Issue No. 14 (Week of November 15 to 19)

8/8/2019 Issue No. 14 (Week of November 15 to 19)

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From the Middle School Office

Superintendents Letter regarding Nov. 16 2

Service & Environmental Learning NewsMS Yearbook Photo SessionUpdating Parent Contact Information

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PTA New Book Fair 4

Dutch School Initiative 5

Withdrawal Procedures from Admissions 6

Sailfish Swim Club News 8

ATAC & ISTA Announcements 9

Calendar for SY 2011-2012 1

Inside this issue:

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Dear Parents:

Progress reports for students with a C- or below will be distributed

during the week of November 15. As we head into the final six

weeks of the first semester, please talk to your child about ways to

stay focused and manage assignments. If a concern arises,

encourage your child to take initiative for his/her own learning and

see a teacher for assistance.

Please note that ISM will run a normal school schedule on Tuesday,

November 16.

Looking aheadthe PTA New Book Fair will be held in the FAT

lobby during the week of November 22. Please come in to browse

the books when you have some time. A book trivia contest has

also been planned so please encourage your child to look for the

daily question in the MSMC and submit an answer. Besides having

the chance to win a prize, your child could be inspired to discover

some great stories and read some new books!

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

ISSUE # 14

WEEKOF NOV. 15 TO 19, 2010

Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOL

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

NOVEMBER

18-22 MS ISTA

22-26 PTA New Book Fair

25 MS Concert(5:30 P.M., FAT)

29 School Holiday(Bonifacio Day)

30-Dec. 10 MS Art Exhibition

DECEMBER

02 MS Parent Coffee(7:45 A.M., Rm.1057)

02 MS Art Exhibit Opening(3:00 P.M., FAT Lobby)

07 PTA General Assembly &Holiday Bazaar

(7:30 A.M., LT)

07 MS Beginners Recital(5:30 P.M., LT)

07-13 MS Spirit Week

10 Grade 7 & 8 Holiday Ball(5:00 P.M., MS Courtyard

POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATEPOWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

Nov. 26 Progress Reports

Dec. 10 Grade Update

Jan. 10 PowerSchool Closes

Jan. 21 PowerSchool Opens forSemester 1 Reports

Jan. 24 Semester 1 Report CardDistribution (via courier)


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M IDDLE SCHOOL FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

Dear Parents:

As you may know, yesterday there was a proclamation that November 16th would be a non

-working holiday to celebrate Eidl-Adha. This was a holiday new to the Philippines last

year, which the then President declared and then un-declared, denominating it instead as

a regional holiday for Mindanao.

Like most well organized institutions and companies, we arrange our calendar many

months in advance in order to allow for proper planning of the school year. Unforeseen

holidays announced with minimal notice are disruptive in the extreme. In view of this, I

have decided that we shall remain open next Tuesday and run a normal school day. I note

that our counterparts at the British School Manila are also planning to hold classes. Of

course, out of respect for Eidl-Adha, any Muslim student who does not attend school on

that day will not be marked absent.

Yours sincerely,

David Toze

Superintendent

IS Manila

From the Superintendent

Were on the web!

www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVENT LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL

please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555

or email [email protected]

to obtain your username and password.


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Middle School Yearbook Photo Shoot


If your child missed the Middle School Yearbook

Photo Session last October, he/she can have

his/her picture taken from November 15 to 19

(except Wednesday) in Room 1118 Changing

Room (beside the AMR). Photo order envelopes

are available in the Middle School Office.

PAWS Saturday Service trip- 27th November-Already FULL- Please return permission slips to MS

Guidance office.

Eco Explorers Saturday Service trip- December 4thPermission slips now available at MS Guidance.

Plant seedlings and learn how to grow trees that will be planted in our new ISM sponsored 2 hec-

tares of forest! See Mr. Pasamba for more details.

CCV Diaper Drive Starts Monday, November 22ndand concludes Saturday, December 10th. Please

bring donations to your Homebase. The home base with the most diapers gets a Free Dress Day!

CCV Saturday, 11th December- Permission slips now available at MS Guidance.

MS/HS Visual Art- 1169

MS Service and Environmental Learning Coordinator

[email protected]

Service and Environmental Learning News

In order to best serve the ISM Parent Community it is essential that information be quickly dissemi-

nated when necessary. For this reason, the accuracy of your contact details in our data base is of

the utmost importance. Please note that Parent Contact Information must be updated online by

the parent. However submitted information will be screened for correct format and the parent

may be called for clarification. To make any changes or verification in contact information, please

access one of your childrens data file via the ISM website (www.ismanila.org) and then under

Login, click on Powerschool Public Access and enter your Username and Password.

On the page that opens, click on the Demographic Update icon for changing or updating demo-

graphic information. Note that if there are siblings also enrolled in ISM, changes will automatically

be made in the data files of all other enrolled siblings in the same family at the same time.

Updating Parent Contact Information


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Start your Thanksgiving early with ISM-PTAsNEW BOOK FAIR 2010:FEAST WITH BOOKS THIS THANKSGIVING!November 22 26, 2010 (Fine Arts Theater Lobby)7:00 A.M. 4:00 P.M.

A Turkey Breakfast SamplerJoin us as we open this event with a Turkey Breakfastsampler turkey, canapes, apple cider and cranberryjuice! At the same time, get ideas on how to celebrateThanksgiving from the various books available at the NewBook Fair! November 22, 2010 (Monday) @ 7:30 A.M., atthe FAT faade.

Launch of The Thanksgiving Corner --

WHAT AM I GRATEFUL FOR? Poster BoardsOne- or two-liners from our ES kids on what they are

grateful for. Be fascinated with out of the ordinary andremarkable quotes straight from our own kids!

WHERE THE CHILDREN AREA Photo ExhibitBy Ms. Gizela Gonzalez-Montinola, an ISM ParentWhere the Children Are started out with a wish to get toknow better the children of our country, the Philippines.We felt it important to be able to listen to children, oftenunheard, and in so doing allow them to tell their stories:a girl who dances in the mountains, a boy who embroiderspia cloth, children who sell sampaguita, who scavengefor trash, who dive for coins, but also who play classicalviolin under the trees. The majority of the children herelive under trying conditions. Yet they face each day with

a steadiness and lack of resentment many adults would behard-pressed to muster.

THANKSGIVING TRUNKFor every P1000 purchase made, National Bookstore andthe PTA will donate a study kit (with you named as Do-nor), to the ISM Service Learning Program. A total of 600study kits is allocated for this project.

All these plus.

DiscountsFor every purchase you make, you get either get a 10%discount for cash purchases or 5% discount for credit cardpurchases on all non-consignment items.

Special OrdersIf the book that you want is not available at the BookFair, you may request for it from the Customer ServiceDesk at the FAT Lobby. You may also opt to send a listand well process a cost estimate for you. If available inany of their branches, National Bookstore will be happy tosource it for you and bring it to the New Book Fair so youcan avail of the discount! So hurry, and make your listnow! (NBS will only accept lists or special orders untilWednesday, November 24, 2010. Last day of pick up ofbooks ordered will be on November 26, 2010.)

PTA NEW BOOK FAIR

Book Trivia Contests: Question of the DayDifferent questions of the day will be prepared for ES, MSand HS students. The questions will be posted at the dif-ferent school boards and at the Book Fair venue. Answersmay be submitted at designated drop-boxes, via SMS oremail. Winners will be announced the followingday. Check out posters and succeeding bulletins andemail blasts for details. Premium items await the luckywinners!

Dont miss this much-anticipated event, and find earlystocking stuffers at the New Book Fair! We look forwardto seeing you there!

New Book Fair CommitteeYedda RomualdezLia TeMabel Manalac

Frances KramerLiza Van KlaverenYvonne MutucEva Woodruff


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Nederlandse Taal en Cultuur

Vind je het leuk als je kinderen de kans krijgen om op een leuke en educatieve manier

bezig te zijn met de Nederlands Taal en Cultuur?

Wij zijn op zoek naar gezinnen die met ons een Nederlandse naschoolse activiteit willen

starten op ISM.

Als er genoeg belangstelling is kan dit worden uitgebreid naar een officile NTC school.

www.stichtingnob.nl

Wij zoeken ook enthousiaste en/of gekwalificeerd mensen die ons daar mee kunnen

helpen.

We horen graag van je voor 19 November!

Dutch Language and Culture

Would you like your kids to get a chance to learn Dutch Language and Culture in a

Creative and Educational way?

We are looking for Dutch & Belgium Families interested to start a Dutch Language and

Culture After School Activity at ISM.

If there is enough interest it could be expanded to an official NTC school.

www.stichtingnob.nl

We are also looking for enthusiastic and/or qualified people to help us.

We like to hear from you before November 19!

Virginie Vlaminck: 0917 447 2293 ([email protected])

Nelleke Zuiderwijk: 0915 324 0192 ([email protected])

Dutch School Initiative


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Dear Parents,

If you will be withdrawing your child(ren) before the start of the second semester or at some other timebefore the close of this school year, please read the following information carefully.

Withdrawing from International School Manila

First of all, we are sorry that you will be withdrawing, or not re-enrolling, your child in International

School Manila. We hope, however, that their stay, whether for one semester or for many years, was en-

riching and rewarding academically, socially and emotionally.

In order to make the withdrawal process go as smoothly as possible, we would like to remind you of the

following:

STEP 1: Please come by the Admission Office to fill out, sign and return a Withdrawal Notification

Form. The form is also available on the ISM website to download and print and it can also be faxed back to

the Admission Office at 840-8489.

STEP 2: If the student will be withdrawing BEFORE the last day of this school year, parents or stu-

dents need to pick up the following forms from the Admission Office (or download and print the appropriate

form):

The Withdrawal Clearance Slip should be taken to the indicated teachers and offices for

signatures.

High SchoolStudent Withdrawal Clearance Slip (Grades 9-12)

Middle SchoolStudent Withdrawal Clearance Slip (Grades 6-8)

For elementary students, the elementary office will handle the withdrawal clearance form

for them.

To receive the childs YEARBOOK, if withdrawing before the end of the school year, com-

plete and return the correct form to the childs school office for follow-up.

Elementary School Yearbook: ALAALA

Middle School Yearbook: SALINLAHI

High School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

Note that school transcripts and records will be available from the particular school office

approximately 5-working days after the childs last day of attendance at ISM. Please coor-

dinate directly with the particular school office if you require other arrangements.

Withdrawal Procedures from the Admissions Office


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STEP 3: When completed, the Withdrawal Clearance Slip must be taken to the Accounting Office

Cashier. Only after the Accounting Office Cashier has received and signed the completed Withdrawal Clear-

ance Slip will the childs transcript or school records be released from the Elementary, Middle or High

School Office. Please note that one copy of the transcript is provided free of charge, additional copies cost

P100 each, payable at the Cashiers Office before release. Please coordinate directly with the particular

school office if you require more than one copy of school records.

STEP 4: The refund of the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD) will be available approximately 15-

working days after the signed Withdrawal Notification Form, by the parent, is given into the Admission

Office. However, in any event, it cannot be released before the childs last day of attendance at ISM and

the completed Withdrawal Clearance Slip is signed by the Cashier. The refund check can be picked up from

the Accounting Office Cashier only upon return of the original signed FUD certificate. Note that the refund

of the deposit shall only be made to the person or authorized company representative whose name appears

as the certificate holder on the certificate. Please call the Cashier if you have any question about this.

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

and understanding.

If you need help searching for a school at your next location, please try one of the following websites:

http://www.ecis.org/http://www.nais.org/index.cfm

http://www.internationalschools.net/

http://www.eteach.com/hosted/schoolList.asp?list=international

or use a search engine and query independent school search or international school search or private

school search for example

Again, we hope that your child has had a successful and enriching stay at International School Manila and we

wish you and your family the very best in the future. If you have any suggestions or comments about Admis-sion, School Life, and/or Withdrawal, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Gary W. Jerome Margie Endelman

Director of Admission Deputy Director of Admission

[email protected] [email protected]


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The annual Swimathon was run on Saturday, November 6 th, with participants swimming a total of 308 Kilometers.Elementary School swimmers swam 43 Kilometers or 1,752 lapsMiddle school Swimmers swam 59 Kilometers or 2,391 lapsHigh School Swimmers swam 176 kilometers or 7,049 lapsISM Adult Community swam 28 Kilometers or 1,144 Laps

Andy AstfalckHead CoachISM SwimmingISM Swimming Bloghttp://sailfish.ism-online.org

Sailfish Swim Club News


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IMPORTANT: GATE 3 Road closure November 13 until 9:00 A.M.

Due to a fun run being held on the above date there will be no access to ISM campus via Gate 3 from 10:00

P.M. on November 12 until 9:00 A.M. on November 13.

If you are coming to ISM at the above times access to the campus will be via Gate 2. Only limited parking willbe available on the Power Center Car Park (between The HS and MS fields) until the road to Gate 3 reopensat approximately 9:00 A.M.

Parents/Drivers coming to drop students off for the following events please take note of the above and allowfor this in your planning regards campus access and limited parking options for the early part of Saturdaymorning November 13th:

Swim meet at Brent

Touch tournament at Brent

MS ISTA tennis competition

PRADA Table Tennis/Chess competition

ATAC ANNOUNCEMENTS:

GAME SCHEDULE INFORMATION:Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found by going to the GAME SCHED-ULE tab on the ATAC page of the ISM website. You can also access this information via the ES/MS/HS divi-sional web pages. Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many localschools so please check the page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcatsteams are playing. Access to the game schedule page is also available via the ATAC blog. Click on the Bearcatlogo to be directed to the game schedule page. http://atac.ism-online.org

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER: (for ALL match/schedule details check game schedulepage as above)

Basketball/Rugby/Touch season opener vs. Brent in ISM - November 12Touch vs. Brent in Brent - November 13ISTA Tennis Season starts for MS/HS teams from November 13Swim meet in Brent November 13 - CANCELLEDPRADA Table Tennis/Chess in ISM - November 13Nov 18-21 weekend:IASAS Golf exchange in Bangkok - November 18-21Touch Championships in Singapore - November 19-21Rugby exchange in Jakarta - November 19-21Tennis exchange in ISM (SAS/JIS are coming and housing placements are needed-HS tennis teams need tohouse for this exchange. Please get forms in asap or collect from ATAC office) - November 19-20Swim Meet in ISM - November 20GRADE 9/10 EXAM WEEK - November 24-26 (Note no practice for 9/10 graders (Tues 23rd, 24th and 25th) play-ers resume practice Friday, November 26th!Varsity Basketball Tournament in ISM - November 26/27Rugby and Touch - December 4Last Day of School for 2010 December 15th, Noon dismissal

BEARCAT DEN:Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M.Please note after the October Break the den will be opening on Tuesday and Thursday af-ternoons as well from 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Thanks to all our great volunteers.

From the Athletics and Activities Office


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ISTA DRAMA FESTIVAL: UPDATE: We still require 2 placements for the ISTA Drama housing..see below fordetails.ISM is excited to be hosting this years ISTA Middle School Theatre Festival! The International Schools Theatre Associa-tion (ISTA) facilitates two MS festivals each year in Asia, which provide an amazing opportunity for international stu-

dents from around the world to engage in new theatrical experiences and to develop skills that will deepen their pas-sion for performance. As a school, ISM has been a proud supporter and participator of ISTA, and we now have the op-portunity to give the participants an experience they will never forget! We will be hosting the first ever Musical Thea-tre ISTA festival, and we are very excited about welcoming other international students to the Philippines and to ourwonderful school.

The ISM ISTA Festival will take place November 19-21 (Friday to Sunday), and will involve as many as 100 students fromother countries, as well as our own ISM participants. As with any event, the whole ISM community has the opportunityto get involved in this Middle School event. The most significant way for the ISM community to get involved is to pro-vide housing for the visiting students. If you are able to host some students, you may contact the ATAC Office and/orthe Fine Arts Office at [email protected] and/or [email protected] . Most guests will arrive on November 18thand will depart on either November 21st or 22nd. If you would like to help out with organization or facilitation duringthe ISTA Festival, you may also contact Vicki Close in the Fine Arts Office ([email protected]) for more details on howyou can help.

More information about ISTA can be found at http://www.ista.co.uk/

We look forward to this fantastic event, and this excellent opportunity for ISM to show Manila proud!

Vicki Close John Mulhall Mark PekinPerforming Arts Director MS Drama Faculty ATAC Director

ISTA Drama Festival Update


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Calendar for School Year 2011-2012

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