International School Manila

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March2,2012

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students

Message from the High School Principal:

Dear Parents,
Welcome to the month of March. As you read this our public speakers, musicians, artists, dancers and actors are all performing at their respective IASAS Cultural Conventions. Actually if you stop reading right now and open up the IASAS website www.iasas.asia you might catch some live streamed action! The school year is certainly flying by quickly and seniors only have 33 school days before they have study leave for their IB exams. Senior exams are actually much sooner, running from Wednesday 21st until Wednesday 28 of this month. Of course I do not need to remind seniors that HS Graduation on Tuesday, May 29th. A good lead up to the senior exams or mock IB exams has been shown to be excellent preparation for the IB exams, which this year start on Wednesday May 2. Having completed all their college applications, extended essays and IB internal assessments, it would be a shame if seniors do not perform in their school exams or even worse their IB exams in May. We sometimes hear a few rumors about this time of the year from seniors who have already been accepted to their university of choice, that their IB exams do not matter. This cannot be further from the truth. Universities ask us for final transcripts and have been known to withdraw offers where clearly a student has not completed their senior year to the best of their ability. Last week the high school administration met with the senior class to encourage a sustained effort until the end of year, while acknowledging that many hurdles had now been climbed in terms of Extended Essays, Internal assessments, TOK essays and IB orals. Good luck Seniors! In a change from the past, this year Prom will be much earlier and before the IB exam season. It will be held on April 21st at the Intercontinental Hotel in Makati. On Tuesday we have our monthly HS Parent Coffee and I encourage you to attend this particular session as I have asked the HS IT department to present on the topic of Digital Citizens; what it means to be a digital citizen today and how technology is affecting, influencing and inspiring children, while changing the face of education. It is sure to be a very interactive and thought provoking presentation. At about this time last year I was extremely pleased to announce that a senior, Manni Cavalli-Sforza had won the prestigious Margaret Sanders Scholarship, one of only four student chosen from international schools around the world. I am even more delighted to announce today that for the first time in the history of this award, ISM has achieved consecutive winners of this award! Please join with me in congratulating Julia Saubier, this years recipient of the Margaret Sanders Scholarship, (US$5000 toward College Expenses). This weekend is another no homework weekend as it is associated with IASAS Cultural Convention. What this means is that students have a breather from new homework, they do however have a chance to work to catch up and get ahead with no new work assigned. Enjoy the weekend everyone!

William R. S. Brown High School Principal

HSCALENDAR:
Monday,March5: Gr.9GeographyFieldTrip IB2TheatrePPPRecordingWeek(IA) Tuesday,March6: PTACulturalShow7.30am HSParentCoffee9.3011.00am(LittleTheater) MockCollegeAdmissions IB2TheatrePPPRecordingWeek(IA) Wednesday,March7: LateStart IB2TheatrePPPRecordingWeek(IA) PerformingArtsAuditionsforNextSY BEIMUN@ISBBeijing Thursday,March8: IB2TheatrePPPRecordingWeek(IA) AcademicBowl IB2CompSciDossierDraftDue PerformingArtsAuditionsforNextSY BEIMUN@ISBBeijing Friday,March9: IB2TheatrePPPRecordingWeek(IA) PerformingArtsAuditionsforNextSY IB2FilmProductionPortfolioDUE BEIMUN@ISBBeijing Saturday,March10: Grade11OvernightTrip

REMINDERS:

All Parents are invited to the HS Parent Coffee Morning

When: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Venue: Little Theater Time: 9:30-11:00am

We hope to see you there!!

To All Juniors and Seniors From Michael Relf, IB/AP Coordinator A reminder that the last day to register for the AP exams will be on Friday, March 16th. Please get the registration form from the IB/AP Office if you are interested to take it. IASAS Cultural Convention websites:
Dear Parents, if you are interested in following the progress of our Cultural Convention in Taipei (Music), Bangkok (Art/Dance/Drama) and Singapore (Debate/Forensics) here are the links to the websites and live stream information. http://www.tassandbox.net/cultureconvention2012/IA SAS%20CC%20WEBSITE/index.html http://inside.isb.ac.th/iasascc/streaming/ http://cultural.sasclubs.com/ All sites are also posted on our fine arts blog/atac blog and can also be accessed via www.iasas.asia website.

UpcomingEvents:
March1229:MAPTESTING March22March29:IB2MOCKEXAMS March30April9:SCHOOLHOLIDAY

FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER:

Team Philippines among the Top Four in 2012 World Schools Debating Championships
Six Philippine high school students made history by reaching the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) semi-final in Cape Town, South Africa in January this year, thereby emerging among the top four teams of the tournament. A statement from the Department of Education said that having participated since 2002, this was the furthest that any team from the Philippines had ever progressed. The team, composed of Joaquin Maria Bonoan Escano from PAREF Southridge School, Donald Felbaum and Nico Lorenzo Flaminiano from Xavier School, Rico Rey Francis Holganza, Jr., from PAREF Springdale School in Cebu, Sanjeev Parmanand from Ateneo de Zamboanga University High School, and Mariella Antoinette Salazar from International School Manila, finished 4th, the highest ever for a team from the Philippines. The team proved to be the tournament's surprise package, earning the respect of judges and coaches all over the world, as they went on to defeat Canada (2010 champions) in the first round of the finals, and Singapore (2011 champions) in the quarter-finals. They were narrowly defeated in the semi-finals by eventual champions Scotland. Article abridged from: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?searchID=DEBATE&article=1781330000196

WHATisaboughtpage? Itisapagethatyoucreatewhichwillbeincludedinthe Kawayanyearbook.Itcancontainanythingfromfamily messages for graduating kids to picture collages of your childsbestmomentsinhighschool.Itisagreatwayto createalastingmemoryofyourchildshighschoolyears andyoucanbuyasmanypagesasyouwant! PRICES:(perpage) BlackandWhite:PHP2,500 Colored:PHP5,000 *Allpaymentsmustbemadetothecashier DEADLINE:March9,2012(Friday) PAGEDETAILS: Dimensions: Each page should be 9"x12" Mustbeturnedinaseitherapicture(.jpeg)orPhotoshop (.psd)filewithaminimumresolutionof300dpi(dotsper inch). SUBMISSION: Please burn the file on a CD and drop it off at the HS office WITH a receipt from the cashier. Please indicate thatitisaboughtpagefortheKawayanyearbook. Forquestions,pleasedon'thesitatetocontact Angela Sy or Kevin Yang at kawayanprint@gmail.com. Thankyouforyoursupport! AngelaSyandKevinYang KawayanYearbookEditorsinChief

ADVERTISE IN KAWAYAN YEARBOOK: GreetingsfromtheISMKawayanYearbook! ForthethirdtimeinKawayanhistory,wewillbe ToallSeniorParents: includingadvertisinginthebackoftheHSYearbook. Senior Dedication Bought Pages for the Kawayan Thisisafantasticwaytoreachalargeaudienceinthe yearbookarenowavailable! ISMcommunity,andwillbeviewedforyearstocome!
EXTENDEDDEADLINE!!!! The International School Manila Community includes: Families of our 2,000+ students Local and expatriate faculty Alumni/ae living in the Philippines Embassies Chambers of Commerce Multinational Corporations NGOs Select International Schools in SE Asia Prospective Parents visiting the Fort Bonifacio Campus

FOR SENIOR PARENTS:

Wehavenotincreasedtheratesforthisyear.Theyare asfollows: Php8,000:1/4A4page (width=105cmxheight=148cm) Php16,000:1/2A4page (width=210cmxheight=148cm) Php32,000:1fullA4page (width=210cmxheight=297cm): ToadvertisewiththeISMKawayan: STEP1:PaydirectlytotheISMcashier. STEP2:Submitacopyofthereceipttothehighschool office. STEP3:SubmitadvertisementonCD/DVD/USBin JPEG/TIFF/PSD/PDFformatat200dpiminimumtothe HighSchoolOffice,lookforLaurieorSam. DeadlineforsubmissionisMonday,March26. Ifyouwouldlikemoreinformation,pleasecontactthe HSYearbookCoordinator,BrandonHoover,at hooverb@ismanila.org. ThankyouforhelpingtosupporttheKawayan! Brandon Hoover HS IT Coordinator International School Manila

FROM THE PTA:

FROM THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE: DearParents, TheAdmissionsOfficeissendingoutafriendlyreminderregardingourWithdrawalProcedure. IfyourfamilywillbeleavingbeforeorattheendofSY1112,wewouldappreciatethatyousubmittheofficialWithdrawal NotificationForminordertoinitiatethewithdrawalprocess.Pleasenote,thisdoesnotpertaintoGrade12studentswho willgraduateinMay. PleasesubmitthecompletedWithdrawalNotificationFormasearlyaspossible. Allformsareavailablehere:www.ismanila.org>Admission>ReenrollmentandWithdrawal WITHDRAWALNOTIFICATIONFORM(requiredbyES/HS/MSstudents)PleasesubmitthistotheAdmissionsOffice MIDDLESCHOOLCLEARANCEFORMOncecompletedpleasesubmitthistotheCashiersOffice HIGHSCHOOLCLEARANCEFORMOncecompletedpleasesubmitthistotheCashiersOffice IMPORTANTDATEtoremember: May11,2012WithdrawalNotificationFormsforSchoolYear20112012mustbesubmitted.Formsreceivedafterthis datewillincurapenaltyofUSD$1000ontherefundoftheFUD. FordetailedinformationregardingreceivingReportCards,TranscriptofRecords,obtainingayearbookand/ortherefund oftheFUDpleasevisitourwebsiteatwww.ismanila.orgundertheAdmissionsTAB<ReEnrollment&Withdrawal. Weappreciateyournotificationaswehavemanyfamiliesawaitingwordforenrollmentfornextschoolyear.Pleasefeel freetocontactusatadmissions@ismanila.orgforanyquestionsorconcerns. FROM THE FINE ARTS OFFICE:

Show Choir Auditions for SY 12-13

Round One Dates: Thursday, 1 March & Friday, 2 March Time: 2:304:30 p.m. Location: AMRThurs; LTFriday Sign up List on the Audition board behind the FAT If you would like to become a part of the 2012-13 High School Show Choir, sign up for a 10-minute audition slot and prepare the following: A classical or musical theater solo piece of your choice, no longer than 2 minutes in length. The piece should showcase your vocal strengths and range (bass, tenor, alto, soprano). A 30-second speech about your music experience and attributes that would make you a valuable member of the Show Choir ensemble. If you are called back for Round Two, here is the information you need to know: At the audition, you will: Round Two Dates: Thursday, 8 March (Sopranos and Tenors) & 1) Sing your solo, Friday, 9 March (Altos and Basses) 2) Say your speech, Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m. 3) Do a range and listening test, Location: TBD 4) And be given a piece to sight-read. Contact Ms. Grev (grevc@ismanila.org) or drop by the AMR for more information.

FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:

Congratulations to our varsity boys softball team who had success last weekend in the ASSL softball tournament. The boys have played well the past three Sundays in this event and qualified for the finals which were held at the ISM field last Sunday. Despite losing the first match of the day the boys regrouped, won the 2nd match to get into the final and then defeated the team who they lost to in the first match of the morning to take out the championship trophy. Congratulations to all players and coaches on an excellent finish to the ASSL season. Below is the Varsity Boys Softball-ASSL tournament table of match results: 2012 season:
ISM Field Fort Bonifacio v DLSU 4 s ADMU v ADMU 2 s ISM 1 v UPD 0 s DLSU v ISM 9 s UPLB 1 v UPLB 1 s UPD 19-Feb 1 7 4 9 8 0 830am 945am 1100am 1215pm 130pm Rosario Field, Pasig City ISM DLSU UPD UPLB ADMU
th

Mar 23: Twilight Track meet Varsity girls softball v Brent at ISM Mar 30- April 9 Spring break April 11: Teams depart for IASAS 3rd Season Championships Track at Taipei Softball at Singapore Badminton at Kuala Lumpur May 12: ISM Gymnastics Dual Meet (this replaces the cancelled SACAC Singapore meet) May 18-20: Mixed Touch Tournament @ Jakarta International School
26-Feb ISM Field Bonifacio DLSU UPD UPLB UPD ISM 1 10 16 2 11 Fort

3 vs 2 vs 3 vs 9 vs 4 vs

DLSU UPLB ISM ADMU UPD

1 3 4 1 5 0 2

830am 945am 1100am 1215pm 130pm

vs vs vs vs vs

UPD ADMU ISM ISM UPLB

5 Game 1 0 Game 2 1 Game 3 5 Game 4 5 Finals

ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet: March 10 : ISM hosts our gymnastics meet next Saturday March 10th. We have over 200 gymnasts entered from a variety of local and overseas clubs arriving to compete in the Olympic apparatus of floor, vault, uneven bars and beam, along with boys events under the Mens Artistic Gymnastics program. This day is the biggest event of the year for our ISM gymnasts and is always well supported with a big crowd filling the bleachers to watch the competition. Our gymnastics parents booster club are heavily involved with organizing many aspects of the meet and I would like to express my thanks to the gymnasts parents for all the support they will provide to make this annual meet a big success. Please come along and check out the gymnastics action. Opening parade and welcome for Level 1 gymnasts starts at 8am and is followed by Level 2/3 competition and in the afternoon the more advanced Level 4/5 competition is held. Awarding ceremonies take place immediately after each level section is completed in the Little Theatre. 3rd Season: Season practices schedules for (Track and Field, Badminton, Softball for MS and HS students and Mixed Touch for MS students only) are now posted to the blog and are on school notice boards. ATAC Events coming up: Mar 2: JV/Varsity girls softball v Brent at ISM Mar 3: Track meet at ISM Mar 7: MS Academic Bowl at ISM Mar 8: HS Academic Bowl at Brent Mar 10: JV girls softball at Brent ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet MS Gym Mar 17 : ISM Pre IASAS Track meet (HS only) JV/Varsity girls softball at ISM

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. 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. 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. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator Radhika radhikasavantmohit@yahoo.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. Mark Pekin Director of Athletics/Activities International School Manila E-mail: pekinm@ismanila.org ISM Website:http://www.ismanila.org/ ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/

IASAS MATH: VARSITY

SAS AMC 12B Name (gr) ALEXANDER SCHINDELE MURAY (12) YOONKU KANG (12) JUHEE LEE (11) YOUNGMIN KIM (11) FEIFAN ZHANG (12) ISM AMC 12B SAS Name (gr) ISM 91.5 97.5 JAEWOO PARK (12) 81 94.5 HYUNJIN KIM (11) 81 93 JUNGA PARK (12) 81 91.5 SUKJIN HONG (11) 90 81DANIEL SM ITH (11), M ARTIN BAUTISTA ( Total 415.5 Total 466.5 ISKL AMC 12B Name (gr) SANGJUN EOM (11) HAKYOON SONG (12) CHAEHYUN LEE (11) JIWON YOON (12) RICHARD KIM (11) Total ISB AMC 12B Name (gr) NAMKI CHO (11) YU JE ONG HONG (12) JINKYU LEE (12) SIRAPOB NANTHAYAPIROM (12) ARTHUR REMPEL (12) Total

IASAS MATH 2011

Varsity Results 489 1ST TAS 466.5 2ND ISM 454.5 3RD ISKL 451.5 4TH ISB 424.5 5TH JIS 415.5 6TH SAS JV Results 550.5 1ST TAS 544.5 2ND ISB 508.5 3RD ISM 507 4TH JIS 447 5TH SAS 438 6TH ISKL

TAS AMC 12B Name (gr) TAS 100.5 ALBERT KUO (12) 99 HARKJOON LEE (12) 97.5 KAHO ARAKAWA (11) 97.5 YICHIN TSAI (11) 94.5 KEVIN LIOU (12), KEVIN WENG (11), FRANK LIN (12) Total 489 JIS AMC 12B Name (gr) WHOIREE HA (12) FREDERICK WIDJAJA (11) KARAN MIRPURI (11) JONGMIN BAEK (11) ANDREW ROCHMAN (11)

ISKL 94.5 94.5 93 87 85.5 454.5

JIS 91.5 88.5 85.5 82.5 76.5 Total 424.5

ISB
96 91.5 90 87 87

451.5

IASAS MATH: JUNIOR VARSITY

SAS AMC 10B Name (gr) PRESTON LEE (10) EDITH ENRIGHT (10) JONGWON CHOI (10) MICHAL TOLK (10) DARYN FORGERON (10) Total TAS AMC 10B Name (gr) RICHARD JUNG (10) CHRISTOPHER LIN (10) YANG TORRY (10) AARON CHAN (9) TIFFANY CHIANG (9) SAS 94.5 91.5 91.5 85.5 84 447 ISM AMC 10B Name (gr) JAEWOO JANG (10) YOUNGJIP KIM (10) SHINEUI HONG (9) KUMSEOK NAM (9)
JIYOON LEE (10), TAEEUN KIM (10

Total ISKL AMC 10B Name (gr) YOUJIN REO (9) SEUNGJIN MA (9) JUNGHEUK AN (10) DAVIN CHOI (10) GHUN YOON (9) Total ISB AMC 10B Name (gr)
EUGENE JANG (10) BRIAN LEONG (9) NAOYA OZAWA (10) GWO LIEN (10) WEIZHI LIAO (10)

ISM 112.5 111 99 93 93 508.5

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS-VARSITY Gold TAS ALBERT KUO (12) 100.5 Silver TAS HARKJOON LEE (12) 99 Bronze ISM JAEWOO PARK (12) 97.5 Bronze TAS KAHO ARAKAWA (11) 97.5 Bronze TAS YICHIN TSAI (11) 97.5

TAS 114 109.5 109.5 109.5 108 Total 550.5

ISKL 91.5 91.5 90 88.5 76.5 438

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS-JUNIOR VARSITY Gold ISB EUGENE JANG (10) 126 Silver JIS JINYOUNG KIM (10) 118.5 Bronze ISB BRIAN LEONG (9) 117

JIS AMC 10B Name (gr) JINYOUNG KIM (10) HYUKJIN KIM (9) XIANGRUI TAO (9) SEUNGWOOK CHUNG (9) JAEHYUN KIM (9), JINWOO KIM (9) Total

JIS 118.5 103.5 99 96 90 507

ISB
126 117 103.5 99 99

Total

544.5

CollegeAcceptancesforClass2012 ReportasofMarch1,2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 UniversityofAberdeen TheUniversityofAlabama UniversityofAlberta ArkansasStateUniversity AteneodeManilaUniversity(11) UniversityofBradford(2) BrevardCollege UniversityofBritishColumbia(7) BrunelUniversity UniversityofCaliforniaatIrvine(3) UniversityofCaliforniaatRiverside CanterburyChristChurchUniversity College CentenaryCollegeofLouisiana ChaminadeUniversityofHonolulu CityUniversity ClaremontMcKennaCollege ColumbiaUniversity CreightonUniversity DeLaSalleUniversityManila(2) DrexelUniversity UniversityofDundee DurhamUniversity UniversityofEastAnglia UniversityofEdinburgh(2) ElonUniversity EmersonCollege EnderunCollegesInc. FloridaInstituteofTechnology UniversityCollegeoftheFraserValley GeorgeMasonUniversity GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology GonzagaUniversity UniversityofGreenwich HawaiiPacificUniversity HeriotWattUniversity(3) UniversityofHertfordshire IEUniversity UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana Champaign ImperialCollegeofScience,Technology, andMedicine IndianaUniversityatBloomington IthacaCollege Johnson&WalesUniversity KeeleUniversity(2) King'sCollegeLondon KnoxCollege KoreaAdvancedInstituteofScienceand Technology LancasterUniversity UniversityofLeeds(2) LondonSouthBankUniversity UniversityCollegeLondon(2) LoyolaMarymountUniversity(2) ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity UniversityofManchester(2) ManhattanvilleCollege UniversityofMaryland,BaltimoreCounty MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology McGillUniversity(9) MenloCollege UniversityofMiami(2) UniversityofMiami MichiganStateUniversity(3) UniversityofMichigan MiddleburyCollege CollegeofNewRochelle NewYorkUniversity NewYorkUniversityAbuDhabi NortheasternUniversity NortheasternUniversity NorthwesternUniversity OccidentalCollege UniversityofOregon OxfordBrookesUniversity PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,University Park

39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73

74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

UniversityofPennsylvania UniversityofthePhilippines(3) UniversityofPlymouth(2) UniversityofPortsmouth PrincetonUniversity PurdueUniversity TheUniversityofQueensland QuestUniversityCanada(2) UniversityofRedlands RoyalMelbourneInstituteofTechnology UniversityofSanFrancisco(2) SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago SchoolofVisualArts(2) UniversityofSouthampton(2) SSTHSwissSchoolofTourismand Hospitality 88

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102

StanfordUniversity UniversityofSussex SwinburneUniversityofTechnology SyracuseUniversity TheUniversityofTexas,Austin UniversityofKent VancouverFilmSchool VassarCollege UniversityofWarwick WellesleyCollege UniversityofWinnipeg UniversityofWisconsin,Stout UniversityofWollongong UniversityofYork

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