Es Parent Bulletin Vol#18 (24 April 2009)

International School Manila

ES PARENT BULLETIN Volume 18

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER APR 27 - 30

ES Book Week PTA Used Book Fair, Children’s Media Center

MAY 1

Labor Day Holiday - No School

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AFAC Concert @ 1pm, Fine Arts Theatre

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9 13 - 15 29

Middle School Parent Evening @ 5-6.30pm, Little Theatre Information regarding the changes to grades 5 and 6 K-12 Dance Recital @ 3pm, Fine Arts Theatre Grade 5 Camp Caliraya Field Trip Children’s Musical Theatre performance @ 1pm for students, Little Theatre. evening show @ 6pm, Little Theatre

JUNE Grade 4 Moving-On Ceremony @ 8-9am, Fine Arts Theatre 4

Grade 5 Moving-On Ceremony @ 10-11am, Fine Arts Theatre Early Student Release @ 12 noon End of 2nd Semester

From the ES Administration Dear Elementary School Parents, First of all I would like to update you on a staffing change that took place last week. Mary Cunning, our CMC librarian, will no longer be with us for personal reasons, and for the remainder of this school year the CMC will be under the direction of David Birchenall, our Director of Library Services, with the support of Jo Cayabyab, our CMC Instructional Assistant. Joining the CMC next school year as our Librarian is Rebecca Pierce, one of our current grade four teachers.

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Next week we have a lot going on in the Elementary School. Our CMC Book Week will be taking place to provide our students opportunities to learn more about how books are created by meeting with different authors and taking part in storytelling sessions. Classes will each be assigned to different times throughout the week. Our Children’s Musical Theater directed by Linell will be presenting “The Nightingale” performed by students in grades four and five. They will be on stage in the Fine Arts Theatre for a student performance on Wednesday April 29 at 1:00 p.m., followed by an evening performance at 6:00 p.m. We look forward to watching our students sharing their singing and acting talents! It is at this time of the year that we start to receive a lot of questions about classes for the next school year. In Elementary School next year, we will be adding an additional class of grade 2 and grade 5 will become a part of Middle School. Therefore we will have the following classes: Pre School 4 classes ECLC 5 classes Grade 1 – 4 6 classes each Aside from the students going into their second year of Pre School, where we maintain the group and teachers as much as possible, mixing of classes is something that happens at every grade level. We have a relatively transient student population and we feel it gives us the opportunity to balance the classes for the start of the new year. It also helps the children expand their circle of friends and helps them to adapt to change. The sectioning process is very involved, one in which all the teachers spend considerable time on and give a lot of thought and consideration. The aim of the process is to create balanced groups in terms of gender, language proficiency, academic needs, emotional and social dynamics and a mix of ethnicities. Students receiving Learning Support and ESL are also distributed evenly across the classes. As much as possible, we also try to place each child with at least one other person he/she works well with. The teachers of the grade are responsible for establishing the classes their students are moving to. For example, (Continued on page 6)

Elementary School Parent Bulletin

24 April 2009

From the PE Department know that exercise also provides opportunities for fun and to be with friends. It is terrific to see so many children wearing hats to PE lessons scheduled on the ES Field. As of April 27th Coach Pekin’s classes will be in the gymnastics area, Coach Bill’s classes will be swimming, Coach Noli will be on the Covered Court and Coach Perry’s classes will be in the ES Gym.

Thank you to all those parents who have sent in photos of children being active. They are now on display outside the Little Theatre. A recent article published in the School Health Alert Newsletter from Nashville Tennessee discusses a study that concluded that aerobic fitness has a significant relationship to cognitive function as measured by academic performance. Recommended activity guidelines for elementary aged children is a minimum of one hour per day. Good for your body and your brain it seems! Congratulations to all our 5th grade athletes that participated in the final Amazing PE Race for the year today! It is good to

Amanda Pekin ES Physical Education [email protected]

From the Admission Office

From the Uniform Shop

Dear ISM Parents, Greetings from the Admission Office! The Re-Enrollment Requirements for School Year 2009-10 will be available for pickup in the Admission Office starting next week. All of the generic re-enrollment forms are ALSO available on the website if you wish to download and print the forms from there. The forms can be found under Admission and then under the Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal tab.

Hate to wait and be in a long line?!? Purchase your uniforms in advance for School Year 2009-2010… Just visit the ISM Uniform Shop at Room P069 (beside the Security Office) every Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. See you there!!!

The complete Re-Enrollment Packet will include the… 1. Re-Enrollment Clearance Form for SY2009-10 (2-pages) for each child in the family. 2. Health Clinic Clearance Procedure (1-page) letter 3. Health Clinic Updating Form (2-pages) for each child in the family 4. Tuberculosis Screening Form (2-pages) for students entering Grades 1, 5, or 9 5. Parent and School Shared Agreements (4-pages) form for each child in the family 6. OPTIONAL Board Proxy Form (1-page) for each family 7. OPTIONAL PTA Directory Form (1-page) for each family

URGENT…if you know that your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2009-10 school year, please inform the Admission Office as soon as possible if you have not already done so. We currently have very few families indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there are an ever growing number of applicants in a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress and anxiety in those families (and in the Admission Office). If you are sure that your child will be leaving ISM, please submit a Withdrawal Notification Form or contact and verify with the Admission Office (840-8488) that he/she is listed as not returning for SY200910. The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admission Office or from the ISM website under the Admission tab and then click on Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal. This will be a great help for our planning and to the many families waiting to be admitted to the school. Thank you. 2

Elementary School Parent Bulletin

24 April 2009

From the Art Department Dear Parents, Just a reminder that we, in the Art Department, are still in recycling mode. We particularly require newspapers at the moment and lots of it. We are also currently in need of ribbons, string, bottle caps and tops, old tools and toys (even if it does not work), gift wrap, greeting cards, magazines, hardware (broken is fine), transparent plastic wrap etc . Frankly, there is not much we can’t find a use for. However please do not send juice or milk containers as they attract cockroaches even when washed. Thanks so much,

Olivia Jones ES Art

From the CMC The CMC celebrates the world of books and storytelling during our

More Than A Book Week! From Monday 27th April to Thursday 30th April, the CMC will celebrate the world of books and stories by hosting several exciting events which will showcase local authors, illustrators, storytellers and performing artists. We’ll be welcoming back some of the guests from last year’s book week as well as introducing some new ones, including: Alitaptap Storytelling Group Anino Shadow Puppet Theatre Ms. Carla Pacis, Author Mr. Elbert Or, Illustrator Ms. Gidget Jimenez, Author Ms. Melody Remorca, Storyteller Ms. Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Author Mr. Robert Magnuson, Author and Illustrator The schedule, including the location of each event, is posted on the bulletin board outside the ES Office. Parents are welcome to attend any of the events during the week and join in the celebration with us. We hope that you and your children will enjoy More Than a Book Week and be inspired to explore all the different ways that stories can be told. Congratulations to Candice Hodges, a student librarian from Grade 5 who wins a book voucher from Fully Booked for suggesting the name of our event. See you next week!

CMC Staff 3

Elementary School Parent Bulletin

24 April 2009

From the ATAC Office Ray Oo Justin van Klaveren Gabriel Anaya Angie Oo Tyler Sy Noa Sison Lars Cohen Drew Caudill Masanori Kurisu Alex Wordling Eve Caudill Andrew Jeffries Yoatzin Anaya Gabriel Anaya Meg Caudill Julie Gooden Tim Klepp Jung Ho Kim Tatsuro Irie Tim Thomson Kara Maeda Conrad Lee Ca Yi Yoon Ethan Que Osamu Irie Michael Liu Tzoalli Anaya Sidney Miralao Georgina Pekin Alexander Woodruff Cayli Chia Panarin Sungkboon Claire Wordling Victoria Burgos Aleny Serna Martin Narciso Kaya Newton Julia Woodruff Pawarin Sungkboon Bryan Tan Adrian Li

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MS/HS/ADULT LONG COURSE - 8:00AM MS/HS/ADULT SHORT COURSE - 8:30AM ES GRADES 3-5 - 8:45AM ES GRADES 1-2 9:15AM

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Elementary School Parent Bulletin

24 April 2009

International School Manila SUMMER SPORTS CAMP Badminton, Basketball and Soccer Camps will start on June 8 to 26, 2008. These camps are open to ALL ES/MS/HS ISM students only.

A3 Basketball Camp will be run by PBA coaches and National Team Players

Asuncion Badminton Camp

training will be conducted by the country’s top

shuttlers Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion.

ISM Soccer Camp

will be made possible by our very own ISM soccer

coaches. Camp details are as follows: Date: June 8 to 26, 2009 Cost: Php 4,000.00 GRADE ES/MS/HS

SPORT

DAYS

TIME

VENUE

Basketball

T-TH

10:30am – 12:30nn

FRI

1:00pm – 3:00pm

MS/HS Gym

ES/MS/HS

Badminton

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10:30am to 12:00nn

MS Gym

ES/MS

Soccer

M-W-F

8:00am to 10:00am

HS Field

If you are interested in joining one or more of the camps please fill up form below and return to ATAC on or before May 13, 2009. As soon as we have reached the minimum amount of participants to run the program, a formal permission slip will be sent to you through your child. Limited slots available…… This is of first come first serve basis. Sincerely,

Mark Pekin, Athletic and Activities Director Reservation Slip Date: __________________________ Please reserve a slot for my child for this years 2009 Summer Mini Sports Camp (Please check sport/s below) Basketball (Gr. 1 & Above)

Soccer (Gr. 1 & Above)

Badminton (Gr. 3 & Above)

Name of student

Grade

Parents Name and Signature

________________________

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_________________________

As soon as we have reached the minimum amount of participants to run the program, a formal permission slip will be sent to you through your child. 5

Elementary School Parent Bulletin

24 April 2009

From the Treasury Office

CONGRATULATIONS! ISM JUDO BEARCATS

Dear Parents:

2009 ISM JUDO INVITATIONAL GOLD NAME Kwee, Brian Sapinoso, Joshua Hosoda, Rikuto Roberts, Grace Torres, Jerrick

Please note a change (in bold below) in the payment of the $1,000 deposit for company sponsored Students under Reenrollment Clearance Form for SY09-10 for STEP2 – Deposit Payment:

CATEGORY +84kg. +66kg. Kids Category Kids Category Kids Category

Step 2: DEPOSIT PAYMENT. To guarantee a place for the coming school year, the Cashier must receive $1,000 or its equivalent payment, on or before May 15, 2009. This deposit will be applied to the tuition for the first semester. Except for US Embassy & ADB (Cashier’s signature still required), parents and other companies with sponsored students are directly responsible for the payment. If the student subsequently withdraws, the enrollment deposit will be refunded via a graduated refund guideline (available at the Cashier’s Office for review). No refund is available within two weeks prior to the opening day of school.

SILVER NAME Fajardo, Ty Boy Lamont, Hugh Stevens, Grace Rose Torres, Donnell

CATEGORY Kids Category Kids Category Kids Category Kids Category

BRONZE NAME Abe, Honami Caro, Amado Lee, Sangnon Tanaka, Brannon Tumiwa, Maya

CATEGORY Kids Category -55 Category Kids Category Kids Category Kids Category

From the ES Administration (Continued from page 1)

Grade 3 teachers will organize the Grade 4 classes for next year. Once the grade level has made their final draft, the lists are then reviewed by myself, Counselors, Learning Support and ESL program leaders. At the end of the school year, you will receive a section card informing you of your child’s teacher for the next school year. It is not uncommon to receive special requests from parents. In order to minimize inequalities among sections, we do not accept special requests from parents for placement with a particular student, classmate or teacher. To do so we would have to honor 770 preferences and this would be impossible to do. Thank you to those of you who have returned your reenrolment forms for next school year. We have a number of families who have not notified us of their enrolment intentions at this time. We would like to encourage you to do so as soon as possible. We have a number of our grades and programs that currently have waiting lists for next school year. Have a great weekend, Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie

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Elementary School Parent Bulletin

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From the Operations & Security Department A MESSAGE FROM THE OPERATIONS AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT I. IDs for the New School Year Parent IDs

ANNOUNCEMENT!

Current parent IDs will continue to be valid for the new school year 2009-2010. Parents who require replacement school IDs due to loss or damage can acquire these from the Security Office upon payment of Php100.00 to the Cashier. Student IDs All students will be issued with new ID cards at the beginning of the new school year. To facilitate this they should visit the security office before the end of the current school year for the taking of their photograph. School Passes

LOST AND FOUND VIEWING EVERYDAY

Monday to Friday May 18 18--22, 2009 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. FAT changing room 1118 Items uncollected after this time will be disposed of in support of our Service Learning Program.

School passes issued to parent’s employees and representatives need to be replaced for next school year. As of August 31, 2009 the blue bordered passes will be invalid. The security office is now accepting applications for new school passes, however the cards will not be available for collection before July 1, 2009. Each family will be given two free school passes. Additional school passes may be obtained after paying a processing fee of Php100.00 each to the Cashier’s Office. 2, Car Stickers for the New School Year The car stickers for school year 2009/2010 will be available from the security office beginning July 1, 2009. For vehicles already displaying an existing sticker, parents should submit a completed renewal form with a copy of a current LTO official receipt. For new vehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of the vehicle’s certificate of registration and a current official receipt need to be submitted with the application. Applications for vehicles registered with companies or other institutions should be supported by a letter of assignment. Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued following payment of P100 to the cashier’s office. I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation across this school year in helping us maintain ISM as a safe and secure environment for our children. M I KE FLYNN Director of Operations and Security

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