middle school parent bulletin - issue no. 24 - february 25 to march 1

7/29/2019 Middle School Parent Bulletin - Issue No. 24 - February 25 to March 1

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From the Middle School Office

ISSUE # 24

WEEKOF FEBRUARY 25 TO MARCH 1, 201

Friday BulletinMIDDLE SCHOOL

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

From the Office of Admissions andAdvancement

From the School ClinicFrom the Treasury Department

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From the ATAC Office

3rd Season Training Schedule

MS Academic Bowl

From the HS Guidance Office

Adult Language Courses

ISM Community Art Auction 1

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

FEBRUARY

25 No Classes(EDSA Revolution Holid

26 No Classes:Faculty In-Service

27 to Mar. 01 Grade 8 CourseRegistration

MARCH

1 Grade 8 English/MathHonors Testing and CouRegistration

4 to 8 Course Registration

5 Academic Bowl

8 Progress Report Distribtion

15 MS Party (Grade 5 to 8

18 to 22 English Honors Testing

25 to 27 Spirit Week

Dear Parents:

Middle School course registration for school year 2013 -2014 will take place the week of March4. Three new course offerings, Dance Remix, DigiART and Robotics, are being made availableto Grades 7 and 8.

Dance Remix allows students to further their dance experience established in Dance

Revolution. Through performances and dance recitals, students will explore theircreative side in dance units such as Modern, Social and Hip Hop. Students must havecompleted Dance Revolution before registering for this course.

DigiART focuses on doing art on a computer and will include photography, graphic

design and moviemaking.

Robotics encourages students to create, design, problem solve and bring an idea to

life. The students will have fun learning how to build robots to accomplish tasks andthen modify the robots to improve them. Computers will also be used to tell the robotswhat to do and how to behave to accomplish goals.

Students will register for courses during the school day. After registering, the student will besent a confirmation email with an attachment summarizing the courses that were selected;parents will also be copied with the confirmation. Please print out the confirmation sheet, sign itand return the form to the Middle School Guidance Office by March 15.

On Thursday, March 7 students will be released early at 12:00 noon, and we will have anafternoon of Student-Led Conferences, which is a change in our conference format for secondsemester. The student-led conference is an opportunity for students to share their learning withtheir parents and teachers and the goals of a student-led conference include the following:

To encourage students to accept responsibility for their learning and progress.

To help students recognize and take ownership for the things that interfered with their

learning success.

To teach students the process of self-evaluation.

To facilitate the development of students oral communication skills and self-

confidence.

To enhance communication between student and parents.

On that afternoon you will accompany your child to each class for approximately ten minutesand have the opportunity to discuss samples of their work. For PE classes, parents will havethe opportunity to engage in activities led by their child. As such, parents are encouraged todress comfortably in attire and shoes so that they can try out some of the activities. We hope tosee as many parents as possible getting involved and trying out the fitness activities.

For conferences, students will be divided by surname. Students whose last name falls betweenA K will have conferences from 12:30 2:50. Students with last names starting with L Z willhave conferences from 3:30 5:50. Similar to the Open House format, parents will follow theirchilds schedule and visit each class.

For student-led conferences, parents will not need to schedule appointments. Please note thatif both parents are unable to attend the student-led conference, your child is expected to go

home at dismissal and not remain on campus. We will provide more detailed information in thecoming week including questions you can ask your child, a goal setting sheet and a schedulefor the afternoon. We look forward to implementing this conference format and supporting yourconversations with your child about his/her learning.

There will be no classes on February 25 and 26. Classes resume on February 27.

Have a fabulous long weekend!

Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa SaysonMiddle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

The Yearbook

Pictures are now

available for pick up i

the MS Office.


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FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

From the Office of Admissions and Advancement

Dear Parents,

Please be reminded that keeping your contact informaon updated is vital to facilitang communicaon with theschool. If you would like to view/change any of the details on your current record, simply follow the steps below.


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Withdrawal Procedure for Students Leaving ISM

For those students who will be withdrawing from Internaonal School Manila this year, the following procedure applies:

Parents are obliged to inform the School ocially through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday ofMay, if their children will not be returning to ISM.

Failure to do so will lead to a deducon of US$1,000 from the Facilies Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensaon for having held a

space for the child and thus prevenng the School from oering that space to another child prior to the summer holiday break.

The Withdrawal Nocaon Form can be obtained from the Admissions Oce or directly from the ISM website www.ismanila.org

under Admissions > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal > Withdrawal

STEP 1:Return the Withdrawal Nocaon Form to the Admissions Oce or scanned and e-mailed as an aachment to

[email protected] .

Upon receipt of the Withdrawal Nocaon Form by the Admissions Oce, a copy will be forwarded to the appropriate

School Oce and the Finance Oce for their acon.

The School Oce, upon receipt of the Withdrawal Nocaon Form, will iniate the student clearance procedure which

requires a Middle or High School student to have the Student Clearance Slip signed by the indicated teachers and oces

for clearance. For Elementary students, the Elementary Oce will handle the withdrawal clearance.

Note that school transcripts and records will be available from the parcular school oce approximately een working

days aer the childs last day of aendance at ISM. Please coordinate directly with the parcular School Oce if you

require other arrangements.

STEP 2: If required, and when completed, the Student Clearance Slip must be taken to the Cashiers Oce. Only aer the Cashier

has received and signed the completed clearance form will the childs transcript or school records be released from the Elementary,

Middle or High School Oce. Please note that one copy of the transcript is provided free of charge, addional copies cost P100

each, payable at the Cashiers Oce before release. Please coordinate directly with the parcular School Oce if you require

more than one copy of school records.

STEP 3: In order to receive your Facilies Upgrade Deposit or FUD (formerly the Special Project Deposit) refund, the following must

be submied to the Cashiers Oce:

1) Signed Student Clearance Slip

2) Signed Facilies Upgrade Deposit Cercate

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 Cercate may claim the refund at the Cashiers Oce.

Please call the Cashier at 840-8506 if you have quesons regarding your FUD Cercate.

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

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

al>Withdrawal

Elementary School Yearbook: ALAALA

Middle School Yearbook: SALINLAHI

High School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

Sincerely,

Stephanie H. Hagedorn

Director of Admissions & Advancement

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


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TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2013

INFLUENZA VACCINATIONSVaccinaon Day: March 13

thWednesday

Last day to sign up/pay: March 6th Wednesday

Price: Php 480.00

Vaccine: GSK Inuenza vaccine

Inuenza or commonly known as u trangkaso is caused by the inuenza virus. The inuen-

za virus is easily transmied through things you touch or in the air we breathe. Flu vaccine is

recommended for everyone above 6 months old.

Geng the u shot should be done annually because the circulang strains of the u virus

change each year, hence the composion of the vaccine is updated annually. For tropical

counes the u is present year round with peaks during the months of July September.

Everyone with a valid ISM ID may parcipate in this vaccinaon session. Order forms are avail-

able at the Cashier oce or by vising the Clinic. Please complete the form and make your

payment to the Cashier. Payment for these vaccinaons must be made to the cashier depart-

ment by no later than Wednesday 6th

of March .The vaccines will then be ordered and no fur-

ther registraons will be accepted.If you would like to discuss the vaccine or have any quesons please contact Jowell Custodio

or Claudee Bekedam at the Clinic.

Clinic direct number: 840 8581/82

Email: [email protected]


From the School Clinic

From the Treasury Department

Dear ISM Parents:

This is a reminder to please view and check the ISM Web Online at hp://

community.ismanila.org/d/2/ for the latest update on your billing statement and sele any re-maining balance of account(s).

Please note that the 2nd

semester Tuion fee for SY2012-2013 was due last December 07,2012

while other school fees on your billing statements are already due as billed. For those who havent

seled yet, we appreciate your immediate selement of the accounts.

For related billing and payment quesons including any username and password concerns, please

call 840-85-22/ 840-85-06/840-85-12 and look for RHODA VILLA (Accountant) or MARISSA DULAY

(Treasury Supervisor) and Elmer Esguerra ( Cashier). You can also email us at [email protected]

or [email protected]. and [email protected].
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3rd

season sports pracce schedule has now started as of Feb 11th for Badminton, Soball, Track & Field and

MS Mixed Touch; see pracce schedule via the ATAC blog schedules pages.

hp://atac.ism-

online.org/schedules/hs/

IASAS Golf makes its debut this year at ISKL. If you want to be a part of history and represent ISM in the rst

ever IASAS Golf Tournament, contact Mr. Hamaguchi to register your name

IASAS Track and Field April 10-14: Housing leers for the IASAS Track and Field event are now available via

the ATAC blog. Please sign up early to house a vising track athlete in April. We need to house 150 athletes. Teams

arrive the day we return from spring break. The deadline for return of leers is March 15th in order for us to conrm

all housing assignments prior to the holiday starng. For general informaon about housing at IASAS tournaments,

please see the housing and hosng page.

hp://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/

ISM Summer Sports Camps informaon will be coming out next month. Announcements will be placed in

the parent bullens and all informaon will be available on the summer camps page on the ATAC blog. Stay tuned

for more informaon next month!

Our MS boys B tennis team made it to the ISTA league seminals/nals day played last Saturday, February 16.

The boys defeated Southridge, 5-0 in the morning semi-nal to go into the aernoon nal vs a strong Ateneo team. The

boys played excellent tennis trying and lunging for every point but eventually came up a lile bit short losing 2-3 in a

very close nal. Congratulaons to all players for being the ISTA League runners up out of 12 teams in the Div B compe-

on this year.

(Photo: MS boys gr.5/6 runners up team: Utsav,

Marco, Alec, Sam, Johann and Alexwith their 2nd

place medals)

Congratulaons also to the MS

girls tennis team who also took out 2nd

place this year. The girls team only lost

one match for the season to the eventual

champions St. Paul. Great job girls!

Well done also to the MS boys

Badminton team who came 2nd in the

ISSA League Badminton tournament played at ISM last Saturday. This Saturday our boys Badminton teams

travel to Brent to play in the PRADA League event.

On Saturday (Feb 23) at 8:00 am, is the rst Track meet of the year at ISM for our MS/HS track and

eld teams. Good luck to all competors. Please be at ISM HS bleachers by 7:30am!

A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC

blog and also to follow via twier (see twier feed on the blog home page). Each Monday I will post the

weeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents informaon on the ATAC blog

and in the regular Friday parent bullens.

From the Athletics & Activities Office
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GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule informaon) Informaon about all mid-

week/weekend xtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does

change oen due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to nd out

the latest informaon of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the

Bearcat logo to be directed to the power school secure site hp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/

You will need your power school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf.

HS Student registraon for ATAC acvies (new for school year 12-13): A Google doc registraon is

now available for all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonal sports teams, MUN and Cultural

Convenon programs. Please take the me to complete this online registraon for acvies that you plan

on joining this school year. Please access the form via the HS Student Registraon tab found under the Help-

ful Shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. Please note this is for HS students only and you must use

your school email address to access the link. Personal gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to ac-

cess the page.

BEARCAT DEN: hp://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 a great team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. If

you are interested in joining a fantasc group, please contact any of our den members during den opening

hours. We have a new volunteer coordinator! Thanks so much to Carolyn for stepping forward to take on

this role. If your interested in joining the Den volunteers, please contact Carolyn Ching for detailscar-

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

join our group.

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m.

and each aernoon from 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs/Acvies
http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/


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Middle School Academic Bowl

On Tuesday 5th March 2013, ISM will be hosting the second semester Middle School Academic Bowl competition against Faith

Academy, Brent International School and ISM.

Date: Tuesday 5th March 2013

Time: 09.00-14.00

Venue: Little Theatre, ISM

Teachers and parents are very welcome to watch this event with their classes.

(See the schedule below)

The following students will represent ISM:

Schedule:09.00: Opening Remarks

09.10: Toss-up Round 1


10.10: Math and Logic Round


11.40: Lunch


13.00: Envelope Round (HSMC, MSMC, LT)

13.30: Penalty Toss up

14.00: Closing Remarks

14.15: Depart

Valerie Birchenall

MS Academic Bowl Coach

Caroline Strang: grade 8

Bianca Catoto : grade 8

Hyun JIn (Emmy) Nam: grade 8

Jessica Zhang : grade 8

Jessica Mae Cuadro: grade 8

Ilham Thomson : grade 7

Kaiwen (Calvin) Zhang : grade 7

David Yuanwei Zhang : grade 6

Ibrahim Ahmed: grade 6

Mangal, Ratul: grade 5

Olivia Heugh : grade 5


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Dear HS Parents,

We are very pleased to introduce/reintroduce you to an excing iniave developed back in 2010 by

the HS Guidance Department in cooperaon with the HS Administraon:

Bearcat Career Experience

As we all know well, high school for students is (among many things) a me of self-discovery. It is ame where our students begin to beer acknowledge their aptudes/likes, where they hone their strengthsand where they begin to sort through that rather complicated map known as their educaonal and future ca-reer path. Unfortunately, it is oen a map with gaps between what they learn in their academic classroomsand the real world their teachers are working to prepare them for.

In short, we hope to help bridge that gap for some of our high school students through a ve-daysummer internship (June 10th 14th, 2013) with various companies in the Metro Manila area.

Last year we were very fortunate to place over 120 ISM highschool students (sophomores and juniors) with 30 companies(including Alaska Milk, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and MakaMedical Center to name a few) in the Metro Manila area. This year, wedenitely feel those numbers could increase. However, in order tomake this a reality, we need reputable companies from a variety ofindustries to form partnerships with us and take part.

As parents of our dedicated and movated HS students, youmay own, be employed by, or know of a company interested in sup-porng this very worthwhile endeavor. We ask for your support in

helping us develop potenal Career Experience placements and sub-sequently, lasng posive relaonships with companies in the MetroManila area.

We ask that you take me to reect on this important iniave (currently in its 3rd

year) and its valuefor our ISM community.

Please take a look at our website here hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/what-is-a-bearcat-career-experience/ . This page should give you an idea of what the program is all about.

You might also want to check out this video too. hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/media/

If you are in a posion to take one or more of our students at your company or know of an interest-ed company, please let me know.

Please also contact me at [email protected] if you have any quesons or need further claricaon.

Informaon about how your son or daughter (current sophomores and juniors only) could apply for aCareer Experience posion will be communicated to all of you at a later date.

You can also get more informed and up to date posts about the Bearcat Career Experience by liking ourfacebook page at hps://www.facebook.com/BearcatCareerExperience

Thank you very much for your support and I look forward to hearing back from some of you. J

Sincerely,

Doug McQueenHigh School Counselor


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