International School Manila

HS Student Circular February 4, 2011

 
  HS Calendar:  UNIVERSITY INFORMATION NIGHT: 
  Monday, February 7:    Gr.  11  and  12  Parents  and  students  are  invited  to  University 
  IB2 Japanese/Korean A1 Orals  Information Night on February 8: 
    Sessions 
  Tuesday, February  8:    5:00‐5:25     Advice from the senior class (FAT) 
  HS Parent Coffee  9:30am (LT)   
  University Information Night  5‐7pm  5:30‐5:55      Family Connection (AMR) 
                         Studying in Canada (LT) 
  Wednesday, February 9:                       Studying in the UK (1057) 
  Student Late Start   
   
6:00‐6:25      Family Connection (AMR) 
  Thursday, February 10: 
                     Studying in Canada (LT) 
  IB2 Eng A2 Written Tasks Due 
  Great Works Concert  5:30‐7:00pm                       Studying in the UK (1057) 
                     
  Friday, February  11:  6:30‐7:00      Studying in the USA (FAT) 
  Afternoon Delight Concert  2:50‐3:15pm   
     
  Saturday, February  12:  PARENT COFFEE INVITATION: 
  MUNA   
  REAL Club Sailing Trip   All Parents are invited to the HS Parent Coffee 
  Saturday Service – Child Hope (Gr.12)  When:  February 8 
    Venue: Little Theater 
  Upcoming Events:  Time:  9:30‐11:00 am 
  February 21‐25:  Gr.9, 10 & 11 Course Registration 
We hope to see you there!  
  Week 
  February 28:  NO CLASSES‐ EDSA REVOLUTION 
  HOLIDAY 
 
 
 
 
FROM THE GUIDANCE OFFICE:
SCHEDULED COLLEGE VISITS:

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE VENUE DATE AND TIME

Yonsei University                Michael Kim, Associate Dean   Room 1057   2/7/11 11:30 AM  
Clarkson University                Kathleen Harrington     Room 1057   3/3/11 11:15 AM     
Fairleigh Dickinson University              Kathleen Harrington     Room 1057   3/3/11 11:15 AM     
Loyola Marymount University              Kathleen Harrington     Room 1057   3/3/11 11:15 AM     
University of Michigan, Flint              Kathleen Harrington     Room 1057   3/3/11 11:15 AM     
Raffles Design institute Manila              Kristenne Lim       HSGO     3/9/11 11:30 AM
 
 

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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:
ATAC ANNOUNCEMENTS: 
GAME SCHEDULE INFORMATION:
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found by going to the GAME SCHEDULE tab
on the ATAC page of the ISM website. You can also access this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages.
Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the
page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Access to the
game schedule page is also available via the ATAC blog. Click on the Bearcat logo to be directed to the game
schedule page.
http://atac.ism-online.org
 
ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES – JAN/FEB: (for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule page as above) 

Feb 12      Brent track meet for MS/HS  
Feb 19/20           ISM International Swim meet 
Feb 26      ISM Track Meet 
Mar 2       IASAS Cultural Convention Teams Depart 
Mar 3‐5    IASAS Cultural Convention (Art/Music @ JIS, DDDF @ ISKL) 
Mar 5       ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet 
 
MS 2nd Season Sports awards Feb 9 4pm ES Gym (Touch/Tennis/Rugby/Basketball) 
HS 2nd Season Sports awards Feb 11th 5:30pm HS Gym (Touch/Rugby/Tennis/Basketball/Swimming/Cheerleading) 

IASAS 2ND SEASON REPORT:  
Basketball; A big thanks to all the ISM community for supporting the IASAS Basketball tournament. There were some 
very close and exciting matches played over the three days and our Bearcats boys and girls teams were in the thick of 
the action in the close matches. A one point win over Taipei on Friday morning and then a close 4 point loss to 
eventual runners up ISKL Friday evening had the gyms jumping and the fans screaming support for our boys team. 
The girls team made a great comeback win over ISKL and then pushed all other teams with tight defense and a 
scrappy ’never say die’ attitude in all their games. The Bearcats boys kept the excitement rolling in the finals on 
Saturday by taking out an overtime win against ISB to claim 3rd place and the Bronze medal. Our girls team with one 
win and 4 losses finished in 5th place overall. Well done to all players and coaches.  

Other IASAS Results: 
Girls Touch defeated ISB in the final in Taipei and claimed IASAS Gold for the 2nd year in a row.  
Girls Tennis won Gold and Boys Tennis won Bronze at a rain affected IASAS Tennis championships in Singapore 
ISM Swim teams: Girls placed 6th and boys 4th with many swimmers breaking PB’s(personal best) times 
Individual Achievements: 
All tournament Players: 
    Basketball                                                                     Touch        Tennis 
  Girls:  Katrina Gavino        Chelsea Ferguson    Jasmine Ho, Daniel U 
  Boys:  JP Campos, Jonathon Moran    Sierra Lee                                        Sarina Samson, Stephanie Guest 
       Rugby          Denise Francisco                           Gino Roque, Javier Ra Ra 
  Arlan Parry                                                                  Smriti Sridhar      Daniel Um 
 
  BEARCAT DEN:
  Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:
  Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am – 1:00pm and 2:30pm – 4:00pm.
  Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm. Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in joining our
  group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteers coordination Chantel
(fam.wanten@hotmail.com) or pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they will be
very happy to make you welcome.

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IASAS BASKETBALL HOUSING: A huge thanks to all the families below who housed last week for
the Basketball athletes. These events cannot happened without your support. On behalf of the ISM
admin team and the ATAC Dept THANKYOU for being an integral part of IASAS Basketball 2011:
Thompson, Park, Soriaga, Kumar, Hyun, Danaux, Jalandoni, Ching, Piguing, Diaz, Gaskin,
Endleman, Olfato, Ocampo, Kobza, Seneviratne, Gregori, Reyes, Piper, Ahmed, Gill, Wanten,
McGuire, Moran, Ayala, Willnow, Bell, Stevens, Hamaguchi, Pekin, Cho, Bagli, Anderson, Saubier,
Lee, Dodwell, Schmid, Sicat, Sy, Raniolo, Squillantini, Francisco, Campos, Razon, Fodstad, Ursem
THANK YOU FAMILIES!!!

TRAINING SCHEDULE
3RD SEASON 2011 TRAINING SCHEDULE
TIME
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
3:00 - 5:00PM
Boys Varsity/JV
HS GYM Boys Varsity Badminton JV Boys Badminton Boys Varsity Badminton Badminton Fitness
Badminton

Girls Varsity and JV

MS GYM Girls Varsity Badminton Girls JV Badminton Girls Varsity Badminton Badminton Fitness
Badminton

MS Girls Badminton MS Girls Badminton MS Boys Badminton MS Boys Badminton

ES GYM Faculty Basketball 3:15 - 5pm
3:15-5pm 3:15-5pm 3:15-5pm 3:15-5pm

MS AFAC Badminton Club MS AFAC Cricket Club 3pm- MS AFAC Badminton

Covered Court Faculty Tennis AFAC
3:15-5pm 4:30pm Club 3:15-5pm

Boy's Varsity/JV
HS FIELD Boys Varsity Softball JV Boys Softball Boys Varsity Softball HS Javelin / Discus
Softball

MS FIELD Girls Varsity Softball JV Girls Softball Girls Varsity/JVSoftball MS Softball Girls Varsity Softball

MS Mixed Touch MS AFAC Club Football MS Mixed Touch MS AFAC Club Football
ES FIELD Faculty Football
3:15-5pm 3:15-5pm 3:15-5pm 3:15-5pm

TRACK AND FIELD MS/HS Track HS Track HS Track MSTrack HS Track

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 A Chiang Mai REAL Adventure
International School Manila
Chiang Mai, Thailand
June 11-18, 2011

An Important Information Meeting for Parents about

The REAL Club Trip to Chiang Mai

Please join us on

Wednesday, February 9
A.M.R. Rm. 1125
(behind F.A.T. stage)
6 p.m
Kindly email Chris Goodman at goodmanc@ismanila.org if you will be
attending the meeting.

*(Please note that the trip is open to students in grades 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12)*

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COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES:

CONGRATULATIONS!

We are proud to announce that our ISM seniors were accepted

to the following universities:

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES: 
Ateneo de Manila University (16) 
Barnard College  
Brown University 
California State University, East Bay 
Carnegie Mellon University  
University of Chicago 
Durham University 
University of Edinburgh 
University of Exeter 
Franklin and Marshall College 
Hamilton College ‐ NY 
Hiram College 
University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign 
Indiana University at Bloomington 
London School of Economics 
University College London 
Longwood University 
Loyola University Chicago (2) 
McGill University 
University of Michigan 
Northeastern University 
Northwestern University 
University of Notre Dame 
University of Nottingham 
Pace University, New York City 
University of Pennsylvania  
University of the Philippines (9) 
Purdue University (4) 
University of San Diego 
University of San Francisco (3) 
University of St. Andrews (Scotland) 
Stanford University 
University of Oxford (2) 
Virginia Commonwealth University 
University of Warwick 
Wesleyan University 
Yale University 
 

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 REAL Club Hiking Trip – Mount Maculot
Dear Parents and Guardians,

The REAL (Recreation, Environment, Adventure, Learning) club is pleased to inform you of
the upcoming hiking trip to Mount Maculot. This trip is aimed at introducing students to a
safe yet adventurous recreational activity in an area where it is easy to appreciate the
natural environment and the importance of respecting it. The venue for the activity is
Mount Maculot, Cuenca, Batangas approx. 2 hours from Manila by bus. The hike up and
down the mountain should take us approximately 4 hours.

This trip will be chaperoned by 3 teachers all with experience of coaching outdoor
activities. ISM security staff will accompany this trip for its duration. The students do not
require any previous experience of hiking but will need to have a good level of general
fitness.

Field trip date: Depart Saturday February 12th at 6:00AM and return on the same day at
approx. 5:00PM

Group size: 25 students, 3 teachers and 2 security guards

Chaperones: Mr. Chris Goodman, Mr. Mark Knewstubb, Mr. Tom McLean, Mr. Richard
Reilly,

Clothing: Students must wear comfortable walking boots or running shoes. Bring clothes
that breathe easily and those that students don’t mind getting too dirty. Students will
spend a long time exposed to the weather and so a hat is essential and a waterproof
jacket would be useful.

Students should bring: Small, comfortable back-pack, sun block, sunglasses, water bottle
(with at least 2 liters of water); packed lunch and money for a food stop on the journey
back.

Cost: This trip will cost PHP 1100.

If you have any questions concerning this trip please contact Chris Goodman at:
goodmanc@ismanila.org

Contact numbers: Chris Goodman 0916 554 3734

ISM Security 02 840 8530

Please make your payment to the cashier and then return receipt and your permission slip
to Mr. Goodman (room 2070).

The trip is on a first come, first serve basis.

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 Please retain this page for your information

Permission Slip & Medical Form

Trip/ Event REAL Club Hiking Trip – Mount Maculot

Student Information: Last Name First Name Male/Female Grade
Student’s Name

Parent/ Guardian Last Name First Name Home Office

Information Number Number
Mother/Guardian’s
Name
Father /Guardian’s
Name

Does your child have? No Yes If yes please provide details

Allergies (to medication/food/pollen
etc.)

Any current medical condition

(including diabetes, epilepsy,
congenital heart problem etc)
Any medication which your child is
currently taking?

Any special dietary requirements?

Any medical reason why he/she may

not participate in any of the trip
activities?

I give permission for my son/daughter to attend the field trip and in the case of an
emergency I give permission for my child to receive medical treatment and for the
chaperones to act as my representative, with parental authority, until I can be contacted.
Parents will be informed as soon as possible of any medical concerns or issues.

Student’s Name & signature Parent’s Name & Signature

Date Date

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