parent bulletin issue 35 sy1415

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Operaons & Security 2

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Athlecs & Acvies 4

Clinic

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 35

SY 2014 –2015

WEEK OF:

MAY 25 TO 29

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday BulletinInside this issue:

MAY

28 Grade 8Advocang for Change

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JUNE

1 Grade 8Awards Assembly

2Grade 8

Dinner Dance

3Grade 8Moving On Ceremony

4 Last Day of School

Events & Acvies:

Dear Middle School Parents,

It has been a busy me this week with students throughout middle school

preparing nal projects and assessments. From wring, solving problems,

demonstrang skills, and presentaons, students have been engaged at high

levels to show evidence of their learning and to reect on their year.

Grade 8 will complete their Advocang for Change on Thursday next

week with their summit and creaon of their manifesto for change. It has

been encouraging for students to have received replies to leers wrien to

various ocials based on the area they have been researching and sup-

porng. This include issues of urbanizaon and resource use to child

rights. The AFC day will be followed by a service learning day on Fri-

day culminang in the Moving on Ceremony Wednesday June 3 at 4:00

p.m. in the Fine Arts Theater.

Our nal day for students in grades 5, 6 and 7 is Thursday June 4 with dismis-

sal at 12:00. We have a modied schedule for the day with some grade level

acvies and a nal assembly from11:30 - 12:00. Students will receive their

Salinlahi yearbook in the nal week of school. Semester 2 report cards will

be available via the parent portal on Friday June 6 - a separate email will be

sent with instrucons for

how to access.

If you have not completed

re-enrollment or the with-

drawal process please do so

as soon as possible to help

in our planning for next

year.

Have a good weekend and

nal 2 weeks of the school

year ahead…

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Middle School Assistant Principal

Grade 8

Service Day

After-School Activities Office:

Fourth Season Dates:

April 13 - May 29, 2015

May 29: Last day of AFAC


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IDs for the New School Year

Parent IDs

The previously issued black and white parent IDs willconnue to be valid for the new school year. The old

parent IDs (burgundy) issued before 2013 are no

longer valid and must be replaced. Standard parent

cards will be issued free of charge. Parents may,

however, elect to apply for a smartcard ID which will

be usable with the cashless payment system intro-

duced into the school for SY 2013-14. There will be a

fee of P250.00 for a smartcard.

Applicaons for parent IDs can be processed through

the Security Oce.

Student IDs

All students will be issued with new ID cards at the

beginning of the new school year. The cards will be

compable with the cashless payment system. There

will be no need for returning students to visit the Se-

curity Oce as we will be ulizing the photographs

taken for the yearbooks.

School Passes

School passes issued to parent’s employees and rep-

resentaves need to be replaced for next school

year. As of August 31, 2015 (Monday) the dark

green bordered passes will be invalid.

The security oce is now accepng applicaons for

new school passes, however the cards will not be

available for collecon before July 1, 2015. These

passes will not be compable with the cashless pay-

ment system.

Each family will be given two free school pass-

es. Addional school passes may be obtained aerpaying a processing fee of Php100.00 each to the

Cashier’s Oce.

Car Sckers for the New School Year

The car sckers for school year 2015/2016 will be

available from the security oce beginning July 1,

2015.

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 ve-

hicle’s cercate of registraon 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 fol-

lowing payment of P100 to the cashier’s oce.

I would like to thank all members of the ISM commu-

nity for their cooperaon across this school year in

helping us maintain ISM as a safe and secure environ-

ment for our children.

MIKE FLYNN

Director of Operaons and Security

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The pracce schedule for HS season 4 is posted on noce

boards and on the ATAC blog. Season 4 runs from Apr

13th to June 3 and is an opportunity for some 'o season'

training opportunies for the HS teams in readiness fornext SY. Not all sports are catered for however quite a

few of the coaches are keen to get started and see the

students geng involved and prepared. Current gr. 8's

who will be freshman next SY are welcome to join. All HS

athletes intending to tryout for teams are encouraged to

aend during 4th season however training is not com-

pulsory and cannot be mandated by coaches.

Well done to our ISM Judo team members who took part

in the ISM Judo invitaonal last Saturday along with

thanks to ISM Judo Coach Freddie for pung together a

successful meet. Ocial results will be posted as soon asthey are received from the meet organizers. Also a big

thanks to Coach Holly and the Sailsh coaching team for

running a great aquathon last Saturday morning. It was a

hot morning but the competors gave it their all. Results

can be found on the Sailsh blog.

Upcoming dates:

May 23 Taekwondo meet at European Internaonal

School

May 27 BSS MS/HS Bearcats for street soccer- ISM MS

eld 3-6pm

August 6,7,10,11- Season 1 HS Tryouts

August 10,11,12- Season 1 MS Tryouts

August 10,11,12- ES Rifa Soccer team registraon/

tryouts.

Saturday Community Tennis for semester 2 is ongoing.

See link for informaon on dates and how to book. Use

of the courts is only available to ISM community mem-

bers. Outside guests are not allowed hp://atac.ism-

online.org/atac/saturday -community-tennis/ Please note

nal day forSaturday community tennis is May 30th.

Please note the pracce mes for the following ATACprograms: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. Sailsh/

Gymnascs and all HS seasonal teams now conclude

pracce at 4:50pm each day. MS seasonal teams 3:10-

4:45pm. The last bus is now 4:55pm and all aer school

programs will conclude by 4:50pm in order to try and

clear the campus prior to 5pm due to the ever increasing

trac concerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some me to peruse

the ATAC blog it has a wide variety of informaon and

links to our sports and acvies program. If you have any

quesons regarding the compeve program of sports atISM aer reading the informaon on the blog please

send an email to [email protected] and I will endeav-

or to assist you as best I can.

Bearcat Den: Drop by our fantasc spirit store. There is

an end of year sale on at the moment and a range of new

products and items to purchase including items from our

service partners. Bearcat Den hours of operaon-7am-

4pm Mon-Fri.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly

by Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athlecs Coordinator) gives themost up to date informaon on where/when and who

our Bearcat teams will be playing throughout the school

year. Access to the game schedule is via the ISM parent

portal. Use this link to access the parent portal, log in

with your user name/password and look for the ATAC

Game Schedule tab. Remember to refresh the page when

the pdf schedule appears so you view the most current

schedule.

Best Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs and Acvies

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Important informaon on Re-Enrollment for SY 2015-16

Dear Parents:

We will begin on-line Re-enrollment for school year 2015-16 on Monday, March 16. As before, parents will have to log into PowerSchool in order to

do this. Below are instrucons to help. If you are not sure of your PowerSchool log-in or need support, please contact your school oce.

Please note that you must complete re-enrollment by May 22nd at the latest. PowerSchool will close on that date unl the start of the new school

year. We have over 500 students on our waitlist, and we will assume that your children are leaving if you have not completed the re-enrollment pro-

cess.

Step 1: Log-in to PowerSchool

Step 2: Look for the Re-enrollment Clearance icon on the le hand panel.

Click on the icon.

Step 3: Create your Re-enrollment Clearance Form. You will receive an email nocaon verifying that you have been successful updang your child’s

record.

Students entering Grade 6 will be required to

download and complete the Physical Examinaon Form

(including ECG results) which should be submied to

the ISM Health Clinic

Students entering Grade 7 will be required to

download and sign the Drug Policy Form which should

be submied to the MS Oce.

Step 4: Tuion and Fees: Please sele your accounts

through our Cashier’s Oce.

You must sele your accounts for SY14-15 and pay the

rst quota of tuion fees for SY15-16 to receive your

Final Clearance Nocaon for your child to aend class

on August 6, 2015.

Re-enrollment must be complete in order to receive a

student’s Class Schedule.

Class Schedule distribuon dates are as follows:

August 03, 2015: Grade 5 and 6

August 04, 2015: Grade 7 and 8

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Leaving ISM?

Please be reminded that parents are obliged to ocially inform the School in wring through a WITH-

DRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM if their children will not be returning in August for School Year 2015-

16. Families are encouraged to submit the Withdrawal Nocaon Form, stang the student's nal

date of aendance, immediately. Forms must be submied on or before May 8. Failure to submit the

form by that date may lead to a deducon of US$1,000 from the Facilies Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in

compensaon for having held a space for your child, prevenng the School from oering that space

to another candidate.

The Withdrawal Nocaon Form can be obtained from the Admissions Oce or directly from the

ISM website under Admission > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal > Withdrawals

Please feel free to contact the Admissions Oce at 840.8601 for quesons or claricaons.


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