HS Friday Bulletin 10-7

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Dear Parents / Guardians,

An email will be sent tonight, Friday, October 7, that confirms your current and most updated reservation schedule fothe upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday and Tuesday (October 10th and 11th). Please read and check youschedule carefully. Many parents made modifications and therefore multiple submissions using the PTC schedulinsoftware and as a result may have received a number of previous emails with earlier versions of their schedule. Thelatest schedule sent by email supersedes any previous system generated emails.

The PTC schedule software will be closed for parents at 8:00am on Monday morning so you have the weekend to maknecessary adjustments to your conference appointments after that time, any further changes will have to be done bcontacting the High School Office.

Parent-Teacher Conferences: 10 Parent Tips1. Talk to your child and get a sense of how they are doing and what any issues might be.

2. Check Power School and make any notes about things you want to raise.

3. Be on time You only have a short time with your child's teacher. This year there is no passing time for teachers

and you cant book back to back conferences(this provides 20 more conferences this year)

4. Bring written questions What would you like to know about classroom, academic, or social happenings? What

requests do you have for the teacher?

5. Surface concerns What concerns do you have about your child's performance? Bring any work samples, evidence

or examples that you think might be relevant.

6. Ask for specific advice on what can assist your child within that subject

Focus here on:

knowledge and understanding Skills

Attitudes and study habits.

7. Ask for examples If the teacher doesn't get specific, ask for examples of what your child does well and needs to

work on.

8. Participate Parent involvement is one of the highest predictors of student success. Ask how you can help your

child better meet the leaning objectives. Explore opportunities for volunteering in the classroom or at school.

9. What resources can you recommend to assist my childs learning?

10.Say thank you Sincerely thank the teacher for his or her time and hard work with your child.

Adapted from: Parent Teacher Conferences: Checklist | Suite101.comhttp://lori-krein.suite101.com/checklist-successful-parent-teacher-conferences-a291219#ixzz1ZllCIYAI

Kind Regards,

William R.S. Brown Michael Dickinson

HS Principal Assistant Principal

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students.

International School ManilaFor ATTENDANCE concerns,please contact the HS Office(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653email [email protected]

For GUIDANCE concerns, pleascontact Bella, Gigi or JasminTel:840-8655 / 840-8660October7,2011

A weekl bulletin or Parents and Students


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HSCALENDAR:Monday,October10:

EarlyRelease

ParentTeacherConference

Tuesday,October11:

Early

Release

ParentTeacherConference

Wednesday,October12:

StudentLateStart

PSAT 7:3010:30am

IB2PsychH&SIADUE

Gr.12CommonAppWorkshop

Thursday,October13:


HSPlay: Romeo&Juliet

GolfExchange(TAS)

Friday,October14:



GolfExchange(TAS)

NewStudentRound Up

FridayNightLights 34pm(HSCourtyard)

Saturday,October15:


GolfExchange(TAS)

SaturdayService

UPCOMINGEVENTS:

October10&11: ParentTeacherConference:

October24November1: SchoolHoliday

EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE FOR PTC :Monday October 10Period 1 A 7.30 8.15Break 8.15 8.30Period 2 B 8.35 9.20Period 3 C 9.25 10.10

Period 4 D 10.15 11.00Period 5 E 11.05 11.50

Tuesday October 11Period 1 F 7.30 8.15Break 8.15 8.30Period 2 G 8.35 9.20Period 3 H 9.25 10.10Period 4 A 10.15 11.00Period 5 B 11.05 11.50

REMINDERS:

All those boys interested in trying out fo r

Basketball second season. Please show up toan informational lunch meeting Thursday,

October 13 th in room 4007 at 11:30.

Thanks,Coach Peabody, Nourse, Feren andThompson

The HS Pee

Helpers

brinyou anothe

HS Courtyar

event from

3:004:00 PM

onOctober14

and

November11

This is a tim

for H

students,

faculty an

parents to

relax whil

staying on

campus to

support othe

high schoo

events!

REMINDERS for Senior Picture Taking October 15

*Boys bring coat and tie (formal shirt, tie, jacket)

Girls bring inner tube/spaghetti strap shirt (to wear insidethe clothes).

The ff will be provided, but you can bring your own:pearl/small necklace, pearl stud earrings (no danglingearrings), sponge for make-up.

Be there 30 minutes before your assigned time for hairand make-up styling (free if you order a photo package).

Bring your photo order packet. Additional P300 for a CDof your photos (provided you already ordered a package)


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FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER:PSATInformation

ForthosestudentswhohaveregisteredforthePSAT PleaserememberthatthetestwillbethiscomingWednesday,Oct

12. Youmustreporttoyourtestinglocationby7:15a.m. Studentswhoridethebuswillneedtofindalternate

transportationthatmorningasthebusseswillberunningontheregularWednesdaylatestartschedule.

Testinglocationsaredeterminedbylastnames.

LastnamesbeginningwithARwilltestintheLofthouse(thenewspaceonthe3rdfloor,neartheFitnessCenter)

LastnamesbeginningwithSZwilltestintheLittleTheater

Studentsshouldbringtothetestinglocation#2pencils,acalculator,andtheirISMstudentID. TherequiredstudentIDis

newthisyear,andallstudentsmusthavetheirIDinordertotest.

Finally,allstudentsshouldhavealreadyreceivedanemailsenttotheirISMaccountgivingthemtheirtestinglocationas

wellaswhattheyshouldbringwiththemtothetestingroom. Pleasespeakwithyourhighschoolcounselorifyouhave

anyspecificquestions.

Pleasechecktheseniorannouncementsportionoftheblogforthehandoutsfromthepresentationsthusfar.

Theblogalsohasamultitudeofresourcesforseniorsandtheirparents.

Upcomingseniorcounselingevents:

Allparentsandstudentsareinvitedtotheupcomingcollegevisits

Scheduled College Visits

College Representative Location Date

UniversityofSanFrancisco JasonOpdyke VSHCounselingCenter 10/10/1112:00PM

EnderunCollegesInc. AndyTuazon,AdmissionsExecutive VSHCounselingCenter 10/13/1111:25AM

LesRochesInternationalSchoolofHotel

Management 10/13/1111:25AM

WesleyanUniversityTerriOverton, AssociateDeanof

AdmissionVSHCounselingCenter 10/18/1111:25AM

What? When? Where? ForWhom?

CommonApplication

Workshop(ForHSPlay

Participantsonly)

October11

12:301:30

Room1082 ThisistheCommonappWorkshopforHSPlay

Participantsonly(theothersessionsconflictwith

Playrehearsals).

SeniorEssayWriting

WorkshopPart2

October1718,

3:004:30

(Youonlyneedto

attendONEsession)

TheLofthouse

(SpaceabovetheES

Officeonthe3rd

Floor)

DesignedforseniorsapplyingtoUSAuniversities

requiringapplicationessays.Studentsonlyneedto

attendonesession.Signupthroughthegoogledoc.

Studentsmustbringanessaydrafttothesession.

CollegeInterviewWorkshop

byTimPiper,previous

Harvardalumniinterviewer

November211:30

12:30

TheLofthouse

(SpaceabovetheES

Officeon3rd

Floor)

DesignedforstudentsapplyingtoUSAschoolswith

interviewsasanoptionalorrequiredcomponentof

theapplication.


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FROM THE FINE ARTS OFFICE:

Checkwww.arts.ism-online.org

for more information about the show.

The following 100+ students are involved in producing this year's HS play, a musical adaptation ofRomeo andJuliet.Link t o Google Doc: http://bit.ly/r1n6wi

This is the final week of rehearsals before next week's opening night. (October 13, 7 pm). While the students know thathey are expected to balance their home work and their commitment to the play - this is the only week in the entirerehearsal process where EVERY actor, musician and crew member is needed at EVERY rehearsal (of course, they areexpected to be at EVERY performance too!). Rehearsals will end at 5 pm on week days with a full day Rehearsal onOctober 8. It will be very difficult for students working on the production to complete regular home work assignmentsand/or prepare for in-class assessments during the run of the play. (October 13-15 7 pm curtain and 3 pm matinee onSaturday).

HS PL Team has agreed to October 13-16 being declared a No Home Work Weekend for students involved in the

production. Students on this list should not be expected to have any assessment task or deadline from Block G onOctober 13 - Block H on October 18.

Students were issued with a Assignment Contract on October 4 and will be approaching their teachers to negotiate duedates for any class assessments that happen to fall during the production period. Please contact me Vicki Close in theFine Arts Office if you have any questions. ([email protected]).

Thanks for your co-operation and understanding.Vicki Close

Performing Arts Director


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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:ES/MS Soccer Festivals: Check the links in helpfulshortcuts on the ATAC blog for exact details regards the ESand MS RIFA 7 aside soccer festivals. the 3rd festival forC, E and G teams is this Saturday Oct 8th (sametimes/venues as previous festivals). The finals participantsfor C, E and G teams will be announced after this comingSaturdays last round of matches. Stay tuned for an updatenext week..

The following week Oct 15th the RIFA finals will be held atXavier School, Greenhills for the boys in the morning andthe MS girls finals is also Oct 15th at Xavier in the afternoonfrom1pm-5pm, all ISM MS girls teams have qualified to playin the finals.

RIFA Girls HS Soccer: The semi finals for the Varsity girlssoccer divisions took place last Saturday and ISM varsitygirls defeated Poveda and will now play Miriam Collegetomorrow in the final at 3pm on the HS field. The ISM JV

girls soccer team will play their semi final tomorrow Oct 8thvs La Salle Antilpolo at 1pm and then the finals on Oct 15that MS field.

1st Season IASAS Information: Travel packets havebeen distributed for 1st season athletes. Please ensurepassports have been submitted to Joan at ATACoffice and all documentation should now have beencompleted and returned!

Cross Country news: Results from last Fridaystwilight meet at ISM are now posted to the Cross Countrymeet results page. Thanks to all those who came to support

the runners for our first twilight race last Friday it was aterrific success. The last local race of the season will be heldtomorrow, Saturday Oct 8

that Brent for our MS and HS

Cross Country teams.

Gymnastics: Our gymnastics team/coaches and PE facultyhad a wonderful opportunity last week to spend time withMr. Duncan Myers from Gymnastics Australia. Duncan washere for 3 days and conducted specialistworkshops/coaching sessions for our PE faculty on currentmethods, best practice teaching for gymnastics in PEclasses. He also spent time with our coaches andgymnastics and was an exciting presenter who engaged the

gymnasts fully in all his sessions. I am sure our teamlearned a wide variety of new information and skills duringhis visit. Mr. Myers runs a gym with over 1800 gymnasts inMelbourne, Australia, he is a presenter for GymnasticsAustralia and has over 50 gymnasts from his gym involvedin the national gymnastics team for Australia. We hope to beable to get Mr. Myers back in the future for further expertcoaching and assistance to our program.

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SEASON SPORTS: Tryouts flyers have now beeposted on notice boards around school and are available othe tryouts page on the ATAC blog. MS and HS studentinterested please take note of the information. See flyers ithis bulletin also.

For those parents interested in the 1st

Season IASAchampionships at Singapore you can now access the futournament draw with details of all events on the ATAC blogOur teams will depart for Singapore Wednesday Oct 19 anreturn to Manila Sunday Oct 23.\

IASAS Send of assembly is Wed Oct 12th

during Hassembly time and following the assembly the athletes wihave their send off lunch sponsored by the parents at Hcourtyard from 11:35am. All 1

stseason traveling IASA

athletes are required to attend.

The ATAC Blog (http://atac.ism-online.org/) is the one stoshop for information related to the sports/activitie

programplease take some time to peruse the blog foinformation.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game scheduinformation)

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISMteams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note thgame schedule does change often due to involvement witmany local schools so please check the page regularly tfind out the latest information of where and when thBearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or thBearcat logo to be directed to th

http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need youpower school user name and password to access the gamschedule pdf.

BEARCAT DEN:Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm an2:30pm 4:00pm. Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:304pm.

If you are interested in joining our group of volunteein the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteer

coordinator Radhika [email protected] pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk witone of our volunteers they will be very happy to makyou welcome.

Mark Pekin

Director of Athletics/Activities

International School Manila

E-mail: [email protected]


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19-Oct 20-Oct 2-Nov 3-Nov 4-Nov

WED THURS WED THURS FRI

BOYS HS GYM HS GYM HS GYM HS GYM HS GYM

GIRLS MS GYM MS GYM MS GYM MS GYM MS GYM

HS Field HS Field HS Field HS Field HS Field

MS Field MS Field MS Field MS Field MS Field

BOYS & GIRLS Tennis Courts Tennis Courts Tennis Tennis

& Covered Courts & Covered Courts Courts Courts

Students must attend all tryouts to be selected for 2nd season teams

TRY-OUT TIME: 3:00PM - 5:00PM

HIGH SCHOOL2nd Season Tryout Schedule SY 2011-12

SWIMMING

TENNIS

Tryouts Oct 19 & 20 for all except 1st season IASAS participants

Tryouts Nov 2, 3 and 4 for all

TOUCH

RUGBY

BASKETBALL

SEE SAILFISH WEBSITE (sailfish.ism-online.org)

2-Nov 3-Nov 4-NovWednesday Thursday Friday

BOYS Covered Court Covered Court Covered Court

GIRLS ES GYM ES GYM ES Gym

Girls Touch MS Field MS Field

Boys Rugby ES Field ES Field

BOYS & GIRLS Tennis Courts Tennis Courts Tennis Courts

TRY-OUT TIME: 3:15PM - 5:00PM

ATAC MIDDLE SCHOOL

TOUCH and RUGBY

TENNIS

BASKETBALL

STUDENTS MUST ATTEND ALL TRY-OUT SESSIONS TO BE SELECTED TO THE TEAM

TEAM TRY-OUTS

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