issue no. 37 (week of may 30 to june 03)

8/6/2019 Issue No. 37 (Week of May 30 to June 03)

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From the Middle School Office

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

We would like to thank all parents for their strength and

support in helping us all through this week as we grieve the

passing of our Grade 6 student, Jung Woo (Harry) Kim. Your

childs teachers and counselors have been very focused on

helping our students move through the grieving process. We

appreciate that you have also been supporting your children at

home.

As the school year comes to a close, we will continue to

support your children and our school community.

Sincerely,

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 37

WEEKOF MAY 30 TO JUNE 03, 2011

Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOL

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

June 01 PowerSchool closes

June 10 PowerSchool opens for 2nd SemesReports

Important Announcement from Admissions

From the Athletics & Activities Office

Announcement from the Treasury Office

Homeless World Cup Fundraiser

Other Announcements

From the Operations & Security Department

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

MAY

23 - June 03 Lost & Found Viewing (Rm. 111

31 Grade 8: Advocating for Change

JUNE

03 Grade 8 Dinner Dance (7:00 pmLT)

03 End of Season Sports Awards (3pm, ES Gym)

06 Grade 8 Fun Day

08 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony (4pm, FAT)

09 Early Student Release (12 noon

10 Beginning of Summer Vacation

Please read the Important

Announcement in Page 2

from Admissions Office

on

Re-Enrollment for

SY 2011-2012.


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M IDDLE SCHOOL FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

Important Announcement: Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012

Re-Enrollment information for RETURNING STUDENTS for SY2011-12

Re-Enrollment requirements will be similar to last year and include submission of an updated Health Form or Physi-

cal Form (depending on grade level) to the Clinic for a Clearance Signature and a Clearance Signature from the Cash-

iers Office on the Re-Enrollment Form.

The Re-Enrollment Form and other requested forms for each re-enrolling student will be available by the beginning

of April online from our website under Admission and Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal or at the Admission Office during

office hours (Monday to Friday; 7:00 am to 4:00 pm). Parents may pick up a set of Re-Enrollment Forms personally

or your child can come to the Admission Office and get the forms. If you would like to have your driver or househelp

pick up the forms, please give them a letter of authorization to collect the Re-Enrollment Forms for your

child/children.

For STUDENTS NOT RETURNING next school year (does not to graduating

seniors)

If your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year, please inform the Admission Office as

soon as possible if you have not already done so. Parents are obliged to officially inform the School in writing on

a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday of May, if their children will be withdrawn. Fail-

ure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for

having held a space for the child and thus preventing the School from offering that space to another child prior to

the summer holiday break. The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admission Office or from

the ISM website under the Admission tab and then click on Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal.

We currently have very few families indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there are an ever

growing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress and anxiety in

those families (and in the Admission Office). If you are sure that your child will be leaving ISM, please submit a

Withdrawal Notification Form. This will be a great help for our planning and to the many families waiting to be ad-

mitted to the school.

Regards,

Gary W. Jerome

Director of Admission

International School ManilaP.O. Box 1256 MCPO, 1255 Makati City, Philippines

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.ismanila.org

Were on the web!

www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVENT LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL

please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or

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


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Message from the Operations and Security Department

I. IDs for the New School Year

Parent IDs

Current parent IDs will continue to be valid for the new school year 2011-2012.

Parents who require replacement school IDs due to loss or damage can acquire these from the Security Of-

fice upon payment of Php100.00 to the Cashier.

Student IDs

All students will be issued with new ID cards at the beginning of the new school year. This year there will be

no need for returning students to visit the Security Office as we will be utilizing the photographs taken for

the yearbooks.

School PassesSchool passes issued to parents employees and representatives need to be replaced for next school year.

As of August 31, 2011 the green bordered passes will be invalid.

The security office is now accepting applications for new school passes, however the cards will not be avail-

able for collection before July 1, 2011.

Each family will be given two free school passes. Additional school passes may be obtained after paying a

processing fee of Php100.00 each to the Cashiers Office.

2, Car Stickers for the New School Year

The car stickers for school year 2011/2012 will be available from the security office beginning July 1, 2011.

For vehicles already displaying an existing sticker, parents should submit a completed renewal form with a

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

certificate of registration and a current official receipt need to be submitted with the application. Applica-

tions for vehicles registered with companies or other institutions should be supported by a letter of assign-

ment.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued fol-

lowing payment of P100 to the cashiers office.

I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation across this school year in

helping us maintain ISM as a safe and secure environment for our children.

MIKE FLYNN

Director of Operations & Security


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Other Announcements

CALLING ALL PARENTS

& STUDENTS!

Please begin returning any books

that you have borrowed

from the Media Centers this week to avoid any

inconvenience as we head to the end of the

school year.


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Athletics and Activities Office AnnouncementsOn behalf of the ATAC Department/Coaches and staff, we

extend our deepest condolences to the Kim family for the

tragic loss last Friday evening of Harry. Our thoughts and

prayers are with Mr. and Mrs. Kim, Sarah and the ex-tended family.

The ATAC All Year Round Sports teams (Chess, Table Ten-

nis, Aikido, Judo, Tae Kwon Do and Wall Climbing) will

have their end of year sports awards ceremony on Friday,

June 3at the ES Gym 3:15-4:15 pm. See notices posted on

bulletin boards and in school bulletins.

Please note Sailfish and Gymnastics teams will have their

own celebrations on May 27th for Sailfish (see Coach

Andys sailfish blog for details) and June 6th for Gymnas-

tics end of year celebration at the ES cafeteria.

The May or 4th Season practice schedule is posted on no-

tice boards, bulletins and on the ATAC blog (see sched-

ules tab) Practices for HS teams are open for grade 8 stu-

dents who will be freshman next year through to grade 11

students. This is a good time to come out and show the HS

coaches your level of skill and dedication for soccer, vol-

leyball and rugby sessions that are being offered.

Next years dates and IASAS Schedule can be found on the

ATAC Blog. ISM will host MUN in November 2011 and

Rugby/Touch in February 2012. We look forward to these

events in the 2011-2012 school year. Dont forget that the

IASAS 30th Anniversary will take place this coming October

with a huge celebration at SAS with all first season sports

taking place in Singapore.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM

teams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also ac-

cess this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web

pages. Please note the game schedule does change often

due to involvement with many local schools so pleasecheck the page regularly to find out the latest informa-

tion of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing.

Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed

to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/You will

need your power school user name and password to access

the game schedule pdf now located in PowerSchool.

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES (for ALL match/schedule

details check game schedule page as above)

May 27 - Sailfish End of Year Awards, ES Gym

May 28 - Tae Kwon Do Tournament, ISM Covered Court June 1 - Homeless World Cup Football Tournament (see

posters/notices around school for team entry details)

June 3 - End of Year all season sports awards, ES Gym,

3:15-4:15 pm (Aikido, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Table Ten-

nis, Chess, Wall Climbing)

June 3 & 4 - Aikido Seminar, ISM Covered Court

Aug. 4, 2011 - ATAC HS 1st Season Tryouts start

Aug. 8, 2011 - ATAC MS 1st Season Tryouts start and for

All Year round Sports teams

Aug. 10th 2011 - ATAC tryouts start for ES soccer teams

BEARCAT DEN:

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 am 1:00

pm and 2:30 4:00 pm

Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from 2:30 - 4:00 pm

Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in

joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, please

contact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Chantel

([email protected]) or pop in to the Den near the

HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they will

be very happy to make you welcome.

PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations for this school

year is TUESDAY, JUNE 7th. The Den volunteers will be in

hibernation from June 8th until reopening day on Monday,

August 8th, 2011.


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Homeless World Cup


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From the Treasury Department


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