Student Circular Nov 6

HS Student Circular International School Manila November 6, 2009

From the HS Office:

From the Guidance Office:

Monday, Nov 9 Student Picture Taking for Gr. 9, 10 and 11

Monday, November 9 EMERSON COLLEGE Visit/Talk by Nikki Miller 11:30am -12noon, Guidance Office

Tuesday, Nov 10 Student Picture Taking for Gr. 9, 10 and 11 Gr 9 Geography Field Trip to Taal 9:30am HS Parent Coffee (Little Theater) Wednesday, Nov 11 Student Late Start Student Picture Taking for Gr. 9, 10 and 11 Thursday, Nov 12 Student Picture Taking for Gr. 9, 10 and 11 HS Academic Bowl Golf Exchange (JIS) IB2 Full EE Draft Due 8:00-10:30am Parenting Workshop (Room 1057) 5:30-7:00pm HS Concert (FAT) Friday, Nov 13 Student Picture Taking for Gr. 9, 10 and 11 GOLF EXCHANGE (JIS) PRE-IASAS TOUCH (SAS) IB2 Geography Field Trip (Batangas) Saturday, Nov 14 Student Picture Taking for Gr. 12 (Seniors) IB2 Geography Field Trip (Batangas) GOLF EXCHANGE (JIS) PRE-IASAS TOUCH (SAS) Sunday, Nov 15 GOLF EXCHANGE (JIS) PRE-IASAS TOUCH (SAS)

Remember: November 27: SCHOOL HOLIDAY: No Classes December 5: SAT Exams (LT, AMR, ES Gym)

Friday, November 13 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Talk/Presentation by Mr. Gavin Brown, Regional Manager 11:30am -12noon, Room 1057 Saturday, November 14 Study in Australia Seminar and Exhibition 1–7 pm Intercontinental Hotel Makati Tuesday, November 17 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Visit/Talk by Peter McCagg, Dean of International Affairs 11am – 12noon, Room 1057

CANCELLED ACTIVITIES: • Guidance Activity scheduled for Nov. 10 Internet: You and your child is cancelled. • SATURDAY SERVICE: CHILD HOPE scheduled for Nov. 14 is cancelled. Grade 11 and 12 Students: Please sign in at the HS Office on or before 7:30 am on days where you have first period study hall for a quick attendance check. If we do not see you by 7:45 am we will urgently call your parents to verify your whereabouts. Monday- Block A Tuesday- Block F Wednesday – Block C Thursday – Block G Friday – Block D To all the seniors --- please be reminded that you have the privilege of using this period for study time at home. You may ask your parents to write a permission letter addressed to the HS Office for this senior privilege. (email at [email protected] ) Until we get official notice from your parents which is then verified by the HS Office, attendance will be checked.

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Message from KAWAYAN: To all HS parents: Greetings from the High School Yearbook, Kawayan Print! Annual student photographs for the yearbook are being taken during the week of November 9-13, 2009 for Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors, and November 7 &14 for Seniors; as it is our priority that all students take their photographs on that week, please remind your children to take their pictures. Freshmen and sophomores will take theirs during class, juniors have specific times during their breaks/lunch/after school depending on their homeroom, and information for seniors is outlined below. If your child was absent for the day they were assigned, please remind them to go in their own free time on one of the dates mentioned above because there will likely be no other picture dates in the future. We would also like to inform you that printing packages of yearbook pictures from professional photographer Tino Ley will be available for order. Attached is the information regarding these packets, which were distributed to all students in homeroom, as so you can get an idea as to what packets you may want to order. Please feel free to do so! Your child must bring their order package with the payment on the day of their picture taking. Information for parents of Seniors: • Seniors' photos will be taken on a Satuday, Nov. 7 & 14, during the time slot that your child signed up for. Their time slot is between 9 am and 3 pm so if it is the case that your child forgot to sign up, they must come between 9 am and 3 pm. • Venue: Changing room beside the AMR • Attire for Girls is a strapless top or tube top (off-shoulder) • Attire for Boys is a dark suit (coat and tie) • There will be a free make-up and hair service; however, students must arrive 30 minutes before their scheduled time slot. • IMPORTANT: Order packets are required for seniors this year. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us through our email at [email protected]. Thank you for your time! Kawayan Co-Editors in Chief: Ilan Enverga and Kimberly Rodriguez

Invitation from the High School Office: Dear Parents, We would like invite you to our Parent Coffee When: Tuesday, November 10 Where: Little Theater Time: 9:30 am Agenda : • ICARE • Exams for Gr. 9 & 10 • Holidays • School Photographs • MAP Testing

We hope to see you there!

FROM PCC:

To all ISM parents, We would like to extend our deepest gratitude for your active participation in helping create our first ever Bayanihan. Thank you to everyone who donated, purchased t‐shirts, volunteered on the day and any other contributions to the event. With your help, we were able to achieve our goal of helping those in our community who were affected by the recent calamity. The success of this event would not have been possible without you. PCC Officers

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From the Guidance Office: Study in Australia Seminar and Exhibition at the Makati Intercontinental Hotel November 14 Seminar from 3-4 pm (need to register, see information below) Exhibition from 1-7 pm There will be several Australian university representatives present will be able to provide information about admission for both Australian citizens and international students. If you want to attend the informational session, then you must register by e-mailing [email protected] or calling 816 0755 loc 116. Registration is not required for the exhibition. For more information and a listing of universities attending, please go to: http://www.philippines.idp.com/upcoming_events/study_in_australia_exhibition.aspx The US Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs sent 2 Journals to the Guidance Office (Choosing a Career & College and University Education in the United States). For those who would like to get a copy, please drop by the Guidance Office and look for Gigi or Jasmin. These shall be given on a first-come-firstserved basis.

Attention Gr. 9 Parents and Students: Gr. 8 Dinner Dance DVDs and Moving-On Pictures and/or DVDs (both from SY 2008-2009) are ready for pick up from the HS Guidance Office. Please bring an ID when claiming. Look for Gigi/Jasmin. Thank you.

Cultural Convention: Original Oratory Auditions for Cultural Convention 2010. Monday, November 16, 2009, 3-5 pm, Room 1057 Audition Sign-up Period: Fri., Nov. 6th – (noon) Fri., Nov. 13th Please sign up on the Audition Sheet located around the corner from the Fine Arts Office (by the changing room), on the official Sign‐Up Board! If all slots are full or you have a verifiable conflict, please email me at [email protected] before the sign up period ends to schedule an alternate audition time. Thanks! Mrs. Hutchison, OO Coach **Please prepare and bring two copies of a 3-4 minute original speech on the topic of "Parenting". See additional information on this topic with the sign-up sheet, including how you can present this theme in a variety of ways (and you don’t even need to mention the word “parenting”) – family issues, your squabbles with parents, celebrity baby names and trends, . . . be creative but just make sure it fits into the OO speech criteria.

IASAS Auditions ORAL INTERPRETATION Auditions will be held Wednesday, November 18 at 2:50 pm, Thursday, November 19 at lunch and Thursday, November 19 at 250 pm. You need only attend ONE audition time. All auditions are in room 3021. You MUST sign up and talk to Ms. Arndt (3021) before the audition so you can get the preparation materials. Sign Up is from November 6 to 17.

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IASAS DRAMA AUDITIONS The IASAS Drama piece this year will be based on John Millington Synge's The Playboy of the Western World. Auditionees are expected to understand the plot, characters, and spirit of the play (no Irish accent necessary) for the auditions, which are on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 3 ‐ 5 pm at the Little Theatre. Callbacks will be on Friday, Nov. 20, also from 3 to 5 pm at the LT. Sign‐up sheets will be posted on the Fine and Performing Arts Bulletin Board near the AMR. The IASAS Drama team will be part of the delegation to the IASAS Cultural Convention which goes to Taipei March 3‐7, 2010. (Please let Ms. Monsod know if you are also auditioning for IASAS Forensics, Debate and Dance) IASAS DANCE AUDITIONS Tuesday, Nov. 17, 3:15 ‐ 5 pm at the Dance Studio (3050) Sign‐up sheets are posted on the Fine and Performing Arts Bulletin Board near the AMR.

ATAC Announcements: HS First Season Sports Awards: Congratulations to the following athletes who received MVP awards for their efforts during 1st season at the HS awards dinner last night Soccer MVP’s: Boys Aspirants: Shin Yoshida Girls JV: Min Soo Woo Boys Varsity: Mark Rynn Girls Varsity: Chelsea Ferguson 4yr Award: Girls Varsity Soccer- Caitlin Spence

Volleyball MVP’s: Boys JV: Ervin Martin Girls JV: Rachel Limpin Boys Varsity: Seve Ching Girls Varsity: Paula Iriola 4yr Award: Boys Varsity Volleyball -Towaki Dojima

HS Updates: • Next week our ISM Golf Team travel to Jakarta for the IASAS golf exchange to be played over two rounds Friday and Saturday November 13/14 and our varsity girls touch team travel to Singapore on Friday for the All Asian Schools Touch Tournament next weekend. • ISM Chess and Table teams play matches this Saturday at Marist School • HS Tennis begins this Saturday with matches at Collegio San Augustine from 8am • Aspirants boys soccer play at ISM MS field this Saturday from 9am v EAC school • Sat November 14th ISM hosts the first swim meet for this year and the first MMBL basketball league games for HS boys teams will be played at ISM from 8am ES Update: Thank you to all ES first season athletes and parents who came to the ES First Season awards ceremony just before the holiday. It was great to see so many team members in attendance enjoying the awards and snacks/drinks provided afterwards

Cross Country MVP’s: Boys: Genzo Dones and Prerna Bhargava 4yr Award: Yukika Ohmura

Please consult the game schedule on ATAC website and divisional websites pages for all the up to date match schedules/Venues/ times. This schedule changes frequently so please consult it regularly for updates during the season.

2nd SEASON: Tryouts have now finished for HS and MS 2nd season teams. Please consult the 2nd practice schedule that is posted on notice boards and in this bulletin for your teams regular practice schedule. Thanks to all students who tried out for teams this season.

MS UPDATES: Thanks to all the MS students who turned out for tryouts this past week. We have had excellent numbers for basketball, touch, boys rugby, boys tennis. We are still seeking any interested girls to tryout for the MS girls tennis team as numbers this week for tryouts have been low. If you are a keen tennis player please check the tennis schedule and come up to the courts next week to talk with Coach Bobby about joining the MS Girls Tennis Team.

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2nd SEASON PRACTICE SCHEDULE SY 2009-10 TEAM

TIME

Varsity Boys JV Boys

3-5pm 3-5pm

Aspirants Boys

3-5pm

Varsity Girls JV Girls MS Boys Gold

3-5pm 3-5pm

3:15-5pm

MS Boys White

3:15-5pm

MS Girls Gold MS Girls Green

3:15-5pm 3:15-5pm

Varsity Rugby JV Rugby

3-5pm 3-5pm

Varsity Touch

3-5pm

JV Touch

3-5pm 3-5pm 3:15-5pm

HS Gym HS Gym

MS Gym MS Gym

HS Field HS Field MS Field

3-5pm

Courts 3 & 4

3-5pm

Courts 5 & 6 if rain - Covered Court

3-5pm

Varsity Swimming

3-5pm

3-5pm

3-5pm

THURS

FRI

HS Gym

Fitness/CCrt 1 HS Gym

HS Gym Covered Court MS Gym ES Gym Covered Court

ES Gym ES Gym

MS Gym MS Gym ES Gym

JV Boys V Boys V Boys V Boys

Fitness

ES Gym ES Gym Covered Court 1

ES Gym ES Gym RUGBY / TOUCH HS Field Fitness HS Field HS Field Fitness/MS Field MS Field

Covered Court 2 Covered Court 2 HS Field HS Field/twilight touch Twilight touch from 5pm

HS Field HS Field

MS Field

MS Field ES Field

3:15-5pm

Courts 1 & 2

Middle/High School

HS Gym

TUES WED BASKETBALL

3:15-5pm

MS Boys Green

MS Boys Rugby MS Girls Touch MS AFAC Clubs Program

MON

ES Field Tennis V Boys & V Girls V Boys

ES Field ES Field

JV Girls

MS Boys & Girls

MS Boys & Girls

V Girls

V Boys

JV Girls

V Girls V Girls V Girls V CCrt not Boys/Girls available CCrt not available Swimming ISM Swimming Pool Cheerleading Mat Area overlooking MS gym

JV Boys CCrt not available

Mat Area overlooking MS gym

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Come join this fun activity! All ISM community are invited Students, mums and dads of all grade! ISM SWIMATHON Saturday, November 28th 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.

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