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Dear Parents,

"IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT AND IF YOU BELIEVE IN IT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TOIMAGINE NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT GREAT." (Jim Collins – Good to Great)

At ISM we sometimes refer to the work of Jim Collins in his book “From Good to Great”. We would like toadvance our program to make it great for our students. Of course time is needed to effectively work ondeveloping programs and one way we create time is to take Professional Development Days. I would like toreport to parents that the last two days has seen some of the best and most productive teacher professionaldevelopment I have witnessed in over twenty years of working in schools. What we were actually doing wasnot necessarily unique to ISM, but what I was most impressed with was the way the HS faculty undertooktheir tasks. The positive energy and vibe witnessed by Mike Dickinson and myself over the last two days, aswe wrestled with curriculum articulation from an Understanding by Design framework, has been

outstanding. Collins talks about having the right people on the bus and I feel very confident that after thelast two days of in service work that not only do we have the right people on the bus, but that we are wellon our way towards the destination of making ISM’s HS curriculum world class.

I trust that students have been able to use last weekend’s no homework weekend and this four day weekendto catch up on all their studies, to prepare in advance and to be refreshed and ready to close out the firstquarter of this school year.

A few HS reminders:

• FCD are with us next week and there is a parent meeting on Monday, September 14 th at 5:30pm inthe Little Theater.

• Eid ul Fitr – no classes on Monday September 21st.

• Battle of the Bearcats-an all day HS tradition is on Wednesday September 23rd.

• Grade 9 IB parent meeting on Thursday, September 24th has been postponed until February when we

are closer to course selection.

Last Saturday we hosted over 100 senior students in the HS Media Center. They arrived at 9am with theirlaptops and with a record of progress to date on their IB Extended Essay. They left at 5pm having been fedwith pizza and doughnuts and having made significant progress towards completing their extended essay.Teachers volunteer to give up their Saturday to be in the Media Center to work with their assigned extendedessay students. This is the first school that I know that provides this sort of weekend support for its IBdiploma students. I would like to thank Ms Sandy van Nooten, our IB/AP coordinator for organizing the eventand the students and teachers for making it another valuable ISM learning experience.

As I frequently say, schools such as ISM are rich with opportunities and activities. I encourage all students topursue their studies and their interests. Get involved. Work out the balance and have fun! I hope you enjoythe rest of the weekend.

Kind regards,

William R. S Brown Michael DickinsonHigh School Principal High School Assistant Principal

HS FRIDAY BULLETIN September 11, 2009

International School Manila For ATTENDANCE concerns,please contact the HS Office

(Sam Ramos or Diorel Ollodo)Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653

Or email [email protected]

For GUIDANCE concerns, pleacontact Gigi Azarcon and JasmAndres Tel: 840-8655 / 840-866



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From the HS Office:

Sept 14-18 (Monday-Friday)Diaper Drive for CCV (HS/MS) Outside CanteenEPIC sign up (outside canteen)

Monday, Sept 145:30PM-7PM - FCD Talk for Parents (LT)

Tuesday, Sept 158AM-9:30AM - PTA Governing Board Meeting (1057)

Wednesday, Sept 16Student Late StartIB2 Bus & Mgm IA Draft Due (S&H)7:15AM-8:15AM ICARE Meeting10:55AM-11:35AM HS FCD Assembly (FAT)3PM-3:30PM FCD Workshop – Gr. 9 Students & Parents (LT)

Friday, Sept 18

3PM-6PM KCC New Members Welcome

Saturday, Sept 19Eco Clean Up the World FieldtripSaturday Service: PCF

Remember:

Sept 21:No School: Holiday - Eid-ul-Fitr

Sept 23:Battle of the Bearcats BOB (All Venues and HS field)

Sept 24:Gr. 10 Geography Field Trip to La Mesa Watershed

Sept 25:IB2 Psych Draft IA Due

Sept 25-27:Pre-IASAS Soccer/Cross Country (ISB) Epic Trip Mindoro

From the HS Guidance Office:

Sept 14-18 (Monday-Friday)FCD (Freedom Against Chemical Dependency) Visit.

Tuesday, Sept 15

11:30AM-12PM International College of Hotel Management(ICHM) VISIT/TALK by Gerald Lipman, Managing Director.(Guidance Office)

Wednesday, Sept 1611:30AM-12PM New Student Roundup (LT)

Thursday, Sept 1711:30-12PM BENTLEY UNIVERSITY VISIT/TALK by RosemaryKelley (Guidance Office)

Tuesday, Sept 222:30PM-3PM BOSTON UNIVERSITY VISIT/TALK by Tim

Townley

REPORT CARDS:For those who have not picked up their Semester 2 of SY2008-2009 Report Cards, go the High School Office topick them. Thank you.

Grade 11 and 12 Students:Please sign in at the HS Office on or before 7:30 am ondays where you have first period study hall for a quickattendance check. If we do not see you by 7:45 am wewill urgently call your parents to verify yourwhereabouts.

Monday- Block ATuesday- Block FWednesday – Block CThursday – Block GFriday – Block D

To all the seniors --- please be reminded that you havethe privilege of using this period for study time at home.You may ask your parents to write a permission letteraddressed to the HS Office for this senior privilege.(Email at [email protected] ) Until we get officialnotice from your parents which is then verified by the HSOffice, attendance will be checked.



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ATAC ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Friday Sept 11: Varsity/JV Volleyball at Brent (Team Bus departs3pm)

Saturday Sept 12:MS HS volleyball at ISM (check game schedule for match times)HS Soccer teams boys and girls at ISM (checkgame schedule for match times)

Saturday Sept 19:RIFA Soccer festival for C, E, G teams at CSA(8AM-Noon)RIFA MS girls festival at CSA (1pm-5pm)Swim meet at Brent

Cross Country MS/HS at Faith

Please check Game Schedule on ATAC andschool divisional websites for accurate and up todate fixtures for all sports teams.

Eco invites you to a community clean up!Where? Taktak Falls in AntipoloWhen? 6.30am-2pm Saturday 19th September.Meet at the bus, ES playgroundHow? Collect your permission slip from either theMS or HS office and return to Ms Gillman or MrPasamba by Wed. 16th Sept.

See you therewww.ism-online.org/gogreen

From the Fine Arts Office:

IASAS MUSIC AUDITIONS Preliminary Auditions for IASAS Band:

September 16, 17 & 18

Main Auditions for Vocal, Piano, Band and Strings:

October 21, 22 & 23



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From the ATAC Office:

MISSION STATEMENT

For the Love is dedicated to serve young menand women to develop their basketball skills.For The Love is an international organizationwhich has trained players of all ages in over twenty countries. Further, For The Love isequally passionate about seeing our playersrealize their potential as people. It is the belief of For the Love that hard work and dedicationgo hand in hand with good morals and strongcharacter in building leaders for tomorrow bothon and off the court.

FOR THE LOVE COACHES ATTENDING ISM

CAMP:

David Bobalik- is a 185cm, 83kg point guardwho hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Davidwas an honorable mention all-American hissenior year of college. After graduation Davidcontinued his playing career in Lebanon as aforeign professional player. David has playedprofessionally in Lebanon, China, Taiwan, andThailand, and has competed against more thanten National Teams from throughout Asia andAfrica. David has developed youth training

programs throughout Asia and has trained players of all ages and abilities in more than twenty countries. Presently

David is still playing professionally in Thailand as well as training youth players from various countries during theoffseason.

Ikenna Nwankwo- is a 210cm, 125kg center who played his college basketball at UCLA. While at UCLA Ike won anational championship and was also selected to play for the Nigerian National Basketball team. Upon graduation Ikecontinued his playing career as a professional player in Europe until 2000 when he was signed to play in the NBA forthe Dallas Mavericks. Ike spent the next four seasons playing in the NBA for Dallas, Houston, Cleveland, and LosAngeles. Ike also competed with Nigeria in the world Championships losing in the round of 16 to Dirk Nowitski andthe German National team by a single point.

ISM CAMP DETAILS

Middle School Camp: P3800 pesos (max participants 30) for 6 hours of instruction.

Saturday and Sunday November 7/8th

8am -11am Venue: ISM Covered Court

High School Camp: P5200 pesos (max participants 30) for 9 hours of instructionFriday November 6

th4:30-7:30 and Saturday/Sunday November 7

th/8

th1pm-4pm Venue: ISM Covered Court

FOR THE LOVE BASKETBALL CAMP

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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

“LOVE THE GAME, LIVE YOUR DREAM ”



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____________________________________________________________________________________

Tear off and return this slip with payment to the ISM cashier to confirm your place:

REGISTRATION FORM

DEADLINE FOR PAYMENTS: OCTOBER 16, 2009

NAME: ________________________________________________________ Grade: ___________________

EMAIL:____________________________________________________________________________________

EMERGENCY CONTACT

PERSON:_______________________________________________________________

Home Phone:______________________________ Cell #___________________________

I hereby give permission for International School Manila to dispense non-prescription medicines and togive emergency treatment to my child during the duration of the camp.

I understand that every precaution will be taken for the student’s safety, but I assume full responsibility.

Please register me for (circle camp) MS Basketball Camp: 3800pesos HS Basketball Camp:

5200pesos

Please pay the full amount to confirm a place in this camp. Once payments have been made no refunds will

be given. This is based on a first come first served basis and the maximum participants for each camp is 30.

PARENT SIGNATURE:________________________________________________________

From MS Service Learning:

CCV Diaper Drive

Chosen Children’s Village is home to 80children with disabilities in Silang, Cavite.This year the middle and high school CCVclubs are teaming up with the senior class torun the diaper drive of the century. Diapers of all sizes are needed to help our friends atCCV. We are pleased to announce that thisyear, organic biodegradeable diapers will beon sale outside of the canteen September14th-18th from 11:30-3pm. The middle schoolhomeroom and high school class that collects

the most diapers will win a dress down day.Grades 5 and 6 should bring their diapers toMs. Vergel (room 2024). Grades 7 and 8should bring their diapers to Ms. Stannard(room 3007). High school students shouldbring their donations to Ms. Hamilton (room3017). Your generous donations will beaccepted until October 2nd.

From the Security Office:

9 September 2009

We have been informed that the Every Nation Building will beholding an emergency evacuation drill on September 172009 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. They will be using thecorner of 14th Street and University Parkway as theievacuation site. We have been assured that traffic marshalwill be deployed and access to Gate 3 will not be impeded.

It is likely that emergency service vehicles will be deployed tothe area in support of this activity. They should not be cause for concern.

Mike FlynnDirectorOperations & Security



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From the Athletics Office:

Dear ISM Parents/Students:

IASAS Housing:

The IASAS Soccer housing letter is now available via; parent bulletins, the ATAC office and it has been distributed toour HS first season athletes via their coaches.HS Students participating in ATAC activities must house in order to be on a team. This is an expectedobligation and is mandated in the school planner and on the ATAC page of the school website.Housing visiting athletes is an integral part of the IASAS experience as all of our varsity athletes will behoused when they go away to tournaments during their HS career. In order for us to ensure we are able to hostsuccessful IASAS exchange weekends and IASAS tournaments we hope that all members of our community who havestudents involved in ATAC activities will be willing to house for this fantastic tournament from October 14-18. Werequire 160 housing placements for our visiting male/female soccer players from the IASAS schools.

Expectations of host familes:Pick up and drop off of visiting athletes each day to school. Visiting athletes can ride the school bus if that ishow your children get to school.Provide a comfortable place for athlete to sleep/assist the athlete with laundry of their uniforms.Provide a breakfast each morning and some evening meals. Athletes will buy lunches at school and may havea team dinner together.Be available each evening to receive curfew calls from the athletes coaches around 10pm.Ensure there is parental supervision at home each evening you are hosting.

Questions will no doubt arise?What if I cannot house? You have to find a friend who can and get them to sign off on the form with full name, detailsetc.

What if I am away at the IASAS Volleyball/Cross Country tournament? You still can house as your parents maynow have space in the house. Quite a number of parents housed last year when their children were away at the IASASSoccer event in Taipei.

What if I can’t house for IASAS Soccer? You must commit to house for an event. Other options during the year are:Pre-I Basketball in November and IASAS Art/Music in March. You should indicate on the return slip which event you willhouse for and have your parents sign off.

What if I live too far away? Alabang and Merville for example are not too far away! We have had a number of students housed here at past tournaments. As a general rule we do not want visiting athletes to travel more than 45minutes to/from school. Please contact us if you have questions about the travel distance.

“HOUSING FOR IASAS EVENTS IS AN EXPECTATION NOT A CHOICE”We hope you will support the 28

thAnnual IASAS Soccer Championships. Our varsity girls will be gunning for a

“THREE-PEAT” and defending the gold medals they have won the past two years and we are anticipating agreat home performance from our boys team as they strive for a medal this year.

If you or your parents have questions please call the ATAC office and/or talk with your coach.



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From the Clinic:

CLINIC

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE HEPATITIS A AND B VACCINATIONS

Date Price (Php)October 7th, 2009 Hepatitis A (Adult) 2249

Hepatitis A (Junior) 1125Hepatitis B (Adult) 630Hepatitis B (Junior) 355Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (Adult) 2000Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (Junior) 1000

(Prices are per individual vaccine in a course of either 2 or 3 vaccinations)

If you would like more information or you wish to sign up to receive any of the above vaccines, please call in at the clinic to

pick up a registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM ID may participate in thisprogram.

PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER DEPARTMENT BY NO LATER THANFRIDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2009. VACCINES WILL THEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONSWILL BE ACCEPTED.

Clinic direct number: 840 8580Email: [email protected]

Many thanks

Debbie Duckworth

ISM Clinic Administrator840 [email protected]

Dear Parents

In an effort to maintain frequent communication with the ISM community about the development and impact of H1N1 influenza on our school community, I would like to reassure you that we continue to monitor sickness and absence throughout the ES, MS

and HS schools. There have been no confirmed cases of H1N1 to our knowledge in the school community and we have seen no identifiable clusters of flu-like illness which may suggest infection with H1N1. Please keep your children at home if they are ill and any child coming to school with a fever will be sent home. Thank you for your continued support.

Best regards from the Clinic

hs friday bulletin 09.11.09

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