HS Friday Bulletin 12-02

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ICARE 2012

Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th December

Dear Parents,

ICARE is happening next week Tuesday, December 6 to Friday, December 9.

You should have already received information about your childs site. You also should have reviewed

and signed the medical and permission forms and handed it back to the chaperones in charge.

Please be reminded that departure times maybe different from a usual school day, and that punctualarrival is essential. Attendance at ICARE is treated as a normal school day in regards to, sickness,absence and tardies.

Students assigned to Metro Manila sites should be back in school by 2.30 to 3.00pm on Friday the 9 thDecember. Those travelling from the provinces should be back by 5.00pm at the latest, although this issubject to traffic.

If you have any questions or concern please contact me you may contact Neil Woods, CAS and ActivitiesCoordinator, at 840-8663 or email [email protected] You may also contact the HS Office for more

information.

We look forward to an enriching week of service learning!

Thank you.

HS ADMINISTRATION

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students.

International School ManilaForATTENDANCE concerns,please contact the HS Office(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653email [email protected]

ForGUIDANCE concerns, pleascontact Bella, Gigi or JasminTel:840-8655 / 840-8660December2,2011

A weekl bulletin or Parents and Students


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ADMISSIONS WITHDRAWAL PROCEDUREDearISMCommunityMembers,

The Admissions Office is sending out a friendly reminde

regardingourWithdrawalProcedure. If your familywillb

leaving we would appreciate that you submit the officia

Withdrawal Notification Form in order to initiate thwithdrawal

process.

Allformsareavailableonourwebsiteatwww.ismanila.or

undertheAdmissionstab


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FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER:

ParentsofGrade12students:The last day the Counseling Office will be open for studentsor parents to mail personal application documents beforethe December break is December 15. All documents thatyou want sent through ISM's UPS rate will need to be to the

Counseling Office in an addressed envelope by 3:00 PM.You can mail personal application documents after this datethrough UPS, FedEx and other courier services locatedthroughout Manila. The counseling office will open again forstudents and parents to mail application documents onJanuary 9.

If youhave any questions, then please come to theHigh

SchoolCounselingOffice.

CollegeTourstoU.S.andCanadaVisiting university campuses is a great way for

studentsto

begin

the

process

of

discovering

which

universities are good fits for them. Touring a campus,

meeting other students and admissions staff, and

experiencing dorm life are all helpful in determining to

whichschoolsastudentwillapplyandtowhichschoolhe

or shewillattend. Summeruniversityvisitsareespecially

encouraged,whenpossible,forstudentscurrentlyingrades

10and11.

Various companies provide packaged college

tours. One such company, TS College Tours based in

Singapore,has several college tours planned for students

this coming summer. Tours fill up fast, so if you are

interested, please check out the website:

http://www.tscollegetours.com/

TS College Tours focuses exclusively on the

backgrounds, needs and interests of students attending

internationalschoolswhohopetoattendcollegeintheUS

orCanada. The founderof the company is a former ISM

counselor, and has vast experience with university

admissions.

Parentsofgrade11studentsWeencourageourgrade11studentstotaketheDecembe

or January SAT so that they can begin the college searc

process with a practical range of SAT scores. While th

deadlinetoregisterforDecemberhaspassed,youcansti

registerforJanuary. TestdateisSaturday,Jan.28,andthdeadline is Dec. 30. To register, go twww.collegeboard.org. Students will need ISMs 6dig

CEEBcodeandthetestcentercodetoregistertotaketh

test as ISM. Students should have these codes, but the

arealsoavailableinthecounselingoffice.

Also,allgrade11studentsshouldbemakingappointment

withtheircounselorforaninitialdiscussionoffutureplans

Please encourage your son or daughter to stop by th

counselingofficeandmakethatappointment.

PTA CHARITY BAZAAR:

Giving Back This SeasonRemember the date,December 8!

7:30am - 12:30pm at The Loft, at ISM*More than 20 Charity organizations arecoming to ISM to sell their handmadecrafts.

*It's your chance to do some bazaarshopping and at the same time give backto the community.*Come for coffee and Christmas treatsand start feeling the festive season! Getentertained by our talented ES & MSmusicians who will perform for us thatmorning.Hope to see you there!


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INTERNATIONAL FAMILY FUN DAY:Dear Parents,

The holidays are quickly approaching, and Im sure we are all looking forward to enjoying some well-deserved vacationtime. However, the PTA has its biggest event of the school year coming up as well International Family Fun Day (IFFD)which will take place on January 21, 2012. This is an event that continues to be a highlight of the ISM experience.

There are many reasons for attending and participating in IFFD from children enjoying the games and fun with theifriends to parents experiencing a new adventure in culinary diplomacy at the International Food Tasting Booths.

In past years, countries from all over the world have been represented in the International Food Fair. It only takes asmall group of volunteers to put together a booth, and sharing our diverse, multi-national cuisine is a truly rewardingexperience. Please contact me if you want to get involved. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

Thus far I have at least one volunteer for the following countries:Japan, Taiwan, Pakistan, Thailand, Latin America, Australia/ New Zealand, and Europe

Here are the countries that have not yet been represented:Philippines, India, Korea, America/Canada, China, and Indonesia.If you are interested or know anyone who is, my contact information is:Melanie Ball(Food Booths Chair)E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: 09154636387 Landline: 816-0059

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEARNING COORDINATOR:


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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:HS Practices during ICARE Week: as has been practice

in past years only varsity practices will be held duringICARE week if there are enough team members completingICARE at local Manila sites. Varsity coaches have beenchecking with their players this week and advising ifpractices will be on next week. Please check with yourcoaches. There will not be any practices for JV teams duringHS ICARE week.

Bearcats Basketball: Last weekend our HS girls basketballteam played at Brent in their invitational tournamentand they kept their winning run in tact so far this seasongoing undefeated and winning the final vs Brent 43-40. Well done to all players and coaches!Today at ISM we host Faith basketball teams for the firsttime this season. The matches against Faith are always tightentertaining games of a high standard. JV games will startfrom 4pm at HS gym and the Varsity games will start withthe girls match at 4pm followed by the boys in the MS gym.

BEARCATS RUGBY 10s: ISM will host our own rugbytournament with 2 schools from China and 1 school fromJapan flying in to play this weekend. The Bearcats Rugby10s tournament games will be played Thursday Dec 1 andFriday Dec 2 afterschool and all day Saturday Dec 3rd. It isgoing to be a great event for the development of our rugbyprogram at ISM. We hope that that the ISM community cancome out support our JV and Varsity teams as they battleagainst Dulwich College Shanghai and Beijing andCanadian Academy Kobe, Japan.

IASAS RUGBY/TOUCH HOUSING: The next fantastic ISM

Special event is on the horizon. We host rugby/touch Feb 1-5, 2012 and 140 athletes require housing for this event. Allrugby and touch athletes have been given a housingletter last week at practice and I would also make a requestfor all athletes that were housed in Singapore recently.weneed your support to reciprocate the hospitality given to youby housing for IASAS Rugby/Touch. The housing letter canbe accessed via the ATAC blog or there is a link to it on theIASAS Rugby/Touch page. Housing letters are due in byDec 12th.

BearcatsTennis:Congratulations to the MS boys DivisionB Tennis Team who won their third match of the season last

week vs Ateneo 5-0. They play LaSalle this coming week, inthe 4th match of the season. The MS Boys A team playedtheir first match last week vs LaSalle Green Hills and had agood win also 5-0.

MS Tennis: Congratulations to the MS boys Division Tennis Team who won their second match of the seasolast week vs Southridge 5-0. They play Ateneo tomorrow ithe 3

rdmatch of the season, along with the MS Boys A team

who play their first match tomorrow morning at ISM vLaSalle Green Hills. The MS Girls tennis team will take oSt. Paul in their 2

ndmatch of the season tomorrow. Goo

luck and a big thanks to the MS tennis parents who havbeen coming along to support the teams so far this season.

ISM Swim meet: Congratulations to all sailfish swimmerwho raced last Saturday at our first ISM meet for this year. Agreat day of racing was had and full meet results are posteon the sailfish blog and on the sailfish page of the ATACblog.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game scheduleinformation)

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM

teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note thgame schedule does change often due to involvement witmany local schools so please check the page regularly tfind out the latest information of where and when thBearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or thBearcat logo to be directed to thhttp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need youpower school user name and password to access the gamschedule pdf.

BEARCAT DEN:

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm an2:30pm 4:00pm. Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:304pm.

If you are interested in joining our group of volunteein the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteercoordinator Radhika [email protected] pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk witone of our volunteers they will be very happy to makyou welcome.

Mark PekinDirector of Athletics/ActivitiesInternational School ManilaE-mail: [email protected] Website:http://www.ismanila.org/ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/


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ISMBEARCATSRUGBY10'sGamelength12minhalveswith5minhalftimebreak

Teams:ISM ISMJV

DulwichCollegeShanghai BSM

DulwichCollegeBeijing CanadianAcademyJapan

RoundRobinFormat:

Trophyawardedtoteamwithbestrecordafterroundrobinplay

Win=3pts,Draw=1pts,Loss=0pts

ThursDec1,2011TIME HOME AWAY FIELD

4pm ISM vs DCB HS4:45 ISMJV vs BSM HS

FridayDec2,20114pm DCB vs DCS HS

4:45 ISM vs ISMJV HS5:30 CA vs DCB HS

6:15 DCS vs BSM HS

SaturdayDec3,20118:45 CA vs ISM HS9:30 DCB vs BSM HS

10:15 ISMJV vs CA HS11:00 ISM vs DCS HS11:45 ISMJV vs DCB HS

LunchBreak12:30 2pm

14:00 BSM vs ISM HS2:45pm CA vs DCS HS

3:30 DCS vs ISMJV HS4:15

BSM

vs

CA

HS

Trophypresentationatendoffinalgame


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