MIDDLE SCHOOL

Middle School
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents ISSUE # 38
WEEK OF JUNE 06 TO 10, 2011

From the Middle School Office

Dear Parents: Inside this issue:
We ask for your help with encouraging students to return checked-out Grade 8 End of Year Activities 2
Schedule & Locker Distribution Schedule
school materials as soon as possible. Student report cards can only be
Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012 3
released when all materials have been returned (or paid for, in the event
that they have been lost). From the Operations & Security Department 4

From the Clinic 5

The last week of the school year is upon us and we would like to thank all From the Athletics & Activities Office 6
parents for your support and encouragement of your children in their
Announcement from the Treasury Office 7
learning for 2010-2011
Travel Office Temporary Move 10

As many of you know, after what will be eight years at ISM, I will be
leaving at the end of this school year. I am sad to leave the Philippines
and am very appreciative to have had the opportunity to contribute to ISM. UPCOMING EVENTS
Thank you for your support of the Middle School during my time here. JUNE
06 Grade 8 Fun Day

I will be taking on a new position of Secondary Principal (6-12) at Beijing 08 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony (4:00
pm, FAT)
BISS International School for 2011-2012.
09 Early Student Release (12 noon)
10 Beginning of Summer Vacation
I wish Simon Gillespie all the best in his role as the new ISM Middle School
Principal for 2011-2012. I am sure he will do a fine job. POWERSCHOOL GRADE UPDATE

June 10 PowerSchool opens for 2nd

Semester Reports
I wish you and your family a safe and restful summer vacation. To those of
you moving on, we hope you enjoyed your time at ISM and we wish you the
best of luck you in your future endeavors. ISM Shortened Week
In an effort to conserve energy and
Sincerely, reduce expenses during that part of
the summer when there are fewer
inquiries and personal visits, the
Danielle Fredericks School will be operating a four day
Middle School Principal week from June 21st to July 15th.
The Campus will be closed on the fol-
lowing four Fridays: June 24, July 1,
Clarissa Sayson July 8 and July 15. However, the
Offices will remain open for extended
Middle School Assistant Principal
hours, 7:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Mon-
day through Thursday during those
four weeks to facilitate inquiries and
Please read the Important provide assistance.
Announcement in Page 2 from Admissions Office on Thank you.
Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012. Communications and Marketing Office
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Grade 8 End of Year Activities

Monday, June 6 - GRADE 8 FUN DAY AT ISM
On Monday, June 6th, Grade 8 will hold its annual Fun Activity Day. This year, it will take place at the ISM
campus. Attendance will be taken, as this is a scheduled school day and event. Students are required to be
at school the usual time of 7.30am. Activities will finish at the regular school time, so students can catch
the regular bus home. Lunch will be provided. Students should bring items such as a swimsuit, towel, sun-
screen, cap, camera, sports gear, sunglasses, etc. The Middle School Salinlahi Yearbooks will be distributed
for Grade 8 on Fun day.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7
Awards Assembly in FAT 07:30 to 08:40 am
Break 08:40 to 09:05 am
Moving On Rehearsal in FAT 09:05 to 11:25 am
LUNCH 11:25 to 12:05 pm
HS Introduction 12:05 to 02:30 pm

Wednesday, June 8 (4:00-6:00 pm in FAT) - MOVING ON CEREMONY

Please remember, students will need to meet in the AMR no later than 3:30 pm. Thank you for ensuring your
son/daughter follows the Moving On dress code.

NO SCHOOL – Thursday, June 9. ☺

If you have any questions, please see Mr. Allen or Ms. Child.

Middle School Schedule & ID Distribution

SCHOOL YEAR 2010-2011
DATE LEVEL TIME VENUE

August 1, 2010 Grade 5 8:00 to 11:00 am AMR

August 1, 2010 Grade 6 12:00 to 3:00 pm AMR
August 2, 2010 Grade 7 8:00 to 11:00 am AMR
August 2, 2010 Grade 8 12:00 to 3:00 pm AMR
August 3, 2010 Grade 5-8 8:00 to 11:00 am AMR
12:00 to 3:00 pm

Please note that LOCKERS will be ASSIGNED by the MS Office.

Grade 6 locker assignments will be given on the first day of school (August 4, 2010)
by the Homebase Teacher.
Grade 7 & 8 locker assignments will be given with the student schedule.

NATIONAL BOOKSTORE SUPPLIES SALE will be from August 2 to 12, 2011.

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Important Announcement: Re-Enrollment for SY 2011-2012

Re-Enrollment information for RETURNING STUDENTS for SY2011-12
Re-Enrollment requirements will be similar to last year and include submission of an updated Health Form or Physi-
cal Form (depending on grade level) to the Clinic for a Clearance Signature and a Clearance Signature from the Cash-
ier’s Office on the Re-Enrollment Form.

The Re-Enrollment Form and other requested forms for each re-enrolling student will be available by the beginning
of April online from our website under Admission and Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal or at the Admission Office during
office hours (Monday to Friday; 7:00 am to 4:00 pm). Parents may pick up a set of Re-Enrollment Forms personally
or your child can come to the Admission Office and get the forms. If you would like to have your driver or househelp
pick up the forms, please give them a letter of authorization to collect the Re-Enrollment Forms for your
child/children.

For STUDENTS NOT RETURNING next school year (does not to graduating seniors)
If your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year, please inform the Admission Office as
soon as possible if you have not already done so. Parents are obliged to officially inform the School in writing on
a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday of May, if their children will be withdrawn. Fail-
ure 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. The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admission 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 an ever
growing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress and anxiety 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 many families waiting to be ad-
mitted to the school.

Regards,

Gary W. Jerome
Director of Admission
International School Manila
P.O. Box 1256 MCPO, 1255 Makati City, Philippines
E-mail: admission@ismanila.org
Web: www.ismanila.org
Phone: (63-2) 840-8488 or 840-8601
Fax: (63-2) 840-8489

IF YOU HAVEN’T LOGGED ON TO POWERSCHOOL…

We’re on the web!
please call the Guidance Office at 840-8555 or
www.ismanila.org
email msguidance@ismanila.org to obtain your username and password.
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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
Office 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 be no need for returning students to visit the Security Office as we will be utilizing the photo-
graphs taken for the yearbooks.

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
available for collection before July 1, 2011.

Each family will be given two free school passes. Additional school passes may be obtained after pay-
ing a processing 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 a copy of a current LTO official receipt. For new vehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of
the vehicle’s certificate of registration and a current official receipt need to be submitted with the
application. Applications for vehicles registered with companies or other institutions should be sup-
ported by a letter of assignment.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued
following 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.

MIKE FLYNN
Director of Operations & Security
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From the Clinic

As the year draws to a close, there are a few health issues you may wish to consider. This is a good time to
‘get the house in order’ and do all of those jobs you just haven’t managed to get around to during the busy
school year.

You may wish to take the opportunity to visit your doctor to review your children’s vaccination records and
get them up to date. Please visit the following website as a guide to vaccination schedules http://
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/child-schedule.htm. I suggest that it would also be a convenient
time for your children to have an annual checkup (for those who did not require one for re-enrollment). The
children are very busy during the school year and it is a good idea to make sure they are in the best possible
health to prepare them for their busy schedules.

I would also like to refer you to the ISM public website to check out advice on dengue and tuberculosis.
These are two diseases that are a particular problem in the Philippines and we should all be aware of how to
prevent and recognize them. You will find some basic information at http://www.ismanila.org/portal/
alias__/lang__en-US/tabID__1220/DesktopDefault.aspx. (click on the link ‘diseases’).

One final request, we have recently introduced Asthma Plans into our program of care for children in the
school. They provide information on a child’s asthma, what is normal for that child and what measures can
be taken in case of exacerbation of asthma. They should be completed in collaboration with a pulmonologist
or the doctor who is responsible for treating your child’s asthma. If your child has asthma, please pick up
one of these forms from the clinic and pay a visit to your doctor. It’s a good opportunity to review your
child’s asthma care and to enable us to follow the same program of care as your doctor. Keep a copy of the
completed form for yourself and your doctor and give one to the school clinic.

Now it just remains to wish everyone a wonderful summer holiday and safe journeys and the clinic staff look
forward to seeing you all in the next school year. This will be my last message to you all as I leave ISM on
June 10th but I will be replaced by a very capable and lovely lady named Monique Reed. I know I will pass
the clinic into good hands. Thank you for all of your support over the last 3 years at ISM and 5 years in the
Philippines, it’s been a wonderful experience!

Debbie Duckworth
Clinic Administrator
International School Manila
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Athletics and Activities Office Announcements

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.
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 in the 2011-2012 school year. Don’t forget the
IASAS 30th Anniversary will take place this coming October
with a huge celebration at SAS with all first season sports
taking place in Singapore.

Grade 9 Grade 11 GAME SCHEDULE PDF:

♦ Andres Limcaoco ♦ Denise Francisco Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM
♦ Daniel Um ♦ Lynn Yu teams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can also ac-
♦ Jae Woo Jang ♦ Laura Lehmann cess this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web
♦ Kimberly Go ♦ Julia Saubier pages. Please note the game schedule does change often
♦ Regina Rovira ♦ Gabby Ayala due to involvement with many local schools so please
♦ Angela Sy check the page regularly to find out the latest informa-
Grade 10 ♦ Abhishek Nagpal tion of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing.
♦ Annika Weilback Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed
♦ Eun Jee (Nikki) Kang Grade 12 to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will
♦ Ines Diaz need your power school user name and password to access
♦ Andrea Sy
the game schedule pdf now located in PowerSchool.
♦ Jorge Paulo Campos ♦ Michelle Ferreol
♦ Kara Maeda ♦ Prerna Bhargava
ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES – (for ALL match/schedule
♦ Kat Gavino ♦ Vince Ching details check game schedule page as above)
♦ Seong Chan An ♦ Smriti Sridhar ♦ June 3 - End of Year All Season Sports Awards, ES Gym,
♦ Son Ho (Sierra) Lee 3:15-4:15 pm (Aikido, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Table Ten-
nis, Chess, Wall Climbing)
ATAC/Head Coaches Awards 2010-11 ♦ June 3-4 - Aikido Seminar, ISM Covered Court
Outstanding Freshman Athletes:
♦ June 6 - Gymnastics Team End of Year Celebration, ES
Daniel Um and Valerie Toze
Cafeteria, 3:00 pm
♦ August 4, 2011 - ATAC HS 1st Season Tryouts start
Outstanding Sophomore Athletes:
JP Campos and Katrina Gavino ♦ August 8, 2011 - ATAC MS 1st Season Tryouts start and
for All Year round Sports teams
Outstanding Junior Athletes: ♦ August 10, 2011 - ATAC tryouts start for ES soccer
Gabby Ayala and Angela Sy teams

Outstanding Senior Athletes: BEARCAT DEN:

Vincent Ching and Chelsea Ferguson Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:
• Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 am – 1:00
Sportsmanship Awards: pm and 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Daniel Um and Sarita Morris • Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from 2:30 - 4:00 pm

Athletic Directors Award: Joint recipients this year: Boys
Softball Team/Girls Touch Team/Prerna Bhargava.
The ISM Gymnastics teams will have their own end of
year celebration/awarding on Monday, June 6th at the ES
cafeteria after school.
Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in
joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den, please
contact our BCD volunteers coordinator, Chantel
(fam.wanten@hotmail.com) or pop in to the Den near the
HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they will
be very happy to make you welcome.

The May or 4th Season practice schedule will finish on
Wednesday. June 8th . Team practices for 1st season sports
will resume in August as per tryouts dates listed on the
Student Bulletin. Good luck to all athletes over the com-
ing summer break…. stay fit, keep active and be ready for
Bearcat action in school year 2011-2012.
PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations for this school
year is TUESDAY, JUNE 7th. The Den volunteers will be in
hibernation from June 8th until reopening day on Monday,
August 8th, 2011.
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From the Treasury Department

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Due to construction taking place in the Admissions and Receptionist area, Marsman will
be moving temporarily to their head office. They shall be back in their current office
before the start of the school year. Please see below for contact details.