No. 20 AY 2016 - 2017 November 25, 2016

Theme of the Year:

“Embracing Growth Mindset through the 5Cs (Competence,

Character, Creativity, Collaboration, Commitment to achieve)” STAR Campus

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Senior passes French certification test

Su Bin Lim of Gr. 12 - General Academic Strand passed the DELF (Diplôme d’Etudes en

Langue Française) A1 Test she took last October 2016. The DELF Exam is the official

certification awarded by the French Ministry of Education to validate the competency of

candidates from outside France in the French language. It corresponds to the Common

European Framework of References for Languages (CEFRL).

The test includes all the four macro skills: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. In

the Reading Comprehension Test, Lim was given thirty minutes to read five short texts

dealing with various situations from everyday life, and answer questions to test her com-

prehension. In the Writing Skills Test, she had another thirty minutes to fill out a form and

write about daily life in a correspondence. Su Bin Lim

In the Listening Comprehension Test, Lim had twenty minutes to listen to short recordings dealing with everyday situa-

tions and then answered questions to test her understanding. In the Speaking Skills Test, she participated in a direct

interview, information exchange, and simulated dialogue with the examiner for fifteen minutes.

Su Bin Lim’s certification by the French government is the fruit of her Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Project in Senior High

School where everyone is encouraged to display her growth mindset by improving one’s self through persistence, effort

and focus on learning.

IB CAS students visit local Muslim school A group of SISC International Baccalaureate (IB) students

paid a visit to an Islamic school as part of their Creativity,

Activity, Service (CAS) commitment. IB student Hyun Soo

Lim described his experience dropping by a school focused

on religious study of Islam.

Last Saturday, 19th November, we visited Sultan Esmael

School in Dasmariñas, Cavite. The purpose was to donate

books, dolls, and soft toys. We met students at the school

and the Principal made us feel very welcomed! The children

sang to us in Arabic, and were very happy for the gifts!

We had an opportunity to visit the Madrasa School and the

mosque, and had a tour of the barangay. We then met a

senior scholar and went off to a Korean restaurant for lunch.

We had the unique experience to visit a different culture very

near Manila. It was an unforgettable experience! Mr. Wraith and his IB Students give early Christmas

cheers to our Muslim brothers and sisters.

Theme of the

Year:

Embracing

Growth

Mindset

through the

5Cs

(Competence,

Character,

Collaboration,

Creativity,

and Commit-

ment to

Achieve)

Students & Parents’ Bulletin No. 20 AY 2016-2017

Nov. 25, 2016 P. 2

Donate a toy or book and get a

chance to win a class prize Students are encouraged to brighten a less privileged child’s holiday season by donating new

or used toys and books to the SISC-Jollibee “Maaga ang Pasko” Toy and Book Drive. In part-

nership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Department of Educa-

tion, and the Jollibee Group Foundation, SISC is collecting toys and books which will be dis-

tributed to local children who otherwise may not have any presents to open this Christmas.

Students are called upon to bring toys and books and give them to their respective advisers.

The deadline for donations is on December 9, 2016. The class with the highest number of

donations per campus will be given a prize.

Every donation counts!

Parenting Corner

Raising a teen

who cares

about others

As a parent, you want to see your child

act with compassion and show empathy

to others. Teaching compassion and em-

pathy to children can start when children

are very young. However, if you haven’t

discussed these ideas and values with

your children until the teen years, it’s not

too late. Here are tips on how to still make

your teen a compassionate and empa-

thetic individual:

1. Provide scenarios. One of the most

effective ways to show your teen the

value of compassion and empathy is

to provide real-life scenarios that they

can identify with. Ask your child about

a friend who is going through a diffi-

cult time, such as a parent’s divorce

or a family member facing a serious

illness. While discussing these

events, ask your child how she thinks

her friend feels. Prompt your teen to

use specific words to describe the

feelings and then work together to

determine compassionate and empa-

thetic responses.

2. Turn the tables. It is likely that par-

ents and teens will have disagree-

ments. Once the issue has been re-

solved, ask your teen to guess how

you were feeling during the tangle.

Then, as the parent, guess how your

teen was feeling during the disagree-

ment. Once you both have shared

your thoughts, reveal to one another

how you were actually feeling to pro-

vide more compassion and empathy

to your relationship.

3. Role model behavior. A teen may

not know how to exhibit compassion

and empathy if the behavior has not been modeled. Role model the behavior to provide real examples of acts of compassion and feelings of empathy. If you’ve done some-thing to hurt your teen’s feelings, apologize for it and specifically say “I’m sorry” and iden-tify what you’re apologizing for. (http://

education.gov.gy/web/index.php/parenting-tips/item/1544-tools-to-teach-teen-compassion-empathy)

Class Standing

Notices

released SISC provides parents and guardians

with the Class Standing Notice of their

children or wards for them to monitor

their children or wards’ academic stand-

ing and progress within the term. Gener-

ally speaking, a student’s class standing

is based on his or her performance in

quizzes, long tests, homeworks, seat-

works, recitations, projects, and the like.

The term exam score is not yet included.

The Class Standing Notice for the Sec-

ond Term of Academic Year 2016 - 2017

was released this week. After receiving a

copy, please fill out and return the reply

slip on

or before November 28, 2016. Parents or

guardians of students and wards who are

not meeting standards must request for a

conference with the teacher so that the

deficient areas could be addressed as

early as possible.

The Class Standing Notice serves as

advance parental notice on the child’s

commitment and ability to take responsi-

bility for his or her own learning. SISC

believes that clear communication with

parents is essential to develop the part-

nership between the home and school to

ensure student success.

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Theme of the

Year:

Embracing

Growth

Mindset

through the

5Cs

(Competence,

Character,

Collaboration,

Creativity,

and Commit-

ment to

Achieve)

Students & Parents’ Bulletin No. 20 AY 2016-2017

Nov. 25, 2016 P. 3

Share the Yuletide

spirit with POUCH Now that Christmas carols are heard once

again on the radio and the chilly year-end

breeze feels its way through our morning

waking hours, we know that the festive

season is just around the corner.

It is an occasion our Save A PO.U.CH.

(Poor Urban Child) beneficiaries look for-

ward to every year. In coordination with

the Social Living and Global Education

(SLGE) Department, the Save A

PO.U.CH. Christmas Party for the

PO.U.CH. beneficiaries will be held on

December 6, 2016 at Luxembourg Hall. In

connection with this, we would like to ask

for your invaluable support in sharing with

these children the following gifts per level:

Preschool - bath soap/shampoo (sachet)

Grades 1 & 2 - powdered milk

Grade 3 - canned goods

Grade 4 - canned goods

Grade 5 - bath soap/shampoo (sachet)

Grade 6 - toothbrush/ toothpaste

Grades 7 & 8 -biscuit/candies/chocolate

Grade 9 -candies/biscuitschocolate

Grade 10 - noodles

Grades 11 & 12 - noodles

Please send your donations to Ms.Sheela

in STAR Campus (tel. no. 8428811), Ms.

Josette in Munich Campus (tel. no.

8257909), Ms. Mhems in Luxembourg

Campus (tel. no. 8256374 local 140), or to

your child’s Social Living and Global Edu-

cation (SLGE) teacher.

November 30 is

a public holiday

Malacañang has declared November 30,

2016, Wednesday, a non-working holiday

in observance of the birth anniversary of

Andres Bonifacio, a Spanish-era revolu-

tionary leader and national hero.

There will be no classes, and offices will

be closed in SISC on that day. Regular

classes and office work will resume on

December 1, 2016, Thursday.

REPLY SLIP

A. ( ) I have received and read Students and Parents’ Bulletin AY 2016-2017 No. 20. _____________________ _______________________ ______________________ Student’s Name Level/Section Parent’s Signature

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Marie Vic F. Suarez Principal