime Odendaal

Middle School Choir


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Do you know lots of interesting facts and general knowledge?Are you fast on the buzzers? Do you like Are you Smarter

than a 5thGrader?

THEN COME TO Academic Bowl Tryouts!!

WHERE - Room P046 (Mrs. Birchenalls classroom)

WHEN - Thursday 7th February and/or Friday 8th February3:05 P.M. 3:30 P.M. (sharp).

The successful students will represent ISM at the next Aca-

demic Bowl competition which is to be held here at ISM onTuesday 5th March.

All Middle School students are very welcome

to come to the tryout sessions!!!

Middle School Academic Bowl Tryouts


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Please get in touch with the Admissions Office (840-8488) or Middle School Office

(840-8550/840-8553) if there has been any change in your home address,

email address, and contact numbers.

We want to keep you updated with what is happening in school.

Update your contact information!

Were on the web!

www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVENT LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOLplease call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or

email [email protected] to obtain your username and password.


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Adult Language Courses at ISM

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