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AUGUST

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLISSUE # 2

SY 2013 2014

WEEK OF:

AUGUST 26 to 30

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday BulletinInside this issue:

Events & Acvies:

SEPTEMBER

Dear Parents,

We hope everyone is safe aer the rains and ooding earlier this

week. It was unfortunate that we had to cancel school for the day, and

also our MS Back to School Night. We would like to invite parents to

our rescheduled night on Tuesday, September 3, 2013, from 5:00 -

7:30 p.m. beginning in the Fine Arts Theater.

Also, on Thursday, August 29, we are hosng a New Parent Coee. If

you are a new parent, please plan on joining us.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie

Clarissa SaysonMiddle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

Admissions & Advancement

Human Resource Oce

MS Media Center

ATAC Oce

ISM Upcoming Events

29 New Parent Coee

30 New Student Social Acvity

3 MS Open House

26 Naonal Holiday

12 Parent Workshop

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House Logo De-

sign Contest

now on! Go to

Ms. Morgan's

blog for more

informaon

and get your

designs in by

August 29. Win-

ner receives fame and glory!

AMIS Boys Honor Choir audions

will start next week, on Thursday

August 29! Please see Ms. Haus-

man in Rm. 1115 as soon as pos-

sible to sign up, and get your

quesons answered. We are go-

ing to take a dozen of our best

high and low voices to represent

ISM at the fesval in Jakarta this

October! Please also check Ms.

Hausman's blog for details.

Powerschool Update:


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Dear Parents,

Operaons and SecurityAccess and parking within the campus are important security and safety issues. For the well

-being of all members of

the ISM community, those entering the school campus are requested to take note of the informaon and procedures

outlined below.

Parent IDsWe will be issuing new parent IDs for the school year 2013/14. To reduce the inconvenience to parents of this replace-

ment program, the old parent ID cards will be valid for school access unl the end of the rst semester on December

18th, 2013. The standard new parent cards will be issued free of charge. Parents may, however, elect to apply for a

smartcard ID which will be usable with the new cashless payment system being introduced into the school for SY 2013-

14. There will be a fee of P250.00 for a smartcard which covers in part the registraon fee the school is required to pay

for each card issued.

The security oce is now processing applicaons for the new parent IDs. As we require new photographs for the cards

parents are asked to visit the security oce for the taking of their picture.

School PassesSchool passes issued to parents employees and representaves need to be replaced for next school year. As of Au-

gust 31, 2013 the orange bordered passes will be invalid.

The security oce is now accepng applicaons for new school passes. These passes will not be compable with the

cashless payment system.

Each family will be given two free school passes. Addional school passes may be obtained aer paying a processingfee of Php100.00 each to the Cashiers Oce.

Visitors PassesAll visitors must secure a pass from the guardhouse at Gate 3. Before entry will be allowed, a telephone check will be

made with the relevant oce to conrm the visitors business within the school. Visitors will need to surrender a photo

-ID upon entry to campus.

Car SckersThe car sckers for school year 2013/2014 are available from the security oce.

For vehicles already displaying an exisng scker, parents should submit a completed renewal form with a copy of a

current LTO ocial receipt. For new vehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of the vehicles cercate of registra-

on and a current ocial receipt need to be submied with the applicaon. Applicaons for vehicles registered with

companies or other instuons should be supported by a leer of assignment.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle scker free of charge. Any addional sckers will be issued following pay-

ment of P100 to the cashiers oce.

In order to facilitate the easy recognion of authorized cars at the gates, the sckers should be axed to the top right

corner of the windshield. Further to this, old ISM sckers issued in previous years should be removed.


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In order to facilitate the easy recognion of authorized cars at the gates, the sckers should be axed to the top right

corner of the windshield. Further to this, old ISM sckers issued in previous years should be removed.

Vehicles not displaying a current car scker will not be allowed access from August 31, 2013.

During peak hours (drop o and pick-up mes), all vehicles without valid sckers and randomly selected vehicles with

sckers will be asked to undergo an examinaon.

Whether an examinaon is conducted or not, it is important that the security sta at the gates are able to idenfy the

occupants of vehicles entering the campus; therefore IDs must be clearly displayed. Vehicles with nted windows must

roll down windows to allow a clear view of the interior of the vehicle.

Drivers, Helpers and BodyguardsDrivers, helpers and bodyguards should not wait on campus for students throughout the school day. Aer dropping o

students they should exit the school grounds and not return more than 30 minutes before dismissal me. Those who

repeatedly fail to comply with the regulaon will have their access privilege suspended.

Only those vehicles carrying parents or other people with business within the school will be allowed to return to the

campus before the scheduled pick up me.

There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas, helpers and security escorts to wait for parents and stu-

dents. Unless specically authorized, they may not enter any other area. In the interest of security, and to prevent con-

geson at the pedestrian entrances to the covered parking area, parents are requested to emphasize to their employ-

ees the importance of cooperang with the security sta and remaining in the appropriate areas.

FirearmsAll members of the ISM community are reminded that it is strictly forbidden for rearms to be brought onto the cam-

pus. This includes concealed weapons carried by bodyguards for close protecon. Any person arriving at the school with

a rearm should inform the gate guard and arrangements will be made for the weapon to be safely and securely stored

during the visitors stay.

Security staf direconsOur security team is endeavoring to make the school as safe and secure an environment as possible for all members of

our community.

We ask that everybody cooperate with us in this important task. In parcular, all those entering our campus are re-

quested to comply with any direcons given to them by members of our guard force.

If you are confused or unclear as to the purpose of such instrucons, please seek claricaon from the security oce.

Please note that it is the parents responsibility to advise their sta accordingly.

Thank you for your cooperaon. We are looking forward to another great year at Internaonal School Manila.

Best wishes,

MICHAEL FLYNN

Director of Operaons


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Dear Parents,

Please be reminded that keeping your contact informaon updated is vital to facilitang communicaon with the

school. If you would like to view/change any of the details on your current record, simply follow the steps below:


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Welcome to the Middle/High School Canteen!Debit System Informaon

A debit payment system for food services is now available to all MS/HS students. This debit system provides customers

with a cashless payment system in the MS/HS Canteen once the customer's ID has been loaded with funds. Cash pay-

ments will connue to be permied for those who sll prefer to use cash. ISM targets to go cashless at the Canteen in

the future.

Note: Customers must have an Internaonal School Manila ID that contains a smart chip to be used for loading and

swiping.

There are three (3) opons to load the card:

At the kiosks located either next to the ATM or near the canteen

Online through the website and by using a credit card or PayPal

School Cashier's Oce

If you have more than one child, the funds go into a family account. You will then need to log on to

hp://campusonline.ismanila.org to allocate the funds to your individual children.

Should you have any quesons about any of the above informaon please feel free to email

[email protected]


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Dear Students in grades 8 and 9 and their families:

We have 3 New York Times Bestselling authors vising ISM on September 12th! Through a special arrangement with

Naonal Bookstore, on September 12th, 2013, our 8th and 9th graders will have the opportunity to listen to, and en-

gage with:

Margaret Stohl-featured book-Icons #1 of the series-

Alison Noel-featured book-Mysc#3 of the series-

Melissa De La Cruz- featured book-Frozen #1 of the series-

These writers ofYoung Adult fcon will discuss their movaon and inspiraon for wring, as well as answer quesons

during an assembly on 12 September from 7:45 am unl 8:45 am. The targeted audience age group for these dystopian

con novels is from upper Middle School through High School age. Some of the books deal with more mature ideas

and concepts. Naonal Bookstore has copies of all of these, and there are limited copies available in the MS and HS

Media Centers for pre-reading. Naonal Bookstore will also be selling pre-signed copies of their latest publicaons dur-

ing the day of the assembly, plus copies of some of the authors other tles at a 20% discounted rate! If your student

would like to purchase one of the newest releases, the costs for the newest releases are:

It is very excing to have these authors visit our school; I am sure they will be an inspiraon to many promising authors

here in the Middle School and High School!

Kind regards,

Meg Parry and Alicia Duell

MSMC and HSMC Teacher/Librarians

Title 20% discounted rate from Naonal Bookstore

Icons- paperback Php 319.20

Mysc- paperback Php 372.00

Frozen- paperback Php 396.00


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Tryouts for seasonal teams have now concluded and our program will get into full swing

next week aer an interrupted week due to the heavy rains. Pracces for High School and Middle

School volleyball, cross country and soccer teams, along with our ES Rifa Fesval soccer teams willbe all systems go from next Tuesday, August 27th.

The pracce schedule is available on this blog: hp://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/

and is also posted on noce boards around the school.

Our annual HS Friday Night Lights twilight opening season soccer and volleyball matches

will be on August 30th v.s. Faith Academy. This will be a great chance to come out and show your

support for our ISM varsity teams. Soccer matches will start at 4:00 p.m. at the HS and MS elds

and the volleyball will be in the HS and MS gyms.

For new families, take some me to peruse the ATAC blog as this will help orientate you

with the wide variety of co-curricular programs ISM oers.

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.

For Sailsh swimming informaon, check the Sailsh blog for all details. The swimming pool

reopened on August 19th aer a major renovaon over the summer. PE classes returned to the

water and sailsh swim team tryouts started yesterday, August 22nd.

For our all-year round teams (Chess, Table Tennis, Maral Arts, Wall Climbing and Gymnas-

cs): Please consult the schedule on the blog or yers on the noce boards at school.

Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats!

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs/Acvies

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