JUNE

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4 Grade 8 Moving On
Ceremony
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PowerSchool Update:
JUNE
2 Grade 8 Service Day
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MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL
ISSUE # 36
SY 2013 2014
WEEK OF:
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
Friday Bulletin
Inside this issue:
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Treasury Department
ISM Upcoming Events
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2 Admissions & Advancement
Superintendents Ofce
MAY
MAY 26 TO 30
Events & Actvites:
29 Advocatng for Change
30 Grade 8 Dinner Dance
3 Grade 8 Moving On
Rehearsals

Dear Parents:

As we enter the fnal two weeks of school, please make sure that your
child gets enough rest so that they can focus on their assignments.
Energy and excitement levels are high at this tme of the year and we
want to make sure that our students remain healthy and are making
positve choices to maintain their well-being.

In the classroom, our grade 8 students are busily preparing for one of
their major end-of-year actvites, Advocatng for Change. Their work
will culminate in a summit-type meetng where they share their re-
search and opinions on global issues on Thursday, May 29. We hope
youll be able to join us and support your child. As the senior students
of the Middle School, the students also enjoy the privilege of a few
special events. On Friday, May 30 the students will hear about the
transiton to High School and enjoy a Dinner Dance, partcipate in out-
reach actvites on June 2, and enjoy an Actvity Day on June 3. Finally,
the Moving On Ceremony will take place on June 4 in the Fine Arts
Theater from 4:00 6:00 P.M. We are looking forward to a positve
end for our students as they say farewell to their Middle School years.

Please be informed that PowerSchool will be closed startng Friday,
May 23 in order for teachers to write report card comments. Pow-
erSchool will reopen on June 6 so that second semester reports can be
viewed. Report card distributon will begin on June 11.

Looking aheadThe last day of school will be on Thursday, June 5 and
students will be dismissed at 12:00 noon. Please make the necessary
arrangements to have your child picked up from school.

Have a fabulous weekend!


Yours in Educaton,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson
Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal
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Returning for school year 20142015?
Dear Parents,

Please take a moment to review the re-enrollment procedure for your child to atend classes on August 7,
2014.

STEP 1 - Online Re-enrollment must be completed by May 22.

Afer May 22nd you will not have access to POWERSCHOOL and this may re-
sult in a delay for your child to atend classes on the frst day of school for
school year 2014-2015.

Please follow this link for the detailed step-by-step guide and required forms for students entering Grade 1,
6 and 9. To access the Parent Portal and PowerSchool, please download the PDF instructons here.

The forms should be completed and submited to the appropriate ofces at any tme prior to the start of
school in the Fall. We encourage you do start this process NOW to avoid long lines.

For informaton regarding your POWERSCHOOL access informaton please contact the school in which your
child is currently enrolled.

For informaton regarding our Health Clinic Clearance procedures, please contact the Clinic
at clinic@ismanila.org.

For informaton regarding billing or tuiton and fees, please contact our Treasury department
at villar@ismanila.org (for billing) and esguerrae@ismanila.org or felipen@ismanila.org (for tuiton and
fees).

May we request that if you are NOT RETURNING that you send the Admissions Ofce your of-
cial WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM immediately as this will help us to clear student account(s) in a
tmely manner. We request one form per child.

Please note: Parents who fail to notfy the school by Friday, 9th May that their children are leaving ISM
will forfeit US$1,000 from each Facilites Upgrade Deposit.

We appreciate your assistance with this procedure as we have many anxious families awaitng word regard-
ing spaces for their children for school year 2014-2015.

Sincerely,
Stephanie H. Hagedorn
Director of Admissions & Advancement

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Re-enrollment: SY14-15 Returning Students Medical Update

Dear Parents:

As you may know, for a number of years we have had required medical check-ups for students at diferent stages
in their school lives: G1; G5; G9. In recogniton of the increasing concern about heart health, especially in conjunc-
ton with physical exercise in a tropical climate, we shall be introducing a mandatory Electro-Cardiogram (ECG)
test for older students.

Sudden Cardiac Death in Adolescents, especially during sportng actvity, is a recognized syndrome and well over
100 children a year die of this in the USA. Medical advice is that it makes sense to test only students who are 12
years old and beyond. In light of this, we shall now have two thresholds for medical examinatons instead of the
present three. These will be in Grade 1 and Grade 6. At Grade 1, there will be a physical examinaton performed
by a duly accredited doctor as is the case at present. At Grade 6, there will be a similar physical examinaton but
with the added component of an ECG. All new students between G1 and G5 will have a physical examinaton; all
new students from G6 onward will have a physical examinaton and the ECG.

In order to "grandfather out" our present cohort of students, please note:
Incoming G6 students will have an ECG, but will not need a physical examinaton, since this was done when
they entered G5
Incoming G9 students will have the full medical examinaton and an ECG.
Incoming G7 and G8 will have the full medical examinaton and an ECG when they enter G9.
We shall contnue to encourage very strongly all athletes partcipatng in Varsity sports to take an ECG.

Over the course of the next years, this will mean that all ISM students from G6 onwards will have had a basic heart
check-up. The ECG is not defnitve, and there is a more sophistcated check that the doctor will recommend if any-
thing in the ECG causes concern. The test itself is very reasonably priced and is readily available at St Lukes and
Makat Medical Center as well as other hospitals.

Please take a moment to review our re-enrollment tme-line and procedures for all students returning for school
year 2014-2015: RE-ENROLLMENT

I do understand that adding this requirement of an ECG may be seen as an additonal chore for parents and stu-
dents at the tme of re-enrollment, but if such a test saves even one life then it will be well worth the extra efort.

Sincerely,
David Toze
Superintendent
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