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ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

MAY

25 Student Late Start 8:30AM

27 4th Quarter Assembly, 8:00-9:00 AM, FAT

31 AFAC Recitals, 3:00-5:00 PM, AMR

JUNE

08 Report Cards in PowerSchool

09

Gr.4 Moving On Ceremony, 8:00 AM, FAT

Early Student Release, 12:00 PM

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

03

Preschool Music Informances, 7:45-10:30

AM, Rm. 1164

Last Day of After School Activities (AFAC)

01, 08 Student Late Start 8:30AM

From t e ES ES ES Administ r ation

Students need to feel happy and a sense of belonging at school in order forlearning to take place. As such, social groupings are a critical aspect of theprocess. We know that learning is a social activity and that an interactiveand supportive environment is crucial, if we are to stay true to this learningprinciple. Ultimately, we will always place students in a class where wefeel their learning will be maximized and they will experience success.

Please note that while we are very aware that parents want to ensure thebest possible placement for their child considering all the above criteria, weare unable to accept specific parent requests for placements as this would

compromise the internal process we adhere to. However, we alwaysacknowledge that your advocacy for your child in certain areas is required,and if there is information that is likely to support the class placementprocess, this should be shared with your class teacher, counselors or theElementary leadership team.

Section cards for returning students, informing you of your child’s classteacher for the 2016/17 school year will be available at the cashier’s officefrom June 9th onwards, dependent upon your completion of the re-enrolment process.

Adam Campbe l Michael Rou r keElementary Principal Elementary Assistant Principal

2016/17 Class Placements Over the past six weeks and continuing over the next three, we havand will continue, to spend a large amount of time preparing our clalists for 2016/17.

How does t h is process work and what are t he cr i t er i

you use?Initially, all grade level teachers are involved in discussions, includithose from the Learning Support and English as a Second Languag

(ESL) department, as the new class lists are compiled. Following thithe Guidance Counselors and the Elementary Leadership team look fbalance in the groupings in terms of: gender, nationality, friendsh groups, social dynamics, academics, learning styles, anindependence.

In some education systems students remain with the same cohort class for a sustained period of time in order to promote continuity. ISM, we believe that in order to support our students in becoming sedirected, adaptable and able to apply their skills (both academic asocial) in new situations, a change of both teacher and clacomposition is more appropriate. This said, rather than dividing single class six or seven different ways, we aim to begin with a smallnumber, such as splitting a class into three new ones, in order

support friendship groupings and transition into a new gradlevel. Again, this will depend upon the cohort of students and thcriteria listed above.

CMC

ANNOUNCEMENT

All division libraries (ES, MS, HS) willbe renovated and upgraded during theJune/July break. To facilitate this, wewill be closing the CMC on May 27that 4pm.

CMC materials will be due back fromparents and students on May 20th.Items not returned by this date will bemarked as lost and the value (plusdelivery costs) will be charged to therelevant ISM accounts.


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rom e Treasu y Of cereasu y Of cereasu y Of ce

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: YEAR END CLEARANCE REMINDERS - CASHIERS OFFICE:

NOTE 1 :Student charges will be FINAL on June 07,2016. Kindly view the ISM Web Online and settlethe remaining outstanding balance(s) in time for year end clearance SY2015-2016.

NOTE 2 : In anticipation of the year-end clearance for SY2015-2016, please note that only students withfully paid SY2015-2016 fees will have their clearance forms signed by the cashier and will then have access

to school documents such as report cards and transcripts.

Likewise, for next school year’s incoming Pre-School 4 to Grade 4 old students,section cards will bereleased by the Accounting Office on June 9, 2016 and thereafter only if current school year (2015-2016)fees are fully settled.

NOTE 3:Please be informed that for the purpose of clearing the accounts of students forSY15-16,Only CASH payment will be accepted by ISM cashiers both for dollar and peso payments after the cut off

dates below:

Peso checks will no longer be ac cepted starting on May 23, 2016 (Monday) while US$ chec ks will nolonger be accepted starting on April 25, 2016 (Monday). This is to allow enough time for the check to getcleared by the bank in time for the student clearance in J une. Please a lso note that US dollar coins are

not ac cepted by the cashier, however, the same can be converted to its peso equivalent to settle the

remaining fees.


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Campus Card Corner

CAMPUS CARD IN THE

ES CANTEEN

UPDATE

What’s New?

The Elementary School Canteen joins the

implementation of the full debit system beginning

SY16-17.

How does it work?

The students’ campus cards (ID with a smart chip)

will remain in the homeroom. If there are special

classes (Art, Music and P.E.) before the lunch

break, the campus cards should be worn beforethe student proceeds to the special class as they

will not return to their homeroom.

During lunch, students can purchase food at the

ES Canteen using their campus cards. Sodexo and

The Yogi Chef (international vegetarian cuisine)

will provide a well-balanced and kid-friendly

menu in the ES Canteen.

Upon leaving the canteen, ES students will leave

their campus cards in the designated box assigned

to their homeroom and the campus cards will be

distributed back to the homeroom so they will be

available the following day.

If a student misplaces/losses the campus card,

the concessionaire can access the student’s name

without the card so the student will have access

to food that day. If the card is lost, it must be

replaced immediately through the Security Office.

How to use the campus card?

Parents must load the family or individual account

(online, at the kiosk or at the Cashier’s Office) to ensure

that the student can use the card to purchase food in

the ES Canteen.

With the debit system, parents are able to:

Set spend limit per day and/or per student.

Restrict card usage on (a) particular day/s.

View card activity to view what student purchased

on a particular date and time.

Set low balance notification to make sure the

family or individual account has enough fund

balance. In case the account does not have enough

balance, ES students will be allowed up to P500

credit only, parents must load cards immediately.

For more information about the campus card system,

please click here:http://www.ismanila.org/page.cfm?p=948

Reminder: ES Students are not permitted to purchase

food items in the MS/HS Canteen during their lunch

break.

Need to top up? ISM goes cashless

in SY16‐17!

Starting SY2016-2017 ISM will implement a full debisystem in the MS/HS Canteen. The debit systemprovides customers with a cashless payment systemonce the customer's ID has been loaded with funds.

Parents and Students are encouraged to startusing the debit system if they aren't already doin

so.

Click here for details.

Lost Campus Card Whether you are on a family or individual account,you can still set a spend limit per day at theCafeteria, Copy & Print, and Bearcat Den

Here’s how:

Log in to your account→ Go to E-Account→

Set Spend Limit→ Click Save when done.

For more information, visit:http://campusonline.ismanila.org

For questions/concerns, email:[email protected]


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A Message f r om t e Ope r ations and Secu r ity Depa r tment

I. IDs for the New School Year

Parent IDsThe previously issued black and white parent IDs willcontinue to be valid for the new school year. Standardparent cards are issued free of charge. Parents may,however, elect to apply for a smartcard ID which will beusable with the cashless payment system introduced intothe school for SY 2013-14. There will be a fee of P250.00for a smartcard.

Applications for parent IDs can be processed through theSecurity Office.

Student IDsAll students will be issued with new ID cards at the

beginning of the new school year. The cards will becompatible with the cashless payment system. There willbe no need for returning students to visit the Security Officeas we will be utilizing the photographs taken for theyearbooks.

School PassesSchool passes issued to parent’s employees andrepresentatives need to be replaced for next schoolyear. As of August 31, 2016 (Wednesday) the brownbordered passes will be invalid.

The security office is now accepting applications for newschool passes, however the cards will not be available forcollection before July 1, 2016. These passes will not be

compatible with the cashless payment system.

Each family will be given two free school passes. Additionalschool passes may be obtained after paying a processing feeof Php100.00 each to the Cashier’s Office.

2. Car Stickers for the New School Year

The car stickers for school year 2016/2017 will be availablefrom the security office beginning July 1, 2016.

To obtain a new vehicle sticker please submit a completedvehicle sticker form. Applications for vehicles registeredwith companies or other institutions should be supported by

a letter of assignment.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free ofcharge. Any additional stickers will be issued followingpayment of P100 to the cashier’s office.

I would like to thank all members of the ISM communityfor their cooperation across this school year in helping usmaintain ISM as a safe and secure environment for ourchildren.

Mike FlynnDirector of Operations and Security

ANNOUNCEMENT! ANNOUNCEMENT! ANNOUNCEMENT!

LOST AND FOUNDLOST AND FOUNDLOST AND FOUND

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EVERY SCHOOL DAYEVERY SCHOOL DAYEVERY SCHOOL DAY

May 23May 23May 23rdrdrd to June 9to June 9to June 9ththth, 2016, 2016, 2016 From 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.From 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.From 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Fine Arts TheaterFine Arts TheaterFine Arts TheaterChanging Room 1123Changing Room 1123Changing Room 1123

ItemsItemsItems uncollecteduncollecteduncollected after this time willafter this time willafter th is time willbebebe disposed ofdisposed ofdisposed of in support of ourin support of ourin support of our

Service Learning Program.Service Learning Program.Service Learning Program.


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20 May 2016

From t e ATAC Of fi ce ATAC Of fi ce ATAC Of fi ce

A big thanks to our Bearcat gymnasts, coaches and parentvolunteers led by Ms Kendrick and Ms Roberts who contributedso much to a great ISM Goodwill gymnastics meet held SaturdayMay 7th. There were over 230 gymnasts entered and the meet

went off very well. Congratulations to all our gymnasts whoprepared and competed to the best of their abilities during thelead up to the event and on the day of competition. Full results

are posted to the ATAC blog gymnastics page.

Congratulations to our MS Mixed Touch team who played at theirend of season tournament at Jakarta last weekend. The mixedteam won Gold, the girls team placed 4th and boys team placed

5th. Well done Bearcats players and coaches.

Thank you and well done to all that took part in the SailfishAquathon at the ISM pool and MS field last Saturdaymorning. Next week the Sailfish season comes to and end withthe annual pool party and Sailfish awards on Tues May 24th. Toall sailfish swimmers, parents and our coaching team led byCoach Holly and Hazel well done on an excellent year. Sailfishtryouts will begin the first full week of the school year inAugust, stay in touch via the Sailfish blog for announcements fornew student tryouts and returning sailfish member tryouts. Ifyou will not be participating in Sailfish next SY please contactCoach Hazel to inform her so that squad numbers can be sorted

and spaces allocated for new members.

End of year awards/certificate distribution for our all year roundATAC teams will take place this year at the final training sessionof the year the week beginning June 1st. Snacks/drinks will beprovided at the last session and coaches will presentparticipation and individual awards to conclude the year forTable Tennis, Chess, Wall Climbing, Aikido, Tae Kwon Do and

Judo teams.

ISM summer camps information/flyer is posted to the ATAC blog.Summer camps are offered the first 3 weeks of the summervacation. Please note due to the large amount of facilityconstruction planned for this summer camps will only be offeredin the mornings and all sessions will end by 12 noon or before.

http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/atac-summer-sports-camps/

S4 runs from April 11 to June 3 and the practice schedule isposted on notice boards and on ATAC blog schedules page . S4practices are open to all Gr 8-11 student athletes. Current Gr 8'swho will be freshmen next SY are encouraged to come out as itis a great opportunity to meet the coaches and other HS athleteswhile getting in some pre season practice in readiness for next

SY ATAC.

Season 4 ATAC HS seasonal sports sessions offered are-

Girls- Soccer/Volleyball/Basketball/Touch

Boys- Soccer/Volleyball/Basketball/Faculty/Student

Basketball

Please note due to the very hot weather ISM reserves the rightto cancel activities on short notice if the use of our outdoorfacilities is deemed too hot on any given day. Every effort willbe made where possible to schedule S4 practices on the shaded

MS field or in a covered facility.

Upcoming events:

May 24 Sailfish end of year pool party and awards evening

June 1 Bearcats for street soccer MS/HS fundraiser for charity

May 30-June 3 End of year awards presentations for ATAC allyear teams(Chess/Table Tennis/Wall Climbing/Aikido/TKD/

Judo)

June 3 Last day of AFAC and ATAC training

Aug 4,5,8,9 S1 HS Tryouts (Volleyball/Soccer/Cross Country)

Aug 8,9,10 S1 MS Tryouts (Volleyball/Soccer/Cross Country)

Aug 8,9,10 Tryouts/Registration for ES Rifa League Soccer

Gr1-4

Aug 8, 10, 12- Tryouts/Registration for ATAC All Year teams(Sailfish swim squads, Gymnastics, Wall Climbing, Table

Tennis, Chess, Akido, Judo, TaeKwonDo

For our Sailfish swim team program please check the Sailfish

blog for information. http://sailfish.ism-online.org/

Please note the practice times for ATAC programs for SY 15-16are as follows: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. See

schedule for our All year round teams program at ATAC blogschedules page.

All HS seasonal teams practice from 3:05- 4:50pm each day. MSseasonal teams practice 3:15-4:45pm. In order to clear thecampus prior to 5pm all after school programs will concludeby4:50pm or earlier. The last bus is 4:55pm this is due to the

ever increasing traffic concerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some time to peruse the ATACblog it has a wide variety of information and links to our sportsand activities program. If you have any questions regarding thecompetitive program of sports at ISM after reading theinformation on the blog please send an emailto [email protected] and I will endeavor to assist you as best

I can.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by TrizGonzalez (ATAC Athletics Coordinator) gives the most up to dateinformation on where/when and who our Bearcat teams will beplaying throughout the school year. Access to the game scheduleis now via the ISM parent portal not via power school as in thepast. A navigation guide is available here. ATAC Game Schedule

Users Guide.

Access the parent portal via this link, log in with your username/password and then look for the ATAC Game Schedule tabunder the left side quick links. Don't forget to refresh the pdfpage each time it opens so you access the most currentschedule. Please note this schedule does change often and atshort notice due to involvement with many local schools and

organizations.

Check it regularly for the most up to date information. Forsecurity purposes....access to the ATAC game schedule pdfmust be linked via the secure parent portal and details should

not be shared with non ISM community members.

Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store for year end saleitems. Get some Bearcat gifts for friends and family Bearcat

Den hours of operation- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.

Regards,

Mark Pekin, ATAC Dir ector


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Beyond‐the‐Book Club

Beyond the Book Club is a summer enrichment

program. We off er a holisc and mul‐sensory approach

to the standard book club format.

Each session will begin with a read‐aloud of a story chosen from a carefully curated library of award‐winning

children’s literature. Following the read‐aloud, students

will be provided with engaging themac acvies that are

centered on the book for the day.

This book club seeks to foster a love for reading, as

well as support the development of emerging literacy

skills. Sessions will also include arts and cras, cooperave

games, sensory play, and science invesgaons. It also

aims to provide a venue for the child to build friendships

while engaged in enriching acvies and learning through

meaningful play.

4‐6 years old

PHP 5,500 (materials inclusive)

June 13‐17, Monday to Friday

8:30‐10:30 am; Kindergarten Hallway

Deadline of confirmaon is on June 7, Tuesday

Things to bring: water bole,

snacks, hat

For more informa on, you may

contact us at 0917.7928192.

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