parent bulletin issue 29 sy1314

8/12/2019 Parent Bulletin Issue 29 SY1314

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MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 29

SY 2013 2014

WEEK OF: Weekly Publication for Middle School ParentsFriday Bulletin

Inside this issue:

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14ISM Upcoming Events

11Athlecs & Acvies

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Superintendents Oce

8High School Guidance

GK Summer Camps

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27 Grade 5/12 All StringsConcert

2Admissions & Advancement

MAP Tesng

Treasury Department

APRIL

MARCH 31 TO APRIL 4

Events & Acvies:

Dear Parents:

On Thursday, the All Strings Concert opened the concert season and the audiencewas delighted by the repertoire of the various groups. Congratulaons to all the

musicians for their eorts in oering an outstanding performance. The All BandsConcert will take place on Tuesday, April 1 at 5:30 followed by the All Choirs Con-

cert on Friday, April 4 at 5:30. The performances will occur in the FAT and all areinvited to aend. Please join us for two more evenings lled with music!

MAP tesng enters its nal week. In the event that your child misses a tesng

session, we will hold make-up sessions on Wednesdays starng at 7:30 A.M. If

your child requires a make-up session, the MS Oce will nofy you and we ask

that you make the necessary arrangements to bring your child to school early onWednesday.

Looking aheadThe upcoming school holiday begins on Wednesday, April 9 and

classes will resume on Monday, April 21.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa SaysonMiddle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

Grade 5/12 All BandsConcert

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Grade 5/12 All Choirs

Concert

MS Saturday Service Schedule

April 5 Tzu Chi Foundaon

To sign up, get a Permission Slip in the MS Oce and prepare

to [Get awesome!]
http://www.tzuchi.org.ph/newsite/index.phphttp://www.tzuchi.org.ph/newsite/index.php


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Returning for school year 20142015?

Dear Parents,

Please take a moment to review the re-enrollment procedure for your child to aend classes onAugust 7,

2014.

STEP 1 -Please complete this step immediately.

You are required to log-in to POWERSCHOOL beginningMarch 17thto completeSTEP 1 of the process.

AerMay 22ndyou will not have access to POWERSCHOOL and this may result in a delay for your child to

aend classes on the rst day of school for school year 2014-2015.

Please followthis linkfor the detailed step-by-step guide and required forms for students entering Grade 1,

6 and 9. To access the Parent Portal and PowerSchool, please download thePDF instrucons here.

The forms should be completed and submied to the appropriate oces 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 informaon regarding your POWERSCHOOL access informaon please contact the school in which your

child is currently enrolled.

For informaon regarding our Health Clinic Clearance procedures, please contact the Clinic

[email protected].

For informaon regarding billing or tuion and fees, please contact our Treasury department

[email protected](for billing) [email protected] [email protected] (for tuion and

fees).

May we request that if you areNOT RETURNINGthat you send the Admissions Oce your o-

cialWITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORMimmediately 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 nofy the school byFriday, 9th Maythat their children are leaving ISM

will forfeit US$1,000 from each Facilies Upgrade Deposit.

We appreciate your assistance with this procedure as we have many anxious families awaing word regard-

ing spaces for their children for school year 2014-2015.

Sincerely,

Stephanie H. Hagedorn

Director of Admissions & Advancement
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To All ISM Parents:

Important Advisory :US dollar Checks from Cibank NA -Philippine Branch

In accordance with the recent advisory made by Cibank N.A. Philippines, please be informed that

starng January 01,2014 , CITIBANK US Dollar Account checks drawn from Cibank N.A. Philippine

Branch will no longer be cleared through Cibank N.A. Agana Guam.

In eect, CITIBANK checks deposited to a local bank or bank abroad will be treated as collecon

checks

with clearing period of not less than

45 days.

The said checks will no longer be acceptable foroutright credit to both foreign currency deposit unit (FCDU) and PESO account unl the receipt of

credit advice from Cibank NA Philippines.

A collecon fee will also be imposed by depository banks (please see charges from BPI and HSBC

below).

BPIcharges 1/4 of 1% for every Php 1.00 or a fracon thereof plus a xed postage fee of Php 6.50

and minimum charge foroutward bills for collecon isPhp 100.00 excluding postage fee.


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HSBCcharges USD$3 for credit to USD account and Php100 for credit to Peso plus other addional

processing fee that maybe charged by the receiving bank.

Furthermore,the student's account paid by the Cibank check will not be considered as seled /

paid for unl such me the check is advised to have been cleared byCibank.Addional surcharge

maybe computed at the me that the check has not yet cleared and already falls aer the due

date.

In this regard, we would like to advise our parents todeposit CITIBANK checks directly to the ISM

CITIBANK account.PleaseDO NOT DEPOSITCITIBANK Checks tootherISM local banks such as HSBC

and BPI to prevent above-menoned problems. Also remember to use your new set of dollar checks

as advised by Cibank to you. As per Cibank, they have previously issued nocaon leers to

their account holders regarding this change.

For any query on your payment , please contact our Treasury Department -Cashiers ( Elmer Esguer-

ra and Nerissa Felipe) 840-85-12, for billing ( Rhoda Villa 840-85-22 ) or Marissa Dulay at 840-85-

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USD Check Clearing Services

Please be advised that eecve January 01,2014, US Dollar checks issued from your Cibank, N.A

Philippine Branch Dollar Checking Account can no longer be presented and cleared through Ci-

bank, N.A. Agana, Guam, U.S.A. under US Federal Reserve System. All US Dollar Account checksdrawn from Cibank N.A. Philippine Branch, which aredeposited in a local bankor in a bank

abroad,will be treated as a collecon item by presenng bank. The clearing period will thus change

from 15 days to esmated 45 days depending on the process of the presenng bank on collecon

items.

in addion, beginning December 15, 2013, please refrain from issuing any unused exisng US Dollar

Checks to your payees. We encourage you to order a new set of US Dollar check books for future

use.

Should you have any quesons please contact Ci Service at 802-6000.

Important Advisory :HSBC Bank Charge for HSBC Check Deposits

Please be informed that starngJanuary 01,2014, HSBC has imposed a$4.00 bank

chargeforeachHSBCcheckdeposit . Over the counterHSBC check depositsfrom parents and com-

pany sponsors are also covered and charged by the same amount. In this regard, we would like to

remind all our parents and sponsoring companies to pleaseadd $4.00 when payingHSBC check(s)

or demand dratoISM Cashier's Oceor for direct deposits,to HSBC. For your reference and

guidance.


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Re-enrollment: SY14-15 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 dierent stages

in their school lives: G1; G5; G9. In recognion 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 sporng acvity, 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 examinaons instead of the

present three. These will be in Grade 1 and Grade 6. At Grade 1, there will be a physical examinaon performedby a duly accredited doctor as is the case at present. At Grade 6, there will be a similar physical examinaon but

with the added component of an ECG.All new studentsbetween G1 and G5 will have a physical examinaon;all

new students from G6 onwardwill have a physical examinaon 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 examinaon, since this was done when

they entered G5

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

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

We shall connue to encourage very strongly all athletes parcipang 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 denive, and there is a more sophiscated 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 Lukes and

Maka 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

I do understand that adding this requirement of an ECG may be seen as an addional chore for parents and stu-dents at the me of re-enrollment, but if such a test saves even one life then it will be well worth the extra eort.

Sincerely,

David Toze

Superintendent


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Dear Parents,

It is that me of year again to recruit companies for our annual Bearcat Career Experience...a one week "internship-like"

program (June 9 to 13) to help our high school sophomores and juniors gain valuable insight into the world of careers

outside of the academic classroom.

Currently in its fourth year, the program has been very successful, mainly in part to the incredible parcipaon of the

ISM community in providing these worthwhile placements. We annually placed between 120 and 160 students each

June with numerous reputable companies in the Metro Manila area.

For a some basic informaon on what the Bearcat Career Experience is all about, please see our website.

hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/

If you or someone you know is willing to HOST some of our students for a one week placement in June, the next step is

to FILL OUT the applicaon. Please see this link below

hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/how-to-apply/

Keep in mind, when you go to this "how to apply" link, there areTWO forms to ll out. One is the Company Applica-

on and then also further down the page is a Company/School Partnershipagreement...essenally these are the same

two forms as last year.

We would like these TWO forms completed by April 21, 2014at the absolute latest...however, the earlier, the beer :)

Please let me know if you have any quesons in the meanme.

Best Regards,

Doug McQueen

HS Grade 9/10 Guidance Counselor

(632) 840-8664


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Dear Parents:

We are pleased to announce that we will be offering a new summer

camp

program at theGK Enchanted Farm Village University in Angat, Bulacan. Our International Farm Vil-lageCampsare designed to inspire future generations of leaders, social entrepreneurs andinnovators by engaging young people through fun and exciting hands-on learning experienc-es.

The GK Enchanted Farm Village is a 34-hectare prototype farm of Gawad Kalinga. Locatedan hour away from Manila, the farm is designed to become a Destination for Social Tourism,an Incubator for Social Business and a Community Platform for Social Education. Built andco-managed by an international team of social entrepreneurs and innovators coming fromdifferent parts of the world, the farm is an avenue for learning about the realities on the

ground beyond the classroom where people get to interact with other nationalities and cul-tures; learn about present and future issues and create viable solutions with others.

Threecampprograms will be offered this Summer 2014:

International Farm Village Kids'Camp (for children ages 6 to 12) International Farm Village CareerCamp(for high school students) Social Business Start-upCamp(for college students)Space will be limited so we encourage you to register today. For registration and [email protected] call(0916) 225 3363

Here are the details for eachcamp:

International Farm Village Kids'Camp

Discover the magic of our land during a two-day overnight weekendcampexperience full offun-filled activities that include: a farm-azing race, golden egg hunt, cheese and chocolatemaking, toy workshop, farm-to-table cooking, and an animal farm adventure.

Participants:Children ages 6 to 12Parents (optional)

Dates (select one):April 26 & 27

May 10 & May 11

Location:GK Enchanted Farm, Angat, Bulucan Fees:Php 3500 per person (50% deposit required)

Includes overnight accommodations, meals, materials, and transportation from Metro

Manila to the GK Enchanted FarmProgram of activities tailored for parents.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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International Farm Village CareerCamp

Discover your passion and grow into a global community of social entrepreneurs that willend poverty in the Philippines. Explore career opportunities in social enterprise through inter-active challenges and engaging conversations. Topics include: agribusiness, tourism & hos-pitality, food & beverage, retail & marketing.

Participants:high school students Dates (select one)

April 23, 24, & 25 (plus optional weekend:April 26 & 27)May 7, 8, 9 (plus optional weekend:May 10 & 11)

Location:GK Enchanted Farm, Angat, Bulucan Fees:Php 4500 per person for 3-daycamp, Php 3000 per person for optional week end (50% deposit required)

- Includes overnight accommodations, meals, materials, and transportationfrom Metro Manila to the GK Enchanted Farm

Social Business Start-upCamp

The Social Business Start-upCampis a 3-day intensive training and mentor program for col-lege students who are interested in joining a growing community of entrepreneurs who aimfor optimum profit with the greatest social impact. Explore opportunities, learn how to start asocial business, or grow an existing venture and network with an international team of socialentrepreneurs.

Participants:college studentsand graduates who are interested in an alternativecareer path. Dates:May 7,8, & 9 Location:GK Enchanted Farm, Angat, Bulacan Fees:Php 4500 per person (50% deposit required)

-Includes overnight accommodations, meals, materials, and transportation from Met-

ro Manila to the GK Enchanted Farm

I hope the students of ISM will be interested about our programs. Feel free to ask any ques-tions.

Nicholas Durand

General ManagerEnchanted Farm Cafe


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3rd season pracce schedule for MS/HS studentsis posted on the schedules pages of the ATACblog and on noce boards around school. Pleasenote the 4th season schedule for team trainingand eld use fromApril 21 to June 3will be post-ed prior to the break. Training sessions for our1st season teams (volleyball/soccer) and for oth-er groups will be on this schedule. 4th seasontraining is open for current grade 8's throughgrade 11 students. Current Grade 8s who will befreshmen next year and are keen on trying outfor 1st season sports in August should comealong to these sessions to meet the coaches andshow them your skills.

SaturdayCommunity Tennis runs through unlthe end of May. see the yer on the blog forexact dates and details. This is open to ISM com-munity members only, outside guests are notallowed. Contact Coach Czarina to book lessonswith our ISM Tennis Academy coaches. (hp://atac.ism-online.org/atac/saturday-community-tennis/)

The next track meet at ISM is this com-

ingSaturday March 29th

and the nal local meet

for season will beApril 5that Brent.Meet re-sults can be found here following the meets:hp://atac.ism-online.org/atac/3rd-season/track-meet-results/

Soball games this weekend-Varsity girls takeon Adamson University today aer school andthe JV girls travel to Brent for a double head-erSaturdaymorning.New families please take some me to peruse

the ATAC blog as this will help orientate youwith the wide variety of co-curricular programsISM oers.

A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATACprogram is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATACblog and also to follow via twier (see twierfeed on the blog home page).

EachMonday,I will post the weeks happeningsand highlight important events for students andparents informaon on the ATAC blog and in theregular

Friday

parent bullens.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game scheduleinformaon): Informaon about all mid-week/weekend xtures for ISM teams can be found viathe ATAC blog.Please note the game scheduledoes change oen due to involvement withmany local schools so please check the page reg-ularly to nd out the latest informaon of whereand when the Bearcats teams are playing.Clickon schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be di-

rected to the power school secure site(hp://

powerschool.ismanila.org/public/) You willneed your power school user name and pass-word to access the game schedule pdf.

The Bearcat Den (hp://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/) is open for business, please dropby to check out the range of Bearcat products.We have a great team of volunteers who run theden and are always looking for more people tohelp out. If you are interested in joining a fantas-

c group please contact any of our den mem-bers during den opening hours or please contactCarolyn Ching for details [email protected]. We are always lookingfor new volunteers and encourage parents fromES/MS tojoin our group. The Bearcat den is nowcalling for volunteers to take on POR's (posionsof responsibility) for next school year '14-15) assecretary, treasurer, volunteer coordinator, in-ventory/merchandise and snacks purchasing. Ifyou are interested drop an email

[email protected]

Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats!

Regards,Mark PekinDirector of Athlecs/Acvies
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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The third and finalWell-Being Series

workshop will focuson the growing impact

of mindfulness onstudent education andwell-being. This seriesis open to all ISM par-

ents and will be

heldTuesday, April1in the Little Theatre

beginning at 7:45

A.M.


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