es parent bulletin sy12-13, vol. 9

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11 January 2013Volume 09

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

JAN

7 Start of Second Semester

9, 16, 23,

30Student Late Start, 8:30am

11, 25 ES Parent Bulletin

15 ES New Parent Coffee, 7:30am, ESFaculty Lounge

22

K-12 Counseling Workshop - Third

Culture Kids: The Lived Experience,

9:00am, Little Theater

25ES Assembly, 8:00am, Fine Arts

Theater

31Childrens Musical Theater, Fine Arts

Theater

FEB

6, 13, 20,27

Student Late Start, 8:30am

6Grade 4 to 5 Parents Transition

Meeting, 5:00pm, Little Theater

8, 22 ES Parent Bulletin

9 International Family Fun Day

15 ES Sports Day

19ES Parent Coffee, 7:30am, Little

Theater

25NO SCHOOL - EDSA Revolution

Holiday

26 NO CLASSES - Faculty In-service

DearElementarySchoolParents,

WelcomeBack

Awarmwelcomebacktoschoolandaveryhappy2013!

ToallournewfamiliesatISMaveryspecialwelcome.

Most especially, to our eighteen new students to the

Elementary School this week, and to the four new

friendswhoarriveonMondaywelcomeandwehope

yourfirstfewdaysat ISMhavebeen,andwillconnuetobe,excing.Nodoubt,forparentsandchildrenalike,

yourheadswillbefilledwithnewnamesandfaces,new

friendsandacvies,andpossibly,manyquesons.For

students, our classroom teachers, specialists, guidance

counselors, teaching assistants,office staff, and indeed

administrators, are here to provide answers and

support. For parents, all the aforemenoned are also

here for you and are available to help out should you

haveanyqueries. ThisTuesday,January15,wewillhold

aNewParentCoffeeMorning.Thiswillbeachance for

newparentstomeetandbe introducedtosomeofthe

key people, in addion to your class teachers and

teaching assistants, in the ES. It is our firm belief that

maintaining a healthy and ongoing dialogue between

homeandschoolisacricalpartofachildslearningat

ISM.

TCKs ThirdCultureKids

Formany of us in the ISM community,we are in the

unique situaon of raising children in mulcultural

households,oroutsideofthe passportcultureoftheir

parents. The term ThirdCultureKids (TCKs)hasbeen

coinedtodescribetheexperienceofchildrenwhospendsome or all of their formave years growing up in a

culture other than that of their parents. While this

experience isgrowing increasinglycommonthere issll

concernabouthowitwillimpactchildren,parcularlyin

termsof feelingsof rootlessnessandgrief that comes

fromloss.Inanaempttoshedlightonthebenefitsand

challengespresentedbythisexperience,theCounseling

Department conducts a series of informaonal

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workshops for parents. The nextworkshop will be

heldonJanuary22intheLileTheaterfrom9amto

11am,andisappropriateforparentswithchildrenat

all levels, Preschool through Grade 12. In this

session,parentswillhearfromagroupofMiddleand

HighSchoolstudents,aswellasseveraladultsinthe

community who grew up as TCKs. We highly

recommend this discussion and invite all parents

acrosstheschooltoaend.

Adam CampbellElementary Principal

Michael RourkeElementary Assistant Principal

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International School Manila

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AFTER SCHOOL

ACTIVITIES (ES-AFAC)

Important Dates

to Remember

SECOND SEMESTER

January 7, 2013

(Monday)

Start of After-School Activities

February 4, 2013

(Monday)

Last day to add/cancel classes

May 31, 2013

(Friday)

Last day of second semester AFAC

UPDATING PARENT CONTACTINFORMATION

In order to best serve the ISM Parent Community, it is es-sential that information be quickly disseminated when nec-essary. For this reason, the accuracy of your contact detailsin our database is of the utmost importance. Please notethat Parent Contact Information must be updatedonline by the parent.

To make any changes or verification in contact infor-mation, please access one of your childrens data file via theISM website (www.ismanila.org) and then under Login,click on Powerschool Public Access and enter your

Username and Password. On the page that opens, clickon the Demographic Update icon for changing or updat-ing demographic information.

TheelementaryschoolannualsportsdayisonFridayFebruary15th.

All

families

are

invited

to

a

end.

Your

child

will

bring

home

aprogramforESSportsdaytheweekbeforeandallinformaonwill

alsobeavailableonthePEblogs.ColorfulclassTshirtshavenow

beendesigned and ordered and thesewill be given out theday

beforeSportsDay.Studentswillparcipateasaclassinavarietyof

acviesthatpromoteteamwork,cooperaon,anddevelopmotor

skills.Ourfocusisonhavingfuninanacveseng.Sportsdayalso

provides a wonderful opportunity for students to display good

sportsmanship.

Ifyouwould likemore informaonpleasecontactyourchildsPE

teacherorvisittheESPEblogs.

Amanda PekinESPEProgramLeader


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CHILDREN'SMUSICALTHEATERYouarecordiallyinvitedtoaendthisveryspecialevent wrien,designedandcreatedby

theGrade4studentsoftheChildren'sMusicalTheateracvity.

ENCHANTIABasedonthebook"TheTalkingParcel"byGeraldDurrell

Joinusonanunforgeablejourneytomagicallandswithmythicalcreatures,secretagents,a

capveQueenandafewverybraveISMstudents. Thisisoneperformanceyoudefinitelydo

notwanttomiss!!!

AllperformanceswillbeheldintheFAT.

Thursday,January31at1pmstudentperformanceforGrades24

Thursday,January31at6pmperformanceforparentcommunity

Friday,February1at8:30amstudentperformanceforPreschoolGrade1


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Access and parking within the campus are important security

andsafetyissues. ForthewellbeingofallmembersoftheISM

community,thoseenteringtheschoolcampusarerequestedto

followthe

procedures

outlined

below.

VehicularAccess

Duringdropoffandpickup mes,vehiclesmayenter through

Gates2and3. ThoseenteringthroughGate2shouldproceedto

thedropoffareaand,oncethestudenthasalightedorboarded,

they should exit viaGate 1. Those vehicles entering through

Gate 3must turn into the covered parking area and use the

designateddropoffareas. AllvehiclesmustexitthroughGate1.

Alternavely,vehiclesenteringthroughGate3maypark inthe

covered car park. The spaces reserved for parentdriven cars

should only be used by those vehicles which are driven by

parentsthemselves. Vehiclesinwhichparentsaretraveling,but

which are driven by a driver, should not use these spaces.Rather,theyshouldparkelsewhereinthecoveredparkormake

useoftheoutsidespacesnexttothepowercenter.

Pleasenote thatGate2mayonlybeusedbymembersof the

ISM community in possession of a valid ISM ID and vehicles

displayingavalidISMvehiclescker.

Family/company drivers should not remainwithin school once

theyhavedeliveredastudent. Theyshouldexittheschooland

returnnosoonerthan1:45intheaernoonforpickup.

VisitorstoISMmayonlyenterthroughGate3. Thereisanarea

forshortstayvisitorsparkingnearGate1.

ThePedestrianGate

Locaon

Thepedestriangate is located in theperimeter fencemidway

betweenGate1andGate2. Thereisapavedareabetweenthe

roadandtheperimeterfence,allowingeasyaccesstothegate.

The pedestrian gate is solely for theentry ofmembersof the

ISMCommunityatthebeginningoftheschoolday. Itwillonly

beopenbetween7:00and7:45(8:00to8:45onWednesdays).

Duetoparkingrestriconsandintheinterestsofsecurityitwill

notbeopenintheaernoonforpickups. Duringthe meit is

open, itwillbeunder the supervisionofmembers of the ISM

GuardForce.

DropoffProcedure

Drivers should stop adjacent to the paved area and students

should alight from the right side of their vehicle. The driver

should then move off, clearing the space for other vehicles

droppingoffstudents. Undernocircumstancesshouldastudent

bedroppedofffromtheoutside lane. This isdangerousasthe

studentwouldneedtowalkacrossthefrontofanothervehicle.

Drivers are reminded that traffic regulaons forbidparking on

the roads around ISM. Therefore, vehicles should only be

stopping for the brief ne it takes for a student to alight.

Driversmustnotwaitforanybodytoreturntothevehicle.

CarSckers

Thecarsckersfortheschoolyear2012/13areavailablefromthesecurityoffice.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle scker free of

charge. Any addional sckers will be issued following

paymentofPhp100.00tothecashiersoffice.

Inordertofacilitatetheeasyrecognionofauthorizedcarsat

thegates,thesckersshouldbeaffixedtothetoprightcorner

of thewindshield. Further to this,old ISM sckers issued in

previousyearsshouldberemoved.

IDCards

IDcardsshouldbewornatall meswhileoncampus. Ifyou

havenotbeenissuedanIDcard,oryouhavelostit,youshouldobtainoneby vising the securityofficeand compleng the

appropriateapplicaonform.

Vehiclechecks

Thepracceof inspecngvehicleswill connue. Duringoff

peakhoursallvehicleswillbecheckedbeforetheyareallowed

toenterthecampus. Duringpeakhours(dropoffandpickup

mes), all vehicles without valid sckers and randomly

selected vehicles with sckers will be asked to undergo an

examinaon.

Whetheranexaminaon isconductedornot, it is important

thatthe

security

sta

ffatthe

gates

are

able

toiden

fytheoccupantsofvehiclesenteringthecampus;thereforeIDsmust

be clearlydisplayed. Vehicleswith ntedwindowsmust roll

down windows to allow a clear view of the interior of the

vehicle.

Drivers,HelpersandBodyguards

Drivers, helpers and bodyguards should not be waing on

campus for students throughout the school day. Aer

droppingoffstudentstheyshouldexittheschoolgroundsand

notreturnmorethan30minutesbeforedismissal me. Those

who repeatedly fail to complywith the regulaonwill have

theiraccessprivilegesuspended.

Only those vehicles carrying parents or other people withbusinesswithin the schoolwill be allowed to return to the

campusbefore1:45p.m.

Therearedesignatedareasforunaccompanieddrivers,yayas,

helpersandsecurityescortstowaitforparentsandstudents.

Unlessspecificallyauthorized,theymaynotenteranyother

area.Intheinterestofsecurity,andtopreventcongesonat

thepedestrianentrancestothecoveredparkingarea,parents

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are requested to emphasize to their employees the

importance of cooperang with the security staff and

remainingintheappropriateareas.

TerminaonofEmployment

In the event of the terminaon of service of a family

employee, parents are asked to secure the former

employees ISM IDcardandreturn ittotheSecurityoffice.

Ifthisisnotpossible,itisimportanttattheSecurityOfficeis

sllinformedofthechangeofcircumstances.

Finally, I would like to thank all members of the ISM

communityfortheircooperaoninhelpingusmaintainISM

asasafeandsecureenvironmentforourchildren.

Firearms

Allmembersofthe ISMcommunityareremindedthat it is

strictly forbidden for firearms to be brought onto the

campus. This includes concealed weapons carried by

bodyguardsforcloseprotecon.Anypersonarrivingatthe

school with a firearm should inform the gate guard and

arrangementswillbemadefortheweapontobesafelyand

securelystoredduringthevisitorsstay.

Securitystaffdirecons

Oursecurityteamisendeavoringtomaketheschoolassafe

and secureanenvironmentaspossible forallmembersof

ourcommunity.Weasthateverybodycooperatewithusinthis important task. In parcular, all those entering our

campusarerequestedtocomplywithanydirecongivento

them bymembers of our guard force. In the event that

anyone is unclear as to the purpose of such instrucons

theycanseekclarificaonsfromthesecurityoffice. Please

notethatitistheparentsresponsibilitytoadvisetheirstaff

accordingly.

Thankyouforyourcooperaon. Wearelookingforwardto

anothersuccessfulsemesteratInternaonalSchoolManila.

Regards,

Michael FlynnDirector,Operaons&Security

January8,2013


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Welcomebacktoschoolandto2013!ISMBearcataconwill

resumethisweekendJan11thand12

th2013.

ISMwillhostIASASTennisJan30Feb3.Seeflyerinthis

bullen!Weneedtohouse80visingtennisplayersfromtheIASASschools.Pleaseclickthislinktoaccessthehousing

leerinformaonhp://atac.ismonline.org/files/2011/02/

IASAStennis2013HousingRequestleer.pdfFormore

generalinformaonabouthousingatIASAStournamentssee

thehousingandhosngpage.hp://atac.ismonline.org/

iasas/iasashousing/Theleerisalsoavailableunderthe

helpfulshortcutsbarontherightsideoftheATACbloghome

page.WelookforwardtoISMcommunitysupportforwhat

willbeafantasctennistournamentasourISMtennisteams

aempttodefendGOLDatIASAS!!Wesllneed12more

tennisathleteshoused!

3rdSeasonSports:(Track&Field,Soball,Badmintonand

MixedTouch*msonlyformixedtouch)Tryoutsand

Pracceschedulesflyersfor3rdSeasonwillbepostedtothe

ATACblogandonnoceboardsaroundschoolonWedJan

16th.Ifyouareinterestedintryingoutfora3

rdseason

teamsyoumustaendalltryoutssessions.

2ndSeasonMSandHSSportsawardsforallteamswillbe

heldTuesdayFeb19thMSatLileTheatre3:15pmandfor

HS3rdfloorlohousefrom5:30pm.Allathletesandparents

arewelcometoaend.

2nd

SeasonIASASSchedulesareavailableontheATACblogforBasketballatSingapore,Rugby/TouchatKualaLumpur,

SwimmingatTaipeiandTennisatManila.

AgreatwaytostayintouchwiththeISMATACprogramisto

subscribeviaRSSfeedtotheATACblogandalsotofollowvia

twier(seetwierfeedonthebloghomepage).Each

MondayIwillposttheweekshappeningsandhighlight

importanteventsforstudentsandparentsinformaonon

theATACblogandintheregularFridayparentbullens.

GAMESCHEDULEPDF:(accesstogameschedule

informaon)Informaonaboutallmidweek/weekend

fixturesforISMteamscanbefoundviatheATACblog.Please

notethegamescheduledoeschangeoendueto

involvementwithmanylocalschoolssopleasecheckthe

pageregularlytofindoutthelatestinformaonofwhere

andwhentheBearcatsteamsareplaying.Clickonschedules

tabortheBearcatlogotobedirectedtothepowerschool

securesitehp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/

Youwillneedyourpowerschoolusernameandpasswordto

accessthegameschedulepdf.

HSStudentregistraonforATACacvies:(newforschool

year1213)AGoogledocregistraonisnowavailableforall

HSstudentswhowilltakepartinanyATACseasonalsports

teams,MUNandCulturalConvenonprograms.Pleasetake

the metocompletethisonlineregistraonforacviesthatyouplanonjoiningthisschoolyear.Pleaseaccessthe

formviatheHSStudentRegistraontabfoundunderthe

HelpfulShortcutsbarontheATACbloghomepage.*please

notethisisforHSstudentsonlyandyoumustuseyour

schoolemailaddresstoaccessthelink.Personalgmailor

hotmailaddresseswillnotallowyoutoaccessthepage.

BEARCATDEN:hp://atac.ismonline.org/bearcatden/

OurBearcatDenisopenforbusiness,pleasedropbyto

checkouttherangeofBearcatproducts.Wehaveagreat

teamofvolunteerswhorunthedenandarealwayslooking

formorepeopletohelpout.Ifyouareinterestedinjoininga

fantascgrouppleasecontactanyofourdenmembers

duringdenopeninghours.Wehavefoundournewvolunteer

coordinatorthankssomuchtoCarolynforsteppingforward

totakeonthisrole.IfyoureinterestedinjoiningtheDen

volunteersaerthebreakpleasecontactCarolynChingfor

[email protected]

newvolunteersandencourageparentsfromES/MStojoin

ourgroup.

RegularOpeningHoursfortheBearcatDen:WedandFridays

from11:30am1:00pmandeachaernoonfrom2:304pm.

Mark PekinAthlecDirector


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HelloSwimmingFamilies.

IMPORTANTNEWS!

SailfishTraininghasstarted,thereistrainingtoday.

AllVarsitySwimmersshouldhandintheirpassportsbyThursdaythisweek. Thefinalteamwillbeannounced

onMonday14th.

SailfishTryoutsarebeingconductedthisweekandnext

week.Ifyouhaveafriendwhowantstojoin,please

askthemtocometothepoolaerschoolforatryout.

SWIMMEETS

Saturday12thVarsityInvitaonal

EntriesAached,

LiveMeetResultswillbehere:

hp://sailfish.ismonline.org/livemeetresults/

Friday18thandSaturday19

thClubDistanceTimeTrial

PleaseNote!theBrentDualMeethasbeencancelled,

insteadwewillhavea2dayClubDistanceMeet.

SwimmerEntryFormHere

hp://sailfish.ismonline.org/signupforms/clubdistanceme

trialsswimmerentry/

FridayPleasePick2Events,Plus1BonusEvent,justincase

wehaveenough me.

SaturdayPleasePick3events,Plusabonusevent,ifwe

have mewewillenteryouinaextraevent

ParentVolunteerSignUpformHere

hp://sailfish.ismonline.org/signupforms/clubdistanceme

trialsparentsignup/

Saturday2ndMarchAquathon(OpentoWholeSchool

Community,MumsDads,ISMStudents)

Entryform(wealsoacceptentriesontheDay.)

hp://sailfish.ismonline.org/signupforms/aquathon2013sign

up/

Detailshere:hp://sailfish.ismonline.org/meets/aquathon/

Saturday9thFebruary ManilaJapaneseSchoolMeet

OpentoESandMSswimmersOnly.

EntryFormwillbeavailableonMonday21st.

SWIMSUITSANDSWIMCAPS

Weareawaingtheimminentarrivalofanewbatchofswim

suitsandswimcaps. Anybodywhohaspaidforanewsuitand

hasbeenwaingpaently,youwonthavetowaittoomuch

longer.Pleasehangontoyourreceipt,youwillneedtoshowthis

whenyoupickupyourswimsuit.

SwimmerswhoarenewtoSailfish,youcanpurchaseaSailfish

SwimSuitfor2,000Pesos.PayforthesuitattheSchoolCashier,

thenbringyourreceipttoaSwimSuitSaledaytopickup

yoursuit.

SWIMSUITSALEDATES

Meanme,Sailfishswimmerswhoarenewandarestarnginthe2

ndsemester,andhavepaidtheir1,200PesosSailfish

Registraonfees,youcanpickupyourSwimCapandSailfish

ShirtatthenextSwimSuitSaleDay,pleasebringyourreceipt

toproveyouhavepaid.

January Wednesday16thandFriday18

th,Wednesday23

rd

andFriday25th

FebruaryWednesday6thandFriday8

th,thenWednesday

20thandFriday22nd

FRIDAYSQUAD5TRAINING

OnFridaytheVarsityTeamhaveaspecialjointtraining

sessionwith

aVarsity

Team

from

the

American

School

in

Japan,Squad5willnothaveatrainingsessiononFriday.

WEDNESDAYMORNINGTRAINING

TheSquad7andVarsitySwimmerswhoaendWednesday

MorningTrainingsessionsatPoloClub,youhave3more

sessionstogo;

Wednesday9th,Wednesday16

thandWednesday23

rd.

SAILFISHPARENTMEETING

SailfishParentMeeng,todiscuss:

Q&Asession,

ManilaSpringMeet(April20)(ourInternaonalInvitaonal,wehave4Teamsalreadyconfirmed

fromVietnam,China/HongKong)

Aquathon(March2)

EndofyearawardsCeremony

Lo HouseA,8:45am ll9:45am

XLR8

Adetailedexplanaonofthisprogramislocatedhere:hp://

sailfish.ismonline.org/xlr8incenve/

Regards,

Andy AstfalckHeadCoach,ISMSailfishSwimClub


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DearISMParents,

Weareverypleasedonceagaintoofferanexcingcareer

discoveryfocusedprogramdevelopedbytheHSGuidanceDepartmentincooperaonwiththeHSAdministraon:

Asweallknowwell,highschoolforstudentsis(amongmany

things)a meofselfdiscovery.Itisa mewhereourstudents

begintobeeracknowledgetheiraptudes/likes,wheretheyhone

theirstrengthsandwheretheybegintosortthroughthatrather

complicatedmapknownastheireducaonalandfuturecareer

path.Unfortunately,itisoenamapwithgapsbetweenwhatthey

learnintheiracademicclassroomsandtherealworldtheir

teachersareworkingtopreparethemfor.

Inshort,wehopetohelpbridgethatgapforsomeofourHS

studentsthroughafivedaysummerinternship(June10th14th,2012)withvariouscompaniesintheMetroManilaarea.This

istheweekrightaerourschoolyearfinishes.

Lastyearwewereveryfortunatetoplaceover120ISMhighschoolstudentswithabout30companies(includingAlaskaMilk,

AsianDevelopmentBank(ADB),FedEx,Hya HotelandCasino,andMakaMedicalCenterjusttonameafew)intheMetro

Manilaarea.Demandforthisprogramhasincreasedeachyearandweexpectthattoconnue.However,inordertokeeppace

withstudentinterest,weneedaddionalreputablecompaniesfromavarietyofindustriestoformpartnershipswithusand

takepart.

Asparentsofourdedicatedandmovatedstudents,youmayown,beemployedby,orknowofacompanyinterestedin

supporngthisveryworthwhileendeavor.WeaskforyoursupportinhelpingusdeveloppotenalCareerExperience

placementsandsubsequently,lasngposiverelaonshipswithcompaniesintheMetroManilaarea.

Weaskthatyoutake metoreflectonthisimportantiniave(currentlyinits3rdyear)anditsvalueforourISMcommunity.If

youareinaposiontotakeoneormoreofourstudentsatyourcompanyorknowofaninterestedcompany,pleasecontact

DougMcQueenatmcqueend@ismanila.org.Hewillbehappytoexplaintheprogramfurtherandhowtoapplyasacompany.

FormoreinformaonontheBearcatCareerExperienceyoumayalsotakealookatourwebsitehp://bearcatcareers.ism

online.org/inthemeanme.

Informaonabouthowyoursonordaughter(currenthighschoolsophomoresandjuniorsonly)couldapplyforaBearcat

CareerExperienceinternshipposionwillbecommunicatedatalaterdate.Inthemeanme,pleasearrangetobeinManila

duringtheJune10thto14

thweekifyouthinkyoursonordaughtermightbeinterested.

ThankyouverymuchforyoursupportandIlookforwardtohearingfromyou.

Sincerely,

Doug McQueenHighSchoolCounselor

Grades9&10(SurnamesA Lh)

Tel:(+632)8408664

*HSCounselingBlog:hp://guidance.ismonline.org/

*BearcarCareerExperienceBlog:hp://bearcatcareers.ismonline.org/

*BearcatCareerExperienceFacebook:hps://www.facebook.com/BearcatCareerExperience

The Bearcat Career Experience

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