es parent bulletin vol#4 2009 oct 9

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09 October 2009Volume 04

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

OCT

12 - 16 Class & Individual School Pictures

19 - 20

Early Student Release @ 12pm

Parent-Teacher Conferences @ 12.30 - 5pm Appointments have been set up in ad-

vance by the class teacher, and a letterhas been sent home

23Filipiniana (Celebration on Philippine Cul-

ture)26 -

Nov 2School Holiday

13PTA General Meeting @ 7.30 - 9am, Little

Theater

14, 21Wednesday Morning Student Late Start @

8.30am

different presentation by each grade level (not all studentin a grade level will be performing).This will include sing-ing, dancing, student council sharing some results of thedonation collection and where our donations have gone,and dramatic representations of Philippine culture.

After the assembly at each grade level we will have different centers that each class will spend approximately 30minutes at over the course of the day. We will not havecentral Barrio Fiesta in the playground, and at each gradelevel the centers will be organized in the classrooms forthat grade level. The centers will include some of the following:

1. Preparing a local Filipino dish, which will be preparedby the students, and donated to members of our community and Papaya Academy at the end of theday. During this session, students will also find out

more about local foods, and will sample a dish.

2. Writing letters and drawing pictures to make a bookfor Papaya Academy, each grade level will write letteof support and hope for those affected and these wilbe collated into books to be given directly to the

matching grade level class at Papaya Academy.3. Mural the Art team will be leading the developmen

of a series of murals representing the Philippines

4. Language Learning Session students will be taughtsome local expressions and learn more about the lan

guage spoken in the Philippines

5. Dance and games students will learn a dance and a

game to play

6. Story telling

7. Service Learning

In order to make this day happen, we will be asking forparent volunteers, parent liaisons from the PTA at eachgrade level will be contacting you, so please sign up.

We look forward to a great day celebrating and learningmore about the Philippines!Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie Michael RourkeES Principal ES Assistant Principal

From the ES Administrationrom the ES AdministrationDear Elementary School Parents,

Filipiniana has been an event happening at ISM for manyyears, in the Elementary School the past few years it asincluded an assembly followed by a Barrio Fiesta with theES playground becoming a festive area with huts, Filipinodishes and delicacies for our children to enjoy, traditionalgames to play, Jeepney rides, and a parade of High Schoolstudents and marching bands. This has been an excitingtime for students and a celebration for our ElementarySchool.

In light of the recent natural disaster in Manila and theeffect it has had, we have been reflecting on the most ap-propriate focus of this event. We would like to reframethis day somewhat and make it more meaningful for stu-dent learning about the Philippines and our response tothe current situation as a community. Our day will nowbe A Window into the Philippines

We will begin the day on Friday October 23, 2009 with awhole ES assembly at 8:00 in the Fine Arts Theatre. Thiswill begin with a music video of the country, followed by a


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From the ES Student Councilrom the ES Student Council Student Council has been enthusiastically collecting donationsbetween 10:00 and 10:30 everyday. Reps are assigned to collect

from several teachers per grade level. Donations are loaded tocarts and delivered to the FAT. A few days last week and thisweek we have been asked to help sort and bag donationsbrought to the FAT.

We are happy to report that classes are continuing to support ourdonation drive. We thank all parents, students and teachers whohave brought donations since the drive started. We thank youfor allowing your children to be a part of this very important en-deavor.

Here is the list of donations we are requesting for next week:

Oct. 12 water (1 L minimum)

Oct. 13 3 bars of soap

Oct. 14 - powdered milk (500 grams )

Oct. 15 2 pieces of food items (canned goods, coffee, sugar, bis-cuits)

Oct. 16 10 pieces of extra large black trash bags

ES Student Council

PARENT-TEACHER

CONFERENCES

Parent-Teacherconferences will betaking place on Oc-tober 19 and 20.Students will haveearly dismissal at12pm on thesedays. You re-ceived a letterfrom your class

teacher this week

with your sched-uled appointment.Please return the

confirmation sheetto your class

teacher as soon aspossible so the

schedules can be

finalized.

From the Communications Officerom the Communications OfficeTHANK YOU to the ISM Community of parents, students, teachers andstaff for supporting our student-led relief efforts for the victims of ty-phoon Ondoy: ISM Students raised a total of Php 406,936.35 --- THANKSTO YOU!!

On Friday, October 2, ISM HS Students held an amazing concert to benefitthe victims of typhoon Ondoy. Clubs and Councils like PCC, KCC, ACC, ECO,BTV, BTO rallied together to set-up booths and food stations. Thank you to

MCDonalds, Andoks and Hungry Tykes for providing food and ice-cream. Ourvery own PTA donated Php 60,000 to the cause.

We went from complaining about school not being canceled, with the desire to makea difference, to seeing these visions come to reality. 400,000 pesos is a success, andthen some! WE cannot thank YOU enough. Words cannot express what an honor it isto call ourselves BEARCATS right now. - Antonio Villalon


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From the CMCrom the CMC

Dear Parents,

Recycled materials are continu-ally being utilized in our early

years art projects. In fact thegrade 1 fairground project whichis comprised mainly of boxes,plastic containers and parts ofbroken toys will next week beexhibited in the CMC, you arewelcome to visit. We thereforenow need to replenish our stocksof recyclable materials. In particular we are looking for small boxes,bottle caps (metal or plastic), broken or functioning toys, utensils,small plastic containers (including take out food tubs) and any other

object you are discarding that you think we could use. Please ensurethat none of the materials have sharp edges or contain any traces offood. Drop offs to room 1189 would be appreciated.

Many thanks

Olivia [email protected]

From the Art Departmentrom the Art DepartmentI am looking for some volunteer

parents who could help create art

labels for the classroom in variouslanguages. Volunteers need to be

native speakers and writers of the

following Mandarin, Korean,

Japanese, Thai and Dutch. This is

not a big job and your assistance

would be much appreciated. The

labels can be handwritten, or

printed from a computer. They

would be of specific art vocabulary

which we are reinforcing in class.

So far, only about ten words! Can

you help? If so, please contact meat [email protected].

Many thanks,

Helen Arnold

Hello Parents! The Childrens Media Center ishumming with activity! We launched our CMC

Book Club for grade 4 students last week. Wereceived lots of very convincing applicationsbut, alas, had to limit our membership to just 12.Well run another Book Club next semester, sotheres a second chance!

Preschool and ECLC children have settled into their brows-ing and borrowing routines and are showing such responsible be-havior! Please reinforce how to care for books at home. Grade 1 stu-dents are able to distinguish between fiction and non-fiction booksand are learning where to find books about their favorite subjects orby a favorite author. Grade 2 used non-fiction books to researchhabitats and animals and will be practicing using our new library

search engine, Destiny Quest, this week. Grade 3 students are focus-ing on making personal connections to stories and some classes areusing non-fiction books to learn about the affects habitats have onpeople. Grade 4 classes are using non-fiction books to help them cre-ate realistic characters for their migration stories and passports forImmigration Island.

Its important to teach our children that books arent just forinformation, that its fun to read! Try to spend fifteen minutes eachevening, reading with your child. Reading aloud teaches sequenceand voice, builds vocabulary, and demonstrates left to right text di-rection. Children love spending time with you and a good book!

The Physical Education De-

partment now has a green

box in the Plaza with sportsequipment for children to use during

their play time. It has jump ropes, (short,

long and Double Dutch ropes) balls of many

sizes and shapes and Frisbees. Grade 2, 3

and 4 children are allowed to borrow equip-

ment but need to hand in their school ID to a

supervisor who is stationed at the green

box. At the end of play when children return

the borrowed equipment they will be given

back their school ID. This system helps students

be responsible. We continue to emphasize

that all sports equipment be used safely andproperly. You can assist us as parents by

playing jump rope with your children,

(teaching them Jump Rope Chants) throwing a

Frisbee, or simply playing throw and catch

with a ball. Our purpose is

to encourage children to

be active, learn safe be-

haviors when using sports

equipment and be respon-

sible.

From the PE Departmentrom the PE Department

WELCOME

TO THE FAIRGROUND!

Parents are invited to view the

Grade 1 fairground exhibition in theCMC at any time during the next

week (from Oct 12th - 16th).The exhibition is the collaborative

achievement of all grade 1 studentswho have constructed these art

pieces almost entirely from recycla-ble materials.


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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PHOTO SHOOT SCHEDULEOctober 12-16, 2009

ES Science Lab (Rm. 2126)

All students will be photographed, regardless of purchase.

Each class will have a scheduled time for the shoot during the week. Students must wear their school uniform during the photo shoot. Order Form and Envelopes will be distributed to students. Payments should be placed inside the envelope

together with the order form and should be brought by the student on the day of the shoot which will begiven directly to the photographer. No payment will be received by the teacher or the ES Office. Parentsmay contact the photographer directly for late orders/payments.

Tino LeyMobile No.: 0920 950 4209E-mail: [email protected]

Please use 1 envelope per student, NOT two students in one envelope.

School Photos will be delivered to students before the December School Break.


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From the After School Activities (AFAC) Officerom the After School Activities (AFAC) OfficeTo: 4

th

Grade StudentsFr: Ms. LinellRe: CMT

Date: October 9th, 2009

Hey 4th Graders!!!

Its time to ask yourself those all-important questions about yourself ~ Do I like to sing? Do I like to act? Do I like to

dance? Do I like to dress up in costumes? Do I like to perform in front of audiences? Do I like to do all of the above

with my friends?

If you answered yes to some or all of these, then we want you to be a part of this years Childrens Musical Theater.

We will be presenting the youth musical Dig It which is a fun and comical story about ancient civilizations around

the world.

CMT REGISTRATION, REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Mon, October 12 Registration begins

Fri, October 23 Registration endsWed, November 4 Rehearsal in FAT 2:30-4pm

Wed, November 11 Rehearsal in 1164 2:30-4pm

Wed, November 18 Rehearsal in 1164 2:30-4pm

Wed, November 25 Rehearsal in FAT 2:30-4pmWed, December 2 Rehearsal in 1164 2:30-4pm

Wed, December 9 Rehearsal in 1164 2:30-4pm

Wed, January 5 Rehearsal in FAT 2:30-4pm

Wed, January 13 Rehearsal in FAT 2:30-4pmWed, January 20 Rehearsal in 1164 2:30-4pm

M-F, January 25-29 Rehearsals in FAT 2:30-4pm

M-W, February 1-3 Dress Rehearsals 2:30-4pm

Thu, February 4 School Performance 1:00pmvening Performance 6:00pm

There are a lot of parts for boys and girls so plan on signing up beginning this coming Monday, October 12 in the

AFAC office. I hope to see you at the first rehearsal in the FAT on Wednesday, November 4th at 2:30!!

Ms. Linell

CMT Director

Monday12 October

Tuesday13 October

Wednesday14 October

Thursday15 October

Friday16 October

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Gr. 3 / QuinlanGr. 2 / Patterson

Gr. 1 / Rodriguez

Gr. 2 / Zulberti

Gr. 4 / J. O.

Gr. 4 / Lenehan

ECLC / Cowled

Gr. 2 / WintonGr. 3 / Riviello

ECLC / Knewstubb

ECLC / Mccallum

Gr. 3 / Remoroza

Gr. 4 / Stavert

Gr. 4 / Costa

Gr. 2 / PowersGr. 2 / Rea

Gr. 1 / Shortridge

ECLC / Heggie

Gr. 4 / McElhinney

Gr. 1 / Edwards

PS / Eglington

PS / Luhtala

Gr. 4 / Cooney

ECLC / Plank

Gr. 3 / Hamaguchi

Gr. 3 / Rainey

Gr. 1 / Stevens

PS / AylingPS / Pelkey

Gr. 2 / Duprat

Gr. 1 / Rea

Gr.1 / Grabow

Gr. 3 / McGrath

CLASS PHOTO SHOOT SCHEDULE


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TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2ND HEPATITIS A AND B VACCINATIONS

Date Price (Php)

November 11th, 2009 Hepatitis A (Adult) 2249

Hepatitis A (Junior) 1125Hepatitis B (Adult) 630Hepatitis B (Junior) 355Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (Adult) 2000Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (Junior) 1000

(Prices are per individual vaccine in a course of either 2 or 3 vaccinations)

If you would like more information or you wish to sign up to receive any of the above vaccines, please call in at the clinic topick up a registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM ID may participate in this pro-gram.

PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER DEPARTMENT BY NO LATER THANFRIDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2009. VACCINES WILL THEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BEACCEPTED.

Many thanks

Debbie DuckworthISM Clinic Administrator840 8581 Clinic direct number: 840 [email protected] Email: [email protected]

From the School Clinicrom the School Clinic

From the PTArom the PTACelebrating Diwali - the Festival of Lights

Tuesday, October 13th7:30 am - 9:00 am

Little Theatre

The ISM Parent-Teachers Association, together with theBharati (Indian Women's) Association,

is pleased to invite you to...

NOT JUST ANOTHER GENERAL MEETING...

What is Diwali? The festival celebrates the triumph of good over evil; in Hindi, Diwali means festival oflights, and people light rows of lights to commemorate heroic figures in Indian mythology who tri-umphed over the forces of evil. Diwali is also a propitious time for new endeavors, and many people

clean their homes and open all their windows and doors to welcome luck and good fortune during Diwali

Please join us in celebrating this annual celebration withFood Dance Music Culture

**Special Thanks to the efforts of the Indian Community for making this a wonderful event!**


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ATAC Announcements:

Sat Oct 10th

MS/HS Cross Country @ Brent

ES/MS C, E, G Soccer Festival @ CSA begins at 9amJV/Varsity Boys/Girls Volleyball @ ISM

Sun Oct 11th

Midgets A, Aspirants, Varsity Boys Soccer v Southridge @ ISM from 8am onwards

Please check GAME SCHEDULE on ISM public website ATAC page or ES/MS/HS GAME SCHEDULE page of thedivisional website for all up to date fixtures and game venues.Due to flooding and closure of local schools many of the games will have to be rescheduled. Please consult thegame schedule carefully for the latest updates and times!

2nd

SEASON ATAC SPORTS ARE TRYOUTS DATESHS: Basketball, Tennis, Touch (girls only), Rugby, Swimming, Cheerleading Oct 21, 22 and Nov 3, 4, 5

MS: Basketball, Tennis, Touch (girls only), Rugby, Cheerleading Nov 3, 4, 5, 6

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SEASON PRACTICE SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL BEFORE THE OCTOBERBREAK

FIRST SEASON IASAS CHAMPIONSHIPS:This time next week our Volleyball and Cross Country teams will be battling it out in Taipei for the chance to becrowned IASAS Champions for 2009 in their respective sports. After a fantastic effort last year with all ISMteams taking SILVER MEDALS we can only hope that they can go one better and bring back GOLD. Good luck toall athletes and coaches.Here in Manila IASAS SOCCER will be in full swing next week. It is sure to be a great event for our school and Ihope that all the ISM community will get behind our teams during the tournament. Our boys team has been rid-dled with injuries the past few weeks so we hope that all members of the team can recover in time and put ontheir best performance for the home crowd. Our girls team is of course the two times defending IASAS Soccer

Champions and will be desperate to hold on to their IASAS Champions status for a third year in a row. Pleasecome out and support our two teams during the IASAS Soccer Championships at ISM. Lets make it a truly spe-cial ISM event!

PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED MATCH SCHEDULE FOR IASAS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS THURSDAY OCT 15TO SATURDAY OCTOBER 17 2009

As first season draws to a close and IASAS Soccer/Volleyball/Cross Country Championships are being battled out inManila and Taipei it is fitting to recognize the efforts of all the student athletes and coaches that have worked hard anddevoted many hours of time to our first season sports. On behalf of the ATAC department I would like to thank everyonewho has played a role, large or small during this first season. Please see below for information related to the end of sea-son awards.

HS First Season Sports Awards:MS Gym Thursday November 5th from 5:30-7:30 pmCome and celebrate the achievements of our first season HS teams

ES/MS First Season Sports Awards: ES Gym Thursday October 22nd3:15-4:00pm Session One All ES Soccer Teams4:00-5:00pm Session Two All MS teams (Soccer/Volleyball/Cross Country)Food and drinks provided.Coaches will present awards and certificates to our first season team members.

Please come and join us.

From the ATAC Officerom the ATAC OfficeOct 15-17 IASAS Soccer at ISMOct 14-18 IASAS Volleyball @ Taipei

Oct 15-18 IASAS Cross Country @ Taipei


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Date Time HS Field-Girls Time MS Field-BoysThursday 8:30 iskl v isb 8:30 tas v jis

10:15 tas v sas 10:15 iskl v ism

Noon jis v ismNoon isb v sas

HS Field-Boys MS Field-Girls13:45 jis v iskl13:30 isb v tas

15:30 sas v tas 15:15 ism v iskl

17:15 ism v isb 17:00 sas v jis

AM HS Field-Girls MS Field-BoysFriday 8:00 isb v ism 8:00 sas v jis

9:45 tas v jis 9:45 isb v iskl

11:30 iskl v sas 11:30 tas v ism

PM HS Field-Boys MS Field-Girls13:15 jis v isb13:15 ism v tas

15:00 iskl v tas 15:00 sas v isb

16:45 ism v sas 16:45 jis v iskl

AM HS Field-Girls MS Field-BoysSaturday 8:00 ism v sas 8:00 tas v isb

9:45 isb v jis 9:45 sas v iskl

11:30 iskl v tas 11:30 jis v ism

PM HS Field FINALS MS Field14:00 Girls 3rd

vGirls

4th14:45 Boys 3rd v Boys 4th

16:00 Boys 1st v Boys

2ndFinal

17:30 Girls 1st v Girls2nd

Final

Teams listed first are home and wear light colored uniform.BOYS GIRLS

For parents and interested IASASobservers who want to keep up todate with how our Volleyball andCross Country teams are doing in

Taipei next week here are the web-

site contact details for bothevents.

http://iasas.tas.edu.tw/09xc/index.html

http://iasas.tas.edu.tw/09vball/index.html
http://iasas.tas.edu.tw/09xc/http://iasas.tas.edu.tw/09vball/http://iasas.tas.edu.tw/09vball/http://iasas.tas.edu.tw/09xc/


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From the Admission Officerom the Admission OfficePlease update the Admission Office if you have changed your residence or billing address, telephone orcell phone contact numbers, or your current e-mail address. This is especially important with re-

gard to the mobile numbers for the school TextConnect system which is used in emergency

situations when parents need to be urgently informed about something.

We try to keep everything current in our database but if you are not sure if we have it right, please ei-ther call us at 840 8488 or email your current information to [email protected] using the form

below. Thank you for your help.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA Admission Office Un i v e r s i t y Pa r kwa y Fo r t Bon i f a c i o . 1 634 Tagu i g Me t r o Man i l a . P h i l i pp i n es

Box 1526 MCPO . 1255 Maka t i C i t y , P h i l i pp i n es . Te l . 840-8488

CHANGE OF CONTACT INFORMATION

Address : Home Phone :

From : From :

To : To :

Office Phone : ( Mother o Father o ) Mobile Number : ( Mother o Father o )

From : From :

To : To :

EMAIL : ( Mother o Father o )

From :

To :

Change of contact information given by:

Office Use Only Below

Childs Name : Grade Level :

Relation : ________________ Signature : ___________Name : ______________________________

Receiving Office / Initials / Date Admission Office Updated / Initials TextConnect Updated / Initials

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