ms parent bulletin (week of november 11 to 15)

8/14/2019 MS Parent Bulletin (Week of November 11 to 15)

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MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 12

SY 2013 2014

WEEK OF: Weekly Publication for Middle School ParentsFriday Bulletin

Inside this issue:

Events & Acvies:

Operaons & Security

ISM Upcoming Events

Philippine Cultural Club 2

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Athlecs & Acvies

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Powerschool Update:

15 Progress Reports

NOVEMBER

Academic Bowl

Saturday Service Dates:

NOVEMBER 11 to 15

Dear Parents:

This weekend will be extremely busy as ISM hosts two professional learning work-

shops for teachers in the region. The rst one is the Google Apps for Educators Sum-

mit and the second one is Translang Brain Research into Language and Literacy In-

strucon with Dr. Gini Rojas, whose area of experse is supporng English language

learners. She is a well-known educaonal consultant and has worked extensively

with internaonal schools. Many of our teachers as well as those from around theregion will be aending one of the workshops to improve their pracce and enhance

student learning. On Tuesday, November 12 at 7:30 A.M. in the Lile Theater, Gini

Rojas will be conducng a parent workshop on language and literacy and all are in-

vited to aend.

This week MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) test results will be sent home with

your child through Advisory. Please keep in mind that the test results are a snapshot

in me of your childs progress. If you have any quesons about the results or want

a fuller picture of your childs progress and level of achievement, please contact your

childs English or Math teacher for informaon.

The next month and a half is packed with events that are not to be missed. First on

the calendar is the Family Fun Day Carnival on November 16. This event is one of the

most ancipated of the year and will take place from 1:00 6:00 P.M. Tickets will be

sold throughout the coming week as well as on November 16. The PTA will also hold

the New Book Sale in the FAT lobby from November 18 22 and on Thursday, No-

vember 21 we are hosng a Middle School Parent Coee in the Lile Theater begin-

ning at 7:45 A.M. Soon aer that we have the Middle School art exhibit, concert

season and spirit week to look forward to. Stay posted for more details in the com-

ing weeks.

We hope everyone has been safe given the heavy rains and look forward to school

being open on Monday, November 11.

Have a resul weekend!

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

11/16 Papaya Academy11/23 Chosen Childrens Village11/30 La Mesa Watershed

CRIBS12/7 Love 2 Learn

12/14 Tzu Chi Foundation


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Parent IDs

We are now issuing new parent IDs for the school year 2013/14. To reduce the inconvenience to parents of

this replacement program, the old parent ID cards will be valid for school access unl the end of the rst se-

mester on December 18th

, 2013. The standard new parent cards will be issued free of charge. Parents may,

however, elect to apply for a smartcard ID which will be usable with the new cashless payment system being

introduced into the school for SY 2013-14. There will be a fee of P250.00 for a smartcard which covers in

part the registraon fee the school is required to pay for each card issued.

The security oce is now processing applicaons for the new parent IDs. As we require new photographs for

the cards, parents are asked to visit the security oce for the taking of their picture.

Drivers, Helpers and Bodyguards

Drivers, helpers and bodyguards should not wait on campus for students throughout the school day. Aer

dropping o students they should exit the school grounds and not return more than 30 minutes before dis-

missal me. Those who repeatedly fail to comply with the regulaon will have their access privilege sus-

pended.

Only those vehicles carrying parents or other people with business within the school will be allowed to re-

turn to the campus before the scheduled pick-up me.

There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas, helpers and security escorts to wait for par-

ents and students. Unless specically authorized, they may not enter any other area. In the interest of secu-

rity, and to prevent congeson at the pedestrian entrances to the covered parking area, parents are request-

ed to emphasize to their employees the importance of cooperang with the security sta and remaining inthe appropriate areas.

Terminaon of Employment

In the event of the terminaon of service of a family employee, parents are asked to secure the former em-

ployees ISM ID card and return it to the Security oce. If this is not possible, it is important that the Securi-

ty Oce is sll informed of the change of circumstances.

Firearms

All members of the ISM community are reminded that it is strictly forbidden for rearms to be brought ontothe campus. This includes concealed weapons carried by bodyguards for close protecon. Any person arriv-

ing at the school with a rearm should inform the gate guard and arrangements will be made for the weap-

on to be safely and securely stored during the visitors stay.

Thank you.

Michael Flynn

Director of Operaons & Security


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UPDATE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS THROUGH

THE ISM PARENT PORTALDear Parents,

We are pleased to inform you that your childs PowerSchool account may be accessed through the ISM Parent Portal.

Aside from being a gateway to PowerSchool, the Parent Portal also provides informaon on school events, useful links,

as well as child-specic academic blogs and student porolios. Should you need to make any changes to your contact

informaon, visit the Parent Portal and follow the steps below:


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Leaving ISM?

For those students that will be withdrawing from Internaonal School Manila this school year (SY 13

-14), the following procedure applies:

Parents are obliged to ocially inform the Admissions Oce in wring through a Withdrawal No-

caon Form at least een (15) days prior to your childs last day of school.

For those leaving at theend of the school year,you MUST submit a Withdrawal No-

caon Form on or before May 09, 2014.

Failure to do so will lead to a deducon of US$1,000 from the Facilies Upgrade Deposit (FUD) in

compensaon for having held a space for the child and thus prevenng the School from oeringthat space to another child prior to the summer holiday break.

The Withdrawal Nocaon Form can be obtained from the Admissions Oce or downloaded from

the ISM website here.

We hope that your child has had an enriching stay at ISM and wish you and your family the very

best in the future.
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The MS/HS 2nd season pracce schedule which runs

from Oct 23 to Feb 7 is now posted on noce boards

around school, and is also now available on the ATACblog.

hp://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/

Our 2nd Friday night Lights is on November 15th. We will

have a great aernoon/evening of HS sport on show,

Rugby/Touch vs Brent and Faith, Basketball vs Faith.

Come out and cheer for our teams as they kick start their

season. All games will start from 4:15pm unl around

7pm. The HS student ambassadors and the Bearcat Coun-cil will be arranging some fun games and there will also

be food/drink booths. ES students are welcome to stay

but they must have parental supervision.

ISM will host the Pre-IASAS Basketball exchange on Nov

22-24. We need host families for 72 players from ISB/JIS/

ISKL. Please assist us with this important preparaon for

our basketball teams. Go to this link hp://atac.ism-

online.org/iasas/iasas-housing/basketball-exchange-

housing-leer/ print and complete the sign up and re-

turn to ATAC oce by the deadline. Many thanks!

ISM proudly hosts IASAS swimming Feb 5-9, 2014 and

host families are required to house the vising IASAS

swimmers. The housing leer is available via the ATAC

blog and via the Sailsh blog. Please assist us to make this

a wonderful event for our community by housing a pair

of swimmers for IASAS. (hp://atac.ism-online.org/

iasas/iasas-housing/iasas-swim-meet-housing-leer/)

Please print, complete and return the slip to the ATACoce.

New families please take some me to peruse the ATAC

blog as this will help orientate you with the wide variety

of co-curricular programs ISM oers.

A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program

is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog and also to

follow via twier (see twier feed on the blog home

page).

Each Monday, I will post the weeks happenings and high-

light important events for students and parents infor-

maon on the ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent

bullens.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF (access to game schedule infor-

maon): Informaon about all mid-week/weekend x-

tures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog.

Please note the game schedule does change oen due toinvolvement with many local schools so please check the

page regularly to nd out the latest informaon of where

and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on sched-

ules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the power

school secure site: hp://powerschool.ismanila.org/

public/

You will need your power school user name and pass-

word to access the game schedule pdf.

The Bearcat Den is open for business. Please drop by to

check out the range of Bearcat products. We have a great

team of volunteers who run the den and are always look-

ing for more people to help out. If you are interested in

joining a fantasc group please contact any of our den

members during den opening hours or please contact

Carolyn Ching for details at: [email protected].

We are always looking for new volunteers and encourage

parents from ES/MS to join our group.

BEARCAT DEN: hp://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat -den/

Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats!

Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs/Acvies

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Congratulaonsto the Middle School Academic Bowl team for

WINNING at the semester one Academic Bowl

compeon held here at ISM on Wednesday

6thNovember 2013.

The ISM team members were:Abhinav Bathula: Grade 8Kaiwen (Calvin) Zhang: Grade 8Ilham Thomson: Grade 8Sue Lee: Grade 8David Yuanwei Zhang : Grade 7

Nicole Nair : Grade 7Johann Singh : Grade 7Andrea Justine Lee: Grade 7Ratul Mangal: Grade 6Alexander Strang : Grade 5

Go Bearcats!

Coach Valerie Birchenall


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Volunteer! Volunteer! Volunteer!Volunteer at Family Fun Day 2013! It's for your kids, your community, and yourself. Your kids willhave an awesome day to share with family and friends at the annual ISM Family Fun Day carni-val. To make that day happen, ISM needs your help. Come make new friends, connect with oldfriends and get connected to the ISM community at large!

Time slots available for volunteering the day of the carnival:12:30 P.M. or 12:45 - 2:00 P.M.2:00 - 4:00 P.M.4:00 - 6:00 P.M.

Proceeds from Family Fun Day support the student clubs and the PTA-supported charities. Make

Family Fun Day a success for your KIDS, your community and yourself!

Contact:Soomie Ahn 0916-656-5680

[email protected] Voelker 0917-819-0304

[email protected]

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