ISM High School

International School Manila
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March 18, 2016
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 COUNSELING or IB/AP concerns,
please contact Nyla, Tina or Arni
Tel: 840-8655 / 840-8660
MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION:
Dear Parents,
ISM is very fortunate to have a dynamic,
supportive, enthusiastic and incredibly talented
Parent Community Association (PCA). I would
like to thank them for all their hard work this year
and for their ongoing assistance with supporting
the multitude of high school programs that we
offer. Not to be outdone by the wonderful
student performances that we have witnessed
this year, the PCA have organized and
choreographed their very own show and I am
eagerly anticipating their performance tonight.
After the performance you can dine at the
International Food Faire. It promises to be a
virtual extravaganza of international cuisine. If
you have nothing planned for tonight then come
along and enjoy the show. I hope to see you
there!
IB Mock exams for seniors have gone very well
this week and will be completed for all seniors
next week prior to our dismissal for the
holiday on Wednesday. There will not be a high
school bulletin next week, so I would like to wish
you all a relaxing and refreshing spring break
and when we return in April there will be a short
sprint of about 10 weeks until the end of the
year.
Kind regards,
William Brown
HS Principal
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HS CALENDAR:
Monday, March 21:
Gr. 9 & 10 MAP Testing
IB2 Visual Arts Exhibit (FAT Lobby)
IB2 Mock Exams
Tuesday, March 22
Gr. 9 & 10 MAP Testing
IB2 Visual Arts Exhibit (FAT Lobby)
IB2 Mock Exams
Wednesday, March 23:
Student Late Start
Gr. 9 & 10 MAP Testing
IB2 Visual Arts Exhibit (FAT Lobby)
IASAS 3rd Season Send Off
IB Theatre Solo Theatre piece and Portfolio Collection
(External HL)
CAMPUS CARD SYSTEM:
Need to top up?
ISM goes cashless in SY16-17!
Starting SY2016-2017 ISM will implement a full
debit system in the MS/HS Canteen. The debit
system provides customers with a cashless
payment system once the customer's ID has been
loaded with funds.
Parents and Students are encouraged to start using the
debit system if they aren't already doing so.
March 24-April 3: School Holiday
Monday, April 4:
Start of 4th Quarter
for details.
Tuesday, April 5
Wednesday, April 6:
Student Late Start
Thursday, March 17:
IASAS 3rd Season Golf@JIS; Track at TAS;
Softball@ISB; Badminton@SAS
Friday, March 18:
IASAS 3rd Season Golf@JIS; Track at TAS;
Softball@ISB; Badminton@SAS
UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 16: PROM
April 29 - May 2: School Holiday
May 2 – 20: IB Exams
May 9: National Holiday
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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:
Congratulations MS track team for your efforts at Brent last
Saturday. The following new MS track records were set at
the Brent meet.
Cheska Diolanto Girls Shot Put 11.03m
Reed Santos Boys High Jump 1.65m
Boys 4x400m relay Lorenzo, Reed, Manuel, Jun Suh
4.10.91
Boys 4x100m relay Lorenzo, Quinn, Reed, Lake 50.84
Boys 400m dash Jun Suh Kwon 59.91
Congratulations to Junior Trinity McPherson who broke her
own 100m record at Brent on Saturday with a time of 12.32.
Trinity also set a new record for the 200m with a time of
26.25 which broke Smirti Sridhar’s 2011 record of 26.44.
Today we host the ISM twilight track meet, come on out to
support our HS/MS track athletes at the final meet for this
year for the local season.
Well done MS Boys badminton teams who won 2nd and 3rd
place at the LSMS Badminton meet at Brent.
Gymnastics results from the BSM meet are now posted to
the Gymnastics results blog page. Well done to all our
Bearcats gymnasts who competed at BSM. We now look
forward to hosting our own ISM Goodwill Meet on May 7th.
Well done to our HS softball teams and Badminton team
who participated in and gained some valuable preparation at
the pre-IASAS exchanges this past weekend in Singapore
and Bangkok.
ISM summer camps information/flyer is now posted to ATAC
blog. Summer camps are offered the first 3 weeks of the
summer vacation. Please note due to the large amount of
facility construction planned for this summer camps will only
be offered in the mornings and all sessions will end by 12
noon or
before. http://atac.ism-online.org/atac/atacsummer-sports-camps/
S3 practice schedule is posted on notice boards and on
ATAC blog schedules page. ATAC S3 sports for MS are
Badminton, Track&Field, Mixed Touch and Co-ed Softball.
For HS S3 sports are Golf, Track&Field, Softball and
Badminton.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Apr 24-25 IASAS Board Meeting- Bangkok
May 13-15 Mixed Touch Tournament at Jakarta
For our Sailfish swim team program please check the
Sailfish blog for information. http://sailfish.ism-online.org/
Please note the practice times 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...
All HS seasonal teams practice from 3:05- 4:50pm each
day. MS seasonal teams practice 3:15-4:45pm. In order to
clear the campus prior to 5pm all after school programs will
conclude by 4:50pm or earlier. The last bus is 4:55pm this is
due to the ever increasing traffic concerns in our area.
Parents and students please take some time to peruse the
ATAC blog it has a wide variety of information and links to
our sports and activities program. If you have any questions
regarding the competitive program of sports at ISM after
reading the information on the blog please send an email
to pekinm@ismanila.org and I will endeavor to assist you as
best I can.
The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by
Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athletics Coordinator) gives the most
up to date information on where/when and who our Bearcat
teams will be playing throughout the school year. Access to
the game schedule is now via the ISM parent portal not via
power school as in the past. A navigation guide is available
here. ATAC Game Schedule Users Guide.
Access the parent portal via this link, log in with your user
name/password and then look for the ATAC Game
Schedule tab under the left side quick links. Don't forget to
refresh the pdf page each time it opens so you access
the most current schedule. Please note this schedule
does change often and at short notice due to involvement
with many local schools and organizations. Check it
regularly for the most up to date information. For security
purposes....access to the ATAC game schedule pdf must
be linked via the secure parent portal and details should not
be shared with non ISM community members.
Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. Bearcat Den
hours of operation- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri
Mar 18 ISM twilight track meet
Mar 19 ISM mini TKD meet at Covered Court/JV Boys
softball at home (ASSL League game)
Mar 20 Var boys softball at home (ASSL league game)
April 6-10 IASAS S3 Championships (Badminton at SAS,
Golf at JIS, Track at TAS, Softball at ISB)
Apr 22-23 ISM Sailfish Spring Meet
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FROM THE COUNSELING OFFICE:
FROM THE FINE ARTS OFFICE:
Calling all Bearcat Parents!
As some of you may already know, it is almost time for
the annual ISM Bearcat Career Experience Week!
What is the ISM Bearcat Career Experience Week?
Now in its sixth year, the ISM Bearcat Career
Experience Week is a week-long internship opportunity
open to our 10 and 11 grade students. Last year,
approximately 140 students were able to gain valuable
job experience in various fields, thanks to the more
than 30 participating companies.
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Great! How can I help?
 Be a host company/organization for a couple 10th
and 11th grade students
 Provide information on companies/organizations
interested in hosting interns
What are the need-to-know details?
INTERNSHIP DATES: June 13-17, 2016 (5-day
internship)
Meet & Greet Date: June 2, 2016
The Meet & Greet session is between host
companies and their assigned interns. The goal is to
get to know each other and share key information.
For those who are interested, please contact Crystal
Cappuccio (CappuccioC@ismanila.org) or Janelle
Grier (GrierJ@ismanila.org) at the HS Counseling
Office.
Thank you very much!
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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT:
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