parent bulletin issue no. 19

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POWERSCHOOLPOWERSCHOOL

GRADE UPDATEGRADE UPDATE

January 18 PowerSchool opens at8:00 A.M.

(via cour ier)

January 25 Grade Update

From the Middle School Office

ISSUE # 19

WEEKOF JANUARY 21 TO 25, 2013

Friday BulletinMIDDLE SCHOOL

Weekly Public ation for Middle Sc hool Parents

MS & HS ESL Parent CoffeeISM Community Art Auction

From the Operations & Security Office

From the ATAC Office

IASAS Tennis

MS 3rd Season Try Out Schedule3rd Season Training Schedule

HS 3rd Season Try Out Schedule

Language Learning Parent Workshop

Adult Language Courses at ISM

Inside this issue:

UPCOMINGUPCOMING

EVENTSEVENTS

JANUARY

22 Third Culture Kids: TheLived Experience (K-12Counseling Workshop

23 to 27 AMIS Orchestr a/ Mixed ChoFesti val (Bei j ing)

24 MS New Parent Coffee(7:45 A.M., LT)

30 to Feb. 3 AMIS Band (AMIS)

FEBRUARY

6 Grade 4 t o 5 Parents Trantion Meeting (5:00 P.M., L

8 MS Party (Grade 5 to 8) -rescheduled to March 15

11 to 15 Classroom Wit hout Wal ls(CWW)

21 MS Parent Coffe e (7:45 A.Li t t le Theater )

25 No Classes (EDSA RevolutHol iday)

26 No Classes: Facult y In-Service

27 to Mar. 01 Grade 8 Course Registrati

Dear Parents:

PowerSchool is now open, allowing you access to your child's

semester 1 report. I f you do not have or have forgotten your

password, please contact the MS Guidance Office at 840-8555.

Report Card distribution wil l begin on Tuesday, January 22.

On Thursday, January 24 we are hosting a Middle School New

Parent Coff ee in t he Li t t le Theater st art ing at 7:45 A.M. I f you

have recently arr ived and joined the ISM community or would

l ike t o extend a hand of w elcome and fr iendship, please j oin us.

Have a fabul ous wee kend!

Yours in Educati on,

Sim on Gil le spi e Clar issa Sayson

Mid dl e School Pri ncip al Middl e School Assist ant Pri ncip al

The Yearbook Pictures are now available for pick up

in t he MS Office


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FRIDAY BULLETIN PAGE 2

MS & HS ESL Parent Coffee

ISM Community Art Auction


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From the Operations & Security OfficeOperations and Security

Access and parking wit hin the campu s are import ant securi ty and safet y issues. For the wel l -being of al l memb ers of t he

ISM community, those entering the school campus are requested to fol low the procedures out l ined below.

Vehicular Access

During drop-of f and pick-up t imes, vehicles may ent er thr ough Gates 2 and 3. Those enter ing through Gat e 2 should pro-ceed to t he drop off area and, once the stud ent has al ighted or boarded , t hey should exi t via Gate 1. Those vehiclesenter ing through Gate 3 must t urn into t he covered parking area and use the designated drop-of f areas. Al l vehiclesmust exi t t hrough Gate 1.

Al ternat ively, vehicles enter ing through Gate 3 may park in the covered car park. The spaces reserved for parent-dr ivencars should only be used by those vehicles which are driven by parent s th emselves. Vehicles in which paren ts are travel-ing, but w hich are driven by a dr iver, should not use these spaces. Rather , t hey should park elsewhere in the coveredpark or make use of t he outs ide spaces next t o the pow er center .

Please not e t hat Gate 2 m ay only be used by m ember s of t he ISM communit y in possession of a val id ISM ID and vehicles

displaying a valid ISM vehicle sticker.

Family/ company drivers should not rem ain wit hin school once they have del ivered a st udent . They should exi t t he schooland return no sooner than 1:45 in t he af ternoon for p ick up.

Visi t ors to ISM may only ent er t hrough Gate 3 . There is an area for short stay visi tor s parking near Gate 1.

The Pedestr ian Gate

Locat ion

The pedestr ian gate is located in the perim et er fence mid -way bet ween Gate 1 and Gate 2. There is a paved area be-tw een the road and t he per imeter fence, a l lowing easy access to t he gate.

The pedest r ian gate is solely for t he entr y of memb ers of t he ISM Communi ty at t he beginning of t he school day. I t wi l lonly be open betw een 7:00 and 7:45 (8:00 to 8:45 on Wednesdays). Due to parki ng rest r ict ions and in the int erests ofsecur i ty i t w i l l not be open in the af t ernoon for p ick ups. Dur ing the t ime i t i s open, i t w i l l be under the supervision ofmem bers of the ISM Guard Force.

Drop-off Procedure

Drivers should stop adj acent t o the paved area and stu dent s should al ight fr om the r ight side of their vehicle. The drivershould th en move off , clearing the space for other vehicles dropping off student s. Under no circumstances should a stu-dent be dr opped of f f rom t he outs ide lane. This is dangerous as the student would need t o walk across the f ront of an-other vehic le.

Drivers are rem inded th at t raf f ic regulat ions forbid parking on the roads around ISM. Therefor e, vehicles should only bestopping for the br ief t ine i t takes for a student to al ight . Dr ivers must not wai t f or anybody to ret urn to t he vehicle.

Car Stickers

The car st i ckers for t he school year 2012/ 13 are avai lable from t he securi t y off ice.

Each ISM fam ily wi l l be issued one vehicle st icker f ree of charge. Any addit ional st ickers wi l l be issued fol lowing pay-ment of Php100.00 to t he cashier s of f ice.

In order to f aci l i tate t he easy recogni t ion of author ized cars at t he gates, t he st ickers should be af f ixed t o the t op r ightcorner of t he wind shield. Further t o this, old ISM st i ckers issued in previous years should be rem oved.


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ID Cards

ID cards should be wor n at al l t imes whi le on campus. I f you have not been issued an ID card, or you have lost i t , youshould obtain one by v is i t ing the secur i ty of f ice and complet ing the appropr iate appl icat ion f orm.

Vehicle checks

The pract ice of inspect ing vehicles wi l l cont inue. During off-p eak hours al l vehicles wi l l be checked befor e they are al-lowed t o enter t he campus. During peak hours (drop off and pick-up t imes), al l vehicles wit hout val id st i ckers and ran-domly selected vehicles with st ickers wi l l be asked to undergo an examinat ion.

Whether an examinat ion is conducted or not , i t i s impor tant that the secur i ty staf f at the gates are able to ident i fy theoccupants of vehicles ent ering the campus; ther efore IDs must be clearly displayed. Vehicles wit h t int ed window s mustrol l down windows to al low a c lear v iew of t he inter ior of the vehic le.

Drivers, Helpers and Bodyguards

Drivers, helpers and bodyguards should not be wait ing on campus for stu dent s thr oughout th e school day. After d roppingoff student s th ey should exi t t he school grounds and not ret urn more t han 30 minut es befor e dismissal t im e. Those whorepeatedly fa i l to comply wi t h t he regulat ion wi l l have thei r access pr iv i lege suspended.

Only t hose vehic les carry ing parents or other people wi t h business wi th in t he school wi l l be al lowed t o ret urn t o t he cam-pus before 1:45 p.m .

There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas, helpers and securi ty escorts to wait for parents and stu-dents. Unless speci f ical ly author ized, t hey may not enter any ot her area. In t he interest of secur i ty , and to prevent con-gest ion at the pedest r ian ent rances to the covered park ing area, parents are requested to emphasize to t hei r employeesthe im por tance of cooperat ing wi t h t he secur i ty staf f and rem aining in the appropr iate areas.

Terminat ion of Employment

In the event of the t erminat ion of serv ice of a fami ly employee, parents are asked to secure the f ormer employee s ISMID card and return i t to t he Secur i ty of f ice. I f th is is not possible, i t i s impor tant tat the Secur i ty Of f ice is st i l l informedof t he change of circumstances.

Final ly, I would l i ke to t hank al l mem bers of the ISM communit y for t heir cooperat ion in helping us maintain ISM as a safeand secure envi ronment f or our chi ldren.

Firearms

Al l members of t he ISM communi t y are reminded t hat i t i s st r ic t ly forbidden for f i rearms to be brought onto t he campus.This includes concealed weapons carr ied by bodyguards for close protect ion. Any person arr iving at the school with af i rearm should inform the gate guard and arrangements wi l l be made for the weapon to be safely and securely storedduring the visi tor s stay.

Secur i ty staf f d i rect ions

Our securi ty team is endeavoring to make the school as safe and secure an environment as possible for al l members ofour communi t y. We as that everybody cooperate wi t h us in th is impor t ant task. In par t icular , a l l those enter ing our

campus are requested t o comply wi th any di rect ion given to them by mem bers of our guard force. In the event that any-one is unclear as to t he purpose of such instruct ions they can seek clar i f i cat ions from t he securi t y off ice. Please notethat i t i s the parents r esponsibi l i ty to advise t hei r s taf f accordingly.

Thank you for your cooperat ion. We are looking forw ard to anot her successful semester at Inter nat ional School Mani la.

Regards,

MICHAEL FLYNNDirectorOperat ions & Securi t y


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3rd Season sports are fast approaching (Badminton, Soft-ball and Track & Field). Please see at tached flyer s fortr youts and practice schedule. You can also access thisinformation via the ATAC blog schedules pages.

http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/

http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/tryouts/

ISM wil l host IASAS Tennis on January 30 t o February 3. A big THANK YOU to ISM families that agreed to host anIASAS Tennis athletes. I am pleased to say that all slotsare now conf i rmed. You wi l l r eceive your informat ionlet t er wi t h al l detai ls the week pr ior to the t ournamentwi t h guest names/ pick up t imes etc. For more generalinfor mat ion about housing at IASAS tour nament s, p leasesee the housing and hosting page (h t t p : / / a t ac . i sm -onl ine. org/ iasas/ iasas-housing/) .

IASAS Tenni s mat ches st art on Thursday, Janu ary 31. Theschedule is very busy wit h 204 matches to be played overthe 3 days. To help you understand the schedule a matchconsist s of 3 single s games S1, S2, S3 and 2 doub les gamesD1 and D2.There is also an 8 t h or al ternate player for eachteam w ho play matches as a par t of the t ournament . Theal ternate player can be used in case of in jury/ i l lness insingles or doubles i f needed. To win the match you needto w in 3 out of the 5 games. I t i s a round robin formatwi t h al l t eams playing each other by Saturday lunch t imeand then Satur day aft ernoon t he f inals are played basedon the round robin resul ts.

Al l 8 courts on our new roof faci l i ty pl us our 2 courts at

the covered cour t w i l l be ut i l i zed for t he tournament sothere wi l l be plenty of great tennis matches to wat chduring the 3 days. For those of you that are unaware orare new to ISM both our ISM boys and girls teams are de-fending IASAS champions and our girls team is going for a3rd win in a row this year . The event wi l l be l i ve st reamedvi a www.iasas.asia and IASAS tour nament s are wond erf ulevents to host and we look forw ard to put t ing on a greatevent for the v is i t ing teams in our new faci l i ty . We hopefor great support f rom our ISM community during theevent t o cheer on our teams as they do bat t le against theIASAS schools.

Whi lst we are host ing tennis, our other 2nd season t eamswi l l be bat t l ing i t out at t he fo l lowing venues for t hei r

season ending IASAS Championships and we wish them thebest of luck. You can fol l ow t heir pr ogress via l ive scoresites at www.iasas.asia.

Rugby/ Touch at Kuala Lumpur

Basket bal l at Singapore

Swimming at Taipei

Please come along and check out t he act ion w hen we hostour IASAS fr i ends from Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lump ur,Taipei and Bangkok!

A big thanks to our swim coaches, sai l f ish parent s and stu-dent volunteers who hosted a great varsi ty meet this pastSatur day. Bri t ish School and American School in Japan com-pet ed against our t eam in preparat ion f or IASAS. Some new

school records were br oken wit h new Grade 6 gir l Ol ivia Mor-r is breaking three school records at her f i rst swim for theschool. Congrat ulat ions, Olivia! Kaizer Soh also brok e schoolrecords, he is on f i re at the moment and took an amazing 9seconds off the 800m freestyle record! Meet resul ts and de-tai l s can be found on t he sai l f ish blog.

HS Stud ent registrat ion for ATAC act ivi t i es: (new for schoolyear 12-13) A Google doc registrat ion is now avai lable for al lHS stud ent s who wi l l t ake part in any ATAC seasonal sportsteam s, MUN and Cultur al Convent ion pr ograms. Please t akethe t ime t o complete th is onl ine regist rat ion for act iv i t iesthat you plan on j oining thi s school year. Please access theform via the HS Stud ent Registrat ion tab f ound under t heHelpful Short cuts bar on the ATAC blog home page. Please

note thi s is for HS stud ent s only and you mu st use yourschool emai l address to access the l i nk. Personal gmai l orhotm ai l addresses wi l l not al low you to access the p age.

BEARCAT DEN: ht tp : / / a tac. i sm-on l ine .org/ bearca t -den/

Our Bearcat Den is open f or business, p lease drop by t ocheck out the range of Bearcat products. We have a greatteam of volunteers who run t he den and are always lookingfor more people t o help out . I f you are interested in j o in ing afantast ic group please contact any of our den members dur-ing den opening hours. We have found our new vol unt eercoordinat or. Thanks so much t o Carolyn for st epping forw ardto t ake on th is ro le. I f youre interested in jo in ing the Den

volunteers after the break, please contact Carolyn Ching fordetai ls [email protected]. We are alw ays looking fornew volunt eers and encourage parent s from ES/ MS to j oinour group.

Regular Opening Hours for t he Bearcat Den:

Wednesday & Friday, 11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. & 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M.

Tuesday & Thursday after noons, 2:30 - 4: 00 P.M.

Regards,

Mark PekinDi rector of Athlet ics/ Act iv i t ies

From the Athletics & Activities Office


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Please get in t ouch wi th t he Admissions Off ice (840-8488) or Middle School Off i ce

(840-8550/ 840-8553) i f t here has been any change in your home add ress,

emai l address, and contact numbers.

We want to keep you updated wi t h what is happening in school .

Update your contact information!

Were on the web!

www.ismanila.org

IF YOU HAVENT LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL

please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or

email [email protected] to obtain your username and password.


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Language Learning Parent Workshop


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Adult Language Courses at ISM

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