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25 February 2011Volume 12

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

FEB

28NO SCHOOL

Holiday for EDSA Revolution Day

MAR 1

NO CLASSES

Faculty In-Service

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ES/MS Early Student Release, 12:00 nn

ES Student-Led Conferences, 12:30 PM

(Letter to follow next week)

21-25 NO SCHOOL, Spring Break

Dear Elementary School Parents,Last Friday we had our annual ES Sports Day,and it was a great success! A big thank you toour ES PE team led by Amanda Pekin forputting together such a great event. Thank yoalso to all of our great ES parents. We had arecord turnout of parent support, and yourchildren appreciated all of the cheers comingfrom the stands at the opening ceremony andthroughout the day!Our next important day is Tuesday, March 15with Student Led Conferences. NextWednesday, your child will be bringing a letterhome explaining the purpose of our student ledconferences and the format of the

afternoon. Please take special note that therewill be early dismissal at 12:00 noon on thisday.We hope everyone has a great long weekend!Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie Michael RourkeES Principal ES Assistant Principal

From the ES AdministrationFrom the ES Administration

Visit the ES Blog

http://es.ism-online.org

to find out more about

student learning, the EScurriculum and programalong with upcoming eventsand what is happening inthe ES!

ISM 2011-12 CALENDAR

The updated calendar for school

year 2011-2012 is now available at

our website www.ismanila.org

under News and Calendar >

Calendar of Events.


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Dear Parents

The ES Learning Support Blog is designed to provide parentswith information on the schools LS Team but also on theother services offered at school (Speech and LanguageTherapy and Occupational Therapy) as well as informationon different learning needs and links to relevant websitesand resources.Added this week is a section on apps for iPads, iTouchesand iPhones that are great for all young learners. You walso find posts on giving praise, setting behavioral goals,organization skills and identifying potential learningdifficulties. As well as some debate on teach

handwriting, typing and the Asian Math Advantage. Have look around the site and let us know if there is anythingmissing that you would like to see on there.

Angela ReillyES Learning Support Program Leader

Visit the Elementary School Learning Support Blog

From ES Learning Support DepartmentFrom ES Learning Support Department

Dear ParentsThank-you to the many parents that joined uson Sports Day last Friday. Your presence andyour willingness to either participate or assistwas greatly appreciated. Thank-you to ourofficial parent photographers on the day: MaryLim-Lopez, Paul Denver, Marjan Paas, FrancesCapua, Wendy Worley and Tess Haynie. Ifparents have photos they would like to sharewith the classes or the PE department thenplease contact your classroom teacher. Wealso welcome constructive feedback from theday and ask that you take the time to e-mail

us ([email protected]) or comment throughthe PE teachers blogs. We use the feedbackfrom parents, students and teachers each yearto make improvements and value your inputat this time.Sports day is a celebration of an activelifestyle. A whole day devoted to physicalactivity as opposed to onscreen activity!Sports Day reminds us that physical activityprovides opportunities for social interaction,self expression, health, challenge andenjoyment. The importance of sportsmanshipwill continue in all activities we do in physicaleducation. Sportsmanship allows us to playcompetitively and still enjoy being activewhether we win or lose. Sports day remindsus as parents just how much fun it can be tobe active at any age! I hope you all find timeeach week to be active with your child.

From the ES PE Department

From ES PE DepartmentFrom ES PE Department

The Grade 1 Students will be hosting students

from Papaya Academy on Thursday, March 10.

It will be a great day of fun games andfriendship.


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From the School ClinicFrom the School Clinic

Dear Parents,

A regular reminder please check that your childs

vaccinations are up-to-date. This is the first line of defense

against a number of serious diseases and I encourage you to

visit your pediatrician if you feel that your child may be due

for any vaccinations.

The following link will give you access to current US

vaccination schedules which may be used a guide. Most

countries have similar schedules and advocate a similarregime. If in doubt, please visit your pediatrician or ask at

the school clinic for contact details if you do not already havea pediatrician.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/child-schedule.htm

Debbie DuckworthISM Clinic Administrator

Phone 840 [email protected]

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE INFLUENZA VACCINATIONSDate Price (Php)

March 16th 2011 Influenza 2011 Strain

(Northern and Southern Hemisphere)Please Note: If your child is 9 years old or below and receiving their flu vaccination for the first time, a second

vaccination will be required at least 4 weeks later. If there are sufficient numbers, I will arrange forthis to be available in school, if not, you will need to make alternative arrangements with your ownhealth care provider. The above price is per individual vaccine.

If you would like more information about the above vaccine, please contact the clinic on the number/email below orcall in to pick up a registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM ID mayparticipate in this program.PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER BY NO LATER THAN FRIDAY4TH MARCH, 2011. VACCINES WILL THEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BEACCEPTED.Clinic direct number: 840 8580Email: [email protected]

Dengue A Gentle ReminderPlease be aware that dengue does notdisappear altogether during the drier months,although it is more common during the wetseason there are still a number of casesreported every month. There is still a need tobe vigilant and try to avoid getting bitten bymosquitoes by: using mosquito

repellent, destroying any possible

mosquito breedingareas at home,

wearing long sleeves/trousers and

closing mosquito netsand outside doors.


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ISM GOODWILL GYMNASTICS MEET SAT MARCH 5TH MS GYM

ISM will host our annual gymnastics meet on March 5th.

This is a huge event for our gymnastics team and thisyear we have record numbers of entries with 300+

gymnasts coming to twirl/tumble and flip thier way

through routines on Floor, Beam, Bars and Vault fromlevel 1 to 6 competition. This is a great event for our

school to host and our gymnastics coaches led by CoachRamon along with the Gymnastics parents volunteers

have been very busy coordinating many details for this

event.Please come along to the MS gym on Saturday March 5

to support our Bearcat Gymnastics Team and to watch

the event. Food and drinks are available and it is a great

day to watch some excellent gymnastics here in Manila.

Schedule is as follows:

7-8am General Warm-up

8:30-10:30 WAG Level 1 competition11-12:30 WAG Level 2 competition

12:30-1pm Warm-up for Level 3,4,5 & Level 1 boys1-4:30pm WAG Level 3,4,5 & MAG Level 1

competition

Awards will take place in the Little Theatre right after

each section of the competition.

ISM INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEET

Last weekend ISM Sailfish Swim team hosted the first

international swim meet at our school pool with teams

from Shanghai, Thailand, Jakarta and Singapore joining

local teams from British School Manila, Brent and

Assumption College for a meet held Saturday andSunday morning. Over 240 swimmers raced and with

fantastic weather and superb organization by CoachAndy and his team of Sailfish Parent volunteers the

meet was a big success. Thanks also to sponsors Fitness

First, SM Supermarkets, Aquamondo and S&R Shopping.See Coach Andys Sailfish blog for meet details and

results.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF (new procedure in place for

access to game schedule pdf information)

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for

ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. You can

also access this information via the ES/MS/HS divisionalweb pages. Please note the game schedule does change

often due to involvement with many local schools soplease check the page regularly to find out the latest

information of where and when the Bearcats teams are

playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to bedirected to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ .

You will need your power school user name and

password to access the game schedule pdf now located

in power school

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From the ATAC OfficeFrom the ATAC Office

IASAS CULTURAL CONVENTIONS 2011

Next week March 3rd our Cultural Convention delegationsdepart for Kuala Lumpur (Dance, Drama, Debate and

Forensics) and Jakarta (Art and Music). We wish all

delegates the best of luck and hope that the hard work in

the lead up to the Convention will be reflected in the big

performances required next week. Information about the

CC events can be obtained via the IASAS website next

week as results for the debate and forensics competition

will be posted regularly by the host schools.

www.iasas.asia

Good luck to all delegates and advisors at Cultural

Convention 2011.

ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES

for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule page as

above)

Feb 26 ISM Track Meet

Mar 2 IASAS Cultural Convention Teams Depart

Mar 3-5 IASAS Cultural Convention (Art/Music @ JIS, DDDF

@ ISKL)

Mar 4 Friday Twilight Track Meet v Faith/Brent at ISMMar 5 ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet

Mar 7 MS Academic Bowl at Faith

Mar 8 HS Academic Bowl at Brent

Mar 11-13 SAS Eagles Track Exchange- varsity track

Mar 11-13 ISB Softball Exchange varsity teams

Mar 12 Brent Track Meet HS/MS Track team

Mar 12 Varsity/JV softball v Brent at ISM

April 2 Track Meet at Brent

April 8 Twilight Track Meet at ISM v Brent at ISM

April 17 (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS

Track at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting Badminton

IASAS BADMINTON at ISM: April 18-21

Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tournament can

now be found on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism-online.org


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Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Mon, Wed and Fridays

11:30am 1:00pm and 2:30pm 4:00pm.

Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm. Thanks

to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in

joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den

please contact our BCD volunteers coordination

Chantel ([email protected]) or pop in to

the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk with one of

our volunteers they will be very happy to make you

welcome.

Boys finished 4th, Girls finished a very close 6th with

JIS beating them to 5th in the last event.

Some statistics of note There were:

50 personal best times

9 new Individual ISM School Swimming Records by:4 records to Lotta Toppari

2 records to Lunia Iai (Freshman)

2 records to Raymond Oo

1 record to Joanna Hirsch (freshman)

1 new ISM School Relay record goes to

Noa Sison, Justin Van Klaveren, Yong An, Ray Oo

ISM swam in 31 B Finals

ISM swam in 14 A Finals

An encouraging point for future IASAS events is that of

the 45 swim in finals, Our grade 9 students featured in

finals 15 times

Medals

3 x3rd place medals

4 x2nd place medals

4 x1st place medals

Outstanding efforts by:

Lotta Toppari3rd, 5th, 6th & 9th

Justin Van Klaveren3rd, 6th, 8th & 1th

Ray Oo3x 2nds and 1 3rd

3 x3rd place medals

Ray Oo, Justin Van Klaveren, Lotta Topari

4 x2nd place medals

2 for Ray Oo, Justin Van Klaveren, Sam Drury

4 x1st place medals (boys relay)

Noah Sison, Justin Van Klavaren, Yong An, Ray Oo

Andy AstfalckHead Coach, ISM Swimming

Sailfish Blog - www.sailfish.ism-online.org

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We are currently accepting housing offers for the 80visiting Badminton athletes if you can help with housing

please read details on the blog and a housing letter can

also be accessed via the blog or hard copy picked up

from the ATAC office.

IASAS BADMINTON at ISM: April 18-21

Information related to the IASAS Badminton

Tournament can now be found on the ATAC Blog

http://atac.ism-online.org

We are currently accepting housing offers for the 80

visiting Badminton athletes if you can help with housingplease read details on the blog and a housing letter can

also be accessed via the blog or hard copy picked up

from the ATAC office.

Mark PekinAthletics & Activities Director

IASAS SWIMMING

The ISM Swim team achieved very encouraging resultsat the IASAS Swimming Championships last week in

Kuala Lumpur. It is the first time for many years thatboth our teams did not finish 6th, our boys finished 4th

and our girls were leading JIS right up to the final event.

A huge improvement from previous years and ourfreshman swimmers, now have the experience and are

hungry for success next year, in fact they are already

back in the pool training for next years IASAS at Jakarta

International School.


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CONGRATULATIONSTO THE FOLLOWING WHO MADE IT TO THE

IASAS Cultural Convention

S.Y. 2010 - 2011Dance, Drama, Debate & Forensics

(Kuala Lumpur)

Art & Music

(Jakarta)

Natalia Pena Caitlin Coyiuto

Will Vankoughnett Marianne (Mae) Chan

Arturo (Rocky) Alli Ye Won Lee

Jaime de Venecia Youn Ho (Harry) Lee

Lloyd Taylor Jin Young Lee

Tae Wan Kim Jin Wook Lee

Aadam Mohammed Song Ju (Julie) Han

Gabriela Pascuzzi Sin Ho (Sierra) Lee

Ashild Eriksen Mahek Tulsiani

Laura Lehmann Hee Young (Sara) Shim

Isabel Agudo Isabel Francisco

Yi-Jou (Cindy) Chen Myung In (Moonie) Sohn

Mara Javier Dinesh Mohnani

Akshar Bonu Melvin Biteng

Leandro Leviste Stephan Chan

Alonzo Virata Manni Cavalli-Sforza

Julia Saubier Jimin Kim

Shrey Chandra Seong Chan AnMichael Keppler Seong Yoon Kim

Michelle Ferreol Eun (Stella) Kuh

Seo Youn (Esther) Park Kyung Min Lee

Lynn Yu Eun Jee Kang

Young Sun Park Seo Hyun (Lisa) Lee

Kei Matsunami Emiri Tanaka

Bianca Romero-Salas Hee Youn (Jenny) Shim

Chloe Alcid Yining Zhang

Kristien Crouch Amber Fatima

Jacqueline Pisano Lucian Wizer-Green

Camille Delgado Frances TanchancoSamantha Villanueva Na Yon Kim

Ye Jin (Stephanie) Kim Sofia Benares

Shue-Jen (Richelle) Tsai

Dance Yek Barlongay Imp Fred Biggar Art Tara Barton

Drama Vicki Close Ext Filipa Pavic Band Tom Nazareno

Debate Peter Curry OI Kelly Arndt Piano Leah Gander

OO Andrea Thompson


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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

Athletics and Activities Office

SPORTSSPORTS

CAMPSCAMPS


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International School Manila

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP

The ISM Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Rugby and Badminton Sum-

mer Sports Camps are open to ISM students only.

If you are interested in joining one or more of the camps pleasefill up form below and return to ATAC on or before April 22, 2011 for the May

Camp and May 27, 2011 for the June Camps.

As soon as we have reached the minimum amount of participants to run the

program a formal permission slip will be sent to you through your child.

Limited slots available This is on first come first serve basis.

Permission Slip

Date: __________________________

Please reserve a slot for my child for this years 2011 Mini Sports Camps(Please check sport/s below)

MAY CAMP

____ Basketball ____ Badminton

JUNE CAMP

____ Basketball _____ Soccer ____ Badminton

______________________________ _______ _________Name of student Grade

______________________________ ________________________Parents Email Address

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