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March 27, 2015
A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students
For ATTENDANCE concerns, please
contact the HS Office
(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)
Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653
Email [email protected]
For GUIDANCE or IB/AP concerns,
please contact Tina, Eloisa or Nyla
Tel: 840-8655 / 840-8660
MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION:
Dear Parents,
Do you remember dancing the night away at your High School Prom? I want all our junior and senior students to have the
same memory, so it is really important that they buy their tickets as soon as possible. With the holiday starting next week,
we need to finalize arrangements with the hotel and right now we have not sold enough tickets to make it financially
viable. We need students to buy their ticket by next Tuesday, so please encourage them to attend a great school event.
Please note that Prom finishes at 11pm and the school is not responsibility for any student once they have left Prom.
In this edition of the bulletin you will find our first edition of college acceptances for this batch of seniors. Many colleges
will make decisions on or about April 1 and so this list will grow, though it does rely on our students reporting their offers
in our college software program, Naviance. We are once again delighted with our seniors. Many of them have done
exceedingly well in gaining entry to some of the most prestigious universities in the world. However the real success and
indeed our focus as a school is to find the best fit university for every student. There are many considerations to think
about with this process and I urge you to start early and to meet with your son or daughter’s school counselor. There are
many factors that need consideration. Which country to study in? Should it be city versus a rural location? Climate factors
are sometimes important for an ISM student who is accustomed to a tropical environment. There might be safety
concerns, financial issues, specific course requirements and universities that specialize in different areas. Ultimately it is a
complex process, but our school counselors are well trained and visit as many of the universities that they can, to get a
real first-hand experience.
We are also very fortunate to get many college and university visits to ISM and it is important that our students take the
time to speak with the college representatives when they are. You can see a schedule for these visits as well as an
overview of our counseling services on the ISM website, under Counseling.
Another valuable site is the Counseling Departments own blog http://guidance.ism-online.org/
I would like to congratulate our seniors and trust that they have all found a “best fit” university for them as individual
learners. It is important however that they finish this year strongly. We have just concluded IB mock Exams and the actual
IB exams start on May 4, so now is the time for all seniors to work hard and to the best of their ability.
There will be no bulletin next week due to the spring break holiday. Enjoy the break and I hope all our students come back
refreshed and ready for the last eight weeks of school.
Kind regards,
William R.S. Brown
High School Principal
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HS CALENDAR:
Monday, March 30:
IB Math HL/SL Exploration Final Submission - Gr. 11
Tuesday, March 31:
All Grade 12 CAS Deadline
Wednesday, April 1- Sunday, April 12:
School Holiday
April 9-13: 3rd Season IASAS Golf (ISKL); Badminton
(TAS); Softball (JIS); Track & Field (SAS)
Monday, April 13:
Classes Resume
Tuesday, April 14:
HS Parent Coffee
Wednesday, April 15:
Student Late Start
Thursday, April 16:
HS Concert Finale 5:30pm (FAT)
Friday, April 17:
Gr. 12: IB Film Independent Study Submission
Gr. 12: IB Theatre Practical Performance Proposal
Submission
Gr. 11: IB Mathematics IA Submission
Saturday, April 18:
Prom (see ad on page 3)
UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 28: Last day for Seniors (full IB Diploma)
April 28-30: Study leave for IB Diploma students
May 1: Holiday—Labor Day
May 4-26: IB Exams
May 11-15: Grade 11 Exams
May 13-15: Grade 9 & 10 Exams
FROM THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE:
Leaving ISM?
Please be reminded that parents are obliged to officially
inform the School in writing through a WITHDRAWAL
NOTIFICATION FORM if their children will not be returning in
August for School Year 2015-16. Families are encouraged to
submit the Withdrawal Notification Form, stating the
student's final date of attendance, immediately. Forms must
be submitted on or before May 8. Failure to submit the form
by that date may lead to a deduction of US$1,000 from the
Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for having
held a space for your child, preventing the School from
offering that space to another candidate.
The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the
Admissions Office or directly from the ISM website under
Admission > Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal > Withdrawals
Please feel free to contact the Admissions Office at 840.8601
for questions or clarifications.
Thank you.
Admissions & Advancement Team
[email protected]
HS PARENT COFFEE:
Invite to HS Parent Coffee :
We would like to invite all Parents to
attend the last HS Parent Coffee
Morning for school year 2014-2015.
When: Tuesday, April 14
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Time: 9:30 am – 11:00
am
Venue: Little Theater (LT)
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FOR GRADE 9 & 10 PARENTS:
PROM ANNOUNCEMENT:
Sign up to host grade 10 and 11 students for the week
of June 8 - 12th. For Career Experience Week to be
successful it will need the support of the ISM
community, please sign up today!
Sign ups are easier than ever before, just contact me
and fill out the survey with basic information regarding
your company or organization!
Google Sign up form: http://goo.gl/forms/2z6tncYDOR
Or contact Crystal Cappuccio
at [email protected]
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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:
The practice schedule for season 3 is posted on notice Parents and students please take some time to peruse the
boards and on the ATAC blog. Season 3 will run from Feb ATAC blog it has a wide variety of information and links to
9th to March 31st.
our sports and activities program. If you have any questions
regarding the competitive program of sports at ISM after
Congratulations JV boys softball team who came 2nd place reading the information on the blog please send an email
in the Div 2 ASSL softball league after the finals were played to [email protected] and I will endeavor to assist you as
last Sunday. Well done players and coaches. Also well done best I can.
to our Vboys Badminton team who won the local FILCHI Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store. There is a
Badminton tournament played this past weekend. Great range of new products and items to purchase including
job boys and a good preparation for IASAS coming up soon. items from our service partners. Bearcat Den hours of
3rd Season HS sports awards will be held Thurs April operation- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.
23rd from 5:30pm at the lofthouse. All 3rd season
athletes/parents are invited.
The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by
Don't forget Bearcats volleyballers...get a jump start on the Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athletics Coordinator) gives the most
season...see link for April Volleyball camp with a USA up to date information on where/when and who our
Bearcat teams will be playing throughout the school year.
Olympian! Sign up and pay at the cashiers office.
Access to the game schedule is via the ISM parent portal.
http://atac.ism-online.org/files/2015/02/ISM-Flyer.pdf
Use this link to access the parent portal, log in with your
user name/password and look for the ATAC Game Schedule
Upcoming datestab. Remember to refresh the page when the pdf schedule
Mar 28 JV&VGirls softball vs Brent at Brent
appears so you view the most current schedule.
Mar 28 Track meet at Brent
Apr 9-13 IASAS S3 Golf at ISKL/Badminton at TAS/ Track at
SAS/Softball at JIS
GO BEARCATS!
Keep in touch with our Bearcats at IASAS by
following www.iasas.asia for results and live stream links.
?Good luck to all players and coaches at IASAS Season 3
championships!
Saturday Community Tennis for semester 2 has
commenced. See link for information on dates and how to
book. Use of the courts is only available to ISM community
members. Outside guests are not allowed http://atac.ismonline.org/atac/saturday-community-tennis/
Please note the practice times for the following ATAC
programs: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30.
Sailfish/Gymnastics and all HS seasonal teams now
conclude practice at 4:50pm each day. MS seasonal
teams 3:10-4:45pm. The last bus is now 4:55pm and all
after school programs will conclude by 4:50pm in order to
try and clear the campus prior to 5pm due to the ever
increasing traffic concerns in our area.
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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEARNING COORDINATOR:
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College Acceptances
As of March 27, 2015
Aberystwyth University (1)
Lancaster University (2)
Ateneo de Manila University (8)
University of Leicester (1)
Babson College (1)
London School of Business Management (1)
University of Bath (4)
University College London (6)
Bentley University (2)
Loyola Marymount University (4) University of Manchester (5)
University of Birmingham (3)
University of Massachusetts, Boston (1)
Bournemouth University (1)
McGill University (8)
Brigham Young University (1)
University of Michigan (2)
University of Bristol (3)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1)
University of British Columbia (5)
University of Nevada, Reno (1)
Brown University (1)
University of New England (1)
Bryant University (1)
New York University (1)
California Lutheran University (1)
Northeastern University (2)
California Maritime Academy (1)
Northwestern University (2)
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (1)
University of Notre Dame (2)
California State University, Northridge (1)
University of Nottingham (1)
University of California, Davis (3)
NYU Abu Dhabi University (1)
University of California, Irvine (13)
University of Oregon (1)
University of California, Riverside (1)
Oxford Brookes University (1)
University of California, San Diego (3)
Pennsylvania State University - World Campus (1)
University of California, Santa Barbara (1)
University of Pennsylvania (1)
University of California, Santa Cruz (1)
Pepperdine University (2)
Chapman University (2)
University of the Philippines (2)
University of Chicago (2)
University of Pittsburgh (2)
City University (1)
Pitzer College (1)
Columbia University (2)
Portland State University (1)
Dalhousie University (1)
Queen Mary, University of London (3)
University of Denver (1)
University of Reading (2)
DePaul University (1)
Richmond The American International College in London (1)
Dixie College (1)
University of Rochester (1)
Drexel University (1)
Royal Holloway, University of London (1)
Durham University (2)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark (1)
University of East Anglia (1)
Saint Mary's College of California (2)
University of Edinburgh (3)
San Diego State University (2)
Emory University (1)
University of San Diego (2)
Enderun Colleges Inc. (1)
San Francisco State University (1)
University of Exeter (10)
University of San Francisco (3)
Fordham University (2)
Santa Clara University (1)
George Mason University (1)
University of Saskatchewan (1)
Georgetown University (1)
University of Sheffield (1)
Georgia Institute of Technology (1)
Simon Fraser University (1)
The University of Georgia (1)
Southern Virginia University (1)
University of Glasgow (1)
University of St. Andrews (3)
Goldsmiths College, University of London (2)
Stanford University (2)
Hamilton College - NY (1)
University of Stirling (1)
Haverford College (1)
University of Strathclyde (2)
Heriot-Watt University (1)
University of Surrey (1)
Hofstra University (1)
Syracuse University (1)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1)
University of Toronto (4)
Imperial College London (2)
Union College (1)
King's College London (5)
University of Derby (1)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (1)
University of Kent (5)
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University of Oxford (1)
Utah State University (1)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1)
University of Virginia (2)
University of Warwick (9)
Waseda University (1)
University of Washington (1)
University of Waterloo (1)
Wesleyan University (1)
FROM THE PTA OFFICE:
ATTENTION ISM PARENTS
The Nominating Committee invites parents to volunteer for Grade
Level Liaison positions on the Governing Board of the PTA. There
are two (2) positions available per grade level.
Grade Level Liaisons support the PTA Executive Committee to fulfill
the goals and objectives of the ISM PTA.
To volunteer yourself or another parent, please send an email to
[email protected] by Thursday 30 April 2015 with:
1. Name, and 2. Grade Level. Grade Level Liaison volunteers will
be accepted in the order they are received.
Go to www.ismanila.org/pta to read the PTA Constitution and By
Laws for more information about duties & responsibilities of the above
positions and the election process.
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FROM THE ADMISSIONS AND ADVANCEMENT OFFICE:
Important information on Re-Enrollment for SY 2015-2016
Dear Parents:
We will begin on-line Re-enrollment for school year 2015-16 on Monday, March 16. As before,
parents will have to log into PowerSchool in order to do this. Below are instructions to help. If you
are not sure of your PowerSchool log-in or need support, please contact your school office.
Please note that you must complete re-enrollment by May 22nd at the latest. PowerSchool will
close on that date until the start of the new school year. We have over 500 students on our waitlist,
and we will assume that your children are leaving if you have not completed the re-enrollment
process.
Step 1: Log-in to PowerSchool
Step 2: Look for the Re-enrollment Clearance icon on the left hand panel. Click on the icon.
Step 3: Create your Re-enrollment Clearance Form. You will receive an email notification verifying
that you have been successful updating your child’s record.
Students entering Grade 9 will be required to download and complete the Physical Examination
Form (including ECG results) which should be submitted to the ISM Health Clinic and the Drug
Policy Form which should be submitted to the MS Office.
Step 4: Tuition and Fees: Please settle your accounts through our Cashier’s Office.
You must settle your accounts for SY14-15 and pay the first quota of tuition fees for SY15-16 to
receive your Final Clearance Notification for your child to attend class on August 6, 2015.
Re-enrollment must be complete in order to receive a student’s Class Schedule.
Class Schedule distribution dates are as follows:
August 03, 2015: Grade 9 and 10
August 04, 2015: Grade 11 and 12
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How to Access the Online Re-Enrollment
1. Visit www.ismanila.org and click on Parent Portal under the Quick Links drop-down menu.
2. Enter your Username and Password. Click Login. Please contact the school office if you
have forgotten your username/ password.
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3. Click the Powerschool link.
4. Click the Re-enrollment Clearance menu.
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5. Click the Create Re-enrollment Clearance Form link.
6. Update Demographic information. Click Submit when done.
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7. Update Clinic information. Click Submit when done.
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8. Download the appropriate forms and submit to the respective offices immediately.
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9. Click Sign Out when done. You will receive confirmation emails and a final Clearance Form
once all steps are complete.
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FROM THE PTA OFFICE:
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