es parent bulletin vol#18 2012 may 11

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11 May 2012Volume 18

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

MAY

12 K-12 Dance Recit al @3pm, Fine Arts Theatre

16, 23,30

Student Late Start @8.30am

21 AFAC Recital - All St rings @3.30pm, AMR

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ES Parent Bullet in

Last day of Aft er School Activi t ies

1st Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase -Grade 2 @3pm, AMR

281st Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase -

Grade 3 & 4 @2.45pm, AMR

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Grade 4 Moving-On Ceremony @8am, Fine

Arts Theatre

Early Student Release @12pm

Distribution of Section Cards, Accounting

Office

End of Semester 2

22AFAC Recital - Wind Inst rument & ES Choir @

3.30pm, AMR

From the ES Administrationrom the ES AdministrationDear Element ary School Parent s,

Is There Really a Human Race Someti mes it s bet t er not t o go fast . There are

beaut iful sight s t o be seen when your e

last . Shouldn t i t be t hat you j ust t ry your

best? And t hat s more import ant t han beat ing the

rest? Shouldn t it be looking back at t he end that

you judge your own race by the help t hat you

lend? (Jamie Lee Curt is & Laura Cornell, 2006)

Too often we are pre-\occupied with the destination

and lose sight of the journey. This morning in

assembly we read the book from which the quote

above is taken. At t his t ime of year, wit h many of us

start ing to think about new grade levels, new classes

and even new schools and countr ies, it is poignant

for us all to press pause as we oft en do in our

classrooms, and take a moment t o enjoy the here

and now. Transit ion is a challenge for us all and one

that we all experience at various stages in our

li fe. At ISM, we are extremely cognizant of our

context and want to support all our students, parents

and teachers as they transit ion f rom one year to the

next. Equall y, we don t want school to be viewed as

a race to the end, but rather a journey that should

be savored at every interval.

We hope that as a communit y we can all enj oy the

next three weeks together and celebrate what has

been achieved this year, how we have supported

each other wi thin our learning communit ies and also

take a moment to reflect on our j ourneys thus far.

Adam CampbellElementary Principal

Michael RourkeElementary Asst . Principal


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From the Music Teamrom the Music Team1

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Annual Junior Bearcat

Talent Showcase!

Hi everyone! Some of ISMs Grade 2, 3 and 4 stu-

dents have such a passion for music that they have

asked for a venue to showcase their special talents,

therefore we are excited to announce ISMs 1st

Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase!We are

thrilled to report that more than 60 participants

have signed up and auditioned for this special

event! Due to this overwhelming student response and with careful consideration given to thelarge number of end-of-year activities taking place on campus, the Showcase will be held on two

separate dates:

A program participant roster is included in this bulletin and will be posted outside the AMR during

the event. This is a non-competitive event and all participants will receive a Certificate of Partici-pation. Cameras and videos are welcomed and encouraged so everyone has a lifelong memory to

take home with them.

Hope to see you there!

ES Music Team

EVENT DATE TIME VENUEGrade 2 Talent Showcase Friday, May 25th 3:00pm-4:00pm AMR

Grade 3 & 4 Talent Showcase Monday, May 28th 2:45pm-5:00pm AMR

PLEASE HELP US BUY A TETHERBALL

FOR PCF!!

In Grade 4, weve been learning about ChildRights and we want to help uphold otherchildrens right to play. We collaboratedwith PCF School in Tondo this year andwhen we visited them, we found out thatthey play on their rooftop and the soccerballs keep falling into the Pasig River. Weare trying to raise enough money to buyPCF school a tetherball. To do this, we wrote

a book of poetry. We will be selling ourbook on May 14th -16th outside the MiddleSchool Cafeteria from 10.00 10.30 and12.00 12.20. It only costs 150Php.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE ADORABLEMONSTERS (Grade 4 Walshe)!

THANK YOU!

From the Grade 4 Teamrom the Grade 4 Team


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GRADE 2

1. Ian (Win)

2. Shyrine (Pow)

3. Noxy.Yirang (Riv)

4. Matteo (Win)

5. Anushka (Dup)

6. EllaChristine (Riv)

7. Shayaan (Win)8. Ellery (Rea)

9. Alice.Romaysa (Riv)

10. Chloe (Rea)

11. Yong Hyun (Win)

12. Michael (Rea)

13. Tia (Dup)

14. Mercedes.Norbu. Mis-

haa.Nubaha.Nadia.Jacky.

Jade.Moe (Win)

15. Yerin (Zul)

16. Raina.Emma (Pow)

17. Dylan H. (Riv)

18. Etta (Zul)

19. Sarah.Angela (Riv)

20. Dishita.Saanvi (Zul.Pow)

GRADE 3

1. Lizzy (Sho)

2. Jem.An.Arwen. (McG)

3. Annika (Ham)

4. Ivan (McG)

5. Megan (McG)

6. Annabelle.Elena (Sho)

7. Nika (Ham)8. Yejin (Ham)

9. Srimayaa.Risliana.Sagarika

(Ham)

10. Ryoma (Sho)

11. Kimberly (ONe)

12. Francesca (Ham)

13. Laura (McG)

14. Grace (ONe)

15. KC (Ham)

16. Kevin (Ham)

17. Zakary.Miranda (ONe)

GRADE 4

1. Alaina.Elena.Kayla.Aleah

(Wal.Mar)

2. Aneek (Coo)

3. Alaina (Wal)

4. Travis (Mar)

5. Demi.Sofia (Mar.Wal)

6. Adam (Pat)7. Lexi.Nathalie (JO.McE)

8. Seba.Joaquin (Mar)

9. Marlijn.Danielle.JeeJee.Sam

(Cos)

10. Hayley.Pari (Coo)

11. Derek (Pat)

12. Sabina (McE)

13. Stella.Ashley (Cos)

14. Kimberly.Adam.Justin

(ONe.Pat.McE)

15. Bryan.Keerthana (JO)

16. Cheska (JO)

17. Asha.Catalina. Ishani.Victoria

(Coo)

18. Jenny (Coo)

19. Sudhanvita. Sofia.Jessica.

Muskaan.Samira. Patricia.Marin

(Pat.Sho)

20. Marty.Ivan.Bradley.Matthew

(McE)

1st Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase Program


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From the Childrens Media Centerrom the Childrens Media CenterCMC

Endof

Year

Schedule

TheCMChasbeenaverybusyplaceovertheyearandithasbeenarealpleasureseeing

somanypeoplefromallpartsoftheschoolcommunityusingtheresources.

Itisnowthetimeofyearwhenborrowingendsandwestartcallinginallourresources.

Belowistheendofyearschedule;pleasenotethatthelastdayforborrowingisThursday,

May

17

and

that

all

items

are

due

back

by

Friday,

May

18.

Eventhoughtheshelveswillbeclosedforuse,thelibraryspacewillremainopenuntilthe

lastday.Also,thecomputerswillcontinuetobeavailableforuse.

Goodbyeandgoodlucktothosewhoaremovingon,andforthosewhoarereturning,

welookforwardtoseeingyouintheCMCnextschoolyear.

May 915 LastclassesforBrowseandBorrow.

May16 Borrowinglimit=2itemsforeveryone.

May 17 Absolutelastborrowingdateforeveryone.

May 18 Allitemsduebackfromallpatronsstudents,parents

May 21CMCclosesitsshelves.

Overduenocessentouttoparents,students.

May 25Morning finaloverduenocessenttoparents.

Aernoonschoolaccountswillbechargedfornonreturneditems.


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From the Fine Arts Officerom the Fine Arts Office


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From the Admissions & Advancement Officerom the Admissions & Advancement OfficeDear Parents,

Re-Enrollment for school year 2012-2013 is on-

going. We advise all families to begin the processearly to avoid long lines.

Please drop by the Admissions Office to pick-up yourRE-ENROLLMENT CLEARANCE FORM orvisit our web site at http://www.ismanila.org > AD-MISSION > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal to down-load the appropriate forms.

Clearance signatures are required from the

following offices:AdmissionsHealth ClinicCashiers Office

Step 1Admissions forms will need to be signed and submit-ted to the Admissions Office.

Step 2All students are required to submit the Health Clin-ic Updating Form directly to the Clinic. This maybe done at any time. Incoming Grade 1, 5 and 9

students must have page 2 of the document complet-ed by a licensed physician. We do recommend that allchildren have an annual check-up.

In addition, all incoming Grade 5 and 9 students willneed to submit the Tuberculosis ScreeningForm.

Step 3Beginning May 31, 2012 you may visit the CashiersOffice to settle your accounts.

The Re-Enrollment Clearance Form will need

to be submitted in exchange for your childssection card and/or class schedule. Please do

not discard this form.

WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURE

If your family will be leaving before or at the end ofSY11-12, we would appreciate that you submit the

officialWithdrawal Notification Form in orderto initiate the withdrawal process. Please note, thisdoes not pertain to Grade 12 students who will grad-uate in May.

Please submit the completedWithdrawal Notifica-tion Form as early as possible.

All forms are available here: http://www.ismanila.org> Admission > Re-enrollment and Withdrawal

WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM(required by ES/HS/MS students) Please

submit this to the Admissions OfficeMIDDLE SCHOOL CLEARANCE FORM Once completed please submit this to theCashiers Office

HIGH SCHOOL CLEARANCE FORM Oncecompleted please submit this to the CashiersOffice

IMPORTANT DATE to remember:

May 11, 2012 Withdrawal Notification Forms forSchool Year 2011-2012 must be submitted. Formsreceived after this date will incur a penalty of USD

$1000 on the refund of the FUD.

For detailed information regarding receiving ReportCards, Transcript of Records, obtaining a yearbookand/or the refund of the FUD please visit our website at www.ismanila.org under the Admissions TAB< Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal.

We appreciate your notification as we have manyfamilies awaiting word for enrollment for next schoolyear. Please feel free to contact us at admis-

[email protected] for any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Stephanie H. HagedornDirector of Admissions & AdvancementInternational School Manila

www.ismanila.org

RE-ENROLLMENT AND WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES


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Since the launch at the beginning ofthe school year the ATAC blog hasto date received over 25,ooo visitsand has provided valuable up to

date information for ISM students/parents in a wide variety of ATACprogram areas. We are constantlyupdating the blog to provide currentinformation and in our quest to doso you will notice a new twitter ser-vice now available. Tweets fromISManilaAD will be posted for im-portant ISM information/updatesrelated to the ATAC program. Thisservice will be especially relevant toHS students/parents who are heavi-ly involved in our program and who

may travel frequently with schoolteams. If buses or flights are de-layed a tweet can be posted to in-form parents and to allow them tokeep updated if events like this oc-cur. If you are a regular IASAS hostfamily this service may be of use as tweets will beposted if arriving teams have been delayed at the air-port and pick up times are affected. You can viewtweets on the blog home page and also by subscrib-ing to twitter/setting up an account you can follow IS-ManilaAD by clicking on the follow me button at theblog home page and you can receive updates direct-ly to your cell phone to keep updated on the go withall the Bearcats action! During IASAS weeks scoreupdates/results and medal performances will also beposted!

ISM Summer Camps: please register asap if you areplanning on taking any of our summer sports slots forcamps are filling up fasthttp://atac.ism-online.org/atac/atac-summer-sports-camps/

Exciting developments for next school year:

In our quest to ensure ISM maintains and keeps im-proving the wonderful sports facilities we have it givesme great pleasure to advise that work has already

started on the new roof top tennis court project andthat work will be starting in late May on resurfacingour track. The tennis court redevelopment is a largescale project which when completed in mid/late Octo-ber will provide a fully covered facility for tennis andPE classes with the addition of two courts (currently 6to 8 courts), along with male/female locker rooms,extra storage space for equipment, roll away tennisnets, a small office and two areas of spectator bleach-ers.

Our athletics track will be resurfaced and the jumps

runway/landing pit area will be relo-cated slightly to improve this facili-ty.

ISM hosts IASAS Tennis and Track& Field next school year and theseimprovements will ensure we havethe best facilities possible to hostthe IASAS Championships in 2013and for our students/teams to usefor their PE classes and team train-ing on a day to day basis duringthe school year.

ATAC Events coming up:May 12th Aikido and Judo meetGymnastic area/Covered Court.May 22nd ISM Homeless World

Cup Football Tournament 3-5pmSee Ms Vogt to pay/register yourteam. Open to MS/HS students.Funds raised help support the Phil-ippines Homeless World Cup teamto travel to Mexico City to compete.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game scheduleinformation) Information about all mid week/weekendfixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATACblog. Please note the game schedule does changeoften due to involvement with many local schools soplease check the page regularly to find out the latestinformation of where and when the Bearcats teamsare playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcatlogo to be directed to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need yourpower school user name and password to access thegame schedule pdf.

BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/New dri fit t-shirtsare now availablealong with newBearcat bags andarriving soon new

ISM/Bearcat dri fitcaps (great for PEclasses)Regular OpeningHours for the Bear-cat Den:Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm and2:30pm 4:00pm. Tues and Thurs afternoons from2:30-4pm.If you are interested in joining our volunteers in the

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From the Athletics Officerom the Athletics Office


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Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator [email protected] or pop in to the Den near the HSCafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they will be very happy tomake you welcome. Anyone interested in joining the den next schoolyear starting in August names are being taken, please contact Radhi-ka to submit your information and expression of interest.

Please note final day for den sales this school year is WednesdayMay 30th. Thursday May 31st the den volunteers will be doinginventory and closing up the den for summer hibernation. Theden will not be open for sales on the final day of school May 31st

Mark PekinDirector of Athletics/Activities

E-mail: [email protected] Website:http://www.ismanila.org/ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/

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From the After School Activities Officerom the After School Activities Office

From the Athletics Officerom the Athletics Office


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