Student Bulletin Nov 5

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International School of ManilaOctober 21, 2010

Scheduled College Visits

College Representative Location Date Loyola University Chicago Mary de Villiers Room 1057 11/10/10 11:30 AMRice University Grace Panares (Alumna) HSGO 11/23/10 11:25 AMAustralian Fair for students - LT 11/24/10 11:30 AMAustralian Fair for Parents and Students - LT 11/24/10 5:30 PM

HS Calendar:

Monday, November

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Geography Field Trip (Taal Volcano)

Tuesday, November 9: HS Parent Coffee Academic Bowl

Wednesday, November 10: Student Late Start IASAS MUN (Singapore American School)

Thursday, November 11: 90 th Anniversary Celebration Show (FAT)

IASAS MUN (Singapore American School)

Friday, November 12: IASAS MUN (Singapore American School) 90 th Anniversary Gala Dinner (Manila Polo Club)

Saturday, November 13: K12 Dance Recital (FAT) Saturday Service CCV

Upcoming Events: November 17: IB2 Full EE Draft Due

November 18

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IASAS

Golf

Exchange

(ISB)

November 19 21: Pre IASAS Rugby (JIS), Touch (SAS) and Tennis (ISM) November 24 26: Grade 9 & 10 Exams

FROM THE GUIDANCE OFFICE:

REMINDERS:

*EXTEMP TEAM: If you are interested in joining theExtemp team (extemporaneous team) email Ms. Pavic [email protected] to set up a time for the initial speech.Thank you.

*IMPORTANT:GATE 3 Road closure November 13 until 9 am. Due to a fun run being held on the above date there will be no access to ISM campus via Gate 3 from 10 pm on November 12 until 9 am 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 will be available on the Power Center Car Park (between The HS and MS fields) until the road to Gate 3 reopens at approximately 9:00 am.

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

Swim meet at Brent Touch tournament at Brent MS ISTA tennis competition PRADA Table Tennis/Chess competition

*All Parents are invited to the HS Parent Coffee

When: November 9, TuesdayTime: 9:30 - 11:00 amVenue: Little TheaterWe hope to see you there!!

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FROM THE DUTCH COMMUNITY: 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 atISM. 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] )

FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:

ISTA FESTIVAL:ISM is excited to be hosting this years ISTA Middle School Theatre Festival! The International Schools TheatreAssociation (ISTA) facilitates two MS festivals each year in Asia, which provide an amazing opportunity forinternational students from around the world to engage in new theatrical experiences and to develop skills that will

deepen their passion for performance. As a school, ISM has been a proud supporter and participator of ISTA, and wenow have the opportunity to give the participants an experience they will never forget! We will be hosting the first everMusical Theatre ISTA festival, and we are very excited about welcoming other international students to the Philippinesand to our wonderful school.

The ISM ISTA Festival will take place November 19-21 (Friday to Sunday), and will involve as many as 100 studentsfrom other countries, as well as our own ISM participants. As with any event, the whole ISM community has theopportunity to get involved in this Middle School event. The most significant way for the ISM community to getinvolved is to provide housing for the visiting students. If you are able to host some students, you may contact theATAC Office and/or the Fine Arts Office at [email protected] and/or [email protected] . Most guests willarrive on November 18 th and will depart on either November 21 st or 22 nd . If you would like to help out withorganization or facilitation during the ISTA Festival, you may also contact Vicki Close in the Fine Arts Office([email protected] ) for more details on how you 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

BEARCAT DEN:Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm and 2:30pm 4:00pm. Please note after the October Break the den will beopening on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons as well from 2:30-4pm. Thanks to all our great volunteers.


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ATAC ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME SCHEDULE INFORMATION: Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found by going to the GAME SCHEDULE tab on theATAC page of the ISM website. You can also access this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages. Please note thegame schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to findout the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Access to the game schedule page is alsoavailable via the ATAC blog. Click on the Bearcat logo to be directed to the game schedule page.http://atac.ism-online.org

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES NOV/DEC: (for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule page as above) Sailfish Swimathon Nov 6 Basketball and Rugby season opener v Brent at ISM Nov 12 Touch season opener v Brent at Brent Nov 13 ISTA Tennis Season starts for MS/HS teams from Nov 13 Swim meet at Brent Nov 13 PRADA Table Tennis/Chess at ISM Nov 13 Nov 18 21 weekend: IASAS Golf exchange at Bangkok Nov 18 21 Touch Championships at Singapore Nov 1921 Rugby exchange at Jakarta Nov 19 21 Tennis exchange at ISM (SAS/JIS are coming and housing placements are needed HS tennis teams need to house

for this exchange please get forms in asap or collect from ATAC office) Nov 1920 Swim Meet at ISM Nov 20 GRADE 9/10 EXAM WEEK Nov 2426 (Note no practice for 9/10 graders (Tues 23 rd , 24 th and 25 th ) players resume

practice Friday Nov 26 th ! Varsity Basketball Tournament at ISM Nov 26/27 Rugby and Touch Dec 4 Last Day of School for 2010 DEC 15 th Noon dismissal


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