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A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students.

February3,2012

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students

Message from the Administration:

Dear Parents, As I write this message, I find myself in the enviable position of watching, and thoroughly enjoying, the IASAS Rugby and Touch tournaments, hosted this year here at ISM. The boys performed as well as we hoped yesterday (Thursday), with a first game defeat to SAS, Singapore followed by a last second (literally, last second) victory against ISB, Bangkok. Our girls made a confident and commanding start to this years campaign with a 5-0 win against JIS, Jakarta followed by a second, albeit more narrow, victory against TAS, Taipei. It is encouraging to witness the excellent level of support by our ES, MS and HS students and teachers, together with many, many parents here to enjoy the games. Please come out to ISM tomorrow, (Saturday, February 4th) to both support or sports men and women and to enjoy the competition. The schedule of games can be found at iasas.ismanila.org/rugby/schedule. Elsewhere in the region our ISM athletes have made a strong start with Basketball in Bangkok, Swimming in Jakarta, and Tennis in KL. The results for all these, including the Rugby and Touch can be found on the iasas.asia website. Good luck to all our athletes. As Mr. Brown stated in last weeks Friday Bulletin, we are rapidly approaching the time of year when students make their selections for the courses that they would like to study next academic year, 2012-2013. Please take the time to review the High School Course Offerings 2012-2013 handbook that is available to browse online on our website at www.ismanila.org. Make sure that you have discussed the courses that your son or daughter would like to take next year so that they align with their future plans and aspirations. A large part of next Tuesdays High School Parent Coffee will focus on the course selection process if you can make it we would love for you to attend this session at 9:30 in the Little Theatre.

Michael Dickinson High School Assistant Principal

William R. S. Brown High School Principal

HSCALENDAR:
Monday,February6: Tuesday,February7: IASASMATH HSParentCoffee9:30am(LT) IB2FilmProductionportfoliodraftDUE Wednesday,February8: LateStart IB2EnglishA2EAdue(writtentasks) Thursday,February9: IB2EconIADue(Commentary) Gr.9Parent/StudentCourseInfoMeeting 5:155:45pmLittleTheater Gr.10Parent/StudentCourseInfoMeeting 6:007:30pmLittleTheater Friday,February10: IB2TheaterIADue(IPP) IB2LangB&A2Orals Saturday,February11: SaturdayServiceGrade12 BattleoftheBands(Preliminaries) UpcomingEvents: FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER : Feb1719:GINCONFERENCE February17:NoClassesFacultyInService February18:BattleoftheBands(Finals) Feb2024:CourseRegistrationWeek

FROM THE COUNSELING OFFICE: CollegeTourstoU.S.andCanada Visiting university campuses is a great way for students to begin the process of discovering which universities are good fits for them. Touring a campus, meeting other students and admissions staff, and experiencing dorm life are all helpful in determining to whichschoolsastudentwillapplyandtowhichschoolhe orshewillattend.Summeruniversityvisitsareespecially encouraged, when possible, for students currently in grades10and11. Various companies provide packaged college tours. One such company, TS College Tours based in Singapore,hasseveralcollegetoursplannedforstudents this coming summer. Tours fill up fast, so if you are interested, please check out the website: http://www.tscollegetours.com/ TS College Tours focuses exclusively on the backgrounds, needs and interests of students attending international schools who hope to attend college in the US or Canada. The founder of the company is a former ISM counselor, and has vast experience with university admissions. Anotherreputablecompany,basedintheU.S.,is College Visits. Information about their tours planned betweennowandJuly2012canbefoundonthewebsite: http://www.collegevisits.com.

REMINDERS:

Invitation to HS Parent Coffee:

For new students: Our school photographer, Tino Ley, will do his last yearbook photo session on WHEN:Thursday, February 9 TIME: 8:30 am to 1:00 pm VENUE: Room P045 Please remember to have your pictures taken so you can be included in the yearbook.

All parents are invited to attend the HS Parent Coffee Morning: WHEN: Tuesday, February 7 TIME: 9:30 am to 11:00 am VENUE: Little Theater We hope to see you there! -HS ADMINISTRATION

FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER:

SOPHOMOREANDJUNIORPARENTS: Dont forget to mark June 4th to 8th in your calendar. These are the dates for this years BearcatCareerExperienceprogram.Giveyour daughterorsontheopportunitytoexperience one week in a real life company and in a career area they are interested in and/or curious about. Details on how students can apply will be out later. For now, please just keepthesedatesopenwhenbookingsummer vacationflights. Please contact Mr. Doug McQueen in HS Counseling (mcqueend@ismanila.org) if you haveanyquestions.

Doug McQueen
HS Grade 9/10 Guidance Counselor Surnames A-Lh International School Manila

(632)8408664 OurHSGuidanceBlog

FOR SENIOR PARENTS: ToallHighSchoolParents: SeniorDedicationBoughtPagesfortheKawayanyearbook arenowavailable! WHATisaboughtpage? It is a page that you create which will be included in the Kawayan yearbook. It can contain anything from family messages for graduating kids to picture collages of your childs best moments in high school. It is a great way to create a lasting memory of your childs high school years andyoucanbuyasmanypagesasyouwant! PRICES:(perpage) BlackandWhite:PHP2,500 Colored:PHP4,800 *All payments must be made to the cashier DEADLINE:March2,2012(Friday) PAGEDETAILS: Dimensions: Each page should be 9"x12" Mustbe turnedinaseitherapicture (.jpeg)orPhotoshop (.psd) file with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch). SUBMISSION: PleaseburnthefileonaCDanddropitoffattheHSoffice WITHareceiptfromthecashier.Pleaseindicatethatitisa bought page for the Kawayan yearbook. Forquestions,pleasedon'thesitatetocontact AngelaSyorKevinYangat kawayanprint@gmail.com. Thankyouforyoursupport! AngelaSyandKevinYang KawayanYearbookEditorsinChief

FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE:

FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:

IASAS RUGBY/TOUCH: I hope many of our community have been able to come along and support our rugby and touch teams. There has been a real buzz and great atmosphere around the school the past two days and finals day tomorrow is sure to be exciting! The IASAS format for this event is great in that all games for rugby and touch are played on our HS field. Three rugby games are played followed by three touch games morning and afternoon each day, so if you have not come along yet come out and cheer for the ISM BEARCATS! I would like to thank all families who have agreed to support this important part of the tournament by housing the visiting athletes without your support this event cannot happen. All the athletes really appreciate the hospitality they are shown. IASAS Venues for 2nd Season: Traveling teams departed Wed Feb 1st and return Feb 5th. Along with our rugby and touch teams dont forget to support our IASAS traveling teams by keeping up to date with their progress via the sites listed. We wish all our traveling teams and coaches all the very best for the 2nd season championships. Rugby/Touch @ ISM http://iasas.ismanila.org Basketball @ ISB Bangkok http://inside.isb.ac.th/athletics/iasas-basketball-2012/ Swimming @ Jakarta and Tennis @ ISKL Kuala Lumpur For live streaming and results of IASAS 2nd season events as they happen go to www.iasas.asia. Host schools will have their live sites information accessible and this will be the fastest way to access information during the tournaments. ISM will be streaming all Rugby and Touch games from our HS field. This link will provide direct access to the website and live streaming of rugby/touch games at ISM http://iasas.ismanila.org Congratulations to the following teams/coaches who finished off the local season in fine style last weekend: Varsity girls basketball team- won the local league final last Saturday vs La Salle Zobel 59-56 JV girls Touch won the UP Touch Invitational at UP MS girls Touch came runners up in the UP Invitational at UP JV boys Rugby won the PRFU/MANSAC league final vs Faith jv 36-0 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.

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/

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 are on school notice boards.

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)

CollegeAcceptancesforClass2012 ReportasofFebruary1,2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 College TheUniversityofAlabama AteneodeManilaUniversity(7) ColumbiaUniversity DeLaSalleUniversityManila DrexelUniversity EmersonCollege EnderunCollegesInc. FloridaInstituteofTechnology GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology IndianaUniversityatBloomington Johnson&WalesUniversity KnoxCollege MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology McGillUniversity(8) UniversityofMiami MichiganStateUniversity(3) MiddleburyCollege NortheasternUniversity(2) NorthwesternUniversity OccidentalCollege PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,UniversityPark UniversityofPennsylvania UniversityofthePhilippines PrincetonUniversity QuestUniversityCanada(2) SSTHSwissSchoolofTourismandHospitality StanfordUniversity SwinburneUniversityofTechnology VancouverFilmSchool VassarCollege WellesleyCollege UniversityofWisconsin,Stout