HS Friday Bulletin 09-27 - ISM High School

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September 27, 2013
A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students
For ATTENDANCE concerns, please
contact the HS Office
(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)
Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653
Email hs@ismanila.org
For GUIDANCE or IB/AP concerns,
please contact Bella, Eloisa or Nyla
Tel: 840-8655 / 840-8660
MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION:
Dear Parents
Today is a very special day in the HS calendar. An ISM tradition, The Battle of Bearcats, or BOB as it is
commonly known as, has been described by students as simply the best day of the year! I guess the reason
for this is that it is a chance for hardworking students, in an academic institution, to let their hair down and
have some good old fashioned unadulterated FUN! The student body association, ISSBA, organize the events
run on a grade level basis across 41 different events. I can report that the mighty roar of class unity and
Bearcat Spirit resounded throughout the corridors of the HS, from the loud and raucous opening assembly in
the HS Gym, to the spirit points awarded at each venue, to the final culminating award ceremony. I am sure
you will hear much about this year’s action. According to the HS Student Planner the purpose of BOB is to
promote student involvement in activities and class spirit; and, of course, school spirit. I am pleased to
report that this year’s BOB was a great success and ISSBA should feel very proud of their efforts.
A number of long standing parents have commented to me over the years that the annual Grade 12 TOK
presentations are a true example of the success of an ISM education and I encourage all parents if they have
time to pop into the Little Theater next week to witness these thought provoking and inspiring
presentations. Please refer to the TOK Schedule posted in this bulletin.
We will shortly be sending out information on how to make your online sign-ups for the upcoming Parent
Teacher Conferences. These will be held on Monday and Tuesday, October 21 and 22. You will need your
Power School login to make these reservations.
On the sport and cultural front, First Season IASAS Sports will culminate in the respective IASAS
tournaments, October 9-13. Soccer will be in Taipei, while Cross Country and Volleyball will be in Jakarta. In
schools like ISM there are many rich opportunities, both competitive and non-competitive. I encourage all
high school students to pursue their personal interests and passion and to get involved in an activity that
best suits their individual personality. We certainly had that today in BOB, with activities as diverse as
basketball, mine craft, cake decorating, speed painting and “so you think you can dance!”
Let’s keep the Bearcat spirit alive and well!
Kind Regards
William R. S. Brown
High School Principal
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HS CALENDAR:
Monday, September 30:
MAP Testing
IB2 TOK Presentations (schedule can be found in this
bulletin)
Tuesday, October 1:
MAP Testing
IB2 TOK Presentations
Wednesday, October 2:
Student Late Start
MAP Testing
IB2 TOK Presentations
Thursday, October 3:
MAP Testing
IB2 TOK Presentations
Friday, October 4:
MAP Testing
IB2 TOK Presentations
Saturday, October 5:
SAT
UPCOMING EVENTS:
October 14: Eid-Ul-Adha Holiday—No School
October 15: Faculty In Service – No Classes
October 21-22: Parent Teacher Conference
October 25: FILIPINIANA
REMINDERS:
*Photo Orders for the Kawayan Yearbook for Grades 9,
10 and 11 will still be accepted in the HS Office.
*Kawayan Photos for graduating Seniors will be taken
on November 23 and November 30.
CAMPUS CARD SYSTEM
This is to give additional information regarding Campus
Card.
1. Information about Campus Card has been provided via
your child as well as through the school News Bulletins at
the beginning of the school year.
2. campusonline.ismanila.org links you to the official
website. You can also login through the parent portal at
www.ismanila.org, see attached screenshot.
3. Low Balance Alert – Alerts will be sent to parents once
amount hits below the low balance limit. The default low
balance limit is currently set at P1,000 per family account.
Should you wish to change this amount you may login to
Campus Card and adjust the limit.
4. For common reports such as:
Blocked cards, contact the security office as they need
physical access to the card to unblock the card. Blocked
cards will occur if card has been lost/misplaced by a
student and they have reported this to the security office.
Username/password/or other website concerns - kindly
email campuscard@ismanila.org or endorse your concerns
to the HR office.
We appreciate everyone’s patience in regards to the new
Campus Card System.
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MESSAGE FROM THE CLINIC:
The season of “-ber/brrr months” has started and its peak season for germs again!!!
The First Line of Defense Against Germs
1. Wash and Sanitize your Hands!
Germs - such as bacteria and viruses - can be transmitted several different ways, especially through personal contact,
touching door knobs and other surfaces, or using the bathroom.
If you pick up germs from one of these sources, you can unknowingly become infected simply by touching your eyes, nose,
or mouth.
Good hand washing fights the spread of many illnesses - and not just the common cold. More serious Illnesses can be
stopped with the simple act of washing your hands.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers — which don't require water — are an excellent alternative to hand washing, particularly
when soap and water aren't available. They're actually more effective than soap and water in killing bacteria and viruses
that cause disease. However, soap should be used is hands are visibly dirty.
To use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer:
Apply about 1/2 tsp of the product to the palm of your hand.
Rub your hands together, covering all surfaces of your hands, until they're dry.
2. Cover your Cough
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Put your tissue in a waste basket and use hand
sanitizer.
If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve or elbow, not your hands.
Sources: http://www.wellnessproposals.com, http://www.cdc.gov
UNIVERSITY VISITS:
PSAT INFORMATION:
ISM is fortunate to have many universities from around the
world visiting. Almost all university visits are scheduled
during lunch, and take place in the High School Counseling
Office (VSH Counseling Center). Parents are always
welcome to attend any of these visits. To facilitate
accessing the schedule of universities, you can subscribe
to the College Visit calendar. Bookmark our High School
Blog at http://guidance.ism-online.org/ and review the
calendars on the right hand side of the screen. You can
subscribe to both the College Visit calendar as well as the
HS Counseling Program Important Dates calendar. The
counselors encourage all HS parents to subscribe to both
so that you have the most current, accurate information!
Monday, Sept. 30, is the deadline to sign up for the
PSAT test. No late registrations will be accepted. The
PSAT test will be given to students in grades 10 and
11 at ISM on Wednesday, Oct. 16.
Students must
register for the test by paying the fee of $20 USD to
the ISM Cashier.
When you view the College Visits calendar, you will notice
that there are numerous dates during which more than one
university is visiting. Please come and learn more about
these universities.
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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:
Unfortunately due to heavy overnight rain in parts of Manila
the 2nd Rifa Soccer festival was cancelled last Saturday,
many local schools were unable to attend due to localized
flooding and the other venues with grass pitches would also
have been badly affected. All up to date information about
our ES/MS soccer teams and the RIFA festivals etc can
always be found here http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1stseason/es-soccer-rifa-league-festivals/ and here for MS
festival teams http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1st-season/mssoccer-rifa-league-festivals/
In the event of a cancellation or if you are unsure whether a
festival will be held please refer to the links above
or http://atac.ism-online.org/manila-weather-forecast/atacevent-cancelation-extreme-weather/ As
soon
as
a
cancellation is notified ISM security is informed and posts
are made to the pages referred to on the ATAC blog.
Parents please note- Permission slips are issued to all
players via the coaches at training prior to each festival with
all festival details for our ES and MS teams. Please take
careful note of the times and venues as these can change at
short notice. ATAC blog will have the most up to date
information.
The 2nd season practice schedule which runs from Oct
23 to Feb 4 will be posted on notice boards around school,
next week and is also available on the ATAC blog. 2nd
season sports are Basketball, Tennis, Varsity swim team,
Rugby and Touch http://atac.ism-online.org/schedules/hs/
The ISM XCountry teams race at Faith tomorrow Sat Sept
28 for the 4th race of the local season. Race results can be
found here for all events http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/1stseason/cross-country-race-results/
IASAS Venues this year are Volleyball/XC at Jakarta and
Soccer is at Taipei. Match schedules can be found
here http://atac.ism-online.org/iasas/iasas-1st-seasonschedules/
New families please take some time to peruse the ATAC
blog as this will help orientate you with the wide variety of
co-curricular programs ISM offers.
A great way to stay in touch with the ISM ATAC program is
to subscribe via RSS feed to the ATAC blog and also to
follow via twitter (see twitter feed on the blog home page)
Each Monday I will post the weeks happenings and highlight
important events for students and parents information on the
ATAC blog and in the regular Friday parent bulletins.
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
power
school
secure
site http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/
You will need your power school user name and password
to access the game schedule pdf.
BEARCAT DEN: http://atac.ism-online.org/bearcat-den/
The Bearcat Den is open for business, please drop by to
check out the range of Bearcat products. We have a great
team of volunteers who run the den and are always looking
for more people to help out. If you are interested in joining a
fantastic group please contact any of our den members
during den opening hours or please contact Carolyn Ching
for details carolynqching@yahoo.com. We are always
looking for new volunteers and encourage parents from
ES/MS to join our group.
Have a great year at the Home of the Bearcats!
See Sailfish blog for details and results from the Brent meet
held last weekend. Well done to all swimmers for a great 1st
meet of the year.
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FROM THE ESL OFFICE:
FROM THE COUNSELING OFFICE:
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ToK Presentation Schedule September/October 2013
Here is the schedule for the ToK presentations.
If you enter the LT when a presentation is in progress please do so very quietly.
Day 1 (Monday)
Morning Session 9.00 – 11.10
Block C – Relf/Cook
Time
Students
Topic
9.05
Welcome
9.15 - 9.35
Bianca Fuentes, Ji Min Kim Park and Tomo Koide
Miracles and medicine
9.38 - 9.58
Andrew Berry, Jesse Halley and Kabi Shresthra
Punishment and Deterrent with specific reference to
Internet Piracy
10.01 - 10.21
Sam Crowe, Valerie Toze and Caroline Maupin
Is Google making us more stupid?
10.24 - 10.44
Franco Ezmendi, Daniel Toze and Liam Kilpatrick
Humour
10.47 - 11.02
Charles Lane and Hank Poblador
Whistleblowing, spying and ethics
11.02 - 11.10
De-brief
11.10
Change and go to lunch
Afternoon Session 12.05 – 14.55
Block D – Gifford/Collett. Arrive ready and changed at 12.05.
Time
Students
Topic
12.10
Welcome
12.20 – 12.40
Kavita Srinivasan, Aaron Chen and Eiki Kan
Common sense - What is it and can we trust it?
12.43 – 13.03
Lisa Lee, Panchalee Perera and Isabel Wilson
Can racial discrimination ever be justified?
13.06 – 13.26
Becky Chung, Charlotte Chung and Sunny Bae
Co-ed versus single sex schools
13.29 – 13.49
Kate Cabigao, Ben Lang and Joy Yuen
Nuclear power - is it ethically viable?
13.52 – 14.07
A-John Acacio and Shivani Phadke
Can we ever be truly happy?
14.10 -14.25
Mayumi Edirisinghe and Sarah Jachim
Can we justify changing our physical appearance?
14.28 – 14.48
Lindsay Langevin, Kara Jude and Gabs Villafuerte
Buzzfeed and acquisition of knowledge
14.48 – 14.55
Debrief
14.55
Dismissal
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Day 2 (Tuesday)
Morning Session 9.00 -11.40
G Block - Marshall
Time
Students
Topic
9.05
Welcome
9.15 - 9.30
Daiki Kuriyama and Jose Olivera.
Piracy: To what extent does it help or hurt the artist and
the consumer?
9.33 - 9.53
Red Giuliano, Leonard Kressirer and Jin Young Lee.
Drones: Ethical implications for the future of war
9.56 - 10.16
Michael Bell, Matthieu Capuano, Varun Duggal and
Fatima Mannapbekova.
To what extent is inequality necessary and inevitable?
10.19 - 10.34
Jae Seung Lim and Husan
Mannapbekov.
Is globalization making the world a better place?
10.37 - 10.52
Wendell Macapagal and Linh Nguyen.
To what extent does culture influence the knower?
10.55 - 11.10
Teru Konishi and Sang Hyun Ma.
Art education and its criteria: A motivation or a burden?
11.13 - 11.33
Andrea Narciso, Nacho Tambunting and Yusuke
Fukuyama
What degree of parental control is most beneficial for
teenagers?
11.33 - 11.40
De-brief
11.40
Change and go to lunch
Afternoon Session 12.05 - 14.20
B Block - Woods
Time
Students
Topic
12.10
Welcome
12.20 - 12.40
Ariana Mapua, Jacob Hobbins and
Sidney Tinney
How can we know that the use of violence is justifiable?
12.43 - 12.58
Dominique Purdue and Alyzza Acacio
To what extent is the status of women justified?
13.01 - 13.16
Gabriel Lorenzana and Francesca Iriola
To what extent are the implications of listening to music
beneficial for high school students?
13.19 - 13.39
CC Yulo-Loyzaga, Komal Prakash
and Samantha Castillo
To what extent to do women play a major role in modern
society?
13.42 - 13.57
Dustin Ercolano and Mark Jennings
To what extent is the American school system efficient?
14.00 - 14.15
Isfandyar Niazi and Brian Ko
Democracy: The best form of government?
14.15 - 14.20
Debrief
14.20
Dismissal
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Day 3 (Wednesday)
Morning Session 8.50 - 11.05
D Block – Gifford/Collett
Time
Students
Topic
8.55
Welcome
9.05 - 9.25
Hans Thieme, Melika Carlson and Farshad Labib
Is being a TCK considered an advantage?
9.23 - 9.38
Jim Kang and Hyun Ra
How is Korean culture reflected in its language?
9.41 - 9.56
Ashley Miller and Minah Kausar
Does altruism really exist?
9.59 - 10.19
Amy Mes, Kris Reid and Andres Limcaoco
Is cheating in sport justifiable?
10.22 - 10.42
Charlene Mamaril, Jasmine Ho, Jenny Hwang and
Carlos Suarez
Is love at first sight a fact or fallacy?
10.45 - 11.00
Yuejia Fu
To what extent does language and emotion play a role in
the successful transition of students between international
schools?
11.00 - 11.05
Debrief
11.05
Change and go to assembly
Afternoon Session 12.20 - 14.25
E Block - Woods
Time
Students
Topic
12.25
Welcome
12.35 - 12.55
Yoke Lim, Dhania Kamayana, Ji Yoon Lee and
Joshua Sorono
To what extent is K-POP a form of music that expresses
musical integrity?
12.58 - 13.18
Selene Po Vergnes, Manuel Kressirer, Scott Cooper
and Ramya Srinivasan
To what extent is choice beneficial?
13.21 - 13.41
Jak Khamudkhan, Stuart Sy and
Joanna Hirsh
Is privacy dead? Civil rights in the digital age
13.44 - 13.59
Giancarlo Gatti
Can money buy happiness?
14.02 - 14.17
Jay Yoon
Is honesty always good?
14.17 - 14.25
Debrief
14.25
Dismissal
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Day 4 (Thursday)
Morning Session 9.00 -11.20
A Block - Anderson
Time
Students
Topic
9.05
Welcome
9.15 - 9.35
Jessica Frey, Aika Misawa, Sunaina Ahuja
Human trafficking and prostitution
9.38 - 9.53
Callum Gregori & Alex McCorkle
Doping in cycling
9.56 - 10.16
Christian Wilkerson, Stephanie Lenz and Harry Gaskin
Violence and Video Games
10.19 - 10.34
Mercedes Arndt and Nick Ching
SATs and discrimination
10.37 - 10.57
Izzie Del Val, Daniella Calma and Bridget Teo
Celebrity culture
11.00 - 11.15
Ryan Bui and Rene Concepcion
Film Censorship
11.15 - 11.20
Debrief
11.20
Change and go to lunch
Afternoon Session 12.05 - 14.12
C Block – Relf/Cook
Time
Students
Topic
12.10
Welcome
12.20 - 12.40
Almira Silva, May Ann Todd and Rebecca Wu
What is the key to happiness?
12.43 - 13.03
Mia Kawazu, Gaea Morales and Sam Chapman
Alone in a crowd [social isolation]
13.06 - 13.26
Luna Iai, Isabel Benares and Alison Lee
Are the current prison systems around the world effective?
13.29 - 13.49
Rohan Seth, Tom Clark and Amar Wadii
Are schools motivating students in the right way?
13.52 - 14.07
Patrick Lim and Kento Kobayashi
Are performance enhancing drugs beneficial or harmful to
sports?
14.07 - 14.12
Debrief
14.12
Dismissal
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Day 5 (Friday)
Morning Session 9.00 -11.25
F Block - Marshall
Time
Students
Topic
9.05
Welcome
9.15 - 9.35
Wakako Kobayashi, Iria Jimenez-Garcia and Eunice
Lee
How does language affect the knower?
9.38 - 9.58
Alexander Gotianun, HJ Kim, Daniel Lawrie and
Adilet Segizekov.
ConCERNed with society?
10.01 - 10.16
Edward Kim and SY Kim
Favouring one gender over the other
10.19 - 10.39
Disha Bhattacharyya, Paolo Tan and Ayushee Vohra
To what extent can the breach of privacy be justified?
10.41 - 11.01
Andrea Fiechter, Kimberly Go and Isabel Lilles
AWKWARD.
11.04 - 11.19
Steffi Del Rosario and Micaela Santos
What caused the pork barrel scandal and how will the
public response influence the outcome?
11.19 - 11.25
Debrief
11.25
Change and go to lunch
Afternoon Session 12.05 - 14.15
H Block - Peabody
Time
Students
Topic
12.10
Welcome
12.20 - 12.40
Mohaid Assad, Anirban Chatterjee, John Du, Tae
Eun Kim
How can we determine if nuclear energy is safe enough to
justify its continued development?
12.43 - 13.03
Fee Croke-Martin, Billy McIntyre and Deryek
Sandhu
The Ethics of Cloning
13.06 - 13.26
Bianca Jimenez, Daniella Mutuc and Karina Swee
The carrot or The stick? What motivates us?
13.29 - 13.49
Andrea Ayala, Jae Woo Jang, Daniel Um and Grace
Wilson
The Ethics of Genetic Engineering
13.52 - 14.07
Celina Lui and Zehn Mohammed
From one person to another
(The ethics of organ transplant and donation)
14.07 - 14.15
Debrief
14.15
Dismissal
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