MIDDLE SCHOOL

Friday Bulletin ISSUE # 32

Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents WEEK OF APRIL 20 - 24, 2009

From the Middle School Office

Dear Parents:

This week on Thursday, April 23 from 7:45 – 9:00 A.M. there will be a Middle School Parent Coffee in the
AMR. A panel of Middle School and High School boys will be presenting issues and concerns related to their
age group and ways to address those matters. We invite you to attend and hope to see you on Thursday.

On April 23, 24 and 25 the MS Play Remembering Rezima will be performed in the Little Theater. Under the
direction of Ms. Tami Monsod, a number of our students have been busily preparing and rehearsing for this
event. Please see the advertisement within the Parent Bulletin for additional details. If you have some time,
please come out to watch the play and enjoy the talents of our Middle School students.

We also want to wish six of our Middle School girls all the best as they travel to Moscow to participate in the
AMIS Choir Festival. Ms. Melodie Hausman will be accompanying them and serving as the Guest Conductor.
This is an honor for Ms. Hausman and a fabulous opportunity for the girls to share their talents with other
international school students.

Please note that Friday, April 24 marks the midpoint of fourth quarter and that your child’s level of achievement
can be monitored through PowerSchool. Progress reports for students earning a C- or below will be
distributed starting Monday, April 27. If you have any concerns about your child’s progress, please contact
your child’s teacher for further information.

Have a relaxing weekend!

Sincerely,

Danielle Fredericks Clarissa Sayson

Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal

Upcoming Events PowerSchool Grade Update

April 24 - MS Progress Reports

April 23 to 25 MS Play
23 MS Parent Coffee (7:45 A.M., AMR) May 08 - Grade Update
27 MS Quarter 4 Progress Reports Distribution
(via courier)
27 to 30 PTA Used Book Fair (CMC & MSMC)
May 01 School Holiday (Labor Day)
04 to 15 MS Art Show
06 Grade 4 & 5 Parent Evening (5:00 P.M., LT)
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From the Operations & Security Department

I. IDs for the New School Year

Parent IDs

Current parent IDs will continue to be valid for the new school year 2009-2010.

Parents who require replacement school IDs due to loss or damage can acquire these from the Security Office
upon payment of Php100.00 to the Cashier.

Student IDs

All students will be issued with new ID cards at the beginning of the new school year. To facilitate this they
should visit the security office before the end of the current school year for the taking of their photograph.

School Passes

School passes issued to parent’s employees and representatives need to be replaced for next school year. As
of August 31, 2009 the blue bordered passes will be invalid.

The security office is now accepting applications for new school passes, however the cards will not be available
for collection before July 1, 2009.

Each family will be given two free school passes. Additional school passes may be obtained after paying a proc-
essing fee of Php100.00 each to the Cashier’s Office.

2, Car Stickers for the New School Year

The car stickers for school year 2009/2010 will be available from the security office beginning July 1, 2009.

For vehicles already displaying an existing sticker, parents should submit a completed renewal form with a copy
of a current LTO official receipt. For new vehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of the vehicle’s certificate of registra-
tion and a current official receipt need to be submitted with the application. Applications for vehicles registered with com-
panies or other institutions should be supported by a letter of assignment.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued following
payment of P100 to the cashier’s office.

I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation across this school year in
helping us maintain ISM as a safe and secure environment for our children.

MIKE FLYNN
Director of Operations and Security

CONTACT INFORMATION CHANGES?

We’re on the web! Please inform the Middle School Office if you recently changed your contact information
www.ismanila.org (i.e. Home Address, Home/Office Telephone Numbers, Mobile Numbers and Email Ad-
dresses). You may contact us through 840-8550 or 840-8553
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From the Admissions Office

Dear ISM Parents,

Greetings from the Admission Office! The Re-Enrollment Requirements for

School Year 2009-10 will be available for pick-up in the Admission Office
starting next week. All of the generic re-enrollment forms are ALSO available
on the website if you wish to download and print the forms from there. The
forms can be found under Admission and then under the Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal tab.

The complete Re-Enrollment Packet will include the…

1. Re-Enrollment Clearance Form for SY2009-10 (2-pages) for each child in the family.
2. Health Clinic Clearance Procedure (1-page) letter
3. Health Clinic Updating Form (2-pages) for each child in the family
4. Tuberculosis Screening Form (2-pages) for students entering Grades 1, 5, or 9
5. Parent and School Shared Agreements (4-pages) form for each child in the family
6. OPTIONAL Board Proxy Form (1-page) for each family
7. OPTIONAL PTA Directory Form (1-page) for each family

URGENT…if you know that your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2009-10 school year,
please inform the Admission Office as soon as possible if you have not already done so. We cur-
rently have very few families indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there are an
ever growing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great dis-
tress and anxiety in those families (and in the Admission Office). If you are sure that your child will
be leaving ISM, please submit a Withdrawal Notification Form or contact and verify with the Admis-
sion Office (840-8488) that he/she is listed as not returning for SY2009-10. The Withdrawal Notifica-
tion Form can be obtained from the Admission Office or from the ISM website under the Admission
tab and then click on Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal. This will be a great help for our planning and to
the many families waiting to be admitted to the school. Thank you.

Regards,

Gary W. Jerome Margie Endelman

Director of Admission Deputy Director of Admission

EMAIL: [email protected]
Admission Office: 840-8488
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From the Athletics and Activities Office

Upcoming ATAC events for the remainder of the school year:
ISM Sailfish Aquathon (run and swim) - Saturday, April 18 at ISM pool
Swim Meet at Brent - Saturday, April 25
MS Touch Tournament in Jakarta - Friday to Sunday, May 15 to 17

IASAS
www.iasas.org
If you are interested in following the blow by blow progress of our ISM athletes in Singapore (softball), Jakarta
(track) and Taipei (badminton) over Sunday/Monday and Tuesday of this coming week log on to the link above
and click on the sport at top of the web page. Each host school will update results on a regular basis. Some
schools may be offering live streaming on the tournaments.
GO ISM BEACATS!

Congratulations!
ISM Judo Bearcats

2009 ISM Judo Invitational

GOLD
• Kwee, Brian +84 kg.
• Sapinoso, Joshua +66 kg.
• Hosoda, Rikuto Kids Category
• Roberts, Grace Kids Category
• Torres, Jerrick Kids Category

SILVER
• Fajardo, Ty Boy Kids Category
• Lamont, Hugh Kids Category
• Stevens, Grace Rose Kids Category
• Torres, Donnell Kids Category

BRONZE
• Abe, Honami Kids Category
• Caro, Amado Kids Category
• Lee, Sangnon Kids Category
• Tanaka, Brannon Kids Category
• Tumiwa, Maya Kids Category
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From the Environmental Council

Want to celebrate Earth Day creatively? FAQs:
Want to find out more about the INVISIBLE project we What is the INVISIBLE project?
support?
• A recycling and livelihood effort started by art-
Want to learn how to make one of these bags yourself? ist/environmentalist Ann Wizer.
• An initiative that provides some of the poorest women in
Manila with an income

What are the goals of INVISIBLE?

• Reduce plastic trash and unseen factory waste
If you answered ‘YES’ to just one of these questions, • Raise awareness and involve schools and communities
then we have the perfect opportunity for you! in plastic bag collection to use as raw materials
• Produce high quality, re-useable, multi purpose bags to
You are invited to THE INVISIBLE WORKSHOP, Earth creating income for the INVISIBLE Cooperative – a
Day, on Wednesday April 22nd ,3-5 P.M., Rm. 1057 (near group of women who need income possibilities
High School office)

Can anyone attend the workshop?

If you are interested in attending, please email
[email protected] before Thursday 16th April (there are • Yes! Any students from grade 4 upwards, parents or
limited places, so email quick!) faculty members

Please bring your own plastic bags, we’ll provide the Where can I find out more?
rest ☺ • www.ism-online.org/gogreen/

Bags will also be on sale outside the canteen during

Earth Week.

Other Announcement

There will be LO
ST & FOUND VIE
on May 18 to 22, WING
2009, Monday to
from 7:00 A.M. to Friday,
4:00 P.M.
at the FAT Chan
ging Room (1118
)
Items uncollecte
d after this time w
posed of in supp ill be dis-
ort of our Service
Learning
Program.
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Upcoming Events
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From Service Learning

Help one of ISM's longstand- ISM will be at CCV is on May 9, 2009, Saturday.
ing charities and get delicious
coffee in return. AVAILABLE COFFEE:
CCV (Chosen Children’s Village) lo- • Pinili Extra Fancy Beans or Ground at Php. 300.00 per
cated in Silang, Cavite, is an orphanage 1 lb. (the largest sized beans). Ground or beans.
for children who are physically and/or • Pinili Classic Beans or Ground at Php. 250.00 per 1 lb.
mentally challenged. The village con- (medium sized beans). Ground or beans.
sists of several cottages, a school, a rehabilitation center, • Pinili Beans or Ground at Php. 200.00 per 1 lb.
and other facilities, such as a gym, a canteen, and a play- (smallest sized beans). Ground or beans.
ground. Our ISM students will visit the orphanage at least
six times this year to play with the kids and assist in feed-
ing them and in other chores. Our interactions with the
CCV children have created strong bonds between us and
the ‘chosen children’. SERVICE LEARNING CALENDAR
CCV’s fundraiser is their PINILI coffee, an organic Robusta May 02 Gawad Kalinga
coffee which is grown in the CCV Hacienda. The beans
are handpicked and processed by the children and staff May 09 Chosen Children Village
and the product is delicious.

If you would like to purchase CCV coffee, email Filipa

Pavic ([email protected]) with your order. The ISM
CCV club members will pick up your order and deliver it
back to ISM for your pick-up and payment. The date when

From the Bearcat Den

To all parents,

Please come and visit our Bearcat Den located in the HS cafeteria.

Our new stock of ISM hoodies are available in sizes from Elementary to High School...So drop buy and take a look at
our ISM polo shirts, Dri fit polo shirts, Girls and guys track pants, Spandex shorts, Travel and gym bags to name a few!

Let ' s Go GREEN at The

Our Banner bags made from ISM recycled Banners and Streamers are also on sale.

Our opening times BEARCAT DEN BUSINESS HOURS

Monday 11:15AM to 1:15PM
2:30PM to 4:00PM

Wednesday 11:00AM to 1:00PM

2:30PM to 4:00PM

Friday 11:15AM to 1:15PM

2:30PM to 4:00PM

We would really like to have more volunteers to help with Bearcat activities so if you are interested please contact Jan Har-
ris for more information. Mobile no. 09193466046 or Email [email protected]

GO BEARCATS!!!