ES Parent Bulletin Vol#15 2015 Mar 27

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27 March 2015Volume 15

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

MAR

31International Day

Grade 3 Concert - 8:30AM (FAT)

Grade 4 Concert - 1:00 PM (FAT)

APR

1 - 10 School Holiday: No Classes

15, 22, 29Wednesday Morning Student Late Start

8:30AM

20 - 24 Art Exhibit Week (FAT Lobby)

21Student-Led Conferences

Early Release at 12:00 PM

24 Parent Bulletin

14Parent Coffee with Gini Rojas

7:30 - 9:00 AM, Little Theater

From e ESSS dminist ation

Internaonal Day

Next Tuesday 31st March, marks Internaonal Day in the

Elementary School at ISM. This is a day for our students to

celebrate who they are and where they come from. With over

eighty naonalies represented in the Elementary School

alone, it is a me for us to collecvely acknowledge and

celebrate this diversity. For many of our students it is also a

me to celebrate their own unique context and upbringing,

their mullingualism and mulple naonalies ‐ born in one

country, perhaps with parents of two naonalies and living

now in the Philippines. Equally, it is a me for us to

acknowledge our host country and honor those students who

were born here and are proud to be Filipino.

Our day starts with a short welcome gathering in the

Elementary Courtyard at 7:30 am, hosted by our Student

Council. This includes a short flag unfurling ceremony, whereeach of our naonalies in the Elementary School are

represented by their flags. Grade levels will then be

celebrang in various ways throughout the day. Please refer

to your class teacher for specific details.

Grades 3 and 4 will also be celebrang with music from around

the world, in their annual concerts hosted in the Fine Arts

Theater. The Grade 3 concert starts at 8:30 am and the Grade

4 concert at 1:00 pm.

Students are invited to wear clothes that represent who they are and where they come from on this, our final day of the

third quarter.

One element of our mission, states, ‘ Acknowledge and celebrate our di ff erences and encourage empathy, compassion,

understanding and respect for human dignity .’ Whilst Internaonal Day represents a me to symbolically celebrate our

diversity, it is sll only one day in an enre year. Hopefully we see empathy, compassion, understanding and respect for

each other every single day in our classrooms and community, with our diversity bringing richness to our community but

our commonalies uning us.

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Children’ s Media Center

The Children's Media Centre will no longer bemanually stamping due dates on the inside ofbooks. Therefore, our system has been updatedsuch that patrons will receive an automated emaileach Monday informing them of all items checkedout to their account. This email will indicate duedates and notify of any overdue material.

AFAC OFFICE

Dear Parents,

We are pleased to inform that we're opening two aer‐school

acvies for Grade 2 students.

Soccer for Girls

(Wednesdays, 2:15‐3:15pm at the Covered Court)

Lile Einsteins(Wednesdays, 2:15‐3:15pm at Room 2126, with a fee of Php

1500)

Please email the AFAC office ([email protected]) should you

wish to enroll your Grade 2 child in one of these acvies.

Professional Development

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Canteen Food in the Elementary School

With many of our students in Grades 1 to 4 eang canteen food at lunch me, we are trying to support our providers in

ensuring that all who avail of this service receive a quality lunch, with a variety of healthy opons. Part of this

obviously involves them preparing enough food for those that have ordered meals, whilst aempng to minimize foodwastage, which is an increasingly global issue. On any given day, we have a number of students eang canteen food

which has not been pre‐ordered or paid for. This then places pressure on the quanty available, parcularly for those

students who are eang at the last sing (we have staggered lunch mes due to numbers). Your support would be

appreciated in making sure that canteen orders are pre‐ordered. Equally, please do have a discussion with your child,

if you are finding that their packed lunch taken to school is coming home uneaten and that they are choosing to eat

canteen food instead. Thank you for your support.

Adam Campbe l Michael Rou r keElementary Principal Elementary Assistant Principal


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Leaving ISM?

Please be reminded that parents are obliged to officially inform the School in wring through a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICA‐

TION FORM if their children will not be returning in August for School Year 2015‐16. Families are encouraged to submit

the Withdrawal Noficaon Form, stang the student's final date of aendance, immediately. Forms must be submied on

or before May 8. Failure to submit the form in a mely manner 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 off ering that space to another

candidate.

The Withdrawal No fi ca on Form can be obtained from the Admissions Office or directly from the ISM website under Admission

> Re‐Enrollment & Withdrawal > Withdrawals

Please feel free to contact the Admissions office at 840.8601 for quesons or clarificaons.

Thank you,

Office of Admissions and Advancement

From e Of ce of dmissions and dvancement


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From e T C Of ce

The pracce schedule for season 3 is posted on noce boards and on the ATAC blog. Season 3 will run from Feb 9th to March 31st.

Congratulaons JV boys soball team who came 2nd place in the Div 2 ASSL soball league aer the finals were played last Sunday.

Well done players and coaches. Also well done to our Vboys Badminton team who won the local FILCHI Badminton tournamentplayed this past weekend. Great job boys and a good preparaon for IASAS coming up soon.

3rd Season HS sports awards will be held Thurs April 23rd from 5:30pm at the lohouse. All 3rd season athletes/parents are invit‐

ed.

Don't forget Bearcats volleyballers...get a jump start on the season...see link for April Volleyball camp with a USA Olympian! Sign up

and pay at the cashiers office..hp://atac.ism‐online.org/files/2015/02/ISM‐Flyer.pdf

Upcoming dates‐

Mar 28 JV&VGirls soball vs Brent at Brent

Mar 28 Track meet at Brent

Apr 9‐13 IASAS S3 Golf at ISKL/Badminton at TAS/ Track at SAS/Soball at JIS

Keep in touch with our Bearcats at IASAS by following www.iasas.asia for results and live stream links. ?Good luck to all players and

coaches at IASAS Season 3 championships!

Saturday Community Tennis for semester 2 has commenced. See link for informaon on dates and how to book. Use of the courts

is only available to ISM community members. Outside guests are not allowed hp://atac.ism‐online.org/atac/saturday‐community‐

tennis/

Please note the pracce mes for the following ATAC programs: ATAC all year round teams‐ 3:15‐4:30. Sailfish/Gymnascs and all

HS seasonal teams now conclude pracce 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 campus prior to 5pm due to the ever increasing traffic

concerns 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 sportsand acvies program. If you have any quesons 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 operaon‐ 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 Bearcat teams will be playing throughout the school year. Access to the game schedule is

via the ISM parent portal. 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 appears so you view the most current schedule.

GO BEARCATS!

Ma r k PekinAthletic Director


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