Parent Bulletin Issue 16 SY1314

8/13/2019 Parent Bulletin Issue 16 SY1314

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JANUARY

19 -31 School Holiday

1 -3 School Holiday

17 Sports Day

9-13 Spirit Week

13 G 5/6 Music Concert

DECEMBER

9 -17 Art Exhibit

11 G 7/8 Music Concert

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Music Department

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 16

SY 2013 2014

WEEK OF: Weekly Publication for Middle School ParentsFriday Bulletin

Inside this issue:

Events & Acvies:

ISM Upcoming Events

HS Guidance Oce 2

3Operaons & Security

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Athlecs & Acvies

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Admissions & Advancement

Saturday Service Dates:

DECEMBER 9 to 13

Dear Parents:

Can you believe that only eight days remain in the rst semester? Where

does the me go? With the end of the semester brings nal assignments and

numerous culminang acvies. During this me, please encourage your

child to get enough sleep, stay organized and manage me wisely.

Please join us on Wednesday, December 11 for the Grade 7-8 Concert and

hear the talents of our musicians. The performance begins at 5:30 in theFAT. On Friday, December 13, we will then be treated to the Grade 5-6 Con-

cert, which begins at 5:00 in the FAT. We hope to see you at one or both of

these events!

The Middle School art exhibit opens this week on Monday, December 9 at

3:00 P.M. and the artwork showcases our students creavity and originality.

The pieces will be displayed in the lobby of the Middle School Media Center

unl December 17 so please take some me to visit when you are on cam-

pus. A big thank you to the Art department teachers for the work that they

do with our students.

From December 9- 13 the Middle School will be celebrang Spirit Week.

Each day has been assigned a specic theme and all students are encouraged

to dress accordingly:

Monday Crazy Hair Day

Tuesday Pajama Day

Wednesday Home Country Day

Thursday Favorite Character Day

Friday Mix It Up Day (wear mismatched clothing and/or shoes)

If your child has PE, please remind your child that s/he sll needs to bring the

PE uniform to school. While we do want the students to enjoy the me out

of uniform, please encourage your child to exercise sound judgment when

choosing their are so that they arrive at school dressed appropriately (no

bare midris, spaghe straps, baggy pants, etc.). If your child opts not to

dress in the theme of the day, your child is expected to be in school uniform.

On Tuesday, December 17 the PE Department has organized a Sports Day.

Each student has been assigned to a house and will have opportunies to

parcipate in events throughout the day. All parents are invited to aend

and cheer on their child.12/14 Tzu Chi Foundation

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Hello Bearcat Parents,

I hope all is well. As you may or may not know, every JANUARY we have a career -focused week at Interna-onal School Manila called Bearcat Career Exploraon Week. It is a week dedicated to helping our highschool students learn more about themselves and the vast array of careers that exist and connue to be cre-ated in our world. (Click here if you would like more informaon on the week: hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/career-explore/)

This year the Bearcat Career Exploraon week is January 20 -24, 2014. There are a number of special acviesgoing on this week, but some of the more popular ones are the Career Talks that are given by various profes-sionals from the ISM community. I was hoping some of you Bearcat parents might be interested in giving ashort (20 minutes to 30 minutes) talk about your career area to some of our high school students during thatweek. If you are interested in giving a career-focused talk during that week, please click the link below and llout the Google form. I will then be in touch shortly to conrm your parcipaon.

hps://docs.google.com/a/ismanila.org/forms/d/13nLVKq50zS8gXqGTGyq_eODA33-Ul4-jFYoB41XKesU/viewform

In the meanme, if you have quesons about the week, please feel free to email me anyme [email protected].

Best regards,

Doug McQueenHS Grade 9/10 Guidance Counselor

During Sports Day the PTA will be hosng a barbecue and drinks and food items will be on sale during theday. Please note that your child will need cash to make a purchase; it will not be possible for them to usetheir ID card to buy food.

Looking aheadWednesday, December 18 is the last day of the semester and students will be dismissed at12:00 noon. Please make the necessary arrangements to ensure that your child is picked up on me.

Next school year we are implemenng a Bring Your Own Device iniave for grades 7 and 8 and we wouldlike to see all students bring a personal laptop to school. We have discussed this iniave on a few occa-sions in Parent Coee meengs since the start of the year and informaon is also available through theMiddle School blog. Please review the informaon on the ISM Connect pages which can be accessedthrough the link hps://sites.google.com/a/ismanila.org/byod/home. If you have addional quesons orneed claricaon, please feel free to contact the Middle School IT Program Leader, Mahew Chadwick [email protected].

Have a resul weekend!

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal


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Parent IDs:

We are now issuing new parent IDs for the school year 2013/14. To reduce the inconvenience toparents of this replacement program, the old parent ID cards will be valid for school access unl

the end of the rst semester on December 18th, 2013. The standard new parent cards will be

issued free of charge. Parents may, however, elect to apply for a smartcard ID which will be usa-

ble with the new cashless payment system being introduced into the school for SY 2013-

14. There will be a fee of P250.00 for a smartcard which covers in part the registraon fee the

school is required to pay for each card issued.

The security oce is now processing applicaons for the new parent IDs. As we require new pho-

tographs for the cards, parents are asked to visit the security oce for the taking of their picture.

Thank you.

Michael Flynn

Director of Operaons and Security


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Host Families sll required for AMIS MS Orchestra Fesval

ISM is pleased to host the Associaon for Music in Internaonal Schools (AMIS) OrchestraFesval between January 22nd and 26th, 2014. AMIS is a by-audion orchestra of 80 stu-

dents and the 2014 parcipants come from a mix of 12 dierent internaonal schools in

East and South East Asia. ISM is pleased to have secured 9 slots in the orchestra but this

means we sll need to nd hosts for our 71 vising students. Although January may sll

seem far away, we really would like to secure homes for these students before Christmas.

More details of hosng responsibilies and forms can be downloaded from the Fine Arts

blog at hp://arts.ism-online.org/2013/12/05/host-families-needed-for-ms-orchestra-

fesval-please

-help/ or by contacng the Fine Arts Oce on 8404000 ex 630/631/ email

[email protected] .


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The 2nd season pracce schedule which runs from October 23 to February 7 is posted on noce boards

around school, and is available on the ATAC blog (hp://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/).

ISM proudly hosts IASAS swimming from February 5 to 9, 2014 and host families are required to house the

vising IASAS swimmers. The housing leer is available via the ATAC blog and via the Sailsh blog. Please

assist us to make this a wonderful event for our community by housing a pair of swimmers for IASAS. We

need to house 120 swimmers from the IASAS Schools. Please print, complete and return the slip to the ATAC

oce. (hp://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/iasas-swim-meet-housing-leer/)

ISM hosted a great Fall swim meet last Saturday, November 30th. Well done to our Sailsh swimmers and

coaches for a great day. There were many personal best mes swum and a great atmosphere around the

swimming pool. Thanks also to the sailsh parents who helped out with snack booths during the day.

Please note HS families during ICARE week: JV teams will not have training from Tuesday to Friday

(December 9-13). Varsity teams whose coach is available and for players that are on local sites training ses-

sions will be held as normal.

Good luck this Saturday to our Bearcat Wall Climbing team. ISM will be hosng a wall/speed climbing com-

peon at the MS gym climbing area. Should be a great morning of excing climbing acon.

Our MS Tennis teams all have matches this coming Saturday at ISM . A reminder to all players for morning

matches that you must be at the courts by 7:40 A.M. and for aernoon matches by 12:40 P.M.

New families, please take some me to peruse the ATAC blog as this will help orientate you with the wide

variety of co-curricular programs ISM oers.

A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog and

also to follow via twier (see twier feed on the blog home page)

Each Monday, I will post the weeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents

informaon on the ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent bullens.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF (access to game schedule informaon): Informaon about all mid-week/weekend

xtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change oen

due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to nd out the latest infor-

maon of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be

directed to the power school secure site (hp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/). You will need your pow-

er school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf.


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The Bearcat Den is open for business, please drop by to check out the range of Bearcat products. We have a great team

of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a fan-

tasc group, please contact any of our den members during den opening hours or please contact Carolyn Ching for de-tails [email protected]. We are always looking for new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS to join

our group.

BEARCAT DEN: hp://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/

Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats!

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs/Acvies


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UPDATE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS THROUGH

THE ISM PARENT PORTALDear Parents,

We are pleased to inform you that your childs PowerSchool account may be accessed through the ISM Parent Portal.

Aside from being a gateway to PowerSchool, the Parent Portal also provides informaon on school events, useful links,

as well as child-specic academic blogs and student porolios. Should you need to make any changes to your contact

informaon, visit the Parent Portal and follow the steps below:


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Leaving ISM?

For those students that will be withdrawing from Internaonal School Manila this school year (SY 13

-14), the following procedure applies:

Parents are obliged to ocially inform the Admissions Oce in wring through a Withdrawal No-

caon Form at least een (15) days prior to your childs last day of school.

For those leaving at theend of the school year,you MUST submit a Withdrawal No-

caon Form on or before May 09, 2014.

Failure to do so will lead to a deducon of US$1,000 from the Facilies Upgrade Deposit (FUD) in

compensaon for having held a space for the child and thus prevenng the School from oeringthat space to another child prior to the summer holiday break.

The Withdrawal Nocaon Form can be obtained from the Admissions Oce or downloaded from

the ISM website here.

We hope that your child has had an enriching stay at ISM and wish you and your family the very

best in the future.
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ART SHOW! Opening is Monday from 3-4 in MSMC. Please come join in on the art, food, mu-

sic, and fun! ART SHOW STUDENTS, don't forget to pay the cashier for your t-shirt and show

the receipt to your art teacher. You are to wear your ARTIST shirt on Monday of next week!


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The Giving Tree -December 2013

The Giving Tree was established to collectdonated items from the ISM Communityand distribute them to our Service Part-ners. People have been extremely gener-ous before, so we will run the projectagain from the 2nd December unl the17th December. Your donaons will sup-port partners such as the SPECS Founda-on, Stairway Foundaon, PCF and ourISM Livelihood Partners.

Where?The Giving Tree will be outside the MS/HS canteen to receive your donaons.

What can be donated?childrens books

clothingtoyspuzzles & gamestoiletriesschool staonaryshoessports equipmentfood (rice, pasta, milk, canned goods, sug-ar, honey)

When?From Monday, 2nd December unl Mon-day, 17th December

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