3 June 2011 Volume 18 ES PARENT BULLETIN International School Manila JUNE 3 Last Day of After School Activities 7 ES 2nd Semester Report Card Distribution 8 Student Late Start @ 8.30am 9 Distribution of Section Cards, Accounting Office Grade 4 Moving-On Ceremony @ 9-10am, Fine Arts Theatre Early Student Release @ 12pm End of 2nd Semester AUG 4 Start of School Before the start of the 2011 - 2012 school year, you will receive a letter from the ES Office with informa- tion for the start of the year. Before you leave on June 9, once all of your items are in place with the Accounting Office, you will receive your section card for next year with the name of your child’s teacher. Ifyou do not pick this up on June 9, the school office will be open throughout the summer. Please note the ES Office will be undergoing some remodeling over the summer. The Office will be located elsewhere in the school over the break and a sign posted outside indicating where to go. You can also call 840 8400 ifyou have any questions. We wish you all the best for a safe and relaxing break. Yours in Education, Simon Gillespie Michael Rourke ES Principal ES Assistant Principal ISM 2011‐12 CALENDAR The updated calendar for school year 2011‐2012 is now available at our website www.ismanila.orgunder News and Calendar > Calendar of Events. From the ES Administration rom the ES Administration Dear Elementary School Parents, It is hard to believe that we are now in the last weekof the school year. Thank you again to everyone for all of your support this year, and for having your stu- dents join our learning journey at International School Manila. We wish e veryone a relaxing break, and look f orward to se eing you ba ck in August. For those of you who are moving on, we wish you all the best on your new adventures. SUM MER S CHE DUL E SUM MER S CHE DUL E SUM MER S CHE DUL E (from 21 June to 15 July) In an effort to conserve energy and reduce expenses during that part of the summer when there are fewer inquiries and per- sonal visits, ISM will be operating a four- day week from 21 June to 15 July. The Campus will be closed on the following four Fri- days: 24 June, 1 July, 8 July and 15 July. However, Of- fices will remain open for extended hours, 7:00am to 5:45pm, Monday through Thursday during those four weeks to facilitate inquiries and provide assistance.
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Could we please ask that, if you or members of yourfamily still have CMC items checked out, you returnthem to us as soon as possible so that you are notcharged for the missing items. Whilst the CMC is now closed for general use, the doors are still open for you to
be able to drop your items in anytime between 7:00am– 4:00pm.
Unfortunately, we don’t allow books to be borrowedover the June/July period. The reasons for this are sothat we can clean all items, repair those that needrepairing, and ensure that books are in their right placeon the shelves ready for the new school year. With
30,000+ items in the collection, this is ahuge and time-consuming job.
If you have any questions or any itemsthat may be causing concern,please come and talk with oneof our friendly CMC staff asearly as possible so that we canresolve the issue.
From the CMCrom the CMC
School holidays are almost here…
Some children will be bringing home a swimming
certificate in their school reports based on theAustralian Swim and Survive
program. It should be noted
that children need to
consistently complete skills
required in the certificates,
rather a onetime only
performance. Also some children may make the
required distances but do not yet meet the
requirements for stroke proficiency. In addition the
children also need to be able to answer a series of
questions about water safety to gain a certificate.
Congratulations to those students that have gainedawards this school year. You can visit the PE blogs to
find out more about the swimming levels.
Thank-you for all your support this year for the PE
program. It is a delight to track the progress that
students make in physical education classes in terms of
physical skills, movement vocabulary, understanding of
movement concepts and especially sportsmanship. We
often see many ‘firsts’ in elementary physical
education. This refers when to a child successfully
completes a new physical challenge for the very first
time. Some of the ‘firsts’ we have witnessed this year
include diving into a swimming pool, swimming in deep
water, completing one full lap of the 25m pool,
jumping double Dutch, punting a ball, juggling, riding
a unicycle, bouncing a ball and a backward roll. There
are countless others…. the sense of achievement and
smile on a child’s face when they finally master a new
motor skill is what makes our jobs as physical
educators so rewarding. Building a repertoire of
physical skills greatly increases the chances of children
leading a health enhancing active lifestyle. I hope
your children have shared some of their achievements
in PE this year with you. We wish you an safe and
active holiday.
Amanda PekinES PE
From the PE Departmentrom the PE Department rom the ESL Departmentrom the ESL Department HOME LANGUAGE MAGAZINES!
Please collect magazines in your own languages over
the summer and bring them in to your child’s ESLclass in August. Travel magazines, like the ones form
the airlines, are a great source of photos of your
country and articles in your languages. We need
more of these for our future collaborative art projects.
The ATAC All Year Round Sports teams (Chess, Table Tennis, Aikido, Judo, Tae Kwon Do and Wall Climbing) will have theirend of year sports awards ceremony on Friday June 3 at theES Gym 3:15-4:15pm. See notices posted on bulletin boardsand in school bulletins.
Please note the ISM Gymnastics teams will have their owncelebration on Monday June 6th for their end of yearcelebration/awarding at the ES cafeteria after school.
The May or 4th Season practice schedule will finish onWednesday June 8th . Team practices for 1st season sports willresume in August as per tryouts dates listed below. Good luck to all athletes over the coming summer break…. stay fit, keepactive and be ready for Bearcat action in school year 11-12.
Next year’s dates and IASAS Schedule can be found on the ATAC Blog. ISM will host MUN in November 2011 and Rugby/Touch in February 2012. We look forward to these events inthe 11-12 school year. Don’t forget the IASAS 30th Anniversarywill take place this coming October with a huge celebration atSAS with all first season sports taking place in Singapore.
GAME SCHEDULE PDFGAME SCHEDULE PDF
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISMteams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also accessthis information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages. Pleasenote the game schedule does change often due toinvolvement with many local schools so please check the pageregularly to find out the latest information of where and whenthe Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or theBearcat logo to be directed to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need your powerschool user name and password to access the game schedulepdf now located in power school
ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES(for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule page as
above)
June 3rd End of Year all season sports awards ES Gym 3:15-4:15pm (Aikido, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Table Tennis, Chess,Wall Climbing)
June 3rd and 4th Aikido Seminar ISM Covered Court
June 6th Gymnastics Team end of year celebration. ESCafeteria 3pm
Aug 4th 2011: ATAC HS 1st Season Tryouts start
Aug 8th 2011: ATAC MS 1st Season Tryouts start and for All Year round Sports teams
August 10th 2011: ATAC tryouts start for ES soccer teams
Mark PekinDirector of Athletics/ActivitiesInternational School ManilaE-mail: [email protected] Website:http://www.ismanila.org/
ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/
The HS Honors and Awards Ceremony was held this week.Congratulations to all students who received an award:IASAS Scholars:Presented to students who participate in at least 2 IASAS
events (sports/MUN or CC) in the same year and have a GPA of 3.5 or better averaged over the first 3 quarters.
ATAC/Head Coaches Awards 2010-11:Outstanding Freshman Athletes: Daniel Um and Valerie TozeOutstanding Sophomore Athletes: JP Campos & Katrina GavinoOutstanding Junior Athletes: Gabby Ayala and Angela SyOutstanding Senior Athletes: Vincent Ching & Chelsea Ferguson
Mon, Wed and Fridays11:30am – 1:00pm and 2:30pm – 4:00pm.Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm.
Thanks to all our great volunteers who have worked in the denthis year. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den next school year please contact
our BCD volunteers coordinator Chantel([email protected]) or pop in to the Den near the HSCafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they will be veryhappy to make you welcome. Chantal will be assuming her newrole as PTA president next year so I would like to welcomeRadhika Mohit to the new volunteer coordinator position out of the ranks of our regular volunteers.
PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations for thisschool year is TUESDAY JUNE 7th. The Den
volunteers will be in hibernation from June 8th until reopening day on Monday August 8th , 2011
From the ATAC Officerom the ATAC Office
Grade 9
Grade 11
Andres Limcaoco Daniel Um Jae Woo Jang Kimberly Go Regina Rovira
Denise Fransisco Lynn Yu Laura Lehmann Julia Saubier
Gabby Ayala Angela Sy Abhishek Nagpal
Grade 10
Grade 12
Annika Weilbach Eun Jee (Nikki) Kang Ines Diaz Jorge Paulo Campos Kara Maeda Kat Gavino Seong Chan An Son Ho (Sierra) Lee
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-12
REMINDER: Re-Enrollment information for RETURNING STUDENTS for SY2011-12 Re-Enrollment requirements for all returning students will include, minimally,submission of an updated Health Form or Physical Form (depending on grade level) to theClinic for a Clearance Signature and a Clearance Signature from the Cashier’s Office onthe Re-Enrollment Form.
The Re-Enrollment Form and other requested forms for each re-enrolling student will beavailable by the beginning of April online from our website under Admission and Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal or at the Admission Office during office hours (Monday toFriday; 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Parents may pick up a set of Re-Enrollment Formspersonally or your child can come to the Admission Office and get the forms. If you would like to have yourdriver or househelp pick up the forms, please give them a letter of authorization to collect the Re-EnrollmentForms for your child/children.
REMINDER: For STUDENTS NOT RETURNING next school year (Does not apply to graduating seniors)
If your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year, please inform the Admission Officeas soon as possible if you have not already done so. Parents are obliged to officially inform the School inwriting on a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday of May, if their children will bewithdrawn. Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), incompensation for having held a space for the child and thus preventing the School from offering that space toanother child prior to the summer holiday break. The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from theAdmission Office or from the ISM website under the Admission tab and then click on Re-Enrollment &Withdrawal.
We currently have very few families indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there are anever growing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress andanxiety in those families (and in the Admission Office). If you are sure that your child will be leaving ISM,please submit a Withdrawal Notification Form. This will be a great help for our planning and to the manyfamilies waiting to be admitted to the school. Thank you.
Regards,
Gary W. Jerome Director of AdmissionInternational School Manila
P.O. Box 1256 MCPO, 1255 Makati City, PhilippinesE-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ismanila.org Phone: (63-2) 840-8488 or 840-8601Fax: (63-2) 840-8489
From the Admission Officerom the Admission Office
Dear Parents:
This is to remind everyone to pleaseview the web online billing and kindly
settle the remaining outstanding bal-ance preferably thru wire transfer toavoid lining up for last minute paymentto the cashier’s office for the final clear-
ance. Please bring or fax to 840-84-05 (kindly attentionit to Elmer Esguerra or Marissa Dulay) the validatedbank deposit slip as proof of payment if settlement wasmade via transfer. Please also note that elementarysections cards will be released only to those studentswho are cleared starting June 09, 2011.
5. Application Fee: For all NEW students; should be paid in full upon submission of application. This is non‐
refundable and non‐transferable.
6. For NEW PRE‐SCHOOL students, a $1,000 non‐refundable, non‐transferable reservation fee, deductible from
the annual tuition fee due, must be paid upon acceptance to guarantee the place in the pre‐school program for
the SY 2011‐12. The tuition and all other fees must be paid prior to the student starting class. If the expected
enrollment date is deferred to beyond the beginning of the new school year, then all school fees must be fully
paid prior to the beginning of the new school year to guarantee and hold the seat.
7. Refund of school fees in case of student withdrawal will not be pro‐rated for part of a quarter, regardless of the
number of days attended.
8. A re‐enrollment deposit payment is not required to reserve a space at the School for SY2011‐12. However,
parents are obligated to inform the School in writing, before the second Friday of May 2011 if their children
will withdraw at the end of the academic year 2010‐11. There is a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM for
such purpose and this must be submitted to the Admissions Office before the second Friday of May of each
school year. Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD),in compensation for having held a space for the child and thus preventing the School from offering that space
to another child prior to the summer holiday break.
9. Please take note that the School shall take action to suspend the student’s right to attend classes and other
school activities for those students whose school fees remain unpaid by end of August for the first semester,
and end of January for the second semester. It shall likewise suspend the student’s right to receive report
cards or transcript of records while the student’s account remains unpaid. Moreover, this may result in forfei‐
ture of the student’s place or reservation for the next school year.
10. For check payments, over‐the‐counter bank payments and wire transfers, kindly indicate the STUDENT’S NAME
AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. Please provide the School with a copy of the deposit slip or bank advice, where
applicable, for prompt credit to the student’s account. Following are the bank options:
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORP.
Account Name : International School Manila
Account No. : US$ S/A 069‐004984‐130
PhP S/A 068‐014950‐040
Bank Address : Fort Bonifacio Branch, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Swift Code : HSBCPHMM
CITIBANK N.A.
Account Name : International School Manila Account No. : US$ C/A 0756‐342‐029
PhP C/A 0756‐342‐002
Bank Address : Paseo de Roxas, Makati City, Philippines
From Operations &Securityrom Operations &Security A MESSAGE FROM
THE OPERATIONS AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT
I. IDs for the New School Year
Parent IDs
Current parent IDs will continue to be valid for the new school year 2011-2012.
Parents who require replacement school IDs due to loss or damage can acquire these from the Security Of-fice upon payment of Php100.00 to the Cashier.
Student IDs
All students will be issued with new ID cards at the beginning of the new school year. This year there will beno need for returning students to visit the Security Office as we will be utilizing the photographs taken for theyearbooks.
School Passes
School passes issued to parent’s employees and representatives need to be replaced for next school year.As of August 31, 2011 the green bordered passes will be invalid.
The security office is now accepting applications for new school passes, however the cards will not be avail-able for collection before July 1, 2011.
Each family will be given two free school passes. Additional school passes may be obtained after paying aprocessing fee of Php100.00 each to the Cashier’s Office.
2, Car Stickers for the New School Year
The car stickers for school year 2011/2012 will be available from the security office beginning July 1, 2011.
For vehicles already displaying an existing sticker, parents should submit a completed renewal form with acopy of a current LTO official receipt. For new vehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of the vehicle’s cer-tificate of registration and a current official receipt need to be submitted with the application. Applications forvehicles registered with companies or other institutions should be supported by a letter of assignment.
Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued follow-ing payment of P100 to the cashier’s office.
I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation across this school year in helping us maintain ISM as a safe and secure environment for our children.