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Athlecs & Acvies
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Service Learning
Operaons & Security 4
MS Events & Acvies 2
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Aer-School Acvies 2
MS Play
MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL
ISSUE # 03
SY 2015–2016
WEEK OF:
AUG 24 TO 28
Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents
Friday BulletinInside this issue:
Dear Parents,
We hope that you are all adjusng nicely to the pace and roune of the new
school year and are looking forward to the broad range of learning experiences
that await your child/children. Our eorts this week have centered around en-
suring students understand transdisciplinary aspects of the Middle School pro-
gram. Teachers have been explaining important MS systems as well as individu-
al class rounes and procedures. In addion to these elements, essenal me
management and organizaon strategies have been introduced/revisited sostudents are set up for success.
Below you will nd essenal informaon that all MS parents need to be aware
of. Please remember that if you would like addional informaon you can visit
our website (www.ismanila.org).
Aer School Acvies:
Middle School Aer School Acvies (AFAC) ocially begin on Monday August
24th. Parents will receive communicaon this aernoon (Thursday) from the
AFAC oce conrming what acvies your child has been ocially enrolled in
for semester one. Please be sure to communicate any changes in your pick-up
procedures with your child.
MS OPEN HOUSE:
Today the MS oce has been engaged in the process of sending home individu-
al parent emails about the upcoming MS Open House event. This email pro-
vides an overview of Open House as well as personalized schedules. Please
note that it is imperave that all parents bring the schedule with them on
Thursday. We are very much looking forward to seeing you all at this key event
so we can work collaboravely to support your child/children on their MS jour-
ney!
NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!
Please note that there is no school tomorrow due to the naonal holiday to cel-ebrate Ninoy Aquino Day. If you choose to travel, we would like to respecully
request that parents ensure that the family is back in Manila at an appropriate
hour so student have a good night’s sleep and are ready for school. We wish
you a relaxing and enjoyable long weekend with your family!
Kind regards,
Rachel Harrington, Principal
Amanda Pekin, Assistant Principal
Campus Card Corner
Family Account vs. Individual
Accounts
By default, your ISM Campus Account is a
family account but you can request for
individual accounts. Here’s how:
Send an email to cam-
puscard@ismanila.org and request for
individual accounts of your children.
Normally, the parents’ accounts are
aached/linked to the youngest child’saccount. If you wish to have a separate
account from your youngest child, kindly
include it in your email request.
For more informaon, visit:
hp://campusonline.ismanila.org
For quesons/concerns, email:
campuscard@ismanila.org
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SEPTEMBER
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SEPTEMBER
MS OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, August 27th
Time: 17:00—19:30
Venue: Fine Arts Theater (FAT) Purpose:
Meet the MS Leadership Team and MS
Faculty.
Obtain a broad overview of our beliefs
about MS educaon.
Gain a deeper understanding of the MS
program and the MS schedule.
Meet your child’s teachers and visit theirrespecve classrooms.
iddle Schooliddle School
NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Monday, August 31th
CLASSROOM WITHOUT WALLS
(CWW)
Thursday, September 17th and
Friday, September 18th
Locaons:
Grade 5: Amazing Race (on campus)
Grade 6: Island Cove (overnight)
Grade 7: Tagaytay (overnight)
Grade 8: Caliraya (overnight)
Purpose: Team building and strengthening our
MS community
Reminder to all parents:
On days when your child
needs to be absent from
school, we ask that a parent
inform the Middle School
Oce via phone at 840-8550 /
553 or via email at
ms@ismanila.org
We are pleased and proud to an-
nounce that the MS play this year
is Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream. We are starng
preparaons early this year be-
cause the play will be performed
outside in January--very excing!
We have held audions this week
aer announcing the play in assem-
blies and via student e-mail. If you
have any quesons, please speak
with your son/daughter regarding the e-mail and contact Ms. Rankin
(rankinc@ismanila.org) or Ms. Grev (grevc@ismanila.org) for further
follow-up as needed.
Thank you for your support! We hope you can aend the perfor-
mances: January 29-30.
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Dear Parents,
Access and parking within the campus are important security
and safety issues. For the well-being of all members of the ISM
community, those entering the school campus are requested
to take note of the informaon and procedures outlined be-
low.
Parent IDs
The parent IDs issued since SY 2013/14 (black) will connue to
be valid for the new school year. Standard parent cards will be
issued free of charge. Parents may, however, elect to apply for
a smartcard ID which will be usable with the cashless payment
system introduced into the school for SY 2013-14. There will
be a fee of P250.00 for a smartcard.
Applicaons for parent IDs can be processed through the Secu-rity Oce
Student IDs
All students will be issued with new ID cards at the beginning
of the new school year. The cards will be compable with the
cashless payment system. There will be no need for returning
students to visit the Security Oce as we will be ulizing the
photographs taken for the yearbooks.
School Passes
School passes issued to parents’ employees and representa-ves need to be replaced for this school year. As of August 31,
2015 the dark green bordered passes will be invalid.
The security oce is now accepng applicaons for new school
passes. These passes will not be compable with the cashless
payment system.
Each family will be given two free school passes. Addional
school passes may be obtained aer paying a processing fee of
Php100.00 each to the Cashier’s Oce.
Visitors’ Passes
All visitors must secure a pass from the guardhouse at Gate 3.
Before entry will be allowed, a telephone check will be made
with the relevant oce to conrm the visitor’s business within
the school. Visitors will need to surrender a photo-ID upon
entry to campus.
Car Sckers
The car sckers for school year 2015/2016 are available from
the security oce.
Starng school year 2015-16 parents will no longer be required
to submit copies of the registraon documents of their vehi-
cles. They will instead be asked to conrm through the appli-
caon form that the vehicle has minimum Third (3rd) Party
Insurance, is legally registered and is fully compliant for opera-
on on the roads under Philippine Laws. For those vehicles not
registered in a parent’s name a leer of assignment will sll be
needed.
Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle scker free of
charge. Any addional sckers will be issued following pay-
ment of P100 to the cashier’s oce.
In order to facilitate the easy recognion of authorized cars at
the gates, the sckers should be axed to the top right corner
of the windshield. ISM sckers issued in previous years must
be removed.
Vehicles not displaying a current car scker will not be allowed
regular access from September 1, 2015.
Vehicular Access
During drop-o and pick-up mes, vehicles may enter the cam-
pus through Gates 2 and 3. Those entering through Gate 2
should proceed to the drop o area and, once the student has
alighted or boarded, they should exit via Gate 1. Those vehi-
cles entering through Gate 3 must turn into the covered park-
ing area and use the designated drop-o areas. All vehicles
must exit through Gate 1.
Please note that Gate 2 may only be used by those drivers and
passengers who have an ISM ID card and who are in a vehicle
displaying a valid ISM vehicle scker.
Alternavely, vehicles entering through Gate 3 may park in the
covered car park. The spaces reserved for parent-driven cars
should only be used by those vehicles which are driven by par-
ents themselves. Vehicles in which parents are traveling, but
which are driven by a driver, should not use these spaces. Ra-
ther, they should park elsewhere in the covered car park or
make use of the outside spaces next to the power center.
Visitors to ISM must enter through Gate 3. There is an area for
short-stay visitor parking near Gate 1.
The Pedestrian Gate
The pedestrian gate is located in the perimeter fence mid -way
between Gate 1 and Gate 2. There is a paved area between
the road and the perimeter fence, allowing easy access to the
gate. The pedestrian gate is solely for the
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entry of members of the ISM Community at the beginning
of the school day. It will only be open between 7:00 am and
7:45 am (8:00 am to 8:45 am on Wednesdays).
Due to parking restricons, and in the interests of security, it
will not be open in the aernoon for pick -ups. During the me
it is open, it will be under the supervision of members of the
ISM Guard Force.
Drivers should stop adjacent to the paved area and students
should alight from the right side of their vehicle. The driver
should then move o, clearing the space for other vehicles
dropping o students. Under no circumstances should a stu-
dent be dropped o from the middle lane. This is dangerous
as the student would need to walk in front of another vehicle.
Drivers are reminded that trac regulaons forbid parking on
the roads around ISM. Therefore, vehicles should only be stop-
ping for the brief me it takes for a student to alight. Drivers
must not wait for anybody to return to the vehicle.
Drop O/Pick Up Passes
For non-regular drivers without ISM idencaon who enter-
ing school to drop o or collect visitors or members of our
community, but who do not intend to park within the campus,
a drop o pass will be issued. Our regular checks to conrm
the identy of a driver and their purpose for entering the cam-
pus will connue to be made, but we will not retain a photo -ID
in return for the issued pass. The use of these new passes will
avoid delays at the Gate 1 exit and reduce trac congeson at
busy mes.
Vehicle Checks
The pracce of inspecng vehicles will connue. During o -
peak hours, all vehicles will be checked before they are al-
lowed to enter the campus.
During peak hours (drop o and pick -up mes), all vehicles
without valid sckers and randomly selected vehicles with
sckers will be asked to undergo an examinaon.
Whether an examinaon is conducted or not, it is important
that the security sta at the gates are able to idenfy the occu-pants of vehicles entering the campus; therefore IDs must be
clearly displayed. Vehicles with nted windows must roll down
windows to allow a clear view of the interior of the vehicle.
Drivers, Helpers and Bodyguards
Drivers, helpers and bodyguards should not wait on campus for
students throughout the school day. Aer dropping o stu-
dents they should exit the school grounds and not return earli-
er than 30 minutes before dismissal me. Those who repeat-
edly fail to comply with the regulaon will have their access
privilege suspended.
Only those vehicles carrying parents or other people with busi-
ness within the school will be allowed to return to the campus
before the scheduled pick-up me.
There are designated areas for unaccompanied drivers, yayas,
helpers and security escorts to wait for parents and students.
Unless specically authorized, they may not enter any other
area. In the interest of security, and to prevent congeson at
the pedestrian entrances to the covered parking area, parents
are requested to emphasize to their employees the importance
of cooperang with the security sta and remaining in the
appropriate areas.
Firearms
All members of the ISM community are reminded that it is
strictly forbidden for rearms to be brought onto the campus.
This includes concealed weapons carried by bodyguards for
close protecon. Any person arriving at the school with a re-
arm should inform the gate guard, and arrangements will be
made for the weapon to be safely and securely stored during
the visitor’s stay.
Security Sta Direcons
Our security team is endeavoring to make the school as safeand secure an environment as possible for all members of our
community.
We ask that everybody cooperate with us in this important
task. In parcular, all those entering our campus are request-
ed to comply with any direcons given to them by members of
our guard force.
If you are confused or unclear as to the purpose of such in-
strucons, please seek claricaon from the security oce.
Please note that it is the parents’ responsibility to advise their
sta accordingly.
Thank you for your cooperaon. We are looking forward to
another great year at Internaonal School Manila.
Best wishes,
Mike Flynn
Director of Operaons and Security
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This week and next week are short weeks with Friday
Aug 21st and Aug Mon 31st being naonal holidays.
Tryouts have concluded and team selecon has been
nalized for our Season 1 teams.
Soccer Rosters can be found at the links below:
ES Rifa fesval teams -ES Rifa fesval rosters 2015
MS Rifa fesval teams - MS Rifa Fesval teams 2015
MS/HS Rifa League 11 a side teams - MS/HS Rifa
League 11 a side teams 2015
Thanks to all our community members who came out
for Friday night lights last week, it was a beauful
Manila evening of sports with our ISM Bearcats win-
ning all matches against Faith Academy. Congratula-
ons to players and coaches for a great start to the
season and a big thanks to PCA, Bearcat Council and
Student Ambassadors for supporng this event.
Well done also to our MS/HS Cross Country teams
who ran very well last Saturday morning at our ISM
home XC meet. Race results can be found at thislinks XC race results A big thanks to Bearcat Council
for their support as marshals and nish line ocials
at this meet. A job very will done. The next race of
the local season will be Sept 5th at Brent.
Upcoming events:
Aug 20th VGV'ball vs Shisa HS Japan 3:30pm
Aug 20th Boys Midgets A1 and Aspirants Soccer vs La
Salle @ 5pm
Aug 20th VB Soccer vs La Salle @ 6:30pm
Aug 22nd Wall Climbing team at ROX compeon
Aug 22nd VG Soccer vs Assumpon 9am
Aug 24th VGSoccer vs CSA 5pm
Aug 28th HS V& JV Volleyball vs Brent from 4pm
For our Sailsh swim team program please check the
Sailsh blog for informaon. Squads are now con-
rmed and Sailsh training has started in earnest
from this week. Good luck to all swimmers for the
year ahead. 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 here…
See Sailsh blog for swim squad start and nish
mes. Gymnascs team starts 3:10-4:50.
All HS seasonal teams pracce from 3:05- 4:50pm
each day. MS seasonal teams pracce 3:10-4:40pm.
In order to clear the campus prior to 5pm all aer
school programs will conclude by 4:50pm or earlier.
The last bus is 4:55pm this is due to the ever increas-
ing trac concerns in our area.
Parents and students please take some me to pe-
ruse the ATAC blog it has a wide variety of infor-
maon and links to our sports and acvies program.If you have any quesons regarding the compeve
program of sports at ISM aer reading the infor-
maon on the blog please send an email
to pekinm@ismanila.org and I will endeavor to assist
you as best I can.
Bearcat Den- drop by our fantasc spirit store. There
is a new school year sale on at the moment and a
range of new products and items to purchase includ-
ing items from our service partners. Bearcat Den
hours of operaon- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.
GO BEARCATS!
Best Regards,
Mark Pekin
Director of Athlecs and Acvies
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We hope you received your copy of
the ISM SY 2015—2016 school calen-
dar. If you have not yet received your
copy or if you want to purchase extracopies, please stop by the Communi-
caons Oce. We are located near
the Admission Oce.