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Dear Parents,

Welcome to the month of November. I hope that you were able to take at least a few days over the school

holiday for some well deserved rest and relaxation. The week before the break was certainly action packed

with parent teacher conferences and our annual Filipinana celebration. The quality of our student organized

performances always amazes me and this year was no exception. If you missed the highlights of the HS

performance there will be a repeat of one or two of the items as the opening act to the ISM 90 th anniversary

celebration featuring Rex Navarette. Tickets are available for this show to be held in the ISM FAT on

Thursday November 11th. The cost is Php 500.

I try to use this bulletin space to update you on school events and significant issues within the high school,

however today I need to resort to some administrative functions. First I want to make a plug for updatingyour demographic information in PowerSchool. Every time we send out a mass email we get approximately

50 returned emails. We work on correcting these contacts but still dont appear to make significant

improvements on our success rate. Can I please urge you to log into PowerSchool and make the changes

directly in the database. My second issue is that each semester we uncover students who have been left

home alone. This might be for a few nights, a few weeks, a few months or for the entire year! If it is of a

short term nature, (under a month), then there is a process to follow to notify the HS Office in advance,

stating who will be responsible for the student(s) and whom the school can contact in case of emergency.

This notification needs to be in written form. If for an extended period of time, Board policy requires at

least one parent to be permanently residing with their child while the child is enrolled at ISM. If this is not

possible then a Guardianship Agreement must be filled in and approved by the school.

Now for the fun stuff! Real Club are surfing in Zambales this weekend, SATs are on tomorrow, Saturdayservice continues with a GK build tomorrow, Grade 9 geography fieldtrip on Monday, HS Academic Bowl on

Wednesday and then the 90th anniversary celebrations at the end of next week, along with IASAS MUN in

Singapore.

Phew we will need a weekend after all that!

Kind regards,

Mr. William R.S. Brown

HS Principal

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

(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653

or email [email protected]

For GUIDANCE concerns, pleacontact Gigi Azarcon and JasmAndres Tel:840-8655 / 840-866November 5, 2010


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International School of ManilaOctober 21, 2010

Scheduled College Visits

College Representative Location Date

Loyola University Chicago Mary de Villiers Room 1057 11/10/10 11:30 AM

Rice University Grace Panares (Alumna) HSGO 11/23/10 11:25 AM

Australian Fair for students - LT 11/24/10 11:30 AM

Australian Fair for Parents and Students - LT 11/24/10 5:30 PM

HSCalendar:Monday,November8:

GeographyFieldTrip(TaalVolcano)

Tuesday,November9:

HSParentCoffee

AcademicBowl

Wednesday,November10:

StudentLateStart

CLASSESRESUME

IASASMUN(SingaporeAmericanSchool)

Thursday,November11:

90th

AnniversaryCelebrationShow(FAT)


Friday,November12:


90th

Anniversary

Gala

Dinner

(Manila

Polo

Club)

Saturday,November13:

K12DanceRecital(FAT)

SaturdayService CCV

UpcomingEvents:

November17: IB2FullEEDraftDue

November1821: IASASGolfExchange(ISB)

November1921: PreIASASRugby(JIS),Touch(SAS)

andTennis(ISM)

November2426: Grade9&10Exams

FROM THE GUIDANCE OFFICE:

REMINDERS:

*EXTEMP TEAM:If you are interested in joining theExtemp team (extemporaneous team) email Ms. Pavic [email protected] to set up a time for the initial speech.Thank you.

*IMPORTANT:GATE3Road

closure

November

13

until

9am.

Duetoafunrunbeingheldontheabovedatetherewillbeno

accesstoISMcampusviaGate3from10pmonNovember12

until9amonNovember13.

IfyouarecomingtoISMattheabovetimesaccesstothe

campuswillbeviaGate2.Onlylimitedparkingwillbeavailable

onthePowerCenterCarPark(betweenTheHSandMSfields)

untiltheroadtoGate3reopensatapproximately9:00am.

Parents/Driverscomingtodropstudentsoffforthefollowing

eventspleasetakenoteoftheaboveandallowforthisinyour

planningregardscampusaccessandlimitedparkingoptionsfor

theearly

part

of

Saturday

morning

November

13th

SwimmeetatBrent

TouchtournamentatBrent

MSISTAtenniscompetition

PRADATableTennis/Chesscompetition

*All Parents are invited to the HS Parent CoffeeWhen: November 9, TuesdayTime: 9:30 - 11:00 amVenue: Little TheaterWe hope to see you there!!


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SAILFISH NEWS:NOVEMBER IS A BUSY SWIMMING MONTH,

SWIMATHON

This Saturday 6th Swimathon

Bring a plate of food to share with your team mates.

Dont forget every swimmer must have a person counting for them.

AGE GROUPSSession One Elementary School Registration 2:15 -Swim 2:30-3:30 -Eat 3:30

Session Two Middle School Registration 3:15 -Swim 3:30-4:30 -Eat 4:30

Session Three ISM Adult Community Registration 4:15 -Swim 4:30-5:30

Session Four High School Eat 4:45 -Registration 5:15 Swim 5:30-7:30

PLEDGE FORM IS ATTACHED

No need to enter, show up on the day.

BRENT MEETSaturday 13th November Brent Meet

Morning Only.

Enter through blog page HERE - http://sailfish.ism-online.org/sign-up-forms/brent-meet-november/

AGE GROUPS Two age groups only.

GRADE SCHOOL - One age group ES and MS all together

HIGH SCHOOL One age groupCOST 220 PESOS

BUS LEAVES 6:30AM

ENTRIES CLOSE THIS FRIDAY 6TH

NOVEMBER

ISM RELAY MEET

Saturday 20th November 7:30am-2:00pm(approx)

Relay Only Meet,

@ ISM, ISM and Other Schools will be coming.

Enter through the Sailfish Web site. HERE.http://sailfish.ism-online.org/sign-up-forms/ism-relay-meet-swimmer-sign-up/

DISTANCE TIME TRIALSDecember 3rd Friday 3-5pm (High School Only), Saturday 4 th 8-10am (Varsity & Sailfish)

@ ISM only ISM Students.High School and Sailfish Swimmers

200-800m Events Only

Entry form will be available next week.

TIME TRIALS DECEMBERMonday 13th December 3-5pm

All Varsity and Sailfish Swimmers.

ENTRY Entry form will be available later.

SWIM SUIT UPDATESwim Suits, next week, will keep you updated on exact day.

Andy AstfalckHead Coach

ISM Swimming

ISM Swimming Blog

http://sailfish.ism-online.org


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FROM THE DUTCH COMMUNITY:Nederlandse Taal en Cultuur

Vind je het leuk als je kinderen de kans krijgen om op een leuke en educatieve manier bezig te zijn met deNederlands Taal en Cultuur?

Wij zijn op zoek naar gezinnen die met ons een Nederlandse naschoolse activiteit willen starten op ISM.Als er genoeg belangstelling is kan dit worden uitgebreid naar een officile NTC school.www.stichtingnob.nl Wij zoeken ook enthousiaste en/of gekwalificeerd mensen die ons daar mee kunnen helpen.

We horen graag van je voor 19 November!

Dutch Language and Culture

Would you like your kids to get a chance to learn Dutch Language and Culture in a Creative and Educationalway?

We are looking for Dutch & Belgium Families interested to start a Dutch Language and Culture After School Activity atISM. If there is enough interest it could be expanded to an official NTC school. www.stichtingnob.nl

We are also looking for enthusiastic and/or qualified people to help us.

We like to hear from you before November 19!

Virginie Vlaminck: 0917 447 2293 ([email protected])Nelleke Zuiderwijk: 0915 324 0192 ([email protected])

FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:

ISTA FESTIVAL:ISM is excited to be hosting this years ISTA Middle School Theatre Festival! The International Schools TheatreAssociation (ISTA) facilitates two MS festivals each year in Asia, which provide an amazing opportunity forinternational students from around the world to engage in new theatrical experiences and to develop skills that will

deepen their passion for performance. As a school, ISM has been a proud supporter and participator of ISTA, and wenow have the opportunity to give the participants an experience they will never forget! We will be hosting the first everMusical Theatre ISTA festival, and we are very excited about welcoming other international students to the Philippinesand to our wonderful school.

The ISM ISTA Festival will take place November 19-21 (Friday to Sunday), and will involve as many as 100 studentsfrom other countries, as well as our own ISM participants. As with any event, the whole ISM community has theopportunity to get involved in this Middle School event. The most significant way for the ISM community to getinvolved is to provide housing for the visiting students. If you are able to host some students, you may contact theATAC Office and/or the Fine Arts Office at [email protected] and/or [email protected] . Most guests willarrive on November 18

thand will depart on either November 21

stor 22

nd. If you would like to help out with

organization or facilitation during the ISTA Festival, you may also contact Vicki Close in the Fine Arts Office([email protected]) for more details on how you can help.

More information about ISTA can be found at http://www.ista.co.uk/

We look forward to this fantastic event, and this excellent opportunity for ISM to show Manila proud!Vicki Close John Mulhall Mark PekinPerforming Arts Director MS Drama Faculty ATAC Director

BEARCAT DEN:Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm and 2:30pm 4:00pm. Please note after the October Break the den will beopening on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons as well from 2:30-4pm. Thanks to all our great volunteers.


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ATACANNOUNCEMENTS:GAME SCHEDULE INFORMATION:Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found by going to the GAME SCHEDULE tab on theATAC page of the ISM website. You can also access this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages. Please note thegame schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to findout the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Access to the game schedule page is alsoavailable via the ATAC blog. Click on the Bearcat logo to be directed to the game schedule page.http://atac.ism-online.org

ATACHIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES

NOV/DEC:

(for

ALL

match/schedule

details

check

game

schedule

page

as

above)

SailfishSwimathonNov6

BasketballandRugbyseasonopenervBrentatISMNov12

TouchseasonopenervBrentatBrentNov13

ISTATennisSeasonstartsforMS/HSteamsfromNov13

SwimmeetatBrentNov13

PRADATableTennis/ChessatISMNov13

Nov1821weekend:

IASASGolfexchangeatBangkokNov1821

TouchChampionshipsatSingaporeNov1921

RugbyexchangeatJakartaNov1921

TennisexchangeatISM(SAS/JISarecomingandhousingplacementsareneededHStennisteamsneedtohouse

forthis

exchange

please

get

forms

in

asap

or

collect

from

ATAC

office)

Nov

19

20

SwimMeetatISMNov20

GRADE9/10EXAMWEEKNov2426(Notenopracticefor9/10graders(Tues23rd,24

thand25

th)playersresume

practiceFridayNov26th!

VarsityBasketballTournamentatISMNov26/27

RugbyandTouchDec4

LastDayofSchoolfor2010DEC15th

Noondismissal


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Grade 9 & 10 Exams - November 2010 Schedule

Date Morning Session(s) Time Venue Afternoon Session(s) Time Venue

Wednesday

November 24

Enter Exam Hall 8.35am

Start time 8.45am

End time 10.45am

Mathematics

Math 1 (9 students)Math 2 (20 students)

Int. Math 1 (128 students)Int. Math 2 (99 students)Math Honors 1 (48 students)Math Honors 2 (52 students)

* 2 papers 1 hr each

2 hrs2 hrs

2 hrs2 hrs*2 hrs*2 hrs*

HS GymHS Gym

HS GymHS GymHS GymHS Gym

Enter Exam Hall 12.35pm

Start time 12.45pm

End time 2.15pm

Modern Language 1

French 2 (23 students)



Filipino 1 (16 students)



Japanese 1 (9 students)



Chinese 1 (14 students)



Chinese 4 (20 students)Spanish 1 (16 students)

Spanish 2 (41 students)



1hr 30m1hr 30m

1hr 30m1hr 30m1hr 30m1hr 30m1hr 30m

1hr 30m1hr 30m1hr 30m1hr 30m

1hr 30m1hr 30m

1hr 30m1hr 30m

1hr 30m1hr 30m1hr 30m

1hr 30m

HS GymHS Gym

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Thursday

November 25


Start time 8.00am

End time 9.15am / 9.30am

Science 1

Int. Science 1 (186 students)

Int. Science 2 (43 students)Biology (72 students)

Social Studies 2

Philippine History (1)

(Sicat)

1hr 30m

1hr 30m1hr 30m

1hr 15m

HS Gym

HS GymHS Gym

HS Gym


Start time 12.30pm

End time 1.45pm / 2.0pm

Science 2

Physics (57 students)

Social Studies 2

Philippine History (15-1)

1hr 30m

1hr 15m

HS Gym

HS Gym

Friday

November 26


Start time 8.00am

End time 9.15am

Social Studies

History 9 (104 students)

History 10 (84 students)Geography 9 (81 students)Geography 10 (87 students)

1hr 15m


HS Gym

HS GymHS GymHS Gym


Start time 12.30pm

End time 2.0pm

Modern Language 2


Filipino 3 (2 students)Spanish 4 (1 student)Japanese 1 (1 student)

Science 3Chemistry (59 students)

1hr 30m


1hr 30m

HS Gym

HS GymHS GymHS Gym

HS Gym

2nd Modern Language

Filipino 1 (4 students Carag, Del Mundo, Kim_Hae_Min, Lim_Chae Young)

Filipino 3 (2 students Ikeda_Haruna, Tambunting_Innes)

Spanish 4 (1 student Toze_Valerie) Japanese 1 (1 student Ching_Kimberlie)


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