es parent bulletin vol#8 2010 nov 26

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26 November 2010Volume 08

ES PARENT BULLETINInternational School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

NOV

29 National Holiday for Bonifacio Day - No Classes

30 - Dec15

After School Activities Registration for 2nd Se-mester

DEC

1, 8, 15 Student Late Start @ 8.30am

2 ESL Parent Coffee @ 7.30am, ES Faculty Lounge

6 - 10Spotlight on Specials

An email will be sent next week with all of thedetails.

7 PTA General Meeting & Charity [email protected], Little Theatre

7 - 8 ES AFAC Recitals @ 3.30pm, AMR Hall

10 Last Day of After School Activities

14 1st Semester Report Card Distribution

15Early Student Release @ 12pmEnd of First Semester

16 - Jan 7 Semester Break

Dear Elementary School Parents,

It is hard to believe that we are approaching the end of our first semester. It has been a great 5 months withso much learning going on. When we walk around ourElementary School recently, you can observe gradefour students learning about systems and how all theparts are interconnected. In grade three, students arediscovering why location is an important concept in theway we make choices of where to live and access re-sources. Students in grade two have gone back in timeto learn more about the past and how this impacts thefuture. Grade one are focusing on growth and havebeen engaging in nature walks the past week to ob-serve growth throughout our environment. In ECLC,the properties of objects has been a focus ask anECLC child what happens when you drop a water-melon from a high place. Our preschool students have

been exploring their world and making discoveriesevery day through their play, with some classes enjoy-ing swimming lessons.

We will have a focus the week of December 6 10with our spotlight on specials. This will be an opportu-nity for you to come into your childs P.E., art and mu-sic classes and interact in their lessons. A separate let-ter will be emailed home with specific details nextweek.

We hope everyone has a great long weekend.

Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie MichaES Principal ES Assistant Principal

From the ES Administratrom the ES Administrat

UPDATING PARENT CONTACTINFORMATION

In order to best serve the ISM Parent Commu-nity, it is essential that information be quickly disseminated

when necessary. For this reason, the accuracy of your contactdetails in our database is of the utmost importance. Pleasenote that Parent Contact Information must be updated onlineby the parent. However, submitted information will bescreened for correct format and the parent may be called forclarification. To make any changes or verification in contactinformation, please access one of your childrens data file viathe ISM website ( www.ismanila.org ) and then under Login ,click on Powerschool Public Access and enter your User-name and Password .

On the page that opens, click on the Demographic Update icon for changing or updating demographic informa-tion. Note that if there are siblings also enrolled in ISM,changes will automatically be made in the data files of all otherenrolled siblings in the same family at the same time.


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From AFACrom AFAC LAST DAY of AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES (AFAC) for FIRST SEMESTER

D E C E M B E R 1 0 , 2 0 1 0 ( F R I D AY )All ES Afterschool Activities will end on the week of December 6 10. If your child wishes to either CONTINUEwith the same

activity or sign up for a NEW activity for the second semester he/she MUST register again.

REGISTRATION of AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES (AFAC) for SECOND SEMESTER

N O V E M B E R 3 0D E C E M B E R 1 5AFAC Registration Form for Second Semester will be sent out to the students (through the homeroom teachers) on November

26. Registration period is on November 30 until December 15 . To get the complete description of all the activities pleasevisit htt://es afac.ism online.org/ . You may also download the registration form from this site.

AFAC OFFICETel no: 840 8485

From the ESL Officrom the ESL Offic ESL Parent Coffee Morning

Thursday, December 2 nd ,7.30am

in the ES Faculty Lounge

Come along to a parent coffee morn-ing with a focus on assessment andreporting. Well be talking about thenew report card as well as assessmentin ESL across the elementary school.

Please let Pippa know if you are com-ing so we can have your name tagsready. =)

Email: [email protected]


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From the CMCrom the CMC CMC Books in Languages Other Than English

The CMCs collection of books in languages other than English consists of books that havebeen generously donated by various groups within the ISM community. It is important for thechildren to be able to read a variety of books in their mother-tongue language, to help main-tain their mother-tongue and interest in their own culture. The books we have are very popu-lar and are well-used by the children. We encourage parents to continue donating qualitybooks to stock these shelves so that the range of reading material is consistent with the types of books available to children back in their home-countries. We particularly need books fromThailand and would like to invite the Thai community to consider donating quality books tosupplement our collection. As well, we are always happy to accept donations from any lan-guage group represented in the school.

You are very welcome to come in at any time to peruse the books we have in languages otherthan English, and decide if there are more books you would like to add to the collection, or ask us questions. Forthose of you who may be travelling home for the holiday break, it could be a good opportunity to purchase somebooks to add to our shelves.

We are open from 7am 4pm, Monday Friday.

Pat HallinanCMC Librarian

From the PTArom the PTA


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From the Middle Schoolrom the Middle School

From the Admission Orom the Admission O Dear Parents,

If you will be withdrawing your child(ren) before the startof the second semester or at some other time before theclose of this school year, please read the following informa-tion carefully.

Withdrawing from International School ManilaFirst of all, we are sorry that you will be withdrawing, or not re-enrolling, your child in International School Manila.We hope, however, that their stay, whether for one semester or for many years, was enriching and rewarding academi-cally, socially and emotionally.

In order to make the withdrawal process go as smoothly as possible, we would like to remind you of the following:

One-Page School Calendarfor School Year 2011-

2012

is now available on page10 and in the ISM Website .

Go to www.ismanila.org and click on News & Calen-

dar to download the file.


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STEP 1: Please come by the Admission Office to fill out, sign and return a Withdrawal Notification Form . The form isalso available on the ISM website to download and print and it can also be faxed back to the Admission Office at 840-8489.

STEP 2: If the student will be withdrawing BEFORE the last day of this school year, parents or students need to pick up thefollowing forms from the Admission Office (or download and print the appropriate form):

The Withdrawal Clearance Slip should be taken to the indicated teachers and offices for signatures.

1. High School Student Withdrawal Clearance Slip (Grades 9-12)

2. Middle School Student Withdrawal Clearance Slip (Grades 6-8)

For elementary students, the elementary office will handle the withdrawal clearance form for them. To receive the childs YEARBOOK, if withdrawing before the end of the school year, complete and return the correct

form to the childs school office for follow-up.

1. Elementary School Yearbook: ALAALA

2. Middle School Yearbook: SALINLAHI

3. High School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

Note that school transcripts and records will be available from the particular school office approximately 5-workingdays after the childs last day of attendance at ISM. Please coordinate directly with the particular school office if you require other arrangements.

STEP 3: When completed, the Withdrawal Clearance Slip must be taken to the Accounting Office Cashier. Only after the Accounting Office Cashier has received and signed the completed Withdrawal Clearance Slip will the childs transcript or schoolrecords be released from the Elementary, Middle or High School Office. Please note that one copy of the transcript is provided freeof 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 4: The refund of the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD) will be available approximately 15-working days after thesigned Withdrawal Notification Form, by the parent, is given into the Admission Office. However, in any event, it cannot be re-leased before the childs last day of attendance at ISM and the completed Withdrawal Clearance Slip is signed by the Cashier. Therefund check can be picked up from the Accounting Office Cashier only upon return of the original signed FUD certificate. Notethat the refund of the deposit shall only be made to the person or authorized company representative whose name appears as the cer-tificate holder on the certificate. Please call the Cashier if you have any question about this.

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

If you need help searching for a school at your next location, please try one of the following websites: http://www.ecis.org/ http://www.nais.org/index.cfm http://www.internationalschools.net/ http://www.eteach.com/hosted/schoolList.asp?list=international or use a search engine and query independent school search or international school search or private school search

for example

Again, we hope that your child has had a successful and enriching stay at International School Manila and we wish you and your family the very best in the future. If you have any suggestions or comments about Admission, School Life, and/or Withdrawal,

please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Gary W. Jerome Margie EndelmanDirector of Admission Deputy Director of [email protected] [email protected]
http://www.ecis.org/http://www.nais.org/index.cfmhttp://www.internationalschools.net/http://www.eteach.com/hosted/schoolList.asp?list=internationalhttp://www.eteach.com/hosted/schoolList.asp?list=internationalhttp://www.internationalschools.net/http://www.nais.org/index.cfmhttp://www.ecis.org/


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ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES - NOV/DEC: (for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule pageas above)

Varsity Basketball Tournament at ISM Nov 26/27

Varsity.JV rugby/Touch v Faith at ISM Nov 26

MS Tennis Nov 27 at ISM

Rugby and Touch Dec 4 at ISM

Wall climbing Invitational Dec 11

PRFU Juniors MS/JV Rugby at ISM 8am-Noon

Last Day of School for 2010 DEC 15 th Noon dismissal

From the ATAC Officerom the ATAC Office ISTA DRAMA HOST FAMILIES/TENNIS HOSTFAMILIES;

Dear Parents, on behalf of the MS/Fine Arts/ATAC De-partments I would like to express my gratitude to all thehost families that assisted last weekend by hous-ing visiting ISTA students and HS Tennis players fromJIS/SAS. It was a very busy weekend for the Fine Arts/ATAC Departments and we could not have hostedsuch successful events without the parents support inhosting the visiting students.

IASAS BASKETBALL HOUSING:

IASAS Basketball will be taking place at ISM Jan 27-

29, 2011 and housing placements are now being ac-cepted. As of this week we have 30 students housedbut we require 100 housing slots in total.

All 1st season athletes who were housed this is your time to fulfill your responsibility and offer housing for Basketball. All varsity and jv basketball teams shouldalso have returned housing forms by now as well.Please support the ATAC Department by getting theseforms in ASAP. It would be great to have the housingcompleted before we go on Christmas break! Go Bear-cats show your pride and support of the program andget behind our teams by hosting a pair of visiting play-ers from our IASAS sister schools. Housing forms areavailable from ATAC office or on the ATAC Blog at

http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas-basketball-jan-26-31-2011/

ATAC ANNOUNCEMENTS:

GAME SCHEDULE INFORMATION:

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found by going to the GAMESCHEDULE tab on the ATAC page of the ISM website.You can also access this information via the ES/MS/HSdivisional web pages. Please note the game scheduledoes change often due to involvement with many localschools so please check the page regularly to find outthe latest information of where and when the Bearcatsteams are playing. Access to the game schedule pageis also available via the ATAC blog. Click on the Bear-cat logo to be directed to the game schedulepage. http://atac.ism-online.org

ISM Basketball InvitationalNovember 26, 2010

MS Gym GirlsTime Home Away

4:00PM ISM v UP B5:30PM UA&P v Poveda

HS Gym Boys4:00PM ISM v Don Bosco5:30PM DLSZ v Claret

November 27, 2010

MS Gym GirlsTime Home Away

8:00AM UA&P v UP B9:30AM Poveda v ISM11:30AM ISM v UA&P1:00PM UP B v Poveda3:30PM FINALS Game Top 2

HS Gym BoysTime Home Away

8:00AM ISM v Claret9:30AM Don Bosco v DLSZ11:30AM DLSZ v ISM1:00PM Claret v Don Bosco3:30PM FINALS Game Top 2
http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas-basketball-jan-26-31-http://atac.ism-online.org/http://atac.ism-online.org/http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas-basketball-jan-26-31-


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SAILFISH in SINGAPORE this weekend!

Good luck to our sailfish swimmers and families who will travel to Singapore this weekend for the annual thanksgivingweekend Santa Claus meet. Coach Andy and Coach Zaldy will be attending the meet with the team and we wish par-ticipants best of luck and hope they can swim personal best times in Singapore. Have fun Sailfish swimmers!

A big thanks to our sailfish coaches for their efforts last Saturday at the ISM Fall Relay meet. It was great day withsuperb weather and some school records were broken. I would also like to thank the parents who worked at the bakesale stall for their efforts and to Coach Noli and his team of officials who ran the meet. Well done to everyone con-cerned.

BEARCAT DEN:

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm and 2:30pm 4:00pm.

Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm. Thanks to all our great volunteers. The Bearcat Den will go into Christmashibernation from Tuesday Dec 14 and will reopen on Wednesday Jan 12 th 2011.

Mark PekinAthletics & Activities Director

From the Security & Operations Officerom the Security & Operations Office


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Dengue prevention

We aim to keep the mosquito population in school to an absolute minimum with regular fogging of thepremises and spot checks of areas where water may gather. There are inevitably, however, some mosqui-

toes in the surrounding areas so it is important that everyone takes their own personal measures to protectthemselves from mosquito bites. Please see the following advice based on Department of Health recom-mendations.

DENGUE

Dengue is a concern for everyone living in the Philippines and we should all be vigilant. We hope that thefollowing information will help you to avoid this illness.

What is dengue fever? What is dengue hemorrhagic fever?

Dengue fever is a flu-like illness spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe, sometimes fatal, complication of dengue fever.

Protect yourself against Dengue with the following system:Search and destroy the breeding places of dengue-causing mosquitoes which may befound in old tires, coconut husks, gutters, discarded bottles, flower vases and other vesselsthat can hold stagnant water. These containers are good breeding places of femaleAEDES AEGYPTI mosquitoes, day biting female mosquitoes which are responsible for trans-mitting the dengue virus to human beings. These mosquitoes like to rest in dark corners ofyour home so keep mosquito nets closed to avoid letting them in.

Self protection measures include wearing long sleeves or long pants, or using mosquito repellant to protectyourself from mosquito bites. Children, especially the small ones who are at home, should wear long pantsor pyjamas and long sleeved tops, whenever possible, so that they will not be bitten by mosquitoes. Keepmosquito screens and nets closed as much as possible.

Seek early consultation ; visit the doctor when a person exhibits the early signs of dengue.

Dengue fever usually starts suddenly with:a high fever muscle and joint pain loss of appetite rash

nausea and vomiting and severe headache pain behind the eyes

The severity of the joint pain has given dengue the name "breakbone fever." Nausea, vomiting, and loss ofappetite are common. A rash usually appears 3 to 4 days after the start of the fever. The illness can last upto 10 days, but complete recovery can take as long as a month.

Most dengue infections result in relatively mild illness, but some can progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Signs and symptoms of dengue hemorrhagic fever include:Bleeding from the nose, mouth, and gums Bruising

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is fatal in about 5 percent of cases, mostly among children and youngadults. Prompt medical treatment is necessary in all cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Please note that fogging kills only the adult infected mosquito but not the larvae which can also carry thevirus.

School Clinic

From the School Clinicrom the School Clinic

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