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02 December 2011Volume 08
ES PARENT BULLETIN
International School Manila
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
DEC
5, 6 ES AFAC Recitals @ 3.30pm, AMR
7, 14 Student Late Start @ 8.30am
9
ES Parent Bulletin
ES Assembly @ 8am, Fine Arts Theatre
ESL Parent Coffee @ 1pm, ES Faculty Lounge
131st Semester Report Card Distribution
Distribution of School Photos
15End of 1st Semester
Early Student Release @ 12pm
16 -Jan 6
Semester Break
JAN
9 Start of Second Semester
11, 18,25
Student Late Start @ 8.30am
17 ES New Parent Coffee @ 7.30am, ES FacultyLounge
20 ES Parent Bulletin
21 International Family Fun Day
From the ES Administrationrom the ES AdministrationDear Elementary School Parents,
Filipiniana
Last Friday, ISM celebrated Filipiniana, providing ourstudents with an opportunity to explore some of theelements of Filipino culture. It was great to see the entireElementary School experiencing music, art, language,stories, food and other cultural aspects of the Philippinesthroughout the day. Equally, it was wonderful to see thecollaboration that took place throughout the school as our
teaching assistants, parents and class teachers all workedto ensure that the day was a success for all.
Clearly, Filipiniana is one day out of an entire school year.It is a fun day with a collapsed schedule, invited guests,and a range of different tastes, sights and sounds for ourstudents to experience. However, our goal is that, throughour curriculum, we are constantly looking at issues andconcepts to analyze through the lens of our host culture.This may be as simple as looking at the concept of oceanbiodiversity by first examining the context of thePhilippines for relevant examples. Or, when discussingwith our students the idea that we all belong to a varietyof different, overlapping communities, we look at the
various communities that exist in Manila, prior toextending to a wider context.
A sincere thank you to all our teaching assistants, for theirpivotal role in the day and our PTA parent liaisons and
parent body for their support.
Creativity and the Arts
Explicit in our mission at ISM is a focus on creativity:
Nurture creativity and originality as precursors for
critical and reflective thought and action.
Today we had the pleasure of two concerts in theElementary put on by our Kindergarten and Grade 1students. The children were given a forum to showcase
their creativity and originality through the arts, includingdance, folktales, songs, poetry and expressive movement.Thank you to all our students who were involved, theteachers for supporting their learning and our parentcommunity who attended the event. A special thank you toour Music teachers for facilitating our Kindergarten and
Grade 1 ES concerts.
PCF visit
On Tuesday we hosted 161 students from the PCF School in
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UPDATING PARENT CONTACTINFORMATION
In order to best serve the ISM Parent Community, it isessential that information be quickly disseminated whennecessary. For this reason, the accuracy of yourcontact details in our database is of the utmostimportance. Please note that Parent ContactInformation must be updated online by the parent.
To make any changes or verification in contactinformation, please access one of your childrens datafile via the ISM website (www.ismanila.org) and thenunder Login, click on Powerschool Public Access andenter your Username and Password. On the page thatopens, click on the Demographic Update icon forchanging or updating demographic information.
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Tondo with our Grade 4 students. This is a school with which ISM has an on-going relationship as part of our Service LearningProgram. On Tuesday the students collaborated together on a number of projects, prior to sharing a lunch together. Thisvisit is one of three that we hope to have throughout this year, as we facilitate the development of longer term friendships
between the students, culminating in a collaborative arts project to be carried out on both campuses. As we walked throughclassrooms and the playground on Tuesday, it was wonderful to see the friendships starting to develop and for us all to see
that regardless of background and nationalities, children can always find some form of commonality.
Mother tongue classes
Thanks to the support, talent and expertise of families at ISM, we are now offering Dutch, French and Hindi as mothertongue or first language maintenance classes. The goal of supporting and promoting bilingualism at ISM is to affirm ourstudents identity by providing a crucial connection to a students home country and culture. It also allows families from thesame linguistic background to connect and to share in their childrens growth within their first language. Many ISM familieshave children who already speak both English and another language (some even more than that!) with perfect fluency andpronunciation. First language maintenance provides students with the opportunity to build vocabulary, to be introduced tomore complex grammatical structures, and to deal with subtleties and nuances within a language. It is intended to be anopportunity to extendstudents proficiency in their mother tongue, through reading, writing, listening and speaking the
language.
One of the most important consequences of nurturing students mother tongue is the positive impact it has on thedevelopment of the language of instruction at ISM: English. In promoting bilingualism, indeed multilingualism, we aim to
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From the ES Administrationrom the ES Administration
From the ES Guidance Officerom the ES Guidance OfficeAttention Parents:
After an entire semester off, the Parent Book Clubwill resume for the 2nd semester.
If you are interested in attend-ing the group, or finding outmore information please attendan informational meeting in theLittle Theater at 12:30pmonThursday, December 8th. The
books for the next semester will be introduced; anddates and format will be discussed.
We look forward to seeing you there!
From the ESL Officerom the ESL OfficeESL Parent Coffee
Creating a Positive Learning Environment for Your Child
Friday, Dec 9th
1 2pm
ES faculty lounge
We hope youll join us to share ways we can do this. We will also be sharing the ESL report card
format with you and familiarizing you with the reporting style at ISM.
From the School Clinicrom the School ClinicPeanut /Nut Allergy Reminderfor class celebrations
In this season of holiday and end ofyear celebrations many classes willhave parties and parents generouslysend in goodies from home. Can weplease ask that you check labels
and send foods that do not contain nuts. We have anumber of children in the school that have severe al-lergy to nuts and this will help to keep them safe. Ifyou have any questions about suitable foods pleasesee the class teacher in the first instance or Monique inthe Clinic.
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From the After School Activities Officerom the After School Activities OfficeAFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES (AFAC) for KINDERGARTEN
After School Activities for Kindergarten will begin on January 25, 2012 and will end on May23, 2012.
It will be held every Wednesday from 2:20 to 3:15 pm. The program is strictly for Kindergarten stu-dents only. Registration forms will be distributed on January 13 through the teachers.
There are going to be 6 sections of students and each will be supervised by teacher assistants. They will
assist the activity coaches and escort students to their activities. They will pick up/return your childto/from the Kindergarten Hallway every Afterschool Activities day.
Your child will stay with their section and attend all activities described below on a monthly rotation
(a different activity every month) and it is free of charge!
TRANSPORTATION:
After the activities, Bus riders will be picked up by their respective bus mothers from the Kin-
dergarten Hallway
Other students must be picked up by their parents/guardians at 3:15; students who are notpicked up by 3:20 will be taken to the ES office
Teacher Assistants will remain with your child until he/she get picked up.
The after school activities program aims to expose Kindergarten students to the following activities:
Activities designed to promote the development of fundamental motor skills, basic movement pat-
terns (ex. for organized sports), and physical activity behaviors (such as sportsmanship, turn-taking,
working together in a group) that can help them in the future.
Activity: Games
The program is designed for the Kindergarten students to enhance their creativity and body coordi-
nation. Children are sure to learn different basic moves embedded in fun and simple choreography.
Activity: Dance
Participants in this program will learn basic personal water safety information and skill to help them
feel comfortable in the water and enjoy the water safely. They will be taught elementary aquatic
skill through games and fun activities. The program will help them start to develop positive atti-
Activity: Swimming
Activity: Art
Students will learn the basic folding directions through making delightful puppets, cutting strips of
paper to create rainbow streamers and dancing dragons, celebrate earth week by making earth pen-
dants, design their own name plates and boxes using glitters, beads and their own cut outs.
Activity: Wall Climbing
Students will experience climbing our schools safe and challenging wall. Our program is designed to
develop the attitude, confidence, discipline, perseverance, coordination and physical fitness of the
students.Activity: Gymnastics
This program will introduce floor exercises focused on balance, posture, positioning, and move-
ments.
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A F A CA F A C
f orf or
Gr ad es 1 t o 4Gr ad es 1 t o 4
LAST DAY of AFTER SCHOOL AC
TIVITIES (AFAC) for FIRST SEMES
TER
DECEMBER 9, 2011 (FRIDAY)All ES Afterschool Activities will end on
the week of December 59. If your child
wishes to either CONTINUE with the
same activity or sign up for a NEW activ
ity for the second semester he/she
MUST register again.
REGISTRATION of AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES (AFAC) for
SECOND SEMESTER
DECEMBER 5 DECEMBER 15AFAC Registration Form for Second Semester will be sent out to the
students (through the homeroom teachers) on December 2. Regis
tration period is on December 5 until December 15. To get the com
plete description of all the activities please visit htt://esafac.ism
online.org/. You may also download the registration form from this
site.
AFAC OFFICE
Tel no: 8408485
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ADMISSIONS WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURE
Dear ISM Community Members,
The Admissions Office is sending out a friendly reminder regarding our Withdrawal Procedure. If your family willbe leaving we would appreciate that you submit the officialWithdrawal Notification Form in order to initiate thewithdrawal process.
All forms are available on our web site at www.ismanila.org under the Admissions tab < Re-Enrollment & With-drawal.
WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM (required for ES/HS/MS students) Please submit the completed formto the Admissions Office
MIDDLE SCHOOL CLEARANCE FORM Once completed please submit this to the Cashiers Office
HIGH SCHOOL CLEARANCE FORM Once completed please submit this to the Cashiers Office
ES Students will be cleared directly through the ES Office once the Admissions Office receives the WithdrawalNotification Form.2012 Seniors will be notified by the HS Office regard-ing clearances.
IMPORTANT DATES:December 8, 2011 Payment Deadline for 2nd Semes-ter TuitionDecember 15, 2011 End of 1st SemesterMay 11, 2012 Withdrawal Notification Forms from
School Year 2011-2012 must be submitted. Forms re-ceived after this date will incur a penalty on the re-fund of the FUD.
For detailed information regarding receiving ReportCards, Transcript of Records, obtaining a yearbookand/or the refund of the FUD please visit our website at www.ismanila.org under the Admissions TAB< Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal.
We appreciate your notification as we have manyfamilies awaiting word for enrollment for the second
semester. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Stephanie H. HagedornDirector of Admissions & Advancement
From the Athletics Officerom the Athletics Office
From the Admissions & Advancement Officerom the Admissions & Advancement Office
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ISM Sailfish Swim Club - SwimathonSaturday, December 10th
Name School Grade
Pledges: A sponsor can pay a flat rate or pay a rate per lap. Swimmers are encouraged to collect their pledges in ad-vance. Swimmers must collect their pledges and hand in by Thursday 15th, December, or on the day of the event.
Pledges will go toward:1. Child Hope which is a school sponsored charity2. Club equipment and end of years awards ceremony
SPONSOR NAME PHONE NUMBER FLAT RATE RATE PER LAP
CASHIER STAMPGRANDTOTAL
SUB TOTAL SUB TOTAL
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From the PTArom the PTAGiving Back This Season
Remember the date,December 8!
7:30am - 12:30pm at The Loft, at ISM
*More than 20 Charity organizations are coming
to ISM to sell their handmade crafts.
*It's your chance to do some bazaar shoppingand at the same time give back to the community.
*Come for coffee and treats and start feeling thefestive season! Get entertained by our talented ES
and MS musicians who will perform for us thatmorning.
Hope to see you there!
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Dear Parents,
The holidays are quickly approaching, and Im sure we are all looking forward to enjoying some
well-deserved vacation time. However, the PTA has its biggest event of the school year com-
ing up as well International Family Fun Day (IFFD), which will take place on January 21, 2012.
This is an event that continues to be a highlight of the ISM experience.
There are many reasons for attending and participating in IFFD from children enjoying the
games and fun with their friends to parents experiencing a new adventure in culinarydiplomacy at the International Food Tasting Booths.
In past years, countries from all over the world have been represented in the International
Food Fair. It only takes a small group of volunteers to put together a booth, and sharing our
diverse, multi-national cuisine is a truly rewarding experience. Please contact me if you want
to get involved. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
Thus far I have at least one volunteer for the following countries:
Japan, Taiwan, Pakistan, Thailand, Latin America, Australia/New Zealand, and Europe
Here are the countries that have not yet been represented:
Philippines, India, Korea, America/Canada, China, and Indonesia.
If you are interested or know anyone who is, my contact information is:
Melanie Ball(Food Booths Chair)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Mobile: 09154636387
Landline: 816-0059
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extend students English proficiency particularly as our students grow and require more academic language at school.
First language maintenance classes are offered as a part of our After School Activities program. For more details, pleasecontact Ms. Toni Narvaez in the AFAC office. For more information about supporting and developing bilingualism, pleasedont hesitate to contact the ES Program Leader for English as a Second Language Ms. Pippa Beetson, or check out her
blog, http://elementaryesl.ism-online.org/
Adam Campbell Michael RourkeElementary Principal Elementary Asst. Principal
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