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24 Aug 2012Volume 02

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

AUG

27National Holiday for National Heroes Day -

No Classes

29Wednesday Morning Student Late Start @

8.30am

31

Math Training Parent Session with ErmaAnderson (visiting Math consultant)@ 7.30 - 9.30am, Little Theater

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SEPT

4 PTA Bearcat Welcome @ 7.30am, Lofthouse

5, 12,19, 26 Wednesday Morning Student Late Start @8.30am

7, 20 ES Parent Bulletin

11 ES Parent Coffee @ 7.30am, Little Theater

19

ES Parent Coffee with John Joseph @ 8.30am,

Little Theater

Parent Talk with John Joseph @ 6pm, Little

Theatergo to page 7

21 Faculty In-service - No Classes

24 -Oct 17

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)Testing

Dear Elementary School Parents,

OPEN HOUSE

Thank you to our entire community for taking the

time to come to our two Open House nights this

week. We trust you were able to gain an insight

into our programs in the Elementary School, and

also gain a sense of what happens in your childsclassroom on a daily basis. In our initial

presentation, we gave an overview of five of the

key philosophical underpinnings of learning and

teaching in the ES, and some of the language

involved. These were:

Collaboration

Inquiry

Meta-cognition

Differentiation

Understanding

Over the next months, we will shine a light on

each of these individually, such that you gain a

broader perspective of our program of learning

and, more importantly, what your childs day to

day learning is based upon. Each concept

interconnects with the others and should not be

viewed as isolated from each other. This week,

we will look at the notion of collaboration.

Any organization can be judged by the strength

of its relationships. This is never more so than for

a school. Clearly, the relationship between

student and teacher is critical but equally so, the

relationship the teacher has with the family helps

support the targeted learning. Many of you

would have had (or will do so in the next few

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weeks) an initial Parent Orientation meetingwith your childs class teacher as a means of

providing information about your childs

background, interests, cultural and linguistic

context, and strengths. The aim of these

meetings is to start this collaborative relationship

between home and school and with this, the

conversation about your childs learning.

We also see collaboration as a necessary part

of the learning process, as we know thatlearning is a social activity. Giving students the

opportunities for them to collaborate together

on certain tasks enables them to scaffold their

learning for each other and build on what they already know. This said, we also acknowledge that for

some students, working independently feels more comfortable and providing opportunities to

accommodate for this learning preference is part of a differentiated classroom. These types of learning

contexts independent and collaborative - are used within our classrooms on a regular basis, allowing all

students to develop in both areas, not as an either or, but rather as a both.

Mathematics Professional Learning

Next week, we have a Mathematics consultant working with all the Elementary School faculty on teaching

for mathematical understanding. This professional learning will give us the opportunity to build upon our

Mathematics curriculum as we strive to ensure that all ISM students are equipped with high level

mathematical problem solving skills and develop a strong foundation in number sense. It is this foundation

in number which then allows children to access more complex conceptual mathematical understandings as

they progress through their school experience at ISM. To find out more about how Mathematics is learned

and taught, parents are invited to a Math workshop on Friday August 31, from 7:30 9:00am in the

Little Theater.

Adam Campbell Michael RourkeElementary Principal Elementary Assistant Principal

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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.
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All PreK-Grad e 12 Pa ren ts a re invited to a ttend the

CULTURE SHOCK: Easing the Transition wo rkshop on

Tuesday, AUG 28, 9:00-11:00 am

(Revised da te due to ho liday )in the Litt le The atre . This is Session 1 o f 4workshop s that will take plac e o ver the c ourse o f the yea r aimed at

informing p arents about the c ha lleng es and bene fits of raising

c hild ren in an interna tiona lly mob ile, and \ or cultura lly diverse fa mily.

In this session partic ipa nts will explore the c onc ep t of c ulture in order

to b ring g rea ter unde rstand ing to the c om mon experienc e o f culture

shoc k. Strate g ies will be c onside red to help ease the transition not just

for our child ren, but the entire fa mily.


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ElementarySchoolParentBookGroupforFall2012Aenon Parents!

Welcome back to the 201213 school year! During the first semester the ES Counseling Department will be hosng

yet another Parent Book Group open to ALL Elementary School parents. These sessions will begin Tuesday,September25, from 7:45unl10am, and connue each Tuesday for 8 sessions. We are excited to be reading the

WholeBrainChildby Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson. In the past we have used Siegels book ParenngfromtheInside

Out, which combines social science with neuroscience. The WholeBrainChildconnues by bringing together these

two perspecves while providing clear, easy to use strategies. Please see the announcement below to find out more

about the book:

TheWholeBrainChild:

12RevoluonaryStrategiestoNurtureYourChild'sDevelopingMind,

SurviveEverydayParenngStruggles,andHelpYourFamilyThrive

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. Your

preschooler refuses to get dressed. Your fihgrader sulks on the

bench insteadofplayingon thefield.Do children conspire tomake

their parents lives endlessly challenging? Noits just their

developingbraincallingtheshots!

In thispioneering,praccalbook,DanielJ. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist

andauthorof thebestsellingbookMindsight,andparenngexpert

Tina Payne Bryson demysfy the meltdowns and aggravaon,

explainingthenewscienceofhowachildsbrain iswiredandhow it

matures. The upstairs brain,whichmakes decisions and balances

emoons,isunderconstruconunlthemidtwenes.Andespecially

inyoungchildren,the rightbrainand itsemoons tend to ruleover

thelogicofthelebrain.Nowonderkidscanseemandfeelsoout

ofcontrol.Byapplying thesediscoveries toeverydayparenng,you

canturnanyoutburst,argument,orfearintoachancetointegrateyourchildsbrainandfostervitalgrowth.

Completewithclearexplanaons,ageappropriatestrategiesfordealingwithdaytodaystruggles,and illustraons

thatwillhelp youexplain theseconcepts toyour child,TheWholeBrainChild showsyouhow toculvatehealthy

emoonalandintellectualdevelopmentsothatyourchildrencanleadbalanced,meaningful,andconnectedlives.

Addionally, check out coauthor Tina Brysons blog Parenng Maers.

If you are interested in joining the group, or have any quesons, please email Derek Selander

[email protected].

We hope to see you there!

Derek & Ce
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ES ART NEED YOUR PAPER!

Newspaper, packing paper, mag-

azines, wrapping paper. Dont

throw it away we will recycle

it into some amazing artworks!

Thanks

Your ES Art Team

PE

Welcome to the new school year from the ES PE

department. We look forward to a physically

active year ahead for all our students. The role ofPE in the school curriculum is to help students

develop the competencies and beliefs necessary

for incorporating regular physical activity into

their lives. Parents can play an active role in this

process by making sure your child has the correct

footwear and PE uniform on the days they are

scheduled for PE. We also ask children to bring a

full water bottle with their name on it to all PE

lessons and also wear a hat for both play time

and PE lessons scheduled on the ES Field. If you

did not meet the PE teachers at the Open Houseyou are always welcome to come and say hello in

the ES PE office located on the first floor inside

the ES gym.

RECESS SUCCESS

There are two green boxes in the ES Playground

with sports equipment for children to use during

their play time. Children simply need to hand in

their school ID to a supervisor located at the

green box. At the end of play, children return the

borrowed equipment and collect their Student ID

card. This system allows students to practice

being responsible.

Lastly we have a website which has a list of the

activities children can become involved in and

around Manila. Check out http://

sportsmanila.wikispaces.com/

ES PE Department.

IntroducingourReadingTeachingAssistants

We would like to introduce Nika Espinosa and Claire

Drilion to our Grade 1 and 2 parents as our new Reading

Teaching Assistants. Nika (G1) and Claire (G2) will be

working in classrooms to support the literacy development

of our students. We recognize that children learn at

different mes and in different ways and our Reading TAs

will bring the flexibility to enhance the differenaon of

our reading strategies by offering dynamic small groups,

mulsensory approaches and alternave strategies to

reading aainment and comprehension . While Nika and

Claire will be supporng learning in every classroom, they

will also be idenfying students who would benefit from a

short but intensive small group approach to enhance

reading skills. The parents of these children will be

contacted and invited to a coffee morning next Friday

morning to answer quesons, to talk more about reading

at home and to enhance out .
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The 1st season practice schedule which runs from Aug 14th

to Oct 12th is now posted on notice boards around schooland is also now available on the ATAC blog. http://atac.ism-

online.org/schedules/hs/

Elementary school soccer tryouts for 1st season teams whichcompete in the RIFA festivals have concluded, teams have

been selected and the first festival was played last weekend.We had over 1000people at ISM for the Midgets E and C

festival last Saturday morning and afternoon. More infor-mation about our ES soccer teams, the RIFA festivals etc can

be found here http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/es-soccer-rifa-league-festivals/and flyers have been posted onES notice board and on the notice board located under the

tent at the ES field.

Middle school soccer tryouts for 1st season teams which

compete in the RIFA festivals have concluded and teamshave been selected, see information link below for MS soc-

cer teams information. More information about our MS boysand girls soccer teams can be found here http://atac.ism-

online.org/atac/1st-season/ms-soccer-rifa-league-festivals/

The next RIFA League 7 a side festivals will be held on thedates/venues below:

Saturday Sept 15th and Sept 22nd

Midgets C teams (C1, C2, C3 and C4 Coach Eric/Chris/Kleng and Jays teams) at ISM kick-off at 8 noon.

Midgets E teams (E1 and E2 Coach Popoy and CoachFrancis) at CSA kick off at 8am

Midgets G teams (G1 and G2 Coach Mike and CoachIsas teams) at British School Manila kick-off at 8am.

MS girls festival at ISM 1pm

Finals will be played at Ateneo on Oct 13th for teamsthat qualify.

Permission slips will be issued to all players via the coachesat training prior to each festival. Please consult the ES andMS links above to get the latest information.

The All year round program for Sailfish, Tae Kwon Do, Ju-

do, Aikido, Table Tennis, Chess, Gymnastics and WallClimbing started last week from Monday Aug 13th. For de-tailed information about our Sailfish Swim Team program

please visit the Sailfish blog and get in contact with CoachAndy. Students can join our all year round teams at any time,

just go and talk with the coaches at the venues after school ifyou are interested.

Our annual HS Friday twilight opening season volleyballmatches will be on today Aug 24th vs Brent. This will be a

great chance to come out and show your support for our ISMvarsity teams. Volleyball matches will be in the HS and MS

gyms with Varsity volleyball starting at 4:15pm in the HSgym and JV teams playing in the MS gym also from 4:15pm.

A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program isto subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog and also to fol-low via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page).

Each Monday I will post the weeks happenings and highlightimportant events for students and parents information on the

ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent bulletins.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule infor-

mation) Information about all mid-week/weekend fixturesfor ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note

the game schedule does change often due to involvementwith many local schools so please check the page regularly

to find out the latest information of where and when theBearcats 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 toaccess the game schedule pdf.

HS Student registration for ATAC activities: (new for schoolyear 12-13) A Google doc registration is now available for

all HS students who will take part in any ATAC seasonalsports teams, MUN and Cultural Convention programs.Please take the time to complete this online registration for

activities that you plan on joining next school year. Pleaseaccess the form via the HS Student Registration tab found

under the Helpful Shortcuts bar on the ATAC blog homepage. *please note this is for HS students only and you must

use your school email address to access the link. Personal

gmail or hotmail addresses will not allow you to access thepage.

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

Our Bearcat Den is up and running and 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 looking for more people to help out. If you are inter-ested in joining a fantastic group please contact Melanie Ball

at [email protected] volunteer coordinator.

We have a new range of dri fit t-shirts now available along

with new Bearcat bags

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wed and Fri-days from 11:30am 1:00pm and each afternoon from 2:30-4pm.

Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats!

Mark PekinAthletic Director
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Car Stickers

The car stickers for the school year 2012/2013 are avail-

able from the security office. Each ISM family will beissued one vehicle sticker free of charge.

Any additional stickers will be issued following pay-

ment of Php100.00 to the cashiers office.

For vehicles already displaying an existing sticker, par-

ents should submit a completed renewal form with a

copy of the current LTO official receipt. For new vehi-

cles, parents are reminded that a copy of the vehicles

certificate of registration and a current official receipt

need to be submitted with the application.

Applications for vehicles registered with companies or

other institutions should be supported by a letter of as-

signment.

In order to facilitate the easy recognition of authorized

cars at the gates, the stickers should be affixed to the top

right corner of the windshield. Further to this, old ISM

stickers issued in previous years should be removed.

Vehicles not displaying this years car sticker will

not be allowed access from August 31, 2012.

ID Cards

Parent IDs

Parent IDs issued in previous school year will continue

to be valid for the new school year 2012/2013. Parents

who require replacement school IDs due to loss or dam-

age can acquire these from the Security Office upon

payment of Php100.00 to the Cashier.

School Passes

School passes issued to parents employees and repre-

sentatives need to be replaced for this school year. As

of August 31, 2012 the dark blue bordered passes

issued for the school year 2011/2012 will be invalid.

Each family will be given two free school passes. Addi-

tional school passes may be obtained after paying a pro-

cessing fee of Php100.00 each to the Cashiers Office.

Visitors Passes

All visitors must secure a pass from the guardhouse at

Gate 3. Before entry will be allowed, a telephone checkwill be made with the relevant office to confirm the visi-

tors business within the school. Visitors will need to

surrender a photo-ID upon entry to campus.

Drop Off/Pick Up Passes

For the school year 2012/13 we are introducing a new

pick up and drop off pass that can be issued at Gate 3.

This is for non-regular drivers who are entering school

to drop off or collect visitors or members of our com-

munity but who do not intend to park within the cam-

pus. Our regular checks to confirm the identity of driv-ers and their purpose for entering the campus will con-

tinue to be made, but we will not retain a photo-ID in

return for the issued pass. The use of these new passes

will avoid delays at the Gate 1 exit and reduce traffic

congestion at busy times.

Security staff directions

Our security team is endeavoring to make the school as

safe and secure an environment as possible for all mem-

bers of our community.

We ask that everybody cooperate with us in this im-

portant task. In particular, all those entering our campus

are requested to comply with any directions given to

them by members of our guard force.

If you are confused or unclear as to the purpose of such

instructions, please seek clarification from the security

office. Please note that it is the parents responsibility

to advise their staff accordingly.

Thank you for your cooperation. We are looking for-

ward to another successful year at International SchoolManila.

Best wishes,

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WELCOMETOISM

On Tuesday,September4at7:30 am in the Lo house, the ISM

Parent Teacher Associaon is holding a Bearcat Welcome for all

families new to ISM

NOT JUST ANOTHER COFFEE MORNING . . .

ITS A BEARCAT COFFEE MORNING!!

WhatisaBearcat?The ISM school mascot, a symbol of our community spirit..

We welcome our new families and encourage them to get to know each other

and to learn more about our school and about Manila:

You will learn about some local social and internaonal organizaons;

You can meet and greet our PTA and our Bearcat Den team and volunteer

(which is always well appreciated and needed) for school acvies.

We also invite all returning parents and teachers to come and meet the new fam

ilies and to enjoy a great opportunity to see old friends again.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Tuesday,September4,2012

7:30to9:00amattheISMLoHouse

Quesons? Email [email protected]


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ILLAM BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL

Registr ation for the upcoming baseball/ soft ball season wi ll take place on August 25 and Septem-ber 1, fr om 9am to 4:00pm at the Colegio San Agust in (CSA) Baseball-Soft ball fi eld ( locat ed inside

Dasmarinas Vil-lage).

We wil l al so have aspecial on-campusregist rat ion f or ISMfamil ies at t he ISMBearcat Welcomeon September 4,7:30-9am a t theISM Loft house.

For 36 years, theInternat ional L i t t leLeague Associationof Manila (ILLAM)

has shared t he loveof basebal l w it h the

ISM communitythrough its T-ball,Coach Pitch, Soft-ball and Baseball

program s. A volun-t eer associati on,

ILLAM is affiliatedwit h Li t t le LeaguePhili ppines and Lit -t le League Inter na-

t ional Inc., anAmerican organiza-t ion based in Wil-l iamsport , Pennsylvania whi ch handles and support s Lit t le League baseball and soft ball programs

globally and hosts the Little League World Series annually every August.

The ILLAM baseball season runs f rom Sept emb er t hrough Februar y. Pract ices are t ypical ly once aweek after school, and games are usually scheduled on Saturdays.

The regist rat ion f ee of P6,000 covers unif orms, f ield rent als and umpir e fees as wel l as yearbooksand t rophies/ medals f or each player.

For inquiries, please contact Noela Lagajino at 0912-315-5345 or email us at [email protected].

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