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FROM THE CLINIC :

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS Date Price (Php) March 16 th 2011 Influenza 2011 Strain 630

(Northern and Southern Hemisphere)

Please Note: If your child is 9 years old or below and receiving their flu vaccination for the first time, a second vaccination will b

required at least 4 weeks later. If there are sufficient numbers, I will arrange for this to be available in school, if notyou will need to make alternative arrangements with your own health care provider. The above price is peindividual vaccine.

If you would like more information about the above vaccine, please contact the clinic on the number/email below or call in to pick ua registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM ID may participate in this program.

PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER BY NO LATER THAN FRIDAY 4TH MARCH, 2011 . VACCINES WILTHEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Clinic direct number: 840 8580 Email: [email protected] FROM THE CLINIC :Dengue a gentle reminder Please be aware that dengue does not disappear altogether during the drier months, although it is more common during the wet season there are still a number of cases reported every month. There is still a need to be vigilant and try to avoidgetting bitten by mosquitoes by:

using mosquito repellent,

destroying any possible mosquito breeding areas at home,

wearing long sleeves/trousers and

closing mosquito nets and outside doors. SUMMER PROGRAM IN SPAIN :

Summer Language Study / Home-Stay / Travel Program to Spain The International School Manila Modern Language Department is pleased to announce its 2011 Summer Language Study /Home-Stay / Travel Program to Spain. ISM students can dramatically improve their oral and written Spanish skills byspending a few weeks immersed in The proposed period of time in Spain this summer is from June 11 until July 10. In order to proceed with the organization of this activity, we need to know the number of students who are interested inparticipating. If you are interested in receiving more information about this summer course, please email AdrianaVargas ( [email protected] ) BEFORE MARCH 4with the following information:

1. Students Name:2. Students Spanish Course This Year:3. Parents Names:4. Parents Email Address:

Full details will be discussed at a meeting with interested students and parents that will be scheduled some day duringthe second week of March. Adriana Vargas


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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE :

ISM INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEET:

Last weekend ISM Sailfish Swim team hosted the first international swim meet at our school pool with teamsfrom Shanghai, Thailand, Jakarta and Singapore joining local teams from British School Manila, Brent and Assumption

College for a meet held Saturday and Sunday morning. Over 240 swimmers raced and with fantastic weather and superborganization by Coach Andy and his team of Sailfish Parent volunteers the meet was a big success. Thanks also tosponsors Fitness First, SM Supermarkets, Aquamondo and S&R Shopping. See Coach Andys Sailfish blog for meetdetails and results.

IASAS

Cultural Conventions 2011:

Next week March 3rd our CulturalConvention delegations depart for

Kuala Lumpur (Dance, Drama,Debate and Forensics) andJakarta (Art and Music). We wishall delegates the best of luck andhope that the hard work in thelead up to the Convention will bereflected in the big performancesrequired next week. Informationabout the CC events can beobtained via the IASAS websitenext week as results for thedebate and forensics competitionwill be posted regularly by thehost schools. www.iasas.asia Good luck to all delegates andadvisors at Cultural Convention2011.

ISM GOODWILL GYMNASTICS MEET SAT MARCH 5 MS GYM:

ISM will host our annual gymnastics meet on March 5th. This is a huge event forour gymnastics team and this year we have record numbers of entries with 300+gymnasts coming to twirl/tumble and flip their way through routines on Floor,

Beam,

Bars

and

Vault

from

level

1

to

6

competition.

This

is

a

great

event

for

ourschool to host and our gymnastics coaches led by Coach Ramon along with theGymnastics parents volunteers have been very busy coordinating many details forthis event.

Please come along to the MS gym on Saturday March 5 to support our BearcatGymnastics Team and to watch the event. Food and drinks are available and it is agreat day to watch some excellent gymnastics here in Manila.

Schedule is as follows:

7 8am General Warm up

8:30 10:30 WAG Level 1 competition 11 12:30 WAG Level 2 competition

12:30 1pm Warm up for Level 3, 4, 5 and Level 1 boys

1 4:30pm WAG Level 3, 4, 5 and MAG Level 1 competition

Awards will take place in the Little Theatre right after each section of thecompetition.

IASAS BADMINTON: April 18 21 Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tournament can now be found on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism online.org We are currently accepting housing offers for the 80 visiting Badminton athletes if you can help with housing pleaseread details on the blog and a housing letter can also be accessed via the blog or hard copy picked up from the ATACoffice.


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BEARCAT DEN:Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 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.

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) Feb 19/20 ISM International Swim meet Feb 19 ISSA Badminton at Brent Feb 20 Varsity boys softball ASSL League at UP

Feb 23 IASAS CC previews assembly/ CC send of lunch Feb 26 ISM Track Meet Mar 2 IASAS Cultural Convention Teams Depart Mar 3 5 IASAS Cultural Convention (Art/Music @ JIS, DDDF @ ISKL) Mar 4 Friday Twilight Track Meet v Faith/Brent at ISM Mar 5 ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet Mar 7 MS Academic Bowl at Faith Mar 8 HS Academic Bowl at Brent Mar 11 13 SAS Eagles Track Exchange varsity track Mar 11 13 ISB Softball Exchange varsity teams Mar 12 Brent Track Meet HS/MS Track team

Mar 12 Varsity/JV softball v Brent at ISM April 2 Track Meet at Brent April 8 Twilight Track Meet at ISM v Brent at ISM April 17 (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS

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


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CONGRATULATIONSTO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO MADE IT TO THE

I ASAS Cultural ConventionS.Y . 201 0 - 2011

Dance, Drama, Debate & Forensics (Kuala Lumpur)

Art & Music (Jakarta)

Natalia Pena Caitlin Coyiuto Will Vankoughnett Marianne (Mae) Chan Arturo (Rocky) Alli Ye Won Lee Jaime de Venecia Youn Ho (Harry) Lee

Lloyd Taylor Jin Young Lee Tae Wan Kim Jin Wook Lee

Aadam Mohammed Song Ju (Julie) Han Gabriela Pascuzzi Sin Ho (Sierra) Lee

Ashild Eriksen Mahek Tulsiani

Laura Lehmann Hee Young (Sara) Shim Isabel Agudo Isabel Francisco Yi Jou (Cindy) Chen Myung In (Moonie) Sohn

Mara Javier Dinesh Mohnani Akshar Bonu Melvin Biteng

Leandro Leviste Stephan Chan Alonzo Virata Manni Cavalli Sforza Julia Saubier Jimin Kim

Shrey Chandra Seong Chan An Michael Keppler Seong Yoon Kim Michelle Ferreol Eun (Stella) Kuh

Seo Youn (Esther) Park Kyung Min Lee Lynn Yu Eun Jee Kang

Young Sun Park Seo Hyun (Lisa) Lee Kei Matsunami Emiri Tanaka

Bianca Romero Salas Hee Youn (Jenny) Shim Chloe Alcid Yining Zhang

Kristien Crouch Amber Fatima Jacqueline Pisano Lucian Wizer Green Camille Delgado Frances Tanchanco

Samantha Villanueva Na Yon Kim Ye Jin (Stephanie) Kim Sofia Benares

Shue Jen (Richelle) Tsai

Dance

Yek

Barlongay

Imp

Fred

Biggar

Art

Tara

Barton

Drama Vicki

Close

Ext

Filipa

Pavic

Band

Tom

Nazareno

Debate

Peter

Curry

Choir

John

Mulhall

OI Kelly

Arndt

Piano

Leah

Gander

OO Andrea

Thompson

Strings

Guillaume

Odendaal


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KAWAYAN BOUGHT PAGES:


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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 Ateneo de Manila University (17) Barnard College University of British Columbia Brock University Brown University University of California at Irvine University of California at Riverside California State University, East Bay Carnegie Mellon University University of Chicago Colgate University De La Salle University Manila Durham University Ecole Htelire de Lausanne University of Edinburgh

University of Exeter Franklin and Marshall College George Mason University Glion Institute of Higher Education Hamilton College NY Hiram College University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (4) Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Indiana University at Bloomington

Iona College Johnson & Wales University London School of Economics University College London (3) Longwood University

Loyola Marymount University (2) Loyola University Chicago (2) Manhattanville College (2) McGill University (2) Michigan State University University of Michigan (2) University of Michigan Northeastern University (4) University of Notre Dame University of Nottingham Pace University, New York City University of Pennsylvania University of the Philippines (9) Purdue University (5) Rider University Saint Louis University

University of San Diego (2) University of San Francisco (3) School of Pharmacy, University of London University of Southern California University of St. Andrews (Scotland) Stanford University Stony Brook University University of Oxford (2) Virginia Commonwealth University University of Warwick

Wesleyan University (2) Western Michigan University (College of Aviation) University of Western Ontario Yale University


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