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JUNE
6 PowerSchool Opens
4 Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony
11 PowerSchool Update:
JUNE
2 Grade 8 Service Day
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MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL
ISSUE # 36
SY 2013 –2014
WEEK OF: Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents Friday Bulletin
Inside this issue:
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Treasury Department
ISM Upcoming Events
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2 Admissions & Advancement
Superintendent’s Office
MAY
MAY 26 TO 30
Events & Activities:
29 Advocating for Change
30 Grade 8 Dinner Dance
3 Grade 8 Moving On Rehearsals
Dear Parents: As we enter the final two weeks of school, please make sure that your child gets enough rest so that they can focus on their assignments. Energy and excitement levels are high at this time of the year and we want to make sure that our students remain healthy and are making positive choices to maintain their well-being. In the classroom, our grade 8 students are busily preparing for one of their major end-of-year activities, Advocating for Change. Their work will culminate in a summit-type meeting where they share their re-search and opinions on global issues on Thursday, May 29. We hope you’ll be able to join us and support your child. As the senior students of the Middle School, the students also enjoy the privilege of a few special events. On Friday, May 30 the students will hear about the transition to High School and enjoy a Dinner Dance, participate in out-reach activities on June 2, and enjoy an Activity Day on June 3. Finally, the Moving On Ceremony will take place on June 4 in the Fine Arts Theater from 4:00 – 6:00 P.M. We are looking forward to a positive end for our students as they say farewell to their Middle School years. 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. Looking ahead…The last day of school will be on Thursday, June 5 and students will be dismissed at 12:00 noon. Please make the necessary arrangements to have your child picked up from school. Have a fabulous 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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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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