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30 January 2015Volume 11

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

FEB

3K-12 Parent Workshop - Third Culture Kids,

7:45 - 9:30 (LT)

4, 11, 18,

25Wednesday Morning Student Late Start ,

8.30AM

4Grade 4-5 Parent Transition Meeting, 5 - 6PM

(FAT)

6Childrens Musical Theater (FAT)

Family and Community Viewing at 6PM

10, 11Parent Teacher Student Conference # 2

Early Release 12NN

13 Sports Day

18Kathy Collins Parent Coffee, 8:30 - 10:30AM

(LT)

19 Faculty In-Service: No Classes

20 School Holiday: No Classes

13, 27 Parent Bulletin

25 National Holiday: EDSA Revolution

26MAP Information Parent Coffee, 7:45 - 9AM

(Rm2123)

From e ESSS dministation

Pracce with Understanding

OnWednesdayweheldaMathemacsmorningwhichwas

aendedbyover250ofourcommunity.Ourpurposewas

twofold:

ForyoutoexperiencesomeMathemacsinyourchilds

class

ForustosharehowchildrenlearnMathemacs

IndiscussinghowchildrenlearnMathemacs,wefocusedon

howstudentsneedtobeempoweredwithastrong

foundaonofunderstandinginmathemacalconcepts,

ratherthanjustanexclusivefocusonprocessandskills. One

ofthekeyelementstohighlightisthatthisisnotaneither

orsituaon. Conceptualunderstandingdoesnotcomeat

theexpenseofpracce. Yourchildrendoneedtopracce

certainmathemacalskillsandcomputaons. However,

pracce,memorisaonanddrillingdonotformthebasisof

theenreMathcurriculum. Rather,intandemwith

praccingourrecallofmathfacts,thereisanexplicitfocusonthesharinganddocumenngofmathemacalthinking

andmulplestrategies.

Wewanttoprovidemathemacalexperiencesforyour

children,whicharerichinrealworldapplicaon,andwhich

giveampleopportunityforthemtopraccecertain

skills. Ourgoalforallourstudentsismathemacalfluency

withanabilitytosolveproblemsefficiently. Todothis,

studentsrequirespeedandaccuracywithinthestrategies

theyareulizing.

SteveLeinwand,

visi

ngMathema

csconsultant

toISM

from

AmericanResearchInstute,reiteratedinbothhisparent

coffeemorningandindiscussionswithourfaculty,the

imperaveofbridgingthegapbetweenhome,schooland

realworldMathemacs. Partofthisprogressionis

developingacommonlanguagebetweenall,witheveryone

pushingourstudentstoreallythinkaboutthemathemacal

skillstheyareapplying.

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Someofthesimple,yetverypowerfullanguagewecanalluseis:

Proveit

Convinceme

Showmehowyouknow

ThankyoutoallwhoaendedonWednesday,andtoourenrecommunityforconnuingtobeinvolvedinthisdiscour

aswesupportyourchildrenwiththeirMathemacsatISM.

PleasefindbelowalinktothearclebySteveLeinwand,whichwereadatthecoffeemorning.

hp://goo.gl/MskOjw

Haveawonderfulweekend.

Adam Campbel Michael RourkeElementary Principal Elementary Assistant Principal


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Leaving ISM?

PleaseberemindedthatparentsareobligedtoofficiallyinformtheSchoolinwringthroughaWITHDRAWALNOTIFICA

TIONFORMiftheirchildrenwillnotbereturninginAugustforSchoolYear201516.Familiesareencouragedtosubmit

theWithdrawalNoficaonForm,stangthestudent'sfinaldateofaendance,immediately. FormsmustbesubmiedonorbeforeMay8.FailuretosubmittheforminamelymannermayleadtoadeduconofUS$1,000fromtheFaciliesUpgrade

Deposit(FUD),incompensaonforhavingheldaspaceforyourchild,prevenngtheSchoolfromofferingthatspacetoanother

candidate.

TheWithdrawalNoficaonFormcanbeobtainedfromtheAdmissionsOfficeordirectlyfromtheISMwebsiteunderAdmission>

ReEnrollment&Withdrawal>Withdrawals

PleasefeelfreetocontacttheAdmissionsofficeat840.8601forquesonsorclarificaons.

Thankyou,

OfficeofAdmissionsandAdvancement

From e Ofce of dmissions and dvancement

Professional Development


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From e T C Ofce

HardemanCup:Congratulaons JVBoys,JVgirlsandVarsity

girlsfortakingouttheHardemanCupBasketballTournament

thisyearhostedlastweekendbyFaithAcademy.OurVBoys

basketballteamalsoplaced3rd,soagreatweekendforBearcatsBasketball.

Upcomingmatches:seelinksforphotos,livestreamsandre

sults

IASASTennisatISManilawww.iasas.asia

IASASRugby/Touch/Swimming atISBangkokwww.iasas.asia

IASASBasketballatTaipeiTASwww.iasas.asia

Thankyouverymuchtoallfamiliesforyourhospitalityto

houseourvisingtennisathletes.Itisgreateventforour

communityhostedatthebesttennisvenueinIASAS.Please

comealongtosupportourteamsastheystrivetodefend

theirtles.Theboysandgirlsteamsaredefending3and4

mechampions.ComeouttoseethefinalsacononSatur

day.GoBearcatsTennisteams!

OurotherIASASteamsareworkingveryhardoverseasfor

Rugby/TouchandSwimminginBangkokandBasketballinTai

pei.Keepuptodatewiththeirprogressatwww.iasas.asia. for

results,photosandlivestreamacon.

Itisanexcingmecomingupwiththeendofseason2and

thestartofseason3justaroundthecorner.Season3pracce

andtryoutsschedulehavebeenpostedonnoceboardsand

ontheATACblog.Season3sportsforHSareTrack&Field,

Soball,BadmintonandGolf.MSdothesamesportsinseason3withtheexceponofgolf.

PleasenotethepraccemesforthefollowingATACpro

grams:ATACallyearroundteams 3:154:30.Sailfish/

GymnascsandallHSseasonalteamsnowconcludepracce

at4:50pmeachday.MSseasonalteams3:104:45pm.Thelast

busisnow4:55pmandallaerschoolprogramswillconclude

by4:50pminordertotryandclearthecampusprior

to5pmduetotheeverincreasingtrafficconcernsinourarea.

Parentsandstudentspleasetakesomemetoperusethe

ATACblogithasawidevarietyofinformaonandlinkstoour

sportsandacviesprogram.Ifyouhaveanyquesonsre

gardingthecompeveprogramofsportsatISMaerread

ingtheinformaonontheblogpleasesendanemail

[email protected]

bestIcan.

BearcatDen dropbyourfantascspiritstore.Thereisa

rangeofnewproductsanditemstopurchaseincludingitems

fromourservicepartners.BearcatDenhoursofoperaon

7am4pmMonFri.

TheATACgameschedulepdfwhichisupdatedregularlyby

TrizGonzalez(ATACAthlecsCoordinator)givesthemostupto

dateinformaononwhere/whenandwhoourBearcatteamswill

beplayingthroughouttheschoolyear.Accesstothegamesched

uleisviatheISMparentportal.Usethislinktoaccesstheparentportal,loginwithyourusername/passwordandlookforthe

ATACGameScheduletab.Remembertorefreshthepagewhen

thepdfscheduleappearssoyouviewthemostcurrentschedule.

GO BEARCATS!

Mark PekinAthletic Director


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SPORTS DAY

ES Sports day is coming up onFriday, February 13, we

look forward to seeing everyone and we also need

your photographic help and talents. We would like two

parents per grade level to follow that grade levelaround for the day taking action shots. These will then

be used in the Closing Ceremony slide shows on the

day. If you are interested please contact Steve

McCallum ([email protected]) ASAP to go

through the protocols for taking photos and getting

them to the upload lab in time to edit . We still have

vacancies in all grade levels.

AFAC OFFICE

Dear Parents,

We are pleased to inform that we're opening two after-

school activities for Grade 2 students.

Soccer for Girls

(Wednesdays, 2:15-3:15pm at the Covered Court)

Little Einsteins

(Wednesdays, 2:15-3:15pm at Room 2126, with a fee of

Php 1500)

Please email the AFAC office ([email protected]) shouldyou wish to enroll your Grade 2 child in one of these

activities.

IASAS TENNIS SCHEDULE


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