International School Manila

For ATTENDANCE concerns, please contact the HS Office (Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano) Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653 email HSOffice@ismanila.org For GUIDANCE concerns, please contact Bella, Gigi or Jasmin Tel:840-8655 / 840-8660

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students January20,2012 A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students.

Message from the High School Principal

Dear Parents, Once again our campus is amazingly busy with a range of activities. This week we witnessed an extraordinary All Choirs Concert, which included collaboration with MS and with an outside choir from Calvin College. In addition in the HS this week I have been tremendously impressed with our Bearcat Career Week experience. The HS Administration felt that this was an area that we needed to improve in and last years addition of the Bearcat Summer Work Experience, combined with this weeks activities, has certainly raised the profile of career education at ISM. This week we had teachers in their regular classes talking about possible career paths for their subjects, we had specialists from the community and from within the school, give lunchtime chats and we had a brilliant presentation at the Wednesday HS assembly from ISM Board Chair and Alaska Milk President and CEO, Mr. Fred Uytengsu, which urged students to follow their passion, find their element and be the very best at whatever they choose. Students walked out of the theater truly inspired! Tomorrow sees our annual International Family Fun Day and I urge you all to support this PTA organized event. It is their major fundraiser for the year and all proceeds are invested right back into your childs education. In the evening tomorrow the Band Aid concert will play a repertoire of songs from our (at least my!) generation. Again it is a not to be missed ISM event! Power school is now open for this semester and first semester report comments can now be read online. A printed copy of the first semester report card can be collected from the HS Office beginning on Tuesday, January 24th. I remind you that Monday, January 23rd was declared a public holiday and that ISM will be a closed campus that day. Enjoy the long weekend and may the Year of the Dragon bring good health, wealth and happiness! Kung Hei Fat Choi!

William R.S. Brown HS Principal

HSCALENDAR:
Monday,January23: NOCLASSES Tuesday,January24: IB2Japanese/KoreanA1Orals Wednesday,January25: LateStart IB2Japanese/KoreanA1Orals REPORTCARDDISTRIBUTION Thursday,January26: IB2Japanese/KoreanA1Orals IB2EEVivaVoce Friday,January27: IB2Japanese/KoreanA1Orals IB2Bus&MgtFieldTrip Saturday,January28: SAT

UpcomingEvents:
January31:UniversityInformationNight February13:2ndSeasonIASAS February46:NOHOMEWORKWEEKEND

FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE: Reminders from the HS Office: KAWAYAN PHOTOS (Yearbook Photos): For those who ordered student photos from Tino Ley, the photos are now ready for pick up in the HS Office. If you will send a representative to claim the photos on behalf of the student please send an authorization letter to allow them to claim on your behalf. Thank you. REPORT CARDS: Report Cards will be ready for pick up by Tuesday JANUARY 24 at the HS Office. If you are unable to come and pick up the report, you may send your representative with an authorization letter to claim it on your behalf. We will not release any report cards without an authorization letter. Report cards that are not claimed by 3pm Friday, January 27, will be sent home through the students during their homeroom class on Monday afternoon (January 30). For any questions or concerns, please call the HS Office. *Powerschool will be open for Parents and Students to view grades by Friday, January 20. FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER :

FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER:

U.S. and Canadian University Applicant Reminders from the High School Counseling Office
The following reminders are for students who have applied or are in process of applying to North American universities. Universities in Canada Ask your child to check if an ISM transcript request has been made (this is completed through the student portal). If a transcript request is not completed, then please ask your child remember to complete a request with the university ID number. If a transcript request is submitted but does not include the university ID number, then please ask your child to give the university ID number to one of the high school counseling secretaries. Universities in the United States Ask your child to check their e-mail account once a day for any updates on the application status. Encourage your child to look for lost messages in the junk/spam folder as well. As a general reminder, several universities do not e-mail students directly for missing documents or test scores. These universities will post any reminders or notices of missing materials on your childs account within their websiteslogin instructions for your childs account should have been e-mailed already. If your child receives an e-mail from the Admissions Office requesting information, then please have them forward the message onto the appropriate counselor. If your child sent scores and/or ISM documents already but they are appearing as missing, do not worry. Give the university two weeks from the application deadline to accurately reflect the information received. Schools receive thousands of documents and it takes time for all the documents to be matched to the correct file. If it is after two weeks from the application date and ISM documents are still missing, then please have your child e-mail the appropriate counselor. If test scores are missing, then have your child see the appropriate counselor. As always if there are any questions, then please call, e-mail or come see us! The 11/12 Counseling Team Mr. Nichols, Ms. Ball and Ms. Mohr

BAND AID CONCERT 2012:

BandAidConcert2012:January21at7:00pmintheFAT.Tickets arePhp300andareavailableintheCashiersOffice BandAidisanonprofitcollaborationbetweenstudentandfaculty musicians and dancers to raise money to donate to ISMs service learning program. For example, the proceeds from Band Aid concerts have provided relief for victims of typhoons in the Philippines, built houses for GK777 in Manila, and covered the costs of education for orphaned children after the Haiti earthquake. This years show is one of the biggest ever, with 6 vocalists, 25 instrumentalists, and 33 dancers performing twenty popularsongsofvariousstylesfromthepast50years.BandAidis adynamicandfuneventforthewholefamilythatcelebratesmusic while generating money for an excellent cause. Tickets can be purchasedallweekfromtheISMcashier,andwillalsobeavailable for purchase at International Family Fun Day. Dont miss this amazingshow!

FROM THE PTA OFFICE:

VOLUNTEER! VOLUNTEER! VOLUNTEER!

VOLUNTEER AT IFFD 2012 Its for your KIDS, your COMMUNITY, your SELF
Your kids will have an awesome day to share with family and friends To make that day happen the ISM community needs your help, it is also a fundraiser for ISM PTA supported charities Come make some friends, connect and get connected!

Time slots available for volunteering are: 1.00 to 2.30 2.30 to 4.00 4.00 to 5.30 5.30 to 7.00 pm You can indicate a station preference, however it may not always be available. 1) Sari-sari store 2) Drinks booth 3) International buffet 4) ES play area 5) Velcro wall 6) Tickets 7) Raffle CONTACT: Radhika Savant Mohit Simran Uttamchandani radhikasavantmohit@yahoo.com simran.uttam@gmail.com 0917-887-2526 0917-844-0453

PUT YOUR HAND UP! Make it a success for your KIDS, COMMUNITY AND SELF

. Reminders about SECURITY and PARKING FOR IFFD:

Pleaserememberthatthenormalsecurityproceduresstillapplyonthatday.Ifyouhaveinvitedaguestfromoutside our school community to join us, and they will not be entering campus with you, please email their details to the SecurityOffice.Emailaddressissecurity@ismanila.org Aswehavelimitedparkingoncampusandweexpectalargenumberofvehicles,ONLYOWNERDRIVENCARSwillbe allowedtoremainoncampus.WeaskthatvehiclesdrivenbyemployeddriverstoenterviaGate3only,anddroptheir passengersoffatschoolandonlyreturntothecampusforthepurposeofpickingup.HoldersofISMIDcardswillbe abletoenteraspedestriansthroughGates1and3shouldtheywish.Gate2willbeclosedtoall.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEARNING COORDINATOR:

FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:

Plans are well underway for our hosting of IASAS Rugby/Touch to make this a memorable tournament for all the ISM community. If you can assist with housing we really need your support. See below for details regards housing a visiting athlete. IASAS RUGBY/TOUCH HOUSING: The next fantastic ISM Special event is on the horizon when we host Rugby/Touch Feb 1-5, 2012 and 140 athletes require housing for this event. The housing letter can be accessed via the ATAC blog or there is a link to it on the IASAS Rugby/Touch page. Housing letters are due in now! Please return these asap so the housing can be confirmed for all our guests who will arrive on Feb 1st. IASAS Venues for 2nd Season: Traveling teams depart Wed Feb 1st and return Feb 5th Rugby/Touch @ ISM Basketball @ ISB Bangkok Swimming @ Jakarta Tennis @ ISKL Kuala Lumpur GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need your power school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf. 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. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator Radhika radhikasavantmohit@yahoo.com or pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they will be very happy to make you welcome.

Congratulations to our team of Sailfish coaches who successfullyhostedagreatvarsityswimmeetlastSaturday at the ISM pool. Swim teams from American School in Japan andShanghaiAmericanschool flewinfor thismeet and had a great day of racing. The team from ASIJ also spentFridaymorningvisitingandworkingwithoneofour service partners to engage with and assist some underprivileged children. From all reports they found this anextremelyvaluableandrewardingventure.
3rd Season starts soon: Feb 6th sees the start of 3rd season for (Track and Field, Badminton, Softball for MS and HS students and Mixed Touch for MS students only) Tryouts information and practice schedules are now posted to the blog and on school notice boards.

Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities International School Manila E-mail: pekinm@ismanila.org ISM Website:http://www.ismanila.org/ ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/

ISM AQUATHON 2012 Saturday 25th February

Presenting the Annual ISM Aquathon 2012 Open to all ISM Student/Faculty/Staff/Parent Community. RACE 1 - MS Grades 7-8 - all High School and Adults - Start Time 8:00am Run 600m Swim 400m Run 1400m Male/Female, Age Groups 13/14, 15-18, Adult RACE 2 - ES Grades 3-4/MS Grades 5-6 Start Time 8:30am Run 300m Swim 300m Run 700m Age Groups Under 8, 9/10, 11/12 RACE 3 - ES Grades 1-2 Start Time 9:00am Run 150m Swim 200m Run 300m Age Groups 8 & Under RACE 4 - Relay Student/Student, Adult/Student, Adults/Adult, Start 9:30am - Run 600m Swim 800m Run 1400m Awards Ceremony 10:00am

ISM AQUATHON 2012 ENTRY FORM

1. Present this entry form to the Cashiers office and pay 300 pesos entry fee 2. Cashier will Stamp Entry Form. 3. Present this form to the Swimming Pool Office

Participants Name AGE GROUP Please Select a division and Age Group (X) DIVISION U8 9/10 11/12 13/14 15-18 Adult Relay MS7-8/HS/ADULT 8:00am ES 3-4/MS5-6 8:30am Elementary Grades 1-2 9:00am Relays 9:30am Cashier STAMP 300 Peso Entry Fee(Cashier Office)