International School Manila

ES PARENT BULLETIN
Volume 12 25 February 2011

FEB From the ES Administration

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NO SCHOOL Dear Elementary School Parents,
Holiday for EDSA Revolution Day
Last Friday we had our annual ES Sports Day,
MAR and it was a great success! A big thank you to
our ES PE team led by Amanda Pekin for
NO CLASSES putting together such a great event. Thank you
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Faculty In-Service also to all of our great ES parents. We had a
record turnout of parent support, and your
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from the stands at the opening ceremony and
ES/MS Early Student Release, 12:00 nn throughout the day!
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ES Student-Led Conferences, 12:30 PM
(Letter to follow next week) Our next important day is Tuesday, March 15
with Student Led Conferences. Next
21-25 NO SCHOOL, Spring Break Wednesday, your child will be bringing a letter
home explaining the purpose of our student led
conferences and the format of the
afternoon. Please take special note that there
will be early dismissal at 12:00 noon on this
Visit the ES Blog day.
http://es.ism-online.org
We hope everyone has a great long weekend!
to find out more about
student learning, the ES
curriculum and program
along with upcoming events Yours in Education,
and what is happening in
the ES! Simon Gillespie Michael Rourke
ES Principal ES Assistant Principal

ISM 2011-12 CALENDAR

The updated calendar for school
year 2011-2012 is now available at
our website www.ismanila.org
under News and Calendar >
Calendar of Events.
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From ES PE Department
Dear Parents

Thank-you to the many parents that joined us

on Sports Day last Friday. Your presence and
your willingness to either participate or assist
was greatly appreciated. Thank-you to our
official parent photographers on the day: Mary
Lim-Lopez, Paul Denver, Marjan Paas, Frances
Capua, Wendy Worley and Tess Haynie. If
parents have photos they would like to share
with the classes or the PE department then
please contact your classroom teacher. We
also welcome constructive feedback from the The Grade 1 Students will be hosting students
day and ask that you take the time to e-mail from Papaya Academy on Thursday, March 10.
us (pekina@ismanila.org) or comment through It will be a great day of fun games and
the PE teachers blogs. We use the feedback friendship.
from parents, students and teachers each year
to make improvements and value your input
at this time.

Sports day is a celebration of an active

lifestyle. A whole day devoted to physical
activity as opposed to onscreen activity!
Sports Day reminds us that physical activity
provides opportunities for social interaction,
self expression, health, challenge and
enjoyment. The importance of sportsmanship
will continue in all activities we do in physical
education. Sportsmanship allows us to play
competitively and still enjoy being active
whether we win or lose. Sports day reminds
us as parents just how much fun it can be to
be active at any age! I hope you all find time
each week to be active with your child.
From ES Learning Support Department
Dear Parents
The ES Learning Support Blog is designed to provide parents
with information on the school’s LS Team but also on the
other services offered at school (Speech and Language
Therapy and Occupational Therapy) as well as information
on different learning needs and links to relevant websites
and resources.
Added this week is a section on apps for iPads, iTouches
and iPhones that are great for all young learners. You will

From the ES PE Department

also find posts on giving praise, setting behavioral goals,
organization skills and identifying potential learning
difficulties. As well as some debate on teaching
handwriting, typing and the ‘Asian Math Advantage’. Have a
look around the site and let us know if there is anything
missing that you would like to see on there.

Angela Reilly
ES Learning Support Program Leader

Visit the Elementary School Learning Support Blog

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From the School Clinic

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS

Date Price (Php)

March 16th 2011 Influenza 2011 Strain 630

(Northern and Southern Hemisphere)

Please Note: If your child is 9 years old or below and receiving their flu vaccination for the first time, a second
vaccination will be required at least 4 weeks later. If there are sufficient numbers, I will arrange for
this to be available in school, if not, you will need to make alternative arrangements with your own
health care provider. The above price is per individual vaccine.

If you would like more information about the above vaccine, please contact the clinic on the number/email below or
call in to pick up a registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM ID may
participate in this program.

PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER BY NO LATER THAN FRIDAY
4TH MARCH, 2011. VACCINES WILL THEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE
ACCEPTED.

Clinic direct number: 840 8580

Email: clinic@ismanila.org

Dear Parents, Dengue – A Gentle Reminder

A regular reminder – please check that your child’s Please be aware that dengue does not
vaccinations are up-to-date. This is the first line of defense disappear altogether during the drier months,
against a number of serious diseases and I encourage you to
although it is more common during the wet
visit your pediatrician if you feel that your child may be due
for any vaccinations.
season there are still a number of cases
reported every month. There is still a need to
The following link will give you access to current US be vigilant and try to avoid getting bitten by
vaccination schedules which may be used a guide. Most mosquitoes by:
countries have similar schedules and advocate a similar
regime. If in doubt, please visit your pediatrician or ask at • using mosquito
the school clinic for contact details if you do not already have repellent,
a pediatrician. • destroying any possible
mosquito breeding
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/child-
areas at home,
schedule.htm
• wearing long sleeves/

Debbie Duckworth
trousers and
• closing mosquito nets
ISM Clinic Administrator and outside doors.
Phone 840 8581
duckworthd@ismanila.org

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From the ATAC Office
IASAS CULTURAL CONVENTIONS 2011
Next week March 3rd our Cultural Convention delegations
depart for Kuala Lumpur (Dance, Drama, Debate and
Forensics) and Jakarta (Art and Music). We wish all
delegates the best of luck and hope that the hard work in
the lead up to the Convention will be reflected in the big
performances required next week. Information about the
CC events can be obtained via the IASAS website next
week as results for the debate and forensics competition
will be posted regularly by the host schools.
www.iasas.asia
Good luck to all delegates and advisors at Cultural
Convention 2011.
ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES
for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule page as
above)
Feb 26 ISM Track Meet
Mar 2 IASAS Cultural Convention Teams Depart
Mar 3-5 IASAS Cultural Convention (Art/Music @ JIS, DDDF
@ ISKL)
Mar 4 Friday Twilight Track Meet v Faith/Brent at ISM
Mar 5 ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet
Mar 7 MS Academic Bowl at Faith
Mar 8 HS Academic Bowl at Brent
Mar 11-13 SAS Eagles Track Exchange- varsity track
Mar 11-13 ISB Softball Exchange – varsity teams
Mar 12 Brent Track Meet – HS/MS Track team
Mar 12 Varsity/JV softball v Brent at ISM
April 2 Track Meet at Brent
April 8 Twilight Track Meet at ISM v Brent at ISM
April 17 (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS
Track at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting Badminton
IASAS BADMINTON at ISM: April 18-21
Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tournament can
now be found on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism-online.org
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25 February 2011
ISM GOODWILL GYMNASTICS MEET –
SAT MARCH 5TH MS GYM
ISM will host our annual gymnastics meet on March 5th.
This is a huge event for our gymnastics team and this
year we have record numbers of entries with 300+
gymnasts coming to twirl/tumble and flip thier way
through routines on Floor, Beam, Bars and Vault from
level 1 to 6 competition. This is a great event for our
school to host and our gymnastics coaches led by Coach
Ramon along with the Gymnastics parents volunteers
have been very busy coordinating many details for this
event.
Please come along to the MS gym on Saturday March 5
to support our Bearcat Gymnastics Team and to watch
the event. Food and drinks are available and it is a great
day to watch some excellent gymnastics here in Manila.
Schedule is as follows:
7-8am General Warm-up
8:30-10:30 WAG Level 1 competition
11-12:30 WAG Level 2 competition
12:30-1pm Warm-up for Level 3,4,5 & Level 1 boys
1-4:30pm WAG Level 3,4,5 & MAG Level 1
competition
Awards will take place in the Little Theatre right after
each section of the competition.
ISM INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEET
Last weekend ISM Sailfish Swim team hosted the first
international swim meet at our school pool with teams
from Shanghai, Thailand, Jakarta and Singapore joining
local teams from British School Manila, Brent and
Assumption College for a meet held Saturday and
Sunday morning. Over 240 swimmers raced and with
fantastic weather and superb organization by Coach
Andy and his team of Sailfish Parent volunteers the
meet was a big success. Thanks also to sponsors Fitness
First, SM Supermarkets, Aquamondo and S&R Shopping.
See Coach Andy’s Sailfish blog for meet details and
results.
GAME SCHEDULE PDF (new procedure in place for
access to game schedule pdf information)
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for
ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. 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. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be
directed to the http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ .
You will need your power school user name and
password to access the game schedule pdf now located
in power school
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Boys finished 4th, Girls finished a very close 6th with

JIS beating them to 5th in the last event.
Some statistics of note… There were:
50 personal best times
Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:
9 new Individual ISM School Swimming Records by:
Mon, Wed and Fridays
4 records to Lotta Toppari
11:30am – 1:00pm and 2:30pm – 4:00pm.
2 records to Lunia Iai (Freshman)
Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm. Thanks
to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in 2 records to Raymond Oo
joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den 1 record to Joanna Hirsch (freshman)
please contact our BCD volunteers coordination 1 new ISM School Relay record goes to
Chantel (fam.wanten@hotmail.com) or pop in to
the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk with one of Noa Sison, Justin Van Klaveren, Yong An, Ray Oo
our volunteers they will be very happy to make you ISM swam in 31 B Finals
welcome.
ISM swam in 14 A Finals
An encouraging point for future IASAS events is that of
the 45 swim in finals, Our grade 9 students featured in
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We are currently accepting housing offers for the 80 Medals
visiting Badminton athletes if you can help with housing
3 x3rd place medals
please read details on the blog and a housing letter can
also be accessed via the blog or hard copy picked up 4 x2nd place medals
from the ATAC office.
4 x1st place medals
IASAS BADMINTON at ISM: April 18-21
Outstanding efforts by:
Information related to the IASAS Badminton
Lotta Toppari—3rd, 5th, 6th & 9th
Tournament can now be found on the ATAC Blog
http://atac.ism-online.org Justin Van Klaveren—3rd, 6th, 8th & 1th
We are currently accepting housing offers for the 80 Ray Oo—3x 2nds and 1 3rd
visiting Badminton athletes if you can help with housing
3 x3rd place medals
please read details on the blog and a housing letter can
also be accessed via the blog or hard copy picked up Ray Oo, Justin Van Klaveren, Lotta Topari
from the ATAC office.
4 x2nd place medals

Mark Pekin 2 for Ray Oo, Justin Van Klaveren, Sam Drury

Athletics & Activities Director 4 x1st place medals (boys relay)

Noah Sison, Justin Van Klavaren, Yong An, Ray Oo
IASAS SWIMMING
The ISM Swim team achieved very encouraging results Andy Astfalck
at the IASAS Swimming Championships last week in Head Coach, ISM Swimming
Kuala Lumpur. It is the first time for many years that Sailfish Blog - www.sailfish.ism-online.org
both our teams did not finish 6th, our boys finished 4th
and our girls were leading JIS right up to the final event.
A huge improvement from previous years and our
freshman swimmers, now have the experience and are
hungry for success next year, in fact they are already
back in the pool training for next years IASAS at Jakarta
International School.

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CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE FOLLOWING WHO MADE IT TO THE

IASAS Cultural Convention

S.Y. 2010 - 2011
Dance, Drama, Debate & Forensics Art & Music
(Kuala Lumpur) (Jakarta)
Natalia Pena Caitlin Coyiuto
Will Vankoughnett Marianne (Mae) Chan
Arturo (Rocky) Alli Ye Won Lee
Jaime de Venecia Youn Ho (Harry) Lee
Lloyd Taylor Jin Young Lee
Tae Wan Kim Jin Wook Lee
Aadam Mohammed Song Ju (Julie) Han
Gabriela Pascuzzi Sin Ho (Sierra) Lee
Ashild Eriksen Mahek Tulsiani
Laura Lehmann Hee Young (Sara) Shim
Isabel Agudo Isabel Francisco
Yi-Jou (Cindy) Chen Myung In (Moonie) Sohn
Mara Javier Dinesh Mohnani
Akshar Bonu Melvin Biteng
Leandro Leviste Stephan Chan
Alonzo Virata Manni Cavalli-Sforza
Julia Saubier Jimin Kim
Shrey Chandra Seong Chan An
Michael Keppler Seong Yoon Kim
Michelle Ferreol Eun (Stella) Kuh
Seo Youn (Esther) Park Kyung Min Lee
Lynn Yu Eun Jee Kang
Young Sun Park Seo Hyun (Lisa) Lee
Kei Matsunami Emiri Tanaka
Bianca Romero-Salas Hee Youn (Jenny) Shim
Chloe Alcid Yining Zhang
Kristien Crouch Amber Fatima
Jacqueline Pisano Lucian Wizer-Green
Camille Delgado Frances Tanchanco
Samantha Villanueva Na Yon Kim
Ye Jin (Stephanie) Kim Sofia Benares
Shue-Jen (Richelle) Tsai

Dance – Yek Barlongay Imp – Fred Biggar Art – Tara Barton

Drama – Vicki Close Ext – Filipa Pavic Band – Tom Nazareno
Debate – Peter Curry Choir – John Mulhall
OI – Kelly Arndt Piano – Leah Gander
OO – Andrea Thompson Strings – Guillaume Odendaal

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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA

Athletics and Activities Office

SPORTS
CAMPS

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International School Manila

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP

The ISM Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Rugby and Badminton Sum-
mer Sports Camps are open to ISM students only.
If you are interested in joining one or more of the camps please
fill up form below and return to ATAC on or before April 22, 2011 for the May
Camp and May 27, 2011 for the June Camps.

As soon as we have reached the minimum amount of participants to run the

program a formal permission slip will be sent to you through your child.

Limited slots available…… This is on first come first serve basis.

Permission Slip

Date: __________________________

Please reserve a slot for my child for this years 2011 Mini Sports Camps
(Please check sport/s below)

MAY CAMP

____ Basketball ____ Badminton

JUNE CAMP

____ Basketball _____ Soccer ____ Badminton _____ Rugby ____ Volleyball

______________________________ _______ _____________________________

Name of student Grade Parents Name and Signature

______________________________ _____________________________
Parent’s Email Address Parent’s Mobile No.