Parent Bulletin Issue 31 SY1516

8/17/2019 Parent Bulletin Issue 31 SY1516

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ISM Upcoming Events

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Parent Community

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Admissions & Advancement

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Sailsh

Athlecs & Acvies

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Bearcat Idol

Rusc Pathways 5

Clinic

MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

ISSUE # 31

SY 2015–2016

WEEK OF:

MAY 9 TO 13

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents

Friday BulletinInside this issue:

MAY:

MS Upcoming Events:

NO SCHOOL

Monday, May 2

MS/HS ART EXHIBITION

May 3 to 15

K-8 DANCE RECITAL

Saturday, May 14

AFAC CONCERT

Tuesday, May 31

Dear Parents,

We hope that this week has been kind to you and that you and your family arewell. We currently have 5 acon-packed weeks remaining of this school year and boyis it going to be busy! We have lots of dierent events scheduled from the Upstairs,Downstairs Art Exhibion to various transion events for our incoming G5 studentsand our outgoing G8 students. MS Bearcat Idol is coming up in two weeks me andstudents are incredibly excited about having the opportunity to showcase their tal-ents! Please note that parents are more than welcome to aend this event! We are

also preparing for several changes that will take place on campus over the summermonths, including the following key projects:

Canteen remodel Media Center renovaons G5 Science/Math classroom upgrades (Addion of purpose built sinks) Moving of the G6 Science classrooms to the plaza level labs Moving of the Robocs and Computer Labs into the MS area Upgrades to the MS Plaza - more fun equipment to bounce, spin and

have fun with!

Next week is another 4-day week and below you can nd a snapshot of the comingweek’s events:

THIS WEEK: No School!

Monday, May 9th

Upstairs, Downstairs Art Exhibion: Runs from Wednesday, May 4th - Saturday, May 15th (FAT Lobby)

(Please note dates are dierent to the dates posted in the ISMhard copy calendar!)

GRADE 7 PARTY Friday, May 13th

5:00—7:00 P.M.

There will be some transion events from 3:15 - 5:00 p.m. forthose students wishing to stay on aer school.

Locaon: MS Field and Pool area. (Transion acvies will takeplace in G7 classrooms and MS Gym)

G7 parents need to read the G7 Party Leer and Permission Slip

Re-enrollment Deadline: Friday, May 13th

To be completed by all withdrawing families (See below for moredetails)

MAY AT A GLANCE: MS Bearcat Idol

Friday, May 20th

5:30—8:30 P.M.

ES Field (Parentsare welcome to come along and support!)

PowerSchool Update: Please note that PowerSchool will

be inaccessible from:

Starng:

Friday, May 6th (6:00 P.M.)

Completed:

Sunday, May 8th (7:00 A.M.)

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PowerSchool Updates:

We've had some reports of parents who are struggling with

how to access PowerSchool in light of our recent upgrade.

Please follow the steps below if you are experiencing dicul-

es:

1. Go to the School website, hp://www.ismanila.org

2. Click the Parent Portal link.

3. Login in to the Parent Portal using your PowerSchool

username and password

4. Click PowerSchool Login buon to access PowerSchool.

5. Click the Student Name found at the blue tle bar, to

navigate from one student to another.

Here's a video tutorial for accessing PowerSchool for parents

if you are a visual learner!

Canteen Renovaons and the Campus Card:

As you are aware, the canteen will undergo signicant reno-

vaons over the June and July vacaon period. The render-

ings look amazing and we are sure the changes will make our

canteen one of the highlights of our campus. In recent Par-

ent Bullens we have been communicang that as of next

academic year we will be moving to a cash-fee system in the

canteen. Students will need to use their ISM ID Cards to pur-

chase food and drinks in the canteen and no cash transac-

ons will be permied for students. Please make sure you

and your family are ready for this switch by making sure mon-

ey is loaded onto their ISM ID cards and that students have a

reliable strategy to make sure they do not forget their ID

cards! Simple ideas for helping students remember their ID

cards can be found below:

Wear your ID card on a lanyard around your neck.

Aach your ID card to your backpack.

Keep your ID card in a wallet.

Library Renovaons and Revised Book Check Out

Dates:

Please remember the library is being renovated this sum-

mer! The revised schedule below will help you stay organized

in regards to book returns and summer check outs.

May 3rd -13th = Normal daily operaons- all resources

available for usage and check-out.

May 11th - 20th = Summer check-out for students/

parents/faculty commences - resources in the non-con

secon will be limited.

May 20th = All books/resources must be returned from

students/parents - except those on summer borrowing!

May 23rd - 27th = MSMC is open but no book/resource

check-outs will be available

May 27th = Library closes for the 2015/16 school year.

Please note that the new date for closing the MSMC is Friday,

May 27th and not Monday, May 30th as previously an-

nounced!

Carmel Lim (MS Art teacher) has had a baby son! Baby Pablo

Ramon Torres was born last week at 7:40pm. He is healthy at

3.7kg and mother and baby are doing well.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Kind regards,

Rachel Harrington, Middle School Principal

Amanda Pekin, Assistant Middle School Principal

NEED TO KNOW:

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NICE TO KNOW:

Need to top up? ISM goes cashless in SY16-17!

Starng SY2016-2017 ISM will im-

plement a full debit system in the

MS/HS Canteen. The debit system

provides customers with a cashless

payment system once the custom-

er's ID has been loaded with funds.

Parents and Students are encouraged to

start using the debit system if they aren't

already doing so.

Click here for details.

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5/16

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Tomorrow Saturday May 7th ISM hosts our Goodwill Gym-

nascs Meet. This is the highlight event for the year for our

gymnascs team. There are 235 gymnasts entered from

Level 1 to Level 5 and it is a great day of gymnascs skills on

display. Gymnascs meet schedule is available from theATAC blog gymnascs page. Good luck to all our Bearcat

gymnasts who have been working hard to prepare for the

compeon. All the acon starts from 8am and runs

to 5pm on Saturday. Thanks to our coaches and to our par-

ent volunteers led by Ms Kendrick and Ms Roberts who have

done so much to support the running of this event.

Our MS Mixed Touch team are due to head o for their an-

nual trip to Jakarta for the season ending tournament next

week. Our MS mixed touch team travels to Jakarta

from May 13-15. Good luck to players and coaches.

ISM summer camps informaon/yer is now posted to ATACblog. Summer camps are oered the rst 3 weeks of the

summer vacaon. Please note due to the large amount of

facility construcon planned for this summer camps will only

be oered in the mornings and all sessions will end by 12

noon or before. hp://atac.ism-online.org/atac/atac-

summer-sports-camps/

S4 began last week from April 11 and the pracce schedule

is now posted on noce boards and on ATAC blog schedules

page . S4 pracces are open to all Gr 8-11 student athletes.

Current Gr 8's who will be freshmen next SY are encouraged

to come out as it is a great opportunity to meet the coaches

and other HS athletes while geng in some pre season prac-

ce in readiness for next SY. ATAC

Season 4 ATAC HS seasonal sports sessions oered are-

Girls- Soccer/Volleyball/Basketball/Touch

Boys- Soccer/Volleyball/Basketball/Faculty/Student Basket-

ball

Please note due to the very hot weather ISM reserves the

right to cancel acvies on short noce if the use of our

outdoor facilies is deemed too hot on any given day. Eve-

ry eort will be made where possible to schedule S4 prac-

ces on the shaded MS eld or in a covered facility.

Upcoming events:

May 7 ISM Goodwill Gymnascs Meet

May 13-15 Mixed Touch Tournament at Jakarta

June 1 Bearcats for Street Soccer to support service

partners

June 3 Last day of AFAC and ATAC training

Aug 4,5,8,9 S1 HS Tryouts (Volleyball/Soccer/Cross

Country)

Aug 8,9,10 S1 MS Tryouts (Volleyball/Soccer/Cross

Country)

Aug 8,9,10 Tryouts/Registraon for ES Rifa League Soc-

cer Gr1-4.

Aug 8, 10, 12- Tryouts/Registraon for ATAC All Year

teams( Sailsh swim squads, Gymnascs, Wall Climbing,

Table Tennis, Chess, Akido, Judo, TaeKwonDo

For our Sailsh swim team program please check the Sailsh

blog for informaon. hp://sailsh.ism-online.org/

Please note the pracce mes for ATAC programs for SY 15-

16 are as follows: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. See

schedule for our All year round teams program at ATAC blog

schedules page

All HS seasonal teams pracce from 3:05- 4:50pm each day.

MS seasonal teams pracce 3:15-4:45pm. In order to clear

the campus prior to 5pm all aer school programs will con-

clude by 4:50pm or earlier. The last bus is4:55pm this is due

to the ever increasing trac 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 sports and 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.

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 tothe game schedule is now via the ISM parent portal not via

power school as in the past. A navigaon guide is available

here. ATAC Game Schedule Users Guide.

Access the parent portal via this link, log in with your user

name/password and then look for the ATAC Game Schedule

tab under the le side quick links. Don't forget to refresh the

pdf page each me it opens so you access the most current

schedule. Please note this schedule does change oen and

at short noce due to involvement with many local schools

and organizaons.

Check it regularly for the most up to date informaon. For

security purposes....access to the ATAC game schedule pdf

must be linked via the secure parent portal and details

should not be shared with non ISM community members.

Bearcat Den- drop by our fantasc spirit store. Bearcat Den

hours of operaon- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.

Best Regards,

Mark Pekin

Director of Athlecs and Acvies

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ISM Aquathon II - Sat 14th May 2016

Presenng the second leg of two ISM Aquathons (Run- Swim

- Run). For those new to this great event, we are raising

money for our designated ChildHope charity and Sailsh acvies. There is no training requirement for this event and

all family, friends and teachers are welcome to parcipate!

As always we are ming this event, however, the main aim of the day will be to have fun and encourage all parcipants

in something a lile dierent. It is a great way to get acve and involved with your kids, siblings and students.

Please note if you are nervous about either running or swimming, team up with a runner or swimmer and join the re-

lay category in Race 4.

Open to all ISM Student/Faculty/Sta/Parent Community along with BSM , MJS, AIS, Brent & Kings.

RACE 1 - 8:00am Start

13/14 yrs 15-18yrs Adult

Run 1km - Swim 400m (16 lengths) - Run 1.9km

RACE 2- 8:30am Start

9/10yrs and 11/12yrs

Run 600m - Swim 300m (12 lengths) - Run 1.6km

RACE 3 – 9:15am Start

Under 8yrs

Run 600m - Swim 200m (8 Lengths) - Run 1km

RACE 4 – 9:45am Start

Relay – 2 or 3 people and Individual

Run 1km - Swim 800m (32 Lengths) - Run 2.2km

Awards Ceremony – 11:00am

Entry Fee - 300 pesos per race on race day check in.

VIEW FULL COURSE DETAILS HERE

CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE ENTRY FORM

Best Regards,

Holly Chapman

Head Swimming Coach

ES Aer School Acvies Coordinator (AFAC)

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9/16

Important informaon on Re-Enrollment for SY 2016-17

Dear Parents:

We will begin On-line Re

-Enrollment for school year 2016

-17 on Monday, April 4. 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 sup-

port, please contact the Middle School Oce.

Please note that you must complete re-enrollment Steps 1 & 2 by 4pm on Friday, May 27 at the latest. PowerSchool will close

on that date unl the start of SY16-17. 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 process.

If your child/ren will not be returning for SY16-17, you MUST follow the Withdrawal Procedure and submit a Withdrawal No-

caon Form on or before Friday, May 13. Click here for more informaon.

Online Re-Enrollment

Step 1: Visit www.ismanila.org and click on Parent Portal under the Quick Links drop -down menu. Log-in to the Parent Portal

and click on PowerSchool. Please refer to the aached guide on “How to Access Online Re-Enrollment.”

Step 2: Look for the Re-Enrollment Clearance icon on the le hand panel. Click on the icon. Create your Re-enrollment Clear-

ance Form and click submit aer updang. You will receive an email nocaon verifying that you have been successful up-

dang your child’s record.

Step 3: Submit Forms (if applicable)

Students entering Grade 6 will be required to download and complete the Standard Physical Examinaon Form

(with ECG) which should be submied to the ISM Health Clinic as soon as possible.

Students entering Grade 7 will be required to download and sign the ISM Drug Policy Form which should be sub-

mied to the MS Oce as soon as possible.

Step 4 You must sele all charges for SY15-16 which may include incidental fees not covered by company sponsorship (ATAC

uniforms, instrument rental, payment for lost textbook, etc.).

Step 5: You must pay the rst quota of tuion fees for SY16-17 to receive your FINAL CLEARANCE NOTIFICATION for your

child to aend class on August 4, 2016.

Tuion and Fees: Please sele your accounts through our Cashier’s Oce.

Successful compleon of required steps will generate a NO REPLY email conrmaon. Compleon of all steps is necessary in

order to receive your FINAL CLEARANCE NOTIFICATION.

To check status of Re-Enrollment, please visit the Parent Portal page.

Class Schedule distribuon dates are as follows:

August 01, 2016: Grade 5 and 6 (MS Intersecon)August 02, 2016: Grade 7 and 8 (MS Intersecon)

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