Student Circular Feb20

HS Student Circular International School Manila February 20, 2009

For the week of February 23 - 28 Monday, February 23 No School Tuesday, February 24 HS Course Registration Week IB 12 Japanese/Korean A1H World Lit DUE ISSBA Meeting with Councils (1057) 2.30-2.50pm Incoming Gr.11 Course Registration (MC Computers) 5.30pm HS Sports Awards (HS Gym) Wednesday, February 25 HS Course Registration Week Student Late Start 10.55 Grade Level Assembly 11.30-12.00pm Cooking Club Bake Sale 5-7 pm IASAS Music Previews (LT) Thursday, February 26 HS Course Registration Week IB 11 Math Portfolio DUE 5-7 pm IASAS Dance/Drama Previews (FAT) Friday, February 27 HS Course Registration Week IB 11 math Portfolio DUE Gr11 Student Course Selection DUE IB 12 Film Independent Study DUE IB 12 Film Production DUE (journal) IB 12 Theatre Arts Major IA (IPP) DUE IB 12 Theatre Arts major IA (IPP) DUE 5-7 pm IASAS Music Previews (LT) Saturday, February 28 5-7 pm IASAS Dance/ Drama Previews (FAT) 7-10pm Battle of the Bands

EVENT: Fashion Runway afterschool activity – Thursdays 2.50-4pm room 1169. See Mrs. Barton or the Arts council for details. REMINDERS: PHOTOS Students who ordered photos please don’t forget to send payment. The HS Office will only accept check payments. Please make the check payable to PHOTO CONCEPTS STUDIO. SENIOR CLASS RINGS Order your 2009 Class Rings now!! Last order will be accepted on March 15, delivery of the rings will be in April. Wear it and be proud you are a Senior!

Dates to Remember: Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar

2: IB 11 EE Proposal DUE 3: GEO Field Trip Gr. 9 Taal Volcano 3: IB 11 Econ Comm DUE 5-7: IASAS Art/Music (ISKL) 5-7: IASAS DDF (SAS) 7: CCV Field Trip/ 7: GK Field Trip

LET’S GO GREEN:

Poetry for our planet A competition for all ISM students To celebrate our earth, ECo are inviting you to write a poem on the topic of Environment. This can be an ode, an elegy, an epic, a limerick… it’s totally up to you. The winning poem will be published in the yearbook! Please submit all entries to:[email protected] By Monday March 9th I dream of a better life, And to myself I say: “If we had been more concerned about this planet… …would earth have turned out another way?” (Grade 6 student, 2004)

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From the Athletics Office:

2nd Season IASAS:

HUGE congratulations to our varsity boys’ tennis team who defended their IASAS GOLD medal at Bangkok. This is an outstanding result from athletes and coaches to win GOLD two years in a row. Our touch team also made it into the gold medal playoff game against SAS and in a very tight game lost in a heart breaker with seconds to spare on the clock. The girls played outstanding touch all three days and to bring home silver in such a narrowly contested final was no doubt a little disappointing but they should feel very proud of their efforts to win silver two years in a row. Boys rugby lost another heartbreaker game in the bronze medal playoff match. They let TAS get a big lead in the first half but pegged them back and tied the game with seconds to spare, sending the game into overtime. Unfortunately TAS came out the victors scoring first in the extra time period. Girls and Boys Basketball both placed 4th in Taipei however both teams played some great matches in the tournament and pushed all other teams they played to tight games. Girls tennis has some solid results and were in the running on Friday to finish in 2nd place but ended up 5th showing how close the competition was in the girls section of the tournament. Our swim team place 6th but we had over 80% of our swimmers post personal best times which shows a great improvement at the meet and demonstrates the hard work that has been occurring in the swimming pool during training sessions.

IASAS All Tournament Players: **Well done to the following athletes who were selected to IASAS All Tournament Teams: Rugby: Jimmy Go and Jonathan Pisano Touch: Pats Limcaoco, Mercedes Olondriz and Sara Jane Ahmed Basketball: Pat Reed and Michelle Martin Tennis: Josh Ho and Marco Del Rosario

ES/MS/HS track meets dates for this year are: Feb 21st MS/HS only at ISM March 7th at Brent March 28th at Brent April 3-5 Varsity track at Singapore (IASAS exchange weekend) April 18-22 3rd Season IASAS at Jakarta.

IASAS Sportsmanship Award: ISM Girls Touch Team.

HIGH SCHOOL END OF SEASON AWARDS Event: HS Sports Awards Where: HS GYM Date: Feb. 24, Tuesday Time: 5:30 pm

3rd Season Sports: MS/HS - Badminton, Track and Field and Softball

All 3rd season sports are now in full swing with students and coaches making a very smooth start to the season after tryouts week concluded. I would like to remind all participating students to complete the ATAC on-line registration. 3rd season has a number of interruptions and as such students and coaches can lose the flow of the season easily. Please stay in contact with your coach regarding practices and weekend matches/meets as they relate to your particular sport this season.

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From the MODERN LANGUAGE DEPT: Summer Language Study / Home-stay / Travel Program to SPAIN The ISM High School Modern Language Department is pleased to announce its Summer Language Study / Home-stay / Travel Program to Spain from June 6th to July 4th 2009 for students aged 13 to 19 years old. The program aims to develop students’ language proficiency and to broaden his/her cultural knowledge. This program is being offered in cooperation with Escuela Internacional Madrid (TANDEM), a school in Madrid and San Sebastian, Spain. Students will continue learning and, more importantly, will practice Spanish through total immersion in the classes and during the homestay. The school finds families for students to stay with, assists in locating appropriate local resources for the group’s activities, plans outings, maintains a list of local medical and emergency resources, and helps with the orientation for group leaders. The language course proposal is to have 4 class sessions (45 minutes each) of language and culture from Monday to Friday, from 09.30 to 13.00 each day (with a break from 11.00 to 11.30). The classes will include language and culture subjects as well as adequate preparation for the cultural visits. Students will complete a placement test in order for the school to form groups based on the level of Spanish. Last year, 15 students from ISM traveled to Spain and all of them reported dramatic improvements in their acquisition of the Spanish language as well as outstanding experiences with their home-stay families and one another during their time in Spain. If you are interested in receiving more information about this summer course, please contact Laurie Atilano or Samantha Ramos in the High School Office, or email Adriana Vargas at [email protected].

From the FINE ARTS OFFICE:

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CONGRATULATIONS: NAME OF STUDENT Richard Abasta Kamran Heinrich Ahmad Sarah Jane Ahmed Mark Jedric Ang Daisy Birchenall Antonio Brias Antoinette Brillantes Gil Buenaventura Peter Burton Isabel Chamberlain Brandon Chin Louie Chua John Jacob Benjamin Co Vicente Jaime Maria Constantino Jan-Michael Nadora Cruz Jasmin Dargani Suzannah Davis Cristina de Leon Alexandra Amanda Eduque Michael Fong Ron Richard Chow Habla Sung Yeon (Tammy) Joo

Shao-Ting Ko Michelle La O' Jennifer Labrie Jobo Lau Da Hee Lee Jun-Ho Lee Louie Angelo Lee Patricia Maria Josefina Limcaoco Carlos Lopez Marine Charlotte Maupin Maria Lourdes Margarita Mojica Marie Elysee Murray Arjun Nandkishore

COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY Simon Fraser University University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh, University of Durham, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Loyola University Chicago, Concordia University De La Salle University Manila, University of the Philippines Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University Manila, University of Dundee, University of Leeds, University of the Philippines, University of Stirling University of Maine Syracuse University (Accelerated Liberal Arts) Saint Mary's College of California University of Dundee, University of Leeds, Nottingham Trent University Mills College, Saint Mary's College of California Coventry University University of San Francisco De La Salle University Manila, Ateneo de Manila University Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines De La Salle University Manila Lesley University, Pace University, Loyola Marymount University Bangor University, University of Exeter, University of Sussex, Lancaster University, University of Stirling Loyola Marymount University Barnard College Dominican University, Saint Mary's College of California Ateneo de Manila University University of Arizona, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Liberal Arts & Sciences), New York University (Tisch School of the Arts), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick (School of Business), University at Buffalo The State University of New York Fordham University (College of Business Administration), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Liberal Arts & Sciences) University of Asia and the Pacific, Ateneo de Manila University, La Salle University, Saint Mary's College of California Simon Fraser University Loyola Marymount University Pennsylvania State University-University Park, Purdue University, Temple University, Washington State University University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania Stanford University Menlo College University of Dundee, Middlesex University Ateneo de Manila University, University of British Columbia (Sauder School of Business), University of Durham, University of Edinburgh, University of Nottingham University of British Columbia, McGill University Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine 4 of 5

Jeane Catherine Catherine Napoles Jeanne Napoles Gabriella Alexandra Navas Jennifer Patricia Ng Marianne Oh Yu Ohyama Rina Noelle Opinion Janina Marie Paredes Ana Laura Laura Perez O. Santillanes Maria Rebecca Pelaez Plaza Antheia Brittni Rae Saadia Rahman Katz Razon Daisy Recto Kannah Marie Alvarez Salazar Zara Sibtain Laura Smith Caitlin Marie Tan Kenley Aldridge Tan Kenichi Tsusaka (Cumagun) Solongo Tumurbaatar Anh Hai Vo Winnie Wong Mariama Wurie Amanda Yong Yu Wei Onn Yuen Nissim Zeitoune Brian Zimmerman

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Irvine Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Irvine Glion Institute of Higher Education, Johnson & Wales University Savannah College of Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Glion Institute of Higher Education Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines Menlo College, Saint Mary's College of California, University of San Francisco, Notre Dame de Namur University The University of Tampa, University of Florida (College of Business Administration) Ateneo de Manila University, University of Edinburgh, University of the Philippines Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design University of British Columbia (Science, Faculty of), McGill University (Faculty of Science), McMaster University (Faculty of Science), Queen's University (Faculty of Arts and Sciences), University of Waterloo (Faculty of Science), University of Western Ontario Saint Mary's College of California Ateneo de Manila University, Randolph-Macon College Ateneo de Manila University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Engineering), University of Michigan (Engineering), Purdue University (School of Engineering), Wentworth Institute of Technology Manhattanville College, Randolph College Queen's University, University of Western Ontario Glion Institute of Higher Education De La Salle University Manila, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick Ateneo de Manila University Glion Institute of Higher Education South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Mills College McGill University, Queen's University, University of British Columbia Duke University Cornell University (College of Art, Arch., & Plan.) Curry College, Manhattanville College University of South Dakota

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