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4 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony
JUNE
2 Grade 8 Service Day
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MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL
ISSUE # 35
SY 2013 –2014
WEEK OF: Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents Friday Bulletin
Inside this issue:
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Treasury Department
6 Athletics & Activities
ISM Upcoming Events
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2 Admissions & Advancement
Superintendent’s Office
MAY
MAY 19 TO 23
Events & Activities:
19 - 23 MS Tour & Talk
23 MS Party
29 Advocating for Change
30 Grade 8 Dinner Dance
3 Grade 8 Moving On Rehearsals
Dear Parents: This week the Grade 4 Tour and Talk takes place as part of our transi-tion program from Elementary School to Middle School. Serving as ambassadors, some of our grade 5 students will take the grade 4 stu-dents around campus, visit classes and share tips and insights about life in Middle School. We’re excited to see our grade 5 students as-suming these leadership roles and hope the grade 4 students leave excited about their upcoming move. In the classroom, our grade 8 students are busily preparing for one of their major end-of-year activities, Advocating for Change. This project involves the students in honing their research, writing and presenta-tion skills as they tackle global issues. Their work will culminate in a summit-type meeting where they share their research and opinions on Thursday, May 29. Parents of grade 8 students are often invited to attend these ‘hearings’ so keep an eye out for upcoming announce-ments. We hope you’ll be able to join us and support your child. Our end-of-year Middle School party, Bearcat Idol, will take place on May 23 not May 16 as published in the calendar. Information will be coming out soon and this party is often the most anticipated one of the year. We hope your child will join in the fun. Please be informed that PowerSchool will be closed starting Friday, May 23 in order for teachers to write report card comments. Pow-erSchool will reopen on June 6 so that second semester reports can be viewed. Report card distribution will begin on June 11. Have a wonderful weekend! Yours in Education, Simon Gillespie Clarissa Sayson Middle School Principal Middle School Assistant Principal
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Returning for school year 2014—2015?
Dear Parents, Please take a moment to review the re-enrollment procedure for your child to attend classes on August 7, 2014. STEP 1 - Online Re-enrollment must be completed by May 22.
After May 22nd you will not have access to POWERSCHOOL and this may re-sult in a delay for your child to attend classes on the first day of school for school year 2014-2015. Please follow this link for the detailed step-by-step guide and required forms for students entering Grade 1, 6 and 9. To access the Parent Portal and PowerSchool, please download the PDF instructions here. The forms should be completed and submitted to the appropriate offices at any time prior to the start of school in the Fall. We encourage you do start this process NOW to avoid long lines. For information regarding your POWERSCHOOL access information please contact the school in which your child is currently enrolled. For information regarding our Health Clinic Clearance procedures, please contact the Clinic at [email protected]. For information regarding billing or tuition and fees, please contact our Treasury department at [email protected] (for billing) and [email protected] or [email protected] (for tuition and fees). May we request that if you are NOT RETURNING that you send the Admissions Office your offi-cial WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM immediately as this will help us to clear student account(s) in a timely manner. We request one form per child. Please note: Parents who fail to notify the school by Friday, 9th May that their children are leaving ISM will forfeit US$1,000 from each Facilities Upgrade Deposit. We appreciate your assistance with this procedure as we have many anxious families awaiting word regard-ing spaces for their children for school year 2014-2015. Sincerely, Stephanie H. Hagedorn Director of Admissions & Advancement
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Online Re-enrollment
must be accomplished
by May 22, 2014.
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Re-enrollment: SY14-15 Returning Students Medical Update
Dear Parents:
As you may know, for a number of years we have had required medical check-ups for students at different stages
in their school lives: G1; G5; G9. In recognition of the increasing concern about heart health, especially in conjunc-
tion with physical exercise in a tropical climate, we shall be introducing a mandatory Electro-Cardiogram (ECG)
test for older students.
Sudden Cardiac Death in Adolescents, especially during sporting activity, is a recognized syndrome and well over
100 children a year die of this in the USA. Medical advice is that it makes sense to test only students who are 12
years old and beyond. In light of this, we shall now have two thresholds for medical examinations instead of the
present three. These will be in Grade 1 and Grade 6. At Grade 1, there will be a physical examination performed
by a duly accredited doctor as is the case at present. At Grade 6, there will be a similar physical examination but
with the added component of an ECG. All new students between G1 and G5 will have a physical examination; all
new students from G6 onward will have a physical examination and the ECG.
In order to "grandfather out" our present cohort of students, please note:
· Incoming G6 students will have an ECG, but will not need a physical examination, since this was done when
they entered G5
· Incoming G9 students will have the full medical examination and an ECG.
· Incoming G7 and G8 will have the full medical examination and an ECG when they enter G9.
· We shall continue to encourage very strongly all athletes participating in Varsity sports to take an ECG.
Over the course of the next years, this will mean that all ISM students from G6 onwards will have had a basic heart
check-up. The ECG is not definitive, and there is a more sophisticated check that the doctor will recommend if any-
thing in the ECG causes concern. The test itself is very reasonably priced and is readily available at St Luke’s and
Makati Medical Center as well as other hospitals.
Please take a moment to review our re-enrollment time-line and procedures for all students returning for school
year 2014-2015: RE-ENROLLMENT
I do understand that adding this requirement of an ECG may be seen as an additional chore for parents and stu-
dents at the time of re-enrollment, but if such a test saves even one life then it will be well worth the extra effort.
Sincerely,
David Toze
Superintendent
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MS/HS Bearcats for Street Soccer fundraiser is coming up soon. See links for details on how to sign up here if you wish to enter a MS or HS team… http://atac.ism-online.org/breaking-newsupdates/ Gymnastics team tryouts for next SY team are next Wed 21st and Friday 23rd of May. If you want to try out to get a space on the Bearcat team please register your name with Coach Ramon at the gymnastics area and make sure you turn up both days to tryouts. 4th season practices continue next week for HS Boys and Girls Volleyball, HS Boys and Girls Soccer and HS Girls Basketball. If you are interested in trying out for one of these teams next school year, come along and join in. Grade 8′s you are very wel-come and encouraged to join these practices if you are planning on trying out for teams next school year. Please come along and meet the coaches. If you have questions talk to the following coaches for information… Boys and Girls Volleyball-Coach Atkin-son and Coach Child, Boys Soccer- Coach Ayling, MacInnes, Girls Soccer Coach Dodd and Girls Basketball Coach Juteau. Well done to our ISM gymnasts who participated in our annual Goodwill Gymnastics meet last Saturday. It was a great day with 240 gymnasts entered this year. A summary of the individual and team meet results for the ISM team has been posted to the ATAC blog gymnastics page. A big thanks to our coaches and to Ms Teresa Kendrick and her team of gymnastics parent volun-teers who helped with the meet on Saturday. May 10 our TaeKwondo team competed at the annual Interna-tional Schools tournament held at Everest Academy. Well done to our team members and coaches, medal results are listed be-low…
ALL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS
EVEREST ACADEMY MAY 10,2014
ISM Results: GOLD DIEGO LORENZANA GSB ADVANCE ETHAN CARLO DAVID GSB NOVICE SILVER JULIANNE LAPUS GSG ADVANCE JULIAN SIVAKUMAR GSG ADVANCE PAVAN MOHAN GSB ADVANCE LUE FANG GSB NOVICE JASON VERMEIJ GSB NOVICE BRONZE KAI FELIX TAKETANI GSB NOVICE SIVA KOTAMRAJU GSB NOVICE ALEXANDER GALLO GSB NOVICE DYLAN YAP GSB ADV TOBIAS OKSTAD GSB ADV JADENN SIVAKUMAR GSB ADV IWEN GOALOU GSB ADV May 17- ISM will host our annual Judo tournament at the MS gym, this will be our final event of the year and is always a day full of action and Judo competitors from all over the Philippines come together to test their skills. Regards, Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/ Activities
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Dear Parents and Students!
The clinic is all set for next week´s flu vaccination day on Wednesday, May 21!
A nurse and a doctor from Sanofi Pasteur will come and carry out the vaccination.
Please present your “Influenza Vaccination Consent Form” and the cashier´s receipt, and get your shot:
on Wednesday between 7:30 am and 4:00 pm on a first come, first served basis.
For any questions please contact Nurse Jowell (840 8582) or Dorothee Binsfeld (840 8581) or drop us an email at clin-
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