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MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION:
Dear Parents,
Well, it must be IASAS time again because I find myself the lone administrator in the High School office. Mr. Brown has travelled to Singapore this week with the boys Rugby and the girls Touch teams – good luck to our rugby and touch players! Similar good wishes go out to our Basketball and Tennis athletes who are currently lobbing, smashing, serving and dribbling in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Of course, we are hosting IASAS swimming and I have been fortunate enough to have spent a few minutes here and there watching the swimmers in action and cheering on our Bearcat Sailfish. This has been made all the more enjoyable this year due to the extra level of spectator seating that has been built which overlooks the pool area. Some of the visiting coaches that I spoke to have commented on what an improvement this has made to our facilities. You can watch the events live by navigating your way to the following websites: For the rugby / touch, try: http://iasas.sasclubs.com For the basketball, zone in on: http://iasas.jisedu.or.id/stream.html For the swimming, surf to: http://community.ismanila.org/livestream/ (or come watch it here live!) The competition between the IT departments of each IASAS school, to provide the best video steaming, seems to have intensified this year – I think ISM is the only school with cameras mounted on mechanisms, built by our students in the Robotics classes. Looking ahead to the next few weeks, one of the more important things coming up is for students to make their course selections for school 2014-15. The Course Offerings Book is now ready and can be viewed at the following locations: On the school website: http://www.ismanila.org/page.cfm?p=527 On the High School blog: http://hs.ism-online.org/files/2014/02/2014-2015-Course-Offerings-Handbook.pdf We also have created a YouTube video channel, through which you can watch videos made by our high school teachers which describe in a little more detail some of the courses on offer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFgBKOqMmsQ&list=PL4jQw61ThIBDO7qd2cXbKq53l0qc8FLsR I hope you all have a pleasant and relaxing weekend. Regards,
Michael Dickinson Assistant Principal
International School Manila For ATTENDANCE concerns, please contact the HS Office (Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano) Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653 Email [email protected] For GUIDANCE or IB/AP concerns, please contact Bella, Eloisa or Nyla Tel: 840-8655 / 840-8660
February 7, 2014
A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students
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HS CALENDAR: Monday, February 10: Tuesday, February 11: HS Parent Coffee 9:30am-11:00am (Little Theater) Wednesday, February 12: Student Late Start IB2 English IA Language & Literature Written Tasks IB2 English IA Literature Written Tasks Mock US College Admissions 5pm-6:30pm Thursday, February 13: Friday, February 14: Gr. 11 ESS Field Trip IB2 SL/HL Math IA Exploration Draft Due Graduation Committee Meeting (for interested senior parents) 1:30pm in P045 Saturday, February 15: Battle of the Bands Finals
UPCOMING EVENTS:
February 24 & 25: No Classes
March 5-9: IASAS Cultural Convention
March 17-21: IB Mock Exams
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FROM THE COUNSELING OFFICE:
Thank you to all of the parents who were able to attend the K12 Parent Workshop last week on Resilience. Many of you asked for a copy of the presentation. It can now be accessed online via the High School Counseling Blog: http://guidance.ism-online.org/2014/01/29/resilience-parent-workshop/ We look forward to seeing you at the 3rd and final session on April 1 focusing on Mindfulness.
FROM THE TEXTBOOK CENTER: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE TEXTBOOK CENTER Refund for LOST, PAID and Returned Textbook/s EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, PAYMENTS MADE FOR LOST TEXTBOOKS WILL ONLY BE REFUNDED, IF THE BOOK IS RETURNED WITHIN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR OR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, AT THE LATEST. For questions, please email [email protected] or call 840-8517. Thank you.
REMINDERS FROM THE HS OFFICE:
Photo Orders for Grades 9, 10 11 and 12 Students for
the Kawayan Photos taken by our school
photographer, Tino Ley, are now ready for pick up at
the HS Office. Parents and students may come pick it
up. Representatives will need an authorization to
claim on your behalf. Thank you.
INVITE TO HS PARENT COFFEE:
Invite to HS Parent Coffee : We would like to invite all Parents to attend the HS Parent Coffee Morning… When: Tuesday, February 11 Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am Venue: Little Theater (LT)
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FROM CASHIERS OFFICE (ISM TREASURY): Dear ISM Parents, In accordance with the recent advisory made by Citibank N.A. Philippines, please be informed that starting January 01,2014 , CITIBANK US Dollar Account checks drawn from Citibank N.A. Philippine Branch will no longer be cleared through Citibank N.A. Agana Guam. In effect, CITIBANK checks deposited to a local bank or bank abroad will be treated as collection checks with clearing period of not less than 45 days. The said checks will no longer be acceptable for outright credit to both foreign currency deposit unit (FCDU) and PESO account until the receipt of credit advice from Citibank NA Philippines. A collection fee will also be imposed by depository banks (please see charges from BPI and HSBC below). BPI charges 1/4 of 1% for every Php 1.00 or a fraction thereof plus a fixed postage fee of Php 6.50 and minimum charge for outward bills for collection is Php 100.00 excluding postage fee. HSBC charges USD$3 for credit to USD account and Php100 for credit to Peso plus other additional processing fee that maybe charged by the receiving bank. Furthermore, the student's account paid by the Citibank check will not be considered as settled / paid for until such time the check is advised to have been cleared by Citibank. Additional surcharge maybe computed at the time that the check has not yet cleared and already falls after the due date. In this regard, we would like to advise our parents to deposit CITIBANK checks directly to the ISM CITIBANK account. Please DO NOT DEPOSIT CITIBANK Checks to other ISM local banks such as HSBC and BPI to prevent above-mentioned problems. Also remember to use your new set of dollar checks as advised by Citibank to you. As per Citibank, they have previously issued notification letters to their account holders regarding this change. We hope for your understanding on this matter. For any query on your payment , please contact our Treasury Department – Cashiers (Elmer Esguerra and Nerissa Felipe) 840-85-12, for billing ( Rhoda Villa 840-85-22 ) or Marissa Dulay at 840-85-06 Below is the complete advisory from Citibank N.A. Philippines. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- IMPORTANT ADVISORY: USD Check Clearing Services Please be advised that effective January 01,2014, US Dollar checks issued from your Citibank, N.A Philippine Branch Dollar Checking Account can no longer be presented and cleared through Citibank, N.A. Agana, Guam, U.S.A. under US Federal Reserve System. All US Dollar Account checks drawn from Citibank N.A. Philippine Branch, which are deposited in a local bank or in a bank abroad, will be treated as a collection item by presenting bank. The clearing period will thus change from 15 days to estimated 45 days depending on the process of the presenting bank on collection items. in addition, beginning December 15, 2013, please refrain from issuing any unused existing US Dollar Checks to your payees. We encourage you to order a new set of US Dollar check books for future use. Should you have any questions please contact Citi Service at 802-6000. Thank your for banking with CITI.
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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:
It is IASAS week and our teams are in the thick of the action right now giving their all at IASAS. Best wishes to all players and coaches for your progress so far and for the final day tomorrow. Go Bearcats!
Venues for IASAS 2nd season championships are as follows….Jakarta for Basketball, Rugby/Touch at Singapore, Tennis at Kuala Lumpur and ISM for swimming. Visit www.iasas.asia. to keep up with the action at the IASAS venues (results and live stream links)
The season 3 tryouts schedule and the 3rd season practice schedule for MS/HS students is now posted on the tryouts and schedules pages of the (ATAC blog) and on notice boards around school.
Saturday Community Tennis resumes next Saturday Feb 15th through until the end of May…. see the flyer on the blog for dates and details. This is open to ISM community members only, outside guests are not allowed. Contact Coach Czarina to book lessons with our ISM Tennis Academy coaches http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/saturday-community-tennis/
Good luck to our MS C Boys and MS A and B girls tennis teams who play in finals tomorrow at ISM on the final day of the ISTA League tennis season.
New families please take some time to peruse the ATAC blog as this will help orientate you with the wide variety of co-curricular programs ISM offers.The MS boys basketball Gold team play their league final vs CSA on Friday. Best of luck to all players and coaches.
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 twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page)
Each Monday I will post the weeks happenings and highlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent bulletins.
GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid-week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the power school secure site http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/
You will need your power school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf.
BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/
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 looking for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a fantastic group please contact any of our den members during den opening hours or please contact Carolyn Ching for details [email protected]. We are always looking for new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS to join our group. The Bearcat den is now calling for volunteers to take on POR's (positions of responsibility) for next school year '14-15) as secretary, treasurer, volunteer coordinator, inventory/merchandise and snacks purchasing. If you are interested drop an email to [email protected]
Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats!
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WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAYFEBRUARY 5 FEBRUARY 6 FEBRUARY 7
ES GYM
C-COURT
MS FIELD
MS BOYS & GIRLS
SOFTBALL CLUB
WILL START FEB 20
ES FIELD
MS GIRLS/BOYS
STARTS AFTER
CWW FEB 17 & 19
MS GIRLS/BOYS
STARTS AFTER CWW
FEB 17 & 19
MS MIXED TOUCH RUGBY
MIDDLE SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
and BOYS
3RD SEASON TRY-OUT SCHEDULEFEBRUARY 5 TO 7, 2014
MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS
BADMINTON
MS SOFTBALL CLUB
MS TRACK AND FIELD
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FROM THE COUNSELING OFFICE:
Tues., February 4 5:00PM – 6:30PM
Little Theatre
Wed., February 12 5:00PM – 6:30PM
Little Theatre
Tues., February 18 5:00PM – 6:30PM
Little Theatre
Each session limited to 50 people
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FROM THE PTA: