middle school parent bulletin - issue no. 23 - february 18 to 22

7/29/2019 Middle School Parent Bulletin - Issue No. 23 - February 18 to 22

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From the Middle School Office

ISSUE # 23

WEEKOF FEBRUARY 18 TO 22, 2013

Friday Bulletin

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Weekly Public ation for Midd le Schoo l Parents

From the Office of Admissions andAdvancement

2

From the Operations & SecurityOff ice

4

From the Treasury DepartmentFrom t he AFAC Off ice

6

From t he HS Guidance Offi ce 7

Adult Language Courses at ISM 8

MS End of Season Spor t s Award s3rd Season Training Schedule

9

From t he School Clinic 5

ISM Commu nit y Art Auct ion 1

Inside t his issue:

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

FEBRUARY

19 Grade 8 Parent s HS CoSelection Meeting(5:30 P.M., - 6:30 P.M.Li t t le Theater)

21 MS Parent Coffee(7:45 A.M., L i t t le Thea

25 No Classes(EDSA Revolution Holid

26 No Cl asses:Faculty In-Service

27 to Mar. 01 Grade 8 CourseRegistration

MARCH

4 to 8 Course Regist rat ion

15 MS Party (Grade 5 to 8)18 to 22 English Honors Testing

25 to 27 Spirit Week

Dear Parents:

This week has been an eye-opening, mind-broadening experience for the Middle Schoolstudents. As the children return from their Classroom Without Walls (CWW) trips, we hope thememories will live on and motivate the students to think more carefully about how they cancontribute to the community. Our students have a wealth of talents and energy to share, andwe encourage them to commit to sharing their time with others in need. We thank all theteachers for their dedication and efforts to provide a range of enriching experiences for thestudents. It was a week well spent! Please take some time to engage your child and discussways that your child can build on the experience. Its important that the learning does not endwith the conclusion of the CWW week but that the spirit of service continues to be nurtured.

Middle School course registration for school year 2013-2014 will take place the week of March3. Two new course offerings, Dance Remix and Robotics, is being made available to Grades7 and 8. Dance Revolution offers students the chance to explore their movement potential anddevelop spatial awareness. Throughout the semester, different dance forms, such as modern,jazz and hip hop,and the foundations of choreography will be explored. Above all, this courseis designed to give students the confidence to move forward into ISMs already thriving Danceprogram at HS level and to inspire them to experiment with different avenues of movementexpression. For this reason, the course is suitable for both experienced and beginner dancers.As part of this program, the students are also afforded the opportunity to share, celebrate andshowcase their talent through participation in school activities and dance recitals.

For parents of grade 8 students A High School Course Selection Meeting is scheduled forTuesday, February 19 from 5:30 6:30 P.M. in the Little Theater. Please attend so that youcan hear more about high school and what lies ahead for your child.

Looking aheadOn Thursday, March 7 students will be released early at 12:00 noon, and wewill have an afternoon of Student-Led Conferences, which is a change in our conferenceformat for second semester. The student-led conference is an opportunity for students toshare their learning with their parents and teachers and the goals of a student-led conferenceinclude the following:

To encourage students to accept responsibility for their learning and progress.To help students recognize and take ownership for the things that interfered with their

learning success.

To teach students the process of self-evaluation.

To facilitate the development of students oral communication skills and self-confidence.

To enhance communication between student and parents.

On that afternoon you will accompany your child to each class for approximately ten minutesand have the opportunity to discuss samples of their work.

For student-led conferences, parents will not need to schedule appointments. Please note thatif both parents are unable to attend the student-led conference, your child is expected to gohome at dismissal and not remain on campus. We will provide more detailed information inthe coming weeks including questions you can ask your child and the schedule for theafternoon. We look forward to implementing this conference format and supporting your

conversations with your child about his/her learning.

Reminderthere will be no classes on February 25 and 26. Classes resume on February 27.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa SaysonMiddle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

The Yearbook

Pict ures are now

available for pick up

the MS Office.


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FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

From the Office of Admissions and Advancement


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Withdrawal Procedure for Students Leaving ISM

For those students who wi l l be withdrawing from Internat ional School Mani la this year , the f o l lowing procedure ap-pl ies:

Parents are obliged to inform the School officially through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the se-cond Friday of May, i f t heir children will not be retur ning to ISM.

Failur e t o do so wil l l ead to a deduct ion of US$1,000 f rom t he Facili t ies Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensationfor having held a space for the child and thus preventing the School from offering that space to another child pri-or to the summer holiday break.

The Withdrawal Not i f icat ion Form can be obtained from the Admissions Off ice or direct ly from the ISM websitewww. ismani la.org under Admissions > Re-Enrol lment & Withdrawal > Withdrawal

STEP 1: Retur n t he Wit hdrawal Notif ication Form to t he Admissions Off ice or scanned and e-mai led as an attachmentt o [email protected] .

Upon receipt of t he Wi thdrawal Not i f i cat ion Form by t he Admissions Of f ice, a copy wi l l be forwarded t o

the appropr iate School Of f ice and the Finance Of f ice f or t hei r act ion.The School Of f ice, upon receipt of the Wi t hdrawal Not i f i cat ion Form, wi l l in i t iat e the student c learance

procedur e which r equires a Middle or High School stu dent to have t he Student Clearance Slip signedby the indicated teachers and of f ices for c learance. For Elementary students, the E lementary Of f icewi l l handle the wi t hdrawal c learance.

Note that school t ranscr ipts and records wi l l be avai lable f rom t he par t icular school of f ice approximatelyf i f teen working days after the chi lds last day of attendance at ISM. Please coordinate direct ly w it hthe particular School Office if you require other arrangements.

STEP 2: I f required, and when complet ed, t he Student Clearance Slip must be taken to the Cashier s Off ice. Onlyafter the Cashier has received and signed the completed clearance form wi l l the chi lds transcript or school records bereleased from t he Element ary, Middle or High School Off ice. Please note t hat one copy of t he transcript i s providedfr ee of charge, addi t i onal copies cost P100 each, payable at the Cashier s Off ice bef ore rel ease. Please coordinatedirectl y wit h t he part icular School Off ice if you require more t han one copy of school r ecords.

STEP 3: In order t o receive your Faci l i t ies Upgrade Deposit or FUD (formerl y the Special Project Deposit) ref und, t hefol lowing must be submi t t ed to t he Cashiers Office:

1) Signed Student Clearance Slip2) Signed Faci l i t i es Upgrade Deposit Cert i f icat e

Please note that the FUD refund w i l l not be released before your chi ld s last day of school and may t ake up to th i r t y(30) days. Only the person whose name appears on the FUD Cert i f icate may claim the refund at the Cashiers Off ice.

Please call t he Cashier at 840-8506 if you have quest ions regardi ng your FUD Cert if icate.

Please al low t he wit hdrawal process to go smoot hly by st art ing the process early. Thank you for your help and under-standing.

I f you wi l l be w it hdrawi ng before t he end of t he school year and wish to rece ive your chi ld s YEARBOOK please submitthe appropr iate form to the School Of f ice. The forms are avai lable through the web si te: Admission > Re-Enroll ment& Wi t hdrawal>Wi thdrawal

Element ary School Yearbook: ALAALAMiddle School Yearbook: SALINLAHIHigh School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

Sincerely,

St ephanie H. HagedornDirector of Adm issions & [email protected]



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From the Operations & Security Office

Driver s, Helpers and Bodyguards

Drivers, helper s and bodyguards should not be wait ing on campus for student s thr oughout the school day. Afterdropping off students they should exi t the school grounds and not return more than 30 minutes before dismissal

t im e. Those who repeatedly f a i l to compl y wi t h t he regulat ion w i l l have thei r access pr ivi lege suspended.

Only t hose vehic les carry ing parents or other people wi t h business wi th in t he school wi l l be al lowed t o ret urn t o t he

campus before 1:45 p.m .

There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas, helpers and securi ty escorts to wait for parents andstudent s. Unless speci f ical ly author ized, they m ay not ent er any other area. In the interest of secur i ty , and to pre-vent congest ion at the pedestr ian entrances to the covered parking area, parents are requested to emphasize to

thei r em ployees the im por tance of cooperat ing wi t h the secur i ty staf f and remaining in the appropr iate areas.

Terminat ion of Employm ent

In the event of t he term inat ion of serv ice of a fami ly employee, parents are asked to secure the f ormer employee sISM ID card and retur n i t t o the Securi t y off i ce. I f this is not possible, i t is import ant t hat t he Securi t y Off ice is st i l l

informed of the change of circumstances.

Firearms

Al l members of the ISM communi ty are reminded that i t i s st r ic t ly forbidden for f i rearms to be brought onto thecampus. This includes concealed weapons carr ied by bodyguards for close protect ion. Any person arr iving at theschool wi th a f i rearm should inform t he gate guard and arrangements wi l l be made for the w eapon to be safely and

securely stored during the visi tor s stay.

Secur i t y st af f d irect ions

Our securi ty team is endeavoring to make the school as safe and secure an environment as possible for al l membersof our communi ty. We as that everybody cooperate wi t h us in th is impor tant t ask. In par t icular , a l l t hose enter ingour campus are requested t o comply wi t h any di rect ion given to t hem by members of our guard force. In the eventthat anyone is unclear as to the purpose of such instruct ions they can seek clar i f icat ions from the securi ty off ice.

Please note that i t is the parents responsibi l i ty to advise their staff accordingly.

Thank you for your cooperat ion. We are looking forw ard to anot her successful semester at Internat ional School

Manila.

Regards,MICHAEL FLYNN

Director

Operat ions & Securi t y

February 7, 2013


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TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2013

INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS

Vaccination Day: March 13 t hWednesday

Last day t o sign up/ pay: March 6 t h Wednesday

Pri ce: Php 480.00

Vaccine : GSK Inf luenza vacci ne

Influenzaorcommonlyknownas flu trangkaso iscausedbythe influenzavirus.

The influenzavirus iseasilytransmiedthroughthingsyoutouchor intheairwe

breathe.Fluvaccineisrecommendedforeveryoneabove6monthsold.

Gengtheflushotshouldbedoneannuallybecausethecirculangstrainsofthe

fluviruschangeeachyear,hencethecomposionofthevaccineisupdatedannu-

ally. For tropical counes the flu is present yearroundwith peaks during the

monthsofJulySeptember.

Everyonewith a valid ISM IDmay parcipate in this vaccinaon session.Order

formsareavailableattheCashierofficeorbyvisingtheClinic.Pleasecomplete

theformandmakeyourpaymenttotheCashier.Payment for these vaccinaons

must be made to the cashier department by no later than Wednesday 6th

of

March .The vaccines will then be ordered and no further registraons will be ac-

cepted.

IfyouwouldliketodiscussthevaccineorhaveanyquesonspleasecontactJowell

CustodioorClaudeeBekedamattheClinic.

Clinicdirectnumber: 8408581/82

Email:[email protected]


From the School Clinic


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From the After-School Activities Office

1. Bui,HongMin

2. Cho,JinYoung3. Chung,Chrise

4. Go,Kae

5. Konishi,Yui

6. Kumar,Rishika

7. Lam,Tiffany

8. Qin,Cindy9. Shankar,Varsha

10. Sharma,Priyanka

11. Woodruff,Julia

12. Zhou,Yijia


Secondsessionaerschoolsportsacvies:tennis,badminton,

volleyballandcricketwillstartthisweek.Ifyouhavesignedupinanyoftheseacvies,

pleasechecktheMSbullenboardforconfirmaonandschedule.Ifyouhaveanyquesons,pleasegetintouchwithMs.MeiJusayoftheAFACofficeat840-8485.

From the Treasury Department

Dear ISM Parents:

This is a reminder to please view and check the ISM Web Online at http://community.ismanila.org/d/2/for the latest update on your billing statement and set-tle any remaining balance of account(s).

Please note that the 2nd semester Tuition fee for SY2012-2013 was due last De-cember 07,2012 while other school fees on your billing statements are already dueas billed. For those who havent settled yet, we appreciate your immediate settlementof the accounts.

For related billing and payment questions including any username and password con-cerns, please call 840-85-22/840-85-06/840-85-12 and look for RHODA VILLA(Accountant) or MARISSA DULAY (Treasury Supervisor) and Elmer Esguerra ( Cash-ier). You can also email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. and [email protected].

Congratulations to the Middle School

Badminton Team!!!

From:CoachHadassahCastro


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DearHSParents,

Weareverypleasedtointroduce/reintroduceyoutoanexcinginiavedevelopedbackin2010by

theHSGuidanceDepartmentincooperaonwiththeHSAdministraon:

Bearcat Career Experience

Asweallknowwell,highschoolforstudentsis(amongmanythings)a meofself-discovery.Itisamewhereourstudentsbegintobeeracknowledgetheiraptudes/likes,wheretheyhonetheirstrengthsandwheretheybegintosortthroughthatrathercomplicatedmapknownastheireducaonalandfutureca-reerpath.Unfortunately,itisoenamapwithgapsbetweenwhattheylearnintheiracademicclassroomsandtherealworldtheirteachersareworkingtopreparethemfor.

Inshort,wehopetohelpbridgethatgapforsomeofourhighschoolstudentsthroughafivedaysummerinternship(June10th14th,2013)withvariouscompaniesintheMetroManilaarea.

Lastyearwewereveryfortunatetoplaceover120ISMhighschoolstudents(sophomoresandjuniors)with30companies(includingAlaskaMilk,AsianDevelopmentBank(ADB),andMakaMedicalCentertonameafew)intheMetroManilaarea.Thisyear,wedefinitelyfeelthosenumberscouldincrease.However,inordertomakethisareality,weneedreputablecompaniesfromavarietyofindustriestoformpartnershipswithusandtakepart.

AsparentsofourdedicatedandmovatedHSstudents,youmayown,beemployedby,orknowofacompanyinterestedinsup-porngthisveryworthwhileendeavor.WeaskforyoursupportinhelpingusdeveloppotenalCareerExperienceplacementsandsub-sequently,lasngposiverelaonshipswithcompaniesintheMetroManilaarea.

Weaskthatyoutake metoreflectonthisimportantiniave(currentlyinits3rdyear)anditsvalue

forourISMcommunity.

Pleasetakealookatourwebsiteherehp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/what-is-a-bearcat-career-experience/.Thispageshouldgiveyouanideaofwhattheprogramisallabout.

Youmightalsowanttocheckoutthisvideotoo.hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/media/

Ifyouareinaposiontotakeoneormoreofourstudentsatyourcompanyorknowofaninterestedcompany,pleaseletmeknow.

[email protected] ifyouhaveanyquesonsorneedfurtherclarificaon.

Informaonabouthowyoursonordaughter(currentsophomoresandjuniorsonly)couldapplyforaCareerExperienceposionwillbecommunicatedtoallofyouatalaterdate.

YoucanalsogetmoreinformedanduptodatepostsabouttheBearcatCareerExperiencebylikingourfacebookpageathps://www.facebook.com/BearcatCareerExperience

ThankyouverymuchforyoursupportandIlookforwardtohearingbackfromsomeofyou.J

Sincerely,

DougMcQueenHighSchoolCounselor


From the HS Guidance Office


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