International School Manila

ES PARENT BULLETIN
Volume 11 29 January 2010

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER From the ES Administration

FEB Dear Elementary School Parents,
PTA General Meeting @ 7.30am, Little Theatre
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Special Guest: Efren Peñaflorida According to our students in ECLC and Grade One,
3, 10, Wednesday Morning Student Late Start @ today marked the 100th day of school, which they have
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been counting since day one – looking at number pat-
Gr3 Subic Trip Parent Information Meeting @ terns, grouping numbers, and skip counting. Happy
2.30pm, 1057 100th day of the school year!
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ES Children’s Musical Theater Performance @
6pm, Little Theatre
Next week, our Children’s Musical Theater will be per-
6 PTA Family Fun Day forming “Dig It”. All students in ECLC to Grade Four
ES Parent Coffee @ 7.30am, Little Theatre will be watching the performance on Thursday February
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Agenda to follow 4th at 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, followed by a perform-
19 ES Sports Day ance in the evening at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are not re-
22 EDSA Revolution Holiday - No School quired for the performance. Please note that there will
be limited seating in the afternoon performance, how-
ever, space is available for parents. We are looking for-
ward to watching our students perform after a few
months of rehearsals – it is set to be an interesting ar-
chaeological dig around the world!

We had the opportunity to meet with many of our new

ES parents this week during our new parent coffee on
Tuesday morning. If you were unable to attend, please
stop by the ES Office to introduce yourself. Transitions
to a new school, especially during the middle of the year
can have many ups and downs, so please ensure you are
in regular contact with your child’s class teacher and our
guidance counselor team. We are here to support you!

Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie Michael Rourke

ES Principal ES Assistant Principal
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From Grade 3 From the CMC

SUBIC - Our Filed trip to Subic is on again this year Hello parents,
and we would like to take this opportunity to invite
all parents to come in and hear all about it on Thurs- Happy New Year! Are you looking for a way to
day Feb. 4th at 2:30pm in room 1057. This meeting meet new people? Do you want to know what
is not for students but for parents to find out all books kids can’t wait to get their hands on? Do
about the trip and to ask any questions in regards to you enjoy spending time in peaceful places on
what it entails. We will be providing “packing lists” as campus? Do you have a gift for organization?
well as outlined itinerary of the trips events. Parents Then volunteering in the CMC might be just
are encourage to at- what you’re looking for!
tend as this is a student
The CMC needs volunteers to help with re-shelving and proc-
only trip. The tentative
essing new books, creating displays and a variety of other tasks.
dates for the trip this
If you enjoy interacting with children, love books and enjoy be-
year are March 22
ing in a calm and pleasant atmosphere, volunteering in the CMC
(depart ISM), 23 & 24
would be a great match for you. Please stop in for more infor-
(return to ISM).
mation and to sign up. We look forward to meeting you!

From the PE Department From Go Green

SPORTS DAY ECo is proud to announce
the official opening of…
The elementary school annual sports day on February 20th is now
The ISM Community Garden!
less than one month away! Students will compete as a class in a
variety of activities that promote teamwork, cooperation, and
motor skills. Our focus is on having fun in an active setting. Sports
day also provides a wonderful opportunity for students to dis-
play good sportsmanship. All families are welcome to attend.
We will send home a program the week before sports day on
February 12th. (Photos of ES, MS and HS gardeners in action)

Interested in getting involved in a community

project without leaving campus?
Want to know more about this school-wide
initiative?
Looking for learning opportunities outside of
your classroom?

…Or just keen to get your hands dirty?

dig no deeper,
see you on
Monday February 1st
3-3.30pm
@ Little Theatre…
and then a short walk…
It is terrific to see so many students wearing hats and bringing
along full water bottles during PE lessons on the ES Field. We (NB. This garden is for everyone. All members of our
have been talking with our classes about sunsmart behaviors. You community are most welcome)
can support our program by wearing a hat when in the full sun
and encouraging your child to also wear a hat. Children that do
not wear hats to PE lessons are asked to remain under the shade www.ism-online.org/gogreen/
marquee and given an alternate activity.

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From the Fine Arts Office

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From the ATAC Office

Dear ISM Parents,
IASAS UPDATES

IASAS Art/Music Festival is fast approaching! March 3-7th! For those of you keen to fol-
Please see sign up letter and information included in this bul- low the progress of our IASAS
letin. athletes from Thursday to Sat-
I would like to ask for your assistance with housing for a visit- urday this week please check
ing IASAS Art/Music student. We require 160 housing place- out and the new and improved
ments for this event. If you have not housed before it is great IASAS website at
www.iasas.asia
chance to meet fantastic students from our IASAS schools.
Requirements are listed to give you an idea of what is
Swim meet at SAS
needed if you say yes. Rugby/Touch/Tennis tournaments at JIS
Basketball at ISKL
IASAS Art and Music Festival: Housing requirements/details:
Schedules, draws and live streaming of some events
will be available via this website.
Housing needed from Wednesday night 3rd March until
Sunday morning 7th March. (4 nights)
A bed/futon/fold-out couch or comfortable place for guest to sleep.
Provide transportation to and from ISM each day
Provide a breakfast each morning
Provide one or two evening meals (Wed and Thursday most likely. Evening meals not required on Friday or Satur-
day.
Be at home in evenings (coaches will make curfew calls each night at 10pm to check students are at home)
Treat and welcome your guest as you would like your own child treated if they were attending an event at another
IASAS school and being housed.

If you can assist with housing visiting students please print out the letter attached, fill it in and return the
slip to ATAC or Fine Arts office or call/email Joan in ATAC office or Rochelle in the Fine Arts office if you
have any further questions.

In addition there will be a fantastic event for ISM community and lovers of the Fine Arts to attend on Friday
March 5th.
The Art Exhibition opening in the FAT Gallery and then the Festival Concert in our FAT on Friday after-
noon/evening will be a great showcase of all the hard work done by the IASAS participants.
All art pieces from IASAS delegates will be on display for viewing prior to the festival concert featuring all
IASAS Strings, Band, Piano and Vocal delegates under the direction of our visiting conductors. The high
quality of artwork on display and the incredible musical talents of the IASAS participants will make for a
great evening of arts and music at this year’s ISM Art & Music Cultural Convention. Tickets for this art ex-
hibition/concert will go fast and will be available soon. More details to come in upcoming bulletins.

I look forward to your support to make this a great ISM community event.

Mark Pekin
Athletics & Activities Director

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International School Manila

IASAS Art & Music Housing

March 3 – 7, 2010
January 2010

Dear ISM Community Members,

ISM will be hosting students from Singapore American School, Jakarta International School, International School of Kuala Lumpur, Taipei
American School, and International School Bangkok for the IASAS Art & Music Convention. In order to put this event on we are required to
provide home stays for the guest delegates while they are in Manila. We are required to house 160 visiting students for this event. It is school
policy that students involved in ATAC sports/activities are willing to house a visiting student during IASAS. This policy will be strictly
enforced this year and all students will be expected to house. Teams will arrive Wed March 3 and students depart Sunday March 7.

Many of our students will be home stayed at other IASAS competitions during the year so this is a great opportunity to assist the school by provid-
ing accommodation for visiting delegates

Please detach the form below and return it to Fine Arts Office or ATAC office ASAP. We will contact you within three days before the event to
let you know all the details relating to pickup/drop off times etc, to make the event a fulfilling and successful one for our student delegates, and for
those from SAS, JIS, ISKL, ISB and TAS.

General guidelines/expectations for host families when housing for an IASAS event:
Pick up and drop off from and to school on arrival and departure days.
Transport to school each morning and transport home in the evenings each day of the event.
Provide a breakfast and snacks in evening. Visiting student should advise if they will require an evening meal. Some teams will have a team dinner or arranged
dinner one evening during their visit. Host families may only need to provide one evening meal.
Ensure there is parental supervision when visiting student is at your home each evening.
Expect to receive curfew calls from the visiting students coach around 10pm each evening.
Please note: submission of the form to house does not guarantee you will get a guest to host.

Thank you very much in anticipation of your support.

Regards,

Mark Pekin
ATAC Director

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Please return this form to your son/daughter’s coach or ATAC Office as soon as possible.

Name: Phone #: _______________________________________

Mobile #: _______________________________________

Address: Email: _______________________________________

Number of Students you can host? 2 3 4 5

Circle your preference for athletes: Boy or Girls

Do you have pets? Yes No If yes, please indicate _______________

_______________________ __________ _________________________ _________________________

Student Name Grade Parent’s Signature Date

Fine Arts/ATAC Office only: Date Received _________________________

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ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet 2010.

Our ISM varsity gymnastic team will be proudly representing ISM on February 13th at the ISM Goodwill Gymnastics
Meet.
Meet starts at 8am and runs all day and with over 200 gymnasts competing in bars, beam, floor and vault you are sure to
see some great action. Please stop in and see the MS gym transformed with gymnasts twisting/tumbling and paparazzi of
photo taking parents a plenty.
This day is the biggest on the calendar for our gymnastics team and the gymnastics parent booster club who assist greatly in
the set-up and organization of the meet.
Hope you can come on Saturday Feb 13th to cheer and support our ISM gymnastics team.
Attached is the program for the day.
International School Manila
Goodwill Gymnastics Meet 2010

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Feb. 13, 2007 (Saturday)

7:15 – 8:00 am General Warm-up

8:15 am Parade of Gymnasts

8:30 – 10:30 am Competition Proper of Level 1

Level 1- (7 & under)
(8 yrs old)
(9- 10 yrs. old)
(11 yrs & above)

Parade of Gymnasts

10:30 – 12:30 pm Competition Proper of Level 2 and 3

Level 2- (8yrs.& under)
(9- 10 yrs old)
(11 yrs & above)

LUNCH BREAK (45 mins)

Parade of Gymnasts

1:30 – 4:30 pm Competition Proper of Level 3, 4 and 5

Level 3: (11 yrs old & under)(12 yrs & above)

Level 4: (10yrs & under)

(11 & above)

Level 5: Open

Awarding will take place in the ISM Little Theater right after the completion
of each competition, which is located on the 2nd floor beneath the MS gym.

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From the PTA Office

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Calling all ISM Parents!!

International Family Fun

Day - ISM's annual PTA-
organized event to bring an
afternoon of FUN, enter-
tainment, and an incredible
international array of food
to all ISM families and fac-
ulty - is set for Saturday,
February 6th, 2-6 pm on the
MS Field.

To make the event a success

(and help ISM's Commu-
nity Service efforts), we
need MANY volunteers
willing to donate just one to
two hours of their time for
what really is a fun and
memorable afternoon. And
the first 50 volunteers who
sign up will be given a spe-
cial Family Fun Day tee-
shirt to commemorate the
special day!

Helping out is even more

fun since as a volunteer
you'll be an active part of
the memorable day - selling
items at the on-site "Sari-
Sari" store or coupons so
that kids can enjoy games
and yummy treats! Bring
your family, volunteer one
hour, and then spend the rest of the time enjoying all that Family Fun Day has to offer!

Please consider volunteering for Family Fun Day - we need YOU to make this a great day - and contact Janice
Powell (benpunky@yahoo.com), 0916-357-7720 or Sonali Hutchison (sonalidale@yahoo.com) to sign up to vol-
unteer or for more info. Thank you!!!!! "

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From the Security Office

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