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15 January 2016Volume 10
ES PARENT BULLETINInternational School Manila
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
JAN
20, 27 Wednesday Morning Student Late Start8:30AM
29Parent Bulletin3rd Quarter Assembly, 8 - 9AM, FAT
FEB
2 Kathy Collins Parent Coffee7:45 - 9AM, Little Theater
3 Grade 4 - 5 Parent Transition Meeting5 - 6 PM, FAT
3, 10, 17,24
Wednesday Morning Student Late Start8:30AM
12 Parent Bulletin
16, 17 Parent Teacher Conferences,Early Student Release @ 12PM
19 Sports Day
20 Start of Kinder AFAC
From e ESSS dminist ationWelcome Back
We hope you have had a great start to 2016 and that this year will prove to be a successful one for our en re community. Over the
past weeks we have welcomed 12 new students into the
Elementary School with another 3 expected over the coming
week. On Tuesday we held a coff ee morning to welcome all the
new families into ISM, including those families that have arrived
since September last year.
As well as the opportunity to meet some of the Elementary team
leaders and our PCA, we also talked broadly about two key
ideas. The rst was the concept of transi on and how we
experience this whenever we enter into something new, whether
this be a job, class, organiza on, school or country. We shared our
experiences and also acknowledged that transi on looks diff erent
for everyone and can occur at diff erent mes for us all. We then
talked about ‘learning’ at ISM and started to frame what this
‘looks like’ and ‘feels like’. We used a quote by Lev Vygotsky, the
Russian psychologist, to provoke some discussion, ‘Children grow
into the intellectual life around them.’ This led into a conversa on around crea ng a culture of thinking in our classrooms and homes
and most importantly, the no on of ‘who is doing the thinking?’
Are we crea ng opportuni es for discourse where our students
are doing the thinking or are we, the adults, doing the cogni ve
work?
Thank you to all those who a ended and a special thank you to
the members of our PCA who joined us for the morning and gave
so freely of their me to welcome our new families into our
community.
Emergency Phone Tree
On occasions, usually due to typhoon warning signals, we need to contact our en re school community, a er hours, in
order to advise of school closures or altered class mings. In such situa ons, we always operate on mul ple
communica on pla orms in order to ensure our message gets through. We have a ‘text blast’ system, class teachers sendclass email updates, messages are posted on our website and PCA social media pages, as well as individual class phone
tree systems. The class phone tree is ac vated by the class teacher, who will call the rst person on the tree and pass on
the message. It is then their responsibility to call the next person on the tree and so on. Our goal is for all members of our community to receive the most accurate informa on they can, as fast as they can. Your support in helping your class
phone tree run smoothly is greatly appreciated. con nued on page
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Campus Card Corner
Lost Campus Card
If you lose your campus card, report it immediately to
the Security Offi ce so they can block your card from
being used. If it is not returned and you are required to
get a new one, don’t worry about your account bal ‐
ance because it remains intact in the system and will s ll re ect once you get a new card.
For more informa on, visit:
h p://campusonline.ismanila.org
For ques ons/concerns, email:
campuscard@ismanila.org
con nued from page 1
Kathy Collins
From Friday 29th January to Wednesday 3rd February, we will be hos ng world renowned reading and wri ng
specialist, Kathy Collins. Kathy is the author of Reading for Real: Teach Children to Read With Power, Inten on, and Joy in K ‐3 Classrooms (Stenhouse, 2008) and Growing Readers: Units of Study in Primary Classrooms (Stenhouse, 2004). She
has also worked closely with the Teachers College Reading and Wri ng Project at Columbia University, and has been a
rst grade teacher in Brooklyn, New York. Kathy will be hos ng a parent coff ee morning on Tuesday 2nd February,
from 7:45am ‐ 9:00am in the LT, where she will be talking about how we can support our children as they develop their
skills in reading and wri ng. Please come and join us on this morning.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Adam Campbe l Michael Rou
r
keElementary Principal Elementary Assistant Principal
Dear ISM CommunityWhat do you do with all of your recy ‐
cled items? The ES Art Department
would appreciate your help in
strengthening our classroom resource
collec on. We are accep ng dona ons
of: paper towel rolls, toilet rolls, old t ‐
shirts, cereal boxes, corks, plas c con ‐
tainers, toys, and boxes. Please make
sure that everything is cleaned and
dry before dona ng. Thank you for
your help!
The ES Art Team
From the ES Art Team
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From the ATAC Office
The S2 prac ce schedule which runs un l the end of January is posted on no ce boards around school and on the ATAC blog
schedules page.
Season 3 (S3) tryouts will begin rst week of Feb, announcements will be posted on no ce boards and on ATAC blog schedules
page Fri Jan 15th. ATAC S3 sports for MS are Badminton, Track&Field, Mixed Touch and Co‐ed So ball. For HS S3 sports are Golf, Track&Field, So ball and Badminton.
Upcoming events:
Jan 15 HS Basketball teams at Brent
Jan 16 Puma Touch League Finals at Brent (all teams)
Jan 16 ISM HS swim invita onal
Jan 20 IASAS Send off assembly/send off lunch.
Jan 27 ‐31 IASAS Rugby/Touch at JIS, Tennis at ISB, Swimming at SAS, Basketball at ISKL Feb 1‐5 S3 tryouts week for MS/HS teams
Feb 11 S2 HS sports awards night
For our Sail sh swim team program please check the Sail sh blog for informa on. h p://sail sh.ism ‐online.org/
Please note the prac ce mes for ATAC programs for SY 15 ‐16 are as follows: ATAC all year round teams ‐ 3:15 ‐4:30. See schedule
for our All year round teams program
All HS seasonal teams prac ce from 3:05 ‐ 4:50pm each day. MS seasonal teams prac ce 3:15 ‐4:45pm. In order to clear the cam ‐
pus prior to 5pm all a er school programs will conclude by 4:50pm or earlier. The last bus is 4:55pm this is due to the ever in‐
creasing traffi c concerns in our area.
The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athle cs Coordinator) gives the most up to date
informa on on where/when and who our Bearcat teams will be playing throughout the school year. Access to the game schedule
is now via the ISM parent portal not via power school as in the past. A naviga on guide is available here: h p://atac.ism ‐
online.org/ les/2011/08/ATAC ‐Game ‐Schedule ‐Users ‐Guide.pdf . Access the parent portal via this link: h p://203.177.92.107/
ParentPortal/LogInCommunity.aspx , log in with your user name/password and then look for the ATAC Game Schedule tab under the le side quick links. Don't forget to refresh the pdf page each me it opens so you access the most current schedule. Please
note this schedule does change o en and at short no ce due to involvement with many local schools and organiza ons. Check it
regularly for the most up to date informa on. For security purposes access to the ATAC game schedule pdf must be linked via the
secure parent portal and details should not be shared with non ISM community members.
Bearcat Den ‐ drop by our fantas c spirit store. Bearcat Den hours of opera on ‐ 7am ‐4pm Mon ‐Fri.
Regards,
Mark Pekin Athletic Director
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A few reminders from Operations and Security
Access and parking within the campus are important security and safety issues. For the well ‐being of all members of the ISM com ‐
munity, those entering the school campus are requested to take note of the informa on and procedures outlined below.
Vehicular Access
During drop ‐off and pick‐up mes, vehicles may enter the campus through Gates 2 and 3. Those entering through Gate 2 should
proceed to the drop off area and, once the student has alighted or boarded, they should exit via Gate 1. Those vehicles entering
through Gate 3 must turn into the covered parking area and use the designated drop ‐off areas. All vehicles must exit through Gate
1.
Please note that Gate 2 may only be used by those drivers and passengers who have an ISM ID card and who are in a vehicle dis ‐
playing a valid ISM vehicle s cker.
Alterna vely, vehicles entering through Gate 3 may park in the covered car park. The spaces reserved for parent ‐driven cars
should only be used by those vehicles which are driven by parents themselves. Vehicles in which parents are traveling, but which
are driven by a driver, should not use these spaces. Rather, they should park elsewhere in the covered car park or make use of the
outside spaces next to the power center.
Visitors to ISM must enter through Gate 3. There is an area for short ‐stay visitor parking near Gate 1.
The Pedestrian Gate
The pedestrian gate is located in the perimeter fence mid ‐way between Gate 1 and Gate 2. There is a paved area between the
road and the perimeter fence, allowing easy access to the gate. The pedestrian gate is solely for the entry of members of the ISM
Community at the beginning of the school day. It will only be open between 7:00 am and 7:45 am (8:00 am to 8:45 am on
Wednesdays). Due to parking restric ons, and in the interests of security, it will not be open in the a ernoon for pick‐ups. During
the me it is open, it will be under the supervision of members of the ISM Guard Force.
Drivers should
stop
adjacent
to
the
paved
area
and
students
should
alight
from
the
right
side
of
their
vehicle.
The
driver
should
then move off , clearing the space for other vehicles dropping off students. Under no circumstances should a student be dropped
off from the middle lane. This is dangerous as the student would need to walk in front of another vehicle. Drivers are reminded
that tra ffic regula ons forbid parking on the roads around ISM. Therefore, vehicles should only be stopping for the brief me it
takes for a student to alight. Drivers must not wait for anybody to return to the vehicle.
ID Cards
ID cards should be worn at all mes while on campus. If you have not been issued an ID card, or you have lost it, you should obtain
one by visi ng the security offi ce and comple ng the appropriate applica on form.
Vehicle Checks
The prac ce of inspec ng vehicles will con nue. During off‐ peak hours, all vehicles will be checked before they are allowed to en ‐ter the campus.
During peak hours (drop off and pick‐up mes), all vehicles without valid s ckers and randomly selected vehicles with s ckers will be asked to undergo an examina on.
Whether an examina on is conducted or not, it is important that the security sta ff at the gates are able to iden fy the occupants of vehicles entering the campus; therefore IDs must be clearly displayed. Vehicles with nted windows must roll down windows to
allow a clear view of the interior of the vehicle.
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Drivers, Helpers and Bodyguards
Drivers, helpers and bodyguards should not wait on campus for students throughout the school day. A er dropping off students
they should exit the school grounds and not return earlier than 30 minutes before dismissal me. Those who repeatedly fail to
comply with the regula on will have their access privilege suspended.
Only those vehicles carrying parents or other people with business within the school will be allowed to return to the campus before
the scheduled pick‐up me.
There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas, helpers and security escorts to wait for parents and students. Unless
speci cally authorized, they may not enter any other area. In the interest of security, and to prevent conges on at the pedestrian
entrances to the covered parking area, parents are requested to emphasize to their employees the importance of coopera ng with
the security sta ff and remaining in the appropriate areas.
Termina on of Employment
In the event of the termina on of service of a family employee, parents are asked to secure the former employee’s ISM ID card and
return it
to
the
Security
offi
ce. If
this
is
not
possible,
it
is
important
that
the
Security
Offi
ce is
s ll
informed
of
the
change
of
circum
‐
stances.
Firearms
All members of the ISM community are reminded that it is strictly forbidden for rearms to be brought onto the campus. This in‐
cludes concealed weapons carried by bodyguards for close protec on. Any person arriving at the school with a rearm should in‐
form the gate guard, and arrangements will be made for the weapon to be safely and securely stored during the visitor’s stay.
Security Sta ff Direc ons
Our security team is endeavoring to make the school as safe and secure an environment as possible for all members of our commu ‐
nity.
We ask that everybody cooperate with us in this important task. In par cular, all those entering our campus are requested to com ‐
ply with any direc ons given to them by members of our guard force.
If you are confused or unclear as to the purpose of such instruc ons, please seek clari ca on from the security office. Please note
that it is the parents’ responsibility to advise their sta ff accordingly.
Thank you for your coopera on. We are looking forward to another great year at Interna onal School Manila.
Best wishes,
Mike FlynnDirector
Opera ons & Security
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FROM THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
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From the Guidance Office
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FROM THE PCA OFFICE
This year’s PCA INTERNATIONAL NIGHT will be held on Friday, March 18th at 6pm. The evening will beginwith a 60-minute SHOWCASE of music and dance from our diverse ISM community. Following the show,guests will be invited to our INTERNATIONAL BUFFET to sample cuisine from all around the world. Ticketsprices are P500.00 per person (inclusive of buffet).
PCA would like to invite representatives from our community’s diverse cultural groups to attend our first plan-ning meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 26th at 8:00am in Lofthouse B.
All countries are invited to participate in our PCA International Night - whether you are a group or a single rep-resentative.To confirm your participation or for further information, please email PCA@ismanila.org
See you on January 26th for our first meeting!
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