Student Circular Dec 4

HS Student Circular International School Manila December 4, 2009

From the HS Office:

From the Guidance Office:

Monday, Dec 7 IB2 TOK Essays DUE

Friday, 08 January 2010 Bentley University Talk/Presentation by Abel Jose (ISM Class 2007) 11:30 am - 12:00 noon, Room 1057

Tuesday, Dec 8 ICARE Wednesday, Dec 9 Student Late Start ICARE Thursday, Dec 10 ICARE Friday, Dec 11 ICARE Saturday, Dec 12 7am-1pm ACT (1057) Sunday, Dec 13 Remember: December 14: 11am PTA Lunch for Faculty CAS Reflections DUE December 15: Registration Deadline SAT I & II for Jan 23 IB2 Geography IA DUE December 16: Early Release December 17-January 4: CHRISTMAS BREAK

Friday, 15 January 2010 Oxbridge Summer Program 11:00 am – 12:00 noon, Room 1057 Wednesday, 27 January 2010 Fordham University Talk/Presentation by Marion Kinder, Coordinator of Admissions 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, Room 1057

Early Release Schedule Wednesday December 16th 8.30 - 9.05: 9.10 - 9.45: 9.45 - 10.00 10.00 - 10.35: 10.40 - 11.15: 11.20 - 11.50:

C D break E F Assembly

January 5: 1st day of Classes for Second Semester

Reminder: School Policy on Pre and Post Holiday Absences: In order to maximize student/teacher contact and prevent teaching opportunities lost because of partial class attendance there will be no excused absences without a doctor’s note for the 2 days immediately proceeding and following a school holiday. CANCELLED: Highschool Parent Coffee that was scheduled for December 8 is cancelled. Next parent coffee is scheduled for January 12, 2010. To all students: Do not forget to submit your order forms to official school photographer for Kawayan Yearbook, Tino Ley. Orders will not be processed if payment is not made.

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ICARE REMINDERS: • •

Remember that ICARE runs through Dec. 8 – 11 All Students must come to school on time! Be punctual so you don’t hold up the departure to the sites

From the ATAC Office: Wall Climbing: This Saturday Dec 5th ISM will host a number of schools for our annual wall climbing competition in the MS gym. This is a very interesting event to watch with climbers scoring points for the different wall faces they can climb according to prescribed routes with varying degrees of difficulty. Best wishes to our ISM wall climbing team led by Coach Jeremy.

Local Matches this weekend: Friday Dec 4th: JV and Varsity Boys Basketball v Reedley and De La Salle Greenhills from 3:30 pm at HS Gym Sat Dec 5th: Chess team at Marist school JV boys tennis @ ISM v LSGH from 1pm Judo Invitational @ DLSU from 7am Boys basketball all sections @ ISM (consult game schedule on ATAC website for times) Varsity girls (2pm) and boys (3:30pm) Basketball @ ISM v Faith

Lots going on ….. GO BEARCATS!

Table Tennis: This weekend our table tennis players will be playing at Marist on Saturday and again on Sunday in the semis and finals of the PRADA Table Tennis Championships. Good luck to all participants. Varsity Boys Tennis: This weekend our boys tennis team, who have won the IASAS Tennis Championships the past two years, travel to Bangkok to compete in the IASAS tennis exchange weekend against ISB and United World College. This is an important preparation for the team who will be striving to make it 3 gold medals in a row this year at the IASAS Tennis Tournament in late January

Gymnastics: Our very best wishes to the Bearcats Gymnastics Team who this Sunday will be competing in the annual Bea Lucero Cup Gymnastics Competition at Rizal Memorial Stadium. All the girls and coaches have been working really hard to prepare for this first major event of the gymnastics year for them we hope they do well in the individual apparatus and in the teams competition. ISM will host the ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet on Feb 13th 2011.

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From the Fine Arts Office:

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