Student Circular Nov 26

HS Student Circular International School Manila November 26, 2009

From the HS Office:

From the Guidance Office:

Monday, Nov 30 Bonifacio Day Holiday— No classes

Saturday, December 12 ACT Exam 8:00am - 1:00pm, Room 1057

Tuesday, Dec 1 IB2 English A1 Orals 11:30 Age of Stupid Sales and Promo (outside FAT) 11:30 FAC Christmas Card Sale 3pm Age of Stupid Screening (FAT) Wednesday, Dec 2 Student Late Start IB2 English A1 Orals IB1 Econ Comm DUE Invisible Trash Bolsas Sales (outside FAT) ICARE Homerooms Thursday, Dec 3 IB2 English A1 Orals 8-10:30am Parenting Workshop (1057) Friday, Dec 4 IB2 English A1 Orals Pre-IASAS Tennis (ISB) IB2 Biol H Field Trip to IRRI 4:30pm FAC Silent Auction Saturday, Dec 5 Pre-IASAS Tennis (ISB) Saturday Service CCV 7:30am-1pm SAT (LT, ES gym, HS Gym, 1057, AMR) Sunday, Dec 6 Pre-IASAS Tennis (ISB)

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. Please pay in check as the HS Office refrains from accepting cash.

Remember: December 8-11: ICARE December 16: Early Release December 17-January 4: CHRISTMAS BREAK January 5: 1st day of Classes for Second Semester

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: Go Green: PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS and INVISIBLE will be selling their recycled products in school that week. Sales (and demos) will take place: Tuesday 1 Dec outside F.A.T 11.30-5pm (PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS) Wed 2-Fri 4 Dec outside the canteen 11-3.30pm (INVISIBLE, PCF, TRASHEBOLSAS) This is a wonderful opportunity to not only support these sustainable livelihood projects, but to get some Christmas shopping done too! For further information about these organisations (and links to their websites), please check out www.ism-online.org/gogreen Thank you for supporting this event. From the Security Office:

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Come join this fun activity! All ISM community are invited Students, mums and dads of all grade! NEW DATE!! ISM SWIMATHON Saturday, December 5 at the ISM Pool from 2:30 pm Visit www.ismanila.org/atac/sailfish.htm for details and pledge forms, or contact Andy Astfalck, Head Coach, at [email protected]

Part of the proceeds will go to charity.

Are we really living in THE AGE OF STUPID? Make up your own mind on Tuesday, 1st December in the F.A.T THE AGE OF STUPID is a 90‐minute drama‐ documentary‐animation hybrid starring Oscar‐nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance? The film is supported globally by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Move ON and Tck Tck Tck and has been screened for the United Nations, Center of American Progress, EPA, The World Bank, the UK Parliament, the European Union, and the Scottish, Welsh, Swedish, Australian and Dutch parliaments. For more info, www.ageofstupid.net

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From the Fine Arts Office:

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