middle school parent bulletin - issue no. 32 - may 6 to 10

7/30/2019 Middle School Parent Bulletin - Issue No. 32 - May 6 to 10

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From the Middle School OfficeISSUE # 32

WEEKOF MAY 6 TO MAY 10, 2013

Friday BulletinMIDDLE SCHOOL

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

From the Office of Admissionsand Advancement

- Withdrawal procedure

2

- Demographic Update Guide 3

From the Treasury Department 4

From the Human ResourcesDepartment: Cashless Campus

4

From the ATAC Office 5

From the HS Guidance Office 6

Author Visit: Peter LerangisJune Summer Sports CampHomeless World Cup

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MS Art Show 8

Inside this issue:Dear Parents:

This weekend the Middle School students are performing in the musical TheWiz. If you were unable to see the show on Thursday or Friday evening,please plan to see one of the performances on Saturday, May 4 at 2:30 P.M.or 6:30 P.M. Its a toe tapping, finger snapping, family show that will leaveyou smiling and amazed by the talents of our students. Congratulations to thecast and crew for a job well done and the numerous teachers, High Schoolstudents and parents who assisted with the Middle School play. Through theircollaboration and team effort, our students gained a deeper sense ofcommunity and a greater sense of what they are capable of doing. Wed alsolike to give a special thanks to Ms. Carrie Grev, the director of The Wiz, forher time and unwavering commitment.

Before watching The Wiz, you can also enjoy the artwork of our students ondisplay in the FAT lobby. Be captured by the 3D pieces, warmed by the softsnuggle creations, and immersed in the colors of our students imagination.The artwork will be on display until May 16 so make some time to take in afeast for the eyes. Thank you to the Art teachers for nurturing the creativity ofour students!

On Monday, May 6 we welcome visiting author Peter Lerangis whose work ispopular with many of our students. He will be meeting with students in grade5 and 6 to talk about his writing and the writing process. We are fortunate tohave this opportunity to gain firsthand experience with a published author.Please see the letter included in the bulletin for more details.

In the classroom, our grade 8 students are busily preparing for one of their

major end-of

-year activities,Advocating for Change. This project involves the

students in honing their research, writing and presentation skills as they tackleglobal issues. On Tuesday, May 30 their work will culminate in a summit-typemeeting where they share their research and opinions. Parents of grade 8students are often invited to attend these hearings so keep an eye out forupcoming announcements. We hope youll be able to join us and supportyour child.

Today a copy of your childs MAP test results was sent home with your child.As you review the results, please keep in mind that the results are one ofseveral snapshots of your childs progress and level of achievement. If youhave any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact your childsguidance counselor or teacher. If you did not receive the letter and testresults, please contact the Middle School Guidance Office at 840-8550.

Looking ahead Please note that Monday, May 13 has been declared aholiday due to elections so there will be no classes; please mark yourcalendars.

Enjoy the weekend!

Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie Clarissa SaysonMiddle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

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End of Year Activities


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Withdrawal Procedure for Students Leaving ISM

For those students who will be withdrawing from International School Manila this year,

the following procedure applies:

Parents are obliged to inform the School officially through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFI-

CATION FORM, on or before May 10, 2013, if their chil-dren will not be returning to ISM.

Failure to do so will lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade De-posit (FUD), in compensation for having held a space for the child and thus preventingthe School from offering that space to another child prior to the summer holiday break.

The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admissions Office or di-rectly from the ISM website www.ismanila.org under Admissions > Re-Enrollment &Withdrawal > Withdrawal

STEP 1:Return the Withdrawal Notification Form to the Admissions Office or scanned and e

-mailed as an attachment to

[email protected] .

Upon receipt of the Withdrawal Notification Form by the Admissions Office, a copy will be forwarded to theappropriate School Office and the Finance Office for their action.

The School Office, upon receipt of the Withdrawal Notification Form, will initiate the student clearance proce-dure which requires a Middle or High School student to have the Student Clearance Slip signed by the indi-cated teachers and offices for clearance. For Elementary students, the Elementary Office will handle the with-drawal clearance.

Note that school transcripts and records will be available from the particular school office approximately fifteenworking days after the childs last day of attendance at ISM. Please coordinate directly with the particularSchool Office if you require other arrangements.

STEP 2: If required, and when completed, the Student Clearance Slip must be taken to the Cashiers Office. Only afterthe Cashier has received and signed the completed clearance form will the childs transcript or school records be released

from the Elementary, Middle or High School Office.

Please note that one copy of the transcript is provided free of charge,additional copies cost P100 each, payable at the Cashiers Office before release. Please coordinate directly with theparticular School Office if you require more than one copy of school records.

STEP 3: In order to receive your Facilities Upgrade Deposit or FUD (formerly the Special Project Deposit) refund, the fol-lowing must be submitted to the CashiersOffice:

1) Signed Student Clearance Slip2) Signed Facilities Upgrade Deposit Certificate

Please note that the FUD refund will not be released before your childs last day of school and may take up to thirty ( 30)days. Only the person whose name appears on the FUD Certificate may claim the refund at the Cashiers Office.

For any questions related to FUD certificate, please call 840-85-22 and look for Ms. Rhodora Villa or Marissa S.Dulay at 840-85-06.

Please allow the withdrawal process to go smoothly by starting the process early.

Thank you for your help and understand-ing.

If you will be withdrawing before the end of the school year and wish to receive your childs YEARBOOK please submit theappropriate form to the School Office. The forms are available through the web site: Admission > Re -Enrollment & With-drawal>Withdrawal

1. Elementary School Yearbook: ALAALA2. Middle School Yearbook: SALINLAHI3. High School Yearbook: KAWAYAN

Sincerely,Stephanie H. HagedornDirector of Admissions & [email protected]

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From the Office of Admissions and Advancement
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From the Office of Admissions and Advancement

Dear Parents,

Please be reminded that keeping your

contact informaon updated is vital

to facilitang communicaon with

the school. If you would like to

view/change any of the details on

your current record, simply follow

these steps:

Demographic Update Guide


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From the Human Resources Office: Cashless Campus

Dear Parents and Students,

The end of the school year is fast approaching, and we wanted you to know that, starng in August, we shall be

introducing a Campus Card payment scheme. This system has been in the research stage for some me now,

and we have been consulng carefully with our colleague schools in IASAS, all of whom make use of a card for

payments on their campuses. The system works through an individual identy chip that is implanted into student

ID cards.

One of the main purposes for making this move to is to provide a debit system in the canteen. Some of the ben-

ets are:

Limit the amount of money that studentsare obliged to bring to school.

Speed up canteen lines during breaks since cash exchange will not be needed.

Give online access to parents so they may see what their children are eang at lunch.

The intenon is to run parallel cash / debit system inially, but in me we intend to move towards a complete

debit system during school hours.

Parents and students will have several opons with regards to topping up their card. They can do this online by

credit card or paypal or through an accredited bank (all for a minimal fee), at kiosks (similar to ATMs) located in

two dierent areas on campus, or at the cashiers oce.

In addion to purchasing food at the canteen, the Smart Card may be used for paying other acvies that take

place on campus: school plays, Family Fun day, concerts, T-shirts, etc. We also hope that the Uniform Shop will

be able to accept payments in this way.

Parents and helpers may also apply for an ID card complete with chip should they wish to use a debit system on

campus rather than cash payments.

In conjuncon with the debit system, the Smart Cards issued in Middle School will allow students to access the

new lockers we are purchasing.

We shall be sending out more instrucons on how this system will work later in the school year and again in Au-

gust. Like any new system, we suspect that there will be some teething problems, but we are condent that we

shall overcome these and that the card system will be benecial for the enre school.

Sincerely,

Michelle Mapua

Director of Human Resources

From the Treasury Department

Dear ISM Parents:

This is a reminder to please view and check the ISM Web Online at hp://community.ismanila.org/d/2/ for

the latest update on your billing statement and sele any remaining balance of account(s).

Please note that the 2nd

semester Tuion fee for SY2012-2013 was due last December 07,2012 while other

school fees on your billing statements are already due as billed. For those who havent seled yet, we appreci-

ate your immediate selement of the accounts.

For related billing and payment quesons including any username and password concerns, please call 840-85-

22/ 840-85-06/840-85-12 and look for RHODA VILLA (Accountant) or MARISSA DULAY (Treasury Supervisor) and

Elmer Esguerra ( Cashier). You can also email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. and esguer-

[email protected].
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From the Athletics & Activities Office

4th season practices are now taking place for some of next years HS teams to start training. This is openfor current grade 8s who will be freshmen 9th grade next year to join these practices. If you have questions, talkwith the coaches.

A big thanks to Coach Joey from our TKD team who coordinated with the Philippine TKD Association tohost a great meet last Saturday. There were 90+ participants and the kids were treated to a great opening ceremo-ny display from the national TKD demonstration team. We look forward to hosting this event for internationalschools TKD teams on an annual basis.

This Saturday May 4th, our local Judo competition will be held at the MS gym. ISM is the host venue forthis event, however, the meets are coordinated and run by the local Judo association. Best of luck to all our ISMmartial arts Judo competitors in this upcoming meet. Weigh-in starts from 6am; meet proper is scheduled for an8am start.

May 29th Homeless World Cup Soccer Tournament at ISM: fundraiser to send Philippines team to theannual World Cup Tournament. See Ms. Vogt for details and team registration.

Sailfish Awards will be on Friday evening, May 17 th. Please see Sailfish blog for information.

Bearcat Council forms are available on the ATAC blog. If you wish to apply for Bearcat Council nextschool year, applications must be in by May 10 th. No late applications will be accepted.

Please remember the swimming facility will close for renovation works on May 17 and the planned reopen-ing of the pool is set for September 1st. We are building a new 2 level grandstand, new locker rooms, new storagearea, new coaches 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.The informational 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 blogand also to follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page). Each Monday, I will post the weeks happen-ings and highlight important events for students and parents information on the ATAC blog and in the regular Fri-day parent bulletins.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF (access to game schedule information): Information about all mid-week/

weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does changeoften due to involvement with many local schools, so please check the page regularly to find out the latestinformation of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo tobe directed to the power school secure site http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/

You will need your power school user name and password to access the game schedule 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 ofBearcat products. We have a great team of volunteers who run the den and are alwayslooking for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a fantastic group, pleasecontact any of our den members during den opening hours. If youre interested in joiningthe Den volunteers, please contact Carolyn Ching for details at [email protected] are always looking for new volunteers and encourage parents from ES/MS to join ourgroup. Please note end of year lunch for Den volunteers is May 30th from 11:30am(venue to be announced) Final selling day for the Den will be June 4

th, Den will be

closed for inventory and summer pack up June 5. The den will re-open for businessin the new school year on Monday, August 12

th,2013

Sincerely,Mark PekinDirector of Athletics/ Activities
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Dear HS Parents,

We are very pleased to introduce/reintroduce you to an excing iniave developed back in 2010 by

the HS Guidance Department in cooperaon with the HS Administraon:

Bearcat Career Experience

As we all know well, high school for students is (among many things) a me of self-discovery. It is ame where our students begin to beer acknowledge their aptudes/likes, where they hone their strengthsand where they begin to sort through that rather complicated map known as their educaonal and future ca-reer path. Unfortunately, it is oen a map with gaps between what they learn in their academic classrooms

and the real world their teachers are working to prepare them for.

In short, we hope to help bridge that gap for some of our high school students through a ve-daysummer internship (June 10th 14th, 2013) with various companies in the Metro Manila area.

Last year we were very fortunate to place over 120 ISM highschool students (sophomores and juniors) with 30 companies(including Alaska Milk, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and MakaMedical Center to name a few) in the Metro Manila area. This year, wedenitely feel those numbers could increase. However, in order tomake this a reality, we need reputable companies from a variety ofindustries to form partnerships with us and take part.

As parents of our dedicated and movated HS students, youmay own, be employed by, or know of a company interested in sup-

porng this very worthwhile endeavor. We ask for your support inhelping us develop potenal Career Experience placements and sub-sequently, lasng posive relaonships with companies in the MetroManila area.

We ask that you take me to reect on this important iniave (currently in its 3rd

year) and its valuefor our ISM community.

Please take a look at our website here hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/what-is-a-bearcat-career-experience/ . This page should give you an idea of what the program is all about.

You might also want to check out this video too. hp://bearcat-careers.ism-online.org/media/

If you are in a posion to take one or more of our students at your company or know of an interest-ed company, please let me know.

Please also contact me at [email protected] if you have any quesons or need further claricaon.

Informaon about how your son or daughter (current sophomores and juniors only) could apply for aCareer Experience posion will be communicated to all of you at a later date.

You can also get more informed and up to date posts about the Bearcat Career Experience by liking ourfacebook page at hps://www.facebook.com/BearcatCareerExperience

Thank you very much for your support and I look forward to hearing back from some of you. J

Sincerely,Doug McQueenHigh School Counselor


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Author Visit: Mr. Peter Lerangis


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