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MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION:
Dear Parents, So another week fades away and with it, January ends! I was just speaking with a mom of one of our seniors who told me that “it’s almost over”! Well, even for the seniors, there are still 3 months (or only 3 months, depending on your perspective) to go until their IB exams begin on May 2nd, which I guess does really signify the beginning of the end! IASAS second season is well underway and our athletes have travelled far and wide to represent us once again. The rugby, touch and swim teams have gone to Bangkok while the basketball boys and girls have gone north to Taipei. The tennis teams have stayed here in Manila to serve and volley on home turf. Yesterday all teams started strong with wins across the board and medals already proudly worn by some of our swimmers. Our girls basketball and touch teams continued this streak today and I’m keeping my fingers crossed for all our sports boys and girls to make the next round so that there is the chance of a medal by Saturday afternoon. Please come out and support our tennis teams tomorrow. The courts up on the 5th floor are some of the best at any school around the world and the weather has been fantastic these past two days with a slight breeze wafting through from time to time. Looking ahead to next week or two, the PTA has asked me to promote the Father Daughter Dance on Friday February 13th, starting at 6:00pm and ending at 9:00pm. C’mon dads, a whole evening with only your daughter – that’s priceless. Course selections week is also rapidly approaching and I would really recommend listening to your child’s thought on the courses that they might like to take for next academic year 2015-16. Anyway, I’ll sign off there so that I can go and watch the last hour or so of the tennis. I hope to see many of you tomorrow at the courts. Sincerely, Mike Dickinson HS Assistant Principal
International School Manila For ATTENDANCE concerns, please contact the HS Office (Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano) Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653 Email [email protected] For GUIDANCE or IB/AP concerns, please contact Tina, Eloisa or Nyla Tel: 840-8655 / 840-8660
January 30, 2015
A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students
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HS CALENDAR: Monday, February 2: IB2 Modern Languages Written Assignments Tuesday, February 3: IB2 Modern Languages Written Assignments IASAS Math HS Parent Coffee Wednesday, February 4: Student Late Start IB2 Modern Languages Written Assignments IB2 Math Studies Project Final Submission
Thursday, February 5: IB2 Modern Languages Written Assignments Friday, February 6: IB2 Modern Languages Written Assignment Final Submission Gr. 11 ESS Field Trip
UPCOMING EVENTS: February 16-18: Course Selection Week
February 19: Faculty In-Service, No Classes
February 20: Special Holiday—No Schoool
February 25: EDSA Holiday—No School
March 4-8: IASAS Cultural Convention
March 9-13: MAP Testing for Grades 9 & 10
From the Admissions Office: Leaving ISM? Please be reminded that parents are obliged to officially inform the School in writing through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM if their children will not be returning in August for School Year 2015-16. Families are encouraged to submit the Withdrawal Notification Form, stating the student's final date of attendance, immediately. Forms must be submitted on or before May 8. Failure to submit the form by that date may lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for having held a space for your child, preventing the School from offering that space to another candidate. The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admissions Office or directly from the ISM website under Admission > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal > Withdrawals Please feel free to contact the Admissions Office at 840.8601 for questions or clarifications. Thank you. Admissions & Advancement Team [email protected]
HS PARENT COFFEE: Invite to HS Parent Coffee : We would like to invite all Parents to attend the HS Parent Coffee Morning. When: Tuesday, February 3 Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Venue: Little Theater (LT)
FOR GR.12 PARENTS: INVITE TO GRADUATION COMMITTEE MEETING Dear Senior Parents, Believe it or not the countdown has started towards ISM Graduation 2015, to be held on Friday, May 29. In this regard, it is now time to form a Graduation Committee comprised of the grade 12 PTA liaisons and other Grade 12 parent volunteers. You can volunteer to join the Graduation Committee by attending a meeting on February 18th, Wednesday at 1:30pm in room P045. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss graduation plans in more detail and to include anyone who is interested and wants to be involved in the planning of their son or daughter’s graduation. There will be an opportunity to get involved in a number of sub- committees. An email will be sent next week to Grade 12 Parents as a reminder. We hope to see you at the meeting. William Brown HS Principal
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FROM THE KAWAYAN TEAM: To all High School Parents, Greetings from the High School yearbook, Kawayan! Kawayan Senior Dedication Bought Pages are now available for all parents, students, and faculty to buy! What is a bought page? It is a customized page that you create that we include in the yearbook after the individual senior pages. It can contain anything you want -- messages from family for their graduating kids, messages and picture collages of friends and barkadas, group/club pictures, etc. And you can buy as many pages as you want! It's a great way to create a lasting memory of your child's high school (and childhood) years. Prices (per page) - Colored: 5,000 PHP - Black and white: 2,500 PHP All payments must be made to the ISM Cashier. Page details - Dimensions: Each page should be 9x12 inches - Resolution: Minimum of 300 dpi (or pixels per inch) - File type: Must be turned in as a .png, .jpeg, .psd, or .raw file - Other specifications: Of course, all page content must be school appropriate! Submission - Please burn the file on a CD and drop it off at the High School Office with a receipt from the cashier. - Please indicate that it is a bought page for the Kawayan Yearbook and the name of the student for whom the page is for Deadline: March 6, 2015 (first Friday of March) If you have at inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact Adelle Dimitui at [email protected] and/or Christina Park [email protected]. Thank you for your support! Best regards, Adelle Dimitui and Christina Park Kawayan Co-Editors-in-Chief
FROM THE LEARNING COORDINATOR:
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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE: Hardeman Cup: Congratulations JV Boys, JV girls and
Varsity girls for taking out the Hardeman Cup Basketball
Tournament this year hosted last weekend by Faith
Academy. Our Varsity Boys basketball team also placed
3rd, so a great weekend for Bearcats Basketball.
Upcoming matches: see links for photos, live streams and
results...
IASAS Tennis at IS Manila http://www.iasas.asia
IASAS Rugby/Touch/Swimming at IS Bangkok
www.iasas.asia
IASAS Basketball at Taipei TAS www.iasas.asia
Thank you very much to all families for your hospitality to
house our visiting tennis athletes. It is great event for our
community hosted at the best tennis venue in IASAS.
Please come along to support our teams as they strive to
defend their titles. The boys and girls teams are defending 3
and 4 time champions. Come out to see the finals action on
Saturday. Go Bearcats Tennis teams!
Our other IASAS teams are working very hard overseas for
Rugby/Touch and Swimming in Bangkok and Basketball in
Taipei. Keep up to date with their progress at
www.iasas.asia. for results, photos and live stream action.
It is an exciting time coming up with the end of season 2 and
the start of season 3 just around the corner. Season 3
practice and tryouts schedule have been posted on notice
boards and on the ATAC blog. Season 3 sports for HS are
Track & Field, Softball, Badminton and Golf. MS do the
same sports in season 3 with the exception of golf.
Parents and students please take some time to peruse the ATAC blog it has a wide variety of information and links to our sports and activities program. If you have any questions regarding the competitive program of sports at ISM after reading the information on the blog please send an email to [email protected] and I will endeavor to assist you as best I can. Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. There is a range of new products (mouth guards and rugby balls for 2nd season) and items to purchase including items from our service partners. Bearcat Den hours of operation- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri. The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athletics Coordinator) gives the most up to date information 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.
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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:
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