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25 April 2014 Volume 15

ES PARENT BULLETIN International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

APRIL

23, 30 Wednesday Morning Student Late Start, 8:30AM

25 Parent Bulletin

29, 30

Early Student Release at 12nn PS, K, Grade 1 - Parent Teacher Conferences Grades 2 - 4 - Three Way Conferences NO AFAC

MAY

7, 14, 21, 28

Wednesday Morning Student Late Start, 8:30AM

9, 23 Parent Bulletin

12 - 16 Grade 4 MS Tour and Talk

8, 9 Grade 4 Ambassador Program

13 Parent Coffee, 7:30 - 8:30AM @ Little Theater

29 G. Rojas Parent Session, 7:30 - 9:00 AM @ Little Theater

17 K-12, Dance Recital, 3:00 - 5:00 PM (FAT)

From the ES AdministrationFrom the ES Administration Dear Parents,

Parent Teacher Conferences / Three Way Conferences One of our ten, research based learning principles which we use school‐wide to help guide our teaching and learning at ISM is as follows: Feedback enhances learning and performance. Therefore, ongoing assessment should provide learners with regular, mely, and user‐friendly feedback, along with the opportunity to use it to prac ce, retry, rethink and revise. (Wiggins & McTighe, 2007, Schooling by Design), Next Tuesday and Wednesday, you as parents will be able to get some mely feedback on the learning progress of your child. This is an

opportunity to celebrate their successes thus far and also reflect on what are some goals moving forward. These goals will connect to a combina on of content areas, e.g. Math, Wri ng or Reading; transdisciplinary skills, such as researching, problem solving or communica ng,; and a tudes or disposi on, such as being self‐directed, responsible or showing care towards others. Our purpose is for class teachers to share informa on with you rela ng to your child's learning at this point in me, and to give some direc on as to the next important steps to take. For Grades 2, 3 and 4, your child will be present at the conference. Our goal is to involve the learner in the conversa on, such that they too can feel proud of their achievements and be aware of where their areas for growth lie. We know that one of our roles as a school is to support all of our students in becoming independent learners, and make explicit the idea of ‘learning to learn’. Part of this process is about helping children to self‐reflect and to be able to chart a path forward. We look forward to welcoming you onto campus next week. Gini Rojas Visit Next week, we are fortunate to welcome Gini Rojas back to ISM. Gini is a world leader in English language acquisi on and will be with us for the second me this year, having visited ISM in November.

Gini will be co‐planning and teaching across all our Grade levels as we con nue to support all language learners in our ES class rooms. Part of Gini’s work will also involve a two day weekend workshop with 90 of our faculty, in addi on to a parent workshop from 7 30 am to 9 30 am on Tuesday morning, April 29, in the Li le Theater. Gini is highly engaging and deeply knowledgably in this area – it will be me well spent!

Adam Campbell Michael Rourke Elementary Principal Elementary Assistant Principal

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International School Manila ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES (ES-AFAC)

NO AFAC on April 29 and 30

May 17– Dance Recital, 3:00 - 5:00 PM (FAT) May 26 - AFAC Recital, All Strings, 3:30 - 4:30 PM (AMR)

May 27 - AFAC Recital, ES Choir and Wind Instrument, 3:30 - 4:30 PM (AMR) May 30 - Last Day of AFAC

From the Clinic TeamFrom the Clinic Team TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2014 INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS Vaccina on Day ‐ Wednesday, May 21 Last day to sign up/pay ‐ Thursday, May 15 Price Php ‐ 500.00 Vaccine: Vaxigrip (Sanofi‐Pasteur)

Influenza, commonly known as ‘flu’ or ‘trangkaso’ is caused by the influenza virus, and is easily transmi ed through our hands or the air we breathe.

To be protected against influenza you should get the flu shot annually because the circula ng strains of the influenza virus change each year, hence the composi on of the vaccine is updated annually. For tropical countries the flu is present year–round with peaks during the months of July un l September.

Everyone with a valid ISM ID, teachers and their children may par cipate in this vaccina on session. Please complete the vaccina‐on payment form (available at the Cashier office and the Clinic) and make your payment to the Cashier. Payment must be made

not later than Thursday, May 15. The vaccines will then be ordered and no further registra ons can be accepted.

Fill in and sign one Influenza Vaccina on Consent Form per person (available for download from the ISM website or at the clinic) and present both documents on the vaccina on date.

If you have any ques ons please contact Jowell Custodio or Dorothee Binsfeld at the clinic:

Clinic numbers: 840 8581 (Dorothee)/82 (Jowell) Clinic email: [email protected]

Please note: • Influenza virus shots do not protect against common cold, some mes also referred to as “flu”. • The minimum age for the vaccina on in school is 3 years. Infants 6 month and older may be vaccinated by their pediatrician. • Children (8 years or younger) with no prior flu shot will need a second shot a er 28 days. • Pregnant women should get their shot from the second trimester onwards. • The “Southern hemisphere vaccine”, which we apply, covers all relevant strains of the Northern hemisphere as well. • Please refrain in case of egg protein allergy. • Vaccines will be solely administered at the clinic and cannot be handed out. All unused vaccines will be forfeited.


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PTA REMINDER:

From the CMCFrom the CMC

CMC End-of-Year Schedule For Students and Parents

May 13 ‐ 19 Last classes for Browse and Borrow

May 20 Borrowing limit = 2 items for everyone

May 21 Absolute last borrowing date for everyone

May 22 All items due back from all patrons – students, parents Shelves are closed and audi ng begins

May 26 CMC closes its doors for general use Overdue no ces sent out to parents, students

May 28

Final overdue no ces sent to parents

May 29 Charges for non‐returned items sent to accoun ng

COMING UP NEXT...


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From the Admissions & Advancement OfficeFrom the Admissions & Advancement Office

How to Access the Online Re‐Enrollment

1. Log in through the Parent Portal. h p://203.177.92.107/ParentPortal/

2. Enter your Username and Password. Click Login. Please contact the school office if you have forgo en your username/ pass‐word.


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(Con nued from page 4)

From the Admissions & Advancement OfficeFrom the Admissions & Advancement Office

3. Click the Powerschool link

4. Click the Re‐enrollment Clearance menu


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5. Click the Create Re‐enrollment Clearance Form link

6. Update Demographic informa on. Click Submit when done.


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7. Update Clinic informa on. Click Submit when done.

8. Download the appropriate forms and submit to the respec ve offices immediately.


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9. Click Sign Out when done. You will receive confirma on emails and a final Clearance Form once all steps are complete.

Returning for school year 2014-2015? Dear Parents,

Please take a moment to review the re‐enrollment procedure for your child to a end classes on August 7, 2014. STEP 1 ‐ Please complete this step immediately. You are required to log‐in to POWERSCHOOL beginning March 17th to complete STEP 1 of the process. A er May 22nd you will not have access to POWERSCHOOL and this may result in a delay for your child to a end classes on the first day of school for school year 2014‐2015.

Please check www.ismanila.org > Admissions > Re‐enrollment & Withdrawal page for the detailed step‐by‐step guide and re‐quired forms for students entering Grade 1, 6 and 9. To access the Parent Portal and PowerSchool, please download the PDF in‐struc ons there.

The forms should be completed and submi ed to the appropriate offices 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 informa on regarding your POWERSCHOOL access informa on please contact the school in which your child is currently enrolled.

For informa on regarding our Health Clinic Clearance procedures, please contact the Clinic at [email protected].

For informa on regarding billing or tui on and fees, please contact our Treasury department at [email protected] (for bill‐ing) and [email protected] or [email protected] (for tui on and fees).

May we request that if you are NOT RETURNING that you send the Admissions Office your official WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM immediately 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 no fy the school by Friday, 9th May that their children are leaving ISM will forfeit US$1,000 from each Facili es Upgrade Deposit. We appreciate your assistance with this procedure as we have many anxious families awai ng word regarding spaces for their children for school year 2014‐2015.

Stephanie Hagedorn Director, Admissions & Advancement


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Re-enrollment: SY1415 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 different stages in their school lives: G1; G5; G9. In recogni on 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 spor ng ac vity, 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 examina ons instead of the present three. These will be in Grade 1 and Grade 6. At Grade 1, there will be a physical examina on performed by a duly accredited doctor as is the case at present. At Grade 6, there will be a similar physical examina on but with the added compo‐nent of an ECG. All new students between G1 and G5 will have a physical examina on; all new students from G6 onward will have a physical examina on 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 examina on, since this was done when they entered G5

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

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

We shall con nue to encourage very strongly all athletes par cipa ng 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 defini ve, and there is a more sophis cated 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 Luke’s and Ma‐ka 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 URL: h p://goo.gl/rCwCAo I do understand that adding this requirement of an ECG may be seen as an addi onal chore for parents and students at the me of re‐enrollment, but if such a test saves even one life then it will be well worth the extra effort.

Sincerely,

David Toze

Superintendent


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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE TEXTBOOK CENTER

Refund for LOST, PAID and Returned Textbook/s

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, PAYMENTS MADE FOR LOST TEXTBOOKS WILL ONLY BE REFUNDED, IF THE BOOK IS RETURNED WITHIN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR OR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, AT THE LATEST. For questions, please email [email protected] or call 840-8517. Thank you.

From the Business Office: Treasury DepartmentFrom the Business Office: Treasury Department IMPORTANT NOTES ‐ FROM TREASURY OFFICE: School Year End Reminders In an cipa on of the year‐end clearance for SY2013‐2014, please note that only students with fully paid SY2013‐2014 fees will have their clearance forms signed by the cashier and will then have access to school documents such as report cards and tran‐scripts.

Likewise, for next school year’s incoming Pre‐School 4 to Grade 4 old students, sec on cards will be released by the Accoun ng Office on June 5, 2014 only if current school year (2013‐2014) fees are fully se led.

Parents and guardians are advised to se le the remaining fees at this me and check any addi onal charges that may come in May for immediate se lement in order to avoid long line of students who will clear their accounts towards the end of School Year in June.

Please be informed that peso checks will no longer be accepted a er the second Friday of May (May 16) while US$ checks will no longer be accepted a er the second Friday of April (April 11). This is to allow enough me for the check(s) to get cleared by the bank in me for the student clearance in June for SY2013‐ 2014. US dollar coins are not accepted by the cashier, however, the same can be converted to its peso equivalent to se le the remaining fees.

FROM CITIBANK

In accordance with the recent advisory made by Ci bank N.A. Philippines, please be informed that star ng January 01,2014 , CITI‐BANK US Dollar Account checks drawn from Ci bank N.A. Philippine Branch will no longer be cleared through Ci bank N.A. Agana Guam.

In effect, CITIBANK checks deposited to a local bank or bank abroad will be treated as collec on checks with clearing period of not less than 45 days. The said checks will no longer be acceptable for outright credit to both foreign currency deposit unit (FCDU) and PESO account un l the receipt of credit advice from Ci bank NA Philippines.

A collec on fee will also be imposed by depository banks (please see charges from BPI and HSBC below).

Furthermore, the student's account paid by the Ci bank check will not be considered as se led / paid for un l such me the check is advised to have been cleared by Ci bank. Addi onal surcharge maybe computed at the me that the check has not yet cleared and already falls a er the due date.

In this regard, we would like to advise our parents to deposit CITIBANK checks directly to the ISM CITIBANK account. Please DO NOT DEPOSIT CITIBANK Checks to other ISM local banks such as HSBC and BPI to prevent above‐men oned problems. Also re‐member to use your new set of dollar checks as advised by Ci bank to you. As per Ci bank, they have previously issued no fica‐on le ers to their account holders regarding this change.


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From the ATAC OfficeFrom the ATAC Office Congratula ons to all our Bearcats for a great season ending IASAS. Results below...

3rd season sports awards are‐Monday April 28th MS(Track/Badminton teams) 3:15‐4pm at Li le Theatre and HS (Track/So ball/Golf/Badminton teams) 5:30pm at Lo house

4th season prac ces start this week for HS Boys and Girls Volleyball, HS Boys and Girls Soccer and HS Girls Basketball. If you are interested in trying out for one of these teams next school year, come along and join in. Grade 8's you are very welcome and en‐couraged to join these prac ces if you are planning on trying out for teams next school year. Please come along and meet the coaches. If you have ques ons talk to the following coaches for informa on... Boys and Girls Volleyball‐Coach Atkinson and Coach Child, Boys Soccer‐ Coach Ayling, MacInnes, Girls Soccer Coach Dodd and Girls Basketball Coach Juteau.

This coming weekend ISM hosts its annual Interna onal Swim meet with racing happening on Saturday and Sunday at our pool. Come out and support the sailfish swimmers...for details and program schedule check out the Sailfish Blog.

Saturday May 10 is the annual Goodwill Gymnas cs meet, with 250 gymnasts entered this year it is going to be a great event. Meet starts at 8am and runs un l 5pm. For specific event details check the gymnas cs blog page

IASAS Results‐

Track at JIS‐ Boys Gold, Girls Silver Congratula ons to Molly Bailey who broke 1 school record and 2 IASAS records in Jakarta

School Records broken at IASAS 2014

GIRLS Molly Bailey 1500m 4:54.57 school and IASAS Record Molly Bailey 3000m 10:45.60 IASAS Record

BOYS Kento Kobayashi 400m at IASAS JIS 50.62 Andres Limcaoco 800m at IASAS JIS 2:02.09 Red Giuliano 1500m at IASAS JIS 4:20.64 Callum Gregori Discus at IASAS JIS 41.79

4x800m at IASAS JIS 8:35.34 (H. Blomqvist, R.Giuliano, D.Staal, A.Limcaoco) Golf at TAS‐ Boys 4th, Girls 5th So ball at SAS‐ Boys 5th, Girls Silver Badminton at SAS‐ Boys 4th, Girls Bronze

Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats!

Mark Pekin Athletic Director


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From the Service Learning OfficeFrom the Service Learning Office


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Every Friday is Pizza Day for Elementary School (grades 1-4). The pizzas are being supplied by Piadina. Pizzette Quattro Formaggi - Php 60.00 Pizzette Margherita - Php 50.00 Coupons will be sold at the undercovered ES playground every Friday from 6:30 a.m. up to 7:30 a.m. These coupons are then redeemed by the students at the ES Cafeteria during their lunch break.

Pizza Day! From the Student & Faculty Learning OfficeFrom the Student & Faculty Learning Office

From the Alumni OfficeFrom the Alumni Office


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