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8/7/2019 HS Friday Bulletin April 1

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Dear Parents,

I was fortunate to be part of an Administration, Counselor and PTA group that viewed the movie Raceto Nowhere yesterday. The film is about the pressure students are under to succeed in school. As aschool we are discussing how we might use this film within the ISM community and I am sure it willraise some very valuable discussion. What I was particularly pleased about was that many of the issuesand their suggested solutions have been discussed and acted upon at ISM. Now dont get me wrong allschools have their warts and ISM is no exception. We can always get better at what we do, but it wasvery heartening to see that amongst some of the suggested action were things that we alreadyroutinely do. We teach the whole child, we value the arts, we value creativity, we plan no homework weekends, we have little home work in ES, more in MS and where necessary in HS to reach therequisite standards. We have an IB assessment calendar and we have held student balance andoverload issues right at the forefront of decisions we have made about changing or developing the HSprogram. Above all one of the clear messages in the film is that students dont have to do lots of things, but rather a few things really well. This is the same message that our Guidance Counselors havebeen saying and I am pleased to report that I believe the message is steadily getting through to thestudents.

In terms of whole child education and valuing the arts I want to make a special plug for some of thefabulous opportunities we have in store for you this month. Next Friday please come to the HS Finale

Concert, last year this was simply exquisite! The IB2 Art Exhibition will formally open on April 19thalong with the IB Film festival. In addition we have 100% Dance Co and the tri M jazz Night. Keepposted for further details about these and other great performances.

Enjoy the weekend.

Kind regards,

William R. S. BrownHigh School Principal

International School Manila For ATTENDANCE concerns,please contact the HS Office

(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653

or email [email protected]

For GUIDANCE concerns, pleasecontact Gigi Azarcon and JasminAndres Tel:840-8655 / 840-8660

April 1, 2011


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SCHEDULED COLLEGE VISITS:

College Representative Location Date Rice University Mrs. Grace Panares HSGO 4/6/11 11:30 AM

HS Calendar: Monday, April 4: IB2 Mock Exams (Grade 12) MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10)

Tuesday, April 5: IB2 Mock Exams (Grade 12) MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10)

Wednesday, April 6: Student Late Start IB2 Mock Exams (Grade 12) MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10) ISSBA Elections

Thursday, April 7:

MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10)

Friday, April 8: MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10) Finale Concert 5:30 7:00pm (FAT)

Saturday, April 9: Battle of the Bands (ES Field)

Upcoming Events: April 11: Bataan Holiday NO SCHOOL April 12: HS Parent Coffee April 16: Battle of the Bands Finals (ES Field)


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FROM THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE :

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Re-Enrollment for SY2011 -12

Re Enrollment information for RETURNING STUDENTS for SY2011 12 Re Enrollment requirements for all returning students will include, minimally, submission of an updated Health Form

or

Physical

Form

(depending

on

grade

level)

to

the

Clinic

for

a

Clearance

Signature

and

a

Clearance

Signature

from

thCashiers Office on the Re Enrollment Form.

The Re Enrollment Form and other requested forms for each re enrolling student will be available by the beginning oApril online from our website under Admission and Re Enrollment & Withdrawal or at the Admission Office duringoffice hours (Monday to Friday; 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Parents may pick up a set of Re Enrollment Forms personallyor your child can come to the Admission Office and get the forms. If you would like to have your driver or househelppick up the forms, please give them a letter of authorization to collect the Re Enrollment Forms for youchild/children.

For STUDENTS NOT RETURNING next school year If your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011 12 school year , please inform the Admission Office as soonas possible if you have not already done so. Parents are obliged to officially inform the School in writing on

WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday of May , if their children will be withdrawn. Failurto do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for havinheld a space for the child and thus preventing the School from offering that space to another child prior to thsummer holiday break. The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admission Office or from the ISMwebsite under the Admission tab and then click on Re Enrollment & Withdrawal.

We

currently

have

very

few

families

indicating

that

they

will

not

be

returning

and

consequently

there

are

an

evegrowing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress and anxiety in thosefamilies (and in the Admission Office). If you are sure that your child will be leaving ISM, please submit a WithdrawalNotification Form. This will be a great help for our planning and to the many families waiting to be admitted to thschool. Thank you.

Regards,

Gary W. Jerome Director of Admission

International School Manila P.O. Box 1256 MCPO, 1255 Makati City, Philippines E mail: [email protected] Web: www.ismanila.org Phone: (63 2) 840 8488 or 840 8601


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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE :

BEARCAT DEN:Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30 am 1:00pm and 2:30pm 4:00pm.Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm. Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in joining ourgroup of volunteers in the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteers coordination Chantel([email protected] ) or pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they willbe very happy to make you welcome.

PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations for this school year is TUESDAY JUNE 7 th . The Denvolunteers will be in hibernation from June 8 th until reopening day on Monday August 8 th , 2011

ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism online.org For information related to the ATAC Department please check the newly refurbished ATAC Blog. Weekly updates/newsletter items and other information related to the ISM ATAC extracurricular program and seasonal sports can be found here as well as links to the latest game schedule and IASAS website are available.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (new procedure in place for access to game schedule pdf information) Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also accessthis information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages. Please note the game schedule does change often due toinvolvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to find out the latest information of where andwhen the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to thehttp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ . You will need your power school user name and ID# to access the gameschedule pdf now located in power school

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES (for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule page as above) April 2 Track Meet at Brent April 8 Twilight Track Meet at ISM v Brent at ISM

April 8 Varsity Girls Softball v Brent at ISM April 17 (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS

Track at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting Badminton

IASAS 3rd Season information: IASAS travel packets for 3rd season teams will be distributed this week. Please get documents and information returnedasap. Please bring your passport to Joan at ATAC office so we can begin processing for your trip.IASAS Send off assembly is April 6thIASAS Send off lunch sponsored by parents is at the HS courtyard immediately after assembly on WednesdayApril 13 th IASAS 3rd Season sports awards is Friday May 6th at HS Gym starting at 5:30pm - dress to impress!

IASAS BADMINTON: April 18 21

ISM is very excited to host the IASAS Badminton tournament in 3 weeks time, final preparations are well underway and ourteams are training hard for this tournament. See ATAC blog for tournament draw and information.

Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tournament can now be found on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism-online.org

All housing for IASAS Badminton is now complete. For families that have agreed to house your guest information letters will bedistributed next week April 4 th 8 th via the divisional offices. Please return the slip attached so we know you have received theinformation letter.


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ISM AQUATHON 2011Saturday 2 nd April

Presenting the Annual ISM Aquathon 2011

Open to all ISM Student/Faculty/Staff/ParentCommunity.

RACE 1 13/14, 15-18 and Adults - Start Time 8:00am Run 600m Swim 400m Run 1400m

RACE 2 9/10 11/12 Age Groups Start Time 8:30am Run 300m Swim 300m Run 1000m

RACE 3 - 8 and Under Start Time 9:00am Run 150m Swim 200m Run 500m

RACE 4 - Relay Student/Student, Adult/Student, Adults/Adult, Start 9:30am - Run 600m Swim 800m Run 1400m

Awards Ceremony 10:00am

ISM AQUATHON 2011 ENTRY FORM1. Present this entry form to the Cashiers office and pay 300 pesos

entry fee2. Cashier w ill Stamp Entry Form.3. Present this form to the Swimming P ool Office

Participants Name Gender M / F

Birth date Age on Day

DIVISION AGE GROUP Please Select a division and Age Group (X)

8&U 9/10 11/12 13/14 15/18 Adult Relay

Race 1 8:00am

13/14 15/18 Adult

Race 2 8:30am

9/10 11/12

Race 3 9:00am

8&U

Race 4 Relays 9:30am

StudentStudent

Student Parent

Adult Adult

TeacherTeacher

Cashier STAMP 300 P eso Entry Fee(Cashier Office)


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IASAS BADMINTON SCHEDULE: FROM THE FINE ARTS OFFICE:

Match # Time Match #

Day One 18 Aprtas v sas 1 8:30 2 iskl v ismiskl v jis 3 10:00 4 tas v isbism v isb 5 11:30 6 sas v jis

sas v iskl 7 1:30 8 ism v tasisb v tas 9 3:00 10 jis v iskljis v ism 11 4:30 12 isb v sas

Day Two 19 Aprsas v isb 13 8:00 14 jis v ismiskl v ism 15 9:30 16 sas v tastas v jis 17 11:00 18 iskl v isb

isb v iskl 19 1:00 20 ism v sasjis v sas 21 2:30 22 tas v iskl

ism v tas 23 4:00 24 isb v jisDay Three 20 Apr

isb v jis 25 8:00 26 iskl v sas

sas v ism 27 9:30 28 jis v tastas v iskl 29 11:00 30 ism v isb

1:002:30

4:005:30

International School Manila

IASAS BADMINTON 2011

Girls FinalBoys Final

Boys' Schedule HS Gym Girls' Schedule MS Gym

Girls Consolation

Boys Consolation


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CHINESE SUMMER CAMP IN BEIJING


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COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES:CONGRATULATIONS!

We are proud to announce that our ISM seniors were accepted to the following universities:

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES:

Academy of Art University American University American University of Rome Amherst College Ateneo de Manila University (17) Babson College (2) Bard College (2) Barnard College (2) Bath Spa University College Bentley University (7)

Binghamton University Boston College (3) Boston University (15) Brandeis University Brock University Brown University Brown University (2) Bryant University Bryn Mawr College (2) California State University, East Bay

California State University, Sacramento Cardiff University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University (5) City University Claremont McKenna College (2) Clark University Colby College Colgate University (2) College

College

of

William

and

Mary

(2)

Columbia University Connecticut College Cornell University (4) Dartmouth College De Anza College De La Salle University Manila Duke University

Durham University Ecole Htelire de Lausanne Embry Riddle Aeronautical University FL Emerson College (2) Emmanuel College (2) Fairfield University Fisher College Florida State University Fordham University (10) Franklin and Marshall College (2)

George Mason University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology (2) Glasgow Caledonian University Glion Institute of Higher Education Goldsmiths College, University of London (2) Hamilton College NY Harvard University (3) Harvey Mudd College Haverford College

Hiram College IE University Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine (2) Iona College James Madison University Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Wales University Juniata College King's College London Lakehead University

Lancaster

University

(3)

Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College London School of Economics (2) Longwood University Loyola Marymount University (2) Loyola University Chicago (3) Manhattanville College (3)


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

McGill University (2)

Menlo College

Michigan State University

Middlebury College (2)

Middlesex University

Mount Holyoke College (3)

New York University (3)

New York University (3)

Northeastern University (7)

Northwestern University (3)

Nottingham Trent University (2)

Occidental College

Pace University, New York City (2)

Pennsylvania State University, Berks College (4)

Pratt Institute

Princeton University

Purdue University (5)

Queen Mary, University of London

Radford University

Rhode Island School of Design

Rice University

Rider University

Ringling College of Art and Design

Rochester Institute of Technology

Saint Louis University

Saint Mary's College of California

Salve Regina University (2)

Santa Clara University (3)

School of Pharmacy, University of London

Sheffield Hallam University

Smith College

SSTH Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality

Stanford University (3)

Stony Brook University (2)

Syracuse University (5)

Temple

University

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Culinary Institute of America

The George Washington University

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (2)

The Ohio State University

The University of Arizona

The University of Iowa

Trinity College

Trinity College Dublin

Tufts University (3)

University at Buffalo The State University of New York

University College Dublin

University College London (6)

University College Utrecht

University of Abertay Dundee

University of Alberta (2)

University of Bath

University of Birmingham

University of British Columbia (11)

University of British Columbia Okanagan

University of California at Berkeley (8)

University of California at Davis (8)

University of California at Irvine (4)

University of California at Los Angeles (6)

University of California at Riverside

University of California at San Diego (3)

University of California at Santa Barbara (6)

University of California at Santa Cruz

University of Chicago (2)

University of Dundee

University of East Anglia

University of Edinburgh (3)

University of Exeter

University of Hawaii at Hilo

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (6)

University of Kent at Canterbury (2)

University of Leicester

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

University of Miami

University of Michigan (2)

University of Notre Dame (3)

University of Nottingham (2)

University

of

Oregon

University of Oxford (2)

University of Pennsylvania (3)

University of Portsmouth

University of San Diego (3)

University of San Francisco (6)

University of Southern California (4)

University of St. Andrews (Scotland)


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University of Stirling (2) University of the Arts London University of the Philippines (9) University of Toronto (6) University of Victoria (2) University of Virginia (3) University of Warwick (3) University of Washington (2) University of Washington (2)

University of Western Ontario Virginia Commonwealth University Waseda University Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University (10) Western Michigan University Williams College Yale University (3)

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