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27 February 2015Volume 13

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

MAR

4, 11, 18,

25Wednesday Morning Student Late Start ,

8.30AM

9 - 13 Grade 2 - 4 Spotlight on Specials

13, 27 Parent Bulletin

20 ESL Afternoon Tea

31 International Day

APR

1 - 10 School Holiday: No Classes

15, 22, 29Wednesday Morning Student Late Start ,

8.30AM

20 - 24 Art Exhibit Week (FAT Lobby)

21Student-Led Conferences

Early Release at 12nn

24 Parent Bulletin

From e ESSS dminist ation

Healthy Relaonships at ISM

This year one of our School‐Wide Priories has been to focus

on student well‐being:

Student safety and well‐being will be reviewed during the

2014‐15 school year. The purpose of the goal is to enhance

safety at ISM, to educate students about their own

responsibility for being safe, and to encourage the growth of

a culture that supports posive and healthy relaonships among the various ISM stakeholders.

On Tuesday, we held a parent coff ee morning to share the

development of our curriculum in this area. This aernoon a

detailed summary of this session has been circulated to all

Elementary parents including specific details of learning

outcomes (targets) for every grade level. We believe this

work is fundamental to the safety and well‐being of our

students and we appreciate your support as we move from

the wrien work into the teaching and learning aspect over

the next months.

Grades 2, 3 and 4: Spotlight on Specials

We recently held a Mathemacs morning, consisng of a

parent informaon session followed by an open invitaon

into our classrooms to experience Mathemacs learning at

ISM. From 9th to 13th March, we will be hosng our

‘Spotlight on Specials’ week in the Elementary for Grades 2, 3

and 4. During this week parents have another open

invitaon to aend and be a part of the learning in their

children’s Art, Music and PE classes. No appointments are

necessary so please just turn up at the venues ready for

some learning and some fun. Class teachers will be emailing

parents next week with specialist class mes and locaons.

Adam Campbe l Michael Rou r keElementary Principal Elementary Assistant

Principal


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Child r en’ s Media Cente r

The Children's Media Centre will no longer be

manually stamping due dates on the inside of

books. Therefore, our system has been updated

such that patrons will receive an automated

email each Monday informing them of all itemschecked out to their account. This email will in-

dicate due dates and notify of any overdue mate-

rial.

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.


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Leaving ISM?

Please be reminded that parents are obliged to officially inform the School in wring through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICA‐

TION FORM if their children will not be returning in August for School Year 2015‐16. Families are encouraged to submit

the Withdrawal Noficaon Form, stang the student's final date of aendance, immediately. Forms must be submied on or before May 8. Failure to submit the form in a mely manner may lead to a deducon of US$ 1,000 from the Facilies Upgrade

Deposit (FUD), in compensaon for having held a space for your child, prevenng the School from off ering that space to another

candidate.

The Withdrawal No fi ca on 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 quesons or clarificaons.

Thank you,

Office of Admissions and Advancement

From e Of ce of dmissions and dvancement

From e T C Of ce

The pracce schedule for season 3 is posted on noce boards and on the ATAC blog. Season 3 will run from Feb 9th to March 31st.

Well done to the VGirls soball team who defeated Brent last Friday 17‐4.

Upcoming Dates:

Feb 27: V/JV soball vs Brent from 4:15pm

Feb 28: MS Track training 8‐11am/HS Track training 2‐5pm

Feb 28: Badminton MS&HS teams at Brent

Feb 28: Golf team at Southlinks

Feb 28: VGirls and JV Boys ASSL League at Ateneo

Mar 1: ASSL Varisty Division playoff s at ISM

Mar 6: Twilight track meet at ISM

Saturday Community Tennis for semester 2 has now commenced again. See link for informaon on dates and how to book. Use of

the courts is only available to ISM community members. Outside guests are not allowed hp://atac.ism‐online.org/atac/saturday‐

community‐tennis/

Please note the pracce mes for the following ATAC programs: ATAC all year round teams‐ 3:15‐4:30. Sailfish/Gymnascs and all

HS seasonal teams now conclude pracce at 4:50pm each day. MS seasonal teams 3:10‐4:45pm. The last bus is now 4:55pm and all

aer school programs will conclude by 4:50pm in order to try and clear the campus prior to 5pm due to the ever increasing traffic

concerns in our area.

GO BEARCATS!

Ma r k PekinAthletic Director


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