International School Manila

ES PARENT BULLETIN
Volume 18 11 May 2012

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

MAY
12 K-12 Dance Recital @ 3pm, Fine Arts Theatre

Too often we are pre-\occupied with the destination and lose sight of the journey. This morning in assembly we read the book from which the quote above is taken. At this time of year, with many of us starting to think about new grade levels, new classes and even new schools and countries, it is poignant for us all to press pause as we often do in our classrooms, and take a moment to enjoy the here and now. Transition is a challenge for us all and one that we all experience at various stages in our life. At ISM, we are extremely cognizant of our context and want to support all our students, parents and teachers as they transition from one year to the next. Equally, we dont want school to be viewed as a race to the end, but rather a journey that should be savored at every interval. We hope that as a community we can all enjoy the next three weeks together and celebrate what has been achieved this year, how we have supported each other within our learning communities and also take a moment to reflect on our journeys thus far.

16, 23, Student Late Start @ 8.30am 30 21 22 AFAC Recital - All Strings @ 3.30pm, AMR AFAC Recital - Wind Instrument & ES Choir @ 3.30pm, AMR ES Parent Bulletin 25 Last day of After School Activities 1st Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase Grade 2 @ 3pm, AMR 28 1st Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase Grade 3 & 4 @ 2.45pm, AMR Grade 4 Moving-On Ceremony @ 8am, Fine Arts Theatre 31 Early Student Release @ 12pm Distribution of Section Cards, Accounting Office End of Semester 2

From the ES Administration

Dear Elementary School Parents, Is There Really a Human Race Sometimes its better not to go fast. There are beautiful sights to be seen when youre last. Shouldnt it be that you just try your best? And thats more important than beating the rest? Shouldnt it be looking back at the end that you judge your own race by the help that you lend? (Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell, 2006)

Adam Campbell
Elementary Principal

Michael Rourke

Elementary Asst. Principal

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From the Music Team

1 Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase!
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From the Grade 4 Team

PLEASE HELP US BUY A TETHERBALL FOR PCF!! In Grade 4, weve been learning about Child Rights and we want to help uphold other childrens right to play. We collaborated with PCF School in Tondo this year and when we visited them, we found out that they play on their rooftop and the soccer balls keep falling into the Pasig River. We are trying to raise enough money to buy PCF school a tetherball. To do this, we wrote a book of poetry. We will be selling our book on May 14th - 16th outside the Middle School Cafeteria from 10.00 10.30 and 12.00 12.20. It only costs 150Php. PLEASE SUPPORT THE ADORABLE MONSTERS (Grade 4 Walshe)! THANK YOU!

Hi everyone! Some of ISMs Grade 2, 3 and 4 students have such a passion for music that they have asked for a venue to showcase their special talents, therefore we are excited to announce ISMs 1st

Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase! We are

thrilled to report that more than 60 participants have signed up and auditioned for this special

event! Due to this overwhelming student response and with careful consideration given to the large number of end-of-year activities taking place on campus, the Showcase will be held on two separate dates:
EVENT Grade 2 Talent Showcase Grade 3 & 4 Talent Showcase DATE Friday, May 25
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TIME 3:00pm-4:00pm 2:45pm-5:00pm

VENUE AMR AMR

Monday, May 28th

A program participant roster is included in this bulletin and will be posted outside the AMR during the event. This is a non-competitive event and all participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. Cameras and videos are welcomed and encouraged so everyone has a lifelong memory to take home with them. Hope to see you there!

ES Music Team
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1st Annual Junior Bearcat Talent Showcase Program

GRADE 2 GRADE 3 GRADE 4

1.

Ian (Win)

1.

Lizzy (Sho)

1.

Alaina.Elena.Kayla.Aleah (Wal.Mar)

2. Shyrine (Pow) 3. Noxy.Yirang (Riv) 4. Matteo (Win) 5. Anushka (Dup) 6. EllaChristine (Riv) 7. Shayaan (Win) 8. Ellery (Rea) 9. Alice.Romaysa (Riv) 10. Chloe (Rea) 11. Yong Hyun (Win) 12. Michael (Rea) 13. Tia (Dup) 14. Mercedes.Norbu. Mishaa.Nubaha.Nadia.Jacky. Jade.Moe (Win) 15. Yerin (Zul) 16. Raina.Emma (Pow) 17. Dylan H. (Riv) 18. Etta (Zul) 19. Sarah.Angela (Riv) 20. Dishita.Saanvi (Zul.Pow)

2. Jem.An.Arwen. (McG) 3. Annika (Ham) 4. Ivan (McG) 5. Megan (McG) 6. Annabelle.Elena (Sho) 7. Nika (Ham) 8. Yejin (Ham) 9. Srimayaa.Risliana.Sagarika (Ham) 10. Ryoma (Sho) 11. Kimberly (ONe) 12. Francesca (Ham) 13. Laura (McG) 14. Grace (ONe) 15. KC (Ham) 16. Kevin (Ham) 17. Zakary.Miranda (ONe)

2. Aneek (Coo) 3. Alaina (Wal) 4. Travis (Mar) 5. Demi.Sofia (Mar.Wal) 6. Adam (Pat) 7. Lexi.Nathalie (JO.McE) 8. Seba.Joaquin (Mar) 9. Marlijn.Danielle.JeeJee.Sam (Cos) 10. Hayley.Pari (Coo) 11. Derek (Pat) 12. Sabina (McE) 13. Stella.Ashley (Cos) 14. Kimberly.Adam.Justin (ONe.Pat.McE) 15. Bryan.Keerthana (JO) 16. Cheska (JO) 17. Asha.Catalina. Ishani.Victoria (Coo) 18. Jenny (Coo) 19. Sudhanvita. Sofia.Jessica. Muskaan.Samira. Patricia.Marin (Pat.Sho) 20. Marty.Ivan.Bradley.Matthew (McE) 3

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From the Childrens Media Center

CMC EndofYearSchedule
TheCMChasbeenaverybusyplaceovertheyearandithasbeenarealpleasureseeing somanypeoplefromallpartsoftheschoolcommunityusingtheresources. Itisnowthetimeofyearwhenborrowingendsandwestartcallinginallourresources. Belowistheendofyearschedule;pleasenotethatthelastdayforborrowingisThursday, May17andthatallitemsareduebackbyFriday,May18. Eventhoughtheshelveswillbeclosedforuse,thelibraryspacewillremainopenuntilthe lastday.Also,thecomputerswillcontinuetobeavailableforuse. Goodbyeandgoodlucktothosewhoaremovingon,andforthosewhoarereturning, welookforwardtoseeingyouintheCMCnextschoolyear. May915 May16 May17 May18 May21 May25 LastclassesforBrowseandBorrow. Borrowinglimit=2itemsforeveryone. Absolutelastborrowingdateforeveryone. Allitemsduebackfromallpatronsstudents,parents CMCclosesitsshelves. Overdueno cessentouttoparents,students. Morningnaloverdueno cessenttoparents. A ernoonschoolaccountswillbechargedfornonreturneditems.

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From the Fine Arts Office

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Important Reminder from Treasury Office: Cut-off date for the acceptance of check payment SY2011-2012
Please be informed that for the purpose of clearing the accounts of students for SY11-12 , peso checks will no longer be accepted after the second Friday of May (May 11) while US$ checks drawn from US banks will no longer be accepted after the second Friday of April (April 13). This is to allow enough time for the checks to get cleared by the bank in time for the student clearance in May.

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From the Admissions & Advancement Office

RE-ENROLLMENT AND WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES
Dear Parents, Re-Enrollment for school year 2012-2013 is ongoing. We advise all families to begin the process early to avoid long lines. Please drop by the Admissions Office to pick-up your RE-ENROLLMENT CLEARANCE FORM or visit our web site at http://www.ismanila.org > ADMISSION > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal to download the appropriate forms. Clearance signatures are required from the following offices: Admissions Health Clinic Cashiers Office Step 1 Admissions forms will need to be signed and submitted to the Admissions Office. Step 2 All students are required to submit the Health Clinic Updating Form directly to the Clinic. This may be done at any time. Incoming Grade 1, 5 and 9 students must have page 2 of the document completed by a licensed physician. We do recommend that all children have an annual check-up. In addition, all incoming Grade 5 and 9 students will need to submit the Tuberculosis Screening Form. Step 3 Beginning May 31, 2012 you may visit the Cashiers Office to settle your accounts. The Re-Enrollment Clearance Form will need to be submitted in exchange for your childs section card and/or class schedule. Please do not discard this form. WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURE If your family will be leaving before or at the end of SY11-12, we would appreciate that you submit the official Withdrawal Notification Form in order to initiate the withdrawal process. Please note, this does not pertain to Grade 12 students who will graduate in May. Please submit the completed Withdrawal Notification Form as early as possible. All forms are available here: http://www.ismanila.org > Admission > Re-enrollment and Withdrawal WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM (required by ES/HS/MS students) Please submit this to the Admissions Office MIDDLE SCHOOL CLEARANCE FORM Once completed please submit this to the Cashiers Office HIGH SCHOOL CLEARANCE FORM Once completed please submit this to the Cashiers Office IMPORTANT DATE to remember: May 11, 2012 Withdrawal Notification Forms for School Year 2011-2012 must be submitted. Forms received after this date will incur a penalty of USD $1000 on the refund of the FUD. For detailed information regarding receiving Report Cards, Transcript of Records, obtaining a yearbook and/or the refund of the FUD please visit our web site at www.ismanila.org under the Admissions TAB < Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal. We appreciate your notification as we have many families awaiting word for enrollment for next school year. Please feel free to contact us at admissions@ismanila.org for any questions or concerns. Sincerely,

Stephanie H. Hagedorn

Director of Admissions & Advancement International School Manila www.ismanila.org

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From the Athletics Office

Since the launch at the beginning of the school year the ATAC blog has to date received over 25,ooo visits and has provided valuable up to date information for ISM students/ parents in a wide variety of ATAC program areas. We are constantly updating the blog to provide current information and in our quest to do so you will notice a new twitter service now available. Tweets from ISManilaAD will be posted for important ISM information/updates related to the ATAC program. This service will be especially relevant to HS students/parents who are heavily involved in our program and who may travel frequently with school teams. If buses or flights are delayed a tweet can be posted to inform parents and to allow them to keep updated if events like this occur. If you are a regular IASAS host family this service may be of use as tweets will be posted if arriving teams have been delayed at the airport and pick up times are affected. You can view tweets on the blog home page and also by subscribing to twitter/setting up an account you can follow ISManilaAD by clicking on the follow me button at the blog home page and you can receive updates directly to your cell phone to keep updated on the go with all the Bearcats action! During IASAS weeks score updates/results and medal performances will also be posted! ISM Summer Camps: please register asap if you are planning on taking any of our summer sports slots for camps are filling up fasthttp://atac.ism-online.org/ atac/atac-summer-sports-camps/ Exciting developments for next school year: In our quest to ensure ISM maintains and keeps improving the wonderful sports facilities we have it gives me great pleasure to advise that work has already started on the new roof top tennis court project and that work will be starting in late May on resurfacing our track. The tennis court redevelopment is a large scale project which when completed in mid/late October will provide a fully covered facility for tennis and PE classes with the addition of two courts (currently 6 to 8 courts), along with male/female locker rooms, extra storage space for equipment, roll away tennis nets, a small office and two areas of spectator bleachers. Our athletics track will be resurfaced and the jumps 8 runway/landing pit area will be relocated slightly to improve this facility. ISM hosts IASAS Tennis and Track & Field next school year and these improvements will ensure we have the best facilities possible to host the IASAS Championships in 2013 and for our students/teams to use for their PE classes and team training on a day to day basis during the school year. ATAC Events coming up: May 12th Aikido and Judo meet Gymnastic area/Covered Court. May 22nd ISM Homeless World Cup Football Tournament 3-5pm See Ms Vogt to pay/register your team. Open to MS/HS students. Funds raised help support the Philippines Homeless World Cup team to travel to Mexico City to compete. 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: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat -den/ New dri fit t-shirts are now available along with new Bearcat bags and arriving soon new ISM/Bearcat dri fit caps (great for PE classes) 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 volunteers in the
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From the After School Activities Office

From the Athletics Office

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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. Anyone interested in joining the den next school year starting in August names are being taken, please contact Radhika to submit your information and expression of interest. Please note final day for den sales this school year is Wednesday May 30th. Thursday May 31st the den volunteers will be doing inventory and closing up the den for summer hibernation. The den will not be open for sales on the final day of school May 31st

Mark Pekin
Director of Athletics/Activities E-mail: pekinm@ismanila.org ISM Website:http://www.ismanila.org/ ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/ 9

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