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7 ISM Upcoming Events 

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.