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May 11 , 2018

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 [email protected] For COUNSELING or IB/AP concerns, please contact Nyla, Tina or Arni Tel: 840-8655 / 840-8660

MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION: Dear Parents / Guardians, I was in a meeting yesterday and when I reminded the group that it was only one week to our Honors Societies Induction Ceremony and only 2 weeks to Graduation the reply was simply “YIKES!” Yikes! Indeed. We have found ourselves at the very sharp end of and every decreasing length of stick. In fact the length of the stick is now only 17 days long. My goodness, where has the time gone? And, there is so much left to fit in to those 17 days of course. For the Grade 9, 10 and 11 students, the most pressing for them is their end-of-year exams which started for the Grade 11s yesterday – they appear to be off to good start. With the declaration that next Monday would be a country-wide holiday for barangay elections, we have had to move next week’s exam up by one day, but the order of the exams has remained (Monday’s exams have been moved to Tuesday, Tuesday’s to Wednesday and Wednesday’s to Thursday) so as to avoid any confusion. Mr. Birchenall has done a great job in altering Thursday’s exams for the Grade 9s so that those students taking the AP Human Geography exam next Friday all have Thursday afternoon free in order to study. The big one for me, regarding organization, is of course High School Graduation – arguably the biggest event of any high school’s calendar. This year, graduation will be live-streamed in the Little Theater for family friends, yayas, drivers etc. that are unable to get a ticket for the Fine Arts Theater. In this way, extended "family" can be here at school to enjoy the moment with the graduates and still be able to watch the graduation ceremony, live. There will be free seating in the little theatre so as soon as the doors to the FAT close, those extended family members can make their way to the LT to watch it all on the big screen, then make their way back to the FAT at the end to greet the graduates as they leave the theater. “Moving On: Dealing with Transition” workshop is a K-12 parent workshop presented by all three divisions of our school-wide Counseling Department. During this workshop, we will explore the issues associated with transitions and offer hands-on activities to enable you to best support your family/students, whether you are leaving ISM or have friends that are leaving. Please join us in the AMR (not the LT as previously advertised) on May 17th, from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. A reminder that the MS / HS Art Exhibition started yesterday and will run for the next couple of weeks until next Wednesday (May 16th). Please come along to the lobby of the FAT and enjoy the wonderful display of artwork. You can find the high school exhibition upstairs on the balcony, above the FAT lobby. Another reminder that the Bearcat Career Experience Registration & Application were sent to all current grade 10 and 11 students this week. This year we have over 20 companies participating, offering work experience opportunities in various fields. The application deadline is May 16th. All applications should be submitted to the HS Counseling office. Wishing you all a restful and relaxing weekend. Regards, Mike Dickinson HS Principal 1

HS CALENDAR:

IB SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

For Grade 11 : Monday, May 14: Holiday—No School Tuesday, May 15: IB2 Exams Grade 11 Exams Grade 9 & 10 Exams Wednesday, May 16: Student Late Start IB2 Exams Grade 11 Exams Grade 9 & 10 Exams Thursday, May 17: IB2 Exams Grade 11 Exams Grade 9 & 10 Exams Friday, May 18: IB2 Exams Grade 11 EE Writing Day Honor Societies Ceremony Saturday, May 19 PROM

UPCOMING EVENTS: May 22: Honors & Awards Assembly May 25: HS Senior Graduation June 7: Last day of School, Early Student Release End of Semester 2/ End of 4th Quarter

May 8: IB Visual Art Comparative Study May 21 -25: IB English A Literature IOP Orals May 21- June 1: Art Exhibit May 23: IB Design Tech Individual Design Project May 28: IB Geography: Internal Assessment (Final) Gr. 11 May 30: Gr. 11 ESS Field Trip to Ocean Park June 1: IB Visual Arts: Exhibition / Process Portfolio

For Grade 12: April 27-May 18: Gr. 12 IB Exams

(LETTER FOR GRADE 12 PARENTS ONLY) Dear Parents, In line with the forthcoming graduation of our seniors, we are preparing the return of the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD) of $5,000.00 paid at the time your child entered International School Manila, Inc. To enable us to release the refund on June 25, 2018 onwards may we remind you of the following: 1. Submission of the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD) certificate duly signed/endorsed at the back of the holder. The refund in the form of a wire transfer will be made payable to the holder’s name indicated in the certificate. Note : ( If the FUD holder is the sponsor company, the person who will sign at the back of the FUD certificate is the authorized company signatory ). 2. Clearance for the textbooks to be accomplished the last day of school. 3. Full settlement of all outstanding balance on clearance day. IMPORTANT NOTE : This does not apply to ADB, US Embassy sponsor students and for those students that were billed for the Facilities Enhancement Fee (FEF) at the time they entered ISM. The FEF has started in SY 2012-2013 and onwards.

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FROM THE FINANCE OFFICE:

For your information and guidance.

IMPORTANT ADVISORY: PLEASE READ

IMPORTANT ADVISORY : PLEASE READ

FROM: TREASURY OFFICE-ISM TO: ALL PARENTS & COMPANY SPONSORS RE: UNIFORM INTERPRETATION OF DATE ON CHECKS FROM THE PHILIPPINE CLEARING HOUSE CORPORATION

To: All Parents and Company Sponsors

1.) In connection with the issues/ concerns raised by the CLEARING PARTICIPANTS arising from the nonuniformity of interpretations of the dates on CHECKS presented for clearing, there is a need to adopt a uniform rule of reading the dates, especially those indicated purely in numerals. Consequently, current account clients should be informed by their respective banks on how the dates indicated on their checks should be construed. 2.) The Clearing Participants shall inform their clients that the issue date of checks for clearing should be indicated/ written in any of the following formats/styles: Alphanumeric Formats: (example date) Fully written November 03, 2018 Abbreviated Month Nov 3, 2018 (first three letters) Fully written 03 November 2018 Abbreviated month 03 Nov 2018 Shortened 03 Nov 18 Numeric Style Formats: Numeric style (with full year) 11032018 Numeric (with last 2 digit year) 110318 Numeric with ‘/ ’ partition (full year) 11/03/2018 Numeric with ‘/ ’ partition (shortened year) 11/03/18 Numeric with ‘- ‘ partition ( full year) 11-03-2018 Numeric with ‘-‘ partition (shortened year) 11-03-18 Numeric with ‘.’ partition (full year) 11.03.2018 Numeric with ‘.’ partition (shortened year) 11.03.18 3.) The foregoing manner of writing dates will be effective July 1, 2018.

In anticipation of the year-end clearance for SY2017-2018, we would like to inform you of the following matters: 1.) All school charges will be FINAL on May 23 , 2017 for GRADUATING while June 05,2017 for NON GRADUATING students. Please check the online billing for your FINAL outstanding balances and settle remaining balance for clearance of SY2017-2018. 2.) Only students with fully paid SY2017-2018 school fees will have their clearance forms signed by the cashier and will have access to school documents such as report cards and transcripts.

3.) For incoming SY2018-2019 Pre-School 4 - to Grade 4 (old students), Section cards will be released by the Accounting Office on June 7, 2018 only if current school year (2017-2018) fees are fully settled. 4.) For the purpose of clearing the accounts of students for SY17-18, please observe the following school CUTOFFS on accepting checks from parents and sponsors Dollar Checks: - April 17,2018 Peso Checks: - May 21 2018 This is to allow enough time for the checks to get cleared by the bank in time for the student clearance in June. Please also note that US dollar coins are not accepted by the cashier, however, the same can be converted to its peso equivalent to settle the remaining fees. Payment of tuition fee in CHECKS for SY2018-2019 are not affected and will be accepted at ISM cashier’s office. -For wire transfer and other payment related queries , kindly send a copy of the bank confirmation payment to Cashiers ([email protected] or [email protected] ). -For billing, Rhoda Villa at 840-85-22 and email address [email protected], or Marissa Dulay at 840-85-06 or email to [email protected].

Sincerely, ISM Treasury

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FROM THE CLINIC:

Mark the Date: ISM Vaccination Day

Wednesday, May 30 from 7:00am to 4:00pm in the Clinic Last day to sign up/pay – Monday, May 21 TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2018 QUADRIVALENT FLU SHOT!

PHP - 600.00 for quadrivalent FLUQUADRI

(Sanofi-Pasteur)

To be protected against influenza you should get vaccinated annually, since the circulating strains of the virus change, hence the composition of the vaccine is always kept up to date. The quadrivalent influenza vaccine provides broader protection as they include both co-circulating B lineages. Vaccination is especially important for people at high risk for serious flu complications (persons 60 and above, with chronic health condition and women getting pregnant during the flu peak season) and their close contacts. Fill in and sign one Influenza Vaccination Consent Form per person. Please complete the Vaccination Payment Form and make your payment to the Cashier (open Mo – Fr 7:00am – 3:15 pm). Payment must be made not later than Monday, May 21, 3:15pm. The vaccines will then be ordered and no further registrations can be accepted. Forms can be downloaded from the ISM website www.ismanila.org (student services/health clinic/flu vaccine 2018). Present both documents on the vaccination date. Everyone with a valid ISM ID, teachers and their children are eligible to be vaccinated. If you have any questions please contact Jowell Custodio or Dorothee Binsfeld at the clinic: Clinic numbers: 840 8581 (Dorothee)/82 (Jowell) Clinic email: [email protected] Please note:  The Flu shot will not give you a 100% protection even for the strains included in the vaccine  Influenza virus shots do not protect against common cold, sometimes also referred to as “flu”.  The minimum age for the vaccination in school is 3 years. Infants 6 month and older may be vaccinated by their pediatrician.  Children (9 years or younger) with no prior flu shot will need a second shot after 28 days.  Pregnant women can get vaccinated from the second trimester onwards.  Please refrain in case of egg protein allergy.  Vaccines will be solely administered at the clinic and cannot be handed out. All unused vaccines will be forfeited.

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FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE:

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FROM THE FINE ARTS OFFICE:

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FROM THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE:

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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE: The highlight event for our gymnasts was held last Saturday with the hosting of the ISM Goodwill Gymnastics meet on May 5th. A big thanks and well done to all our gymnasts and parents that helped support the running of the event on the day. A meet summary of our ISM gymnasts results is posted to the gymnastic page of this blog. This weekend the MS mixed touch teams go to Jakarta on May 11-13 to play in the annual JIS tournament. Good luck to all touch players and coaches. Also this weekend we host the final two events of the year with the Sailfish Aquathon at the pool and MS field and the ISM Judo invitational. Please note *All ATAC after school training sessions will conclude for on Friday June 1st.. There will not be any training in the very last week of the school year June 4 to 7! If you are interested in the ATAC summer sports camps please register ASAP. Places are filling up fast. See camp details at the register link above to sign up. Practice schedules are posted on ATAC blog schedules page and on divisional notice boards at school for S4 sports. S4 sports are developmental/skill based to help prepare especially S1 teams for the start of the new school sports year. S4 sports for MS- (April 16 to end of May) Baseball Mon/Wed and Softball Tues/Thurs at the HS field. For our year round teams… practice schedules are posted on notice boards around the school and on the schedules page of the ATAC (Athletics) blog and provided in the ink below. Year round sports programs will also conclude on June 1st. All season sports sched 17-18.xls – 17-18 Please take the time to navigate the ATAC blog as it is our one stop shop for all information related to the competitive ISM sports program.

UPCOMING EVENTS:*matches at ISM unless specified as *away venue. Check ATAC game schedule at the parent portal for all the midweek and weekend matches upcoming. Please check on a regular basis as venues and time do change at short notice. Players will always be informed by their coaches if times/venues change. May 11-13 Mixed touch tournament at Jakarta May 12 ISM Judo Invitational/Sailfish Aquathon May 31 Bearcats for Soccer Charity fundraiser June 1st Last day for ATAC sports seasonal and year round programs. Aug 6-8 HS S1 Tryouts (Soccer/Volleyball/XCountry) Aug 8-9 MS S1 Tryouts(Soccer/Volleyball/XCountry) and ES Rifa soccer tryouts Grade 1-4 boys and Grade 3&4 girls. *Note any Grade 8 MS girl or boy born 2004 is too old to play in the MS Rifa soccer teams. Grade 8's born 04 must tryout for HS boys Aspirants and JV Girls Soccer teams in August 2018! Information on our ES/MS Activities program is available on the ES and MS Activities blogs. Links to these blogs are on the helpful shortcuts menu on the home page of the ATAC blog or accessible via the ISM website. For our Sailfish swim team program please check information about tryouts at Sailfish blog For gymnastics team information please check Gymnastics blog Look for Coach Jas or Coach Ramon at the MS gym when attending training sessions. Please note the practice times for ATAC programs for SY 17-18 are as follows:  All year round team team training sessions are – 3:154:30. See schedule for our All year round teams program here…  See Sailfish blog for swim squad start and finish times after the tryouts period has concluded and squads have been finalised.  Gymnastics team training is 3:10-4:50pm every M,W,F All HS seasonal teams practice from 3:05- 4:50pm. MS seasonal teams practice 3:15-4:40pm. 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 [email protected] and I will assist you as best I can. .

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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:

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BEARCAT SUMMER ACADEMY:

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