parent bulletin issue 31 sy1415

8/9/2019 Parent Bulletin Issue 31 SY1415

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Athlecs & Acvies 2

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Admissions & Advancement 4

Clinic

Superintendent’s Oce

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 31

SY 2014 –2015

WEEK OF:

APRIL 27 TO MAY 1

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday Bulletin

Parent-Teacher Associaon

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Inside this issue:

APRIL

30 Acvity Day

MAY

1 Naonal Holiday

4-14 MS Art Exhibion

7-9 MS Play

13 MS Concert

28 Grade 8Advocang for Change

After-School Activities Office:

Fourth Season Dates: April 13 - May 29, 2015

15Grade 4 - 5 Parent

Transion Meeng

Dear Middle School Parents,

Thank you to those parents who aended our last Middle School parent coee for this

school year on Tuesday morning. We had a preview performance of our students in-

volved in the musical followed by sharing of upcoming events and updates on changes

for next school year. We followed up on the past discussions we have had on digital

cizenship and then talked about transions…

This me of year becomes a me of discussing and supporng transions. The nature

of our Internaonal School community is that families move. It then becomes im-

portant to support transions of both students who are leaving, and also students who

remain and who may be facing changes in their friendship circles. As always, please let

us know if you need any support as we undergo this period of transion.

Please check the calendar closely for a whole host of excellent events that are coming

up - from our MS Art Exhibit to our end of year Music Concert. There is a Dance Recital,

and our Musical Producon of Wind and the Willows. End of year grade 8 events begin

with our Advocang for Change summit on May 28 culminang with the Moving On

ceremony on June 3.

Yours in Educaon,

Simon Gillespie, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Middle School Assistant Principal

ISM Upcoming Events

Events & Acvies:

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Dear Parents,

We are looking for some parent volunteers to come in and speak with a small group of

grade 8 students about a variety topics related the grade 8 Advocang for Change (AFC)

project. The Topics are:

Climate Change Overpopulaon

Contemporary Slavery Poverty & Hunger

Gender Equality Renewable Energy

Infecous Disease Urbanizaon

Water

If you think your work experience/background could help students understand this topic

beer and your willing to come in for a 45 minute session please

email [email protected] and we can send you more informaon.

Thank you,

Marc St. Laurent, Middle School Counselor


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The pracce schedule for HS season 4 is posted on noce

boards and on the ATAC blog. Season 4 runs from Apr

13th to June 3 and is an opportunity for some 'o season'

training opportunies for the HS teams in readiness fornext SY. Not all sports are catered for however quite a few

of the coaches are keen to get started and see the stu-

dents geng involved and prepared. Current gr. 8's who

will be freshman next SY are welcome to join. All HS ath-

letes intending to tryout for teams are encouraged to

aendance during 4th season is not compulsory.

Bearcats volleyballers will be geng a jump start on the

season this weekend with our volleyball camp run by a

former USA Olympian! HS Camp Fri 3:30-6:30pm and Sat 1-

5pm/MS Camp Sat 9am-12 noon at the MS gym.

Congratulaons to our wall climbing team who competed

successfully this past weekend at the BCG climbing event

in the Fort and took out a number of gold medals in the

compeon and good luck to climbing team members who

will travel to Cebu this weekend for their annual outdoor

climbing experience.

This weekend our Sailsh team hosts our Internaonal

meet on Saturday and Sunday morning. Good luck to all

swimmers who have been training hard to prepare for this

meet. Check Sailsh blog for details.

Upcoming dates:

Apr 24/25: Volleyball Camp at ISM (see yer on ATAC

blog or in bullens (registraon is now closed)

Apr 25/26: Sailsh Internaonal Swim meet at ISM

Apr 24-26: ISM Annual wall-climbing team trip to Cebu

May 1-3: SACAC Gymnascs meet at Singapore

May 8-10: Mixed Touch trip to Jakarta

Saturday Community Tennis for semester 2 is ongoing. See

link for informaon on dates and how to book. Use of the

courts is only available to ISM community members. Out-

side guests are not allowed hp://atac.ism-online.org/

atac/saturday-community-tennis/

Please note the pracce mes for the following ATAC pro-

grams: ATAC all year round teams

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-4:30. Sailsh/

Gymnascs and all HS seasonal teams now conclude prac-

ce at 4:50pm each day. MS seasonal teams 3:10-4:45pm.

The last bus is now 4:55pm and all aer school programs

will conclude by 4:50pm in order to try and clear the cam-

pus prior to 5pm due to the ever increasing trac con-

cerns in our area.

Parents and students please take some me to peruse the

ATAC blog it has a wide variety of informaon and links to

our sports and acvies program. If you have any ques-

ons regarding the compeve program of sports at ISM

aer reading the informaon on the blog please send an

email to [email protected]

and I will endeavor to assist

you as best I can.

Bearcat Den- drop by our fantasc spirit store. There is a

range of new products and items to purchase including

items from our service partners. Bearcat Den hours of op-

eraon- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by

Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athlecs Coordinator) gives the most

up to date informaon on where/when and who our Bear-

cat teams will be playing throughout the school year. Ac-

cess to the game schedule is via the ISM parent portal. Use

this link to access the parent portal, log in with your user

name/password and look for the ATAC Game Schedule tab.

Remember to refresh the page when the pdf schedule ap-

pears so you view the most current schedule.

GO BEARCATS!

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs and Acvies

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Dear Parents,

I do want to remind you of the importance of compleng the registraon process for your children before the deadline date of May

22nd. PowerSchool closes on that date, and our assumpon will be that a student who has not registered by then is leaving at the end

of the school year. We have many applicants at every Grade level on our Waing List, and on May 25th we shall begin the process of

oering all available slots. As I am sure you understand, for those people relocang to the Philippines, their plans are on hold unless

and unl they have guaranteed places in school for their children.

If you know already that you are deparng in June, please inform Admissions of this as soon as possible. By doing so, you are making

life much easier for incoming families. The deadline for informing us of your planned departure is May 22nd. Please note that past

pracce is that those who let us know they are leaving aer this date will forfeit $1000 of their Facilies Upgrade Deposit.

The school year is galloping toward the nishing line, and we are looking forward to examinaons, performances and graduaons. I

hope these next seven weeks bring your children all that they hope for.

Best wishes,

David Toze

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Tetanus (Lockjaw) Vaccinaon

Tetanus (Lockjaw) is caused by the Clostridium Bacte-

rium. Their spores are resistant permanent forms which are

found worldwide in garden soil or dust.

The disease causes painful ghtening of the muscles,

usually all over the body. It can lead to "locking" of the jaw

so the vicm cannot open his mouth or swallow. Tetanus

leads to death in 50% or more of all cases.

As a teen or adult, do I need this vaccine?

Everyone needs protecon from tetanus. If you have not

had a booster shot in 10 years or more, you should receive

a tetanus shot. However, you should get the Tdap vaccine

(the tetanus booster that also protects against pertussis) as

soon as possible if you have not yet received it. You can get

Tdap no maer when you last got a Td booster shot.

It is good pracce and clinic roune to give a booster

shot without delay aer the slightest scratch acquired out-door, if the person is not protected. This can be quite dis-

rupve if travelling. Smaller hospitals outside the NCR oen

do not carry the vaccine.

College freshmen are generally required to have an updat-

ed immunizaon record.

While all our young students are protected - since the

vaccinaon is a school requirement - students aged 16

years and older, teachers and parents may need a booster

to be protected for another ten years.

What are the risks from Td vaccine?

With any medicine, including vaccines, there is a chance

of side eects. These are usually mild and go away on theirown. Serious reacons are also possible but are rare.


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Important informaon on Re-Enrollment for SY 2015-16 Dear Parents:

We will begin on-line Re-enrollment for school year 2015-16 on Monday, March 16. As before, parents will have to log into PowerSchool in order to

do this. Below are instrucons to help. If you are not sure of your PowerSchool log-in or need support, please contact your school oce.

Please note that you must complete re-enrollment by May 22nd at the latest. PowerSchool will close on that date unl the start of the new school

year. We have over 500 students on our waitlist, and we will assume that your children are leaving if you have not completed the re-enrollment pro-

cess.

Step 1: Log-in to PowerSchool

Step 2: Look for the Re-enrollment Clearance icon on the le hand panel.

Click on the icon.

Step 3: Create your Re-enrollment Clearance Form. You will receive an email nocaon verifying that you have been successful updang your child’s

record.

Students entering Grade 6 will be required to

download and complete the Physical Examinaon Form

(including ECG results) which should be submied to

the ISM Health Clinic

Students entering Grade 7 will be required to

download and sign the Drug Policy Form which should

be submied to the MS Oce.

Step 4: Tuion and Fees: Please sele your accounts

through our Cashier’s Oce.

You must sele your accounts for SY14-15 and pay the

rst quota of tuion fees for SY15-16 to receive your

Final Clearance Nocaon for your child to aend class

on August 6, 2015.

Re-enrollment must be complete in order to receive a

student’s Class Schedule.

Class Schedule distribuon dates are as follows:

August 03, 2015: Grade 5 and 6

August 04, 2015: Grade 7 and 8

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Leaving ISM?

Please be reminded that parents are obliged to ocially inform the School in wring through a WITH-

DRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM if their children will not be returning in August for School Year 2015-

16. Families are encouraged to submit the Withdrawal Nocaon Form, stang the student's nal

date of aendance, immediately. Forms must be submied on or before May 8. Failure to submit the

form by that date may lead to a deducon of US$1,000 from the Facilies Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in

compensaon for having held a space for your child, prevenng the School from oering that space

to another candidate.

The Withdrawal Nocaon Form can be obtained from the Admissions Oce or directly from the

ISM website under Admission > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal > Withdrawals

Please feel free to contact the Admissions Oce at 840.8601 for quesons or claricaons.


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Sign up to host grade 10 and 11 students for the week

of June 8

- 12th.

For Career Experience Week to be suc-

cessful it will need the support of the ISM community,

please sign up today!

Sign ups are easier than ever before, just contact me and

ll out the survey with basic informaon regarding your

company or organizaon!

Google Sign up form: hp://goo.gl/forms/2z6tncYDOR

Or contact Crystal Cappuccio at [email protected]

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