middle school parent bulletin - issue no. 30 - april 22 to 26

7/28/2019 Middle School Parent Bulletin - Issue No. 30 - April 22 to 26

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From the Middle School OfficeISSUE # 30

WEEK OF APRIL 22 TO 26, 2013

Friday Bulletin M I DD L E SC H O O L

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

From the Office of Admissionsand Advancement

From the ATAC Office

Form the HS Guidance office

ISM Community Art Auction

PTA Used Book Sale

MS End of Season Sports Awards

Inside this issue:Dear Parents:

On Thursday, April 25 we will be hos ng a Parent Co ee in the Li leTheater from 7:45 – 9:00 A.M. and we will con nue to explore the rolethat technology and social network sites play in the lives of adolescents.Please mark your calendars and plan to join us!

Looking ahead…The Middle School Play is just around the corner andthis year’s produc on, The Wiz , is sure to excite everyone. The showwill open on Thursday, May 2 with performances on May 3 and May 4.Stay tuned for more details!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Yours in Educa on,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

The Yearbook Pictures arenow available for pick up in

the MS Office.

POWERSCHOOL UPDATPOWERSCHOOL UPDATMAY

10 Progress ReportsDistribution

From the Treasury Department

Dear ISM Parents:

This is a reminder to please view and check the ISM Web Online at h p://community.ismanila.org/d/2/ for the latest update on your billing statementand se le any remaining balance of account(s).

Please note that the 2nd semester Tui on fee for SY2012 -2013 was due lastDecember 07,2012 while other school fees on your billing statements are al-ready due as billed. For those who haven’t se led yet, we appreciate your im-mediate se lement of the accounts.

For related billing and payment ques ons including any username and pass-word concerns, please call 840 -85-22 / 840 -85-06 / 840 -85-12 and look forRHODA VILLA (Accountant) or MARISSA DULAY (Treasury Supervisor) andElmer Esguerra ( Cashier). You can also email us at [email protected] [email protected]. and [email protected].

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS APRIL

25 Parent Coffee

MAY

2 to 4 MS Play

2 to 15 Art Exhibit

10 Activity Day

20 to 24 MS Tour & Talk

24 Grade 5 to 8 Party/Bearcat Idol

28 Grade 8 Advocating forChange

29 Homeless World CupTourney

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F R I D AY B U L L E T I N P AG E 2

From the Office of Admissions and AdvancementDear Parents,

Please be reminded that keeping your contact informa on updated is vital to facilita ng communica on with theschool. If you would like to view/change any of the details on your current record, simply follow the steps below.



Withdrawal Procedure for Students Leaving ISM

For those students who will be withdrawing from Interna onal School Manila this year, the following procedure applies:

Parents are obliged to inform the School o cially through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM, before the second Friday of May, if their children will not be returning to ISM.

Failure to do so will lead to a deduc on of US$1,000 from the Facili es Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensa on for having held aspace for the child and thus preven ng the School from o ering that space to another child prior to the summer holiday break.

The Withdrawal No ca on Form can be obtained from the Admissions O ce or directly from the ISM website www.ismanila.orgunder Admissions > Re -Enrollment & Withdrawal > Withdrawal

STEP 1: Return the Withdrawal No ca on Form to the Admissions O ce or scanned and e -mailed as an a achment [email protected] .

Upon receipt of the Withdrawal No ca on Form by the Admissions O ce, a copy will be forwarded to the appropriateSchool O ce and the Finance O ce for their ac on.

The School O ce, upon receipt of the Withdrawal No ca on Form, will ini ate the student clearance procedure whichrequires a Middle or High School student to have the Student Clearance Slip signed by the indicated teachers and o cesfor clearance. For Elementary students, the Elementary O ce will handle the withdrawal clearance.

Note that school transcripts and records will be available from the par cular school o ce approximately een workingdays a er the child’s last day of a endance at ISM. Please coordinate directly with the par cular School O ce if yourequire other arrangements.

STEP 2: If required, and when completed, the Student Clearance Slip must be taken to the Cashier’s O ce. Only a er the Cashierhas received and signed the completed clearance form will the child’s transcript or school records be released from the Elementary,Middle or High School O ce. Please note that one copy of the transcript is provided free of charge, addi onal copies cost P100each, payable at the Cashier’s O ce before release. Please coordinate directly with the par cular School O ce if you requiremore than one copy of school records.

STEP 3: In order to receive your Facili es Upgrade Deposit or FUD (formerly the Special Project Deposit) refund, the following mustbe submi ed to the Cashier’s O ce:

1) Signed Student Clearance Slip 2) Signed Facili es Upgrade Deposit Cer cate

Please note that the FUD refund will not be released before your child’s last day of school and may take up to thirty ( 30) days . Onlythe person whose name appears on the FUD Cer cate may claim the refund at the Cashier’s O ce.

Please call the Cashier at 840 -8506 if you have ques ons regarding your FUD Cer cate.

Please allow the withdrawal process to go smoothly by star ng the process early. Thank you for your help and understanding.

If you will be withdrawing before the end of the school year and wish to receive your child’s YEARBOOK please submit the appropri-ate form to the School O ce. The forms are available through the web site: Admission > Re -Enrollment & Withdraw-al>Withdrawal

Elementary School Yearbook: ALAALA Middle School Yearbook: SALINLAHI High School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

Sincerely,

Stephanie H. Hagedorn Director of Admissions & Advancement

F RIDAY B U L L E T I N P AG E 3

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F RIDAY B U L L E T I N P AG E 4

From the Athletics & Activities Office

MS/HS 3 rd Season sports have now concluded with the IASAS Championships taking place this past week. 4 th season schedules are now posted on notice boards for some of next year’s teams to start training. This is open for cur-rent gr.8’s who will be freshmen 9 th grade next year to join these practices. If you have questions talk with the coaches.

The 3rd season sports awards will be held April 24. 3:15 -4:15 for MS (Badminton/Track teams) at the Little The-atre and from 5:30pm at the Lofthouse for the HS awards (Badminton/Softball/Track teams/Golf)

IASAS Results: A huge congratulations to our boys track athletes who won GOLD for the first time. It was afantastic effort to win at home and made a great event even better! Thanks to all our coaches and athletes. The boys andgirls Golf team won SILVER and BRONZE in Kuala Lumpur at the first ever IASAS Golf Championships. Our softball girlswon BRONZE and boys came 4th in Taipei and our Badminton girls won SILVER in Jakarta.

Results: Track boys 1st, girls 6th

Softball girls 3rd, boys 4th

Badminton girls 2nd, boys 6th Golf boys 2nd, girls 3rd

A huge thanks to all the host families who housed for IASAS track. We cannot put on such great events for our students without your support.

Please remember the swimming facility will close for renovation works on May 17 and the planned reopening of the pool is set for September 1 st . We are building a new 2 level grandstand, new locker rooms, new storage area, newcoaches locker rooms, additional restrooms for the public and resurfacing the pool surrounds.

ISM Summer Sports Camps information is now available on the ATAC summer camps blog page. Theinformational flyer will also be in the parent bulletins. Sign ups are on a first come first served basis!

A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog andalso to follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page). Each Monday, I will post the weeks happenings andhighlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent bulle-tins.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF (access to game schedule information): Information about all mid -week/ weekendfixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change often due toinvolvement with many local schools, so please check the page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the pow-er school secure site http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/

You will need your power school user name and password to access the game sched-ule pdf.

BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism -online.org/bearcat -den/

Our Bearcat Den is open for business, please drop by to check out the range of Bear-cat products. We have a great team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a fantastic group, please contact any of our den members during den opening hours. If you’re interested in joining the Den volunteers,please contact Carolyn Ching for details at [email protected]. We are always lookingfor new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS to join our group.

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. and each afternoon from 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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