parent bulletin issue 36 sy1415

8/9/2019 Parent Bulletin Issue 36 SY1415

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Opera ons & Security 2

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Admissions & Advancement 5

Athle cs & Ac vi es

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUE # 36

SY 2014 –2015

WEEK OF:

JUNE 1 TO 5

Weekly Publication for Middle School ParentsFriday Bulletin

Inside this issue:

JUNE

1 Grade 8Awards Assembly

2Grade 8Dinner Dance

3 Grade 8Moving On Ceremony

4 Last Day of School

Events & Ac vi es:

Dear Middle School Parents,

We now approach our nal week of the school year - and a great year it hasbeen! Next week we conclude with our Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony andthen our nal assembly for grades 5, 6 and 7 on Thursday at 11:30 -

12:00. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your

support, and our students for their high levels of engagement with learning

and being a part of a strong community.

Students will be receiving their yearbook next week which captures pictures

and memories from the year, we hope this will be a keepsake that you will

look back on with fondness from 2014 - 2015. On Friday you will be able toaccess second semester report cards through the parent portal, a separate

email will be sent with instruc ons on how to access, please contact the MS

o ce should you have any ques ons.

It is with sadness that I write this, my last parent bulle n a er 9 years at In-

terna onal School Manila in my journey from ES Assistant Principal, to ES

Principal and then MS Principal. I have grown so much personally and pro-fessionally and I have each person I have interacted with to thank for sup-

por ng me in leading this great ins tu on. I spend a lot of me in my lifere ec ng and nding ways to build on and improve what may already be

good - and I feel that ISM con nues to grow from strength to strength. I lookforward to keeping in touch and know that I will take so much of what I have

learned with me here to my new role as Superintendent at The American

School of Kinshasa.

Yours in Educa on,

Simon Gillespie - Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin - Middle School Assistant Principal


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IDs for the New School Year

Parent IDs

The previously issued black and white parent IDs willcon nue to be valid for the new school year. The oldparent IDs (burgundy) issued before 2013 are nolonger valid and must be replaced. Standard parentcards will be issued free of charge. Parents may,however, elect to apply for a smartcard ID which willbe usable with the cashless payment system intro-duced into the school for SY 2013 -14. There will be afee of P250.00 for a smartcard.

Applica ons for parent IDs can be processed throughthe Security O ce.

Student IDs All students will be issued with new ID cards at thebeginning of the new school year. The cards will becompa ble with the cashless payment system. Therewill be no need for returning students to visit the Se-curity O ce as we will be u lizing the photographstaken for the yearbooks.

School Passes School passes issued to parent’s employees and rep-resenta ves need to be replaced for next schoolyear. As of August 31, 2015 (Monday) the darkgreen bordered passes will be invalid.

The security o ce is now accep ng applica ons fornew school passes, however the cards will not beavailable for collec on before July 1, 2015. Thesepasses will not be compa ble with the cashless pay-ment system.

Each family will be given two free school pass-es. Addi onal school passes may be obtained a erpaying a processing fee of Php100.00 each to theCashier’s O ce.

Car S ckers for the New School Year The car s ckers for school year 2015/2016 will beavailable from the security o ce beginning July 1,2015.

For vehicles already displaying an exis ng s cker,parents should submit a completed renewal formwith a copy of a current LTO o cial receipt. For newvehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of the ve-hicle’s cer cate of registra on and a current o cialreceipt need to be submi ed with the applica on.Applica ons for vehicles registered with companiesor other ins tu ons should be supported by a le erof assignment.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle s cker freeof charge. Any addi onal s ckers will be issued fol-lowing payment of P100 to the cashier’s o ce.

I would like to thank all members of the ISM commu-nity for their coopera on across this school year inhelping us maintain ISM as a safe and secure environ-ment for our children.

MIKE FLYNN Director of Opera ons and Security

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A big thanks to Bearcat Council, Coach Roseleip, MrWoods, Ms Vogt, Mr Walsh and the PCA parent groupfor your support in hos ng the Bearcats for StreetSoccer BSS event this past Wednesday a er school. Alarge number of Bearcats teams entered this annualevent with over 30,000 pesos being raised to supportour service partners and the Nepal quake fund. Welldone to all involved. Click HEREfor the Bearcats forStreet Soccer 2015 Winner.

Prac ces for HS season 4 program will conclude nextweek June 3rd.

Bearcats stay safe and t over the summer months

and get ready for a big year of sports at ISM in SY 15 -16. We are hos ng IASAS Soccer in October on abrand new eld and our Volleyball/Cross Countryteams will go to Bangkok for their S1 championships.On behalf of the ATAC department a big thanks to allathletes, coaches and parents for suppor ng our pro-gram during this school year. Have an enjoyable andac ve summer break.

Well done to our ISM Taekwondo team memberswho took part in the TKD invita onal last Saturday at

the European Interna onal School. Thanks to ISMTKD Coach Joey for pu ng together a successfulevent in conjunc on with the meet organizers. O -cial results will be posted as they are received fromthe meet organizers.

Season One Tryout dates SY 15 -16 -August 6,7,10,11 - Season 1 HS Tryouts (Soccer/Volleyball/XC) August 10,11,12 - Season 1 MS Tryouts (Soccer/Volleyball/XC) August 10,11,12 - ES Rifa Soccer team registra on/tryouts.

Saturday Community Tennis for semester 2 concludesthis Saturday May 30. Thanks to everyone that hasbeen a par cipant this school year duringSatur-day tennis sessions. The Saturday tennis program willreturn next school year. See link for informa on ondates and how to book. Use of the courts is only

available to ISM community members. Outside guestsare not allowed h p://atac.ism -online.org/atac/saturday -community -tennis/

Please note the prac ce mes for ATAC programs forSY 15-16 are as follows: ATAC all year round teams - 3:15 -4:30. Sail sh/Gymnas cs and all HS seasonalteams conclude prac ce at 4:50pm each day. MS sea-sonal teams 3:10 -4:45pm. In order to clear the cam-pus prior to 5pm all a er school programs will con-clude by 4:50pm or earlier. The last busis 4:55pm this is due to the ever increasing tra cconcerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some me to pe-ruse the ATAC blog it has a wide variety of infor-ma on and links to our sports and ac vi es program.If you have any ques ons regarding the compe veprogram of sports at ISM a er reading the infor-ma on on the blog please send an emailto [email protected] and I will endeavor to assistyou as best I can.

Bearcat Den - drop by our fantas c spirit store. Thereis an end of year sale on at the moment and a range

of new products and items to purchase includingitems from our service partners. Bearcat Den hours ofopera on -7am -4pm Mon -Fri.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regu-larly 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 playingthroughout the school year. Access to the gameschedule is via the ISM parent portal. Use this link toaccess the parent portal, log in with your user name/password and look for the ATAC Game Schedule tab.Remember to refresh the page when the pdf sched-ule appears so you view the most current schedule.

Best Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athle cs and Ac vi es

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Important informa on on Re -Enrollment for SY 2015 -16

Dear Parents:

We will begin on -line Re -enrollment for school year 2015 -16 on Monday, March 16. As before, parents will have to log intoPowerSchool in order to do this. Below are instruc ons to help. If you are not sure of your PowerSchool log -in or need sup-port, please contact your school o ce.

Please note that you must complete re -enrollment by May 22nd at the latest. PowerSchool will close on that date un l thestart of the new school year. We have over 500 students on our waitlist, and we will assume that your children are leaving ifyou have not completed the re -enrollment process.

Step 1 : Log-in to PowerSchool Step 2 : Look for the Re -enrollment Clearance icon on the le hand panel. Click on the icon. Step 3 : Create your Re -enrollment Clearance Form. You will receive an email no ca on verifying that you have been success-ful upda ng your child’s record.

Students entering Grade 6 will be required to download and complete the Physical Examina on Form (including ECGresults) which should be submi ed to the ISM Health Clinic

Students entering Grade 7 will be required to download and sign the Drug Policy Form which should be submi ed to theMS O ce.

Step 4 : Tui on and Fees: Please se le your accounts through our Cashier’s O ce.

You must se le your accounts for SY14 -15 and pay the rst quota of tui on fees for SY15 -16 to receive your Final ClearanceNo ca on for your child to a end class on August 6, 2015.

Re-enrollment must be complete in order to receive a student’s Class Schedule.

Class Schedule distribu on dates are as follows:August 03, 2015: Grade 5 and 6 August 04, 2015: Grade 7 and 8

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