HS Friday Bulletin 01-27

International School Manila
For ATTENDANCE concerns, please contact the HS Office (Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano) Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653 email HSOffice@ismanila.org For GUIDANCE concerns, please contact Bella, Gigi or Jasmin Tel:840-8655 / 840-8660
A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students.
January27,2012
A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students
Message from the High School Principal:

Dear Parents, Each year at ISM we begin the process of attending recognized recruitment fairs at the start of January, where we search the world for the very best faculty to hire. This is one of the most important tasks an international school administrator must perform and it was very heartening that at the recent fairs that Mr. Dickinson and I attended in Bangkok, it was evident that ISM was considered one of the top notch international schools to secure a teaching position at. We have hired some great new teachers for next school year 2012-2013. Mr. Toze is currently finishing this process in London and Boston. When the pieces of the staffing puzzle have been completed I will be in touch introducing our new faculty. Along with hiring for the next school year, we are also busy planning for the development of next years schedule. I am pleased to announce that we have added some fabulous new courses and in the same process completely revamped the vast majority of our IT course offerings. I wish I was entering grade 9 at ISM! Here is the list of new courses: *Sports, Exercise and Health Science IBS1 *Geography IBS1 *Design Technology *Intro Robotics *Advanced Robotics *Animation, Digital Effects and Game Design *Digital Photography and Imaging *Digital Graphic Design and Publishing *Rock 201 / Electronic Music
More information will be forthcoming in February in terms of the course selection for next year, but please start having some serious discussions about this at home. A possible help in this regard was the addition last week of the Bearcat Career Awareness week. We build our high school schedule on the basis of individual student requests and we have in the past been able to accommodate approximately 98% of those requests. The key to this success is in the informationeducation phase. Having students, teachers, program leaders, counselors and parents talk about the relevant courses available for an individual student is the key. During this week, first semester report cards were available to pick up from the High School Office, however on Monday we will distribute those that have not been collected to students via homeroom. I frequently speak about how great partnerships make great schools and I would like to acknowledge last Saturdays tremendously successful International Family Fun Day. To maintain that momentum the PTA have their Bearcat welcome planned for this coming Tuesday morning. And for something completely different. IASAS RUGBY/TOUCHis coming! Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday come and watch a truly spectacular sporting extravaganza. Our lady Bearcats go for 3 gold medals in a row, while our boys rugby face the regional powerhouses of Jakarta and Singapore and to add pizzazz to the event we have an All Black legend, Christian Cullen here for the tournament. The Paekakariki Express is one of the finest rugby fullbacks ever to play the game of rugby and so we are delighted to host him on campus next Friday and Saturday.
William R. S. Brown High School Principal
Michael Dickinson High School Assistant Principal
HSCALENDAR:
Monday,January30: IB2EEVivaVoce IB2MathSL&HLIADue Tuesday,January31: IB2MathStudiesIADue BearcatWelcomeforNewParents7:30am(LT) UniversityInformationNight Wednesday,February1: LateStart 2ndSeasonIASAS(Rugby/Touch@ISM,Tennis@ISKL, Swiming@JIS,Basketball@ISB) Thursday,February2: 2ndSeasonIASAS(Rugby/Touch@ISM,Tennis@ISKL, Swiming@JIS,Basketball@ISB) Friday,February3: 2ndSeasonIASAS(Rugby/Touch@ISM,Tennis@ISKL, Swiming@JIS,Basketball@ISB) Saturday,February4: NOHOMEWORKWEEKEND UpcomingEvents: February7:HSParentCoffee9:30am(LT) FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER :
FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE: Reminders from the HS Office: KAWAYAN PHOTOS (Yearbook Photos): For those who ordered student photos from Tino Ley, the photos are now ready for pick up in the HS Office. If you will send a representative to claim the photos on behalf of the student please send an authorization letter to allow them to claim on your behalf. Thank you. REPORT CARDS: Report Cards will be ready for pick up by Tuesday JANUARY 24 at the HS Office. If you are unable to come and pick up the report, you may send your representative with an authorization letter to claim it on your behalf. We will not release any report cards without an authorization letter. Report cards that are not claimed by 3pm Friday, January 27, will be sent home through the students during their homeroom class on Monday afternoon (January 30). For any questions or concerns, please call the HS Office. *Powerschool will be open for Parents and Students to view grades by Friday, January 20.
FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER:
SOPHOMOREANDJUNIORPARENTS: Dont forget to mark June 4th to 8th in your calendar. These are the dates for this years BearcatCareerExperienceprogram.Giveyour daughterorsontheopportunitytoexperience one week in a real life company and in a career area they are interested in and/or curious about. Details on how students can apply will be out later. For now, please just keepthesedatesopenwhenbookingsummer vacationflights. Please contact Mr. Doug McQueen in HS Counseling (mcqueend@ismanila.org) if you haveanyquestions.

Doug McQueen
HS Grade 9/10 Guidance Counselor Surnames A-Lh International School Manila
(632)8408664 OurHSGuidanceBlog
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEARNING COORDINATOR:
FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:

IASAS RUGBY/TOUCH: All housing for IASAS Rugby/Touch is now finalized and letters with guest information have been sent home via students to our host families. Please return the housing confirmation slip asap to the ATAC office to confirm you have received information about your guests who will arrive on Feb 1st. Thank you to all host families for your kindness in supporting the tournament by hosting a visiting athlete, the tournament cannot happen without this crucial area of support. All is set and in ready to go for the tournament next week, we hope that our community can come out and support our boys rugby team and our defending champion girls touch team as they battle it out against the other IASAS schools next week. Whilst we host rugby/touch here in Manila lets not forget that our swim teams, tennis teams and basketball teams are fighting hard for IASAS medals in Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Keep up to date with all the action via www.iasas.asia live streaming and up to date results will be available for all events each day. Congratulations to all players who have made the IASAS teams and good luck to all players and coaches at the season ending IASAS Championships. IASAS Venues for 2nd Season: Traveling teams depart Wed Feb 1st and return Feb 5th Rugby/Touch @ ISM Basketball @ ISB Bangkok Swimming @ Jakarta Tennis @ ISKL Kuala Lumpur GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please 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 be directed to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need your power school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf. BEARCAT DEN: Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm and 2:30pm 4:00pm. Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator Radhika radhikasavantmohit@yahoo.com 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.
3rd Season starts soon: Feb 6th sees the start of 3rd season for (Track and Field, Badminton, Softball for MS and HS students and Mixed Touch for MS students only) Tryouts information and practice schedules are now posted to the blog and on school notice boards.
Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities International School Manila E-mail: pekinm@ismanila.org ISM Website:http://www.ismanila.org/ ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/
ISM AQUATHON 2012 Saturday 25th February

Presenting the Annual ISM Aquathon 2012 Open to all ISM Student/Faculty/Staff/Parent Community. RACE 1 - MS Grades 7-8 - all High School and Adults - Start Time 8:00am Run 600m Swim 400m Run 1400m Male/Female, Age Groups 13/14, 15-18, Adult RACE 2 - ES Grades 3-4/MS Grades 5-6 Start Time 8:30am Run 300m Swim 300m Run 700m Age Groups Under 8, 9/10, 11/12 RACE 3 - ES Grades 1-2 Start Time 9:00am Run 150m Swim 200m Run 300m Age Groups 8 & Under RACE 4 - Relay Student/Student, Adult/Student, Adults/Adult, Start 9:30am - Run 600m Swim 800m Run 1400m Awards Ceremony 10:00am
ISM AQUATHON 2012 ENTRY FORM

1. Present this entry form to the Cashiers office and pay 300 pesos entry fee 2. Cashier will Stamp Entry Form. 3. Present this form to the Swimming Pool Office
Participants Name AGE GROUP Please Select a division and Age Group (X) DIVISION U8 9/10 11/12 13/14 15-18 Adult Relay MS7-8/HS/ADULT 8:00am ES 3-4/MS5-6 8:30am Elementary Grades 1-2 9:00am Relays 9:30am Cashier STAMP 300 Peso Entry Fee(Cashier Office)
CollegeAcceptancesforClass2012
ReportasofJan.27,2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TheUniversityofAlabama AteneodeManilaUniversity(6) ColumbiaUniversity DeLaSalleUniversityManila DrexelUniversity EmersonCollege EnderunCollegesInc. GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology IndianaUniversityatBloomington(CollegeofArts&Sciences)
10 Johnson&WalesUniversity 11 KnoxCollege 12 MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology 13 UniversityofMiami 14 MichiganStateUniversity(3) 15 MiddleburyCollege 16 NortheasternUniversity 17 NortheasternUniversity 18 NorthwesternUniversity 19 OccidentalCollege 20 PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,UniversityPark 21 UniversityofPennsylvania(TheWhartonSchoolofBusiness) 22 UniversityofthePhilippines 23 PrincetonUniversity 24 SSTHSwissSchoolofTourismandHospitality 25 StanfordUniversity 26 SwinburneUniversityofTechnology 27 VancouverFilmSchool 28 WellesleyCollege 29 UniversityofWisconsin,Stout

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International School Manila

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students.

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students

Message from the High School Principal:

William R. S. Brown High School Principal

Michael Dickinson High School Assistant Principal

FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER:

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEARNING COORDINATOR:

FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:

ISM AQUATHON 2012 Saturday 25th February

ISM AQUATHON 2012 ENTRY FORM

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